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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
NATIONAL CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
viii Hold First Annual Meeting at
National Capital January
o1 oo %


The first annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States will be held in Washington,
d. c., January 81, % and %. Com
ing in the midst of the tariff hearings
before the ways and means commit
tee, the session is likely to be espe-
cially interesting and men represent
ing the business interests of the coun-
try may be able to evolve some sound
ideas and advice as to what should,
or should not, be done to the tariff,
which, if needed by our national legis-
lators, will benefit the nation.
One of the important matters that
will be considered at this meeting is
that of a permanent non-partisan
tariff commission The best business
sentiment of the country is inclining
more and more to the opinion that
the tariff should be taken out of poll
tics as far as possible and that at
least the work of making investiga-
lions and recommending changes in
the tariff should be entrusted to an
expert non-partisan permanent tariff
commission.
In business circles, great interest
attaches to this first convention. The
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States was organized only nine
months ago, growing out of the ma.
tional commercial conference held in
Washington last April. 1t already
embraces over 235 local chambers of
commerce and other leading business
organizations. Besides the great serv
ice it may render to the business
world in the dissemination Of reliable
commercial information, it aims to
render available for congress and the
government the non-partisan opinions
of the business interests Of the ma
ton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
NEWSOF THE WORLD
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FRESH FROM THE DAILY
TELE 'RAPH WIRES.
FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FIELDS
Happenings National, Historical and
Political and Personal Events
Told In Brief Paragraphs
for Busy Rc1ders.

The abolition of the four regiments
of Negro soldiers in the United States
army is proposed.
On account of an epidemic of spinal
meningitis at Gales, ILL.,, quarantine
has been drawn by surrounding towns.
Brigadier General James B. Aleshire
has been confirmed as major general
and Surgeon General George M. Tor
ney as a brigadier general.
Diplomacy still is busy seeking a
solution for the Balkan deadlock. Fears
that the peace conference allies will
take up arms again are stronger this
week.
DR.. e. X. Shirley, a well-known
physician of Whitehall, ILL.,, fell on an
icy pavement recently and rolled into
a gutter, where he drowned. He was
stunned by the fall
The estate of the late e. II. Harri-
man aggregates S70,000,000 to $75,0OO,-
900, according to an estimate reached
by the transfer tax appraisers with a
complete inventory in hand.
Following many fruitless skirmishes
with the auto bandits, Chief McWeeney
of Chicago has found that 1900 revolv-
ers carried by the police were menace
to the users because of their style and
condition.
Wallace l. Poland, San Francisco
sales manager of harvester company,
was sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary for populations aggregat-
ing $4,000. He speculated in moving
picture ventures and lost
Lieutenant Colonel Du Patty de Clam,
one of the most prominent figures in
the Dreyfus treason trial at Paris, has
been reinstated in the French terri
torial army with the rank of lieutenant
plonel, which he held when he left the
irmy.
Senator Miles Poindexter and Repre-
tentative Stanton Warburton have re
Iurned to the national capital from 6
trip to Panama, coming back on the
ship from which Representative Wede
meyer of Michigan jumped to death il
the ocean at Colon.
At Marshfield, Ore, A. Stoner was
found dead Sunday in a lodging house
Apparently he had taken poison
.Stoner was well off financially, having
been in business in Valdez, Alaska
His widow and a daughter live in Sc
attic. He was So years old.
All commissions of constables in the
state of South Carolina and of all com
missioners of deeds for South Carolin;
in other states and foreign countries
are revoked in a proclamation from
Governor Cole Blease Saturday. HI
desires to purify the public service.
The three daughters of the late KIM
Leopold have decided to reject tn
proposal of the minister of justice tina
they accept $7,5OO,OOO as their shar
in their fathers Congo accretions, va
ued at $10,000,000, and withdraw tn
suit pending in the court of appeal
against his estate.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
SPORTING NEWS ITEMS

