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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

I wish I could show you the passengers that travel on these South American steamers. They are of all classes and conditions of men. We have here dozen nationalltes, including Russian colonists, Italian laborers and Jew peddlers. We have Germans on their way north for at the ports to go inland and sell goods estancieros and their families, who own great farms near the river; a half dozen priests clad in as many different cos tunes, Braziians bound for Matto Crosse, and many Paraguayans en route to As- uncion and beyond Just now Is the sum mer on this side of the world. and the most of the passengers are going north for business necessity, rather than for pleasure. In the winter the character of the crowd is far different. It then be- comes somewhat like our exodus from the north to Florida and other parts of the south. Paraguay is the Florida of Ar sentina and there are many fashionable people who go there to get away from the cold. It is, l suppose, much like the crowd of rich arstocrats l saw at Mar del Plata, which compares favorably in manners with the society of any part of the world. s
 As to the people we have on this ves- sel, the majority of them are unspeak- ably ''common." Three-fourths of the men tuck their napkins in at the col- lar and the toothpick is universally used between courses. The same fork takes its turn in conveying food from the plate to the mouth: and in fishing elves and cucumbers from the mixed pickle bottle. There are some women who are really expert in getting their food to their lips with their knives. l have been watching the process, and so far not drop of blood has been drawn. Just opposite me sits girl of IS, who spears at the olive dish with her wooden toothpick, and thus transfers the fruit to her mouth.
 The men smoke cigarettes throughout the meals, and nearly every one polishes his plate with his napkin. l don't blame
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

At the bottom of another form, con- taining the names of nine men, was written:
 "The above are the names of nine sons of Mrs. Lahee. who have joined and are serving at the front"
 Give us wives and other women a chance" wrote another woman, evil dently from her notepaper and aristo- cratic address, a member of the upper classes. My husband is in the navy, and I have gun and ammunition and know how to use them. So do thou sands of others Why should we not be used to shoot some of dhe fat Germans"
 Perhaps the most curious of the wom- ems letters was this one which already has been referred to. It came from the west of England and read:
 My husband, color sergeant, served 21 years in the Twenty-third Royal Welsh Fusiliers and is now (sic) dead. I served 12 years in the same regiment and they won't take me now again because l am a. woman instead of man. God save the Kingl I remain, your humble servant
 One of the forms received came from an alien enemy. The sender had tor'' off the Identification number and the form contained merely these words.
 Hook der Kaiser! You English pigs.
 An amusing plaint came from farmer in Devonshire who declared that all his helpers were deserting him to Joln the colors and wanted the war stopped ln- stanter before he was ruined. Another man used the recruiting form to record the previous martial deeds of members of his family, 27 of whom. 1t appeared, had fought either in the army or navy. There was a long and amusing letter, too evidently from a woman of some conse- quence in the provinces, who was anx- ious to have a certain colonel in the Brit ish army investigated on the ground that she believed him to be a German spy.
 .sHe has been hanging about here foI long time' wrote she, "and he walks like a German, raising his feet very higt at each step" The colonels gait sug- gested the goose step, evidently.
 One may end with genuinely pathetic yet stirring, human documest. It wal written to the parliamentary recruiting committee by miner at Gateshead Hi' rame is Frederick Brown-King and he i! 56. He gave his four sons to the flag and he tells. simply, yet movingly, how the youngest of them. who was serving in the navy, died after having brough . down the first German flag in the war and helped to sink the first German ship This is what he. only a miner, remem ber wrote:
 q am willing to serve my country l I would not send my last lads wher' l l would not go myself. We all conn of fighting stock, right back to m, grandfather. Four of my sons hav' been serving the King:
 "Segrt. $. Brown King. H. M. s., Der wick; Pte. F. Brown-King, Northum
 cbrland Fusiliers; Pte. H. Brown-king
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

