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The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

The proposition for a commission
form of government for Minneapolis
was defeated at special election py
a majority of over $4,000.
According to the police, Mrs. Ida
lockwood, thirty-two years old, ar
rested at Minneapolis, confessed hav-
ing murdered six of her children by
poison.
Rising from the breakfast table to
answer the doorbell, Frank Ivy of Los
Angeles was shot, probably fatally, by
his first wife in the presence of his
second wife and their two babies.
The coal miners boarding house at
Oakview, a new mining camp seven
miles west of La Veta and twenty-five
miles west of Walsenburg, Colo, was
shot up but no one was wounded.
Forty eight hours search failed to
establish the identity of Fred" Will
liams, pretty elghteen-year-old girl,
who, masquerading as man, at
tempted to enlist in the navy at
Akron, Ohio.
W. H. Allison who married Mrs. Mil
ago, and Everett A. ReXroat, who mar
ried her last spring within two weeks
of her divorce from Allison, were
taken before the mutilated Douy OF the
woman, who was murdered at Chicago
and placed on railroad track.
The United States Supreme Court
will pass on the undetermined points
of Low in a n
government against the Midwest Oil
Company before that case is argued in
the court of appeals, according to
decision reached by the circuit ap-
pellate judges sitting in Denver.
That Mrs. Rose Nelson of Florence,
who is held as an accomplice in the
murder OF her husband, Frank Nelson,
not only planned his assassination,
but gave his slayer the signal to fire
the fatal shot, was the statement of
James F. Cook, confessed murderer, at
the woman's preliminary examination
at Los Angeles.
Secretary Houston of the United
State Department of Agriculture, in an
address before the American Road
proval of the organization and ex-
planned the interest of the federal gov
ernment with reference to road build
ing. He urged good roads for the
farmer in preference to great trans
continental highways for automobile
lsts, but said he did not underestimate
he valuable service rendered by auto
nobilists for road building
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
SPORT.

Sir Alfred East. president of the
Royal Society of British Artists, died
at London. He was born in 1S49.
Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh and
Frank Klaus of Pittsburg fought ten
rounds to draw at Milwaukee.
The Austrian aviator, Sablatnik,
with three passengers aboard his bi-
plane, reached an altitude of 1924
feet at Johnnisthal, Germany.
Announcement has been made that
Billy PapIle has been matched to meet
Marty Rowan in an eight-round bout
in st. Louis on Oct. IA. The men
will weigh IN at 15S pounds, ringside.
The arbitration committee of the
Denver Trades Assembly, in public
report to that body, stated that they
were informed by owner j. c. McGill
of the sale by him OF the Denver base
ball team.
Several thousand fans" crowded
about the union station at Milwauk ee
and noisily welcomed home the Mil
waukee team. winners of the associa-
tion pennant the first pennant ever
won by Milwaukee team.
Aviator Roy n. Francis, flying at
the state fair at Douglas, Wyo., lost
control of his machine half a mile
from the grounds and it turned a COM
plete somersault when within twenty
feet of the ground. Francis was
thrown, but not hurt.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
GEN ERAL.

Floods in southwest Louisiana have
reached serious proportions
"The cause has not been deter
mined" is the opinion of Coroner
Ralph A. Seymour, regarding the
Binghamton, N. Y. Clothing Company
fire, which resulted in the loss OF
thirty-two lives July %.
After hiding about the state prison
at Moundsville, w. Va, three days,
Alexander Childs, serving a twenty,
year sentence, made his escape from
the prison by sliding down a rope
from a roof eighty feet from the
ground.
George w. Loft, manufacturer,
was nominated by the Democratic
congressional committee of the Thir-
teenth New York district as the
partys candidate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Timothy D.
Sullivan.
District Attorney Whitman of New
York anI District Attorney Conger OF
Duchess county have written to
Acting Governor Glynn, suggesting
that the efforts to return Harry X.
Thaw to New York from New Hamp-
shire be placed solely in charge of the
attorney general.
The books of the stock exchange
firm of Harris & Fuller, with whom
Governor Sulzer dealt for three years,
were changed two days before his in
auguration so that it appeared that in
stead of his account being a specula-
tive one the firm had merely loaned
the governor money, according to
evidence adduced at his Impeachment
trial
George II. Bixby, a millionaire of
Long Beach, Cal, charged with having
contributed TO the downfall OF minor
young women, was found not guilty. by
a jury.
Dead by law, William Thomas of
Marshalltown, Ia, Pottsville, Pa, to
claim oequest and so successfully
established his identity that the court
ordered SAYS left to him by John Jen-
kins of St Clair in 1871, paid. Thomas,
a war veteran. had been long buried
from the world in soldiers home,
but he was very much alive when ad-
vertised fer in newspapers.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
FOREIGN.

