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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
HOW They Stand
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Games

Yesterdays Games
Pittsburgh l: Boston q.
New York :: Chicago l.
Chicago -: New York :.
Philadelphia s: Cincinnati 5.
Philadelphia {; Cincinnati s.
BrooklynSt.' Louis. ram.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
Today's Games

Today's Games
at Chicago
Philadelphia al Detroit.
Boston at ST. Louis.
New York at Cleveland
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
MABEL TRASk, the
FAvOR|TE, CAPTURES
The FEATURE EVENT

PH1AL OELFIIlA, Aug. 2i.-M"nc,
Trnsk. the favnrii'. won III" frcr-t"r-all
,rut, The feature Of tn" closing ia!
card of the Grand CIrcdit meeting at
Belmont rack to-day. Thr"" "t inc
fastest trott"rS on Tia circuit started
in In, event. which Mabel TraSh took IN
straight h"ItS in clos" FINISHES VITA -.
Frisco. and established a new track
record Cor trn,trrS III Il rae" III the Soc
und heat. whlrh was stepped in 2:n' ~
Cox ailmw.d ';r"IS /" max the rae" III
both heats and brought Mabel Tr1Sk up
through The stretch To win by head
both times.
CccrS. who has hcrn ~ great far"ritc
with ,hc crowds I'LL week. had 4 hiT day,
winning the @.y"nr-"ld trot with Peter
June md the ":"2 pace with Robert
t;ntrwood. III addition /" taking second
money in the frcc-for-all. The colt race
which was split up by rain on Thursday.
sent To SI,iii heats. Peter June, which
finished seventh on Thursday out
stcrpca his Acid In both heats today. 60
ing the thl1d heat in @:6Sa. and giving
Ruth Main$hcct her first defeat of tho
season.
North Snur. owned by Congressman
Jcscph Mclaughlin Of this city and
driven by Cox. wen his second race OF
the meeting. taking the ":23 trot In
straight heats and stepping the middle
hrat in 2:ln4.
The meeting opens ut Pouzhkeepsle
on Monday. Summaries:
Two-Year-Old Trot, in Heats; Purse
$4,000 Gone Heat Thursday.
Pctcr Juno. Oh. E.. by Peter the
Great tGcars). .............. l l
Ruth Naiushcct. hr. t. tMur-
phy) ................... :
Nclla DlIcn. y. f. CzcrrilD.... 3
TruXton. b. c. (CnX). ......... 1
Miriam Guy. y. f. CIude) ...... 5
iollyrood Naomi, h. +. tDodEe). 5 dr.
Eleven Black. blk. c. (R
W nltc) % uE
Forbes Robertson. h c liIaincS). Dis
Timc-2:ll. 2:l11:.. 2:nS&.
$3.50 Trot, 3 in S Keats Purse 81 600.
North Spur. h. S. by San Fran
cisco (CnN) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l l ]
Rhodantha Oh. m. {Mnrphy)... 3 . 3
Lewis Winter blk. K tMcDon-
ald) ...................
Peter Crime. h. s. DodEe)....- 4 4
Kathryne Collcttc. hr. m. (Ty-
son) .':''''.....''',''''''' o
Toddling, b. 8. tkndnry) ....... 2 DIS
Lord Oliver. =. +. nuttnn) ..... ds
Timc--2:l2h. 2:l04. 2:l11s.
Free-for-All, in Keats; Purse $4,000.
Mabel Trask. oh. m. by Peter the
Great (C"X) l
St Frsico. y. $. (Ciccrs) ........... 2 2
zomrcct. blk. 8. tMcponald) .. 3 3
Timc-2:06 2:05L..
2:22 Pace IN Heats; Purse 81 1000.
Robert Ciatcwnod b. s.. ny J.
Malcolm Forbes (Gecrs). ..... l l l
Ahhebond. h. m. tSnow) ........ 2
Jay Mack. oh. s. (McDonald).. 3 2 3
juno, b. m. CTappor). .......... DIS
Tlme-o:l02i. 2:0SI. 2:1lH.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Rochester /: Baltimore s.
Toronto l; Providence (.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS game postponed
rain.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
CoV1NaToN TO BOSTON.

