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Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18
NORMAL BANJO BOYS GIVE
SATURDAY NIGHT con-
CtRTs THRU SUMMER

The Normal School Band under direc-
ton of Prof. Damson has secured a fine
place to practice in the Sunday School
room of the new NJ. +. church, and is
doing good work at the Saturday even
ing concerts, the first of which was
given June II.
The members of the band include
Verne Mauer. Paul Wright, Arthur
Stanley, M. A. Jencks, Arthur Stark,
DIR. Geo. Nuckolls. Carl Walker, Fred
Zugelder. Arthur kroll, Ralph Walker,
Orville French, Frank Knowles, Dan
Lehsn, Atlee Berky, George Brown,
Carlton Sills, F. Geo. Damson. director
These gentlemen will give six Satur-
day evening concerts in return for a
generous contribution which business
men have advanced to repay them in
some part for their work. Ii is fine
feature of summer evenings.
That the band is getting quite repu-
tation may be inferred from the fact
that it has received the contract to fur
nish music at the Ouray celebration on
the 9Th and 9Th of July. Our baseball
team will also go over to Ouray, play
ing Palisades On the 5th and Ouray the
next day
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18
TELEPHONE BUSINESS MERITS
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

The Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Co. is getting out a hand
some monthly journal of progress In
the June issue we note nice story
of Gunnison. written by F. W. Rector
exchange manager here. 1t is illus
trated by six or seven pretty pictures
of this section.
A new position switchboard is being
added to the Gunnison central Office this
week, the board giving space for an
other operator and 100 additional phone
lines. There are few Colorado towns
which are showing any material growth
in telephone business, but Gunnison is
one of them and it is expected that an
other girl will be added to the present
force in July to take care of the long
distance businesss.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18

at Ssu from nox until "Wednesday Of
Csttiemen's Day week. may be seen q
group of twenty FIVE picked singers. re
hesrs.ne their assioeues. choruses and
sosos.
A male elee club has been orgsnszsd
and u " hoped TO give concert some
time during the last two weeks Of sum
mer school. There are some singers Of
unusual talent IN the school tins year
The popularity Of the music department
Is showing itself by the enrolimeut Of
pupils N the departments of Misses
Roee and Holman and Messrs. Dam
son and Brilliant Their schedule card.
are entirely filed up.
A. the frs; two weeks Of this sum
mer session combines the work of the
regular Twelfth District Normal In
stitute. which Includes counties of Gun
nison, Montrose, Delta, Mesa, San
Miguel ouray and Hinsdale. county
superIntendents of all these localities are
here taking part in the sessions.
The reception which the normal fac.
ulty gives to the students this evening
at the formal bailding viii be a very
pleasant affair.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18

yourself and well get the boat. +"
Winters IN the meantime had gained the
bank, and Barrett and Herr,ck turned
their boat toward the bank with the in
tentIon of getting ON shore to go down
to the next place where the current
intercept the passage of the Williams
Winters boat. Winters at the moment
Barrett and Herrick were pulling out
their boat, not knowing just where
Williams was, called to them to ''gst
Frank" and q moment later caught
sight of Williams swimming in the
water, and then saw him throw up
his hands and go to the bottom.
Herrick also saw him throw up his
hands and go down. Williams went
down near the bank. and Winters,
expecting him to come up again grab
bed pole with the intention of swing
ing it to him, and thus pulling him 10
the bank But he never came TO the
surface after going down. About that
time Frank Arch came along in his boat
and the boys on the bank called to him
to go after Frank Arch saw the boat
in which Williams had been riding and
naturally supposed that he would be
somewhere near it, Following the boat
he found that Williams was not under
it and then struck off down the river
He came to a place where the river
branched, and taking the branch with
the most water in it, and then steering
close to the bank to avoid heavy cur
rent, he came up along side Williams
body, floating face downward, just be-
meath the surface of the water near the
north bank of the river about three
quarters of a mile below the Miller
bridge. Arch took the body to a rock
bar, and started to work on the
drowned man with the hopes of saving
him. He called to the other men ON the
opposite side of the river, and they i'm
mediately went to the Miller ranch and
called DIR. Hanson who was on the
ground in a few minutes after being
called, and worked until he found that
all efforts to save the man were of no
avail. Williams was in the water only
about fifteen minutes, but he never
came to the surface after going down
Francis Robert Williams was born in
Pitkin, Gunnnison county, September
Is, lss4. He lived there until he was
ten years of age, when the family
moved to Canon City, living in the
latter place for two years and then GO
ing to Cripple Creek, where Frank com
pleted his school work. From school he
went to work and was later engaged in
assaying, and at various times was en-
ployed in the grocery business in the
Cripple Creek district. Returning to
Pitkin, be was employed in the grocery
store of r. X. Williams and Company
and also of Mrs. Scott Dickinson.
About three years ago he came to Gun
nisol and became a member of the
Continued on Fourth Page
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18

