davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
MRS. HANNAH sTANDRING

Death from heart failure came to Mrs.
Hannah Standring yesterday at her
home in Wildwood, N. ]. Mrs Standring
was IS years old and had been IN for
six weeks. Her husband. William Stand
ring, Sr., a retired grocer, and a son.
William Standring, Jr., in the grocery
business at 2914 Hancock street. sur
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
JOHN sTUERTz

John Stuertz, 6S years old, a jeweler
died Yesterday from an attack Of hes n
disease at his home. S23 CallowbiII
street. Mr. StueTtz was born in ScbIitl
Germany. His widow, three sons ana two
daughters survive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Hon. Alfred Anson. son OF the Earl OF
1ichheld also sailed. Mr.. Anson re-
Gently completed a tour OF this country,
and said he would volunteer for ths
war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
LUSITANiA GETS ORDER
FOR TRIP TO FIERY PORT
Anonymous Letter for Captain az
Ship Sails From New York.
NEW YORK Semi q

NEW YORK, Sept. %.
Just as the Cunard Line steamship
Lusitania left her pier at o'clock this
morning an envelope containing a sin
gle sheet of paper was handed to Cap
tain Daniel Dow, the ships master, who
merely smiled when he read It, Writ
ten In capital letters was this sentence:
GO to - with the whole nation Of
England"
The letter hau been mailed at the
Grand Central station last Monday.
The Lustania carried 126 first class
ITO second class and $50 In the steerage
Among the saloon passengers was
Lieutenant Moreton f. Gage. military
attache OF the British Embassy In
washington who left to join his regi-
ment, the Fifth Dragon Guards. The
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23
YAKIMA CAN'T COMPETE

Because it was not considered
fair to allow Yakima county to
compete for the general county
exhibit at the state fair, the de-
partment of agriculture h a s
doubled the district prizes to
which that county is eligible and
this year expects to bring out
the best display Of Yakima
county products ever shown, in
a keen competition of the differ
ent districts of that county for
the $500 first prize, 500 second
prize and $50 third, for the best
most complete and most artistic
exhibit of products of the coun-
ty, the display to include fruits,
grains, grasses, forage crops
and vegetables.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23
FACTS NJ
SHAPE FOR EXPERTS
Field Work of Palouse Proect
Survey is Completed and
Data is Being Compiled

Olympia, July 22-The sur
vey of the Palouse irrigation
project, ordered by the last
state legislature, is rapidly
nearing completion. The legis-
lature appropriated $4,000 to-
ward the survey, the federal
government allowing a similar
amount, and the actual work be-
ing done by the United States
reclamation service.
The purpose of the legisla-
ture in making the appropria-
ton was to have available, at
it's next session, detailed facts
and figures regarding the pro-
ject, which affects several thou
sand acres of arid land in East
ern Washington.
Whether the project will be
constructed and if so, whether
this construction will be by the
state, by state aid or otherwise,
are matters that cannot be fore
told until the result of the in
vestigations are considered by
the legislature. The headquar-
tiers of the survey were located
at Colfax at the outset but with
the work nearing completion
have been transferred to Sunny
side. AS soon as the field notes
and other data are put into
shape by the reclamation ser
vice, they will be gone over by
the engineers committees, soil
experts and others representing
both the state and federal gov
ernments, and then submitted
for the consideration of the leg
islature. Gaging stations es-
tablisht on the several streams
and their tributaries which are
to furnish the supply of water
for the project, will be contin-
ued permanently, the care of
them to be transferred to the
reclamation service, not later
than August LIST, to the United
States geological survey.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23
MORE TIME TO PAY

The minds Of many ranchers
on the irrigated lands of Wash
ington will be much relieved at
the news that congress is favor
ably considering the extension
of the period in which settlers
on irrigation projects may pay
back the construction cost OF.
them from ten to twenty years.
President Wilson. Secretary
Lane and officials Of the recla-
nation service have approved
the proposed extension of time.
The settlers, to the number of
thousands, are said to have
found it practically impossible
to make their payments to the
government within the ten year
period.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23
GIVE IMPETUS TO
ROAD BUILDING
Organization of State Aut0mo.
bile Association Looked up
on as Auspicious

