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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
SHOOTS WRONG Man
MURDER COMMITTED IN LAW
OFFICE AS TWO MEET.
KILLS YOUNG MERCHANT At
JULESBURG IN JEALOUS RAGE
OVER WIFE.

Julesburg, Colo, July 14.-Following
accusations he had made that Ralph
Rozell, prominent young clothing lner-
chant here, had endeavored to induce
his wife 10 go with him to an all
night party, J. j.. Baker, a prosperous
young mncller residing nea Jules
burg, shot and killed Itozell here. The
shooting occurred in the law office of
Charles +. Robson and George Il.
Henry. where Baker found his victim
consulting the lawyers on private
business.
The two law partners and f. j.
Frederick, a justice of the peace. were
witnesses of the shooting, but were
unable to check Baker before he had
fired five shots from an automatic
pistol.
According to information gathered
by o. 5. Thunderstorm, sheriff of Sedg-
wick county, Baker shot the wrong
man when he picked Rozell as the
one who had endeavored to entice his
wife away from home. The shooting,
Sheriff Thunderstorm said, evidently
grew out of al incident that occurred
when Il man and a oma drove up
IN an automobile in froat of Bakers
country home and sought TO induce
Mrs. Baker to join them.
Believing he recognized Itozcll as
The man who made overtures TO his
wife, Baker is said to have gone to
Hozells home and told Mrs. Itozell of
The incident, threatening vengeance
upon I,ozell. Mrs. Rozell assured Ra-
ker that he was mistaken, but when
he drove into town, found Rozell in
the law office and shot him to death.
Sheriff Thunderstorm said that he
had uncovered evidence that convinces
him that Iiozell was not the man in
the automobile.
a ~coroner's jury summoned by Cor
oner q. +. Ewing held that the shots
were fired by Baker with felonious in
tent. District Attorney Rcy T. John
son, who conducted the examination of
witnesses al the inquest. said he would
file a direct information in the District
Court, charging Baker with murder in
the first degree.
After shooting Rozell, Baker walked
out of the law office TO the street and
surrendered TO Town Marshal w. l..
Cunningham, whom he met coming to-
ward the building.
Iozell, who was 30 years old, had
engaged in the clothing business
here for two years. He was the son
of W. NJ. Rozell, a leading citizen of
McCook, Neb. Baker is "a years old
and has four children.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Good Fellows Secretary Arrested.

Sioux City, Iowa.-H. X. Hansen,
Secretary of the National Organiza.
ton of Good Fellows of America, has
been arrested on the charge of using
the mails to defraud. 1t is charged
that Hansen secured s62, 800 in %
cen membership fees from $4,000
persons in all parts of the United
States. The object of the Good Eel.
lows Of America was to make a drive
to secure legislation permitting the
manufacture of light wines and beers.
Hansen was the founder.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Want Protected Independence.

Cebu, L. IA number of Filipinos
prominent in business and politics in
private interviews told members of
the Wood-Forbes investigating mis-
sion that while they desired independ.
ence for the Philippine islands at
some future date. they believed the
Philippines were as yet unprepared to
assume independent government un-
der the p~recarious financial conditions
existing Public speakers, on the con-
trary. generally favored an immedi-
ate but protected Independence.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
United States Past Crisis,

Cleveland, OhiO.-The financial and
Industrial crisis in the United States
has been weathered, and the long
heralded return to normal conditions
is gradually being effected, speakers
ut the closing session of the Ohio
Bankers Association convention de-
clared. United States Senator Pome-
rene of Ohio declared the nation is
as solid rs the Rock of Gibraltar I;
what troubles there are, are within
ourselves and all that is needed to
bring about a reasonable adjustment
of prices, which is the thing most
needed, is practice of common sense"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Three Killed; Four Wounded.