Enrolment 81 the samuser sesssaD
the Colorado state Normsl last ~
had reached the mark of 20 end o.
still climbing A the FIRST wssa = -
over and stuesats keep dropViaG = -
9 fortnight. President kels~y this
u possible that . maximum VI ~ o.
fifty per cent increase over lest SUI
mer may yet be- resched.
This IL the more remark nhle whea ~
consider that this year hundreds of -
Colorado tess hers are stteadsae 50
mer school ct the numerous Cnlifsso b
normals w order 10 i,e near the expa
tion cities.
Students are here from Texas. ksn
sas and hall dozen other states. a.
profess themselves ss delighted vith e.,
climate and the course of study. Tke'
are here for business first. then pises
ure. During the long morning sessipI
which begins at seven o clock, the Ner
NAL is hive of industry In the sf9r
noon there is time for rest and hshir
and mountain climbing. and those 9th.
recrestions which the Rockies afford.
Among features of the past wee
have been q series of splendid lecture
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18
HEY! YOU FISHERMEN
TROUT FLIES ARE OUT

After three weeks Of rather slow fish
ing. the glad news reached town We'd
nesday night that trout flies had APP
peared all along the lower Gtinnison
and were very numerous. The crawl
ing helgramite is rapidly shedding his
ugly coat and you can now find the flies
everywhere, even on the back Of your
neck. Anyway, that IS the signal that
the trout begin to bite, that bait fishing
is no more and that fly fishing begins.
1t is true that the present high water
may last few day. longer, but snow
IN the high mountains is not plentiful
enough TO bother long.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18
P0Pl)llR yoUlc uERcNlnI
BROWNS n cUnn|s0n RIVER
Tnsody Fo1o~. Bo.Aiag P~ry Las Ssnday;
Sw1t Cxscaa Wns Rattle fos Lie d
Frank WlEams.

Frank Williams. one Of Gsnnison' ;
best known business men, is dead. q
victim of the torrents of the Gunnison
river. Thrown into the water by the
cspsizing of his boat, he was drowned
last Sunday mernIng about half mile
below the Miller bridge, north of Gun
nison Accompanied by four compan-
ions in boats, he set adrIft for an excit-
ing ride down the river about ten
O'Clock in the morning, and thirty five
minutes later, the news of his drew ming
was sent TO town over the telephone
wires. Today he is to be buried and an
aged mother is prostrste with grief.
The funeral will be held this morning
Masou's and Odd Fellows cemetery.
Although his death resulted from be
ing in the river. it is Thought that heart
failure and not drowning was the i'm
mediate cause of death. He was a good
swimmer, and when he went to the
bottom he went without a struggle and
never came to the surface until dragged
from the water by Frank Arch several
hundred yards down the river.
Many stories have been told regarding
the happenings incident to the accident.
From the lips of those who accompanied
him, and who did all in their power to
save him, there comes but one story.
II seems that Frank Williams, Fred
Winters. Robert Barrett, Melvin Her
rick and Frank Arch went to the Pratt
bridge to launch their boats on the
river last Sunday morning, reaching the
bridge about ten O'Clock. Frank VIII
liams and Fred Winters started out first
in a new canvas boat owned by Robert
Barrett and Fred Winters and following
them about a hundred feet were Melvin
Herrick and Robert Barrett in similar
boat Frank Arch came along some
distance behind riding alone. All went
well until Williams and Winters ran in
to some protruding brush short dis
tance above the iron railroad bridge.
This resulted in partly filling their boat
with water. Thus being handicapped
with the water in their boat, and
neither of them being familiar with
handling it, the boat became cross-wise
of the heavy current under the Miller
bridge, and, rocking back and forth, it
filled with water and sank to the
bottom, depositing Williams and Win
tiers in the water about five feet from
the bank. Both of them succeeded in
getting hold of protruding brush.
When Barrett and Herrick came along
they observed both of the unfortunate
boatsmen hanging to the willows with
an apparent good chance of getting
safely onto the bank, but after passing
them few feet, they noticed that
Williams had lost his hold on the brush
and was apparently swimming after his
boat. He was swimming with long
strokes, just behind the boat, and not
over foot and a half from the bank.
Barrett then called to him saying ''Save
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18

