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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08

In doubt which way 10 go. Craig ha2
stuck his head out OF the window, as
! had done, and. seeing the crossroads,
had told the chauffeur to stop. There
stood the hobo.
Did a car pass here, Just nova
big carr" called Craig.
The man put his hand TO his ear. as
II only half comprehending.
(Which way did the big car go?" re.
peated Kennedy.
The hobo approached the taxicab
sullenly, as II he had u grudge against
cars In general.
One question after another elected
little that could be construed as intel.
l~igence. II Craig had only been able
to see, he would have found out that,
with his back toward the taxicab
driver, the hobo held one hand behind
him and made the sign OF the Clutch.
ing Hand. ~glancing surreptitiously at
the driver 10 catch the answering sign,
while Craig gazed earnestly up the
two roads,
Al last Craig gave him up as hope.
less. "Well-go ahead-that way" he
indicated, picking the most likely road.
As the chauffeur was about to start
he stalled his engine.
Hurry" urged Craig, exasperated
at the delays.
The driver got out and tried TO crank
the engine. Again and again he turned
II over, but somehow II refused to
start. Then he lifted the hood and be.
gan 10 tinker.
What's the matter?" asked Craig,
i%mpatiently jumping out and bending
over the engine. too.
The driver shrugged his shoulders.
Must be something wrong with the
ignition, ! guess" he replied.
Kennedy looked the car over hastily.
II can't e anything wrong" he
frowned.
We'll. there U.s." growled the driver.
Precious minutes were speeding
away as they argued. Finally with his
characteristic energy. Kennedy put the
taxicab driver aside.
Let me try IT," he said. miss
Dodge. will you arrange that spark
and throttle"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08

the DIRT, examining the road for marks.
mat way" he indicated, leaping
back TO the running board.
We piled back into the n and nro.
ceeded under Kennedy's direction, as
last as he would permit. So il con.
tihued' perhaps for a couple Of hours.
Al last Kennedy stopped the cab
and slowly directed the driver IN yeer
into an open space that looked partic.
ularly lonesome. Near It stood a one.
story brick factory building. closed.
but not abandoned.
AS ! looked about at tho uuottroc.
i've scene, Kennedy already was dovr
on his knees IN the dirt again s,ud
Ing the tire tracks, They were an
confused, showing that the taxIcab
We were following had cyidopry
backed In and turned seycraI Zines
before going on.
Crossed by another set Of tire
tracks he exclaimed oycl,adIv
studying closer. That must noy.
been the limousine, waiting"
Laboriously he was followInp ,ho
course OF the cars In the open spaco.
"hen M word escaped him, Foot.
prints"
lie was up and of In n no.
ore we could imagine what no was
after We had got out OF tho coh
and followed him as, down 10 IN,
very shore OF a sort Of cove or hay
he went. There lay a rusty. dIscarG,
ed boiler on the beach, half sui.
merged In the rising tide. A, ,hIs
tank the footprints seemed n 30
right down the sand and into ~
waves, which were slowly oblIter,t,na
them' Kennedy gazed out as =, -
make out a possible boat ON tho hot
zon where the cove widened ou,
Look" | cried.
Further down the shore A., ,ou
! had discovered the same min. 'ee'
ing IN the opposite direction. hacL ~
ward the place from which no nas
Just come started 10 follow ,,"a"
put soon found myself alone ~"
heuy mad paused beside the ola ,a,,au
steps. 'o''"cihg my
he did not answer. but seemed ,o no
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08