Lynch, Ky.-Three men were killed
and four seriously wounded here in a
pistol fight. William Holcomb. chief
of police; Jim Coldiron, deputy sher-
Tiff, and Carl Fulton, mine foreman,
were killed when they attempted to
arrest three men. whose names are un
known. Four men, whose names are
not known, were seriously wounded.
The accused parties were rushed to
the Harlan Jail, which is being
guarded to prevent possible disorders
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Use Savings to Build Homes.

Neutrality-suspicious. for relieving
the estimated shortage of 1,5O0,00O
homes throughout the country through
the diversion of IA greater proportion
Of the nations S22,O00,000,00 0 in say
ings deposits into home building are
under consideration by Secretary
Hoover. The m secretary con
siders there has been a tendency dur
ing the past few years for the savings
of the people to find their way into
commercial paper, bonds and similar
securities rather tl.an into home
building.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
To Punish War Criminals.

Paris.-France has informed Ger
many she will continue the occupa-
tion of the Rhine region until Ger
many has complied with the cGndi-
lions of the treaty of Versailles rsla-
tive to the punishment of those who
violated the rules of civilized warfare
in the world war. NJ. BRAND said tie
government had decided to show Ger
many that France still had strength
and expressed the hope that the other
allied countries would join in the
French viewpoint
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

Washington. Mortgage debts Of
American farmers more than doubled
i'm the decade between 1910 and 1920.
it was reported by the census bureau.
The increase in mortgage charges
against farms owned by their opera
tors was 1925 per cent, or from ST.
80, 172,S51 in 1910 to $4,012,7I1,2l3 in
1920.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Churches to Advertise.

New York.-Advertising columns of
daily newspapers are to be used for
general church advertising as well as
for evangelistic purposes. it was an
nounced by officials Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. This action was de-
cided upon. it was said, at two i'm
portant conferences. and the publicity
department of the church has been in
structed TO add a competent advertisL
ing writer to its staff. The extent of
the new venture in church publicity
va not announced.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Launch Fight Against Landlords.

Atlantic City, n. IA nationwide
drive against landlords who discrimi-
mated against families with children
was launched by the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters in conven-
ton here. 1t was decided that the
remedy lay i'm state laws which would
make such discrimination Illegal. Tbs
brotherhood will also seek a clause
prohibiting publications from carrying
advertisements offering properties for
rent that discriminate against CHI
3roD.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

Berlin.-Twenty million persons are
stricken sections of Russia, subsisting
mainly on moss. grass and the bark
Of trees, according to the Nossiche
Zeitung. quoting information from
"reliable Russian sources" Refugees
are reported to be pouring into Moscow
and Petrograd by thousands, and to
be fleeing hopelessly in every direc-
tion.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Decline Wage Cut.

Kansas City, Mo.-Representatives
of the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca, covering Missouri, Kansas. Okla
homa and part of Arkansas, met here
with members Of the Southwestern In
terstate Coal Operators Association,
and with John Z. White, special en-
voy from miners national headquar-
tiers, and declined to accept a volun-
tary reduction in wages.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Outbreak Of PeIIaqra Reported.

Washington.-A new outbreak OF
p~ellagra, in the South, is alarming the
public health service. Officials say
that the depression in the cotton mar
ket is one of the leading causes. Poor
classes Of planters, the experts say,
have been forced TO living principal
ly on salt pork and corn bread, a diet
which contributes to pellagra. In one
state alone the number of cases have
doubled since last year. The public
service considers the situation very Sc
rious.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
THE FIRST

I wonder how many wonderful Lon
doners, smoking their pipe of peace
in comfortable club armchairs, have
ever asked themselves whence the
soothing habit originated, says a
writer in the London Graphic. / had
no idea until yesterday that smoking
began In the Garden of Eden.
According to one legend related at
the tobacco fair by Morley Dainov.
Adam got so bored with Eve that he
asked God to send him a consolation,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
"Stiney Blanket" Says Squaw.

