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ANTA FE NEW
MEXteAN
VOL. 44.
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 1907.
NO. 215
71.
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CLOSE FINISH
IH BALLOON RACE
Victory Either to
German or French
Aeronauts
STATES OUT OF IT
Ocean Prevented Contes
tants From Breaking the
World's Record.
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THE. CONTESTANTS.
German balloon Pommcrn,
77,000 cubic feet capacity; Os
car Erbsloeh, pilot; Professor
Clayton, aid.
American balloon United
States, 72,250 cubic feet; Ma
jor H. B. Hersey, pjlo't; A. T.
Atherholt, aid.
French balloon L'Isle re
France, 77.000 cubic feet; Al
fred LeBlanc, pilot; Edgar W.
Mix, aid.
German balloon Dusseldorf,
77,000 cubic feet; Captain Huso
Von Aberchercron, pilot; H.
Heidemann, aid.
English balloon Lotus II, 75,
250 cubic feet; Griffith Brewer,
pilot; Lieutenant Claude Bra
brazon, aid.
American balloon America,
77,000 cubic feet; J. C. McCoy,
pilot; Captain C. DeF. Chand
ler, aid.
French balloon Anjou, 79,500
cubic feet; Rene Gasnier, pilot;
Charles Levee, aid.
German balloon Abercron,50,
000 cubic feet; Paul Meckel,
pilot; Rudolph Denig, aid.
American balloon St. Louis,
77,000 cubic feet; Alan R. Haw
ley, pilot; Augustus Post, aid.
FIVE RICH PRIZES.
First Prize James Gordon
Bennett cup, valued ,at $2,500
and 2500 in cash.
Second .Prize $1000, donor,
Adolphus Busch.
Third Prize $750, donor,
United Railways Company.
Fourth Prize $500, donor, B.
Nugent and Brothers, Dry
Goods Company.
Fifth Prize $250, donor, the
German-American Press Asso
ciation. X X X S X XXXX
Philadelphia, Oct. 23. Three of the
balloons that left St. Louis Monday
afternoon passed over this city this
morning. One was positively Identi
fied as the German balloon Pommern,
which was seen at Cleveland yester
day afternoon. Another was identified
as the English balloon Lotus which
passed over Wheeling, West Virginia,
yesterday. A note dropped from the
German balloon read :
"Am 8,000 feet in the air and have
traveled a thousand miles. Am try
ing to make Atlantic City."
The third balloon was not Identified.
All were traveling in a northeasterly
direction and unless they meet with
an accident will land on the coast
within a few hours.
The balloons were seen by people
in all parts of the city and created
intense Interest. In some places the
crowd watching the balloons were so
great that street car traffic was in
terferred with. ,
Pommern Landed at Asbury Park,
New Jersey.
Asbury Park, N. J., Oct. -23. The
German balloon Pommern landed here
about 9 a. m. today.
Dusseldorf Descends Near Dover.
Dover, Del., Oct. 23. The German
balloon Dusseldorf landed at Little
Creek, three miles from this city at
10 o'clock this morning.
The St. Louis Alighted Near Baltimore
Baltimore, Oct. 23. The American
balloon St. Louis, with Hawley and
Post aboard, landed about a mile south
of Westminster, Maryland, at 6:40 a.
m. today.
The St. Louis could have remained
in the ail4 much longer but as the at
mosphere was very hazy and the pilot
fearing the balloon was approaching
the ocean, decided to descend. West
minster is about 28 miles northwest
of this city on an air line.
Balloon America Also Alights Near
Baltimore.
The balloon America, Captain
Chandler pilot, landed at 8 o'clock
this morning at Patuxent, 2 1-2 miles
from Annapolis Junction.
French Balloon Anjon Lands in Vir
ginia. Richmond, Oct. 23. The French bal
loon Anjon landed two miles from Ar
menius this morning. It had covered
in its course about twelve hundred
miles, but the estimated distance from
10 1JESC0E
Government Funds
. Save New York
Banks
Westinghouse Concern Gtcs
Under --Receiver for
Knickerbocker Co.
