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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-02

Two coIorcd men and a colored wo-
man whose names are unknown yes.
terdav afternoon narrowly escaped
death when the automobile IN when
they we're riding was struck. by a
Wheeling G. Lake Erie freight train
At dead mans crossing" two miles
north of Martins Ferry. The entire
front Of the car was smashed and the
occupants were tossed about, but none
received worse injuries Lhau
scratches. 49,.
According 10 persons who sa" tne
crash, the autosists were racing Viii
the train going south on the river road.
When they came TO the CROSSING they
tried TO beat the train across ana the
motor stalled, leaving only the front
Of the machine on the tracks. Inc oc-
cupants did not have time TO CLINT
out OF The car before the train struck
il. bur the rear end OF the car was lot
tunately not drawn against the lran.
HAD TROUBLE FouE OLE FIVE YEAh
No one appreciates good health Ike
those who arc iii. ". j. rurry' u. H.
.. Salem. Mo. writes: Il have peen po n!,
cred with blnddrr trouble four or ipe
wears. II gave me great oeai OF pan.
/ took different medicines, but nolhlns
did mo any good until / got Foley hlu-
nov piIls,'' Many persons suffer from
: kidney and bladder troubles WheR tney
can ir relieved. Backachc, dizZlheSS
rheumatic pains, stiff OF sore joints ana
! other symptoms Yield TO Foley Money
Pills John Coleman g. CO.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31

managed to hit anybody, being wholly
unused to firearms, is singular; but
the bullet, guided by chance, pierced
Garcia through the heart, and he fell
dead. His cowardly assistants at once
released their hold upon the boy and
ran at the top of their speed.
Then Cruz, badly mauled, but still
clinging to the bottles which he had
taken from the dead man, mounted
his pony and rode IA miles to the res
ervation to tell Miss True what had
happened. He was put to bed and
his wounds dressed, and early the fol-
lowing morning he was arrested and
taken to Santa Fe to await trial for
murder. Miss True at once commu-
nicated with Johnson, who, character
istically loyal to his men, at once
dropped all his other business and
wired an account to Commissioner Alb
bot, with a view to hurrying to the
scene.
But the politicians at Santa Fe also
go. busy. Cruz had been one of the
Indians who had identified themselves
most prominently in the appeal
against the Illicit shebeen at Santa
Fe. There had also been good deal
of friction between the Indian super
intendent and Johnson's deputies.
There was some doubt as to the exact
status of Juan. and, as result, Com
missioner Abbott sent the following
telegram to Johnson:
your telegram seventh, Cruz shoot
ing. Since Cruz not authorized gov
eminent employe your service, take
no steps regarding his defense. Con-
suit Crandall and give him all informa-
ton in your possession"
It is only fair to the commissioner
to state that it was not intended to
leave Cruz to his fate, but merely to
leave his defense in the hands of the
Indian superintendent, as he was not
a regularly authorized government en-
ploye. However, Johnson believed
that the boy was being railroaded to
the gallows. Inasmuch as the sole
witnesses to the killing of Garcia were
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
Fires That Put Themselves Out.

There are numerous instances on
record in which q fire has been the
means of extinguishing itself. These
examples of spontaneous incombustion
are not infrequent, even apart from
those cases in which it occurs through
the agency of automatic sprinklers.
A fire in church in Boston, caused
by Spontaneous ignition" in a store
room, melted the lead water pipes, and
the water issuing from them extin-
guished the fire.
Not very long ago some waste left
upon the top of a steam pump at
WATERFOWL, N. Y, blazed from "spon-
taneous ignition" and this in turn set
fire to the tagging round the steam
cylinders and the feed pipe, where it
melted the soldered attachments of
continuous automatic oiler. The
steam from the feed pipe was dis
charged through the small tubes lead
ing to the oiler, and extinguished the
fire.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31

