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EL PASO HERALD Monday, July 3, 1916. ,r I 'Jl 7- CUTWAYOUTOF RICHEST WOMB, 1 2 EL PASO BOYS tLIES UK UUSKraiB Frank Foster, P. A. Austin and a Mexican Escape; J. Waybright Caught. Cutting their way to liberty with three small saws, smuggled Into the cell in the soles of their shoes, Frank Foster and J. A. Austin, serving- out sentences for vagrancy, escaped from the city jail late Sundav night. An unidentified Mexican, who was arrested Saturday night and docketed under the rame of John Doe, also escaped, while John "VVaybrlght. a man addicted to the drug habit, was caught by members of the provost guard as he attempted to leave the corporation courtroom, where he had climbed from the Jail on the first floor Recover Saws; Prisoners Searched. Investigtaion of the cells on the lower tier of the Jail then showed that several bars had been cut and then bent down sufficiently to permit the passage of a human body. Waybright was Drought back and placed in another cell, while all prisoners in the cell were transferred to the second floor. The saws, three in all. were recovered by acting jailor Gonzales, while all pris oners in the jail were subjected to a strict search in an effort to discover! other tools with which they could effect an escape. Provost Guard Overtakes Prisoner. Waybright. according to his state ment, was the last man to leave the cell, and doubtless would have escaped I but for the vigilance of the provost j guard, several men of which were sleeping in the courtroom. The noise : made when the prisoner's shoes came i into contact with the steel stairs of the jail awakened several however, and he was arrested after a short pursuit. SANTOS CUELLAR CARRIES HOSE TO BRIDGE: ARRESTED Efforts are being made by the police to establish the ownership of two pieces of cotton and rubber hose which were found in the possession of Santos ("uellar when he was searched by Im migration officers at the Santa Fe street bridge early Sunday morning. Ouellar was sent to the city Jail, where he is being held on a charge of theft It iS believed by the police that the hose is a part of that taken from the front yards of different homes of the cit within the past two weeks and was being taken to Juarez to be dis posed of The hose will be turned over to its owner or owners upon proper identification. Fortune of Noted Hetty Green Estimated at Close to $100,000,000. New York. July X Mrs. Hetty Green, said to be the wealthiest woman in the world, died at her home here today at 8:5 oclock. Hetty Green was the world's most remarkable mistress of finance. The fortune she has left Is close to $109. e0.Me. She lived almost as frugally as a shop girl. Her home was wherever she chose for a time tr hang aer little black cape and bonnet, often in the hall bed room of some cheap boarding house, or in some remote and modest flat around New York. She Was Born Rich. Her eccentric extremes of economy FIRE IN BASEMENT OF DRUG STORE CAUSES MUCH SMOKE Fire originating in the basement of the A E Ryan Drug company, 216 San Antonio street. Sunday evening at 6:39 oclock caused slight damages to a quantity of paper and woodwork. The flames were discovered by employes of the store after they had gained considerable hea way Two lines of hose were strung by companies No 1 and 3 of the fire de partment and the fire was extinguish ed after a. short time. Clouds of smoke oming from the fire filled the street, and attracted several hundred persons. CANDIDATES ADDRESS BIG MEETING AT AETNA CLUB R. 11 l'udlei. Setli B. Omdorff. Paul Thomas and Leigh Clark and W. P. Cazares were speakers at a. political meeting at ttae.A" cluk. (necro) at th corner of Second and South -Oregon streets Saturday night Mr Clark paid a tribute to the he roic negro troopers of the lith cavalry who fought at Carrizal. Mr. Clark re ceded an ovation. P "Warner presided at the meeting. The hall was crowded HIT DT 1 1T0 James and Antonio McClel land Injured Near Organ; Made College President. Las Cruces, N. M-. July 3- James Mc Clelland. It year old son of J. E. Mc Clelland, of El Paso, who was struck by an automobile, is miles west of Or gan, Friday night, has been taken to El Paso by his father, who came here Sunday. With his 16 year old brother. Antonio, the boy was driving 15 burros from the El Paso valley to Alamogordo. The two boys sat down beside t ha road west of Organ to rest, and a passing automobile struck them, injuring James severely and Antonio slightly. The au tomobile did not stop The boys mere unable to proceed and it was