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The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
REVENUE MEASURE BREAKING
ALL WORLD RECORDS GOES
TO CONFERENCE.
RAISE s2,411,67O,oo
CONSUMPTION TAXES ON SUGAR,
TEA, COFFEE AND MoLAssEs
KNOCKED OUT.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
proposing the greatest single levy
on taxes in the history OF the world
was passed by the Senate.
The measure provides revenue total
ing $2.411. $40 900, an increase OF $542.-
100000 over the amount proposed in
the bill as 1t was passed by the House
The difference between the House and
Senate provisions will be compro-
missed by the conference committee of
the two houses.
The Senate adopted. 40 to "a. Sena-
tor Smoot's motion to strike out the
McKellar amendment providing zone
increase in second-class postage rates
beyond 300 miles and designed to Sc
cure $12.oOO,O0O.
After knocking out the consumption
taxes on tea. coffee, sugar and molass-
es, proposed in the House bill, the Sen
ate passed the measure by a vote of
GO to 4.
Here are some of the things the bill
will do:
Raise approximately $2,500.000. 900
revenue in addition to the s1,330.000.-
900 raised by existing law
Compel war profiteers to pay $1,000
100000 out OF their estimated S4,1G0,-
100000 excess profits this year.
Take approximately $S42 900, 900 from
incomes.
Impose liquor, tobacco, stamp and
consumption taxes to the extent of
about SAC, 100000.
Levy income taxes upon the earn
ings of single men over 81 1000, and OF
married men over $4,000.
Draft approximately s1S3. 100000 of
the steel trusts war profits.
Proposes levies upon passenger
travel, freight. telegraph and long dis
tance telephone messages
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
TROOPS TO LINDA VISTA
FIRST BATTALION OF ENoikEERs
LEAVE GOLDEN.
Other Soldiers WIN Depart Soon en-
Their First step to Actual
Warfare.

Western Newspaper Union New. Service
Denver.-Colorado has started her
soldiers on their first step to actual
warfare. There was little demonstra-
ton, because the government has a
way of keeping its movements secret.
but there was enough known to bring
out a showing of mothers. sisters.
wives and all that usually attends the
departure of soldier.
The first OF the troops to leave was
the First battalion OF engineers, for
some time stationed at Golden. Long
before the dawn OF the day of their
departure these boys had been pre-
pared to depart for their new camp at
Linda Vista. Cal. and they impatient
ly awaited the cars which were to
take them. Relatives and friends were
at their entrainment point at sunup.
and waited until the train pulled out,
some time during the afternoon" The
route will be kept secret until the men
reach their new camp. They go to
prepare the camp for the other Colo
rado troops who are to follow, and
are in command OF Mai. Joseph C.
Taylor. formerly member of the fac
ulty OF the Colorado State School Of
Mines.
At Camp Baldwin the scene attend
ing the departure of the Field Hospi-
tai corps was not one which would
have attracted attention to the ordi-
nary observer. There were few
cheers and glad yell as the coaches
began to move.
Other troops stationed at Camp
Baldwin and at Fort Logan expect to
be called out within few days. 1t Is
reported that the order to move has
been advanced. although nothing is
certain in this respect Reports that
the camp at Linda Vista will not re-
quire great deal of work to place 1t
in condition for occupancy are rife.
and IL this is true, It may be that Fort
Logan and Camp Baldwin will be de-
serted within few weeks. The fact
that final federal inspection was
made at Fort Logan, at Camp Bald
win and at Camp ]. c. Gunter. Pueblo,
lends color to the theory that move
ment is to be ordered.
All the paraphernalia at both Fort
Logan and Camp Baldwin that is not
absolutely necessary has already been
removed
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
SHOT SELF WHILE ASLEEP
Girl Believed to Have Been Dreaming
When She Placed Revolver
Against Head and Fired.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Mlss May Wilson,
twenty-five years old. is believed to
have been asleep when she placed a
revolver against her head and fred
fatal shot. She had often told how
she was moved by dreams, and her
friends declare she must have been
having a nightmare when she fired the
shot.
Miss Wilson lived with her father,
James X. Wilson, and always kept a
revolver under her pillow. She was
found on her bed with the revolver
laying beside her. Only one shot had
been fired and no one heard 1t.
The girl was of sunny disposition,
mad perfect health and no trouble. The
stress of a dream is the only possible
explanation of the tragedy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
LuxeURe DENIAL NOT ACCEPTED
U. 8. to Demand New Swedish Rule
to Gust Pro-Germans