Cheyenne, Wyo. - "Uh! Helluva
stingy blanket" Only that and moth
ing more was the comment of a Sioux
squaw here from the Pine Ridge
agency for the Frontier Days celebra-
tion. when nj Mercury beach, ada
cent TO Frontier park. she glimpsed a
shapely female of the species clad
only in a scarlet, one-piece bathing
suit.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Turks Massacre az Greeks

Samsun, Asia Minor.-The deporta-
ton of Greeks into the interior by the
Turkish nationalist continues. The
deportees include 100 employees of
American tobacco firms. The depor-
tations have been carried out, the ma
tionalists says, to block Greek agita-
ton for a republic in the Pontus area,
on the Black sea. One village has
been burned by the nationalist. and
e~ighty-two bodies of men, women and
children are floating in the mouth of
the kiZil Irmak river.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

Chicago.-Mrs. Dora Waterman was
found guilty of Staying her husband.
She was accused of hacking him to
death with "A meat ~cleaver TO obtain
possession of his property. Mrs. Water
man was the third woman to be con-
victed out of tw~enty-one tried on
charges of murder in the last twenty
years in Chicago. Mrs. Waterman was
sentenced TO seventeen years in the
penitentiary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Navy Yards on EiNe.DaY Basis.

Washington.-All navy yards and
shore stations will be put on a five-day
week basis of operation temporarily,
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt an
nounced in an effort to prevent so
drastic a reduction of personnel as
otherwise would be- necessary under
the reduced appropriations now avail
able.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

San Francisco. Calif.-The removal
from the government bonded ware
house at Vallejo, Calf, of forty-eight
barrels of whiskey, valued at approx.
mately sl5O0eo. and the substitution
of water. has been discovered, federal
authorities here announced. The
owner Of the whiskey is said to be r.
HOLMAN. San Francisco realty dealer.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Tar and Feather Woman.

Center, Texas.-Mrs. Beulah John.
son. who was tarred and whose hair
was partially clipped by masked men
at Tcnalla, Texas, was brought to Jail
here and is being held TO the next
grand jury on a charge of bigsmy.
Sheriff J.. y. Smith of Shelby county
said the woman told him hat the
masked men gave her no instructions
when she was freed on the streets of
Tenaha but asked her about a man
she knew. Mrs. Johnson is said to
have been married thrice.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
To Stop Reckless Drivino.

ChicagO.-The National Association
of Taxicab Owners, in convention
here, launched "A campaign to protect
cab users and the public at large
from reckless driving. The delegates
represent the large taxicab companies
of New York. Philadelphia, Washing
ton. San Francisco, P%ittsburg, Kansas
City and many smaller cities.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

Miami, Fla.-Eight masked men way
laid the Rev. Phillip s. Irwin, white,
archdeacon of the English Espicopal
church and head of the work of that
church among south Florida negroes.
at the close of his evening services
here, carried him into the woods and
whipped him and then applied a coat
of tar and feathers TO his body. He
was then placed i'm a sack and taken
in an automobile to a spot heal the
business center of the city and
dumped GU on the street.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
"StoIen" Baby Found Under Bed.

Miami, Okla.-Exhausted and hys-
terical after a fruitless tw%enty-four-
hour search for her missing baby
daughter, thought to have been taken
by a band of gypsies. Mrs. Sam Lark
ard of this city threw herself across
her bed in despair. Thereby she dis
covered the infant fast asleep on the
floor between the bed and the wall.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
To Investigate Postal Rates.

