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The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-19
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WANTED r Baldwin & Co. wish TO list
decided land or relinqushmonts for
sale or trade around Raymer. iZtf
ThE DENVER TINES. The evening
paper Of tie West. Delivered any
where. 10 cents a week.
WANTED 100 boys TO earn watch
by getting two new Subscribers for
The Enterprise.
PASTURE 70. est.Ic or hosps, No
loco, plenty Of water, secure fence.
TERMS reasonable. I. :. Beans, at
New Rsymer, Colo.
eulseflte Tor 'iho Eaterpie.
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Weeas interfere

The splitlog dras VIII never make
good roads while oyergrown with
weeds In the fence corner.
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Stance sferlsa

Many strange stores nave oTIginat-
ed in Nebraska concerning the Stanley
tragedy. among tnem Is the story
that q past morten shows that Dir.
Stanley .as killed BY blow that
crushed MS head. that it IS believed
the Stan.-ys were murdered for their
money that the dome. &c relations OF
Ike staHleys were Asg,y and the idea
oil d family glarrci w4s unreasonable.
In oar opinion the stories are iarge-
y tne WORK Of newspaper reporters,
beat on proiuci1g -'roe,. copy"
The StaaIey FANNY doo0tlesss feel
that they owe II to the dead % investi-
gate eysy else, tclore they aeeept
any story rejecting On ;he name Of
tne dead nan orhis family. This is
proper. 4-3 We be!ieys that tbeyi viii
Ei:a this community ready TO render
any assistance they can for proper AID
legitimate investigation. but We hope
they will remember that the repuu.-
tons Of the living are as sacred as
'hose Of the dead pd that It is JUST
NJ wroag to falsely aceuse the living
Ia shield others, IS II Is 10 shoulder
the faults Of the iiyins oEro tac dead
80 tar we nave seen no reason u
eisersdi; the ye;diet OF the corone. 5
iiry. Inc eTidenoe as produced a, tie
inquest irst;t;ts the yeEd;sS If JEere
IS ctaer e:.oence discovered 70 cazage
cur s!ew. re snail promptly 5ag 60,
iust as We can witnou. interfering
g.ith tre ends OF justice,
itis vel 70 unoerssaEd that II some
.. the s.ories reported nave auy foanG-
alton lnsse would ua woTk Tor me
criminal court, and IN such an event.
Inc newspaper IS no ptaes to give o,
1iscuss evidence ia advance of The az
zion Of the courts,
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Tne more se see OF TIA topte brsi-
'ess the less time ne hays iec It. II
me msn who used It was N. CuIy che
10 safer, it would be bad enough, nut
IT does MOI stop 1efe The tears Of
wives, mqthsrs ana children; II not
.ne:f 0lood their living ana thsn com
to.t are All too often sacrificed TO The
o:ozs they DO not drink Inc more We
see Of it, the more We thin1 II is eyii,
ami only evil
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EulsefIle tor 'lhe Enterpie.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-20
ANELOPEMENT
BY Arthur Jones.

Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
Helene sat in her little room in the
convent, straining her ears for the
sound Of the OWLS boot without. She
had packed her few possessions in a
bag; everything was ready for her
secret departure from the only home
that she had known during the past
eight years of her life.
Bereft of her mother at the age of
twelve, her father, a wealthy manu-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-20

1atner naQ appeared some months De-
fore he was due.
Helene" he said to her, you are
a woman now and ready to take your
place in society. l have arranged a
wealthy marriage for YOU"
Then he went on to tell her that
she was to marry Pierre Rideau, the
only son of his great business rival,
within the year. His firm had been
forced into tight position, he con-
fessed, old Rideau held the trump
cards; nevertheless, Rideau was will
ing to make an alliance between the
two houses and thus convert enmity
into friendship. So it was all ar
ranged.
Then Helene burst into tears,
begged to be allowed to spend her life
in the convent that was so dear to
her, and finally Indignantly refused to
be bartered thus. Her father went
away in fury. -
Two weeks later he returned. He
would give her a fine house and
dowry, he said. Perhaps she had not
understood that she was to be one of
the first ladies in Montreal. Why was
she such stubborn girl? She would
have to come to it. @.-.= ~.f-.
Again and again he came back, I'M
til at last, two months before, he said
finally: .'s. -.-'.1s
do you think 1 keep you here and
support you for a joke? Choose now,
Helene. Either agree to marry Pierre
Rideau this winter or / cast you off
and you are no longer daughter of
mine"
Il will never marry Pierre Rideau,
or any man but of my own choosing"
she answered land Charles Despard
went away storming. Helene took the
matter to the Mother Superior, a
grave, patient woman, well versed in
the worlds ways.
81 cannot counsel thee, Helene"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-20
Travelling MerriIy Over the Frozen
Ground. a'>'.
Ground.