Seattle, July %, (SpeciaD -
What is destined to mark a new
era in the development of the
good roads movement in this
state is the organization of the
Washington; State Automobile
Association, which will be af-
filiated with the automobile As
ISOLATION of America. The new
organization will boost for good
roads, work for legislation that
will be fair to both automobile
owners and non-owners and for
the general protection of the
motorists interests. Chairman
A. G.. Batcheldor, of the execu-
tive board of the A. A. A., in
stating the necessity for the
formation of the association,
said: Employing a vehicle
which has within it's capacity a
wide range Of activity, we fire.
quently find ourselves seeking
roads that only encourage long
distance travel. The motorist,
however, knows that nowadays
centers Of population must be
connected by roads and invari-
ably such main arteries serve
the most prosperous farm
country and must bear the bur-
den of traffic which accumulates
from the equally essential but
less important tributary veins
of communication" The new
organization will start with a
membership well up into the
thousands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23

When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation, don't
imagine that your case is beyond help
because your doctor fails to give you re-
lief. Mrs. G. Stengle, Plainfield, Nj,
writes, ''For over month past have
been troubled with my stomach. Every
thing ! ate upset it terribly. One of
Chamberlain's booklets came to me.
After reading few of the letters from
people who had been cured by Chamber
louis Tablets, l decided to try them.
/ have taken three-fourths of a package
of them and can now eat almost any
thing that l want" For sale by The
Columbia Pharmacy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23
PROHI PETITION o. X.
Petitions initiating the bill


for statewide prohibition have
been declared sufficient by Sc
rotary of State I.M.Howell and
the bill will go on the ballot ior
the election November 8. There
were 1912 valid signatures,
more than twice as many a; re-
quired. The bill proposes, if it
is approved by the voters. will
make unlawful the manufa ,ture
and sale of intoxicating liquors
in the state after January 1,
1916.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23
The Best Medicine in the World

"My little girl had dysentary very
bad. I thought she would die. Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy cured her, and I can truth
fully say that / think that it is the
best medicine in the world" writes
Mrs. William Orvis, Claire, Mich.
For sale by the Columbia Pharmacy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23
HOW TO PREPARE
FRUIT FOR EXHIBITS
PomOl0gist of State College Of
fers Suggestions to Growers
who Wish to Compete
Or. J. Barnett, Pomologist)

In a short time now an inter-
esting part of the fruit grow
ar's mail will consist of the pre-
MUM lists issued by the vari-
GUS fair associations. A care
full study of these will prove of
value to all, but more especially
to prospective exhibitors, as a
thorough knowledge of the en-
try requirements and premium
classes is necessary in making
up a successful exhibit.
Fruit fit to be taken to the
fair must be well grown. 1t is
possible for a poorly cared-for
orchard to produce winning
plate, but it is a rare thing, and
when it comes to the larger box
classes, practically impossible.
Well grown fruit has been prop
erly sprayed, cultivated ana
prpred, thinEed and harvested.
Too great emphasis is usual
ly put on the matter Of size by
both the management of the
fair and the entrant. The OBJ
normal, whether it be an apple
the size of a pumpkin or a five
legged calf is of interest, but it
should never be made even an
important feature and could
well be left out entirely.
Fruit for exhibit should be
selected from large quantity
and in good day light, should
show the proper form, size and
color for the variety and the in
dividuals should be uniform
in the above characteristics.
1t should not be necessary to
say that show fruit must be
wholly free from injury or
blemish Of any kind, not even a
limb rub or a broken stem.
If the fair is placing empha-
sis on the commercial SIDE Of
the fruit industry, pack be-
comes important ana should
have careful study, especially
if the fruit is apples or pears.
Proper packing presupposes
correct grading, which should
have been done in good light
and with a large quantity of
fruit at hand. 1t is the GUS
tom to give equal value to the
bulge, alignment, height of
ends, compactness and attrac-
tiveness. In a commercial way,
however, the amount of bulge
and the compactness are more
important than the other fea-
fures. Most Of the packed ap-
pies which win prizes have been
put up by expert packers.
For the earlier shows the
peaches, plums, grapes and the
other soft fruits should be
made more important parts of
the exhibits and the require
ments of perfection for them
more rigidly enforced. With
them condition, including free
dom from blemishes and the
physical condition of the fruit,
is of primary Importance and
must be carefully considered in
choosing the show fruit. Over
size in this class is nearly al
ways accompanied by defect of
other kinds and what the exhi-
bit might gain for being quite
large is likely to be lost because
of split stone, cracked skin or
similar defects.
District displays are of value
for advertising purposes and
one of the most attractive fea-
lures of many fairs. The whole
district should join in prepar-
ing them, under the direction
of a committee, and each con-
tribute according to his ability.
The Experiment Station of
the Washington State College
has now in press a popular bull
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