BOSTON, Aug. 24.-The Boston Ma
tonal league baseball club has pur-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25

chased Covington an outfieldcr. from
thu Little Rock Clul: Of the Southern
association He vii report at the clossI
Of the Southern association season.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays aames
Philadelphia S: Detroit 4.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25

-Nichorf OUT, hit by battcd ball
MATTED for Shean in the Sth.
NXEan for Clarke in the Sth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
New Mexico.

Articles of incorporation were filed
by the Linda Vista Oil Company, Of
flee at Arthur. N. NJ.
According to figures that are being
compiled for the government and for
publicity use, the output OF the mines
in the Lordsburg district for 1917 will
total about s2.250.000 The eighty-five
mine was the biggest producer, with
the Bonney second
Two thousands five hundred tons
of coal day. This figure vas reached
by the combined output OF the princi-
pal mines in the Gallup district. 1t il
the largest coal production In years
and 1t is expected by mine operators
that 5000 tons day will be reached
within the next few weeks.
An inspection of the extensive alum
deposits on the ella river, twenty
miles north of Silver City, is being
made by Gerald T. Hill OF New York.
The deposits are said to be the larg-
est alum deposits on the American
continent, and their development
would give Grant county still another
mineral resource.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Colorado.

Near Silverton the Highland Mary
is working three shifts at both the
mine and mill and shipping each
month.
From Silverton comes report that
work Is going right along and ship
ments being made regularly from the
Pride of the West mine In Cunning
ham gulch
The flotation of minerals dates
back to the accounts of Agricola, who
tells us OF the virgins who dipped
greasy feathers into the stream and
drew forth gold.
At Telluride, in San Miguel county,
the ore shipments for November were
very large. the number Of cars of con-
centrates shipped totaling 1872 as
against 116 last year.
The Coming Wonder property which
has been among the shippers of the
Silverton district all year is ready to
do considerable amount of develop
ment work during the winter months.
The Ariadne property situated on
Storm peak in the Cement creek sec
tion OF San Juan county, which is be-
ing operated by Alfred d. lies. is rap
idly getting into shape to enter the
shipping list.
The Red Mountain shipping season
now drawing to a close proved the
three leading ahippers OF the district
to be the Cong, ess Leasing, with 1900
tons; the Barstow, with 300 tons
crude and $50 tons concentrates, and
the Summit Mining and Milling Com
pany, with 1,775 tons. Miscellaneous
small shipments from the smaller pro-
ducers in the vicinity bring the total
for the district up to between 5000
and 5000 tons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
COLORADO FARM CROPS
PRODUCTS FOR YEAR 1917 WORTH
$145,5eo, 900.
Based on Dec. Prices, Years Crops
Worth 60 Per Cent More Than
Bumper Crop of 1916.

Denver.-In response to the appeal
of the government for greater food
production as an aid toward winning
the war, the State Bureau of Immi-
grafton says the state of Colorado Is
now marketing the largest crop 1t has
ever produced Based on prices pre-
vailing Dec /, this crop is worth about
60 per cent more than that of 1916.
which was the largest produced up to
that time.
Estimates compiled by the Colorado
Council of Defense and the State
Board of Immigration place the value
of all farm products. exclusive Of live
stock and livestock products, at ap-
proximately s145. 1850, 900, as compared
with ss1,152.77 for 1916. The largest
increase, both in acreage and value,
was shown in the field bean crop. The
area harvested was about 10000
acres against $4,000 acres for 1916.
and the value OF the crop was s6.546,-
200, compared with si,7s1, 900 for the
preceding year. Hay is the states big
gest crop. Its value for 1917 was s42.-
517,s0O, as against s24,592. 800 for 1916.
The Federal Census Bureau found
the value of all crops grown in the
state in 1899 to be $16.97O.5ss and
for 1909 the total was s50,974,95S.
The current report shows an increase
of 1856 per cent in the annual value
of farm output in the last eighteen
years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Newspaper Union New. s.rvie.-
Arizona.

