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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-15
THE NEEDS OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL

Through the courtesy of Prof. Lanning were shown
through public school building Tuesday afternoon
and wish that every patron of the school would make
the trip and if they would we are sure they would
convinced OF the immediate need of and better
sanitary conditions.
In all the departments found the evidence of splen-
did work by the teachers and scholars much better than
they have to work.
In the third story which is really garret there are
two rooms These both ell shape OF we had not
had revival would be tempted put an III in
front of the "er would almost fit the occasion The
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-15
District Court Reversed

! A case of much more than ordinary
Importance to this county was handed
down from the supreme court this
week. 1t is the matter of the suit OF
William F. Dickman ofMorgan coun-
ty against the North Sterling Irriga-
tion District, alleging damages to farm
property by reason of seepage from
the intake ditch of the company.
The plaintiff in this case was repre-
sented by former Judge Allen of Den
ver and the District by Munson and
Manson. In the trial of the case in
the district court, which was in Nor
gan county, the District claimed thru
its attorneys that it would be neces-
sary to show negligence before claim
for damages could be maintained.
The court instructed the jury that
negligence was not an issue. The plain
till stood on the constitutional provis-
ion that public property could not be
taken or damaged for public or pri-
vate use without due compensation,
and the jury found for the plaintiff
in the sum of $4,000 for damages to
land as well as damages to crops. The
latter point was not disputed by the
district. The supreme court reverses
the decision of the district court in
all that part of the verdict giving
damage for injury to land and allows
the damages for whatever crops were
destroyed
The decision of the supreme court
Will stop large number of cases
| which would have been filed against
the North Sterling District if the de-
| cision of the District Court had stood
as the law. 1t also establishes a val
liable principle for all irrigation dis
trcts by holding that it is necessary
to allege negligence in order to main
tain a suit for damages. This was
really the contested point of the case.
Sterling Enterprise
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-15

ellis caused by the gables in the roof being bull, into
the garre and this that the teacher must pract-
caly keep their eyes in directions the same time
he side walls exactly ft high the center the roos
are of course little higher The light is the worst that
could be imagined One small window the south of each
room and small skylght in the north Prof. Lann,1g
told us that every day he had allw pupils to change
seats on account of their ewes.
The only ventilation that be had is through the
TWO small south windows and for any fresh air reach
one part of the it pass around the the
The walls in miserable condition. plaster is off
and we do not think any effort has been made decorate
the rooms since the building built The backboar rds
are simply Compo board nailed the wall and paint ed
black
In of these rooms che 9TH and St grades are
hned e Confned is the proper word) ,2 pupils in small
poorly lighted i'll ventilated with facilities for do
ing the advanced work that expected of Principal and
students in this grade In the other ~ pupils
foreign element seeking that most necessary thing to
make them good citizens education and
date this half hundred boys and girls dnkv closets
feet square And these students get these rooms
climb narrow wooden stairway that is least angle
lof 45 degrees
On the second floor while the light and ventilation is
better the crowded condition exists the 9Th and 9th
grades side of the building while the 4th and =
cf the rd grade are on the other wide stairway also of
wood leads to the second floor in the of the building
and here is housed practically children with cloak
t,ons and and with only half of one
iof the grades -
On the first one side of the building is occupied
by the Is grade and the other by the end and
the rd grade: These have equally good if
second
crowded for room and they too have cloak rooms
The toilets for the entire school located at thu left
and right of the stairway Immediately in front of the main
entrance: side there toilets the other g.
These scan feet square, dark and uns1ntary.
row aleyway leading in front of them. These toilets
and two wash bowls furnish the equipment cleanliness
Tor as high pupils atone time The stair into the
basement leads down under the main stairway also Of
wood and the furnace is practically under the staways
If fire got the least the children in the second and
third stories woVd be caught like rats trap with abso
utely OF except down and
the third floor the children would have make their
out of small window onto the fire escape and thence
the ground
We writing this criticism but simply as
facts because do believe oneenh of the patrons
of the school know of the conditions
A few thousand dollars i'll addition would remedy
the whole matter The District has bonds and debts
minor would easily raise the money for this necessity
We have barns in the county that offer the stock bet
ter and more healthfu quarters than giving
9TH and Sth grade pupils in public school.
Now is the time to get busy SO that the addition
can be ready for fall school.
What you going to do about it?
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-15
NUMBER rs
different letters.

UIIIVTVIIt Ie(ltCS-
Hans just nos came home from the
office and says Size Russians are com
ing for sure. OF course | was greatly
excited, and wanted to know about II.
After while he told me some of the
prisoners were going to be brought
here in our neighbOrhOod He also
heard that he would probably have to
&" next week to be examined Now
probably one of our American (neu-
tral country bullets can kill my hus-
baud
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-15

What are you going to do about it?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
AMERICAN FACES
SERIOUS CHARGES
Former Clerk of American Consulate
Charged with Helping Britisher
Get Passports.

