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Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1915-04-29

? season farming, as q rlle, and
the attraction Of the business is
, not the lure Of sudden wealth.
= 1t is to be found in the gradual
increase Of the farmers possess
ions and the slow but sure
growth Of his bank account to-
gether with the perfect certainty
that in time, the value of his
land holdings, particularly his
cultivated lands, will enhance.
The raw land is only worth what
it is worth for rasture. The
man who puts in a pumping
plant and devotes his earnings
to the development of his prop
erty is the one who will make
the profit. In spite of all the
talk about the exhaustion Of the
arabic land in the country, the
fact remains that there is a
world OF undevelopoG country
both east and west; a2d the food
supply Of our country will in
crease every year in every state
az the result Of improved meth
DDS of farming, the drainage of
wet places, the redemption of
pastures and the better utiliza-
ton Of our soil resources. We
Of the west are sometimes in
cline9 to think that our wealth
is in our land. 1t is not. Our
wealth will come out of the ap-
plicaticn Of cur energy to our
land and the land merely fur
nishe5 our citizenship an oppor-
tunity to work.
1t is a pitiful thing to see a
family giving a year to the culti-
walton Of the little patch and los
| ing their return because of a
drought. 1t is an inexcusable
thing to sustain that loss when
there is an Abundance of water
just a little way under the sur
face of the ground. Your pump
| ing plants are your crop insur-
.surance; and the difference be-
tween a good crop and a total
loss On forty acres, will almost
pay for the installation of the
plant in one year. By putting
in pumping plant a man only
capitaizas his life. You can call
it Income insurance or you can
call it life insurance as you
please. For a year lost out of
the middle Of a mans life is
even more serious than year
clipped off from his latter days.
Every farmer in the Estancia
Valley should have a pumping
plant, except those who have
gravity water from the mountain
springs; and every farmer who
proposes to feed any cattle, eth
er for beef or dairy purposes,
should arrange to conserve his
feed by building a 5ilo.
A few years of frugal living
and good hard work will put him
on Easy Street.. He must
not try to do too much. 1t is a
fraility that is common to all of
Us in the vest, A little done
we'll and done at the right time
is immensely better. If one
CANDLES on the rainfall he must
expect to sustain his losses and
merely figure that these losses
offset the cost Of a plant. This
is not designed by Nature for a
dry-farming country. It is fun
damentaIly an irrigation PROPOSE
tion and the best irrigation in the
world, in my judgment, is that
which is accomplished by pump
ing, where the irrigator absolute
ly controls his own destiny and
is Independent at once Of his
neighbocs and Of any ditch com
pany or of the government for
his water supply.
What other folks have done,
you can do. Nature has done
her part in providing an excel
lent soil, an abundant water sup,
, ply and 4 splendid climate. The
rest is up to Man.
RALPH C. ELY.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1915-04-29
M, E, LADIES' AID

The Ladies Aid met at the
church Tuesday, April Goth, with
a small attendance. Each men,
Der was to try and bring a new
member to Aid the next meeting
which will be at the church
Tuesday, May 4th. Everyone
come and bring someone with
you.
Rev r. Z Farley went to
Springer the latter part of last
week TO help Rev. Lockridge in
series of meetings. As socn as
the meetings there close the two
will return mere and hold d series
of meetings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Augusta Files Exceptions
10 Ruling Public Utilities
Commission in Bridge Case
bill Allowed and Matter Will Go Within 60
Days Before Chief Ju stice Supreme Court