facturer of Montreal, had placed her
in the care of the nuns of st. Anne.
True, twice a year he had paid her a
flying visit, bringing with him some
gift, but he had became more and
more of an abstra ction to her as the
years rolled by and she grew to wom-
anhood. Her only mother was the
Mother Superior, her sisters, the
nuns, her home the grim convent al
most in the wilderness, built there a
hundred years before by wealthy
Frenchman, exiled by the Terror.
So the years had rolled by happily,
and then, ten months before, her
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
40 FATALITIES
IS THE DECREASE
SHOWN IN REPORT
Railroad Ace dents Show Falling Off
in Number as Compared With
Those Last Year.
GIVES INTERESTING FIGURES
Concerning Capital, Dividends, Etc
of Railroads Operating in the
State Of Illinois.

Springfield, March 16.-There wa.
a decrease OF 40 fatalities on steam
and electric roads In Illinois for tn,
fiscal year ending June 80, 1919, a!
compared with hefpreviolls year, ac.
eofding to reports of the lllino.
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
SION.
The report shows That 900 passen
gers, employees and Others were
Killed on steam roads, whilh G5 met
death on electric lines, including
elevated. The total injured on all
passenger carrying roads was 1862.
an increase of l,720 over the prev
ions year Of this number l.O95
were Injured on surface and cleo
tfic lines and 12.f9S on steam roads.
The total capital OF all corpora
tions owning and operating In the
state was $6.5S4. .060,9f5, an in
crease Of 5si95, eg4, ,220 The dlyi-
dends paid by roads operating in
this state was Sf5,447,949, an In
crease Of s'2,26s.535 over the prev
iops. year
the assets Of all steam railroads
operating within and without the
state. are s7,5s6, 277 ,007 and tho
liabilities s7,224,s53,275. The to-
tal revenue from all state RAILROADS
was S2a#,eSe,S99, an Increase of ss
3a5,5i5.
The capItai stock and funded daht
of alectric roads totals s274.945,5st
an increase of ss,s3f.T2f The ii.
cal dividends raids were $2,t0a.9s7.
an Increase OF $242,fS6 The net /
surplus over liabilities ii s2.30f. Il
$50 The total revenue from an.
sources was $t7,S77.599. an increase |
Of sfoS, 7h9. The number Of pass
engers carried was 2fs,76s.Gt9, an
Increase Of i,27S,5fs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
PRIEST MASTERS
PURSE SNATCHFR
IN CHURCH Pew
Overrowers Man Who Had Seized
Woman's Pocketbook as She
Knelt in Prayer.
RoBBER pATHEHcALLY pLEASI
For His Liberty, But Has No Effect
and He is Taken Into Gus
tody by Police.

New York, March IL l6.--Calling To
1.-THE priests to aid her Mrs. Christian
Weaver. of 25i West Thirty-seventh
street, struggled with n man who
snatched up her handbag Yesterday
afternoon while she was kneeling In
prayer In the Church Of the Holy
Innocent ON West Thirty-sixth
street. The man struck her and
would have escaped had not one of
the priests overpowered him.
lie was well dressed. white-haired,
and bore refined appearance. II
am out OF work and needed a few.
cents toabuy some food" said he.
= really meant no harm, and hone
you will let me go.
Mrs. Weaver was touched BY the
pathetic plea. Policeman Pertifo.
who was called in by one Of thirty
Pensioners who had been waiting {,
enter the confessional. was alsn
deeply touched by the OLD man l
story. but took him to the station
house, accompanied by Mrs. Weaver,
On the way he again pleaded poy-
erty, but when he was searched the
police found five women's purses, q 4
handbag, $50 In cash. pearl rosary
and other articles of value in his
pockets. A dollar bill also was dis.
Covered inran envelope bearing The
name Of Miss u, Roach.
y. When arraigned the prisoner said
be was William Martin, d fruit
dealer, sixty-one years old, of earl
sixth avenue. Although he protest. |
ID that this was his first offense
@aptain Cooney of the detective
oureau said he believed him to be "a
professional church thief"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
DELAYS KISSING BOYS TERM.

