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The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27

The Census Bureau reports that the
estimated 1914 production of cotton
seed will exceed 100000 tons.
President Wilson has decided to ap-
point Adolph Lankering and Emil
Groth postmasters, respectively, at
Hoboken and Union, N. j.
The Hamburg-American liner Oden-
valid, stopped from leaving San Juan,
Porto Rico, by shots across her bow,
Is being held under the recent con
sressional resolution empowering the
President TO prevent supplies going
from American ports to ships of the
European belligerents at sea.
Claims aggregating $4,000, 900. many
of them growing out of damage done
in the South by federal troops in the
civil war, will be thrown out of court
If the Court of Claims sustains an
Interpretation placed by the Depart
ment of Justice on a provision of the
omnibus claims bill passed by the last
Congress. y
Chevalier Van Rappard minister
from the Netherlands, communicated
informally TO Secretary Bryan an out
line of a note sent by the Neither
lands government to Great Britain and
France, protesting against the en-
barge on commerce of neutrals with
Germany as having no precedent in
law or history.
Formal announcement was made at
the White House that at present Pres.
ident Wilson has no intention of call
ing an extra session of the Senate or
of Congress before the beginning of
the regular session next December.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
Kidnapped, Robbed and Beaten.

Denver.-John B. Garvin, principal
of the South Denver High School, was
bound, gagged and beaten by three
men near the corner of Forty-fourth
avenue and Grove street. He was then
placed in an automobile and taken to
the East Denver High School, where
he was robbed of box containing $50
and left half conscious in the snow on
the high school lawn.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
Estes Will Lead All Parks.

Denver.-Accessibili to the East
is an advantage held by Colorado's
newly created national park that will
bring to its gates at least double the
number of tourists that any other one
of Uncle Sans fourteen national
parks will be able to attract, accord
ing to Stephen Tying Mather, assistant
to the secretary of the interior who
was in Denver for conferences relative
to the new park.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
Eighty Offer Skin to Save Girl.

Colorado Springs-Eighty people
went to the BETHEL hospital here to
offer their skin to save the life of
5-year-old Mary Harder of Colorado
City, who was so badly burned in a
gasoline explosion that physicians
asked for 100 square inches of skin,
DR.. II. P. Daniels selected six of the
volunteers and applied their skin to
the child. The operation was sue
cessful.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
SPORTING NEWS

The vanguard of the 1915 Grizzlies
got into Denver all smiles, to he back
ana eager to start off the training
season with a rush.
Governor Hunt vetoed IL bill pro-
viding for the establishment of the
pari mutuel system of betting on horse
races in Arizona.
Johnny Dundee of New York was
awarded decision over Joe Azevedo
of Oakland, Cal, after "a fast eight
round bout at Memphis, Tenn.
Paul Wilson, member of the Hotel
Planters team of Chicago, tied the in
dividual high score of gu set up by
julie Lellinger of Chicago in the Amer
lean Bowling Congress at Peoria, ILL.,.
Champions in the various boxing
divisions of the Rocky Mountain
branch of the A. A. u. will set down
to hard work preparing for the
Triangular tournament at the Denver
Athletic Club April and 7.
The fear of defeat is upon Jack John.
son. The big negro, who for years
has lived the life of an idler and
spender, for the first time has a
"hunch" that he may lose his title of
heavyweight champion. With that
loss, johnson knows that his easy life
would disappear.
The schedule of tournament dates
officially sanctioned by the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton for 1856 was given out in New
YORK by Robert ID. Wrenn, president,
and included the following: Aug. 30,
Denver Country Club, Denver, Colo
rado state championship; Sept. TO-,
Panama-Pacific exposition grounds,
San Francisco, California state cham
niOnShin
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
Bacon & Eggs Start Restaurant.