New York, Oct. 23 A distinctly
more favorable tone was evident in
Wall Street at. 2 o'clock this afternoon
following the announcement that Sec
retary Cortelyou had made deposits
of government funds in the various
New York banks. The stock market
has been, holding better all day than
was expected and the fact that the
Trust Company of America had with
stood the rush of depositors to with
draw their money for four hours was
an additional factor.
Anxiety over the trust com
pany and banking situation
continued to cloud the business
horizon today, although the nervous
ness and alarm so noticeable yester
day were considerably lessened today
by the presence of Secretary of the
Treasury Cortelyou in this city and
his promise to remain at the sub-treasury
throughout the day. Secretary
Cortelyou's statement which he made
last night affirming the strong condi
tion of the national banks of this city
had a good effect upon public sen
timent and served to relieve the ap
prehension of the business men that
further curtailment of credits might
hamper the financing of general mer
cantlle affairs.
Trust Company Requested Aid.
The most unfavorable development
of the night was the news that the
Trust Company of America, one of the
city's largest financial Institutions,
with deposits approximating fifty mil
lion dollars and total assets and lia
bilities in excess of sixty millions, had
requesred the aid of tho banks.
This was folkwed by the announce
ment early today that Oaklelgh
Thorne, president of the Trust Com
pany of America, had sold a control
ling Interest in the Central of Georgia
Railroad, which he purchased jointly
with Marsden , J. Perry last July.
Thorne declined to say to whom the
road had been sold but denied that the
sale was to the Rock Island Interests.
Big Institution Holds Up Under Run.
A run on the Trust Company of
America began this morning, over six
hundred depositors crowding the of
fice of the trust company an hour be
fore the time for opening had arrived.
It was stated that the company had
twelve million of dollars in its vaults
to begin the payment of depositors.
A committee representing the banks
of the city, began an exhaustive exam
ination of Its books and securities this
morning and it is stated if the result
bears out the statements of its officers
aid will be extended in whatever
amount may be required.
Receiver for Knickerbocker Trust
Company.
An immense crowd also surrounded
the offices of the Knickerbocker Trust
Company this morning in the hope
that it would resume payments. The
bankers do not regard the position of
this company as very favorable and
were inclined to permit It to go Into
liquidation.
Acting State Superintendent oJ
Banks Skinner, took possession of the
Knickerbocker Trust Company just
before noon on the advice of the at
torney general of the state.
. J. Plerpont Morgan practically as
sumed command in financial circles
today, striving to bring order out of
the present chaos and see what can
be done to protect the larfe Interests
now in jeopardy. Up to now there
has been no organization among the
various trust company officers. Mor
gan and James Stillman, president of
the National City Bank, are earnestly
engaged In an effort to bring about a
co-operation among those institutions.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortel
you today made large deposits In the
local banks. He is in close touch with
the local situation and believes he will
be able to cope with the situation. The
amount deposited by the government
could not be learned.'
Big Failure at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg; Pa., Oct. 23,-The Pitts
burg Stock Exchange drd not open
this morning, members deeming it ad
visable that ,the Exchange remain
closed temporarily owing to the de
moralized feeling in Westinghouse
Electric, A meeting of the members
was held and President R. C. Hall of
the . Exchange, issued the following
statement: '
"The Security Investment Company
finds itself Involved. This will necessl-
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COLONEL JAM ES W. WILLSON.
Superintendent New Mexico Military Institute Roswell, Elected Grand
Master Free Mas ons of New Mexico.
Colonel James W. Willson is su
perintendent of the New Mexico Mili
tary Institute at Roswell, and one of
the most prominent educators of the
Territory. A native of Virginia, he
was graduated from the Virginia Mili
tary Institute located at Lexington,
that state, completing the course there j
with the class of 1894. He afterward j
went to West Point, Virginia, where j
he had charge of the military train- j
ing school until going to Roswell onj
the opening of tne New Mexico Mili-i
tary Institute in 1898. He acted as!
commandant for three, years and or
ganized the military department of
the school. He is now serving his
seventh year as its superintendent.