PHoNED TO BOULDER AND SEW
ERAL OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN
DiCTED FOR MURDER. THEY
HAD BEEN ORDERED BY DOYLE,
SECRETARY OF THE MINE WORK.
ERS, BY PUBLISHED PRocLAMA-
TlON, TO ARM THEMSELVES, BY
THE SAME ORDER WHICH STIR.
RED UP THE ENTIRE ORGAN
IZATION IN THE STATE. THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, TRIM.
DAD FREE PRESS AND OTHER
ORGANS OF MURDER AND AN
ARCHY PUBLISHED DoYLE'S
PROCLAMATION AND JUSTIFIED
1T. JOHN c. SHAFFER, PUBLISH
Err OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
NEWS AND DENVER TIMES, is AS
MUCH A MURDERER BEFORE THE
FACT AS DOYLE AND HICKEY,
THE STATE FEDERATION OF La
BoR SECRETARY WHO WAS
CAUGHT AT WESTMINSTER, TEN
MILES FROM THE HECLA MINE,
BRINGING ARMS AND AMMuNI-
TIoN TO AID THE MEN THEY IN
CITED TO RIOT.
THE DENVER EXPRESS Is AN
ANARCHIST SHEET THAT DID ITS
BEST TO ENGENDER HATE RE-
SULTING IN THE HEcLA HORROR
AS WELL AS THAT AT LUDLOW.
THE POST HELPED CREATE THE
ouTBURsT OF ANARCHY BECAUSE
-oH, BECAUSE 1T Is THE POST.
YOU KNOW.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

that time. He agreed with me and
told him would like to see him in
his office and also told Pat Powers l
would like to see him. he being presi-
dent of the local. We then went to
the office of the Board Members, some
six or seven of us. AS we reached
the office a phone call from Mr.. Belk
told me that they were shooting up
the Vulcan mine, which is situated
south and west of Lafayette and
straight east of Louisville. l turned
| to the officers in the office and told
them what was going on. They all
turned white from fright. / said to
Potestio, 81 want you to go with me-
and to Pat Powers, you go down
there" Potestio said he wouldn't sc
and the others said they wouldn't go,
but Pat Powers said, 81 will so with
you." We Immediately started out
and as I got outside l could hear the
shots at the Vulcan and the whistle
started to blow for help. One of the
| men in the crowd standing around
| the Union hall started for the town
hall to ring the fire bell. Powers hol.
Tered and told him not to ring that
Jack Christ, my deputy, was standing
at the door as we went out. l told
him what was happening and said
Come on, Jack, let us so to the Hec.
la" Powers was with us following
behind. When we got about half way
from the Union hall to the depot it
occurred to me to have Powers call
up Lawson and Doyle. i stopped and
told him to go back and phone Law
son and Doyle and tell them they
were shooting up the Vulcan mine,
and they were then starting to shoot
from Louisville towards Hecla, and If
anyone was killed l would hold them
responsible, as well as for any act of
violence. He said he would go back
and call them. He Immediately start
ed. Christ and l started for the
Hecla mine, which is about mile
from the Union hall. When we got to
the depot we started north up the C.
& S. track and went only half a block
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