Martin at Mr.. Martins store directly"
IL lacked five minutes OF noon when
Kennedy and | dashed up before Mar.
tins and dismissed our taxicab.
A remarkable scene greeted US as
We entered the famous jewelry shop.
Involuntary | drew back. Squarely
In front OF US a man had suddenly
raised a revolver and leveled II at us.
DON'T" cried a familiar voice.
THAT is Mr.. Kennedy"
Just then. from a little knot OF peo.
pie, Elaine Dodge sprang forward
with a cry and seized the gun.
Kennedy turned TO her. apparently
not half so much concerned about the
automatic that yawned at him as
about the anxiety OF the pretty girl
who had interviewed. The too eager
plain-clothes man lowered the gun
sheepishly.
sturtevant Martin was a typical so.
ciety business man. quietly but richly
dressed.
In the excitement ! glanced about
hurriedly.
Directly in front OF me was a sign
tackled up On a pillar. which read:
This store will be closed at O O 10.
day. Martin q Co."
All the customers we're gone.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08

copynsh., iSt By ihs star Company. All Foreign Rights Reserved.
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystihed by a
series OF murders OF prominent men. The
principal clue TO the murderer IL the warn
Ing letter which In sent the victims. signed
with n "clutching hand" The latest VIC
Tim OF the mysterious assassin II Taylor
Dodge. the insurance president. His
daughter. Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy,
the famous scientific detective, to try 20
unravel the mystery. what Kennedy ac-
tomplishes Is told by his friend. Jameson.
n newspaper man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
Thin People
Can Increase Weight

Thin men and women who would like 10
Increase their weight with 10 or Is pounds
Of healthy stay there fat should try eat
ing a little SargoI with their meals for a
lille and note results Here Is a good
test worth trying. First weigh your
self and measure yourself Then take
SsrEol-one tablet with every meal
for two weeks. Then weigh and measure
again. II isn't question Of how you look
or feel or what your friends say and think
The scales and the tape measure viii tell
their own story. and most any thin man or
woman can easily add from five to eight
pounds in the first fourteen days b. follow
Ing this simple direction. And best Of all,
the new flesh stays put
SurEol does not OF itself make fat but
missing with your food. &c turns the fats. SUI
Ear5 and stsrches OF what you have eaten.
into rich. ripe tat producing uourishment Tor
the tissues and bl0od-prepares 10 in an easily
assimilatel form which the blood can readily
accept All this nourishmrut now passes
from your body as waste. But Sargol stops
the waste and does it quickly and makes the
rat producing contents OF the very same
meals you are eating now develop pounds
and pounds OF healthy flesh between your
skin and bones Sargol is safe. pleasant,
efficient and Inexpensive A. z. Ryan and
other leading druggists in FL Paso and VI
rinity sell 10 in large boNes-forty tablets TO
packlse-on a guarantee OF weight in
crease or money b1ck.-Advcrtisemc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

Edwin Thomas. baby Jode Barlow J. D.
BlEgs. salt Lake city. Mrs. + ". Paul. Mrs.
G. a. Fendrick. Dir. and Mrs. F. &. Morris
Burt Blessngton. G. Yoakes. John L. TAFT.
Mr.. and Mrs r. r. Seeds Mrs. Kate A.
Howell. Wyche Greer. Miss Vera Dewitt
c. s. HILL Richard Finley. Thad H. Sim
mons, Mrs Sarah c. Martin. s. B. Biddle.
Clint Edgar d. Brown. Clint; Mr.. and Mrs.
w. IT. Loretz. Mr.. and Mrs. Bradford Har-
die llrs. John II. Grant Miss Jane S
Schoonmaker. Mrs. " X Cutting. Mr. and
Mrs Jos. j. Knox. DR.. J. B. Brady. Ernest
r. Winter. Ray d. Hubbard. IL J. Nc
Eenna. Denver. Julius Kautor. CanutiIlo: F.
$. Ainsa. N. Questa Gallardo. 2. L. Cobb.
W. W. Evans. Chas. c. Gibson. 4. Z. Ste
Hamroh. X Abraham. y. Abraham. C. H
Finley. May William Elliott. q. A. Mathcs.
S. G. NcCurdy A. y. Bowles Dallas: Ho-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
20 SUCCESSFUL was the first e1