Saturday afternoon before wood choppers passing. discovered their plight. Aid was sent from the Cox ranch. Hal Cox going to Organ ror a physician for the injured boy. who was brought to Las Cruces Sundav and this morntncr he was taken home. Pastor Become CoITeare- President. Ke II F Vermillion, former pastor of the Las Cruces Baptist church, has been made president of the Mountain Home Baptist college, in Baxter county, Arkansas. Mr Vermillion has tele graphed his acceptance of the offer of the college presidency and expects to take charge of the work by July IT. Married In El l'aw. Lawrence Johnson, of north Las Cruces. m married to Mis Koperanzm Lecwtt. fn El Paso. Saturday moraine HIM Effin French and British Break German Lines and Push Their Way North. (Continued from par 1.) PECOS BAND UNFURLS FLAG; DIRECTOR IS MRS. ADA COCHRAN i'ecos. Teias, Jul 3. Unfurling of the Stars and Stripes over the new bandstand near the city fountain was the occasion of a gathering of nearly all the people of this place. Mrs. Ada Cochran, one of the few women at the head of outdoor musical organizations, is the director of the Pecos band, w hich is supported bj the people of this city. CENTRAL MEAT MARKET CO. FILES CHARTER AT AUSTIN Austin. Tex.. July 3 The cnas-ter of the El Paso Central Meat market of El Paso was filed today in the state department. The capital stock is J 7 6.90. It is incorporated by John M. Wyatt. C N. Bassett. P. W. Pitman and W. C. Crombie, A certificate of dissolution was filed today by the Mo tor Bus company of El Paso. OIL WELL NEAR DEL RIO REACHES DEPTH OF 200 FEET Del Bio. Tex.. July I depth of 00 feet has been reached by the J Anders-Bennett Ul company In their well on the Hamilton ranch about nine miles south of Pumpville, Tex. The drillers have encountered a hard, blue rock similar to that found in the Beau mont field Just before gas was struck. G.RZEK led to a popular misconception of her as a "self-made woman." As a matter of tact she was born rich. In 1S65 she in herited some $10.6e.08 which accu mulated upon itself until in SO years it had multiplied nearly 10 times. She also inherited family traditions which had been a pride for three centuries, and which she was anxious to perpetu ate in her children. She was born at New Bedford. Mass. "in November. 1S34. about the 20th." ac cording to her testimony at -one time in court. She was a descendant on her mother's side of Henry Howland. broth er of pilgrim John Howland of the Ma -flower She as sent to a Quaker school on Cape Cod. and to a seminary In Bos ton, and got her first lessons in finance when her aging father entrusted her with some of hip books. Wan Once Belle In Society. She was just 34 years old when ber father died suddenly, leaving her his $$... tl.MO.OOO outright and the income from the other 3S.0M.e60. the principal to be held in trust for her children. It Is forgotten that Hetty Green, then Robinson, was a belle in New York society According to ber own stories she "often danced the whole night through. Even then, however, she liied in a boarding house and was so saving that rather than pay cab bare, she would pull a pair of heavy woolen stockings over her shoes am? alk through the snow to parties. Almost at the same time that her father died. Ler aunt, Sylvia Ann How land. passed away, leaving several mil lion dollars. It is said Hetty Robineon had been brought up from childhood to count this money as hers, and that the aunt expressed the hope that Hetty would some day become, as she did, he richest woman In the country. Controversy Over Will, The division of the aunt's estate, however, was not as expected. Three years after the aunt's death Hetty Green appeared in the I'nited States circuit court in Massachusetts with a IU which she wanted substituted for the one already rrobated. This will was in Mrs. Green's own handwriting. and some of the most famous experts c; the day declared under oath their belief that the two signatures it con tained were not made by the aunt, but were trace by Hetty Green herself ever the or:ginal signature of Sylvia Ann Howland. The litigation is one of the most famous in jourt annals. After an ex pense of J172.OO0, he case was dis missed on a technicality. An appeal was made to the supreme court of the I'nited States, but while this was rending a private settlement was reached. Ylwnys Involved In Suit. From thoe days to the time of her 'leath Hetty Green was involved In 'ine law suit or other, asserting that lawyers were forever trying to rob her of her property. Her antipathy toward them was so