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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-15
ASCARATE TRIAL
IS Of ABSORBING
HUMAN INTEREST
Prosecutions Witnesses Weave
Web About Las Cruces Man
ON Trial for Wife Murder in
CarrizozO,


Carrizozo, \. NJ. oct ton the
convening Of court yesterday morning
Felipe Lucero continued hits testi-
mony In behalf of the state in the
case of the state w. Ricardo AScarate,
on trial for the murder of his wife
With the direct examination. the
cross-examination and the rehuttal.
Mr. I.ueero occupied the witness
stand until noon. His testimony was
such as a sheriff usually gives in such
I, case, introduced on the part of the
state In anticipation of the probable
defense of the accused Mr. Lucero
testified that the defendant, when he
was taken into custody. was some
what under the Influence Of liquor,
and that he took charge Of the de-
PENDANT at the request of the defend
lants father. A eoroner's Jury was
Immediately cmpanelcd, AS is the cus-
tom of the Spanish American people,
and their inquest over the dead body
WAS held about / o'clock a. m. The
complaint. charging Ricardo Ascarate
with the crime, was made on the nth
of November 1912, the day following,
/ before NJ Valdez, a Justice of the
peace by margarine Barcla, the faith
cr OF the murdered woman
I Two members of the coroner's jury
were called by the state who suhstan-
tiated at many points the testimony
given by sheriff I.ucero, and detailed
to the Jury their official acts at the
time. The first tilt of counsel came
when the state endeaNored To intro
duce the statement made by the de-
PENDANT at the coroner's hearing. In
this il alleged two statements are
made by the defendant--one that ms
wife shot herself the other that he
struggled with her In an effort to dis
iarm her and in the scufflo the revolv-
en- was discharged and he does NOT
know whether she pulled the trigger OF
whether he ana II. Judge Medlef
took recess at 5:ao until this morn
Ing at . o'clock In order 60 hear the
arguments OF the attorneys ON the
question Of permitting this statement
TO go to the Jury and satisfy himself
las to the law pertaining to the point
ia question.
Eleven Are NrIaigncd.
There have been arraigned eleven
of the defendants in indictments re-
turned at this court. an pleading moi
equity except jacoho Mirclcs. yonnt
fellow who some time ago broke IN
ia the store of the carrzozo Trading
company and took merchandise val
lued at about three dollars Upon ms
plea of guilty the court has not, as
yet. passed sentence.
In the matter Of the state W. Ra'
mon vigil now under indictment tol
the murder of his wife, the defend
ants attorneys e;atcwood a Graves
,of Roswell have interpreted motor
setting up the fact that the defendant
Is insane and therefore unable 10 I'm.
derstand the nature OF an arraign
Iment. and asking that the court cat
IN Jury for the purpose Of determining
said defendants sanity. 1t is under
stood that Judge Medler does not view
the procedure OF inquiring into thi
sanity of person as do the attor
news for this defendant, but that h'
will have three physicians make
thorough examination and report thci
findings to him before he proceed
further in the case,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-15
AUTHORITIES ARE HOT
ON LAND FRAUDS TRAIL
ns.e,.. pls,.rer 70 nosslaa loUss.Ll

Santa Pc Oct. t4.--Both state ana
federal authorities are making II no'
for fraudulent land concerns. me
office of the attorney general IS gain
.ering evidence against concerns OUT
side of the state who are circularlzins
farmers in the middle west offering ~
sell New Mexico lands at fancy prices
and making glowing representations
lac To what can be raised on THESE
lands Some of them are mere sahu
lots on which even sage brush refuses
Ito grow but they are sdvertiseu ~
lands on which fig trees and date
palms flourish Assistant Atloihes
General Harry S. Clancy VIII submit
his evidence to the federal authorizes
On that the offenders may be prose
cnted for using the mails to defraud
Texans Indicted.
In the meanwhile, United States Az
torney Summers Burkhart mas pe''
busv too. as a bunch of Texas pro,
meters were indicted by the ledera
grand Jury last week on the charge 0,
engaging in the profitable pursuit q
selling New Mexico sand lots at feeoS
valley apple orchard prices AS ln'
arrests have not yet been made. 'n'
names are not divulged but the DUST
ness of giving New Mexico a bad han''
lbv defrauding unsuspecting eaS'ei !
hand huvers must cease if state ant
federal authorities have their way
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-15
WHITE To TOUR
IN INTEREST Of
TEACHERS MEET
State Superintendent to Use
Every Endeavor to Make
Educational Convention a
Tremendous Success,

Snnia Fc, Oct lI-SuporintendCnl
Of Public instruction Avian y. White
leaves tomorrow ON u tour OF south
eastern New Mexico TO make doublS
sure that every teacher school direc-
tor and every one else interested in
education win attend the educational
convention in Albuquerque during
Thanksgiving week lie already has
the assurance of President and County
Superintendent G. G. Hin that every
teacher in chaves county will go.
Mr. Whites first stop will be Fori
Sumner where he will address tn,
school patrons, school board and chill
dren on the importance OF manua
training and domestic science.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-15
Wind Up at Barbecue.