Data hastily gathered indicates that
price fixation on silver will directly
affect several hundred metal produc-
ers In Arizona and probably 5000
workmen.
The Shattuck-Arizona Copper Com
pany has declared quarterly divi-
dend Of twenty-five cents a share and
twenty-five cents extra, payable Jan.
10. Three months ago the payment
was fifty cents and seventy-fiye cents
extra.
dispatch from Miami, from the
Gibson Consolidated Copper Company.
states that following the strike sew
eral years ago of thirty per cent ore
another leaser has broken into an
equally rich streak of high-grade cop
per in another section OF the mine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
OFFICERS Search for Montrose Murderer

Montrose, Dec. Go Information
given the police by a man whose name
is withheld that he had seen John o.
Bush here before word had got about
that Bush was suspected of numbering
his 11-year-old son, Ira. led the officers
to believe Bush might have left this
part of the country. but now they are
of the opinion that Bush still is near
here. Bush's mother. Mrs. ]. l. Bush.
has told officers that her son has gone
to Seattle. but this is doubted. Mrs
]. o. Bush, wife of the missing man,
instead of going to the house OF her
parents at Edna, Kan, as she an
nounced she would do, is at the home
of her sister-in-law on a farm near
Olathe in this county. Mrs. Bush is
said to be in a semi-delirious condition,
from which she arouses occasionally
to inquire whether her husband has
been apprehended yet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Accused Men Bumped Into Ditch.

Brighton.-Undersheriff C. NJ. Fer
guson, in an effort to capture car
believed to contain bootleg whisky
frim Cheyenne, drove his auto against
the suspected machine and dumped IT
into the ditch at the Sand Creek
bridge. near Denver, and shot one of
the occupants. The upset was the
closing feature in an exciting chase
from Brighton almost into Denver.
The two men in the car were brought
into Brighton and placed in jail The
man shot and wounded by the sheriff
gave his name as Harry Reide of Den
yer and the other as Jack Daniels.
The sheriff says he found thirty-five
cases of whisky in the captured car.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
TImberlake Says Germany Must Lose

Sterling.-Charles B. Timberlake,
member of Congress from this district,
arrived home for the holidays. He ad-
dressed citizens at meeting in the
Presbyterian church, taking as his
subject the conditions at the war front
in France. Mr.. Timberlake was one
of the committee that went to France
during the Congressional recess. He
was close to the line of fire and says
no one who has not been there can
form an idea of conditions. He says
that the knowledge he gained con-
vinced him that world peace will not
be possible until the Germans are de-
feated
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Can Permit Draft Men to Enlist.

No member of fire or police de-
partment in active service in any city
will be accepted for the United States
guards unless he presents a written
authority from his chief. according to
a telegraphic order received from Ad-
tutant General Mccain of Washington
by Maj. c. N. Barney. in charge Of
army recruiting for Colorado and Wy
oming. Officers of the navy and the
marine corps emphasize that men Of
draft age still voluntarily enlist in
those services by presenting certifi-
cate from their local boards stating
that their numbers come so low on the
lists that they will not be needed to
fill the next draft quota. The army,
too. is still enlisting men below or
above the draft age. within certain
limits; that is. between 1s and 81 and
between 81 and 40 years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Bank Vice President Commits Suicide

Grand Junction.-V. C. Talbert. vice
president of the Grand Valley National
bank, committed suicide by cutting his
throat. A nervous breakdown, said to
have been caused by private and do
nestle troubles. is believed to have
been the cause. Oliver II. Shoup,
Colorado Springs multi-milllonaire,
and one of the heaviest stockholders
in the bank, is authority for the state
ment that the action of Talbert was
in no way caused by any affairs relat-
ing to the institution.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
SHOW SMELTER PROFIT
REPoRT OF INVESTIGATING
BODY NAMED BY LEGISLATURE.
Committee Places Earnings Of Colo
RADIO Furnaces at Less Than
-Four Per Cent.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-An average net profit of
95 cents ton on ores smelted in
Colorado is obtained by the smelter
operator, according to the report of
the mine and smelter investigating
committee named by the Twenty
first Legislature. The figure is OBJ
tained by subtracting an allowance of
61 cents ton for depreciation. inter
est, taxes, etc." from the average
gross profit for the past five years, ac-
cording to the report. Smelling cost,
the report finds. averages 35 per
cent of the value of the ore.
Capitalization of Colorado smelters
is s2,709 900, and their earnings for
five years have averaged 3.97 per
cent on a turnover of approximately
si7,000.000 worth of ore year.
The report recommends introduction
of system of licensing samplers, In
spection of samplers equipment, re-
duction of the minimum" in lead ores
from five to three per cent and intro
duction OF a simplified schedule of
treatment charges at the smelter.
The greater portion of the document
Is devoted to report made to the
committee by Prof. o. r. Whitaker, a
mining engineer, employed by the
committee as an expert. 1t is de-
voted generally to the so-called lead"
smelters. there being only two of 9TH
er classes in the state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Montana.