Washington.-The House postoffict
committee voted to investigate for it,
self the whole question of second class
postal rates. A subcommittee for the
purpose was named, consisting Of Rep
resertatiyes Ramseyer, Iowa; Hardy,
Colorado; Kelly, Pennsylvania, Re
publicans; and Bell, Georgia; Parish,
Texas, Democrats.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

Minneapolis, Minn.-Efforts TO "hu-
anc with a recent order of Postmas-
ter General Will Hays was given some
development here when Postmaster T..
A. Purdy ordered that all drivers of
parcel post wagons permit mothers to
babies are brought TO the parcel post
wagon scales.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

and God sent tobacco. The other story
relates that our first mother got so
fed up with her husbands attep-
tons that she prayed God to send him
some other distraction, and the heaven
ly gift of tobacco answered her PRAYER.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22

Boston.-The country has turned the
corner of the industrial depression,
Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce, said here. With labor improv-
ing in efficiency, farmers putting in
more work than for "A decade, and over
speculation and wastefulness checked,
the turn toward good times has been
made, he said.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Poison Fish in South Seas

There is a fish which lies buried in
the coral sand of the South seas the
spiDessof whose dorsal fin are hollow
Ike the fangs of a rattlesnake. When
stepped on it elects a poison which
kills or cripples the victim.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
Associations May Be Sued.

Massachusetts has q new law which
permits all voluntary associations to
be sued, including labor unions.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
New Legion Head Sees President.

John III. Emery, wounded veteran
Of the great war. who has been chosen
by the executive committee Of the
American Legion as the ORGANIZATIONS
commander to fill out the unexpired
term of Col. F. W. Galbralth. who met
his death accidentally recently has
been in Washington. With Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of
the navy, he called upon President
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19
BETTER CONTAINERS NEEDED
Millions Of Dollars Worth OF Perish.
able Products Destroyed An
nuailv In Transit.

Perishable products worth millions
Of dollars are destroyed annually on
account of breakage In transit Of the
containers In which they are packed.
More than one railroad has appealed
to the United States Bureau Of Mar
kets to help to remedy this situation,
a high official of a southern railroad
stating recently that, In his opinion,
shippers should be compelled to use
containers Of adequate strength, and
that proper ~car-loading methods should
be exercised.
II is vastly to the interests OF the
shipper to use containers of a strength
that will carry perishable products
safely to market, and the bureau OF
markets has made many Investigations
and experiments to determine just
what strength retainers should be TO
accomplish that result. These inves-
legations are still in progress, but the
information already collected is sufh-
GENTLY complete to enable the bureau
to advise shoppers with regard to the
best containers to use In shipping
spe rifed fruits and vegetables.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19
GREAT FORCE is INITIATIVE
Its Possessor May Be Reasonably As
sured Of Making a Success Of
LIES Work.

Success In life may be nearly always
measured by the mount of Initiative
shown In doing ones work. This con
quering ana ~elevatlng force must come
from within. and is the development
Of a genuine desire to keep from be-
coming lost In the crowd a will to do
those things In hand as though the
whole future depended upon the re-
suit. Men who have become famous
and successful In all walks Of life
have developed their sense Of initiative
to the same extent they have gained
knowledge and then, what is most I'm
portant, have applied that quality to
real problems of life. Without this
too uncommon quality. developed as
1t should, many daily tasks and prob
lens become complex, difficult, oner-
u and commonplace. But, these DIFF
ficult tasks become easier to the IN
dividual showing initiative, because he
or she leaves the beaten path and finds
a better solution, gaining at the end
OF the day a reward Of sheer personal
happiness at having accomplished
something worth while In spite Of all
obstacles.-Thomas A. Edison.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19

A free pardon granted by James I
to a man named Richard Humfrey
who killed his father In 1909, and
bearing the second great seal Of that
monarch. has been discovered at the
bottom Of IN ancient chest. and has
been placed In a glass case and ixed
to the tomb Of the Humfrey family
In Rethendon church. Essex, England.
The vellum was taken to the British
museum for translation from the orig
inal Latin. The translator reports
that the story It revealed was that
the young man was preparing to shoot
some wild fowl when the weapon was
accidentally discharged and wounded
his father. who died from the effects
some months afterwards. The Hum
freys owned most of the Parish of
Rethendon up to well Into the Eight
zenith century.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19