Golden.-George Bacon and Frank
Eggs of Pine have started restaurant
at Shaffer's crossing in the Plate
canon district. The firm name is '',Ba-
con and Eggs" The following sign
has been placed in front of their
place of business: Bacon and Eggs
Short Order House. No Talking Dur,
ing Meal Hours"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
FOREIGN

An official parliamentary report on
the earthquake of Jan. IL gives the
number Of deaths thus far reported as
29,97S.
Commander Illarion Mchtovt, new
naval attache to the Russian embassy,
was formally presented TO Secretary
Daniels in Washington.
Vera Fisner, one of the most widely
known leaders OF Russian Socialism,
has been arrested at Ungheni, near
the Rumanian frontier.
An Algeciras Spain. dispatch says
four sailing vessels with Spanish dock
laborers on board have been lost in .
furious storm. 1t is estimated that 300
persons on board the vessels were
drowned.
A French commission of inquiry in
to the capture by a French cruiser of
the American steamship Dacia while
| on voyage from the United States
to Rotterdam with a cargo of cotton
on board, has declared the seizure to
be valid
Five articles bearing on the Japa-
nese demands upon China were
initiated as concluded by the Chinese
foreign minister, Lu Chang Hsiang,
and Eki Hioki, the Japanese minister,
at the conference which was held at
the japanese legation in Peking.
Seventeen Belgians, most of whom
We're young peasants, were shot at
| daybreak in the Ghent barracks, after
having been found guilty by a German
court martial of espionage in the in
terest of the allies" says dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company
from Amsterdam.
Col. K. NJ. House of New York and
| Texas reached Berlin from London
and at once went into long confer
ence with James w Gerard. the
American ambassador. Col House will
be the ambassadors guest while in
Berlin. Col. House is working in the
interest of possible peace.
most pathetic figure at Berne is
the aged Baroness De Magnanville of
Paris, who is asking the aid of the
Swiss government to obtain the lib
GRAFTON of her husband, aged so, after
offering ransom of 100000 The Ger.
mans took Baron De Magnanville as
a hostage near Noyon several months
ago.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
Gun Found After BeIcher Fell.

Trinidad-A revolver picked up
from the gutter by NJ. J. Goldsmith
just after the shooting of Baldwin
Felts Detective G. w. Belcher, Nov.
20, 1913, played a conspicuous part in
the trial of Louis Zancannelli, charged
with numbering Belcher. The revolver
was finally introduced as evidence.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
Bow Fe,ls Father, AIDING Mother.

Denver. - Protecting his mothers
life from attacks by his angered
father, armed with a razor, Arthur
Seastone, %, felled the maddened man
with potato masher and. believing
that he had killed his parent, surren-
dered to the police.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
Greek Miner Shot in eunkhouse.

Boulder.-Mike Pappas, Greek
miner. employed at the Hecla mine
near Louisville, was shot and killed
by Pete Nickerson, his companion, in
n bunkhouse. according to the police.
Nickerson fled.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27

Zeppelin airships raided Paris Sun
day and dropped a dozen bombs.
Seven or eight persons were injured,
one seriously.
The bombardment of the forts in
the Dardanelles has been resumed by
the allied fleet, which entered the
straits accompanied by mine sweepers.
The dispatch TO the Havas agency
SAYS the fleet is prepared for the final
assault on the forts.
The size of the garrison at
Przemysl and the number of men
who surrendered to the Russians
greatly exceed all estimates. Accord
ing to Tuesdays dispatches received
from Petrograd the garrison original
ly consisted of 10000 men, of whom
10000 were killed. Just under 10000
surrendered when the fortress capitu-
lated
The long investment of the mid
Galician fortress of Przmysl has ended
Depleted by disease, subsisting on
horseflesh, and surrounded by a su-
perior force of Russians, the garrison
has surrendered to the besieging
army after a defense lasting many
months, which up to the present is re-
corded as Austria's most noteworthy
contribution to the war Petrograd
London and Paris celebrated the
event.
The bombardment of the Darda-
nelles by the ten big English and
French battleships and many smaller
with even greater fury than reigned
Thursday when the Irresistible and
Ocean of the British navy and the
French dreadnought Bouvet were
sunk and eight other vessels dam
aged, according to the war offices of
London and Paris. While England still
insists that the loss of life on her YES
sells was slight, France admits that
nearly 600 of the Bouvet's 621 men
were killed, and advices from Con
stantinople and fort towns along the
straits say that fully 1000 men from
the vessels We're killed and wounded
WESTERN
Governor Spry of Utah vetoed the
Shields initiative and referendum bill.
AItHuI AIuSley, Al, was SnOt ana
killed at Ward. mining town twelve
miles from Alba, Iowa, as the result of
an argument. Police are looking for
Ellis Hollingsworth, 81.
Sarah Richards Smith, one of the
five wives of Joseph f. Smith. presi-
dent of the Mormon church. died in
Salt Lake. She was born in Salt
Lake City in 1850 and was the young
est OF the wives.
The Sells-Floto circus with Buffalo
Bill was to show in San Francisco
from May 2 to May II. The board of
supervisors of the Panama-Pacific eX-
position. however, voted 10 to to ex-
clude the circus.
consignment from an Eastern
factory of siXty-siX traction automo-
biles arrived at Tacoma, Wash. for
transshipment to Vladivostok The
automobiles are intended, it is said
for military use by Russia.
All anti-liquor bills, a railroad rate
bill and a bill providing for woman
suffrage through constitutional
amendment are among those that died
when the Missouri Legislature post
poned indefinitely all House bills on
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
ABOUT THE WAR