He viii then become the guest of
County superintendent L. c. Mers-
fielder of Curry county for three days,
making addresses at Clovis and Mel
rose and winding up at a barbecue at
House in Quay county. before turn
ing towards Roswell 70 attend the
products exposition. While there he
will act as one OF a committee TO
Judge the educational exhibit, the
others being Col James W. Wilson,
Supt w o. Hall. Supt. c. e. Hill. of
Roswell. Supt w A. Poore, Of Carts
bad. Mrs. 5. f. Culberson and J. 5.
Long. of Portales. M. Wallace and
Mrs. w. A. Quinn, of Carrizozo; l..
C Mersfelder. Of Clovis, and Charles
L. Burt, of Mountainair.
on his way home superintendent
White viii make addresses in Lincoln
county. at Alamogordo and at Por-
tales
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01

east exactly the same desperate game
is being played. Germany is stalking
everything upon success before Paris,
success which can only come with
the destruction of the enemy before
her, not from an empty siege-use-
less, even if successful, if French and
English armies remain standing.
Russia is putting the whole present
prospect of the war in jeopardy to
strike down the Austrian army,
which represents the full measure
of Hapsburg strength and the sole
sustaining bulwark for a nation of
divided loyalties and many tongues.
Slav Against Teuton.
So far as the war is battle be-
tween the Slav and the Teuton it is
being fought today about Lemberg.
A victory for Russia will be as de-
cisive for the Slav as was Tanuen-
berg five centuries ago, when the
Poles checked the eastward advance
of the Germans for centuries. More
vital for Germany by far is the east
ern than the western struggle. for
neither France nor England threat
ems her existence, seeks her pro-
vinces, save Alsace-Lorraine, but
Slav ambition turns toward Posen
and the very gates of Berlin.
If Russia is victorious in the pres
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
Must Be Cooperation Of All Forces

In this cotton crisis of the South
it looks at if we have had similar
spectacle. The farmer has said that
congress ought to act. Congress has
said the States ought to act. The
States have trown the blame partly
back on congress and partly on the
counties. "The bankers are to
blame" has been another cry; and
the State banks have shifted the
blame to the national banks, and the
national banks to Secretary McAdoo,
and Secretary McAdoo to the federal
reserve board. Meanwhile the man
ufacturers, abused for not buying,
have declared that merchants won't
buy goods; while in the midst of all
the turmoil comes the cry, "The far
mer is to blame because he doesn't
swear not to plant any cotton next
year."
At a time when there ought to
have been the utmost cooperation,
every man seems to have been anx-
ious to reform the other fellow in
stead of himself; and our farmers
themselves have split up into cotton
congresses, cotton associations, as
additions to the Farmers union,
while each State government in the
South has spent its time talking
about what someone else ought to do.
The early efforts of Governor COL
quit of Texas and Governor Craig
of North Carolina to get a confer
ence of governors and unite upon
some coherent South-wide policy
were blasted by the failure of other
governors to give proper cooperation.
The whole truth is therefore that
instead of going into battle with a
well-drilled army, we have had a
mob, rabble, and a rout. Full six
weeks of precious time has been
wasted, when genuine Moses
might have rallied the whole South
for united effort and for victory.
OF course, the six weeks time that
has been lost cannot be regained, nor
can We fully recover from the ficti-
tious and artificial standard Of Low
prices which has been set during this
period of panic and confusion. But
if our cotton farmers will resolve to
get some order and organization out
of this chaos even now, we may yet
save the situation.
The national government has a
distinct duty to perform in this cri-
sis; the State government has d
duty; your local market has a duty;
and the farmers of your country as
a group and you as an individual
have your duties.
Now let's take bird 's-eye view of
the situation, see where each man S
duty lies and resolve to treat every
man who fails in his duty just as we
would treat a deserter in time Of
war.-Progressive Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
Not Even Postholes.