Mrs. A. Hartman returned from
Grand junction Tuesday. bringing her
mother. Mrs. Mary Hsigler, who will
spend the summer. and If the altitude
agrees with her they may spend the
winter months as well. Miss Leah
Hartman has gone to Bedrock in the
Paradox valley, to stay for the vacation
days with her father and brother. She
was accompanied by her cousin. Miss
Emily Hartman Mrs. Geo. j. d. Vii
hams has also gone from the junction
20 the Paradox, where Mr.. William.
has q claim
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18

Judge Geo. Hetherington returned
yesterday from Denver and Greeley,
where he attended meetings of the
State Board of Normal Trustees. We
learn that DIR. Snyder, president of the
Greeley school, who was reported at
the point of death, is nov improving,
end his disease is now diagnosed as
liver trouble instead Of pcmicious
anemiA
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18

As we go to press the news reaches
US of the death Of Mrs. Jane Warner,
m old time resident of Gunnison, which
occurred st her home, Thursday night
Obituary next week.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18
CHAMBER Of COMMERCE
DIRECTORS LUNCH AND
TALK FUTURE PLANS

The first of the series of MONDAY
luncheons which directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce has inaugurated. vas
held Tuesday at Johnson's S restaurant.
Nearly all the directors were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. johnson set up inc
dinner and this was conductive to 0pto-
mism and new ideas in city boosting
A number of things are under way by
the different committees, but their an
nouncement at this time would be pre-
msture. Assistance is being given to
opening communication between Cum
nison and the new mining strike on
Spring creek. The freight rate ques-
ton is being taken up in certain details,
especially the coal rate to Crested Butte.
One suggestion that found favor was
that of series of socialibility auto runs
by the business men of Gunnison to the
surrounding towns and ranch commani-
ties. This is the season of year when
roads are good and when nature invites
US out of doors. Why not take advan-
tage of the summer to get better ac-
quainted. For instance, one week a
run could be made to Powderhorn, ak
ing in lola and Spencer on the way.
Another run could lead to Crested
Butte via Jacks Cabin, another to ohio
City and Pitkin, etc, another TO Nau-
nita, White Pine, Sargents and Dayle.
and so the list might be extended Eev.
VIM kipp was appointed a special
representative to talk this over Nth
the newly organized motor club here.
President f. NJ Nogrse was M ade
ex-offco member of all committees.
Another luncheon will be held on ] Ine
y at some restaurant 70 be selected by
Secretary Fogg.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-18

Ex-Lieut Governor E. r. Harper
landed good position Tuesday. when
Carlson appointed him state insurance
commissioner. This is the position fill-
ed formerly by Senator Clayton and for
two years by Sam Eppstein. Mr. Har-
per is SO well known to our people from
his long residence at White Pine in
charge Of the Akron tunnel. that all
viii congratulate him on the job, which
carrie. an excellent salary.
Evening journal., 1915-08-10
WOMAN Tells TALE
OF BEING ROBBED
Mrs. Frank Adams FaintS
in Station Waiting Room
at Trenton
DESERTED, SHE SAYS,
HAS MONEY STOLEN

Alleging she was deserted by her
husband for whom she was search
ing, and robbed, Mrs. Frank Adams.
an attractive woman. 10 years old. Of
Wilmington. tainted in the waiting
room of the Philadelphia and Read
ing railroad station on North War
ren street. in Trenton, on Saturday
night. Miss Anna Hilbert, of East
Clinton avenue, who was passing,
succeeded in reviving her
The Adams woman then unfolded
a story of sorrow, alleging that she
had been robbed by a male compan-
ion, who had accompanied her to
Trenton from Wilmington and after
taking her money and a gold watch
and chain, deserted her Miss Hib-
bert phoned to Police Headquarters
and Patrolman Haney was assigned
to accompany Mrs. Adams to the po-
lice station, where she reported her
story to Captain James T. Culliton.
According to the statements of Mrs.
Adams, she was deserted by her hus-
band in Wilmington Thursday, after
a petty quarrel. He went to Bridge
port. Conn. and Friday she sold their
household goods and decided to fol-
low him. close friend of the hus-
band. she said. offered to take her to
Bridgeport TO her husband If she
would pay the expenses. Mrs. Adams
claimed she gave his $40, all the
money she had from the sale of the
household goods, and they went by
trolley to Philadelphia, leaving Will
mington early yesterday morning.
Arriving in Philadelphia they board
ed a boat for Trenton and upon land
ing here went to the Reading station.
The police communicated with
friends of the woman. requesting that
money be sent here to pay her car
fare home. Her parents live in Will
mington. She has been married four
teen months, having eloped to Elk
ton. to marry the man who is charged
with deserting her. The directory
does not contain the name of Frank
Adams.
Evening journal., 1915-08-10
AGAIN faces
man Who shot HIM
Cunningham Gets Five
Years For Carrying Wea-
pom; Held for Assault
DAVIDSON RECOVERED,
TELLS OF SHOOTING