Steamship San Martin, on the Paraguay River.
 @ IOR the past five days I have been
 E steaming up the Parana river. Rzs5sS3 and I am now on the steamship GaWSU San Martin on the great Para
 quay, which is a branch of the Parana. On one side of me is the republic of Paraguay, and on the other the Chaco, which belongs partly to Paraguay and partly to Argentina. I am in the heart of the Parana basin, which is potentially one of the worlds greatest meat baskets of the future. It has already supplied vast quantities of beef and mutton for the warning armies of Europe and 1t is also shipping meat northward for Jinclo Sam's stomach.
 As I left Buenos Aires I saw one of the Lamport & Holt steamers loaded with chilled beef starting out for New York. and, sailing up the Rio de la Plata. passed the mouth of the Uruguay river. that carries down the cattle of Uruguay and the Argentine Mesopotama to Bue- nos Aires and Montevideo. The next morning we anchored in front of Rosario. on the Parana, several hundred miles from the ocean. There the vessels were taking on Indian corn for the horses of the armies now fighting in France, and all the way up the Parana proper, a dis tance as great as from New York to Chi cago, I passed estancia after estancia upon which thousands of beeves were fat tening on the rich grass. In some places I saw droves of horses similar to the hundreds which are now going by ship loads to Europe and hocks of sheep which will soon be frozen mutton in the friger- ificos of Buenos Aires. At Corrientes was near where the Alto- Parana flows into the main stream, and a little later on entered the Paraguay which extends from here more than 150o miles north- ward, opening up another vast meat sup ply.
 The Paraguay river has it's source in the highlands Of Matto Crosse the mighty plateau that forms the height of land of the South American continent. The region corresponds to the great lakes re- zion of North America. and it is cov- cred with pastures The Paraguay flows through grass lands and forests for dis tance as great from Philadelphia to the Rockies Not far north from where I am now is the mouth of the Picomayo river, that rises in the Andes and passes through the cattle lands of eastern Bo- livia, flowing in a toftuous course Of l50a miles through uneXplored wllds before 1t comes into the Paraguay. The Pilcomayo flows between the Chaco of Argentina ard Paraguay, countries that have pasture lands scattered here and there through them. The pastures are now being stocked, and they will add greatly to the meat supply of the world.
 The country opened up by the streams ] have described is so vast that I de- spair of giving an adequate idea of it.. The system of rivers is beyond concep- ton immense. l travelled four days and four nights on the Rio de la Plata and Parana in coming from the ocean to the mouth of the Paraguay. The Rio de la Plata where it empties into the ocean Is a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30
By FRANK G. CARPENTER

Copyright, 1915, by Frank G. Carpenter) Steamship San Martin, on the Paraguay
 River
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30
By HAYDEN CHURCH

May 20.-(Special) One of the biggest and most i'm
 portant jobs of it's kind ever undertaken in th.s country IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

0R the past five days I have been
 steaming up the Parana river.
 and l am now on the steamship San Martin, on the great Para quay, which is a branch of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
CLAIM PROOF OF PLOT
ALLEGES NINE WORKERS eALk
RECRUITING EFFORTS.
Militia Court OF Inquiry Charges Plan
to Swap Indictments to
Free Labor Men.

western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-Members of Court of In
quiry appointed by Governor Carlson
at the request of several militia Off
GERS, against whom charges have been
brought recently. made partial re-
port to the chief executive, In which
they allege having in their possession
evidence to show a general conspiracy
TO prevent the reorganization OF the
state militia.
they particularly mentioned having
ind1sputable proof that the United
Mine Workers of America had secured
detective agency to spy upon the
movements of the recruiting officers;
that the Mine Workers and detective
agency were working with certain pub
lie officials to prevent the reorganiza-
tion of the militia
1t was further claimed that their
evidence included certain correspond
ence, upon which was based their
knowledge of a plot to secure the in
dictment of public officials and mill
tiamen, for the purpose of trading
upon such indictments for the benefit
of certain people involved and under
Indictment in the so-called strike
cases.
One of the letters the Court of In
quiry claims to possess. they say. dis
closes the fact that the text of the
recent decision Of the State Supreme
Court. barring Judge CRANKY Hillyer
of the Third district from further par
ticipation in strike cases growing out
of the Colorado coal strike. was sent
to the Washington office of the de-
tective agency on Aug. o-althouoh
the decision was not handed down un-
til Aug. 16
The Court of Inquiry appointed by
the governor consists of Lieut.-Col. e.
]. BoughtoE. Maj. H. j. Hersey and
Capt. Henry NJ. Pingree.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Miners Fall to Death at suverton.