10 SUCCESSFUL was the first ex-
cursion to Elephant Butte dam
- Wednesday that another is to be
run to the big dam soon and they may
be made monthly features Of the cham
Der Of commerce activities
The trip Wednesday was a complete
success The crowd filled the special
Santa Fe train, the trip to the dam was
pleasant ana everyone saw every part
Of the big project under the guidance
OF the corps Of government engineers
There was not single accident to mar
the day and the trip was one Of the
most pleasant one day excursions ever
run out Of FL PaSO.
The special left the union station
at o'clock Wednesday morning and
ran to Butte Junction, between Cutter
and Engle. with but two stops-at Las
Cruces and Riucon. At Butte Junction
the eXcursiOnists left the Santa re
train and boarded the special sight
seeing train which had been built espe-
cially for this trip by the government
1t consisted of two fiat cars upon
which had been built a superstructure
OF frame TO form a roof and seats had
been built, leaving the sides open
much like the ClOudcrOft mountain
cars. This gave everyone a good view
OF the country between the junction
and the dam and Of the rock quarries
and other works approaching the dam
Arrived At 1Is10.
Arriving at the dam at 11:1O the
crowd left the remainder OF their
lunches, their coats and wraps at the
office of the reclamation superintend-
enr and scattered TO all parts OF the
big works The motor boat on Lake
3. n Hall and the overland tramway
system for carrying materials TO the
dam proper were rivals for the interest
OF the eXcursionists and groups OF FL
Paso people stood around the crusher
plant watching the giant buckets carry
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

mer Y Ellis. Richard H ThOrne. c w
Horry. Roy P. Cloud. Nathan Golddft John
n sullivan, VIII J. Watson. NJ and Mrs.
W =. McSain. Bert McCabe. f. Clark. w.
W. Harvey, Maurice Goldoft s w Mad
lern, C. H. Gale. s c. Schultz. Chas T.
Nagle, J. A Cloudman. J. Davidson. Edgar
y Park. A T Mueller. Joe Kerr Mr. and
Mrs. George Maslin. w T. Hixson. J. u
MuIln. Miss Marion Ainsa. Mr.. and Mrs
W ) McMath. A. W Reeves. Mr. and Mrs
y W Foster. r ~ Whitlock. Ben Levy.
BuTt Orndorff Chas Levy. DR.. and Mrs
9. a Reinemund. J. H Gray. Mr. and Mrs
mas Rokahr, C. NJ Smith. San Antonio.
Tex; Mrs A j. Borcherdiug Mr.. and Mrs.
T. d Lovelady, Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Kiefer.
H. y Fonsford. Miss Estelle Goodman r.
IS Blas' Mr. and Mrs w. L. Crockett Or.
) J. Strong. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Trotti Mrs
W T. Hlxson. Mrs W A. Brewster. Waf-
myers Fails, n. Y; Nj. and Mrs o. c
Srlsmor, Mr. and Mrs Sig y Schwabe.
- A West, J. Lemstra. l. L Taylor. J. p
steRart, J. p Crocket. ". y. RrnMn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
SOCIALISTS MAY DECLARE
Nj FAVOR OF PROHIBITION

Chicago. ILL., May I3.-The Socialist
national committee is to take under
consideration a report BY special
committee eondemning the use Of aIco-
holic liquors. The committee was ap-
pointed year ago TO investigate ar
Suments on both sides. The national
committee. it is believed. may take up
prohibition as a national issue.
Among the conclusions were that
aicohoi Is narcotic poison which
Weakens rather than strengthens the
body; that alcohol wea6cus the inhibi-
tory powers; that there is an ever in
creasing volume of evidence among
scientific men that even moderate
drinking is harmful and dangerous.
and that total abstinence is tile only
safe and wise course to pursue. Con-
corning the personal liberty argument.
the report says:
The committee cannot wholly ap-
prove the opinion held by those who
urge this argument. Tor while there
are certain personal rights that should
he inviolate, vet there are others that
must give way II the common interest
requires It"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13
FL PA50ANS ENJOY TRIP TO DAM.
MARVELiT POWER POSSIBILITY
Great Waste of Water Attrac Attention of Business
Men and It's Conversion Into Power for e. Paso
Factories Is Discussed -Plan Formulated
to Secure Pleasure Club Concessions