A member of the house from Ohio
returned to Washington after an alb
sence of about two weeks, during
which time he looked over his dis
trict to ascertain how the land lay
and if he had a chance of returning
to the next congress, says the ST.
Louis 'Globe-Democrat. AS he en-
tered the hotel lobby with his grip
he was greeted by his colleague, Gen.
Isaac S. Sherwood, the dean of the
Ohio Democrats in congress. Gen.
Sherwood hears poorly and only
through one of these little instru-
ments which resemble that alleged
musical instrument, the ocarina. with
a curved pipestem attachment which
he inserts in his ear while listening.
Even then one has to shout to make
the general hear.
Hello" said Sherwood to his COL
league. Been out home looking
after your fences?'
Fences, hell." shouted the re-
turned member. Il couldn't find
even a posthole.'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
4 Vegetable Element That is Rapidly
Doing Away With the Use of
CaIomel.

Mack's Drug Store is one of the
first progressive concerns to offer for
sale the new system Of medicine that
is fast supplanting the use of old
fashioned calomel as liver medicine.
Nearly everyone knows how easily
the liver becomes sluggish in this
climate and how this sluggishness
effects not only all the other physi-
cal organs but the mind as well.
The signal towers of this dread
condition, which some call malaria
are coated tongue. lack of energy,
dull eyes, constipation, sallow COM
pleXion.
Taken with regularity this proven
scientific liquid vegetable medicine in
the form of CARSWELL'S LIVER
AID will prevent or promptly relieve
all liver troubles.
On sale under money return guar
antee by Mack's Drug Store, Bam-
berg, S. C.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
"DRYS" WIN IN VIRGINIA.
Early Returns Indicate Sweeping
Victory.

Richmond, Sept. 22.-Returns
early tonight from Virginia's election
today on Statewide prohibition indi-
Gated that the prohibitionists have
carried the State by heavy majori-
ty. ii the present ratio Of returns
is maintained the dry majority will
be more than 10000. Richmond
complete gives 4,2S2 for prohibition
and SOIL against; Danville,, 94S for
and 745 against; Fredericksburg,
315 for. 800 against; Charlottes-
Vile, 349 for, 1876 against; Ports
mouth. 1924 for, 1921 against;
Gampton, PSI fer, Isl against; Bris-
tol, 424 for, 2S2 against; : va
dria, 35S for, 1,l21 against.
Scattering returns from all the
counties showed heavy dry MAORI
ties.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
On the Road.

A commercial traveller had been
talking his hardest, his most elo-
quent, his most persuasive, fol
nearly an hour to shrewd old
Yorkshire business man. The old
fellow seemed convinced and pleased
and the traveller thought he had his
fish landed. But the Yorkshire man
said:
There's my lad Jack-Ah'd like
him to hear what We have to say.
Will ye COON this afternoon and 60
over your talk AGAIN."
Certainly sir-with pleasure!'
said the traveller heartily, and at the
hour appointed presented himself
again for the interview with the faith
er and son. Again he went over the
points of the article he had to sell
forcibly, eloquently, persuasively
Never had he acquitted himself of a
finer selling talk"
When ne had finished, the old
Yorkshire man turned to his son, and
said enthusiastically:
do you hear that, Jack? Well
now, that's the way l want you to
sell our goods on the road. Tit
Bits.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01

ent eastern struggle we shall see a
quick change in the west. To stem
the Russian food not one but many
corps will have to be recalled. Any
thing but a decisive victory in France
will prove but an empty triumph
whose prize is lost as soon as won.
All this the Germans know
best of all. 1t explains all their gi-
gantic efforts, their recklessness of
life, of resources. The supreme hour
has come, precisely as they planned
it should come. They have almost
reached Paris. Their war machine
has fulfilled every task set for it so
far. save only one-it has not yet
destroyed Anglo-French armies.
There is yet time-but the first ru-
mors from the Carpathians and the
Vistula suggest that the time will
not be long.
That retiring war minister of
France who declared before the Sc
we're struggle far to the north "On
this battle the fate of France de-
pends," has found the exile he de-
served, but is it too much to say
that on this Galician battle depends
the fate of Austria.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
Stupenduos Figures.

London, Sept. 1S.-The cost of the
war up to today, including the losses
resulting from commercial paralysis,
has been s11.265,OO0,000, according
to figures compiled here.
The cost to England alone. based
on figures covering 43 days from Au-
gust |, has been S166,500,000.
This is at the rate CT $166, 900
a day, s161,337 an hour, and $2,6S9
a minute.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
MUSTER OUT FIVE COMPANIES.
Ble:ase Signs Order Affecting Def
cient Commands.