Manager Joe Tinker of the Cincln-
natl Reds is at his Oregon ranch Oh
business.
Contracts are beginning to come IN
hick and fast to the Tacoma baseDail
club these days.
Only one man, Steve Yerkes, OF the
pennant winning Red Sox, has slgneu
1913 contract. All the rest want
more money.
Jack Johnsons saloon fixtures and
his automobile were seized Saturday
at Chicago by the sheriff to satisfy a
$500 judgment.
At the election of basket ball captain
Ralph Lowry was chosen leader OF the
Washington State college five for the
coming season.
At Chicago, George Slosson won his
2OO0-point 1872 balk line billiard match
with Koji Yamada, the Japanese, sat
urday night, by so points.
Bombardier Wells on July 4, in Los
Angeles, will probably be the next
match for Luther McCarty. McCarty
is doing a vaudeville turn now.
Jack Johnson, former champion, says
that he could beat Palzer, McCarty and
Willard all in the same ring, with
rest of Is minutes between fights.
November % and 81 have been
agreed upon tentatively as dates for
running the 1913 grand prize and Van
derbilt cup automobile races on the
Savannah, Ga, course.
At Buc, France, Maurice Chevillard
driving light military aeroplane, es
tablished worlds altitude record Sat
urday by carrying three passengers
He rose to a height of 1921 feet.
Jess Willard, the heavyweight, who
claims a victory over Luther McCarty
has been matched to meet Frank Bauer
of st. Charles, ILL.,, in a 10-round bou
before a Fort Wayne Qnd.) club, Jan
uary %.
The great California athlete, cham
pion shot-putter and at one time Amer
ica's greatest all-round college athlete
has been forced to retire from active
sports because he has grown so fat
His weight is now 800 pounds.
Artie G. was awarded first place il
the derby of the United States fiel'
trials at Lotohatchie, Alabama, recent
ly. By this victory he also wins tn
American futurity stake. The dog
owned by S. B. Duryea of New York.
The Douglas County (Wash) Base
bali league has held it's annual meeting
and elected A. r. Dickson president
The clubs which composed the leagu
last year remain for this season. The
are Bridgeport, Mansfield, Watervill
and Withrow.
At Los Angeles, Cal, Barney OLE
field took the measure of Teddy Tet;
laff in a match race at the motordrom
board track and incidentally estal
lished new mile record in compel
ton. Oldfield took the lead from tn
start. Tetzlaff was three lengths b,
hind when Oldfield's car crossed tn
tape, after having negotiated the mil
in SO Is seconds
Although defeated in the first hes
in record time, Teddy Tetzlaff won tn
mile match race with Barney Oldfiel
by taking two straight heats.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
EDMONTON HAS 100000 FIRE
heeds Bazaar Burns While Temporal
ture is 80 Below Zero.

Edmonton, Alberta.-Fire which
started in Reeds Bazaar for a time
threatened an entire block in the CEN
Cral business district here Sunday.
owing to a broken water main the
liremen were unable to get a stream
on the fire and a number of small
oulidlngs were torn down before the
progress OF the flames could be
checked. The loss was 100000. The
thermometer registered 80 degrees be-
low zero
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Investigate Telegraph Lines.

Washlngton.-Inquiry has been start
Gu by the interstate commerce COM
mission on its own initiative into con-
tracts Tor private telegraph and tele-
phone wires and into the rates and
regulation of such service.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
GIVE STATE RIGHT
TO SELECT LAND
Idaho Representatives Introduce Bill
Hitting Land Control.

f1IttIny Land OOntTOI.
Through the department of the in
terror, a bill has been introduced into
congress giving the state OF Idaho the
right to select lands granted to it by
the government from the tracts of the
public domain now under withdrawal
order because of their supposed oil and
phosphate contents.
The bill reserves the underground
right to the possession of the mineral,
the patent to the state expressly ex-
Guiding the title to the oil or phosphate
that may be found. The measure is
expected to expedite the school land
patents that the state has been ham
pered in securing by the establishment
of national forests
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
BUSINESS MEN TALK TARIFF
Varied Industries Represented Before
House Ways and Means Committee.

Washington.-A phalanx of heads of
big industries testified recently on re-
auctions in the metal schedule of the
tariff before the house committee on
ways and means.
There were representatives of the
tlnplate, iron ore, jewelry, sewing ma
chimes, wire, steel, pin, chain, thorite,
gas mantle, steel pen and wood screw,
textile machinery and hardware and
other industries.
frederick Burbidge, former general
manager of the Bunker Hill &c Sullivan
Mining & Concentrating company, rep
resented the northwestern lead pro-
ducers.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Her Hair Turns White.