Western Newspaper Union News Service
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
GENERAL

The vice president and his party
reached San Francisco to visit the Ex.
position
record for voting of TWENTY-FIVE
times in one day was claimed by Fred
Eisier who testified in the trial of
the Terre Haute, Ind. election case
Copies of records received at Rich
ards, Mo, from Boston, fix the age of
John Holloren at 10S years. lie IS
said to be the oldest man in Missouri
The famous Hoffman House. which
IN fitty-one years has sheltered many
widely-known men, closed its doors in
New York. The building will be de.
molished to give place to CONNER
cial structure.
Former Judge L. S. Roam of Atlanta
who tried and sentenced Leo NJ.
Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan,
died in New York in the Polytechnic
hospital. where he has been pa
tient since Feb. 26.
Statements tending definitely to
connect Lovey Mitchell and John
knight, negroes, with the murder of
w. f. Dawson, his wife and daughter
at Monmouth, ILL.,. have been obtained
from Annie Knight, wife OF one of
the suspects, according to the Peoria.
ILL.,. police.
The Supreme Court at New Orleans,
La, barred the Bible and prayer book
from the public schools of the state
as opposed to conventional religious
freedom.
The Vermont Legislature passed an
act providing for eugenic marriages.
A fine of $500 is fixed for any person
who weds without fulfilling the re.
quirements of the law.
Reports of plundering and numbering
of Ch -istians in northern Persia were
contained in n cablegram from Tifis,
Transcaucasia, received in New York
by the Persian war relief committee.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-27
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
c o L O r ADO
PEOPLE
.estern Newsparer rnIon News serylce.
COMING EVENTS.

sept. 2I-Oct. S.-Meeting international
Dry Farming Congress at Denver.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-16

81" AMI was-Allan Fleming's pri-
vate secretary" Wardrop be-
gan. Il secured the position
through relationship on. his
wife's side. have held the position
for three years. Before that read
law. For some time l have known
that Mr.. Fleming used drug of some
kind. Until week ago did not know
what it was. On the 9th of May Mr..
Fleming sent for me. was in Platts-
burg at the time, and he was at home.
He was in a terrible condition-not
sleeping at all-and he said he was
being followed by some person who
meant to kill him. Finally he asked
me to get him some cocaine. and when
he had taken it he was more like him
self l thought the pursuit was only
in his own head. He had a man nam
ed Carter on guard in his house and
acting as butler.
There was trouble of some sort in
the organization: do not know just
what. Mr.. Schwartz came here to
meet Mr.. Fleming. and it seemed there
was money needed. Mr.. Fleming had
to have it at once. He gave me some
securities to take to Plattsburg and
turn into money. went on the 10th
WAS that the day Mr.. Fleming dis
appeared?" the chief interrupted.
Yes. He went to the White Cat
and stayed there. No one but the
caretaket and one other man knew he.
was there. On the night Of the 21st
l came back, having turned my Sc
curities into money. carried it in a
package in small Russia leather
bag that never left my hand for
moment. Mr.. Knox here suggested
that / had put it down and it had
been exchanged for one just like it.
but did not let it out of my hand on
that journey until put it down on
the porch at the Bellwood house
while tried to get in. live at Bell
wood with the Misses Maitland. sis
tiers Of Mr.. Fleming's deceased wife.
/ don't pretend to know how it hap
pened, but while was trying to get
into the house 1t was rifled. Mr..
Knox will bear me out in that ]
found my grip empty"
/ anarmed It in. word.
(To Be Continued
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-16
CHAPTER VII.
Too Late.