Westinghouse serious does Presi-
dent Wilson regard Sweden's violation
OF neutrality in the Argentine affair
that he will be satisfied with no ac-
ton shore of a change in the person
mel of the Stockholm government
which will eliminate the pro-German
officials who have made their country
the accomplice of the Prussian au-
tocracy in war plots against American
states This disclosure was made IN
connection with information that the
three messages made public by Sec
retary Of State Lansing constitute
only a small part of the evidence that
the Swedish government has been act
ing regularly as the channel of secret
communication between Berlin and
German ENJOYS and agents in neutral
countries.
The people of Sweden generally
are not pro-German but it is believed
here that the ruling element would
rush the country into the Teutonic
camp IL they dared to do so without
some tangible reasons that 1t would
satisfy the people.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Award Frontier Days Championships

Fort Morgan.-The Frontiers Days
celebration here this year was largely
attended, the register at the grounds
showing that $4,000 persons were pres
ent during the shows There were
several contests that ran through the
whole five days of the show. and
awards Wee made of the winners in
these as follows:
Bulldogging steers-Fred Cox first,
Judge Huyler second, Lafe Newman
third.
Mems relay-Ed McCarty first, Ter
ry Walker second. b. Zediker third.
Women's bucking contest-Mrs. Hell
en- Cox first.
Fancy and trick riding-Harry Wal
ters first, Tom Prime second. William
Brown third.
Fancy and trick roping-Gene Nc
Kay first. Buffalo Vernon second, Ed
McCarty third.
Steer roping for worlds champion
ship-Charles Weir first, J. L Miller
second, VIII Hale third.
Wild horse race-F. A. Campbell
first. Fred Cox second. Judge Wheat
ley third
Bucking contest for worlds champi-
onship-William Baker first, John
Brownell second. w. II. King third.
Bucking contest for Morgan county
hampionship-A. j. Penfold, first. J.
l. Cardwell second.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
OIL Fields Promise Good Yields.

Steamboat Springs.-Drilling for oil
at Axial basin is being carried stead
lily forward. and the material brought
to the surface by the machines is ev-
idence of vast underground lake Of
the much-sought petroleum. At the
lies. Hulett and Shaffer ranches. TWEEN
ty miles south of Craig. the borings
are showing good oil contents every
day. At the Tow creek and Little
Butcher-knife Creek fields, ten miles
west of Steamboat Springs. three wells
have been put down. Two of them are
late nineties, and these wells were at
late nineties, and these walls were at
that time capped and left with guards
who were instructed to allow no one
to investigate them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Totals

The Duquesne ore haul has again
started coming over the road to Pata-
gonia.
Diamond drilling is being done on
two properties adjoining New Cornc
liza at Ajo.
In August the output of the Arizona
Binghampton mine was very satisfao-
tory to the management.
Churn drilling at the Ruby Copper
Company's ground, near the endlins
of Pinal. has been temporarily inter
rupted. owing to inability to secure
competent drillers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
"MURDER ROOM" NOW
Is BRIDAL CHAMBER
Man Acquitted Of Killing Wife Re-
turns With New Bride and
Occupies House.