South Bend, Ind-Becoming fright
ened when the farm wagon in which
she was riding was turned over by a
street car, Mrs. Christ Klopfenstein
hair turned perfectly white while being
removed to a hospital. She was not
seriously hurt
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Southern Pacific Will Obey Uncle Sam

Washington.-Step will be taken
Immediately by the Southern Pacific
railroad to elect a board of directors
distinctly allied with that road to repre-
sent it in the negotiations with Attor-
ney General Wickersham for the form
ulation of a plan dissolving the Union
Pacific-Southern merger in accordance
with a decree of the supreme court.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Chinese Loan is Approved

Feklng.-lt is announced that the
representatives of the six-power group
Oh bankers meeting in London have APP
proved the agreement with respect to
me proposed loan of $125, 100000 to
emma. Americas share is $4,000, 900.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Lepers Shot. Then Burned.

Shanghai.-Thirty-nine lepers recent
ay were put to death by order of the
provincial authorities of Nannink, prov
Ence of Kwang ST. The sufferers from
the disease were shot and their bodies
burned in a huge trench.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Worlds TaIIest Woman Dead.

Mrs. Ella Ewing, feet inches tall,
is dead at Quincy, Ill. She was known
as the tallest woman in the world. She
was with a circus for years, finally re-
firing to a magnificent country home,
with furniture built according to her
size
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23

coming daily. The winter school is a
short term in which farmers, women
and others interested in agriculture or
domestic pursuits may take a course
If they desire. The work taught is
divided into six courses for the men,
and one for the women.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
penver's Youngest "oId Maid"

Miss Mary Shearin is the youngest
old woman in Denver and the Oldest
bachelor girl in the world. Miss Shearin
was 101 years young Christmas day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
British War Office May Breed r
mounts for the
Army.

London.-The alarming deficiency OF
army horses in England, of which the
figures will soon be known. is largely
due to a direct conflict of interest be-
tween two government departments.
and the conflict is becoming acute.
The board Of agriculture is the only
authority permitted to spend money
on breeding horses, and military au-
thorities feel that the grant of $780,.
900, chiefly given in premiums and for
buying mares. satisfies in no respect
the particular needs of the war Office.
This conflict of opinion has become
emphasized in the last few weeks.
General Heath, who recently retired
from the position of director of re-
mounts. which he filled with conspicu-
GUS success, has just Joined the horse
breeding organization known as the
Master Of Fox Hounds society. This
body. which has the only really prac-
tical scheme yet worked out In de-
tail, is being strongly supported by
the war office.
Its most active supporter, Mr..
Pinckard, an ex-M. E. H., has recently
presented the lease of 400 acres of
land and stables to the war Office in
the hope that the gift may be used
as breeding establishment on the
German lines. The gift was eagerly
accepted by the war office. which sees
in 1t the nucleus OF new develop
ment. though at present 1t is largely
wasted because the war office has not
free hand.
The society has pointed out that the
board of agriculture scheme is large
ly waste money; that OF the 100000
granted as much as $4,000 is spent on
administration. and that the animals
bred under the scheme are not likely
to profit the war office a penny. The
best will certainly be bought for
French and German officers.
The board OF agriculture is doubt
less the Lest authority. but while II re
fusesto pay the slightest heed to wai
office requirements the whole meaning
and point of its schemes are lost
Quite naturally the development com
missioners. working with the board
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
HAVE PLAN TO CAMP IN CITY
College Girls Apply to Cleveland Au-
thoritles for Permission to oe-
cupy Municipal Tract.

Cleveland. GA party of college
girls wishes to establish a community
camp and garden on the 25-acre tract
of city owned land overlooking the
Fairmont reservoir.
Application for permission to carry
out their back-to-nature program was
made by the girls recently at the city
hail.
The application was received by
City Forester John Boldly. who Is in
entire charge Of the city's campaign
for vacant lot development. The water
works department owns the land
which the college girls wish to uses
This is the first camping application
received at the city vacant lot gar
dening bureau. Many applications for
permission to enter community garden
plans have been received and mum
ber OF assignments made.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Taylor In Fourth District; Heating,
Third; seIdomridse, Second;
kindeI, First.