4 T gate in the fence beyond the
~ warehouse Hunter stopped. 1t
~ was an ordinary wooden gate.
and it opened with a thumb
latch. Beyond stretched a long. mar
row, brick paved alleyway, perhaps
three feet wide and lighted by the
merest glimmer Of light ahead. Hun
ter went on regardless of puddles in
the brick paving, and I stumbled aft
er him. As we advanced / could see
that the light was single electric
bulb, hung over a second gate. While
Hunter fumbled for key in his peck.
ct I had time to see that this gate had
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-16

W = icy
IF Mr.. Fleming shot himself" the
detective pursued relent,essly. "there
would be powder marks around the
wound. Then. too. he was in the act
of writing a letter. 1t was q strange
impulse. this You see, he had only
written dozen words"
glanced at the paper on the table
The letter had no superscription. 1t
began abruptly:
I shall have to leave here. The numbers
have followed me. Tonight
That was all.
This is not suicide" Hunter said
gravely, 1T is murder. and warn
you. Mr.. Wardrop to be careful what
you say. Will you ask DR.. Gray to
come in. Mr. Knoxy'
went across the hall to the room
where the noise was loudest DR.. Gray
was opening Il can OF caviar at ia
BILE in the corner and came out in re-
spouse to gesture.
'Fleming!' he said awed. as he
looked down at the body. Fleming.
by all that's sacred-and ssuicide!'
How long has he been deady' Hun
ter asked
''Not an hour-probably less than
half. It's strange we heard nothing
across the hall there"
Hunter took clean folded handker-
chief from his pocket and. opening it.
laid it gently over the dead face. The
doctor got up from his kneeling pos
ture beside the couch and looked at
Hunter inquiringly.
What about getting him away from
here?" he said. There is sure to be
lot of noise about it. ard you remem-
Der what happened when Butler killed
himself here
"He was reported as being found
dead in the lumber yard" Hunter said
dryly. well, doctor. this body stays
where it is, and don't give whoop
if the whole city government wants it
moved. 1t won't be- This is murder,
not suicide"
The doctors expression was curious.
Murder" he repeated ''Why-
who
But Hunter had many things to at
tend to. He broke in ruthlessly:
"See If you can get the house empty.
doctor. Just tell them he is dead. The
story will get out soon enough
The window gave me an idea. and
went over and tried to see through the
streaming pane. There was no shed or
low building outside. but not five yards
away the warehouse showed it's ugly
walls and broken windows.
Look here. Hunter l said, "why
could he not have been shot from the
warehouses;"
He could have been. but he wasn't, -
Hunter affirmed. glancing at War
drops dropping figure. "Mr. Wardrop,
am going to send for the coroner and
then l shall ask you to go with me to
the Office and tell the chief what you
know about this. Knox. will you tele-
| phone to the coroner?''
In an incredibly short time the club.
house was emptied. and before mid.
night the coroner arrived and went up
to the room. l sat in the deserted room
downstairs and tried to think how I
was to take the news to Margery.
At 1890 Wardrop. Hunter and the
coroner came downstairs, leaving a de.
tective in charge Of the body until
morning. when it could be taken home
The coroner had cab waiting, and be
took us at once to Hunters chief. He
had not gone to bed, and we filed into
his library sepulchrally
Wardrop told his story. The chief
occasionally asked question. The
coroner, who was yawning steadily
left in the middle of Wardrops story
as if in his mind. at least. the guilty
man was as good as hanged.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-16

Merchants Trade Week
and June Festival
Another Extra Big Week of Special Sales at the
RAWS0N VARIETY STORE
Beginning June 21st and lasting one week
special lot of goods been purchased for every
department for this Sale. Come get YOUR show and
while here make our store your headquarters.
Here few of the many Special Values
4-inch Shadow lace regular loo yd Sale .. .o5
l8nch cambria founcing nice for cdrens petcoats reg
Dainty Swiss Enb odery Regular 5c yd Sale 1oc 3c
27-nch Flouncings regular SOC values Sale 2ec
Some $l75-$150-$l25 and s1.o0 Back Combs and Hair
F1ns' Sale .................. Sc
Some $00 rs and SOC Combs and Hair Pins Sale 3ac
Lot of s125 and 81 90 House Dresses Sale. 7ee
Lot OF Ware such as Pals Dish Pans etc. regular IS
and 5Oc, Sale Observation-Disclosures. Csc
Lot Of Soc Salad Dishes, plates etc. Sale 2 Csc
All 25c flowers for hats, Sale a. s.
Mercerized crochet cotton per Ball. ... O. 81
Wash Goods Regular 25c yd Plain and F1owered Vols
Sale 15c I'd.
Fire works Of every Description now on display. q
No larger stock in town Come our new Dinner
Ware Patterns just the thing for Wedding Gifts:
DON'T FORGET THE DATE JUNE q TO e.
AT
RAWs0N'S VARIETY STORE ]
Walk block and Save a Dime
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-16
CHAPTER Viii.
Only Ono Eye Closed.