Silverton.-While striving to rescue
mucker employed in the mine, John
Vickburg and Oscar Davis, miners at
the Domingo tunnel, nine miles from
Silverton, fell It's feet to death at the
bottom of the shaft The mucker,
named Mcconnell, had been overcome
by gas and the men went into the
300-foot level after him. Unable to
revive him, Davis carried him to the
200-foot level, where he was forced
to leave him while he went to an air
pipe. as the gas was beginning to suf-
focate him. He went to the first level,
supported by Vickburg. AT the edge
of the shaft he collapsed and Wick.
burg. attempting to keep him from
falling, lost his hold Both men fell
to the bottom. Mcconnell later re.
vived and made his way to the sur.
face.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Arizona.


The Jerome-Oatman Mining Com.
pany has taken its stock off the mar
ket.
A large body of low grade ore is
in sight at the Calumet & Jerome.
A steadily Increasing output OF cop
per is noted in the ee-Warren dis
trict
At the Pittsburg-Jerome there is
showing up a vein all in ledge matter
with considerable mineral.
The Flux mill at Patagonia is very
successful and fifteen to twenty cars
OF concentrates are shipped monthly.
The force employed by Miner and
Mcclure in the Sleeping Beauty Sec
tion northwest of Globe has been in
creased to twenty men.
Mine strikes and mine deals have
followed each other in rapid success
sion in the Tom Reed Gold Road Min
ing district during the past ten days.
The work at the Ruby Copper Com
pany. in the Patagonia district, is pro-
crossing nicely and the ore body will
soon be reached in the drift on the 450
foot level.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Wyominq.

The Midwest Company will build a
refinery at Chatham.
c. f. Stubbs has interested Pitts
burg people who will develop three
oil fields located at Manderon. Bon
ANA and Cottonwood fields.
The thirty-four miles OF pipe line
from the Grass Creek field to Chat
ham have been completed and the
line is now running full of oil.
The Ohio Oil Company has leased
from C. r. Welch the land known as
the Johnny Borner place, and the
company will at once proceed with
drilling. The land is located near the
mouth of the Greybull river and close
to proven land belonging to the Big
Horn OIL & Gas Company.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
New Mexico.

Some rich gold ore has been dis.
covered by a sheepherder near Mag
dalena.
In order to handle the claims which
they have staked out on the newly dis
covered oil field at Columbus, James
S. Anderson, Elliot A. Means and
Peter X. Means, Jr., all of Columbus,
formed company. under the name of
the Columbus Oil Company, to develop
and work a number of claims which
they have in the territory in which
the oil has been discovered.
There was the largest output last
month in the history of the San Pedro
mining district" said Joe Stewart,
mining man and cattleman of that
section. 'All previous records for
mining copper were broken and this
month will eclipse even the preceding
one. in my opinion. The Santa Fe
Gold & Copper Company is employ
ing large force of men and placing
additional crews to work"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03

No outfit is quite complete in these
days without a sweater of some sort.
And there is a wide and varied choice
In sweaters. for they ar claiming more
attention than ever before in their
history.
There are finely woven sweaters OF
silk. in gay colors, which one sees at
the afternoon concert, at the country
club, on the beaches and the golf
Links. and in any other outdoor meet
tngs of fashionables. There are sweat
ers considerably like them, made of
artificial silk. usually in more vivid
colorings than the all-silk variety.
Then there are the practical wool
sweaters. similar to that shown In the
picture. and belonging to the same
class.
The new models are carefully de-
signed to the end that they may en-
body Just the right style. In the ex-
ample pictured here. for instance, 1t
will be noticed that the sleeves are
well shaped and finished with cum
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Coal Rate Appeal Made by Roads.