grand jury. The grand jury did lit
tie or nothing; the temerity of the
Indians was matter for ridicule, not
for action. However, the Indian SUI
perintendent was president of this or
ganization, and the storm of protest
which arose was so great that Assist
ant Commissioner Abbott went down
from Washington to Santa Fe to in
vestigate matters. The superintend-
ent was forced to resign the presi.
dency, but Mr.. Abbott came to the
conclusion that Johnson had been
overzealous in his work and ordered
him to discharge two of his depu-
ties. who had been prime movers in
the complaints, one OF them being
Miss Clara True, a stanch friend Of
the red man.
At this time Commissioner Valen-
tine, who was at the head of. the de-
partMent and Johnson's stanch friend,
was away on sick leave.
The company was reorganized, and
the new president was a man who re-
Gently had been convicted Of selling
whisky to Indians. Naturally the es-
Enlistment continued to run on the
same lines as before. It was in the
midst of the continued agitation that
what is known as the Tragedy Of
Chamita occurred.
The zeal Of Johnson, aided by the
efforts of white woman, Miss True,
who has been mentioned, had brought
about a reforming spirit among the
Pueblo Indians. So thoroughly was
Miss True identified with the Pueblo
of Santa Clara that she occupied the
position of secretary to the tribal
council. But there came about
change in the situation, and on Miss
True's return from visit to Califor-
MIA, she found that the politicians
were practically in possession of the
Indians lands, and the bootleggers
had again overrun the reservations.
However, she succeeded in cleaning
up Santa Clara and set to work upon
the neighboring villages.
It was Indians of the type of Juan
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
JUAN CRUZ, HIS WIFE AND SON.

the three remaining assailants of Cruz,
who swore in the preliminary inquiry
that the killing was entirely unpro-
voked and deliberate, the chances
we're strong that Cruz would expiate
the crime with his life. Commissioner
Abbott's telegram effectively muzzled
Johnson.
But there were plenty of others anx-
ious to come forward in behalf of
Cruz. The Women's Christian Tenn
perance union at once flung itself into
the battle. They formed Juan
Cruz defense committee, composed of
Mrs. H. H. Byrd, Mrs. Katherine B.
Patterson, Miss Clara True, Miss Mary
T. Bryan, and vowed Cruz should not
hang. A public appeal for funds was
sent out. The newspapers took up
the matter. Mr.. j. B. Crist, one of
the most brilliant criminal lawyers in
New Mexico, was employed to de-
fend the young Indian.
The widespread interest in the de-
tense Of Cruz attracted the notice Of
Commissioner Robert G. Valentine,
head of the Indian department, who
was. as has been said, stanch friend
Of Pussyfoot, and who had been away
on sick leave. Valentine had once
received a communication from John
SON when the sleuth was in prison
upon some trumped-up charge or 9TH
er, and had wired back:
"As you know, am with you to
the limit, in prison or out"
Mr.. Valentine now interested him
self in the matter by not only imme-
diately reversing the order of Assist
ant Commissioner Abbott, but in send
ing Johnson instructions to do every
thing in his power to help the boy.
Johnson had done that already. He
had written to the defense commit
tea to the following effect:
Referring to our conversation of
the other day in the matter OF Jean
Cruz. must repeat that, under in
structions from Assistant Commits
sioner Abbott, I cannot take part in
his defense. This of course does not
bar me from contributing personally
to the fund raised for employment of
counsel for his defense. therefore
enclose my personal check for $50
toward the fund
THE thing lies heavily upon my
heart. For six month Juan gave
splendid aid to my officers in sup
pressing the liquor traffic among the
P-eblos, of whom he is one. And
when our appropriation ran low this
boy became one of band of the finest
Indians ever saw to work for the
rescue Of their fellow-Indians, at their
own expense.
Cruz is one of the finest type of
young Indian men | have ever known.
FATHER Camille Snex, his pastor,
speaks in the highest terms of Juan;
SO do the merchants in the vicinity;
so does my good friend Father Roel-
terman, who knows every Indian In
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31