The institution was opened with sixty
five students, a great many of whom
were day students. Today the school
is strictly a military Institute, being
the only one of its character in the
Southwest. The school has now an
enrollment of nearly two hundred ca
dets and Is referred to by United
States army officers as the "West
Point of New ; Mexico." It has made
steady and substantial progress under
the'superlntondeney of Colonel Will
sen, whose thorough military train
ing wt'll qualified him for tho posi
tion, while his ability has been con
stantly augmented by experience.
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Buy Out Barnum
and Bailey's Mam
moth Shows
GAIN OVER IE
11 II DOLLARS
SHE MDE III tl
Five Brothers Now Practical
ly Without a Rival in
Sawdust Arena.
New York, Oct. 23. Announcement
was made at the offices of Barnum and
Bailey's circus in this city yesterday
that Ringling Brothers, western circus
men, had secured possession of Bar
num's "Greatest Showjm Earth" and
henceforth it would be run In connec
tion with their other arenic enterpris
es. The sale was made in London yes
terday. This transfer leaves the five
Ringling Brothers practically without
a rival in the circus world today.
Both of these mammoth circuses are
this season touring the United States,
Barnuta and Bailey's aggregation at
the present time showing In the mid
dle west and Ringling Brothers in the
Southwest.
In Tax Assessments
in New Mex
ico
22 of 25 Counties Show Sub
stintial Increases in Value
of Taxable Property.
JAIL DELIVERY
AT ALAMOGORDO
Four United States Prisoners Make
. Sensational Escape All Still
at Large.
Alamogordo, N. M., Oct. 23. A sen
sational jail delivery took place here
about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and four prisoners, who were brought
to the Otero county jail ten days ago
for safe keeping, are still at large.
The men were exercising in the
corridor and rammed nine bricks out
of the wall and squeezed through and
dropped to the ground. They had
about a half hour's start of the offi
cers before the alarm was given and
mounts could be secured.
The sheriff and several picked men
are still scouring the country.
Two of the men were counterfeiters
and two burglars, all United States
prisoners.
They had nearly secured their free
dom from the Quay county ja.i before
being discovered and were here on
account of the jail being stronger.
TAFT TO INSPECT Pt. ".LIP
PINE COAST DEFENSES.
Manila, Oct. 23. Secretary of War
Taft will start for Subig Bay tonight
to inspect the coast defenses at the
naval base there. He regards this
trip highly important owing o the
Impetus given coast defense work by
the Japanese situation.
A net increase of over five million
dollars in the assessed valuation of
taxable property Is one of the very
best indications of the rapid growth of
New Mexico and incidentally a good
argument to be advanced in favor of
statehood. This is what Is shown in an
ibstract just compiled by Traveling
Auditor Charles V. Safford giving the
total tax assessments by counties in
1906 and 1907. New Mexico's property
'returned for taxation was assessed
last year at an aggregate of $43,242,
746.31 while this year it amounts to
$48,509,097.26.
Of the twenty-five counties in the
territory increases are indicated in
all but three. The largest individual
gain is in Santa Fe county in which
there is a net advance in the assess
ment of $1,489,S24.49. Of this amount
$1,298,908.49 is charged against coun
ty bonds held In the county for col
lection under judgment, and even if
this bond assessment is declared illeg
al by the court, there will still be
shown an increase of $190,916.
Roosevelt county has a net gain of
$740,115, and Grant county of $607,603.
Colfax county is next with an increase
of $444,530, and Ohaves county fol
lows with $428,830. Substantial gains
are also indicated in seventeen other
counties. The only counties In which
decreases are shown are Luna, McKin
ley and San Miguel.
The following is the comparative ab
stract compiled by Traveling Auditor
Safford showing the net increases or
decreases , in the tax assessments of
the several counties of the territory
between the years 1906 and 1907:
Bernalillo county, 1906, $3,700,649;
1907, $3,S30,833, an Increase of $130,
234. Chaves county, 190G, $3,422,250;
1907, $3,851,080, an. increase of $42?v
830.
Colfax county, 1906, $3,096,11 !
1907, $3,540,641, an increase of $444,
530. Dona Ana county, 1906, $2,407,3(;;
1907, $2,451,383, an increase of $43,997.