Anatin, Tex, March 16.--Gov.
ernor Coiquitt today ordered that a
sentence OF thirty days in. Jail i'm
posed on Ferris Price. fourteen years
old, be- deferred until July 4 to give
him time to determine whether Fer
ris should receive this punishment
Tor kissing a schoolgirl friend, on
which a charge of aggravated as
sault was based.
The Court Of Criminal Appeals re /.
Gently affirmed the sentence of the
lower court. A numerously signed
petition was filed with the governor
asking that he suspend the sentence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
WILSON PAINTINGS NOT SOLD.

Philadelphia, Pa, March lG.-The
twenty six paintings by Mrs. Wood
row Wilson. wife OF the President.
which had been on sale In the ga =
lery OF the Arts and Crafts gui d in
this, city for several weeks, were, box
ed today and sent to Washington, No
.offer for their purchase having been
received
The paintings were all landscapes
and the proceeds from their sale were
to have gone toward the maintain
enance fund of the Martha Berry
school for Boys and Girls In Rome.
"a. The original prices set for the
canvases by Mrs. Wilson were 500.
$500 and $500, according to size.
and these were reduced to $75, $3.50
and $500.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
English Cousins Show little Regard
of Women Who Gather in Hyde
Park in Afternoon.
WIDEST DISORDER REIaNs
When Leader Speaks and Crowds
Pelt Women With Missiles When
the Police Interfere.

Il London, March 16--.The Suifra-
,gettes who again attempted to hola
la Sunday afternoon meeting In
| Hyde Park were mobed by ten thou-
sand persons, They we're pelted
with clo,.s of4nnf and other missiles
and when the police wrested them
the street rioters pulled OF the hats
land clothes OF the women and struck
them in the face. For two hours
| the park, where the demonstration
was held. and Oxford street, nearby,
presented scenes of WILD disorder.
The trouble began when Mrs.
l"General' Flora Drummond mounted
wagon and started to make talk.
The great assemblage, which was
made up mostly OF youths, had armed
themselves with ammunition OF var.
ious kinds and trumpets, mouth
organs and bells. Her appearance.
on the platform was the signal for
an outburst of deafening noise and
homhardment Of missiles. She had
hardly uttered word when ,lod
9f turf atrnck her In the mouth.
MRS. Drammond maintained hes
Mrs Drummona maintained her COOL
natnrtd smile and continued her adj
dress amid vertable torrents of
abuse, eatralls, ragtime chornsas ana
cfief Of Go home 10 ehiltlren.'
For Q half hour the crowd peltei
the women and ruined their clothes
with mud At last Mrs. nrummond
was forced to give alp her talk. not
= word ofsMhictv was aliriiBi1 an9
Younger woman took her piare. she
Jared no better and the police were
called upon to close the meeting. 4
A large force of police drew In
about the wogan and under eseortI
ne women were led out of the mark
followed by a jerfiag crowd which
Continued 10 pclt them over the
heads ot and through the lines or |
The eonstables.
me police attempted to pilot the |
women to the tube station, but tho
,roWd brushed them aside ana
the women up and down thu
street. IN the melee one woman
I'VE was blackened and The clothes |
u all torn. The police. after nj
iohf' IN which they, too, were
nanied by the rioters, finally sue.
'eediag in steering the women into
no tube, from which all men hadI
'een barred until order had been re-
umed
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
DEATH RATHER THAN DRINK

Sunbury, Pa, March 16-When
told that little whiskey as a slim
nlant might prolong his life, Roy
Maurey. who was lowering between
life and death after being in a raj :
road wreck where he lost a leg and
an arm, replied that he had rather
die than touch drop of it, 5 In a few
minutes his heart ceased to beat.
Maurey had never touched a drop in
his life. He was twenty-three years
old and was injured yesterday when
q draft of cars he was riding as q
brakeman on the Pennsylvania
Railroad crashed into street car,
killing William Crist, the motor
man.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
DIsLIKEs ROOSEVELT GRIP

Seattle, March 16.-AAbe Krousa.
OF this city. a former State Senator.
is sorry he was an ardent Bull Moose
Last October when Cofonel Roose-
Welt made his flying western trim
and visited this city, Kraus was one
If the first 10 greet him.
The former President grabbed
kroase's right hand and gave him
such a gripping squeeze that the
Bones fairly creaked Since that
day Krouse's right arm has been
helpless, slow paralysis having
started at the finger ends. doctors
declare the arm wi never again he
strong, so Krouse has sod out his
business and retired to a country &c.
tate.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
PRAISES BOB FITzsIMMONs.

