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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
cARRANzA ARMY TAKES CAPITAL
WHILE ZAPATA MAKES LAST
STAND IN THE PALACE.
VILLA FORCE CAPTURED
cHAs. A. DOUGLAS MAKES STATE
MENT IN REGARD TO FOOD
FOR THE MExicANs.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, July ,12.-Gen. Pablo
Gonzales has occupied Mexico City, &C
cording to information given by Car
rama officials to American consular
officers at Vera Cruz.
Gonzales reports killing 1000 and
capturing 5000. Zapatistas during
final assault establish headquarters in
the national palace.
The fall of Monclova. in the State
of Coahuila, was reported by the Car.
rama agency, which said its dis
patches reported the Villa defenders
had been routed after a pitched bat.
tle
Dispatches to the Carranza agency
from Vera Cruz announced that Gen.
Carranza was sending officers of the
various departments of his govern
ment on a special train to Mexico
City to set up a civil administration
there at once.
An advance against Piedras Negras
was reported in progress and there
was a panic in the city. 1t was said
a Villa force of 300 had been captured
at Barroteran.
Charles A. Douglas of this city, le-
gal adviser to Gen. Carranza, who Is
now in Vera Cruz. telegraphed the
Carranza agency here that after an
investigation he had sent to Secretary
Lansing statement of facts In the
interest of truth" as to the food situa-
tion. In Vera Cruz, he said, there was
no disposition to obstruct the work OF
the Red Cross, but there is feeling
that its work is not needed In the
city, however great its needs may be
elsewhere" In Vera Cruz, demand for
labor exceeds the supply. he adds. and
wages are good. The government OF
Vera Cruz, reports Mr.. Douglas, rs
now, and has been for some time, sell
ing foodstuffs at one-half the regular
price to those able to pay, and max
ing free distribution to those unable
to pay"
As soon as Mexico City is occupied.
800 carloads OF food will be taken into
the city by Gen. Gonzales, the re-
port states, and details the quantities
Of corn. flour. oats, beans, sugar and
other foodstuffs purchased for the re-
lief of the poor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
ModernizIna the Roundup.

Each year seems to give the auto
mobile a new hold on life. The war
brought 1t to the forefront in new
field. The soldier of the present day
seldom makes long forced marches
like Sherman's march to the sea- He
travels by motor car. AS result. the
automobile casualty list is tremen-
dous; the average life of car In the
battle lines is estimated at thirty days.
But 1t is not only the war zone that
has lost part of its picturesqueness
through the use Of the automobile.
the latter has begun to rob the an
nual cattle roundup of some of its
thrills by replacing the horse. This
year has seen the ubiquitous car with
a cowboy at its wheel on our western
prairies discouraging the cattle from
attempts to escape from the ever-nar-
rowing circle In the roundup. Many a
steer which has given a COW horse a
run must feel Disconnected when It
bucks up against the four-wheeled
steed.-Wall Street Journal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
WAITED LONG FOR PROBATE
After Twenty Years Son Produces Fa-
ther's WiII-Testator's Instructions
Had Been obeyed.

Undiscovered for nearly twenty
years after his death. the will of Jo-
ham Michael Muller has been offered
for probate at Baltimore by his son.
John G. A. Muller. The testator died
March 13. 1896. having made his will
on May 81. 1889.
The paper. yellow and musty with
age. left all Mr.. Mullers property to
his wife. Elizabeth Barbara Muller.
She died April 80. 1915. and her son
was appointed administrator of her
estate. He had known of the exist
ence Of the will for several months
prior to his mothers death, but since
all the property had been enjoyed by
Mrs. Muller as her husband had de-
sired, 1t was not thought necessary
to probate the will at that time.
The son says the property will now
be divided between his two brothers
and himself. since his mother died in
testate. The exact value of the estate
has not been determined. but it is
made up almost entirely of parcels Of
real estate.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Wrong Document.

The Tommy" on leave from the
front had been given a free railway
pass to take him home to see his
people. and utilized part of his brief
holiday to get married. On the re-
turn journey. when the ticket inspector
asked to see his pass. he produced by
accident his marriage certificate.
The inspector handed the paper
back with glimmer of a smile.
This is a ticket for a very long
and wearisome journey, young man."
he said, but not on this line
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
INFORMATION EASY TO GIVE
Daddy Happily In Possession Of
knowledge as to Where One Vac.
uum Was Located.