St Joseph. Mo.-The room in which
Mrs. Harriet Moss Mcdaniel was mur-
dered year ago became bridal
chamber last week.
Oscar d. Mcdaniel. former prose-
cutting attorney of Buchanan county,
who was arrested and later acquitted
of the charge Of numbering his wife.
returned this week from honeymoon
trip through the East with his new
bride and occupied the house in which
Mrs. Mcdaniel was murdered.
The marriage of Mcdaniel and Miss
Fora Cook. twenty-one. one of the
leading society girls of the city, last
week, furnished another link in one
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Mrs. Mcdaniel Was Murdered a Year
Ago.
of the most mysterious murder cases
in the history of the country.

of the most mysterious murder cases
in the history of the country.
Beginning with the murder of Mrs.
Mcdaniel year ago, continuing with
the trial and acqulttal of her husband,
then adding more tragedy when John
Il. Krucker shot and killed his wife
and committed suicide, the case now
takes new turn with the marriage
Of the principal figure.
Mrs. Krucker had been called "the
woman In the case" Miss Cook is the
daughter of G. A. Cook, manager of
the Bell Telephone company here. He
was one of the two men arriving first
ut the Mcdaniel home after the
murder.
Miss Cook gave testimony for Nc
Daniel. Following the trial rumors
that the pair were to be married were
perslstently denied by both. Miss
Cook is graduate of st. Joseph Cen
tral High School and Is noted for her
beauty and musical accomplishments.
Directly across a narrow hall from
McDaniel's Office is the office of Bart
NJ. Lockwood-the man who as spe-
cial prosecutor caused McDaniel's ar
rest on the murder charge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
coloradoan Pays Tax on st,47o,ooo

Mark Skinner. United States inter
nal revenue collector for the Colora-
do district, in a statement forwarded
to Washington, reports that collec-
tions for his department for the fis-
cal year ending with June 80 exceed
ed collections for any previous year
by s1,000,000. The total collections
were $3,500.000. One Colorado citizen.
with an income for the year of ST.
100000, paid an income tax of s147.-
900, the largest single income tax ever
paid in Colorado. Two Colorado citi
zens reported incomes of more than
$500 900 each.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Operate Laramie Road Into Elm.

Officials of the Denver. Laramie &
Northwestern Railroad and M. s. Ra-
detsky were ordered by the State
Public Utilities Commission to con-
tinue operation OF that road over the
three and three-fourths miles from
Milliken north to Elm. in addition to
the twenty-three miles from Celery
vile provided for in an earlier order.
1t is said that this order means that
the three and three-fourths miles in
question will be sold to the Great
Western Railroad Company. which
previously had taken over for opera.
tion a part of the road.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
sailor Drowned Near La Junta.

La Junta.-Fred p. Demming. sail
or from the Fort Lyon military sani-
tarium, was drowned in a ditch on the
side Of the road about eight miles east
Of La Junta. He and his wife were
in an automobile when the car skidded
and turned over in the ditch, which
was ouly atCi.t four feet wide and two
feet deep. Demming was pinned un-
der the car and drowned. His wife
escaped with few bruises. Tourists
lifted the car off the body.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
New Mexico.

The new Grubneau and Bryant
smelter at Waldo. is to handle ores
from the Socorro county mines.
The Empire Copper Company OF
Santa Rita filed with the State Cor
poration Commission notice OF volun-
tary dissolution.
Production for August amounted to
nearly $1,000 tons OF treh Mogollon
district. Mines and mills are work
ing to capacity
The Toltec Oil & Gas Company has
made a good start on the new To-
cation. The formation promises com
paratiyely easy drilling.
The New Mexico Mining and Mill
ing Company in Hanover, is develop
ing large bodies Of zinc sulphides. The
United States Copper Company is
shipping lots OF high grade copper
ore.
There is much mining activity in
the vicinity of Water Cahon, a small
station between Socorro and Magda-
lena. About seventy-five men are now
regularly engaged in that district
in which several mines are being op-
Grated. The manganese mine is ship
ping a carload every other day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
ARRESTS SELF WITH
HIS OWN HANDCUFFS