beaverton the grounds that coal
rates. fixed by the State Public Util-
tiles Commission. are discriminatory
and cOnfiscatory," the Union Pacific
and the Colorado & Southern rail-
roads haze appealed to the Supreme
Court to review the findings OF the
commission. set them aside and modi-
fy the rates. Attorneys for the roads
say that the actions are test cases and
will be carried to the United States
Supreme Court IL necessary The out
come will determine whether or not
the railroads will appeal from the pas
senger rates and schedules recently
instituted by order of the commission.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03

or all things. millinery requires
careful choosing. and, after 1t is
bought. the hat requires careful plac-
ing on the head. II 1t is to fulfill its
destiny. According to an old millin-
cry maxim that destiny is to improve
the appearance OF the wearer. You
must look better with your hat than
without it"-that is the exacting test
to which each new mode is to be sub
Jected
The three new models for fall.
which appear here. are types that will
repay a little study on the part of
those who consider things before buy
ing them. They include a small tur-
ban. a turban with extension crown
which forms a halo brim. and one OF
the graceful wide-brimmed hats to
which fashion Is extending welcom-
ing hands.
Quite a number of these wide
3rimmed hats are shaped with brims
turning upward at the back This has
brought in the underbrim trimming
again and 1t is not confined to wide
brimmed shapes. Short. curling
ostrich plumes fit into the trimming
OF the underbrim in the most graceful
way,
The small turban is made OF corded
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Colorado.

Work of a development nature will
probably be resumed on the Fern B
property on Bull cliff, Cripple Creek.
A new shaft is to be sunk for the ex-
ploring of ground at greater depth.
Telluride, which is Colorado's sec
ond gold district. reports that Ander-
son Lacey have fourteen men at
work for them on the Ballard lease
and are taking out and milling a fair
ly good streak of ore.
The Kenzie lease on the 7OO.foot
level Of the Abe Lincoln mine on Gold
hill. Cripple Creek. is still producing
q fair grade of ore.
The Carver lease on the 400.foot
level of the Golden Cycle mine, owned
by the Vindicator. continues to sur
render heavily of high-grade ore.
In Silyerton district, Butler and
Carver are cleaning out the tunnel of
the Bald Eagle group on Cement
creek. just opposite the Yukon tun-
mel.
Engineers and mining men who
have recently visited the Leadville re-
gion, which takes in both Summit and
Eagle counties, report confident feel
ing and much activity in mining.
w. H. Trask. owner of the Pride of
Cripple Creek group of claims. is en-
thusiastic over the prospects in what
is designated the rim" of the Grip
pie Creek crater, where rich ore has
recently been located.
The Labella property on Bull hill
Cripple Creek. operated under lease
by Potts and associates. is showing in
fine form. and the outlook Is most
promising for heavy production be
ing in order at an early date
In Idaho Springs district the Boston
Mine Leasing Company was incorpor-
ated for the purpose of operating a
lease on the Little Edgar claim of the
Big-Five Company.
Sugar Loaf an old-time Boulder
county camp. reports a bonanza gold
strike. in the Livingston mine, which
for a generation has been prolific Of
astonishing ore bodies.
Chapman and Thomas. welI-known
lease operators and mining men OF
Cripple Greek. have most promising
showing on the Flying Dutchman. a
fenderfoot hill property.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03

and button. The patch pockets ieava
turnover hap. and the new order of
things in belts is recognized. The col
lar may be turned up close about tho
neck II required.
Because this Is a sweater for real
comfort in cool days 1t Is rather heavy
Its usefulness begins with fall, and
continues to the coming of another
summer, for II reinforces the too light
wrap in the depths OF winter. II Is
an excellent model to choose for tho
young girl to wear to school during
the autumn months. and nothing could
be better designed or arranged for
sports wear.
Sweaters of wool stand the rough
handling which they are likely to get
from young people. and continue to
look none the worse for 1t. Now that
they are made in beautiful colors and
with SO much attention to style. the
field OF their usefulness is wonderfully
Increased
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Odd Fellow. to Meet October 1s.

Colorado Springs.-The state con-
vention of Odd Fellows, to be held in
Colorado Springs beginning Oct IS,
is expected to bring 1000 visitors
Pixies Peak lodge No. 3S, which was
recently affiliated with Colorado
Springs lodge No. 14O, will have
charge of the big gathering, and it
promises to be red letter event in
fraternal annals of the state. The
Rebekah lodge and the encampment
will convene on the opening day and
the grand lodge sessions will open
Oct. 10.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Big Gains in Number Of Licenses.