Eddy county, 1907, $2,154,604; 1907,
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Elected By Free
and Accepted
Masons
c
Albuquerque Gets Next Com
municationOther Lodges
in Session.
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Special ro the New Mexican.
Carlsbad, N. M., Oct. 23 The fol
lowing is the result of the election
of grand officers of the Grand Lodge
of New Mexico, Free and Accepted
Masons, which was in session here the
first of this week:
Grand Master, Colonel ' James W.
Willson, Roswell Lodge No. 18, Hos
well; Deupty Grand Master Chester
D. Stephens, Gate City Lodge No. II,
Raton; Senior Grand Warden Frank
Johnson, Hiram Lodge No. 13, San
Marclal; Junior Grand Warden, Ed
ward L. Medler, Temple Lodge No. 6,
Albuquerque; Grand Treasurer, A. J.
Maloy, Temple Lodge No. 6, Albu
querque; Grand Secretary, A. A. Keen,
Temple Lodge No. 6, Albuquerque;
Grand Senior Deacon, M. R. Williams,
Chapman Lodge No. 2, East Las Ve
gas; Grand nnlor Deacon, William B.
Walton, Silver City Lodge No. 8, Sil
ver City; Grand Chaplain, Rev. E. Mc
Queen Gray, Eddy Lodge No. 21, Carls
bad; Grand Sword Bearer, J. P. Mc-
Nulty, Cerrillos Lodge No. 19, Cerril
los; Senior Grand Steward, H. H. Ma
jors, Sacramento Lodge No. 24, Ala
mogordo; Junior Grand Steward, B.
W. Randall, Lordsburg Lodge No. 30;
Grand Tyler, A. M. Whitcomb, Temple
Lodge No. 6, Albuquerque.
The thirty-first annual grand com
munication will be held in Albuquer
que on the first Monday in October,
1908.
Royal Arch Masons in Session.
The grand chapter of Royal Arch
Masons of the territory of New Mexico
was In session here all day. Tho elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year
will likely take place this evening:
Last night Eddy lodge of Free Ma
sons tendered a reception to the visit
ing Masons at its hall in the Masonic
temple, which was a success.
The grand commandery of Knights
Templar of New Mexico convened to
day in eighth annual conclave for the
transaction of business. The following
are its officers:
Arthur Evcritt, Albuquerque R. E.
Grand Commander; J. C. Slack, Clay
ton, V. E. Deputy Grand Commander;
O. L. Gregory, East Las Vegas, E.
Grand Generalissimo; J. H. Wroth,
Albuquerque, E. Grand Capitan Gener
al; George Shepard, Deming, E. Grand
Senior Warden; Frank Henning, Ra
ton, E, Junior Warden; C. D. Stevens
Raton, E. Grand Prelate; A. J. Maloy,
Albuquerque, E. Grand Treasurer; A.
A. Keen, Albuquerque, E. Grand Re
corder; C. D. Boucher, East Las Vegas
E. Grand Standard Bearer; W. P. Fox,
Albuquerque, E. Grand Sword Bearer;
John W. Poe, Roswell, E. Grand Ward
er; A. M. Whitcomb, Albuquerque, E.
Grand Capitan of Guard.
The election of officers for the en
suing year will take place tomorrow.
Tomorrow the regular annual ses
sions of the grand chaper of the East
ern Star will be held.
STANLEY K
HI OF TIN
CASES APPEALED TO
U.S. SUPREME COURT
Clerk Sena of Territorial Supreme
Court Preparing Transcript of
Record in Bond Suits.
The cases of the Territory of New
Mexico, ex rel., Bird S. Coler and E.
R. Chapman, versus the Board nf
County Commissioners of Santa Fe
county, in which judgment was rend
ered In favor of the plaintiffs in the
trial court and affirmed by the Terri
torial Supreme Court, has been ap
pealed to the United States Sunreme
Court.
Clerk Jose D. Sena of the Territo
rial Supreme Court is now busilv en
gaged in preparing the transcript of
the record and it will be forwarded in
a few days to Washington.