Indianapolis, Ind.-Abe Brown
is a most accommodating man
he handcuffed himself and made
his arrest a simple matter.
Brown had visited the home
of James Fleming frequently.
Several articles were missed
and suspicion pointed to him.
He gathered with the family
one evening for a friendly chat
and proudly exhibited pair of
handouts he had purchased.
"Show us how they work."
said Mrs. Fleming.
simple, just like this" said
Brown, and he accidentally
locked them.
"We'll call the police to un-
lock them for you," said Mrs.
Fleming.
Zine. thanks" answered
Brown. jovially.
And when the police came,
Mrs. Fleming told the police not
to unlock them until she had put
charge of larceny against
Brown.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Colorado to Give /, 1,so4 More Men.

Colorado Will contribute 1904 more
men to the Liberty army on Sept. 10
unless plans are changed by the War
Department. These men will make
the 40 per cent of the states quota
They will not be delayed in leaving II
the camp is ready to receive the incre-
ments. The men will be selected in
the same manner by the local boards
as were the eighteen men who left for
Camp Funston. The boards are confi-
dent they will have enough men to fill
their quota and another draft is not
sxpect7d urtil spring
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
serkman Gives $4,000 Bail; Rearres.

New York.-Alexander Berltman.
anarchist. succeeded In raising $685.
900 cash bail to gain his liberty pend
ing appeal from his conviction for par
ticipation in anti-draft conspiracies,
and was promptly rearrested when he
stepped from the Tombs. Central of
flee detectives took him in custody on
request of the San Francisco author
tties. who want him to explain his al
legged connection with the bomb explo-
sion on preparedness day. in July.
1916, when seven persons were killed
there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Colorado,

Graphite. worth from $3.50 to $3.50
per ton, and coming mainly from Mad
agascar. is now located in Gunnison
county.
ton of oil shale is being shipped
to England from the deposits owned
by the Imperial OIL and Shale Rein
ing Corporation Mt Debeque.
The Doctor mine in Taylor Park.
near Tin Cup. is the scene OF great
activity. There are 100 men working
on this property. and high-grade ore
is being shipped.
A Leadville report states: The Grey
Eagle property. on Carbonate Hill.
has become more active since the
strike. A force Of men has been en-
ployed to extract steady tonnage
from the huge bodies that have been
opened on the 500-foot level.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Colorado Couple Burned to Death.

Grand unction.-Mystery surrounds
the death of j. C. Jackson and his wife
whose charred bodies were found in
the burned ruins of their fine ranch
home seven miles west of here. The
bodies. almost consumed by fire, were
taken in charge of Coroner Taylor,
who is conducting an investigation A
son of the couRle says their lives had
been threatened several weeks ago by
two tramps who had been refused food
at the jackson home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Fighting Fr.nchmen Visit Denver.

Denver-Veterans OF the most his
toric battles of the worlds greatest
war. although still young in years,
clad in the steel-blue service uniforms
of the fighting Frenchmen at the
front, and thick-soled boots that
tramped the blood-stained fields at
Verdun. the Marne and Aisne, two
members of the French High Commis-
sion to the United States arrived to
visit Denver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Status Quo Peace Plea by Germany

London.-Throughout official Lon
don the belief is held that a very defi-
mite peace offer will come from Ger
many before winter and that the Of
fer will suggest immediate cessation
of hostilities on status quo basis.
Entente statesmen have fully indi-
Gated that they will refuse such terms
and no doubt Germany is aware of
this. But German leaders regard a
status quo offer as an Indispensable
step in the preparation of German
public opinion for further concessions
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Bow Shoots sister.

Pueblo.-Rico De Julio. 10 years old.
playfully pointed shotgun at his sis.
ter, Frances, IS years old, and, saying
he would shoot her. pulled the trigger
An explosion followed and Miss Fran
ces fell with a load OF shot piercing
her stomach.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Adams Heads Department of Safety.