Patrick Cunningham. who, on July
5, shot Patrolman William ]. David
son after the officer took him into
custody on Front street. was fined
$1,000. and sentenced to FIVE years
imprisonment on a charge of carrying
a concealed deadly weapon by Judge
Churchman today.
Before Magistrate Thomas S. Lewis
later Cunningham was held in $4,000
bail for the Court of General Sessions
on a charge of murderous assault on
the officer.
At the magistrates trial Ofhcer
Davidson testified that when he placed
Cunningham under arrest at Front
and Market streets. on July 5. the
man exclaimed: You'll go too" and
then the man shot him once in the
stomach and once in the right leg.
What have you to say?" asked
Magistrate Lewis of the prisoner.
Il thought he was going to take me
to the insane asylum. and l told him
he'd go too" was the reply.
Cunningham was then held in bail.
John Golden, a witness to the shoot
ing, was held in $1,000 bail. Being
unable to give the amount he was COM
mitted to the workhouse. Cunning
ham also was returned to the work
house.
The officer for whose life there was
little hope after the shooting. his in
testines having been punctured in
several places by the bullet. has al
most wholly recovered Beyond a
weakness in his limbs, he complains
but little. He shows but little bad eff
fects from the experience.
Although Cunningham is said to
have shown signs of insanity, he was
rational today. and showed no inclina-
uon TO become unruly. His handouts
we're removed by officer willard
Sharpless, whose intestines also were
punctured by a bullet from the revol-
yer of Peter Krakus at the time that
Krakus shot and killed officer Tierney.
Evening journal., 1915-08-10
RUSSIANS ESCAPE Plan
TO TRAP RETREATING army
Bv The United Press.

DN AHt iNAiNN1 4 A'''f
PETROGRAD. Aug t0.-Unofiiciat
dispatches today claimed the definite
defeat of the major object of the great
Austro-German campaign in Poland
the capture or utter rout of the Rus
sian field armies
The Russians whom Won Hinden-
burg sought TO surround in the War
saw district have escaped the trap
They are making an orderly retreat
upon a line reaching in a northwest
terly direction from Siedlce, having
evacuated Praga
From the extreme southeast 10 the
Courland. the Russians dominate the
retreat They are moving back slowly
10 the Brest Litovsk line standing
ground and parrying the German
thrusts east of the Narew and in
flicting severe SHOWS in the region Of
Kovno. Despite he most tremendous
exertions and tho use Of shells on
scale only equalleG before Przemysl,
the Teutons have been unable either
TO piorce the Russian lines or TO throw
confusion into the Slav ranks.
The Germans thus far have made
no impression on the eleven forts
surrounding Kovno though the outer
defenses of the fortress have been
under bombardment for two days.
Reinforcements both in men and guns
are reported to be arriving TO support
the attack and a determined assault
on Kovno is expected within a few
days.
Evening journal., 1915-08-10
j. 5. BATTLESHIPS
MAY Be ORDERED
TO mexican DUTY
Anti-American Outbreaks at
Vera Cruz Cause Wash
ington Apprehension
united States Will
Protect MINISTER ORTEGA
~ The United Press.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-The bat
Weships New Hampshire and Louisi-
ana may shortly be. and possibly al
ready have been, ordered to Vera
Cruz, it was said on good authority
here today.
The story, however. could not be
definitely confirmed. It circulated
following a conference between Sec
retary Lansing and Acting Secretary
of the Navy Benson, ostensibly con-
cerning Haiti, but at which it was be-
ieved Mexico was discussed also.
It was admitted there was a grow
Ing anti-American feeling at Vera
Cruz.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Ben
son showed considerable irritation at
the question.
"Are the ships about to be ordered
to Mexican waters then?" he was
asked.
Il don't care to say any more" he
answered, than that no such order
has been issued"
The activity at the Navy Depart
ment gave every evidence, however.
that the order would be given very
soon. Department officials did not at
tempt to hide their belief that the sit
uation was deemed critical and that
an anti-American outbreak was
feared.
The gunboat Marietta has been or
dered to Vera Cruz to bring the Bra
zilian minister from Mexico to the
United States, 1t was announced to-
day. He probably will leave Vera
Cruz today. Minister Ortega of Qua
temala, expelled by Carranza, will be
protected on the gunboat Sacramento
at Vera Cruz.
Evening journal., 1915-08-10
Freight PILE UP
BLOCKSP.,B.tW.,,
CONDUCTOR HURT
Cars Are Smashed When
Locomotive PlowS Into
Stone Wall
Crew Save their
lives BY Jumping