Captain Carson from Trinidad during
the afternoon, with a couple of men
at the pump house. At the steel
bridge the body of striker was
found. This striker had been shot
by a steel jacketed bullet making a
clean wound through the head. The
steel jacket bullet is a service am.
munition used by the armed forces OF
the United States and the only kind
authorized by modern warfare.
Death Of Louie Tikas While Attempt
ing to Escape.
Shortly after this Louie Tikas was
captured by Lieutenant Connor at the
pump house, and Filler and Rubino
captured by the detail under the
command of Captain Linderfelt at the
steel bridge, Captain Linderfelt leav-
ing Lieutenant Bigelow in command
at the steel bridge went to the water
tank himself. Lieutenant X. E. Lin
derfelt, after the capture of the three
men, went to the Ludlow depot to
notify Major Hamrock. After he left
the men in charge Of the prisoners
they were fired on from the strikers
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

ter. and the officials of the United
Mine Workers, realized that things
were in a strained condition in Boulder
County. All 1t needed was fire
cracker to go of at the wrong place
to start trouble.
From that time on I stayed night
and day. in fact practically lived in
the coal camps, watching every move.
On Monday evening, the 9th of
April, received a telephone message
from District Attorney Carlson, in
forming me that the operators, through
their attorney, and the United Mine
Workers. through their attorney, and
himself had reached an agreement
whereby the sheriff's office was to
take charge of the machine guns and
searchlights at the various mines be-
longing to The Rocky Mountain Fuel
Company in Boulder County.
called up Joe Potestio, secretary
of the Louisville local Of the United
Mine Workers, and informed him OF
the agreement which had been reached
between the attorney for the United
Mine Workers and the attorney for
the operators, and District Attorney
Carlson. Also called up Mayor Fault
of Lafayette and informed him Of the
agreement which had been reached
in regard to the sheriff's office taking
charge Of the machine guns and
searchlights Of The Rocky Mountain
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

About four o'clock there being no
shooting called up the guard at the
mine and told him l was coming in.
Mr.. Christ and myself started for
Hecla. We had hardly gotten to the
guard house at Hecla when the shoot
ing started again, more severe than
before. 1t was about 400 in the
morning when the second shooting
was started. told the Hecla people
that there was no use shooting at
those people; that they had ammuni-
tion to burn up and would not be sat
isfied until they had burned it. The
only thing to do was to take care of
their families and get down in the
basement if they had any. All the
machine gun was used for was to
scare the men back in the ditch, as |
didn't want anyone killed, but said,
''If they start to make rush, shoot
to kill" AS long as the strikers
stayed in the ditch, though they were
trying to kill us, they were accom-
plishing nothing and only showing us
where they were located.
While l was in the Hecla guard
house, about 500 o'clock while phon-
ing, bullet came crashing through
from a northwesterly direction and
lodged in little cupboard on the
south side. just below my knee, just
missing my leg.
From 4:3O a. m. until 1880 p. m. l
was back and forth between the Rex
No. 1 dump and the Hecla guard
house.
On arriving at Hecla I found that
the men only had about nineteen
rifles and shot guns and they were
not all in use, as some of the men had
discarded them and gone to the
cellars. They had about fifteen
rounds of ammunition to the man.
The shooting stopped between 1910
and 1890.
About 10:00 o'clock in the morning
was informed by one of the men at
the Hecla mine that one of the work
men was shot in the jaw and one shot
in the hand and wanted a doctor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

on the east side of the tent colony,
the men Immediately taking to cover.
The prisoners, taking advantage of
this, tried to escape, with the result
that they were shot.
Major Hammock placed his aut-
posts about midnight and later sum-
moned the officers to meeting at
Cedar Hill to discuss the plans for
the ensuing day, Lieutenants Bigelow
and Connor being left in command at
Ludlow during this meeting.
Early in the Afternoon, during the
fight on the Goth, Major Hammock re-
ceived word of about $50 strikers
coming from Aguilar, Rugby and
Rouse to reinforce those at Ludlow.
He notified the people at Delagua and
Hastings to get out into the hills and
to watch the trails from Aguilar.
A group of negroes working at Hast
ings, about twenty to twenty-five in
number, under one of their number
who had been first sergeant in the
Gath U. S. Infantry, had taken up a
position in the hills two and one-half
miles west of Ludlow. Hamrock also
notified the people in Berwind canon
to get into the hills eand look out for
strikers who were coming from Sc
gundo toward Tollerberg. At about
midnight he received word of large
number of strikers, about 300 in num-
ber, coming from Trinidad. The
troops were reinforced early Tuesday
morning by Company C. Second In
fantry, from Lamar, and by small
detachment of troops from Walsen-
burg. These, with the reinforcements
received during the afternoon of the
goth, brought the original number of
forty-four troops at Ludlow up to
one hundred and sixty-eight and nine
teen officers. Major Hamrock re-
ceived a call for aid from Hastings,
sending small detachment there,
the strikers retiring as soon as the
detachment arrived.
Strikers Shoot Ranchmen and De-
stroy Property.
The next day q similar call for
help was received from Delagua and
again as soon as the troops arrived
the strikers retired back over the
hills in the direction Of Aguilar, after
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