The good man had Just been in
formed by the only person who could
possibly possess the Information that
he hadn't an ounce of sense. that he
had never had an ounce OF sense, and
that there was not the remotest
chance that he ever would have an
ounce of sense.
Having been assured on these
points, the good man turned to his
paper, only to be interrupted by his
young son and heir:
Father" asked the boy. what is
a vacuum and where can l find one?"
"My boy" replied the good man. '.if
we are to assume that your mother is
qualified to speak on the subject. l
possess the only real vacuum in the
neighborhood and. fer your further In
formation. 1t is situated just between
my collar and the glossy open space
where I used to grow hair"
You mean your dome?"
Yes. my son. that is the family vac
uum."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Natural Procedure.

When telling the story of the Pill
grim Fathers to the children of a pri-
mary grade in large city the leader
tried to impress upon them the fact
that the country was barren at that
time. Later they were told of the
planting. the harvest. the great feast.
and the thankful attitude of those
early settlers. Finally she asked:
What did the Pilgrims do after the
great feast?"
After a moments silence little
girl said. "They went by the moving
pictures"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Hard on Her.

This ten o'clock closing is a nui-
sance." observed shawled lady to her
neighbor.
"Well. what difference does It make
to you. seein' you never drink"
why, once my 'usband always
come 'ome at eleven after we was all
In bed, and glad he was to get any
bits Of supper left for i'm. But now
he's in at ten. and the trouble l ave
to get anything he fancies you can't
imagine"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16

New Orleans.-A letter received by
a newspaper here, signed "Pearce.
declared the writer intended to kill
J. p. Morgan and Sir Cecil Spring
Rice. the British ambassador, and fin
ish the work of Erich Muenter, alias
Frank Holt, who committed suicide
several days ago, after wounding MIR.
Morgan.
1t warned persons who had friends
or relatives aboard the British steam
sill Howth Head and Baron Napier,
which sailed from New Orleans July
with mules for the British army, to
watch .or reports from those vessels.
The writer declared that it was
Muente- who warned passengers on
board the Lusitania before that yes
sci sailed from New York that 1t
would be dan. .;erous to make the voy'
age on her.
1t also IL declared that Muenter per.
sonally called on Charles Frohman
and urged him not to take passage
on the ship.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
- FzRKER'8
HAIR BAl0AM
A toilet preparation Of msrit
HELPS to eradicate dandru6.
For Restosing Color ard
Beauty 10 Gray or Fadsd Aaf.
- SOC and tLoo At DrugEtsea
His Preference.

A gentleman in delivering one of q
series Of addresses excused himself
one evening for being unable to speak
on several points, the mice. he said.
having destroyed part of his notes
Later. while visiting In the neighbor.
hood. he asked one man:
Were you at any Of my lectures.
Rooney"
Rooney-1ndeed I was. yer honor:
all of them.
Lecturer-Which one did you like
best?
Rooney-The one the mice was at.
yer honor!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Germans Sink Three Vessels.

London-The naval correspondent
of the Evening Standard Identifies the
German battleship sunk in the Baltic
by British submarine on July as
the Pommern. The British steamship
Ellesmere was shelled and then tor
pedoed and sunk by a German sub
marine off the Cornish coast. The
steamship Clio presumably Italian)
and the Norwegian steamer Nordaas
were torpedoed and sunk by German
submarines.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
FOREIGN

A new alliance between Japan and
Russia is reported by Toxic dispatches
to Japanese papers to be imminent.
The Swiss government has pur-
chased in Venezuela about $4,000 oxen
to u-e for food. The first shipment
of the cattle is expected to reach
Switzerland in August.
At London a British Tommy raised
his left hand to be sworn in a secret
trial. The judge told him to put up
his right hand. Its in Belgium" the
soldier replied. He was Immediately
sworn.
After long negotiations. France and
Germany have agreed to exchange the
doctors. chaplains, druggists. nurses.
stretcher bearers and administrative
officers of the sanitary service now
held prisoners.
Six hundred Carranza troops. 1t is
reported. were killed In an all-day bat
tie in fruitless attempt to capture
Paredon, a Villa stronghold about
thirty miles northwest of Monterey.
The French Senate unanimously ap.
propriated 100000 to be used by the
minister of marine ir payment for car.
goes of neutral vessels that have been
seized, and especially of the American
steamer Dacia. ..
The British minister to Bulgaria, Sir
Bax-Ironside, has been Withdrawn be-
cause OF his undiplomatic attitude in
the negotiations between the allies
and Bulgaria. according to reports
reaching Berlin.
The Austro-Germans offered Serbia
territory In Albania and an outlet on
the Adriatic II she would consent to
an immediate peace, the Nish CORE.
spondent of Giornale d'Italia of Rome
reported, bat the offer was refused.
Il will agree to no compromise that
will in any way restrict my liberty"
declared Gen. Victoriano Huerta at Ell
Paso. Tex, when told of the Washing.
ton dispatch indicating that com.
promise and probable abandonment
of the present case against him might
be under consideration.
The Atlantic transport liner Mime.
haha. which caught fire on her way
from New York to London with $4,000
tons Of war munitions on board after
an explosion which. 1t is believed, was
caused by an Internal machine sent
aboard by Frank Holt, ]. P. Morgan's
assailant, steamed slowly through
mist and drizzling rain into Halifax
harbor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Woman Saw Murder AZ Years Ago.