that valley, and who has lived with
them, worked with them, prayed with
them and fought with them for a doz.
en- years"
On receipt of Commissioner Val
entine's orders abrogating those OF
Assistant Commissioner Abbott. John
son hurried to Santa Fe and took up
the defense with all his might. Never
was a defense more vigorously con-
Quoted. In the court room, beside
Mr. Crist, for the defense, sat David
U. Leahy Of Las Cruces, the United
States attorney who had been de-
tailed, at Johnson's request, to assist
him. Juan's young wife Dolorita. and
his baby, Jose. were in corner of
the court room. Adjoining the judges
bench and opposite the jury was a
delegation. of ladies from Santa Fe,
and score Of the most prominent
women Of northern New Mexico. On
the front bench sat the veteran Fran
cisco Naranjo. the president of the
federation of 5000 Pueblo Indians.
and veteran fighter and reformer
on behalf of his people.
I'VE know 1t will all come right,
said the Indian. Il know that Mr..
Johnson will bring Juan back to me, "
said Dolorita, the wife of the ac-
cused boy. ut doesn't matter. The
whole thing is in Gods hands. am
merely doing his work" said Juan him.
self to charitable woman, who, when
the future looked very dark indeed,
went to the cell in which he was con-
fined and began talking to him in an
endeavor to prepare him for the
worst.
The lawyers for the defense talked
all around the prosecution, and the
decision, which occupied the better
part of an hour in the delivery, set
Juan free-upon a technicality, true,
but still free.
In Oklahoma Johnson had downed
his enemies. In New Mexico they
got" him. Refused deputies, help
less to prosecute his work further,
he laid down his office. Il refused to
be chloroformed," he wrote, explain
ing his resignation, "but these men
finally got me so bottled up that /
could do but little except to mark time
and draw my salary. l saw no other
way to maintain my self-respect ex-
cept to resign"
One of Johnson's most sensational
exploits was his digging up some ole
forgotten Indian treaties by virtue q
which he drove the liquor traffic OF
the reservations in Minnesota, one
man prohibition campaign which at
tracted wide notice to him. During
his five years of service he became
national character. His courage, his
initiative, his sense of humor, the
strong humanity Of the man, COM
bined to make him an original and pic
turesque figure wherever he goes.
This country cannot well spare such
men from her public services while
the greed for gain inspires the viola
ton of it's laws.
Copyright, w. G. Chapman.)
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Cruz who make one hope that the red
man is not UNACCEPTABLE to civilization.
He was of type rare among his peo-
pie, gentle and spiritual, with face
that might have served as a model
for a red Sir Galahad. Although he
was engaged upon Johnson's work,
little notice was paid to him, as he
had not the forceful aspect of a fight
er, and his efforts were not taken
seriously.
About this time he was called home
to his pueblo at San Juan by mes
sage that a son had been born to him
and his girl wife Dolorita- Juan re-
fused to supply whisky to his neigh
bors on the occasion of the christen-
ing, an act which, breaking complete
ly with the custom of immemorial
ages, brought him into prominent no.
tice among his people. After several
months of voluntary service Juan sue
ceeded in cleaning out the bootleggers
from his own village, often at the
cost of assault, and always under per-
secution.
Finally he asked and obtained per-
mission to do the work of deputy
at the Mexican village of Ch2mita,
peculiarly vicious center, filed with
dives, and inhabited only by Indians
and Mexicans. At one of the numer-
GUS Joints" in this settlement it was
known that the vilest spirits were sup
piled to the Indians, in violation of
the territorial laws. The dad man"
Of Chamita was desperate known
as Garcia, who was such notorious
character that he had been run out
of his own village. Cruz determined
to arrest Garcia and thereby strike a
blow at the traffic. He consulted no.
body about his intentions In the mat
ter. Had he been more worldly wise,
says Johnson, he would have asked
for help, and would certainly have OBJ
tanned it. Instead of which, he armed
himself with revolver. with whose
use he was hardly acquainted, and
went alone at night to Chamita when
he knew Garcia would be there.
He waited outside the dive until he
sew Garcia emerging, and then, ap-
preaching him, he wrested the whisky
bottles which Garcia was carrying out
of his hand, with the object of taking
them to headquarters and using them
as evidence against him.
Garcia and his companions, three
ethar Iudiaps Of shs lowest type, at
once set GpJn Cruz apd began beat
ing him. His tsca TsS- ext open with
a stone, he was sessssk Snd dubbed re-
peatedly. With the blood streaming
down his clothes Juan shouted to the
attackers to desist, announcing his
intention of shooting unless they did
so. Instead of which they flung them
selves upon him and bore him to the
ground. and drew their knives, intent
upon finishing him.
In the darkness Cruz fired into the
air, to scare his assaiIants. How Cruz
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
Fooled a Fox Hunter.