Panzacola, outside OF Puebla, was
attacked and taken by rebels, The
town was sacked.
Another note of protest in the Cali
fornia alienland controversy has been
dispatched to the United States.
A royal decree fixing the date of the
Italian general elections for Novem-
ber IL has been published throughout
Italy.
The Aurora, light cruiser of an en-
tirely new type. was launched at
Davenport, Eng, and added to the
British navy.
Another of England's famous old
historic homes, Waldershire park man.
sion, residence of the Earl OF Guilford,
was destroyed by fire.
Five American and four Norwegian
missionaries are in the hands of
Chinese bandits, who captured the
town of Tsao Yang in the northern
part of the province of Hupeh.
Two masked and armed men forced
employees of the Yukon Gold Company
into submission on Lovett hill three
miles from Dawson, Y. T., and robbed
the companys sluice boxes of concen-
trated gravel valued at $4,000.
That ten American cavalry men OF
troop H, Second cavalry, crossed into
Mexico and began shooting at three
Mexican woodcutters is the version OF
the international shooting incident
near San EliZariO which has been
given OUT by the federal officials at
Juarez.
A number of huts believed to have
been occupied by shepherds before
the foundation of Rome in 753 B. c.,
have been discovered by Commands
tore Boni, director of the excavations
in the forum and on the Palestine.
Some of the dwellings are so well pre-
served that their hearths are intact.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Brennan Is p. M. at LeadvilIe.

Leadville. - Michael j. Brennan
whose appointment as Leadville post
master by Congressman E. w. Taylor
was held up last July, when State
Senator Austin Blakely charged him
with deserting the Democratic party
in 1906, succeeded A. " Bohn, the re
tiring Republican postmaster Oct. l.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Willing to Return at Florence.

Florence-Fifteen striking miners
of the Royal Gorge mine at Canon
City have expressed willingness to
return to work if the company will al
ford them protection.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Sentenced for Stealing OIL.

Pueblo.-Because he stole $1,20
worth of oil from a mercantile com
pany, Valerie Demas, a Mexican, will
have to spend from two to four years
in the state penitentiary. The Mexi'
can broke into the store to obtain the
oil
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Fire on Mitchell Mine Bunk House

Boulder-A score or more of shots
were fired from the roadway into one
of the bunk houses at the Mitchell
mine, north of Lafayette. No one in
the bunk house was wounded, but two
strikebreakers had narrow escapes.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Celebrate Finish of Rainbow Route

Pueblo.-The second good roads con
ference held within fortnight in Pu'
eblo convened, following an auto pa
rade. The occasion was designed to
formally celebrate the opening and
completion of the Rainbow route from
Pueblo west across the Rocky Noun.
tains.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
MINERS SHOOT UP CAMP
MAKE DAYBREAK ASSAULT AT
OAkVlEW.
Break From Brush Shelter and Seek
Safety in the Mountain Paths
as Guards Charge.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Walsenburg, Colo. - A hail of
bullets from the rifles of twenty
men concealed in the underbrush on
the brow of hill 400 yards northeast
of the mine, whistled through the OAK
view coal camp, seven miles west oil
La Veta, at $50 Monday morning.
For thirty-five minutes the bullets
ripped and tore their way through the
houses of the non union miners,
throwing them into a frenzy of terror.
A party of twelve guards charged the
hill and drove the attackers into the
foothills around Old Badly mountain.
One thousand bullets entered the
camp
A Japanese boarding house was
where the fire centered. Nor than
forty bullets lodged in the side of the
two-story building after the fusillade.
Two other Japanese houses were rid
died.
Many ran for the cellar of the COM
panys store and almost every cave IN
the camp became a refuge for the ter
ror-strickcn inhabitants. A few ran for
the hills, rushing into the face of the
fire
Among the dozens of narrow es-
capes was that of Michael Rech, clerk
of the mine, who had just placed a
book on the pay desk when it was
torn open by bullet.
Several times the retreating men
we're sighted by the guards, but only
for al instant. The pursuit ended at
the foot of Badly mountain, ten miles
aawy, when the guards realized the
marauders mad reached place where
it was impossible to follow them.
Adolph Germer, international organ
izer in charge of this district, said
that the shooting was ''frame-up" on
the part of the guards.
Intense feeling has existed among
the striking miners at Oakview be-
cause the company was able to retain
about half of its working force when
the strike opened. The feeling is
principally against the Japnese work
erS.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Watermelon weiohs s7Ib POUNDS.