Villisca Iowa.-C. A. Robbins, as
sistant attorney general, in connection
with the bedford murder case, an.
nounced that Maria Collins, who is
now Mrs. Maria Porter, and who lives
in Quitman. Mo-. will be at Bedford
to testify for the state against Bates
Huntsman, Sam Scribner and John
and Henry Damewood. She is the
woman who, as a young girl. is al
legged to have witnessed the killing of
the wealthy cattleman and his son By
the counterfeiters' gang
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Easily Pleased.

Guess I'd better order a few going
away gowns" said she brightly.
mix on the going-away gowns. my
dear" said her husband gloomily. II
can't afford to take you anywhere this
summer"
"All right" was the cheerful re-
sponse. Then I'll order a few stay
ing-at-home gowns"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16

placed snyuhsrs. -.
tracts and kills all
Aiss Neat. clean, or
namentai, conysnisnt
cheap. Lasts 0l1
season. Aads OF
metal. can'tspili or tip
ovsry will not soil %
in3 1rs . anythfng.
Guaranteed effective
All dsaiers orsssnt
sIprsss paid for ei.as
Ave-, Breoklyn. y. Z
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
SEA VESSELS WARNED
HoIt's Aide Plants Bombs In Two
More Ships and Declares He viii
Kill Morgan and Sir Cecil
SpringRice.

Washington. July 13.-Warning to
|. ok out for bombs concealed in their
holds was flashed Sunday night from
the naval wireless towers at Airing
ton to the British steamships Howth
Head and Baron Napier.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Insecta and Cropa.

1t has long been a belief of the
Apache Indians that the appearance
of insects in early spring indicates
good crop.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
SPORTING NEWS

Eddie Rickenbacher won the 300
mile $4,000 automobile race held on
Omaha's new board speedway.
At the sports carnival in Island
grove at Greeley. Colo, which was at
tended by 2l.OO0 people. the Greeley
Spuds defeated the Fort Collins team
to 6.
Jack Torres of Albuquerque Won
from Harry Schaefer of Cheyenne
Cchaefer's seconds throwing up the
sponge in the eighth round at Santa
Fe, N. NJ.
Stanley Yoakum and Billy Wagner
have been matched to box twenty
rounds before the Union Athletic
Club at Milliken, Colo, on the night
of Aug. 4.
terrific. unrelenting drive all the
way carried Lotus under the wire q
victor in the Independence handicap
classic in the closing program of the
twenty-day Overland park racing meet
in Denver.
Prize-winning show horses owned
by the late Alfred G. Vanderbilt, pres
ident of the National Horse Show As
sociation. who lost his life in the sink
ing of the Lusitania by a German
submarine, will be put on sale within
a few weeks, according to an an
nouncement in New York.
GENERAL
Announcement was made at Ber-
wick, Pa. that the American Car and
Foundry Company had closed an
order with the Russian government
for 400 boxcars
suit for $l,250.0OO damages,
brought by the Bache-Denman Coal
Company against more than 200 Off
GERS and members of the United Mine
Workers of America, was dismissed
in the United States District Court at
Fort Smith, Ark. for lack OF jurisdic-
tion.
United States Senator James H.
Brady of Idaho and party of tourists
led by New Yorker named Rice.
consisting of about I25 teachers,
were held up in Yellowstone park by
three highwaymen, according to a
Idaho.
As If in answer to Frank Hollis last
warning, that ship at sea should
sink. God willing. on the 7th." there
came to New York a wireless message
from Capt Claret of the Atlantic
transport line steamer Minnehaha.
telling that his ship was set afire at
sea, $40 miles southeast of Halifax.
Federal officers conducted a vigor-
Gus search for fourteen men accused
in indictments returned in San Fran
cisco by the federal grand jury of
violations of American neutrality
James Edward Quigley, Catholic
archbishop of Chicago, Ill, at the
home of his brother in Rochester. N.
Y, is gradually growing weaker and
the end may come at any moment
Governor Carlson OF Colorado made
an address at the Anti-Saloon League
convention at Atlantic City, n. j.. and
Rev. John Mcneil. of Denver. was
elected one of the vlce.presidents.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16