Denver-Colorado is far more pros
porous this year than last-if the
number of automobiles owned in the
state is any indication. Up to July !
of this year 21.73s licenses had been
issued by the Department OF State
During the whole year of 1914 only H.
1853 licenses we're given out, SO that
the record for six months of this year
outstrips the half-year record OF 1914
by 1882. The total number of licenses
issued in Denver last year was 5.931
This year. to date, 7.435 licenses have
been issued.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Famou. ouray Revenue Mill Burned

Ouray. Colo, Aug. 3O.-The Reve-
pue mill, erected in 1894 at cost of
100000, and at the time regarded as
marvel of metallurgical ingenuity.
was destroyed by fire caused by de,
fective wiring Saturday night. The
machine shops. boiler house and sew
eral smaller buildings were burned to
the ground. all being uninsured.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03

silk. and would be equally effective In
panne velvet. The material is covered
with corded tucks and serves for the
covering OF the hat and for its trim
ming. The edges are finished with a
silver tinsel braid which has the effect
of needlework. 1t looks like close-set
overcast stitches. and neediework
decoration is a feature OF the new fall
millinery.
The turban with extension crown IL
made of black velvet and whftu
chiffon. A bead work ornament trims
the front and is made entirely OF.
white beads
The soft and graceful brim OF the
third hat bespeaks for 1t. and TOR
many others OF the same character,
first place in the favor OF young
women. IL is made OF velvet in black
or one of the dark shades OF fash
ionable colors. The trimming is of
white fancy ostrich and looks like q
bit OF fireworks. done in frost II
throws its sprays in front OF the eft
eye OF the wearer with an abandon IN.
known to ornaments hitherto. But It
is strong in the knowledge that II is
less in the way OF vision than many .
veil.
JULIA 5oTToMlEY.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
New Gold Strike in cr.,.on.

Cripple Creek.-Another rich strike
Of ore has been made in the 1900
foot level of the Cresson mine on Ra-
ven hill. This is the same mine in
which the big strike was made last
December. Estimates are that the
owners of the Cresson took more than
$1,000.00O worth of ore from the syl-
vanite pocket found in December.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Water Records ordered Into State.

Denver-Books, accounts and other
records of the Cripple Creek Water
Company kept outside the state must
be brought to Colorado for investiga-
tion by statisticians and engineers OF
the Colorado utilities commission. ac
cording to an order issued by that
body
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Searching for Lillian eraee.

Denver The State Insurance De-
partment is attempting to locate Miss
Lillian Brace, sister OF b. Brace, who
died a year ago. The object of the
search is to turn over to his sister
$1,000 insurance money which Brace
carried at the time of his death
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
U. S. Officials at Park Dedication

Denver.-Stephen T. Mather, assist.
ant secretary of the interior. and
Mark Daniels, superintendent of
mountain parks, arrived in Denver to
attend the dedication of the Rocky
Mountain National park.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Big Auto Tour Sept. 10.

Denver.-On account of bad roads
caused by recent rains the Chamber
of Commerce trade and financial ex.
pansion automobile tour of eastern
Colorado has been postponed until
Sept 13.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
Thieve. Carry or 500; Miss $1,000

Cripple Creek.-Burglars secured
800 from the cash drawer in the safe
and cash register in the city market,
owned by Arthur Mosier. Diamonds
belonging to Mosier and wife, valued
at $1,000, were in another drawer of
the safe, but escaped the attention OF
the thieves
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
IN q r e s

we,tern Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.
Spelter, st. Louis, S13.4S.
Copper. casting, $lT.12h.
Lead. New York, 4.65Q4.7s.
Bar silver. 46Ac.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-03
sIayers of sheepman Unknown.

Trinidad.-That Vincenzo Provence
the sheepman murdered near Hast
mgs. came to his death as the result
of gunshot wounds inflicted by some
person unknown was the verdict of
the coroners jury in this city.