Frank WestcOtt, noted fox hunt
er, had an exciting chase following the
trail of what he supposed was a fox.
Near Absecon Crossing his foxhound
suddenly let out yelp and started OIL
at a terrific pace. WestcOtt followed
the hound, which was yelping the
sweetest music, the hunter said after
ward, he had ever heard. Mile after
mile the chase continued over hills,
through swasnps and along sandy
roads. The trail was followed to the
back yard of Westcott's home and
finally into the shed, where, TO his az
tonishment, he found hiB pet tabby eSt
sprawled OFT, painting furiouslys-
Baltimore American
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
A Puzzle Contest,

One of the Argentine newspapers
has taken upon itself to acquaint its
constituents with the Bible and has
been printing portions of the Scripture
without comment and without giving
the source of the quotation. The Ia
mentable ignorance of the Bible among
the people generally has been evil
denced by large number Of letters
which the editor has been receiving
from men who have read these quota
tons and admired them, but to whom
they were utterly unfamiliar. The edi-
tor told of one man, who, judging from
his letter, was a city dweller and a
man of education, who asked from
what book these quotations we're taken
and where it would be possible to OBJ
tain a copy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
Innocent Bvstanders.

Innocent bystanders probably work
for a living like other honest people,
but they spend lots of time hanging
around street riots and gun fights.
An innocent bystander will very of
ten take two hours off Mt lunch time
hunting up a fight or fire to hang
around. Every innocent bystander
knows that some day his turn will come
and he is never able to kiss his wife
and children goodbye as he marches
away. Innocent bystanders are the
real heroes of daily life and day Of
the year should be set aside for their
celebration. Schoolchildren should be
made to march through the streets in
parade escorting a barge whereOn is
depicted in tableau an innocent by
SANDERS death by a stray brick. The
boys in the fifth reader could do the
riot scene with spirit. An innocent
bystander not long ago, painfully
though not seriously injured by a mis-
directed club, howled with hideous
curses. Which shows that innocent
bystanders are not always so innocent
Detroit Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
And the Girl Screamed.

One of the best stories related by
Samuel I. Levin concerns couple Of
stage gymnasts, one of whom hung by
his feet from lofty trapeze, holding
in his teeth a gag attached to swivel
which carried his partner by the belt.
The lower man, in horizontal posi-
ton, face downward, swung round and
round, but became so Indifferent to his
circumstances that his eye wandered
over the hall.
"Bill," he thoughtlessly remarked to
his bearer, "your girls here"
AS thoughtlessly Bill said, "Where"
and as he opened his mouth lost hold
of the gag, precipitating his unhappy
comrade many feet to the boards be.
low.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
ANOTHER OF JOHNsON'S GREAT EXPLOITS