The two last survivors of the dis
coverers of gold in Montana met. af-
ter separation of so years. at the
dedication OF a monument at Gold
creek, near Butte. recently. to Capt.
James H. Mills, Montana's first news
paper publisher. They were Granville
Stuart, a member of the party which
discovered the first placer gold in the
state at Gold creek in 1850 and David
B. Weaver. member of the
prospecting party which. in 1864.
made the fifth discovery of placer
gold, in the Yellowstone valley.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Wyoming.

The Pioneer Company is reported to
have struck good showing of oil in
36-34-77, Big Muddy, at depth of 612
feet
The Virginia Oil Company is a new
conner which is preparing an active
drilling campaign on the virginian
dome. EmIgrant GAP.
Thirty new wells have been finished
in Wyoming during the last thirty
days. with production estimated at
about $4,000 barrels.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
holland Expense ITEMS opposed.

Objection to the amount of expense
money sought for 1918 by James II.
Noland, secretary of state. for the col
lection of auto license fees. was made
at meeting of the Colorado Highway
Commission in the form OF resolu-
tion addressed to Leslie E. Hubbard.
attorne general; and the State Au-
diting Board. Secretary Noland, ac-
cording to the commission. has sskcd
for ten per cent of the 1918 collection
which win entail an expense Of about
10000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
WOODROW WILSON.
NEWTON d. BAKER,
Secretary OF War.
Higher Prices Allowed Coal Men.

Washington.-War demands for bi-
luminous coal have been greater than
mines could meet, although the in
crease of production this year has
been normal, Fuel Administrator Gar
field testified at the Senate coal in
vestigation. In an effort to alleviate
conditions. he said. the fuel admins
tration was laying emphasis on stim-
ulating production.
When the operators complain that
prices fixed by the president are too
low, we are inclined to give them the
benefit of the doubt" DR.. Garfield
said
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Girl Named Deputy U. s. Marshal.

Miss Lola Anderson of Pueblo en-
joys the unique distinction of being
the first woman in the history OF the
United States to be appointed a depu-
ty United States marshal. Miss An
resigned to join the flying corps of
the American expeditionary forces In
France. Jack Scott has resigned as
deputy marshal to become a radio op-
orator on a submarine chaser.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Colorado sheepmen slain by Thieves

Pueblo.-The bodies of two Mexican
sheepherders. Albert Esparoza and
Juan Padis, were found on a ranch be-
longing to Liapes Kochiovelos, one
mile north of Pueblo. The men had
been murdered, and the authorities are
of the opinion that they were killed
by members of an organized band Of
cattle thieves operating in Pueblo and
Huerfano counties. The bodies were
found by teamster. and were about
one-he-f Of a mile apart when discov
ered
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Board Paroles SLAYER Of Brother.

A parole was issued by the Board OF
Pardons to William Claire. sentenced
Jan. 6. 1911, from Clear Creek coun-
ty, to a term of from twenty to twen-
ty-five years on charge of murder.
It was alleged that Claire killed his
brother, Charles, in drunken row at
their home in Silver Plume by throw
ing an open knife at him, which
pierced his heart.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Forest Reserve Receipts $500, 900.

Approximately 100000 horses. cat
tie and sheep were grazed on the ma
tional forest reserves in the Colorado
district during 1917. and the receipts
were 5000, ,573.43, of which s105, ,20070
was returned to the several states in
which the reserves are situated.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Insane Man Battles Pueblo Policeman

Pueblo.-E. Gabbey. So, commission
dealer and former city alderman, Gre
ated a reign of terror and injured five
men belonging to the police depart
ment when an effort was made to re-
move him from his cell at the city
jail, where he was held pending an
investigation as to his sanity.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Protest Cotton Seed Embargo.