Inc city OF Augusta through City Solicitor ESawtec
mas ed exceptions to the decision of the Public Utilities Com
mission in which the Commission ruled had no iusdic
ton IN the placed before recently generally known as
Cty OF Augusta Lewiston, Augusta Street
Railway Company Under date of the Commission al
lowed the Dill OF exceptions and through the provisions
statutes the case will to the law court within days
rectly to the chief justice of the supreme court.
This is the in which the city Augusta petioned the
Public Utilities Commission to determine the proportonate
costs to be paid by the city and railway toward
the whole bill for repairs the Kennebc bridge The
mission ruled that had jurisdiction since the
bills had already been paid and the matter determined
was not within the function of the Commission
that the apportonmen of costs under the existing
stances should be determined different procedure regu
lar court of justice.
Solicitor Sawteles for exception follows
|: Because the bridge mentioned the plaintiffs petition
bridge erected by municipality which railway
passes.
2 Because the Public Utilities Commission had Jurisdiction
the facts forth in said petition appor-
tionment of costs therein asked for.
B. Because said Commission erred ruling that could
apporonment Of costs unless there had previous
ing by it of unsafe condition and order for repairs
A. Because by their conduct and agreements parties
ed consideration by said Commission necessity
and REPAIRS leaving for it's determination
|pOrtOnment of costs.
Chapter Statutes
being remedial penal should receive
which is denied by the decree of said
petition Of the city, the motion to dismiss. the amend
DISMISS and the decree
sion are part of the bill of exceptions thought
rescrp the decision will not be handed down before
midsummer and possibly not until later.
This exceptions have been taken decis
by the Public Utilities Commission Of Maine The
both because of the Importance of the
decision Augusta and because of the establishment of
cedent on important points of law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Mail and Passenger
Vessel from Matini-
Gus Goes Under with
Little Warning Late
Thursday
ALL ESCAPE AND
SAVE MAIL SACKS

Rockland, Me-, May 27.-The mail
and passenger steamer w. G. Butman
went to the bottom while on her reg
ular run between Matinicus and Rock
land late today. In a rough sea the 10
passengers and the crew of four took
to the ships two small boats and after
a hard row Of seven miles reached Ma
tinicus island, wet to the skin.
Although the steamer sank quickly
the crew managed to save the mail
which they brought to the mainland
tonight in a motor boat. The passen-
gers were able to bring off their hand
baggage.
Aid by Passengers
According to the passengers, there
was no panic. Many of them were ex-
perienced in the handling Of small
craft, and they helped the crew launch
and row the lifeboats, which was a
difficult feat in the choppy sea.
1t is believed that the sinking Of the
Butman was due to the fact that one
Of the headlights was not securely
closed. The water was first noticed
coming in over the forward gangway.
The vessel then began to fill rapidly
until the engine room was flooded.
The steamer which was of 43 tons
burden. was owned by her commander,
Capt w. G. Butman. She was valued
at $12,0 900 and was not insured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28

London, May 27-10.45 P. M-Thc British battleshp Ma
jesc another of the ships supporting the allied army the
Galpo peninsula torpedoed and sunk by German sub
this morning Nearly all the officers and
saved
At about the time the Princess Irene which
built last year for the Canadian Pacific British Columbia
coast service and which taken by the Admiralty at
the of the accidentally destroyed by
explosion while at anchor Sheerness where she
dcrgong reaps All her numbering about 250 except
and besides, 70 dockyard workmen who
aboard at the time, lost their lives.
The Majestic which the oldest bateship the active
list of the British is the sixth capital ship lost by the
Allies since the beginning of the operations against the OAR
danele and the second which has fallen victim
submarines which recently arrived in these waters
The submarine is growing both the Aegean
and home waters and these vessels promise take active
in the operations in the waters of the Adratc
where in the Aegean islands afford good shelter
While the warships able them in the
around the British ses with the increase in their numbers
the carrying of seaborne trade becomes
hazardous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
CANADA STR
SHEL!ED AND
TORPEDOED
BY GERMANS

Cardiff. Wales, May p. Via Lon
don, APO p. NJ. The steamer Nor
VIENNA of Montreal was torpedoed and
shelled by German submarine at
midday Wednesday at point 100
miles west by south of st. AIMS
Head. One member of the crew of
the vessel was killed, and three
were wounded. The others have
been landed here.
The Morwenna was bound from
Cardiff for Sydney, Cape Breton, in
ballast. The Belgian trawler. Jaque-
line, picked up the crew.
The Morwenna, Brltlsn steamer
was built at Dundee in 1904. She
was $50 feet long and was owned by
the St. Lawrence Shipping Co., OF
Montreal. The maritime records
show that she left Cardiff May 25.
st. AIMS Head is in Pembrokeshire.
Wales. A distance of 100 miles west
bv south of this location would have
placed the Morwenna not far from
Old Head of Kinsale. where the Cum
ard liner Lusitania was torpedoed
May Z.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Mine Laying
Vessel Goes
Down Takirlg
800 with Her
Nothing but Floa ting
Debris Left as Smoke
from the Explosion
Lifts at Sheerness