Hon. Frank Adams of Denver. upon
the request of the governor, has ac-
cepted the position OF superintendent
OF the State Department of Safety, un.
der House Bill No. 2s. with the under
standing that he is to head and organ
ize that department, but after 1t Is
organized and In successful operation
reserves the right to resign such po
sition.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
state Bonds Sold to School Fund.

State bonds. authorized by the ex-
traordinary session of the Legislature.
amounting to $75O.OOO. were sold by
State Treasurer Robert H. Higgins.
All but 100000 worth of the bonds
were sold to the state school fund
One hundred thousand dollars worth
OF bonds were sold to a banker in
Pueblo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Wyoming.

The Big Bear Company is drilling
well on ground located In the south
west section Of the Big Muddy.
Riverton-Wyoming Refining Com.
pany Is new organization that plans
to build a refinery at Riverton.
The Griffith oil Company is pre-
pairing to sink wells on sections 10
and 1880. West Salt Greek field.
The Denver OIL and Refining Com.
pany has resumed drilling on section
16. southeast OF Glenrock. in tho Big
Muddy dald-
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Governor Seeks Manufacturers Aid.

Governor Gunter issued a proclama-
ton calling on all manufacturers OF
Colorado to meet at the assembly
room of the Capitol Sept. IS, to or
ganize the manufacturing Industries
of the state into effective co-opera.
ton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Government Controls Wheat Market

Chicago.-The government wheat
corporation assumed full charge of
wheat coming into this market Sept
10. Millers were permitted last week
to buy in the open market at the
prices fixed by the government, but
henceforth they must deal with agents
of the food administration. Local
agents intend to allow outside as well
as loc;i millers to buy wheat here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Accidentally Shoots pauohter.

Denver.-Amy Cornell, aged II,
died of injuries received when she
was accidentally shot by small rifle
In the hands of her father, r. Lee
Cornell. while engaged in target prac-
tice
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
COLORADOCROP REPORT
SHOWS BIG GAIN OVER PRopuc-
TIoN LAST YEAR.
Federal bureau Of Estimates Gives
Out Comparative Figures for
Month Of September.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-A summary OF the Septem-
Der crop report for Colorado. as COM
piled by the Bureau CT Crop Estimates
and transmitted through the Weather
Bureau OF the Department of Agricul-
ture at Washington. is as follows:
CORN.
Product. last yr. Dec. est. bu 1851. 900
WINTER WHEAT
Product. last yr.. Dec. est, bu. 100000
STRING WHEAT.
Sept. forecast. bu- .--...... s.0s0.000
Product last yr., Des &c, est, bu- t.4sS.ooo
Sept forecast. bu. .1l.22o. 900
Product last yr.. Dec. est. bu. s.57o,OOO
BARLEY.
Sept; forecast. bu. ......:.. $4,000
POTATOES
Sept forecast. bu. ........ s.35e 0co
Product. last yr, Dec. est, bu. C.y0t.0 900
ALL HAY.
Preliminary estimate, tons =. 2,6s0,ooo
Prod. last year. Dec. est. tons 2.411,000
APPLES agricultural crop.
Prod. last yr;. Dec. est. bbls. $4,000
SUGAR BEETS.
Sept. l forecast. tons ...... 100000
Prod. last yr-, Dec ec est, tons 1,ss+.eoo
Wheat, Sept. l this year. per bu. f2.9e
Wheat. Sept. last yr.. per bu. 1.27
Corn. Sept. l this year, per bu. 1.s2
Corn. Sept. l last year, per bu. z
Oats. Sept. l last year. per bu. 40
Potatoes. Sept. / last year, bu. 1.2O
Hay, Sept. l last year, per ton 800
Eggs, Sept. / this year. per doz. .3S
Eggs. Sept. last year. per doz. rs
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Montana.
Company'l

Anaconda Copper Company'l
August production totaled 11,175.0O0
pounds of copper. against Il. 400 900 In
July. 20.400.000 in June. 28,400.0O in
May. The August. 1916. production
was 2S.SO0.00o pounds.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Fifty Joliet conviets in Riot.