Protest to the national food admin
istration against the embargo placed
by Texas upon expectation Of cotton
seed cake from that state was made
by the live stock survey board of the
Colorado Council of Defense on the
ground that it is unfair to Colorado
cattle growers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
solshevik emissary Seeks Peace.

Boishevik Emissary Seeks Peace.
London.-Gen. Antonoff, the mill
tary commandant of the Petrograd
district, has gone to Kiev. says a Pet
rograd dispatch to the Times, with
instructions to negotiate with the
Ukranian rada in an effort to settle
the differences between it and the
Bolshevik government. 1t is reported
that the authorities of the new Ukrai-
nian government are ready to accept
proposals looking toward peaceful
arrangement.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Coal Price Protest Filed.

A lengthy protest has been filed
with w. J. Galligan. federal fuel ad-
ministrator for Colorado. by the citi-
zens of Canon City and Florence
against the exorbitant price of coal
in those two cities and other small
towns
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Special Week for Cattle shipme nts.

The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
has been asked by the live stock sur
vey board OF the Colorado Council of
Defense to set aside week or ten
days In which no dead" freight will
be moved and all motive power used
to ship out cattle before winter wealth
er begins.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
Agree on silver Price Around 81.

Washington-A price to be paid by
the government for silver in agree
ment with western producers has
been agreed upon and will be an
nounced soon 1t is said to be salts
factory to the producers and will be
about one dollar an ounce.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28

5ulaarians BaIk at Peace Terms.
Geneva-Bulgaria has baked at the
peace terms of the Bolshevih. pro-
testing to the clause providing for mo
annexation"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28

western Newspaper Union New. Service.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-12-28
BY William G. McAdoo.

1t is hereby directed that the pos
session. control, operation and utiliza-
tion of such transportation systems
hereby by me undertaken shall be eS-
ercised by and through William G. Nc.
Adoo, who is hereby appointed and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-23
GERTRUDE NORMAN
CALLED BY DEATH
Wen Known Young Woman Of Grand
Forks Dies After Illness Extending
Over Period of Two Years.

Miss Gertrude Norman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Norman. 1919 Reeves
avenue, died this morning at the fam
lily residence. after an illness extend
ing " the last two years.
The deceased is survived by her
parents, a sister, Miss Doris Norman,
and four brothers. Paul, Lee, Kenneth
and Lawrence Norman, all of whom
were at the bedside when death came,
with the exception of Kenneth Nor
man, who is in South Dakota. He will
return here for the funeral.
Miss Norman was born in Lakota,
May IL, 1889, and came to this city
with her parents that same year. She
was educated in the public schools
being a graduate of the Central high
school and later Of the University OF
North Dakota. A year o. teaching in
the public school at Portal was fol
lowed by In appointment to the
Roosevelt school in this city, where
she was an instructor for two years
During the summer~of 1914 Miss Nor.
man suffered a nervous collapse, from
which she did not fully recover.
Funeral arrangements will be an.
nOunced later.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-23

1torney M. 4. Hiidreth for the purpose
'of giving Information pertaining to
tho numbers OF. contracts which andi.
tviduals IA North Dakota had signed
With the defendants In order to obtain
beer. On cross-exAmination by MI.
Bangs the witness admitted that some
cancelled contracts had been INCLUDE
ed in the list which he had prepared.
Gowen on stand.
K. =. Gowen Of Minot, who con-
Quoted an Investigation OF the brew
cry activities in July OF this year. was
the next witness. Mr.. Gowen testi-
fed to being a detective. and said that
he Sad signed a contract for beer on
July "a; at that time, he made. use OF
"a name not his own
On cross-examination. the witness
said that he had not noticed whether
or not any clerk in the brewery ONCE
had consulted any books at the time
when he applied for beer. All other
witnesses had agreed that some o
were, consulted when applications for
beer were made.
Mr.. Bangs wanted to know It the
witness had made any memoranda re-
lating to his days work during the
period Of investigation. He said that
he had, and produced a note book.
After further questioning Mr.. Bangs
ascertained that that book contained
copies of the original memoranda
made last summer. and at this dis
covery declared that he had no inter-