violent that he said, "I would rather have my daugh ter burned at the stake than to go through what I have with lawyers." Married a Consul General. She married in 1867. Her husband was Edward H. Green, who was United States consul general In Manila, where re had made a fortune in the silk trade It is said Green, at a public enner, heard someone speak of Hetty Robinson as "the greatest American heiresx." and straightaway announced bis determination to marry her. Be fore the wedding day an agreement was signed to the effect that the wife's fortune should never be drawn on to meet the husband's debts or any of their joint expenses. He died in 18j2 after having lost most of his money In Wall street. ITaccIed Over Special Train. Both Hetty Green and he did busi ness there for many years, but on sepa rate accounts. Old Wall street men have told innume-able stories about ber closeness . One was how she ne gotiated once for a special engine to take her from Philadelphia to New York so that she might not mies a, chance to hake several 'thousand dol lars before the close of the stock ex change. A price was named by the railroad company for an engine and one car. After haggling a few min utes. Mrs Green made this final propo rtion: must be counted upon, for the enemy may be short of men. but certainly does not lack munitions. However, his guns barely fired one shot for ten from the allies. Everything had been fore seen and our plan worked like a charm." Second Trencfcen Captured. The trenches of the second German position captured hy the French ex tend from Maricourt, which is in pos session of the French, as far as the edge of Assevillers. The village of Herbecourt. taken by the French, lies between these two points. Further south the French made progress to ward Estrees and Assevillers. North of the Somme, the Germans made no attack on the positions pre viously taken by the French. The French captured heavy artil lery and took more prisoners. The official statement says 39 German bat talions participated In the fighting and that 31 of these battalions sustained Important losses. During the artillery preparation pre ceding the inauguration of the offen sive 13 German captive balloons wer burned. Text of Statement. The text of the statement says: "North of the Somme. the enemy Sunday night made no attack upon the positions conquered by us and which we are now organizing. "South of the Somme the fight has been continued with complete success for our arms. Sunday evening and night, we entirely occupied along a front of more than five kilometers (three miles) the two lines of trenches of the second German position, from the Maricourt wood which is in our possession as far as the edge of Assevillers. Between these two points we took possession, as a result of a brilliant engagement of the village of Herbecourt which had been defensively organized by the enemy. "Further south we had made progress in the direction of Assevillers, the northern and western boundaries nt which are in our hands. "North of Estress and between Es- irees ana Assevillers. our troops have made perceptible progress. 31 German Battalions Suffer. "More prisoners and more pieces of heavy artillery, the counting of which has not yet been completed, were cap tured by us during these recent actions; According to information at hand it has oeon eetaousnea that more than 39 German battalions participated In the attack along the French front on July I According to the statements of pris oners. 31 of these battalions suffered very heavy losses and are at present completely disorganized. Most Prisoners Very Youngs "Most of the prisoners taken bv us July 1, and July 2, are very young" Aa a result of the questioning of ese men in our hands it has been learned that the preparatory fire of our artil lery was very effective not only in annihilating offensive organizations but rendering impossible all lateral com munication behind the lines nnrt m preventing the bringing up of pro visions. At the same time our artillery fire made it impossible for the enemy S. 0. LSI, IL S, OBSERVER QUITS Veteran Weatherman Ee tires to Private Life; Rob ert M. Shaver, Successor. N. D. LanF, United States weather observer at El Paso since March, 1891, has resigned and is leaving the ser vice to look after his private business Interests in El Paso and New Mexico. Robert M. Shaver succeeds Mr. Lane as observer at El Paso. The change has been made effective officially, but Mr. Lane is still In the office, assist ing in completing the transfer of tha office on the top floor of the South western