roar of shots. We were in this house
perhaps ten minutes before the ma
chine gun did any shooting. We were
all of twenty minutes coming from
Union hall up to this house. 1t was
about 1920 when the shooting COM
menced and there was a continuous
roar from then on. up to about 3:15
or $3.50 in the morning.
When I dropped back into this
this house found a telephone there
and called up the stockade, telling
the people inside / didn't want them
to shoot into the town and that !
didn't want any women and children
killed and to cut 1t out, as l would
stand for no shooting, and that
would get In there as soon as there
was a let-up. but all this time. up to
1880 In the morning. there was con-
tinual firing from the town into Hecla
Heights.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

having killed four men and shot a
fourteen-year-old girl while still in
bed at Delagua, and shooting all the
livestock and various domestic AMI
mails at the ranches in the neighbor-
hood. These same strikers later
burned up the canons around Aguilar.
Tuesday morning, the 21st, a pit
was discovered under what had been
one Of the tents In the colony and con-
tanning the bodies Of two women and
dict and Or. lamme Of the medical
corps Immediately went to investi-
gate, finding that none Of the bodies
showed any evidence whatever OF bull
let wounds and that they had been
suffocated and had been dead some
time prior to the time the fire started
In the colony. A number of eminent
physicians, after having seen the pit
where these two women and eleven
children were found, stated that
thirteen people could not live more
than two hours in that pit without
suffocating. 1t was 7xSx5 feet in size.
During the time of the rescue work
in the tent colony large quantity
of ammunition was taken from vari-
Gus tents in the colony, some $4,000
rounds being taken from a tent
marked HEADQUARTERS JOHN r.
LAWSON." There were eleven cases
containing 1000 rounds each from
which the seals had not even been
broken. There were 500 rounds OF
45.7O dum-dums. There were 200
rounds of Ely Express. calibre
45.100, containing an explosive cap
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-03

Fuel Company and that n deputy was
to be placed in charge of each mine,
which seemed to please him. l told
him / had sent deputy over that
evening to take charge of the Mitch
ell mine and as soon as / could ar
range 1t would get a deputy and send
him to the Simpson mine and one to
the Standard and that | was going to
the Hecla mine and Ivan Creese to
the Industrial mine at Superior, and
Gene Shreeve and Fred DUNCAN to the
Gorham mine at Marshall.
l left Boulder on the $50 car for
Louisville. Arriving at the Union
hall about 900 / found in the neigh
hear what / had to say in regard to
the agreement which had been
reached between the United Mine
Workers attorney and attorney for
the coal operators. l explained to
them what the agreement was. Part
of them seemed to agree to 1t and
think it was a good thing, but some
of them had some complaint to offer;
while the secretary of the local, Joe
Potestio, made a strong anarchistfc
talk against me taking charge of these
guns, saying that with me being alone,
and the deputies at the other mines
also, they might tie us and gag us
and shoot up the town and kill the
union people. He made a very ex-
citing talk and seemed to arouse the
people very much. One assertion he
made was that If Sheriff Buster would
say the word they would go down to
the Hecla and take the machine gun
and they all jumped up and said,
yes, yes" I called him down sew
eral times and said it was up to the
conservative people to keep down the
radicals as it needed but little to start
trouble. The conditions were dis
cussed pro and con up to about 1O:Oo
o'clock. During the meeting they
waved the Rockefeller flag a great
many times. After the meeting ad.
journed / talked with Potestio and
told him didn't like his talk and that
II was dangerous on account of con-
ditions being such as they were at