New York, March I6.--Bob Fitz,
simmons, e-xehampion heavyweight
prizefighter. who has been counsel
ing law and order at some of the
strike meetings in Paterson, N. J..
has won the praise and admiration of
Foxton Ferguson, the. English .ec-
turer, now at the Vanderbilt Hotel
There has been many a gentle
mon o'sfhe ring closely connected
with English politics. 'said Ferguson
yesterday. and 1T is not so many
years ago that John Gully, a prize
was returned to the House Of
Commons for Pontefraet, in opposl-
tion to Lord Marlborough.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
TRY TO WRECK A FLYER.


Pomona, Cal, March Is. The
ives OF hundred passengers on the
Santa Fe Oveland, due at North Pom
ona at s o'c oek this morning, were
endangered by an attempt to wreck
Inc hyer on a dangerous curve about
three quarters OF a mile west of
North Pomona. Three railroad ties
were laid across the tracks. The
WORK Is behaved to be, that OF see
tion hands, attempting TO "get even
tor some imaginary grievance.
The train was going at high speed
and the first and second ties were cnt
entirely in two, the third was showed
fron the track.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
WOMAN SAVES
YOUNG COUPLE; | !. !.
FROM DROWNING
In Street Dress, She pllunges Into
/. Surf, Aiding to Rescue Pair
From Undertow.
THE LIFE GUARDS ASSIST
ASSIST TITANIC EFFORTS ARE MADE {
But Courageous Mrs. Kramer Really
Gives Them the Most
4 g-,,4
Attention.

| Los Angeles, March 1G.-That
Robert Law and Miss Margaret
Baxter were not drowned yesterday
afternoon while bathing in the surf.
T IS due alone to the courage and
promat action of Mrs. Jane Krame
|of Ocean Park.
Neither ean swim. Whie>. thev
were bathing at the foot of Wave
Crest avenue. and where the water
'is. not above their waists, Law
stepped into hole that had been
washed out by the current. Miss
aRaxter was close beside him, and as
.he felt himself going down he seized
her.
Pealizing that Law was in one Of
the nndertow holes the young wo-
man shouted for help. Law, as he
iloundered about pulled her in with
him Both were under water, when
Mis-. Kramer who was passing on
The ocean front, was attracted by
Tho cries of Miss Baxter. Although
IN street dress, Mrs. Kramer rushed
10 one of5the posts on which was
hung q lille preserver for emergency
use, seized 1T and wading out knee
deen into the surf, flung 1t to the
drowning eeaple.
Miss Raxtsr succeeded in reaching
the life belt just as David Moreno.
one Of the life guards. came up.
Law still chung to Miss Baxter as
she reached the life preserver, ana
II was with difficulty that she was
able 10 keep herself afioat. AIRS.
Kramer meantime was trying to pull
Miss Baxter ashore, but the weight /,
Of Law who clung to his companion |
Moreno hurried ont ami
tore Laws hold loose. Miss Baxter
was pulled to shallow water by Mrs !
Kramer, while Moreno dragged Law
1nt.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
Shot IN Rocket, Charge of Powder
Bursts it and He Falls
to Ground.
HAS A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
From Death Due to Extra Thickness
of steel-He viii Make 4
Second Attempt.