building. Has Privilege of Re-employment. "I have the privilege of reentering the service any time within one year. If I desire to do so." said Mr. Lane Monday morning. "I will make my home in or near El Paso, and I hope that it will not be necessary for me to go back into the service. If I should have to go back Into the service, I could not expect to be assigned again lo the El Paso station." Forty-five Years In Service. Jir. Lane first entered me service on CHILD INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN TEAM RUNS AWAY Tucumcari, N. M.. July 3. The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W Woodard was instantly killed when he fell out of a wagon pulled by a run away team between this place and Bar rancos. The child's head was crushed ty on of the wheels of the wagon. The team was frightened by an auto mobile that passed at high speed. iTO SEE I Fi INSECT PEST I August 11. 1871. and. with the excep tion of a brief period, has devoted his time continuously to the work. Since he has been in El Paso, he has gone through one period of It years without a vacation. The new observer at El Paso comes to the station from Phoenix, but he first entered the service at El Paso in Ceptember. 1907. He has been here on other time as an assistant in the sta tion. He is University of Texas man. P0ST0FFICE TO OBSERVE A HALF HOLIDAY FOR FOURTH July 4 the El Paso postoffice will give a window service at all windows from 10 30 a. m. to 11 30 a. m. The carriers will make one complete delivery In the residence sections and two deliveries in the business districts. Collections will be made in the busi ness district to reach the postoffice at 7:30 and 11.30 a- m. and 5:30, f.36 and 9:10 p. m. All dispatches of mail will be made at the usual houra. Mexican rents a specialty. -Vdv. Ph. 4501. Two Experts to Inspect Or chards in Rio Grande Val ley Near El Paso. Austin. Texas. July 3 With a view of making a thorough inspection of orchards in the Rio Grande valley, in the vicinity of EI Paso. B. C. Tharp. plant pathologist, and E. L. Tanner, of the nursery Inspection bureau of the department of agriculture, left today for EH Paso. ' Reports have been received by the . department of the appearance of a bug: I or insect which has to some extent damaged the fruit trees in the Rio Grande valley. LENSES DUPLICATED. When yo- break your glasses brlnff me the pieces. I will grind a new lens I exactly like the old one in a very short nine. mane any lens in less mail two hours. Geo. D. Kendall. ::S Mesa. Ave., makes glasses right. Adv. Lost A coal and feed customer Ha died. Southwestern Fuel and Feed Co 511 N. Ochoa St. Phone 53 L Adv. Balanced Meals Have them both tasty and healthful. Years ago a food was devised to serve two im portant functions (1) furnish delicious flavor, and (2) well-balanced nourishment. That food is TIr tff f ti fl i- an A m lfs it iK less. Til ride in the locomotive cab." i to transmit orders to the troops en Thls she did. and reached Wall street Sred in the operations. 13 German Balloons Fired. "During the preparatory offensive fire of our artillery. French aviators set fire to 13 captive German balloons. Two others were set on fire on July 1. During the attack our airplane scouts were masters of the front. During this time only, nine airplanes of the enemy showed themselves and not one crossed our lines. Of these nine machines, one was destroyed." French Capture 5000. In the fighting south of Arras Sat urday, the French tnntr nplcAn.. tniut Germans, according to the oficial state ment Issued today by the French war department. In the course of the night. French troops captured the village of Curlu. about seven miles southeast or Albert. Germans Retreat In Disorder. .- ef.vy German counter attack upon the village of Herbecourt, ten miles southeast of Albert was repulsed, the statement adds. After repeated as saults, the Germans were obliged to retreat there in disorder. Thlaumont Is Retaken. On the right bank of the Meuse In the region north of the fortress of Verdun, Thlaumont. the official an nouncement says, was retaken by the in time to make a successful turn Dressed in simple and sometimes shabby black, with a little nonnet that would stand a lot of wear, the woman of millions moved about In downtown New York, recognized only by a few who bad been initiated into the secret of her identity. She never rode in a carriage and was never seen at the theater or 'opera. Her abiding place was unually a mystery to the tax col lector, whom she admittedly dodged. 