COlumDla. sept. Z3.-ln ne mlIIaTy
companies at Liberty Hill, Barnwel!,
Conway, Walterboro and the coast
artillery reserves are to be mustered
out OF the service of the national
guard of this State and disbanded,
orders to this effect having been
signed late this afternoon by Cover
nor Blease These companies were
found deficient at the annual inspec-
tions and recommended to be mus
tered out of service by the war de-
partment several months ago. All
federal aid has already been with
drawn.
The issuing of this order this af-
ternoon recalls the controversy be-
tween the war department and Gov
ernor Blease over his refusal to mus
ter out certain companies found de-
ficient.
1t is expected that the mastering
out OF these companies is only the
beginning of the plan to build up the
efficiency of the national guard.
Adjt. Gen. w. w. Moore has been
in accord with the policy of keeping
the militia up to a state of efficiency,
and his efforts have been approved
by the war department.
All federal aid was withdrawn
from the militia of South Carolina
several months ago..
Text of Order.
The order issued tonight muster
ing out the companies mentioned fol-
lows:
September 25, 1914.
General order No. 70
Il. Under the provisions dissection
80, military code of South Carolina,
company B. 1st infantry, Liberty
Hill, S. c.; companies E, Barnwell,
S. c.; H, Conway, S. c., and X, Wal
terboro, S. c., 3rd infantry, n. G..
S. c., and 2nd company coast artil-
lery reserves, Lancaster, S. c.. are
hereby mustered out Of the military
service of South Carolina.
-. Pending the settlement of
their property and financia! account
ability the commanding officers OF
said organizations will be carried on
the unassigned list.
''3. Lieut.. Col. James T. Hornsby,
State armorer, is hereby directed to
proceed to Barnwell, September %
and 20; Walterboro, September 80
and October l; Conway, October 2
and 8; Liberty Hill, October 5 and 6,
and Lancaster, October Z and s, and
upon his arrival he will receive from
the commanding officers of above
named companies all public property,
United States and State, for which
they, the said company commanders,
are responsible, giving receipt there
for, after carefully verifying ac-
counts of same.
COLE L. BLEASE,
Governor Of South Carolina, Com
mander-inChief.
Official: w. W. MOORE,
THE Adjutant General
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01

Colorado's coal strike has cost the
miners S6,925,OOO and the mine op-
orators about an equal amount. Six
ty-siX persons have been killed.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-20
SNAKE is FARMERS FRIEND
DECLARES AN AUTHORITY

Professor Surface of Pennsylvania
comes to the defense of the snake as
a farmers friend. His children are
friendly with the snakes about the
place. All Pennsylvania snakes
should be protected except the poi
sonous ones; and of these we think
there are only two in Pennsylvania,
the rattlesnake and the co%pperhead.
Snakes eat bugs, locusts, worms, and
other insect pests; so do toads. Toads
are probably of more value than
snakes, and when a snake eats a toad
he is doing more harm than if he
swallowed himself. But it seems bet
ter to have two useful animals like
toads and snakes struggling for sur
vival than to carry on the war against
insects in a snakeless and toadless
world.-Farm and Fireside.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-20
APPLEBY

Almost everybody has started to
thresh in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. braves and Mary Jur-
genson were visitors at Mrs. A. s..
Scharn's Sunday.
Ray Chandler spent Sunday at the
F. Olmsted home.
Wick, Bert and Carrie Schulz and
Bert and Anna Deval Sundayed at
the Jutting home.
Herman G~ronewold, of Illinois, is
here visiting with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Conner and lit
tie daughter, Ruth, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Michael and children, Monge and
Roger Abbey and Jack Richling were
visitors at L.. Corners Sunday.
Lorenda Moorehouse and May and
Hazel Sievert visited at the Chondler
home Wednesday.
Mabel and Lone Chandler visited at
Henry Kier's Sunday.
Ricka Gronewold is assisting Mrs.
Robert Schulz during t~hreshing,
May and Hazel Sievert are visiting
at the Moorehouse home this week,
During the storm Monday night the
silo on the Fred Olmsted farm was
blown down and several hay racks
We're blown over.
Mrs. Achterburg, Fred and Pug Adj
erhold and Charles Castin visited at
the Henry Fittje home Sunday.
John and Ben Fittie visited at Ach-
terburg's Sunday.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-20

visitor at Bradley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathieson of Butler,
were Sunday visitors at Sunne's.
A number of the girls from here
attended the "Pige %fcrening" at Jane
sons Wednesday,.
Mildren Faehn returned to Wallace
after visiting some time at the F.
IFaehn home.
The young peoples society will
hold their monthly meeting at the
50. Paul church Sunday afternoon
at $50. Prof. Norgaard, of Canton,
is to be present.
James Jameson, p. j. Munson and
families enjoyed Sunday dinner at F..
Faehn'S.
Frank Halstrom, Ed Froslie and the
Misses Cecil Husband and Esther
Halstrom cycled to Watertown Sun
day.
Orlando Munson, Fred Jackson, AL
bert Halstrom, Matte Hegna and
Nora Jackson spent Sunday at Heg-
mas.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-20
WALLACE.