Denver.-The new congressional re-
apportionment, passed by the General
Assembly. eliminating congressman
at-large and making Denver a dis
trict by itself. was signed by Governor
Ammons
By the terms of the new apportion-
ment. Edward T. Taylor becomes a
resident of the Fourth district, Con-
gressman Edward Heating of the
Third, with H. H. Seldomridge in the
Second and George ]. Kindel in the
First.
While the measure virtually goes
into effect Immediately, Colorado's s
present congressman will continue, as
the law did not become operative be-
fore their election. The reapportion-
ment makes the following divisions:
First District-The City and County
of Denver.
Second District-The counties of
Adams. Arapahoe, Boulder, Cheyenne.
Douglas, Elbert, Ell Paso. Kit Carson,
lips, Sedgwick. Washington, Weld and
Yuma.
Third District7-The counties of Ala
mosa, Baca. Bent. Clear Creek. Cone
Gilpin. Huerfano. jefferson, Kiowa,
Las Animas, Mineral. Otero. Park.
Prowers, Pueblo. Rio Grande, Sag
uache and Teller.
Fourth District-The counties of
Archuleta. Chaffee. Delta. Dolores, Ea-
gle, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hins-
Moffat. Montezuma. Montrose, Ouray,
Pitkin. Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan,
San Miguel and Summit.
The division was made with refer
ence to population, and all districts
with the exception of the First are
practically the same in population.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
WILSON ADVISES CARE.
California Legislators May Amend
Alien Land Measure.

shington.-President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan, following the prece-
dent of previous administrations, have
made known their views on the inter
national character of the legislation
now pending in California by which
Jauanese would be prevented from
owning land in that state. In a tele-
gram to Governor Hiram W. johnson
Of California. made public both at Sac
ramento and Washington, Secretary
Bryan expressed the view of Presi-
dent Wilson that the California AS
sembly bill might be construed as VI
olation of treaty obligations with
Japan. while the Senate's measure as
drawn would not be Objectionable il
alien land legislation is to be enacted
at all.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
DEAD EYE DICK DIES

thing that you could have done," Mrs.
Lane replied.
Whether he heard the words OF COM
fort she does not know. The closed
eyes were never opened again.
A little more than sixteen years ago
"Dead-Eye Dick" then possessor of
the most unenviable reputation a crook
could desire, alighted from a train In
Chicago. broken in health and spirit
through the life of crime and idleness
he had been leading. Two hours later
Capt. John ID. Shea. then head of the
city's detective bureau, sent for him
and. after a brief conversation, or
dered him to get out OF the city with
in twenty-four hours.
The broken man slowly arose and
shambled out OF the detective bureau.
He knew that he was watched, he
Walking along Van Buren street he
heard music in little back room.
Without knowing the nature OF the
place, he entered and took chair.
1t was the Pacific Garden mission.
When the man walked out again he
was not ''Dead-Eye Dick" but Rich
ard Lane. evangelist. He walked to
the office of H. H. Kahlsaat. then pub
Usher of the Times-Herald. He told
his story and Mr.. Kohlsaat believed
in his sincerity. He gave him employ
ment as janitor. personally under
took to lead him into the paths that
we're SO new to him and continued to
be his close friend and aid up to the
time OF his death.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
MORGAN'S Will
WIDOW LEFT $1,000, 10000, MUCH
REALTY. AND Is ASSURED
OF s1oo.ooooo INCOME.
s2oo,ooo,ooO TO SON
DAUGHTERS GIVEN $4,000. 900 EACH
AND TWO soNs-IN-LAW BE-
oUEATHED $1,000. 10000

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York; commit my soul into
the hands of my Saviour in full con-
fidence that. having redeemed and
washed it in His most precious blood.
He will present II faultless before the
throne of my Heavenly Father; and l
entreat my children to maintain and
defend. at all hazard. and at any cost
OF personal sacrifice, the blessed doc
trtne of the complete atonement for
sin through tho blood Of Jesus Christ.
once offered. and through that alone. e
This is the extraordinary and strik-
Ing utterance which begins the last
will and testament OF John Pierpont
Morgan. who died at Rome on March
31st last, whose body. heaped over with
flowers from the crowned heads O:
Europe was. fortnight later, brought
back to his own land and borne to its
last resting place at Hartford.
Morgan's VIII In Brief.
After making a number of bequests
the residue of the estate. estimated at
00.000.000. is left to the son, ]. p.
Morgan.
To the widow is bequcGthed $1,000
600, an assured income of 100000 an
nually, country and town house and
large amount of personal property.
The three daughters inherit S3.000.-
900 each and the two sons-in-law ST.
100000 each
About a dozen friends are remem-
bered with gifts ranging down from
$4,000 annuity.
Scores OF household and business
employees are substantially remem-
bered with annuities of cash gifts, in
no case less than $1,000.
No specific disposal is made of the
great art collection, worth many mil
lions. but Mr.. Morgan expressed the
hope that his son would carry out his
intention of making it available to the
American people.
The chief bequests to charity
are a 100000 fund to st. Georges
Protestant Episcopal Church in New
York City, the income thcrefrom to
be used in the support OF the min
istry; 100000 endowment of the
Episcopal mission stations in the state
of New York and a 100000 gift to
the Home of Rest for Consumptives.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
to highway commission.