New York March IA stee
rocket containing Rodman Law, tn
human fly" in which he intended |,
be shot $500 feet in to the air. dc
scendlng by a parachute, explodef
this afternoon when 500 pounds d
powder behind il was fred. Law
was hurled Is feet from his seat In
the rocket but was nnhurt.
Protected by padd,n ,ng and he'll
net, Law crawled into the rocket
with his parachute and gave the
order to fire. The fuse was lighted
and spluttered for thirty seconds.
There was burst Of flame, a cloud
OF smoke and q terrific report Hun
dreds Of spectators. straining their
eyes for sight of the great rocket
hurting through the air. saw it learn
forward q few feet and burst into
fragments.
Law was hurled violently through
the air and to the ground His hair
and eyebrows were burned on For
ten seconds he was unconscious
Then no got up and looked around.
Darn that thing" he exclaimed.
~ thought ! was going up
Panic spread among the specta-
tors Immediately after the explosion.
It seemed inconceiyable that Law
could have escaped being blown to
bits and several women became hyss
terlcal When those who were man
aging the exploit reached the scene.
they wer surprised to find Law
struggling on the ground in the
midst Of the burning framework Of
the scaffolding which had supported
the rocket Ills miraculous escape
was explained by the fact that the
head of the rocket, in which he
stood shoulder high In hollow ex-
tension, was made of an extra thick
ness Of steel The rest of the rocket,
six feet In length, and two and 4
half feet in diameter, was blown io|
atoms.
Law walked unassisted to near
bS house to have his burns dressed.
lie declared that he would make a |
second attempt as soon as another
rocket could be constructed by the
moving picture interests which em-
him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
BICYcLIsT ON WORLD TOUR.

Los Angelese, March l6,-Travel-
ing around the world on a bicycle Is
not SO easy as the careless observer
would believe, according to G. J. A.
Pahl, formerly clergyman OF New
York CITY,, who started to pedal his
way around the globe and arrived
here destitute of funds, and who is
now serving as waiter at the Har-
ward Military ScHool. Although a
minister OF the Gospel. he is waiting
on table in order to secure funds TO
carry on his nj gramage,t .aa
lie wttl i ride hts, bicycle from.
here to San Francisco and then ex-
poets to SO BY steamer to some OF
the Islands of the Pacific.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
CLAIMS BRADBURY ESTATE

Los Angelese, CAL. March ia
will involving a million dollars OF
more, left by William r. Bradbury
an eccentric millionaire OF San Fran.
cisco to his fourth wife, is being con.
tested by Lulu Gertrude Beed. OF
925 Fest Ninth street, this city. on
the ground that Mrs. Mary Brad.
bury, bis last wife. was never legal.
ly married to him.
Mrs. Bell Is said TO be a niece of
the deceased, but yesterday II was
stated in San Francisco that Mrs
Bell was possibly Bradbury's first
wife.
Attorney Charles Thompson of this
city, who Is representing Mrs. BE |
in her contest, denied this last night
saying that Bell married his first
wife forty years ago while Mrs. He'll
is only thirty years OF age.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
AGUINALDo TO VISIT CANADA.

'ia Manila, Pal, March 16.--EmiIe
Agulnaldo, the former leader Of the
Filipino insurgents. expects soon to
visit Canada with party of repre-
sentative Filipinos to study the
working connection between the
dominion and Great Britain. He
believes that similar connection be.
tween the Philippines and the Unit
ed States might be the best solution
Of the Philippine problem.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
$l,l7o,ooo FOR AVIATION.

LONDON, March 16.-The estimat-
ed amount which the House of Com
mons is to be asked to appropriate
this year for the expenditure on the
British army 10 $141, 100, 900.
against s1ss.soo.ooo last year, an
increased Of $1.Soo,ooo. The sum
OF n.l7o.oeo is to b devoted to
aviation. "a =
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17
CANADA is GETTING READY

Pasadena, Cat. March 16. A
British Columbia is preparing for
the opening of the Panama Canal hy
building docks, warehouses. grain
elevators and planning new traekags
along the water fronts to aeeonmo-
date the rush of freight which is
expected when the water flows
through the big ditch. according 10
W. Sloan of Vancouver, formerly rep
resentative from Ottawa, who is now
guest at the Hotel Green. Mr
cioan says he is In Southern Cali
fornia for the purpose of absorbing
sunshine and taking a rest.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-17

London, March 16.--suffragettes
are supposed to have set fire to q
newly constructed house yesterday
at-cheam Surrey, six miles from Wal
ton. where Chancellor Lloyd George !
home was damaged by bomb re-
Gently The cheam Surrey rest
aence. which was burned 20 the
ground, was mot occupied by the
owner nor agent, who not in any
way connected with the Suffrage
movement or employed by the gov.
erhmert shffragette Elaeards were
left nearby.