concrete and dump it into one of the
units of the dam. covering the big
boulders which had been Quarried out
of the side of the hill. The college
graduate with steel trimmed glasses
who operated the launch succeeded in
making a half dozen trips over the
lake during the stay Of the Ell PasOans
and. at so cents a head. he did a record
business. This trip is to the furthest
edge of the big lake past the Elephant
Butte and back TO the upstream side of
the dam itself The water is more than
90 feet deep at the dam and is gradu-
ally covering the lowlands surrounding
the dam and Will soon make the Butte
an island. Many pictures were made
of this peculiar formation with its
trunk, ears, legs and even the wrinkled
skin of a giant elephant standing
guard over the narrow neck in the
river where the reclamation dreamers
pictured the great 1000 600 dam.
Saw All of the Sights.
Many OF the excursionists walked
see how the workmen lived at the gov
eminent project. Others walked across
the narrow fOtobridge which has been
suspended on the downstream face Of
the dam TO the side opposite the
crusher plant 10 get a better view of
the construction work, the spillway in
course of construction and the giant
derricks to which are anchored the
cableways. Accompanied by the engi-
neers, the FL Pasoans climbed down a
Jacobs ladder TO the galleries which
have been built in the mass Of solid
masonry for the regulation OF the bal
ance valves and gates. These galleries
run back to the middle of the dam and
the flow of water through the flume in
the adjoining chamber makes such a
roar that no one could hear the ex-
plantations regarding the workings of
the valves and Ben Levy said he could
not have understood it if he had heard
1t all Ben stayed no longer in the
gallery than it took him to get in and
out; he saw some water dripping from
a ceiling Of one gallery and thought
the dam had sprung a leak"
Mrs. Cutting Climbs To Top.
Mrs. ". X Cutting, although 1ast 50
years, was one of the most active
sightseers in the FL Paso party. She
walked over the bridge. climbed ID the
face Of the dam and went through all
Of the galleries under the big project.
seeing everything there was to be seen
and enjoying herself as much as Marion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

He who buys nome products loves
home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-13

| Ainsa, the young daughter Of Frank
| Ainss, who made the trip with her
! Torha~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-14

Say, Mr.. Straphanger, you are
working the right system now.
Keep pounding away at your al
derman. Make YOUR pounding
count more than the persistent
pounding of street railway lobbyists.
Make your alderman get results.
Subway talk is bunk. Make 'em
get service with the cars and system
we have now.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-14
MERELY COMMENT


BY the way, who are Walter Fish
er and Bion J. Arnold working for,
anyhow?
The straphangers or the street rail-
ways?
And what particular purpose does
the board of supervising engineers
serve?
What do they supervise, and when
do they engineer?
Julius Rosenwald, LaVerne Noyes
and a few other plutes have been
meeting at the Union League club to
decide what Chicago ProgressiVes
will do.
But when they get through the
Progressives will probably do as they
darn please.
However, it may make the pIutes
feel better to meet and get it out of
their system.
Candidates for mayor are telling
what they will do to each other.
Isn't it about time they were tell
ing what they viii do for Chicago?
Isn't there some way the council
can tie a can to Fisher and Arnold?
If that can't be done, then why not
make the street railways pay their
salaries?
Why in thunder should the people
of Chicago pay them?
We're getting rosy promises now
about the railroads starting early to
build that union station.
But they'll build when they get
good and ready.
It's an old game-this feeding the
folks on promises.
Say, isn't it about time for business
to get busy.
Christian Science seems to help in
dividuals- doesn't it help bust
ness?
Certainly the press has been work.
ing it hard enough.
4 4 kuvN II,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-14