to highway commission.
Jury commission.
Permanent election registration.
Fixing new seasons on game.
Increasing width of mining lode
claims.
Prohibiting circulation of initiative
and referendum petitions by state em-
ployes.
Permitting children living in one
district to attend school in another.
Bonding of commission merchants.
Providing annual meeting of assess
ors with state tax. commission
Wedding out of defunct corpora
tions.
Percentage payment of warrants
out of depleted state funds.
incorporation of Central City.
Prohibited Importation of diseased
potatoes.
Employment of county agricultural
instructors.
Reyersion to state of property of
persons dying intestate.
Fixing salaries of county judges.
Authorizing manufacture of colored
oleomargarine.
Authorizing acquisition of noun
Creating office of county adminis-
traitors.
Defining duties of district attorneys.
Providing for turning over of daily
receipts of state offices to state treas
Describing procedure in criminal
Making annotated statutes prima
facie evidence in court proceedings.
Giving county recorders right to is
sue certificates of notary
Providing for settlement of taxes
Routt and creation of Moffat coun-
ties.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
Notorious Criminal Who Became
a Soul Saver Succumbs.
PIckpoeket Former Yess Seeks to Be-
friend Turns Against Him and In
directly Is Responsible for
His Death.

Chicago.-As checkered and contra
dictory career as any student of
mankind could hope to find has been
brought to sudden conclusion by the
death of Dick" Lane. safe-cracker
and robber, who turned evangelist;
picker OF pockets. who turned saver
of souls.
The Inconsistencies of Dick Lanes
lfe-"Dead Eye Dick" was his favor
ite nickname-may best be summed
up in the three divisions of his career
Here they are:
Cniidnood IL years
criminal career ............ 40 years
Career as soul-saver. .16 years
The dark passages In his life had a
marked effect upon his mental and
physical being; SO did the happier
days after he walked into the Pacific
Garden mission 16 years ago and con-
fessed his sins. 1t was his desire to
help those who remained in the Grim
inal career that he had forsaken that
finally brought about his death the
other evening.
During the Christmas holidays MIR.
AdHe, tnen seVenty-5iA years Oiu, TOOK
home with him man who had started
out for nights work as a pickpocket.
He talked to the man most OF the
night and finally convinced himself
that the pickpocket had decided to
lead the new life that he had chosen.
Several days later. led by the man
who was partaking of his homely hos
pitality. three hold-up men were let
into the evangelist's house to rob him.
While Mr.. Lane was preparing meal
for them one of the trio struck him
senseless with an iron weapon. Then
they picked his pockets. robbed the
house and fed.
From that day on Mr.. Lanes health
steadily declined. Three weeks before
his death he insisted on going out In a
rain and snow storm to address a
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25
DEARTH OF HORSES is FELT

are more interested in the scientific
side than the practical and military.
They do not care about military
horses. but at the same time they
stand in the way OF the other author
ity attending to this vital national
need.
crisis will be reached as soon as
the census Of military horses. now
almost complete. is analyzed. 1t is
known from Colonel Seely. the war
secretary, that there are 100000 fewer
horses on the farm than two years
ago. and of those left fewer are OF the
military type
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-04-25

of the city appropriation OF $1,000 n
year toward maintenance OF tho
mausoleum the windows at last have
been purchased and placed.
Two other features -origfnally
planned. however. have not yet been
realized These are groups of stat
uary to decorate the top of the dome
and pediment. and landscape garden
ing. Out OF the city fund the Grant
Monument association now is trying
to save enough to provide these
groups of statuary, and the park do
partment is to ask $4,000 appro-
priation for landscape gardening. in1