Greeley. NJ Holmes, known as
the watermelon king believes he
has the record for big melons for
northern Colorado. He has on exhibit
ton here one which tips the scales at
671a pounds.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Man Blown to shreds by Fuse.

PaoniA. - Overconfidence in his
ability to handle gunpowder safely
caused the death of Roger Payne, an
employee of the Utah Fuel Company at
Somerset.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Traveller Robbed; Porter Arrested.

Pueblo.-Fleming Taylor, colored, a
Burlington Pullman porter. was ar
rested here and will be returned to
Denver, on the charge of having
stolen s1,220 from H. M Titus OF Los
Angeles.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
First Tunnel is Finished.

Palisade-The first tunnel for the
government High Line canal has been
completed.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
Strikers Beat Stable Boss.

William Smith, 55, stable
boss at the Tobasco mine, was at
tackled by Joseph Olio, a Russian
striker at the Ludlow colony. Smith
received several deep gashes on the
head
The Colorado statesman., 1913-10-04
SPRINGS Mines Are Running.

Colorado Springs.-With the excep'
ton of the Pikeview properties, all
the coal mines in the region are run
ming full force, and the Pikeview has
sixty men at work. So far as the To-
cal supply is concerned the strike is
practically over. The companies are
now about ten days behind their Or
derg
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
PRIVATE HOSPITALS
PLAN TO ENLARGE

AS a result OF the agitation for n
municipal hospital. the several private
hospitals in the city propose TO In
crease their accommodations for city
patients.
Joseph s. Stringham, manager Of the
Monarch Steel Castings Co., has In
formed Mayor Marx that the board OF
trustees OF Harper hospital. in n meet.
ing, Friday night, adopted resolution
20 the effect that an effort will be made
TO provide accommodations for 100 TO
$50 more city patients as soon as pos
sible.
Or. G. c. Jennings, No. 435 Jeifer-
son-ave., has been delegated 10 visit
the other private hospitals In the city,
and as result OF concerted action
among the hospitals II Is estimated
that at least 500 additional beds can
he provided In the near future.
Mr.. Stringham, I'm his letter, init
mates that the proposition 10 establish
a municipal hospital is not opposed.
but that the private hospital authort
ties are OF the opinion that II ought to
be more OF detention hospital than
a general hospital.
The matter will be taken up IN the
next meeting OF the mayors cabinet
Monday afternoon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
LAW OF STATE MUST
YIELD TO HUMANITY LAW
Continued from Page one)

with the poor commission to furnish
shoes and some aid to the family.
Immediately afterward came the
case against Joseph Sharon, who
lives in the rear OF No. 467h Baker
ST., and was charged with falling to
send his 14-yearold daughter Cath
crime. TO school, she having recently
quit st. Vincent's school, and gone to
work, after applying in vain for
working papers.
The father is a hopeless invalid,
the mother appearing in court Two
girls, aged Is and IL years, are help
less from tuberculosis, two girls
under 10. go to ST. Vincent's school,
and boy. aged II, works, and is prac-
tically the only support OF the fam
lily, though the mother earned so or
20 cents day doing washing until
she became too Ill to work longer.
Justice Phelan, thoroughly aroused,
said I'm such cases as these, the
law of the state must yield to the
law Of humanity, and be set aside.
But, unfortunately, there are some
persons charged with the enforce
ment of our laws whose hearts are as
hard as their heads. No person with
good red blood in his body would
bring such complaints as this into
a court"
He dismissed the case
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
BATHTUB CASE
Is NEARING CLOSE
Government Will Have All Its
Testimony in by Monday
Night-Jobbers on Stand