Messrs. Cole and Chapman are own
ers of Santa Fe county bonds which
have not been paid, and it was to se
cure judgment requring tne lew of
special taxes that these actions were
instituted.
GENERAL BOOTH HAS
RECOVERED HIS HEALTH.
. Chicago, Oct. 23. General William
Booti, head of the Salvation Army,
wotf has been .111 in this city, will start
on his western tour today. He has
recovered his health almost completely.
In Heart of Fine
Agricultural
Country
PLENTY rtj WATER
W.C.Asher, Owner of Town
"site, Talks Enthusiastically
v.:L ,of Its Prospects.
W. C. Asher, of Stanley, was in tin?
city today on business. Mr. Asher was
formerly of the state of Washington,
but came to New Mexico about two
years ago and engaged in the real es
tate business at Estancia, the county
seat of Torrance county. He organized
the New Mexico Real Estate Company
at Estancia and looked after Its af
fairs In that town until about a week
ao, when he removed to Stanley,
where he has purchased the townsite
location of Stanley and the San Pedro
addition. The townsite proper contains
eighty acres of fine, level land and the
San Pedro addition contains forty
acres, making a total of one hundred
and twenty acres. The railroad station
of Stanley is located thereon and so
is the principal business part of the
town. There are three wells on the
townsite, one owned outright by Mr.
Asher, which contains one hundred
and forty feet of water of the finest
quality. The supply in that well seems
inexhaustible. The other two wells on
the townsite contain water of equally
as good quality, one being 220 feet
deep. The water supply for the town
is ample. The wind-mills to pump wa
ter are now being erected and Mr.
Asher, while In town today, purchased
a third wind-mill for his well. This
was purchased from the Santa Fe
Hardware and Supply company.
Town But Four Months Old.
The town was started about four
months ago and now contains about
two hundred people. Twenty-six
houses, business and residences, have
been built since that time, all of good
character, mostly frame.
There is one hotel In active opera
tion and another hotel Is being con
structed and will be ready within the
next thirty days. There are three groc
ery stores, one hardware store, a dry
goods store, two saloons, one black
smith shop and two lumber yards in
the town now.
A school district has been organized
and Mr. Asher thinks by the first of
January the school will be open. Coun
ty Superintendent John V. Conway is
looking after this matter.'
Since the reduction in the forces
of the Santa Fe Gold and Copper Min
ing company, at San Pedro, two weeks
ago, the town has mostly to depend on
Its own growth and business and upon
settlers in the surrounding country and
some business from the mining camps.
Homesteaders are going in steadily
and quarter sections in the vicinity of
Stanley are being taken up rapidly.
Houses of newcomers and settlers can
be seen in every direction. Six months
ago there were none to be seen. The
soil is of the finest and will produce
the best crops Indigent to the temper
ate zone. Water can be had In abund
ance by digging or drilling from fifty
to one hundred feet. Said Mr. Asher:
In Heart of Fine Farming Country.
"I have been in the real estate busi
ness In various sections of the coun
try for sixteen years and have made
up my mind that Stanley will be a good
town on account of the surrounding
country, which, In my opinion, within
a year, will be fully settled. Many of
the quarter sections have been taken
by people who have come in during
the past six months. They are a good
class of farmers, thrifty and experi
enced. They do not fear the apparent
dryness existing in that section and
believe they will raise good crops by
proper cultivation of the soil and hard
work, 1 know something about wheat
and have been in the best wheat rais
ing sections of Washington and Ore
gon and believe the country surround?
ing Stanley will produce as fine wheat
as it is possible to raise. Vegetables of
all kinds we have already proven can
be raised. We had a fine exhibit at
the Torrance county fair, and also at
the Territorial fair. Alfalfa will grow
in abundance and good crops will be
raised. Milo maize, sorghum and kaffir
corn have been raised on new soil the
past summer.
"At one time the past summer there
were 112 teams busy, between Stanley
and San Pedro, hauling coal and coke
and supplies to San Pedro and copper
matte from San Pedro to Stanley. The
recent slump in copper has stopped
this work.
Postoffice Already Established.
"A postoffice has been established
and Henry Yow has been appointed
postmaster. The station of the Santa
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