His Reason for Thinking So.
Henderson-The ones he borrowed
from me. suppose. He never re-
turned them.-Judge.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16

When a mans sins find him out
they are apt to hang around until he
comes in again.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
The LONGEST Step.

From the powder factory to a life
insurance company is about as long
step as a man can take in the world.
Boston Transcript.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
Limitations.

Jack-I hear that you have quit the
literary game.
Jill-Yes; despaired of ever writ
ing up to my publishers printed esti-
mate of my work.-Life.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-16
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-20
FLATTERY.

worth OF newspapers Qay. you say
| am extravagant. But l don't chew,
smoke or drink Other men spend
cents day on either tobacco, gum,
sen sen or drink. That is their priv
lege. .
The editor of The Day Book has
punch about his editorials that lands
like a sledgehammer. The other
dailies, for the most part, have to
serve their news like sugar-coated,
bitter pills. Their readers want flow
cry, heavenly literature, because any
thing the least bit plain or gruff
CRATES on their most delicate sensi-
bilities. But l like to see spade
called a spade once in while and
The Day Book does.
The delicate readers claim The
Day Book is too strong. So they
prefer to read old-line stuff rehearsed
in a sweet, mushy style. frequently
see new ideas that first appear in The
papers two or three days after. They
seem to wait and see how it takes.
If it takes they follow the leader"
/ am just as intellectually hungry to
see the "Outbursts of Everett True"
every day as l am to see Mutt and
jeff, Charlie Chaplin, Able the Agent
and others. While Everett has never
struck me in a physical sense he has
helped me mentally. There are pic
lures of lots of ladies in The Day
Book. If there were not would not
read the 'gol durn" paper any more
than l would look at the moon if
there was not a woman in it. Once
in a while l see the picture of a
blessed baby, which alone proves The
Day Book worth while.
And now a secret. The Public
Forum of The Day Book is the most
original and impartial of its kind any
where. There is not a subject that
Mr. Cochran will not give a hearing
and space in The Forum. He is the |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-20

Patrick Henry to liberty or death
of free press, the same as Patrick
Henry was liberty or death" in a
speech for independence. wish we
had more pioneers like him. / have
tried all the other papers in the loop
time and again. The Tribune was
courteous, but mot suitable to their
needs The Journal had no space"
The Herald, News, Post and Ameri-
can were fair, in fact, too fair, as
certainly Mr.. Cochran has been.
1 honestly believe all loop editors
would like to rip it off stronger and
to the point, but the world is yet too
hypocritical to read the truth.
look upon The Day Book readers and
writer's as those who are reaching
out in advance to help mold the flu
ture, to make better and happier
world for all.
What is the difference if we think
nartly or even all wrong for ten
years? If we continue to reach out
we will hit it right after while and
then our beliefs will be backed with
worked out conviction. - Allen
Steven.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-20

GIVlNG.-To give with the expec-
tation of receiving more than we
give cannot be called giving. 1t is
only swapping with the hope of re-
ceiving tn ebigegst end of the swap.
What we sell we want to make
just profit from, and what we loan
we want returned, but what we give
we should give with a good heart,
even if the ones to whom we give
happen to return evil for good later
on. They lose. The farmer is en-
titled to fair profit from what he
sells, the manufacturer and the
storekeeper are entitled to a just
profit, but neither Of these have a
just right to compel the laborer to
sell his hard labor at a profit so small
that he can barely exist.
If the giant profit-makers would
put their noble heads together and
conclude to give all workers chance
to work with ample pay it would not
be necessary to bother over this de-
ception called charity, the mother Of
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ment should be met by a tax on the
incomes and luxuries of the rich. No
tax should be levied on the neces-
sites of the poor-R. n. II.
The Coconino sun., 1915-01-29
Cost of the War in Dollars and
Cents