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 10
Endangering the lives Of numerous
railroad men. several of whom had
miraculous escapes: blocking traffic
on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington and the West Chester
divisions of the Pennsylvania for
some hours and destroying rolling
stock valued at thousands of dollars,
a freight train ran on a dead end"
switch early today and crashed head
long into a stone wall in the railroad
subway at Thirty-second and Market
streets.
The half a hundred box cars-all of
wooden construction-were demolish-
ed by the force of the collision. The
cars near the locomotive were shat
tered. Splinters of wood, planking
and in some instances the heavy
joists were hurled to all parts of the
underground tunnel.
The engineer of the train, Edward
Metz; the fireman, Fred Dickinson.
and the conductor, c. W. Hatfield, all
Of whom live in Jersey City, leaped
from the train. Hatfield suffered a
broken leg.
The freight train was coming from
rNAo oNg CAbFf dlQ lnI WA6lh was III
directly caused by a wreck which
took place nearly opposite the Zoo
logical Gardens within a short dis
tance Of the Girard Avenue Bridge
over the Schuylkill river, at 1.30
O'Clock in the morning.
Earlier Wreck.
A freight engine, bound from New
/ York with a load of empty freight
cars, ran into a derailing switch and
into wall at this latter point. AS a
result of this accident it was found
necessary to run all freight trains for
time over the subway passenger
route instead Of using the freight
bridge. which run to Washington ave-
nue. and thence 10 the surface.
The subway wreck occurred a short
time before o'clock this morning.
/ The cause has not as yet been ascer-
tanned, but some reports attribute II
to failure to pay attention to signals
The engine. which was No. 2S97, was
switched from the New York division
of the railroad 10 the Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington division
In order to give passenger trains the
right of way the freight train was
switched onto dead end" line, the
Continued on Page 2.)
Evening journal., 1915-08-10
No MORE USELESS
TQOTS ON ''PENNSY"
Whistle Blasts Only at
Grade Crossings or
in Emergencies
SILENT RIDE NOW ALL
WAY TO PHILADELPHIA

Unnecessary whistling by locomotives
on the Maryland and Delaware divisions
of the F., b. a W. Railroad is now ta-
booed.
Enginemen are 10 sound the whistle
only when absolutely necessary or in
cases of emergency. according TO new
orders posted for their information.
This means that the whistle only will
be sounded at the posts along the road
bed in approaching grade crossings and
only to warn persons from the tracks OF
TO summon brakemen back TO their
trains
Heretofore the engineer would sound
an answering signal 10 the conductor.
and would recognize with a blast the
signal of a hagman. All Of this is now
under the ban.
Aside from that. orders have gone
forth to eliminate whistling on the
Maryland division between Wilmington
and Philadelphia, as all grade crossings
have been abolished between the two
cities.
Evening journal., 1915-08-10
SHRAPNEb|
REPULSES GERMAN
Gas BOMB attack
Night Assault Along West
Battle Front Disastrous
TO Kaisers' Armies
.ARCONNE SITUATION
remains unchanged
BY The United Press.


PARIS, Aug 10 - Asphyxiatinn|
shells and high power explosive prod
iectiles of all calibres were employed
ed by TIE Germans in a violent attacH|
on the French works in lie Pretral
forest last night This afternoon'a|
official communication reported tho,|
repulse of the attempts against thal
French line
German infantry attempted to takal
the French positions by storm afters
an hours bombardment. Their
charge broke down under heavy rifiel
fire and a play OF shrapnel Driven.
back 10 their trenches the Teutona'
resorted to the gas shells and them
launched another attack. The French
gave ground when the gas clouda
poured down upon them, but reoccu-
pied their trenches when the gas had
been carried off by the wind.
Bomb fighting on the plateau near
vauquois, and rife fusillades and
canonading elsewhere in the Argonna
without important results occurred
throughout the night The war Office
reported the repulse of two German
attacks north Of Souchez.