Make your alderman get results.
Subway talk is bunk. Make 'em
get service with the cars and system
we have now.
FIRST WIFE OF ROGERS TO
SUPPORT "LOVE MATE"
New York, Jan. 14.-Mrs. Ida Sniff
fen Walters Rogers" will have the
aid and sympathy of the first wife of
her Iawyer-lover, Lorlys Elton ROg-
ers, when she goes to trial for poi
soning her two babies, it was made
known today.
MY sympathies are all for Ida"
said Rogers first wife, a daughter of
the late Senator Roquemore of Mont
gomery, Ala. 81 hope she is freed so
she can marry Lorlys if she truly
loves him"
Mrs. RoqUemore-ROgers' story be-
fore the grand jury revealed the fact
that from each of his two legal mar
riages LorIys Elton Rogers provided
a IoophOle Of escape. Like Mrs. Car
oline Giddings Rogers, the second
wife, the first Mrs. Rogers said she
had signed an agreement with ROg-
ers that if he ever grew tired of her
they would separate.
In accordance with this agreement
the first Mrs. Rogers said, she re-
leased him when he confessed that
he loved Caroline Giddings. His
marriage to Miss Giddings took place
shortly after the divorce was granted.
Three years ago, the first Mrs.
Rogers said, Rogers admitted to her
that he no longer loved his second
wife, but had fallen madly in love
with Mrs. Walters, who subsequently
became the mother of his two babies.
The grand jury investigation Of the
Rogers care will be resumed on Mon
day.
Four persons bruised and cut by
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-10-07

OHIO Valley TRADES AND LABOR
md fourth Sundays. at 1915 Market
street. Pres. Charles Higgins; Vice
President, Matt Greer; Secretary.
q. b Vessel, High St.. Fulton. Nat.
Phone IVA. Treasurer Thomas ".
0aIi1bury; Trustees. 9. r. Lenkard.
W. G. Ebberts, Louis Leonard: Fin
anco Committee, Henry Berger n. Il.
iRauch. ". L. C0mbegUn0.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-10-07
For A National
Child Labor Law

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 0Special)-
Eve need a national law that will
keep all children in school until they
are 49," Mr.. ID. H. Warner, one of
the largest manufacturers in Connec-
ticut, told a representative of the Ma
tional Child. Labor Committee today.
Mr.. Warner is the head of the Warn
er Bros. Corset Co. of Bridgeport who
recently put his 1000 employees on a
4S-hour week although the state law
permits him to operate So hours a
week.
''The manufacturer who employees
children of IA or Us does not benefit
himself because children are not good
workers; he does not benefit the com
munity because he harms the child;
and it is the good of the commun. ",
not the individual manufacturer, that
must be considerable this question of
child labor.
ST never employ children under l6
if can get older workers because |
consider the years between IA and l6
the most impressionable ones of a
child's life and. knaw that the fac
tory in fluence is bad one, no mat
ter how careful the employer may be.
Those years should be spent in school
and in the open, not in the factory
where physical, mental, moral and nm
ancial growth is stunted. 1t we must
have men with college education in
the executive positions, it is equally
necessary to have a proportlonate
amount of training throughout the en-
tire force. I find it extremely difficult
to get intelligent girls for responsible
positions. have tried to train them
but their lack Of education makes 1t
impossible for them to go beyond a
certain point.
I'll is true, of course, that poverty
makes it necessary for some children
to- go to work before they are 16.
think that it might be advisable to
permit exemptions to the 16-year limit
for such children who are over "A and
are declared physically fit for work
by a physician. Cases of actual pow
erty are not very numerous, however.
Many children are sent to work be-
cause their parents are not poor but
|avaricioWs."
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-10-07