31ade Son Sell Papers. It was Hetty Green's ambition to make her son, Edward Howland Green, the richest man In the country. She put him through many severe tests to try out his business qualifications. A story Is told that when be was a boy she sent him out to the street corner to sell the morning paper from which she bad read the financial new?). She finally sent him to Texas, where he eventually worked himself to the front as a railroad man and financier. Since lllft Iia haa Vaaii nswassTs jlavn t at tka Texas Midland railroad and a factor in 1 many other interests. In late years he largely assumed the management of his mother's property. Denied She Won Miserly. She emphatically denied that her ammmmm?w&mims?mFmmmm U Ir'i n til LTir j 3SF!&W SbMgisPSIr' 1Issssst? IIS &&&&&st W p Rousing Patriotic ' H m Records for the Fourth H s rm . . . . " z .m.. M. me disposition was miserly. During the ! J.?? auiroay atter changing hands panic of 1S07-0S she made loans which , 'n?hi7, tided over many wealthy New Yorkers. Two ears before the panic, it was said, she had gathered in a large por tion of her money and was prepared when the storm broke to lend a helping j naiiu di a k1""! rale ul interest. ji was sometimes intimated that upon her death the country might be sur prised at the disposition she would make of her wealth The DOsition was hMivfiv .H.,t.j y. the Germans In the night. It Is added, but without success: Grape-Nuts It fulfills its office admirably, for it is made of whole wheat and malted barley, with all their splen did nutrition, including the vital mineral salts, which are lacking in much of the food of the usual dietary. In thousands of homes Grape-Nuts forms part of the daily ration with both young and old. "There's a Reason" 10' ELLIOTT is pom Veteran Policeman Suc cumbs to Apoplexy at 68; On Beat All Day Sunday. W. N. ("Dad") Elliott, the oldest member In point of continual service of the police department, died sudden ly at his home, 2320 San Diego street, early Monday morning. Death wag due to apoplexy, in the opinion of the at tending physicians. Mr. Elliott had been In excellent health up to within a few hours of his death, working bis regular shift on the South El Paso "beat" Sunday morning and afternoon. On Force 15 Years. "Dad" Elliott, as he was familiarly known to members of the police depart ment and his friends, was 68 years of age, and was born In Mississippi. He came to El Paso 15 years ago and im mediately obtained employment on the police force, where he continued to work up to the time of his death. Ho held the record for the least number of days absent of any officer. Departments In Mourning. He is survived by his widow, two sons. James and Buck Elliott of Kl Paso, and a daughter. Mrs. Frank Ttnharts nf Can n.nliA nA.. Funeral arrangements have not been made pending word from Mrs. Roberts, who is en route to El Paso. Honoring the memory of the officer, crepe was strong on the municipal fire department and police building Monday morning. The members of the departments will attend the funeral services in a body. GERMANS ADMIT LOSSES SOUTH OF THE SOMME Berlin. Germany, July 3. The war office report of today says that con tinuation of the French and British drive on both sides of the Somme has not gained any advantage for the allies north of the river. But south of the Somme the Germans withdrew a divis ion to the second line positions. ITALIOT DEPUTIES VOTE COXKIDEACE is, MINISTRY Rome. Italy, July 1. (Delayed in Transmission.) After a tempestuous sitting this evening, the Italian cham ber of deputies have passed a vote of confidence in the new cabinet of pre ier B"elll- The vote stood 370 to ?;. Th members opposing the reso lution of confidence were the lntran sigeant Socialist FIRE with the pride and spirit of the nation, played and sung with a martial vigor that makes the echoes ring, these records will awake a responsive thrill in the heart of every real American. Hear them and you'll know how truly inspiring our Country's songs can be: RUSSr.!i GAIN SMGIITI.T IX ATTVCK OX LEOPOLD Berlin GArmant. T..1.. - rrn-- -r. sians have launched an attack against I the armv of nriniA Tmium An u. tral section of the eastern front The war office report of today says the Russians snMlMi in o,i ....i.... ... .. point but othere ise were forced to re-' "i whs neavy losses. - BRITISH SHIP SUNK. London. Bng.. July J. The British steamship Moerls has been sunk. No information has been received regard ing the fate of the crew. A 11... ir.i.i.ii.. Raviolis and Spaichrttl for the h Adv. 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