Joliet, Ill.->A riot occurred in the
state prison here during which one
convict was shot and three guards
stabbed
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14

silve T. e7He; Highest Since 1891.
New York.-Silver was quoted at
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News ssrvses-
Prices Quoted for Metals.

Frtces Guoteo fcr Met1te-
New York.-Lead, on 010Ac.
Bar silver. 95%c.
Copper-Casting. s2412hc.
ST. Louis-Spelter. @7.77.
Boulder-Tungsten concentrates. 90
per cent. s17Oo per unit Crude ores.
60 per cent. $500: rs per cent,
s9.40412.00; 10 per cent, ss.70@1o.0o
per unit
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Cripple Creek August Output S1,t37,
3239o

Cripple Creek-The output of the
mines OF Cripple Creek district for
the month of August totaIed 102, ,2ss
tons. with an average value OF $1117
per ton and gross bullion value of
s1.137. 1896
The month has been featured by the
heavy tonnage OF low-grade ores
treated at the local mills of the Port
land Gold Mining and Milling Com
pany. The two plans-the Victor and
the independence mill-again proved
their high efficiency by treating 53.-
$50 tons of ore with low average
OF S2.11 ton, from which s1l2.7s3
was recovered
Dividends were paid in August by
the Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining
and Milling Company amounting to
$4,000. making total OF s167.00o.
The figures reported out from the
several treatment plans follow:
Plant Tons. A-v. @. Val.
Golden Cycle NJ
q r., col sprs $4,000 $4,000 3 so.ooo.oo
Col; sprs: .so.sss 2osa 2i7,fso.is
SmelterS. DENY.
and Pueblo :. 1900 $500 14s.ooo.oo
Portland @. NJ.
Co, Victor
Min. &C. Dis. 1880 s24 $4,000 90
Port'd Ind. Mill.
&C Dis. -. a4.asO 2.ol ss.ios.so
Rex. Iron Clad
Lease ..... 100 200 100000
Rubie, C.C.Dis. 400 2.tO 10000
Totals ....Io2, ,sss siIi2 si.i37. .52,.9s
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-09-14
Arizona.

ais ....lo2, ,s6s s11.i2 $1.157.52s.9s
The Detroit times., 1917-06-06
Marine Flao Goes Aloft.

ENGLEWOOD, y j., June g.
Uncle Sans marines. guarding the
-tnglewood radio station, have
placed what they believe 20 be the
highest flag in the state The em-
blem WAS raised upon a hagpolc
erected on the top of the first tow
ar to be completed for the station
The tower is 225 feet high and the
pole for the hag reaches another
20 feet into The air. making old
Glory float 10 the breeze al an alti-
tude OF 245 feet.
The wire fences surrounding the
buildings we're recently charged.
and several dogs which were scout.
ing about the place were electro
cuted.
The guards have recently taken
extra caution in guarding the sta
lion Automobile search lights
have been turned on the premises
Al night and drivers have been or.
dcrcd away. A warning was issued
against lettering.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-06
KALTSCHMIDT
TO BE TRIED LAST
WEEK IN JUNE

Albert Kaltschplidt and i've other
German aliens indicted by the grand
jury az rs last session on charges
Of plotting against the Detroit screw
works and plants in Canada, Will
be tried during the last week OF
June. according to the announce
ment Of United States District At
torney John r Kinnane. Tuesday
The traverse jury for the June
term of federal court convened
Tuesday morrng TWO civl cases
viii be tried first after which the
court viii deal with lengthy Grim
inal docket The plotting cases VIII
be the last Of the criminal cases
scheduled. and the charges against
Kaltschmidt will be taken up be-
fore those against the other five
Others under Indictment as Nom
bers of the alleged Kaltschmidt ring
are Fritz Meet. Mrs Ida kaltschmidt
Neef. Carl Schmidt. Ms Maria
Schmidt and Franz Respa