WASHINGTON, July 29-Harry L.
Wilson of Portland, Oregon, recently
clerk in the American consulate at Berlin
and now under arrest there, faces charges
that are considered extremely serious by
state department officials at Washington.
Wilson ostensibly was detained at the
Danish border for attempting to leave
Germany without d passport. The real
complaint against him, however, according
TO information forwarded to Washington.
is that he aided a British subject is OBJ
tanning a passport, asserting that he knew
the applicant to be an American citizen
Embassador Gerard reported the case
about two weeks ago. Whether Wilson
had left Berlin before that time has not
been revealed
Unlike diplomatic representatives, con-
sular agents are extended no immunities
or exemptions from prosecution for Of
lenses committed in another country If
Wilson's offense should be proved as
charged, it would constitute treasonable
act. The German government is under no
obligation to grant leniency in such cases,
| but could do so upon a request from this
government. Secretary Lansing would not
discuss the case yesterday, further than
| TO say an investigation was being made
| Wilson formerly was a clerk to the mill
tary affairs committee of the United States
! Senate
| Wilson obtained an appointment as
| clerk in the American consulate at Berlin
through friends at Portland, Oregon, who
desired to help him give his daughter, Bea-
| trice, a musical education in Berlin. VIII
son and his daughter went to Germany
five years ago. Wilson had lived in Port
land only short time before going to
Germany. He was born in Washington
D. c. He is 40 years old
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
BRITISH LABOR SHIRKS
SAYS LLOYD GEORGE
Minister Tells House Of Commons
Work on Munitions Is Far Behind
Ten New Arsenals.

LONDON, July 29.-The house of com
mons last night decided to adjourn from
today until Sept H. but before this de-
cision was reached the members heard
Minister of Munitions Lloyd George make
the following charges:
The munition contractors are behind
time IN their contracts.
Labor is not keeping to its agreement
to suspend trade union rules during the
emergency
Four-hfths of the munition making ma
chinery Of England is not employed full
time and only one-ffth of it is working at
night
There cannot be an increased output
from old works for weeks and perhaps
months
From the other side of the ledger were
entered the following credits:
That the government is shortly to estab-
lish ten new national arsenals in addition
to the is cooperative factories already
under government control
Forty thousand volunteer workmen arc
at work and 100000 are to be utilized
among these being skilled workmen who
are to be brought back from the front
A substantial increase in the output o
| shells and other munitions from new es
tablshments will largely be made within
| a few weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
WIDOW BRINGS SUIT.
Mrs Raymond Claims Negligence
Caused Her Husbands Death.

RUTLAND, July ga negligence
case involving $4,000 has been
brought in Rutland county court by
Sahna NJ. Raymond as administrators
of the estate of her husband, Freder-
ick Raymond, who was killed, it is
claimed by a live wire on the evening
of January -, last, while he and
Mrs. Raymond were on their way to
attend a theater.
The case is brought by Lawrence,
Lawrence G. Stafford, the defendant
being the Rutland Railway, Light and
Power company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond were walk
ing up State street about o'clock in
the evening when he came in con
tact with an electric wire which fed
an arc light in front of the Armando
Costa store. He died within a few
moments.
There is some dispute as to how the
wire came to be dangling, the plain
tiff claiming the lamp fell from some
imperfect attachments on the pole,
while the defense claimed at a hearing
before the public service commission
that Mr.. Raymond stopped to fix the
light, which was not burning. The
latter story is denied by Mrs. Ray
mond.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

Green claimed were prohibitive; the time
required to fit out such an expedition
would be at least 10 years and such prep
arations could not be kept secret, so there
would be ample time to prepare a defense.
God has given us this great garden of the
earth and has thrown around it vast wat
ers of the oceans, thus keeping it, through
His power, for greater destiny To full
ill that destiny our objective must be the
development of ADLER and better men and
women enthused and ennobled by the great
American ideal of liberty, justice and
freedom.
This is the last day of the Chautauqua
The afternoon program began at 2.30
with a pageant Of Average Town
and was followed by concert by the
Strollers male quartet and lecture by
Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pickett on Friends O.
| Yesterday This evening, the Strollers
quartet will give another concert and tn,
/ College Players will present Shakespeare,
Twelfth Night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
MORE PLEDGES FOR
1916 CHAUTAUQUA
Action Must Be Taken at Once If the
Entertainments Are to Come
Hero Again
Editor of The Reformer:

Editor of The Reformer:
Dear Sir:-As this is the last dav
OF Brattleboro s first Chautauqua
week, the executive committee of the
local organization thinks statement
from them may be of interest to those
who would like to see Chautauaua
come again. From our experience this
year we know that it is absolutely
necessary for the people who want
Chautauqua for 1916 to show their in
terest by signing pledges to buy tick
cts. At the present time there are
over 400 pledges for season tickets in
the hands of the committee. If Chau-
tauqua is to come here again the local
committee feel that they must have
pledges for at least 500 tickets Then
we expect it will be an easy matter to
get at least so voluntary guarantOrs
to sign the contract for 1916.
Now, what is to- be done? Those
who have not yet pledged for tick
cts should do so at once and to bring
this about, those who have already
signed must use their influence to get
| their friends and neighbors to do like
wise.
The contract for guarantors viii be
| left with the secretary of the board
| of trade at his office in the town hal
| and pledge cards for tickets may also
be turned in at the same place.
| For the executive committee,
| Z. B. SMITH,
Chairman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

OSSINING, n. Y, July 29.-Charles
Becker, former New York police lieu
tenant, condemned to die tomorrow
for iustigoting the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, Is reported to be bearing up
well today under the realization that
virtually all hope of his escaping tho
electric chair has passed.
Becker arose at o'clock today. At
ter breakfast he was taken from his
cell, given bath and new suit of
underwear. When he returned TO his
cell he found that all of his clothing,
personal belongings and even the few
furnishings Of his cell, had been re.
moved. On a new cot lay a new black
suit, white shirt, and black tie.
In the absence of Thomas Mott Os-
borne, warden of Sing Sing, who Is
opposed to capital punishment, Deputy
Warden johnson will have charge Of
the execution of Becker and of Samuel
Haynes, negro, who viii probably
bc clcctrocuted n few minutes before
Becker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

NEW YORK, July 29.-Justice John
Ford of the supreme court last night dc
MED a new trial to Charles Becker, the
former police lieutenant, under sentence
of death for instigatiug the murder OF
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler. This de-
cisiou means that Becker must be electro
cutcd tomorrow. Justice Ford announced
his decision at 10 o'clock in his chambers,
where hc had laborcd several days and
nights on the briefs submitted for and
against the application for nov trial
He called the waiting newspaper men into
his chambers and, as his secretary handed
them copies of his typewriter decision,
the justice said -
~ have denied the motion for a new
trial And this is my birthday. I'm -
today Its a pretty tough way to spend
your birthday, isn't it?' The judge added
that hc had planned TO spend the day with
his wife and daughter. Il virtually ar
rived at my decision Tuesday night said
Justice Ford, ''but spent many hours since
then phrasing and arranging the opinion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
Germans Have Made No
Progress Toward Warsaw
Since Last Tuesday
CONTINUE EFFORTS
TO CROSS THE NAREW
There Has Been Spirited Fighting on
the Right Bank and on the Left the
German Attacks Were Repulsed -
Italians Successful.

LONDON, July 20. - The German
endeavor to capture Warsaw, pushed
forward with notable energy for a pc
riod covering more than two weeks,
has not made any material progress
since last Tuesday, according to the
reports coming from Petrograd, Lon
don and Berlin.
On the contrary the Russian author
tiles in their latest official announce
Iment reitcrate their claims that the
German advance movement in the di-
rection OF the Polish capital has
been checked and they specify when
and where.
The Berlin announcements do not
dispute Petrograd.
Going into details the latest Rus
sian report rccites the favorable ont
come TO the advance guard engage
ments in Courland ana says the Ger
mans are continuing their efforts tC
cross the Narew river at 4 point north
Of Warsaw.
The line on the left bank of tho
Narew has seen spirited fighting, but
remains unchanged and to the right
of the Narew German attacks have
been repulsel.
The French official statement Of to
day reports minor activity but NJ
fighting of any Importance, while the
latest Italian communication says tht
progress Of the italian forces on tht
Carso plateau has been satisfactory
and that they have been successful il
| minor encounters.
Minister of Munitions Lloyd George
addressing meeting of coal operator
| in London today, laid particular en-
phasis upon the need of coal for tn
| successful conduct of the war. He de
clared that events in the east mean
| that a larger share than ever of tn
burden of the struggle was to b
turned on the shoulders of Great Brit
ain and that the country must pay tn
price of victory if it meant to b
victorious.
The German official report of toda
saws there has been no change in tn
situation north of the Nicmen rive
that German troops have taken nearl
5000 prisoners near Suwalk and tha
the Russian attacks south of the rive
Narew resulted in failure and heaV
losses to the attackers.
News dispatches from Petrograd II
dicate that the newspapers of the Ru
sian capital arc preparing the peop
for the receipt of unfavorable news {
the campaign in Poland.
The German imperial chancellor, WI
returned to the capital yesterday fro
! army Headquarters, where ne sa
Emperor William. is in conference t
t day with James w. Gerard, the Amer
can ambassador.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