T~hreshing has begun in this local
ity. Some pieces Of grain are turn
ing out pretty well. The rust struck
many pieces SO badly that it did not
pay to cut them
Mr.. Caldwell, OF Bradley, was call
ing on friends in this neighhorhood
Tuesday.
Elmer Dobson and family visited at
the parental home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. King, of Water
town, visited at Il. III Morgan,g Sat
urday and attended the tent meeting
In Florence, returning to Waterfowl
the same evening.
Fern Dnbson is spending the week
visiting at her grandpa's.
Mrs. John VinnArd III helping Mrs
Ehilds Giembin cook for threshers.
Howard HiIliard made a business
trip TO Wallace Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carr have hired Out
to Ben Nichols for threshing. Mr.
and Mrs. Carr are from Oklahoma.
Mr.. Snyder passed through thii
part OF the country looking for hill
son. George, who Ia some way strolles
away from home early this spring.
John Posse has started threshipf
M Mr.. Huppierss and Nat CampbeIiss
Minnie Morgan I'D assisting Mrs
Nat Cararbeil thI week
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-20
NOT so STRANGE AFTER AL.

You may think it strange that SO
many people are cured of stomach
trouble by Chamberlain's Tablets. You
would not, however, it you should give
them a trial. They strengthen and In
ylgorate the stomach and enable it to
perform its functions naturally. Mrs.
Rosie Rish, Wabash, Ind, writes,
Nothing did me the least good until
| began using Chamberlain's Tablets.
1t is decidedly the best medicine for
stomach trouble | have ever used"
For sale by all dealers. ADV. S-11
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-20
n HENRY,

Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Duryee and
daughter, Alta, autoed up from Wa.
tertown Saturday in company with
Mrs. Edwards. Of Washington, who
has been visiting there and with Mrs.
Hayford. Mrs. Edwards stayed for a
| visit with her friend, Mrs. Florey.
Rev. +. II. Wilson returned home
Thursday night.
Mrs. Mondloch and Miss Lena were
passengers 20 Watertown Saturday
morning. II
Miss Mary Malthauf spent a few
days last week with Mrs. Francis
Foy.
Miss Nellie Riley arrived Wednes
day evening from Minnesota. She
was accompanied by her sister, Anna,
who will do sewing here this year.
Mrs. Earl North vent to WATERFOWL
Thursday.
Lon Terry came up from Water
town Friday after a few days visit
there with friends.
Miss Emma Hanson assisted in the
NJ. Mathiesen store Saturday.
Mrs. Lyons and Mrs. Hugh Hanni-
gan visited in Waterfowl Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. Moller and baby came
home Sunday.
Miss Sadie Doyle arrived Sunday
morning for a visit at the Sullivan
and Slattery homes.
Emmett Wallace returned to his
home in Vienna Tuesday evening
after helping in the Hannigan and
Foy store a few days.
Mrs. Carl Scott and baby, Burton
came Monday night from Morris, Min
nesota, and will visit with her mother.
Mrs. Starkweather, until the first of
October.
Mrs. Earl North went to Madison
Minnesota, Monday afternoon. She
returned Tuesday night.
Lem Schoepp, Fred Sullivan and
Jack Ginther made a pleasure trip to
Bitter Medicine lake Sunday evening.
Milton Mckay came back Monday
night after an over Sunday visit with
home folks at Orient.
Jim North came up from Hecla
Monday for a visit at the Earl North
home.
Jean Campbell, of Brookings, was in
Henry Tuesday night.
Miss Angela Sullivan and little
sister, Veronica, were shopping in
Watertown Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Schoonovere
made a business trip to Garden City
tuesday morning.
Dave Smith, of Watertown, tran
sacted business in Henry Tuesday
Ernest Schoonover, Floyd Hall and
Scott went down t. Roy Phil
nps' Wednesday to help him stack
Ga&in for a couple of days.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-08-20
Following Precedent.

Pat was a servant of a farmer, and
in his charge was a donkey which
was kept to amuse his employers
children.
The donkey was following the farm
er's wife around the yard one day,
and the farmer, turning to Pat, said:
II think that donkey is taking a
liking to my wife"
"Och!" said Pat, "shure now and
it's not the first donkey that's took a
liking to her, sor."