and flung him into the middle of the
saloon to his assistant, while. collaring
the proprietor, he walked off with him
through the terrified crowd of loafers
When Johnson took a hand in the
New Mexico situation the lot of the
Indians there was pitiable one. For
years they had been suffering at the
hands of the crooked politicians who
ran the state. AS an instance of this:
about hundred and fifty years previ-
ously the Pueblos of Santa Clara had
purchased from the Spanish govern
ment tract consisting of some ninety
thousand acres of land, for which they
paid a thousand dollars and a horse.
The land was transferred to them in
fee simple, and used by them until a
few years previously, when some land
sharks took the question of ownership
into the courts, with the result that
the Santa Clara purchase dwindled in
size from ninety thousand acres to a
narrow strip of less than nine hundred
acres along the Santa Clara river,
known as the Shoestring Grant.
This particular affair came to the
attention of Mr.. F. e. Leupp when he
was commissioner OF Indian affairs,
and he interested himself in the mat
ter to the extent of giving the Indians
about thirty thousand more acres as
an executive order" Indian reserva-
ton, in lieu of what they had lost
through the manipulations in the
courts. Subsequently an attempt was
made to manipulate this new grant
by bestowing it upon other tribes.
doubtless with no disinterested pur-
pose in view. At the same time cat
tie were driven upon the Indians
lands and pastured there, without any
shade of legality.
But the worst evil with which the
Pueblo Indians had to contend was
the liquor traffic, though it's effects,
being more insidious, were less ap-
parent. The crooked politicians at
Santa Fe were in close alliance with
the illicit dispensation of whisky
among the red men.
Johnson had plenty of deputies at
his call when, in 1910, he resolved to
clean up conditions among the Pu-
eblos. Johnson knows a man when
he sees one, even if he is less blus-
tering but no less courageous than
the redoubtable Bill Pablo. Such a
man was young Juan Cruz Of Pablo
San Tuan whom Johnson saved from
legal murder at the cost of his posi-
ton.
Juan Cruz was a deeply religious
young Indian, devoted to his church,
his young wife Dolorita, and their
baby Jess. He had lived all his life
upon his reservation, and had wit
messed the evils which the introduc-
ton OF whisky brought in its train.
He had seen two of his companions
shot down in cold blood because after
being piled with drink they refused to
part with their possessions at the
bidding of the liquor peddlers. Cruz
proved to be one of Johnson's best
deputies, and particularly reliable.
When Johnson undertook his clean
ing up campaign he put his first as
sistant, Harold F. Coggeshall, in
charge of the initial work This was
accomplished chiefly through the In
dian deputies themselves, who went
at it with true Indian ardor, about in
the same spirit as that with which
they would have gone on a bear hunt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
YES! MAGICALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS

You say to the drug store man.
"Give me small bottle Of freezone."
This will cost very little but will
positively remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet.
A few drops Of this new ether CON-
pound applied directly upon a tender.
aching corn relieves the soreness in
stantly, and soon the entire corn or
callus, root and all, dries up and can
be lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid ones feet of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
man, who says that freezone dries in
moment, and simply shrivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin. q, ~
If your druggist hasn't any freexone
tell him to order small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.-adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31

On one occasion Pablo was detailed
to assist in the raiding of saloon
near Sasakwa. Bill was no Pussyfoot
in action Rushing through the door.
he ordered the proprietor to throw up
his hands. He failed to notice, how
ever, that bartender was bending
down behind the bar. His presence
was suddenly brought home to Pablo
when a revolver barked and bullet
nearly carried away one of Bills ears.
With roar like bull Pablo immedi-
ately replied with shot which broke
the bartender's wrist Then, jumping
over the bar, he picked the man up
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31
He Couldn't Lose.

One of the justices of the Supreme
court tells Of a young lawyer In the
West who was trying his first case be-
fore the late Justice Harlan. The
youthful attorney had evidently conned
his argument until he knew 1t by heart.
Before he had consumed ten minutes
in his oratorical effort the justice had
decided the case In his favor and told
him so. Despite this, the young lawyer
would not cease. 1t seemed that he
had attained such momentum that he
could not stop.
Finally Justice Harlan leaned for
ward and In the politiest Of tones, said ::
"Mr. Smith, despite your arguments,
the court has concluded to decide this
case in your favor."-Harper's Maya
zine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-05-31

Their chief enemies were the Mexi-
cans, who were Invariably opposed TO
their efforts. But other enemies wste
harder to overcome.
A company Of politicians in Santa
Fe aad Incorporated liquor selling
cc~cern, which traded with the whites,
s.-cording to law, and with the In
ssians in defiance of it. 1t did bust
ness amounting to $4,000 a year. and
was a political factor which gave it
immunity, from prosecution
The Indians gathered evidence to
show that this company was violating
the law, and went with it before the