NEW YORK, July %. - Final prep
arntiuns for the execution at Sing sing
tomorrow of Charles Becker were be
gun at the prison today following the
announcement of Justice Ford S deci-
sion denying Becker third trial. The
execution is set for 3.IJ Il. IN. One Of
Bccker's attorneys said there would be
a meeting of the prisoner 5 counsel car
" today to consider Justice Ford S rul-
ing and decide whether they could do
anything further to save Becker from
the chair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
CALMLY
AWAITING DEATH
His Wife to Make Final Plea to Gov Whitman This
Afternoon, But Latter Believes Prisoner Guilty
Preparations Completed for Execution at
5.45 A. M. Tomorrow

ALBANY, n. Y, July %. - Mrs.
Charles Becker arrived here this morn
ing to make final plea to Gov. Whit
man for her husband 5 life. Shc was
accompanied by John B. Johnson of
Becker s counsel. Mrs. Becker did not
learn until after her arrival Of the gov
ernor's departure from the city. At
ter comforting with Mrs. Becker and
johnson, Secretary Orr put in long
distance call for Gov. Whitman. He
intends asking him to meet Mrs Becker
mt FfshkiH, where the governor cx-
poets to be at l O'Clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
600 MACHINISTS
LEFT THEIR WORK
Employees of Becker Milling Machine
Co. Quit When Increase in Wages
Was Refused.

BOSTON, July %. = Over 600 ma
chinists and other employees struck to-
day at the plant of the Becker Milling
Machine. company in the Hyde Park
section of the city because of the re-
fusal of the company to grant their de-
mands of increased wages of approx
imately 90 per cent and the rein
statement of discharged workmen.
The plant has been operating night
and day recently, filing orders for ma
chimes used in the preparation of wal
material.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

OSSINING, n. Y, July 29-"There is
no Justice here" said Becker last night to
Father Cashin, Catholic chaplain OF Sing
Sing prison, after he had learned that his
application for a new trial had been de
MED Il am confident, however, that l
will get it in the next world. | know that
the truth viii come out, and that the
world win know that Becker told the
truth, and IS not the murderer that he is
accused Of being.
Il do not fear death, but I feel the
stigma which death viii attach to the name
Becker, and | fear the distress and sorrow
that it viii cause my wife
When first informed of Justice Ford's
decision by Deputy Warden Johnson of
Sing Sing, Becker made no display of emo
tion except the tightening of the hand
which clasped that of the deputy warden.
Denied he repeated. And then after
a moment, ''Wcll, In die like a man, any
how
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
FACE STARVATION
IN MEXICO CITY
Carranza and Zapata Urged to Allow
Provisions to Go Through to the
Capital

WASHINGTON, July %. - So seri-
Gus has the food shortage become in
Mexico City that the United States will
make immediate representation to Car
rama and Zapata urging that provi-
sions be permitted to go through to
the starving people in the capital
Stories of alarming conditions have
reached the state department under
date OF July %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
CONSULATE THREATENED.
Guard Landed from U. S. Cruiser to
Protect French Officials.

WASHINGTON, July %. The
French consulate at Cape Haitien, Hal
ii, is menaeed by revolutionists and q
guard from the United States auxiliary
cruiser Eagle has been landed to pro
tect it. This information was cabled
early today to the state department by
American Consul Livingston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

conclusive. | never had any doubt of
Becker's guilt. If l had any now, L would
pardon Becker
Governor Whitman has been receiving
letters from various parts of the state urg-
ing clemcncy for Becker. Many Of these
missives have been from women who have
advanced the purity of Becler's home life
as evidence that he could not be bad. They
have pleaded with the governor on that
ground to intervene on behalf of the con
dcmned man
On first receiving the news of the courts
action, the governor refused to talk, but
later he dictated the foregoing brief state
ment Immediately thereafter he retired
and said that he would have nothing more
to say.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

ALBANY, n y, July 29.-Governor
Whitman, when informed last night that
Justice Ford had denied new trial to
Becker, said
Justice Ford did the only thing he
could do. The evidence against him was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
THE WEATHER.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Friday,
Probably with Showers.

WASHINGTON, July 90 = The
weather forecast: Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday with probable thunder
showers. Not much change in tempera-
ture. Light to moderate south winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH

Friday at 7,3O, service of praise
and prayer. Topic, Christian Freedom
from Worldhness John ?: LIZ.
Worldlincss and Materialism, special
dangers of the age How can we es-
cape these temptations? The powers
Of stalwart faith. The pastor will
lead.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

Successful merchants advertise 10
get business-then keep on advertising
to keep it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29
VERNON.

A dance will be held in Grange hall
tonight. lee cream and cake will be
served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-29

The territory of seven nations joins
that of the German empire.