Sheerness. Eng, May Pit IS
feared that over 300 persons lost their
lives here today when an explosion
occurred on board the steamer Prin-
cess Irene mine laying vessel which
was lying in the Midway off Port
Victoria undergoing repairs.
In addition to her crew which is
said to have numbered $50, there were
IS shipwrights on board the steamer
when, at 11.15 o'clock this morning a
terrific explosion which shook the
whole town of Sheerness, occurred on
the ship, followed by a high burst of
fame and a column Of dense smoke.
When the smoke had cleared away
the steamer had completely disap-
peared. Only some floating wreck
age marked the spot where she had
been lying. Flying debris was scat
tered for great distances. Many men
on ships in the vicinity of the Prin-
cess Irene were injured by this, and
framents of the wreckage were pick
up as far away as Maidstone, Ii
miles distant from the scene of the
explosion.
The explosion is described as hav-
ing been far louder than that which
accompanied the blowing up of the
battleship Bulwark in Sheerness last
November.
Only one body from the Irene has
thus far been picked up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
MESSAGES FROM
u. S. OFFICIALS AND
CAPTAIN GREENE

Washington, May 27.-The United
States government had received to-
night messages from Ambassador
Page and Consul General Skinner at
London and a statement from Capt.
Greene of the American steamer Ne.
braskan, but from all information
thus far available, 1t has been i'm
possible to definitely determine wheth-
er the explosion Of the Nebraskan
Tuesday was caused by a mine or
torpedo.
This case is somewhat similar to
that of the American tank steamer
Gulf Light. Although the German
admiralty is said to have denied that
a German submarine attacked the
Continued on Page 5-coIumn p
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Alege a Conspiracy to
Defraud U. S. on Exports
OF Rubber Hidden in Bales
Cotton and Resin Barrels

New York, May PA conspiracy to
defraud the United States through the
filing Of a false manifest on exports of
rubber in order to conceal it's contra
band character is alleged in indict-
ments found by the federal grand jury
today against Harry r. Solomon; his
cousin, Albert Solomon Of the import
ing and exporting firm Of Solomon
Brothers Of this city; Albert B. New
man, a commission merchant; Franz
Rosenberg of Hanover, Germany,
president Of an Austrian rubber COM
pany and Sigmund Carman Of Buda-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
BRITISH WARSHIP MAJESTIC
LOST THURSDAY AND DANISH
STEAMER IS SENT TO BOTTOM
Captain Greene
Certain Ship Was
Hit by Submarine

Liverpool, May %, 1856 A. NJ
The American steamer Nebraskan,
which was disabled Tuesday night
by an explosion off the coast Of
ireland arrived here shortly be-
fore midnight. The captain said:
~ saw no submarine, but am
certain it was a torpedo which hit
u.s."
Moreover, a submarine could
not have failed to see our name
and nationality, which was out
lined in huge letters on our Sides"
Tho members of the crew Of the
Nebraskan were agreed that the
explosion was undoubtedly caused
by torpedo. The forward part
of the ship is completely wrecked.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Feats by the
Eli British
Subf11arinein
DardanelleS

London, May 27.--11.30 P. M.-The
British admiralty issued the follow
ing report from the vice admiral in
the eastern Mediterranean:
THE submarine Ell, Lieut.. Com
mander Martin E. Nassmith, has sunk
nthe Sea of Marmora, a vessel con-
tanning a great quantity of ammuni-
ton comprising charges for heavy
how!tzers, several gun mountings and
six-inch gun. She also chased a sup
ply ship with a heavy cargo of stores,
and torpedoed her alongside a pier at
Rodosto A small store ship was also
chased and run ashore.
THE submarine ELL entered Con-
stantinople and discharged a torpedo
at g transport alongside the arsenal
The torpedo was heard to explode
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Daniels Seeks the Cause OF
j And Remedy for Weakness
T. OF American Submarines