The military expenditures OF the
British empire are given as about
S., 900 per day or S632, SOC, 900
up to January first, The. cost Of
the war to France up to December
10, 1914, is given as 1928, 1885,
900 or, difference in time consid-
cred, more than twice the amount
spent by Great Britain.
Taking the Russian expenditures
to November IS as basis, it is
shown that the Russian campaign
has so far cost SO, 200, 900 per day
or 81, $50, 900, 900 up to January
first. The expenditures of the
Belgian, Servian and Japanese
governments are given as about
81 ,6oo,o per day, or roundly
S24o, 900, 900 up to January first.
The figures also show that il
costs the Allies S2.o5 per day to
keep a man in the field.
No detailed amounts are given
in relation to the cost OF the wal
to Germany and Austro. Hungary
The statement is made, however
that the cost for the two is S2I,,
900, 900 per day, or SO, so, 900, ooc
up to January first.
For year the European wa
would on this basis cost the tire
mendous sum of $I6,676,13o, 900
Making an allowance for the cos
Of mobilization, but keeping il
mind that the sending of new
troops into the field is in effect
lesser phase of mobilization, l
will still be found that at the enc
OF year the powers at war woult
have spent at least SIC, 500, 900,
900.
The Coconino sun., 1915-01-29

which the majority Of our young
men participated for longer or
shorter period, we could assemble
in the course OF two or three days
armies which in magnitude and
efficiency could cope with any foe
that might succeeded in landing
on our shores.
/. We think the individual states
and the government are not only
justified but are in duty bound to
make very large provisions for
this purpose, far larger than has
ever been made before. The Ma
itonal Guard ought to be greatly
increased and every means should
be adopted to give it additional
efficiency. 1t will cost money to
do this, but 1t will save money in
the long run.
Military training is even more
worth while than learning to dance
or to acquire any of the minor
accomplishments that every young
man is anxious to possess. 1t
helps to develop manhood, physi-
cally and mentally, and free from
the taint of professional militarism
tends to form the highest type OF
self res specting, self-reliant Amer
icanism.
The Coconino sun., 1915-01-29
Demand tor the Eff cient

Alert, keen, clear headed, healthy
men and women are in demand. Mod
ern business cannot use in office, fac
tory or on the road, persons who are
dull, lifeless, inert, half sick or tired.
Keep in trim. BE in condition that
wards off disease. Foley Cathartic
Tablets clean the system, keep the
stomach sweet, liver active and the
bowels regular. Will Marlar Pharm-
acy cy.-Advertisement. i.
The Coconino sun., 1915-01-29
1t Happens Often

A farmer asked a negro farm
hand the cause of his worried and
harassed expression.
DE trouble, boss" said the
negro, is nah wife. She is de
stravaganest pusson | knows.
She is alwus after money. Money
dis, en- money dat, en- mo- money.
She comes ter me fer one dollar,
en- den she wants two dollars, en-
so hit goes.''
but Joe," inquired the boss,
what does she do with all this
money!"
"Well, de fac is, boss,' ex.
planned Joe, Il amt glib er none
yitn'
The Coconino sun., 1915-01-29
We are Learning to Read

Americans are learning to read!
This may not seem surprising to
you who are perusing this news
paper as you do weekly. How
ever, in 1000 there were AZ chill
dren per thousand between the
ages of ten and fourteen in the
United States who could not read
or write.
1910 this number had been re-
duced to ~, decrease of nearly
half and in 1914 the number had
gone IS.
The Bureau OF Education states:
From the standpoint of pro-
portional reduction OF illiteracy,
Oklahoma leads all states. In
1909 this state had I24 illiterate
children of the ages named. In
1910 it had but II.
Delaware had 20 in 1000 and
but 4 in 1910. New Hampshire
reduced its number from 4 in 1900
to in 1910. New Jersey from 7
to 2, Missouri from IS to II,
Montana and Oregon from 8 to /,
Virginia from 6 to 2, New Mexico
from 1872 to 69, and Idaho from
) to 2.
Nevada is the only state which
has lost ground since 1000. Its
illiteracy was then 4, and is now 5.
Two states, South Dakota and
Nebraska, each having the low
rate of per thousand, report no
reduction in illiteracy between
1900 and 1910.
The states having the largest
proportion of illiterate children
per thousand are Louisiana with
1I5, (irom IA in I9oo), South
Carolina 50 from $50, Alabama
II from I57, and New Mexico 6e
from 1922"