Only two witnesses were examined
by the government In the bathtub
case, Saturday morning, both OF them
Jobbers, and their line OF testimony
was similar to that put in, Friday.
Il. A. Marshal, of Baltimore, testi.
fed that he was unable TO purchase
goods until he signed the license
agreement, and that after he had
signed. l.. l.. Wayman wrote him
concerning n cut he had made in the
price of bathtub trimmings and sug-
costing that the licensed goods would
be withdrawn II he did not adhere to
the regular price of bathtub trim
mings. Il. j. Morgan, jobber from
Providence, II. l., testified to similar
practices.
The government will call only ST,
more witnesses and four of them are
on their way to Detroit. Two are
sick and may not be able to appear
The government will be through witt
It's testimony by Monday night.
The taking OF testimony has beer
! very rapid during the present trial
1 The government attorneys have
adopted a plan of working In relays
and two are preparing for the wit
nesses TO follow, while one OF them
is examining the witness on the
stand Several OF the witnesses who
apes red In the former trial Will not
be called because the defense has
admitted the identity OF the price
committee in Mt Clemens, and also
has admitted writing letters in con-
nection with the meeting, so that
Miss Dunbar. the stenographer from
the Colonial hotel. will not be called
upon 20 identify them.
! The defense has not given out the
number OF its Witnesses.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
MEN SHELTERED
ARE NOT HOBOES
OR EX-CONVICTS
Guests of McGregor Institute
Usually Those Seeking
Work, Says Report
OVER $4,000 CARED FOR
DURING PAST YEAR
J. T. Whitehead and Willard
Pope Elected to Board to
Fill Vacancies

In the annual meeting OF the Nc
lGregor Institute, Tracy w. McGregor,
superintendent, presented the imam
cIal and statistical report for 1912.
At the present time Detroit is the
industrial magnet attracting great
numbers OF workingmen from all
parts OF the country and the young
men are the first to respond. OF 49,
595 different men cared for, II per
lcent were under Fl and go per cent
were under 80 years OF age. These
men, contrary to very general, but
unjust, idea, are neither hoboes nor
ex convicts, but men who, lured by
the prosperity OF Detroit, having come
Iunprepared financially for long idle
ness, are without funds or have very
little money.
Many theories are advanced for the
Wandering spirit and apparent lack Of
definite purpose of these young men,
but very strong reason Is the fact
that 20 per cent OF them were or
phaned, father, mother or both having
died before the boys had reached 81.
They were thus left without that care
and counsel which they needed.
About 65 per cent OF the men cared
for we're American born and only l.
1913 OF the total number were colored.
AS evidence OF well-doing and thrift
while at work on the part OF many
OF these men, there was left In the
Institute office during the past year,
for deposit aid safekeeping, the sum
of $3.50.
The total number OF lodgings pro-
viaed during 1912 was 146,4l0, an
average OF 400 every night through
the year or this total 107,730 were
PAID for In cash, 1912 paid for In
work at the rate OF four hours for
three meals and lodging, and 22,36S
were entirely free.
During the year the institute sup
piled 16S,S41 meals, of which 1865
were restaurant meals and 1898
were either free or settled for by
work
In addition clothing and shoes were
dispensed to the number of 1855, and
employment was found for 5,406 men.
The financial report showed that
SAP ,555 had been used for the years
expenses, Of which S5433 was derived
from benevolent funds and the bal
.ance from kindling sales and cash
paid for lodgings and meals.
To I'LL the vacancies on the board
of trustees caused by the deaths OF
IT, l.. Hudson and John T. Shaw. the
.m,esing elected James t. Whitehead
and Willard Pope, the board now con-
sisting OF Clarence A. Black, chair
man: Lem w. Bowen, vice-chairman:
f w. PenSaton, secretary-treasurer
Alexis c. Angel. Thomas T. Leete,
Charles b. Phelps, Willard Pope,
Richard II. Weber and James T.
Whitehead.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
MISTAKES NOTICE
FOR DIVORCE DECREE

Victor Popa, landlord at No. 1916
Fisher-ave., now knows more about di-
vorce proceedings than he did few
days ago. Louis Oprich had him ar.
rested for assault and battery, after
Popa had thrown him out of the house
Oprich returned home Friday night.
10 be told by Popa that Oprich's pref
ty wife had obtained divorce from
him. Oprich wanted to sec the de-
cree, and Popa showed him a notice
OF the fling OF the suit-which Is as
far as the proceedings has advanced
Oprich thought that such notice was
no bar TO his entrance, but Popa be
lieved differently. and enforced hi
opinion by violence, Oprioh says
Popa was arraigned Saturday. and hil
case was set for next Thursday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
WHERE DOES HE
GET HIS DRINKS?
Court Suggests Sending to Hotel
When Ii. L. Hall Fails to At
tend Alimony Hearing