Washington. May 27.-With unoffi-
cial reports indicating that half Of the
- submarines assigned to participate
l in the war game with the Atlantic
fleet were at least partially ineffect-
i've Secretary Daniels today an
q nounced his determination to make
I thorough investigation to find the
4 cause of, and if possible a remedy for,
i the too frequent breakdowns of the
Y Nays underwater craft.
i VA Important Branch
le with the growing Importance of
/; the submarine as an instrument of
,.warfare," said the secretary, Il feel
Athat too much attention cannot be
apaid to this branch of the service. and
i. every effort of the department VIII
8 be directed to improving the records
llmade by the submarines during the
.grecent manoeuvers. The submarine is
u still in an experimental stage and the
il boat of two years ago, as compared
with those now in active service
) abroad, Is probably even more COM
4 paratively obsolete than an automo-
;.bile of three years ago. OF the II
y Submarines which came to New York
Lefor the maneuvers, one was unable to
Z proceed, the various others suffered
I-from breakdowns necessitatlng re-
! pairof greater or less importance
Awh/ ook them out of the game Tor
Lsyafy64K lengths of time. Reports, I'M
4 official. give from to as the total
). submarines effective during a certain
/, period Of the maneuvers.
Z Eliminating Troubles
The battery trouble, as already an
snounced we hope to have eliminated
q in our new boats, if the Edison pat
-tery lives up to it's preliminary tests
dThe other troubles are being ellmi-
q d.ad with each new design as the
d defects of the old designs become ap-
IL parent
What 1 am most interested In is III
Winding out whether these breakdowns
Twere such as must be expected IN
T more or less experimental boats or
lavhether they were due to faults OF
4 construction that should have been
8 remedied or to defects in our syste"
Of reporting and making repairs.
Il In the meanwhile the plans Tor tue
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
President
OF Portugal
Resigned

Lisbon, Via Paris, May %. : 1920
A. M.-The President of Portugal
Manuel De Arriaga, has resigned.
President De Arriaga, who acceded
in 1911 officially announced to the
President of the Portuguese Congress
his determination to resign his office
Congress will meet on Saturday to de-
liberate on this action by the Presi-
dent and take measures required by
the situation thus created.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Rubber in Cotton

Two shipments of a fine grade Of
rubber, valued at $4,000, are alleged
to have been falsely manifested for ex-
port, probably to Germany by way Of
Italy. One lot, it is stated, was found
concealed in 800 barrels Of resin and
the other in 17S bales Of cotton waste.
The shipments were detected as the
result of an X-ray examination.
The defendants are alleged, through
the fling Of the false manifest to have
caused the collector of the port to
transmit untrue and inaccurate reports
to washington in violation Of the fed
eral criminal code.
While classed as technical violations
Continued on Page 5-Column -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28

IS new submarines authorized by the
63rd Congress are being pushed with
all possible speed. Bids will be in.
vited for their actual construction
next week These boats include two
more of the new sea-going subma
rines which we are going to try to
make the last word in such craft
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
England Reconizes Growing Menace Of Sub
mersibles in British Waters and in the
Aegean Sea=Admiralty Believes American
Steamer Nebraska Was Blown Up by Ger
man Underwater Craft
STEAMER PRINCESS IRENE WITH MORE
THAN 800 ON BOARD SINKS AFTER
EXPLOSION WHILE BEING REPAIRED

Was Anchored at Sheerness- Middle Galicia
Remains Scene of Most Importa mt Battles
Where Austro- German Forces Assail Russian
Lines-Przemysl Believed Surrounded by the
Teuton Troops Allies Claim Continued Pro-
gress on Gallipoli Peninsula
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
HAVE NOT YET
DETERMINED
CAUSE OF THE
EXPLOSION

u. S. Government In
prepared to Act in
Case Of Nebraskan
Until Certain Wheth-
err She Struck Mine or
Was the Victim of
Torpedo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
THE WEATHER
FAIR

Washington, May N.-Following is
the weather forecast: Eastern New
York and New England: Fair Friday
and probably Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Boston Forecast

Boston, May 27.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Friday fair; Satur-
day unsettled, probably fair, moder-
ate westerly winds becoming varia BILE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28
Say Nebraskan Torpedoed