ed for the benefit of these and all
other big land monopolists in the CITY
Many of the so-called Improvements
of these thirteen families are only
taxpayers"
AL these thirteen families bought
land when it was cheap for fraction
of what it is worth today, and the
worekrs of New York City have been
increasing their land values for them.
These thirteen families illustrate
the reason for the opposition to the
program of the Lower Rents Society
to transfer taxes now levied on bqildq build
ings to land values, and to meet al
increases in the city budget by sup
ertax on land values.
These thirteen families this year
pay 4,948, 35O.05 taxes. With build
ings untaxed, they would pay $6,N1,-
O1O.83, an increase of $1J34O, 44.n /.
"A supertax of 5 mills on their land
would yield 81, Oa7, U043S.
With buildings untaxed, Sailors
Snug Harbor and Trinity Corporation
would pay $59, 444!58 more taexs than
this year, and with super tax OF 8
mills on land values, $97, 404 more.
The thirteen families own So, 500
worth of vacant idle land in Manhat-
tan, though there are many blocks
with density of 1000 or more to the
acre in this borough. They have many
properties where the land is assessed
for fifty times as much as the i'm
IIprovements.
The Lower Rents Society will issue
a report shortly showing all families
!persons or corporations owning $500,
900 or over of land in the city, and the
monopoly of acreage land in the out
Lying district 1t will make it clear
THAT New York City has government
of the land spectators, by the land
lspeculators, for the land spectators
whether this shall be changed will be
the big issue in the next municipal
campaign. ~
| - j.
But New York is not the only city
where such conditions exist. In Chi
cago the tendency toward concentra
ton is just as strong. One-twelfth Of
= hicago's real estate is owned by9ten
families. That is on the basis of as
sessed valuabqes. These ten families
own real estate assessed at $189, 25O,
900 of a total assessed valuation OF
So, 437, 739. O34. AS a matter of fact they
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-10-07
Land Ownership's
Steadily Concentrating

The New York Society to Lower
Rents, with headquarters at 32O Broad
way, has issued the following state
ment:
The total assessed value of taxable
land in Greater New York is $4,643,-
44,776.
Thirteen families, out of the one
million, one hundred thousand famil-
les in the city, are the owners of re-
cord of land in Manhattan alone, as
sessed for $2O5, 4O4y 1915. These famil-
les are known to own much valuable
land in the other boroughs of the city.
Their total land holdings in Manhat-
tan average $15,8OO,OOO per family.
These thirteen families own nearly
fone-fifteenth Of the assessed value of
the land of Manhattan-$3, 1873, AL 500
though there are at least 100000
families in Manhattan, forty-three
thousand times thirteen.
These thirteen families are: The
Astors, the Vanderbilts, the Rhine
landers, 70. B. Potter Properties, j..
hP. Morgan, E. H. Van Ingen, Wen
dels, Goelets, Ehret, Gerrys, Chas. F.
Hoffman Estate, VIM. R. Martin, Eu-
gene Hoffman. 1
Nearly one-twentieth of the city's
annual budget, or $10,OOO,OO0 is spent
for the benefit of these thirteen big
landed families, but they pay this year
only 1884, O71.16 taxes on their land
out of their grount rent, calculating
the ground rent as only 6 per cent on
the assessed value.
The assessed value of the so7called
Improvements" of these thirteen fam
lilies in Manhattan is only $59, PIP, ITS
"a little more than one-fourth of the
value of the land The'average small
home owner has three times as valu-
able an improvement on his land, but
1.-THE total assessed value of land owned
tby the fifty-odd thousand small home
lowners of the city is less than that of
1.-THE Astor family in Manhattan, though
their Improvements are worth sever
al times as much as those of the AS
tors, and the, small home owners as
well as all tenants of the city are tax
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-10-07

mou1puv1Ix1n TRADES AND LABOR
AnG&lDLY-N0ot0 every Ind and
9th Monday evenings ct . =. T.. 1nd
O. ana JGkegeoA Ave-. Moose Hal.
Ave. ". 9. HoAd0ek, 0oe'y. u. g.
DAx eos. T. r. Parsons, Troa9.s 01t
NoAaT Ave. Jeg. 4. Armstrong
Wee 1HoA, WhDolM0s