I" AMI was-Allan Fleming's pri-
vate secretary" Wardrop be-
gan. 81 secured the position
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-21
CARRIES OUT THREAT AND
TURNS OFF WATER FOR Time

Superintendent Thomas Grieve. of
the water department, carried out
the threat of the department made
to delinquent payers of water rent
last week when he ordered between
fifteen and twenty service lines shut
off from subscribers. In a number of
cases the delinquents in question,
who had not paid water rents for
the past four or more years were shut
off from the water supply for all the
afternoon. However, at nightfalI the
superintendent ordered the water
turned on again in each instance.
This morning Mr.. Grieve said that
shutting the water OFF In many OF
the cases for short periods had acted
as spur to make the delinquents
pay their bills, and most of them
came forward with partial or full
payments.
Mr.. Grieve declared that the tenn
porary suspension of the water sup
ply would only be a forerunner of
permanent cutting off of the water,
unless the deiinquents come forward
and settle their bills.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-21
Troops Mass on Border.

Rome. April 2l.-There are reports
on all sides purporting to enme fron
the northern frontier. telling of the
hurried massing of Austrian troops
along the Italian border. II l. said
that the dual monarchy is quartering
large contingents of troops in Mon
falcone. Ronchl and Sagratio. northwest
OF Trieste. 1t is also reported that the
Austrians are working hard on forti-
fications which have been thrown up
along the whole line of the fsonzo
river and that many batteries Of heavy
artillery are already IN position behind
these intrenchnients.
Yesterday was the day. according To-
widely credited rumors. that was fixed
by the government as the final date for
consideration of any proposals which
Austria might care to offer.
Other rumors report that the Aus
trian ambassador. Baron de Maeehlo.
has given notice to the embassy SER
wants and tradeSmen and fhat Prince
Won Buelow. the German ambassador
In his recent visit TO the Vatican took
a formal farewell Of the pope.
fConunued on page ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-04-21
NO WHITE WAY; FAIL
TO AGREE ON COST
Indications are That It Will be
Gloomy Along Smith Street
for Some Time.

Failure of the Board of Aldermen
to agree to increase it's proportion of
the cost of maintenance the Smith
street white way remained unlighted
last night and indications are that
it will not be operated for some time
to come. Both the merchants inter
ested in the proposition and the city
fathers claim they cannot see their
way clear to pay for the current. The
aldermen appear to take the stand
that similar proposition as Is now
desired by the Smith street mer-
chants, was denied to merchants and
business men on State street. Fur
thermore, aldermen say that II the
merchants have carried the expense
for several years, they might be able
to carry 1t for another year, until
the proposed new municipal electric
plant is put In operation.
rumber oil merchants called up
ON Alderh4ef, John w. Kelly, cuair-
nan OF the lamps and lights com
nlittee OF the Board OF Aldermen
yesterday to inquire concerning the
intentions Of the aldermen in rela-
tion to bearing more than one-fourth
of the expense of the white way cost.
Mr.. Kelly stated today that no sat
isfactory reply was likely as the city
fathers did not appear to see their
way clear to increase the city's ex-
pense in connection with the white
way, in view of the fact that SIM
liar proposition had been denied
State street merchants some time
ago. 1t was the contention of the
aldermen that the municipal plant
would be in operation in about a
year, after which white ways would
be provided on Smith street, from
the Central railroad tracks to the fer
ry and on State street from Smith
street to Washington street.
The white way on Smith street has
been operated by two organizations
of the most enterprising merchants
along those blocks. These mer-
chants have been paying s2,39475 a
year for the white way, whereas the
city has been paying s79S.25 a year,
s452 for the section east of State
street and $346.25 for the section
west of that thoroughfare. These
merchants and Representatives of the
Perth Amboy Board of Trade appear
ed before the aldermen recently and
asked that the city bear the cost of
current; the merchants bing willing
to turn the lamps over to the city and
letting it redistriDute them as 1t saw
fit. Mr.. Kelly took up the subject,
but the other aldermen would not
stand for an increase in the city's
proportion of the cost.