The admiralty still believes rnae tho
American steamer Nebraskan now on
her way to Liverpool, was torpedoed
and in addition, the British steamer
Morwenna, bound for Canada, and the
by submarines. Only few days ago
the commander Of submarine in
formed Danish captain that he had
no orders to sink Danish vessels.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28

pest, Hungary, a rubber expert, who
is also said to be in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-28

In Middle Galicia
Amidst the activities on land and
sea and in the air, from the Darda-
nelles to the waters around the Brit
ish Isles, Middle Galicia remains the
scene Of the greatest and most import
ant fighting. There the Austrians and
Germans continue to batter at the
Russian lines northeast and south
east of Przemysl, and, according to
reports which have not been confirm
ed by official statements they have
severed communications between the
former Austrian fortress and Lem
berg.
Przemys: Surrounded
II these reports are true, Przemysl,
which less than three months ago was
taken by the Russians after long
siege, is again surrounded. It would
appear, however, that while the Teu-
tonic allies are pressing very hard on
the fortress they have not yet forged
Continued on Page Column u
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-09
Coyotes Attracted by Auto Lights.

Pierre.-Crganized coyote hunts are
being held west of the river and wolf
hounds are in great demand. AS in
the case of the jack rabbits, which
have been hunted with the aid Of auto
searchilghts of automobiles the coy.
otes seem fascinated by these lights
and will approach quite close to an
Illuminated auto at night. Some hunt
ers are going after them in this way
Every year more coyotes and wolves
are killed in South Dakota than the
$4,000 bounty appropriation will meet
so the fund is to be apportioned on a
pro rata basis, getting beneath 81
each. Now that homesteaders and set
tiers are again engaging in fattenins
cattle this winter in greatly increased
numbers " e the past few years, the
killing Of coyotes becomes even a moro
necessary precaution in those local.
ties.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-09
A Still Older Bible.

Miller.-A new item recently went
the rounds Of the northwest press con.
corning an old Bible owned by the
Tarbell family at WATERFOWL, and
which was printed in Edinburgh, Scot
land, in 1879. The story has brought
out the fact that the widow of the late
Rev. Franz Matter of Spring town.
ship, Hand county, owns a Bible which
was printed in Germany in 1929, or
fifty years before the WATERFOWL Bi
BILE was printed. The German Bible
now 1856 years old, has been handed
down from father to son in the Matter
family, and was in the library of Rev.
Franz Matter at the time of his death.
and is greatly priced by his widow.
The Bible is in a fine state of preser-
walton, every word being readable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-09
A VETERAN RET|REs
LONGTIME ENGINEER RESIGNS
POSITION WITH CMt''A
ROAD.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What is Going On Here and There
That Is of Interes. to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.
News Service.

Western Newspaper Uhion News Service.
Mitchell.-After forty years at the
throttle, William T. Doolittle of Sioux
Falls, an engineer on the Sioux Falls
division Of the Omaha and who for the
past twenty years has made frequent
runs into Mitchell, has been placed on
the retired list at his own request. Mr..
Doolittie entered the employ of the
Omaha road in Sioux City in 1873. Five
years later he piloted the first passen,
ger train into Sioux Falls.
In all his years of active service, il
is said, Mr.. Doolittle never was held
responsible for an accident. He has
held high positions in the Masonic
lodge of South DAKOTA. He is a thirty,
second degree Mason, a past potente
of the Ell Rad temple of the Mystic
Shrine, a past grand commander of the
knights Templars OF South Dakota and
a former mayor, alderman and city
council president Of Sioux Falls.
He is a life member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and or
gained the first division Of the order
in the northwest in Sioux City in 1876
He moved to Sioux City in 1873, wheT
that city had about 5000 population
and entered the employ Of the Omaha
road. For the past 80 years he has
made his headquarters at Sioux Falls
his regular run being from that place
to Worthington, MINI.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-09
Jailed for Threatening Family.

Altamont.-Arrested on the charge
of threatening to cut the Threats OF his
wife and children, John Dobrey, a
farmer living near here, was lodged In
The county jail pending action on his
case by the county authorities. 1t ap-
pears that at intervals of about a year
for several years past he has gone
on TIE rampage and alarmed the mem
bers OF his family. This time his Wife
became frightened when he threatened
70 cut tine threats of herself and chill
ken and he 4 him arrested.