higher than the outside ground sur
face, and IL Is advisable to renew them
every year by removing the contaml-
mated surface down TO clean soil, and
to refill with fresh sand or fine gravel
and earth.
A board floor Is generally used
where the level Of the floor In the
house Is from / to 3 feet above the
ground surface, and In portable hous-
es OF land which Is not well drained.
Board floors harbor rats, and rot quick
ly. and should be raised some distance
Off the ground so that cats or dogs can
get under them, and also to allow a
free circulation of air to prevent the
wood from rotting.
Cement floors are adapted to per-
manent laying houses, to brooder
houses, incubator cellars, and TO all
permanent houses where an artificial
floor Is required, and can be built on
the ground level. These floors are
easy to clean, very sanitary, rat proof,
and comparatively inexpensive, II one
has a cheap supply Of gravel or sharp
sand.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19

scrap of paper and on the paper wcs
written an address with these words:
''The key to the fulfllment Of your
dreams. John Elgers."
After changing her mind as to
whether she should or shouldn't every
FIVE minutes of the intervening time,
the Saturday half holiday found Carol
Hastings on u train bound for the ad-
dress written on the scrap OF paper.
And there, smuggling cozlly beside a
village lane. she found an exact
replica OF the little cottage she hnd
observation-disclosures of her dreamsi
Through the central path OF the gar
den. ablaze with old-fashioned flow.
ers NJ the step to The latticed porch
Carol walked like one In n dream.
The brass key fitted the lock. The
house was furnished with quaint old
fashioned furniture Of the cottage
type. There were willowware dishes
on the shelves aud fragrant linen On
the beds. Everything bespoke nm ex-
pected occupant or occupants. Carol
passed out onto the latticed porch
again and stood looking Mt the little
garden wonderlngly, ms though, II II
would, II could offer some explanation
rs TO what all this meant.
A stout, mlddle-aged I'm a
neat house dress came down the lane
and approached the porch. BE It as
how you are the lady what is come tn
stay here?' she questioned. Because
II you be. Mr.. Elgers said rs how I
was TO look out for you. It's the lady
of my Dreams says he. BE you the
one?"
Carol answered, 81 seem to be-" and
as she spoke the words there came
over her the sensation OF having made
a solemn pledge.
A month had gone by. slowly and
peacefully as only village months can.
and still Carol stayed on In the house
of her dreams. In a hurried trip to
the city she had resigned her position
with the madame and packed her be-
~longings. Day after day Carol had
watched for some one. the while deny
Ing to herself that she was doing so.
For there was one thing lacking In the
perfection OF her NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
they own up to It or not. people do
not live alone In the houses Of theip
dreamsl
Carol had taken to setting two
places at the table with the excuse to
herself that It made her meals less
lonely, when n noon just as she was
about to sit down to her lunch there
came the bang of the knocker against
the door. Carol opened II and there
stood Jack Elgers. For hours she
had thought Of what she would say
when he did come and now that he
had she could say nothing ut ALL She
opened the door wide that he might
walk In. but he hesltated on the
threshold and asked, MAY I come in
to the house Of your dreams?"
Come" murmured the girl. And
Jack Elgers came Into her life. never
to leave 1t, for people do not live alone
In the houses OF their dreams!
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19
NICOTINE SULPHATE
IS LESS EXPENSIVE
busting Found Effective in Con.
trolling Pests.
Insects Hard to Reach With Ordinary
Sprays Caught by Floating Dust
Settling on Under Side Of
the Leaves.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
To the sorrow of some Of the In
sect pests which feed on the under
side of plant leaves and so escape the
effect Of poison sprays, the bureau Of
entomology, United States Department
of Agriculture, has been conducting
experiments with nicotine %sulphate APP
piled in dust form. Mixed with kaolin
TO give the poison bulk, 40 per cent
strength nicotine sulphate did remark
able work in controlling melon, cab
bage and pea aphis, onion thrips and
western cucumber beetles. All these