The case OF Mrs. Agnes Hall. who Is
seeking additional alimony from b.
Frank Hall, whom she divorced some
time ago. was called in Judge Hos
mer's court, Saturday morning.
Attorney Allan II. Frazer, represent
ing Hall, explained to the court that
he was not ready TO proceed, as Hall
had stepped out OF the court room.
Send over TO the Pontchartrain for
him." suggested the court.
He doesn't stay in the Pontchar-
train-he is boarding In the Charlie
yoix," said Mr.. Frazer.
We'll, that may be, but where does
he get his drinks?" Judge Hosmer
jocularly retorted.
The court took recess In the hope
that Hall could be found, but seai
was unavailing. After waiting for up
wards OF an hour for Hall. an adjourn
ment was taken until next Thursday
afternoon, at 4 o'clock.
When Mrs. Hall was granted her al
vorce, on the ground OF cruelty, sh
was given the custody OF her two
children and SIS a month alimony.
Since the divorce. Hall inherited his
fathers estate, which Is valued well
up In the thousands, and Mrs. Hall is
now trying to get a larger allowance,
maintaining that Hall is well able 10
give IT,
Attorney Frazer, on the other hand,
says that Mrs. Hall Is now getting all
that Hall can AFFORD TO pay.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
COLD FORCES
BUILDERS TO
SUSPEND WORK
New Work for the Week Report
ed by the Builders 4 Traders
Exchange Chiefly Inside
IMPORTANT
CONTRACTS AWARDED
Builders Busy With Preliminary
Plans for Formation of
State Association

Builders were forced TO suspend
operations In Detroit this week on ac-
count OF the cold weather. according
to the report OF the Builders and
Traders Exchange and as a result the
volume OF work reported was consid-
erably lower than II has been recent
ly. The new work reported chiefly
indoor work, alterations, remodeling
and changing over buildings which
are now In use.
Local contractors and builders
were occupied with the entertain
ment OF the members OF the Grand
Rapids builders exchange who came
TO Detroit for convention. Pre-
liminary plans for state organiza-
ton OF builders were adopted.
The principal awards OF the weeh
are as follows:
Albert Kahn let for julius Krolicl
the Mason work for block OF brick
stores and flats above on Gratiot, and
Rohns-st.. To Jas. ii. Hickey; Rogers
q Bonnah let for Morgan e. Wright
company the general contract for a
brick three-story addition to ware
house building on Jefferson-ave.. &c
the Albert Albrecht Co.; The same
architects let for the Morgan a.
Wright Co. the steel contract for
brick and steel power building on
Jefferson-ave.. TO Henry B. Lewis: re-
mainder OF contract to The Albert
Albrecht Co.. John Scott & Co. let
for Pittmans & Dean the general con-
tract for reinforced concrete EGGPLANT
on Bellevue-ave., near Waterloo-st.,
to The Albert Albrecht Co.; j. NJ.
Spaulding let additional contracts for
a Dollhouse terrace on Twelfth-st.,
near Bagg-st., as follows: Plaster
ing, L. T. Fewlass; interior finish,
w II. Hurd & Co.; plumbing, G. H.
Dean; The HOWE Roofing Co. has
been awarded contracts for Peerless
Glass Roofing for factory buildings
as follows: Auto-shed, Ford Motor
Car Co.; three buildings for Packard
Motor Car Co., factory buildings
Chalmers Motor Car Co.; The Restriei
Lumber Co. has been awarded the
contract for furnishing the city O
Detroit, department OF public works
with common lumber for the cominl
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-08
NECKLACE THEFT
STILL A MYSTERY

Deep. deep mystery still shrouds
the disappearance OF Mrs A. l..
Stems $l,00 0diamond necklace from
her home. No los Medbury-ave.,
Thursday afternoon.
Attorney - they Alexander has
taken a hand in unravelling the
tangle. and detectives have taken
new hope. Attorney Alexander Wis
tied Mrs. Stein Saturday morning,
taking with him the young woman
who was visiting Mrs. Stein when the
diamonds disappeared.
lie cane to the phone when Mrs.
Stein was asked whether 1t was true
that her gems had been returned.
She referred the questioner 10 Attor-
ney Alexander. who replied that he
was representing both women" as a
mutual friend, and had nothing to
say about the matter at all, at all.
Detective Emory Brooks is still
keeping the matter in mind, and re-
marked at. noon that he might make
another trip to see about things.