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Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
Most Barbarous War
Turkey Ever Saw

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9.-(via
Wireless to Phillipolis, Bulgaria. -
Ten thousand Turkish troops are now
being modified to go as reinforce
ments to the soldiers who are trying
TO suppress the Albanian revolt The
Turkish government will also bonn
bard the Albanian coast. several war.
ships being put in readiness to go to
the Adriatlc. The dead in this weeks
fight ing in Albania of the troops is
500 and rebels 500 The wounded far
outnumber the dead. Much of the
fighting is being done hand 10 hand
with knives and bayonets. resulting in
butchery of the most barbaric char
acter that Turkey has known in years
Both rebels and Turkish soldiers are
massacring many inhabitants. Many
rebels were shot down after being driv-
en- into penlike structure. Non.
combatants did not escape the general
slaughter, and women and children
numbered freely with the dead. The
war is being conducted along such
| barbaric lines that In threatened vii.
lagos women and children fled to less
exposed places for safety. The sol.
diers have burned score of villages
and hundreds of farms have been dev.
astated.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
President Taft
Talks Republicanism

WASHINGTON, April s.-Presidsnt
Taft tonight will open the Republican
congressional campaign with an ad.
dress at dinner of the League of Re
publican clubs on the significance of
"Republicanism.' The president is ex-
pected 10 give his views of just what
constitutes a Republican and his
speech is awaited with considerable
interest by public officials and poll
ticians in Washington. Secretary of
Commerce and Labor, Nagel, Senator
Lodge, Representative Mckinley of II.
linois, chairman of the Republican con
gressional committee; Mckinley OF
California, Longworth OF. Ohio, Besch
of Wisconsin, John Hays Hammond,
engineer and publicist, and John A.
Stewart Of the New York League OF
Republican clubs, will be at the speak.
ers table. Insurgent Republicans will
not attend.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
SAYS alaska is
GOING BACKWARDS

WASHINGTON, April 9.--More tes-
timony concerning the value and ex-
tent OF the coal In the fields of Alaska.
and further cross-examination OF
Andrew Christensen regarding twenty
four letters which were alleged to have
been concealed by CLAWS following his
dismissal from the service. confront
ed the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating
committee when II met this morning
Alfred II. Brooks, mineral expert OF
the geological survey was on the stand
when adjournment was taken. Mr..
Brooks strongly fayors the opening OF
the Alaskan coal fields and declares
the territory is retrogressing as re-
suit of the government policy of with.
holding coal lands.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
Ghost Dance Cost
Young Girls Life

NEW YORK. April 9.-Miss Susan
l.ustgerten, 10 years of age. died to-
day In n Brooklyn hospital from the
result of burns sustained at col
lege girls ghost dance party last night.
Two other young women who beat out
the fire in Miss Lustgerten's garments
were badly burned, and several others
of the fifty girls at tho dance were
scorched or bruised In the panic that
followed
The dance was given at the Adelphia
college. Brooklyn. by the BLAND Hand
society, an organization OF freshmen
who had as guests the girls of the
junior class. All were clad in ghosts
gowns and danced about brazier
which gave off n purple flame. The
fuel was salt and alcohol II was Miss
Lustgerten's duty TO replenish the al
cchol. AS the flames died down In
stead OF waiting for the fire to go out
she held an open bottle before the
brazier and started to pour out n fresh
supply. There was an explosion. Miss
Lustgerten's robes caught fire and By
the time Flora Cook and Gertrude
Betsch. who dashed to her aid, could
beat out the flames. Miss Lustgerten
was fatally burned Miss Cook and
Miss Betseh were so badly burned they
required medical treatment. The ex.
piosion threw into panic the girl
guests of a German social In an ad-
Joining room and boy pupils on an up
per floor who were rehearsing a play
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
CITY COiINCiL.

City council met last night in ad-
iourned session. Mayor Goodman pre-
sided and all aldermen were present.
The petition of j. T. Brewer for
livery license and W. A. Benjamin for
express license We're read and grant
ed
Captain Davidson appeared before
the council in the interests of Fabian
Martinez He stated that while Mr..
Martinez was under arrest for gam
bling he did not think his conviction
possible, as he was confined to his
bed with illness al the time the gam
bling was said to have occurred. He
added that as the council was holding
Martinez license. pending the trial. he
feared he would be arrested for sell
ing liquor without a license. The
mayor stated there was no disposition
on the part Of the council TO consider
person guilty until he was proven
to be. Alderman Smith arose at this
point and said the council would like
" I'ai AH' Slut VI lut case
Upon motion II was agreed to allow
Mr.. Martinez license TO be In force un.
til the trial was over. II he was prov.
en- guilty the license was to be re-
voked at once. Alderman Sites voted
against any license being granted him
He said, however. that he considered
Mr. Martinez quite as worthy of q
license as those who were granted H.
censes at the previous meeting.
The annual reports of the city treas
urer, city clerk, water commissioner
of public library. directors of public
library and librarian were read and
ordered placed on file. The clerk re-
ported that the Inventories OF the DIFF
ferent departments had been o. KID
by the chairman of the departments
On motion these were ordered placed
on file.
Alderman Smith reported that the
street and alley committee had con
suited Mr. Ball of the Ball foundr,
about building the sidewalk In from
OF the foundry and he thought he
would give the matter his immediate
attention.
At the request of the chairman o
the street and alley committee the
street commissioner reported that he
had measured the different awnings
on Main avenue and found that thirty
three OF the number did not conform
10 necessary height of seven feet from
the lowest part of awning to the wall
as required by the ordinance. Upor
motion the street commissioner was
instructed 10 see that the ordlnanc cs
was enforced
Alderman Smith reported upon in
yestigation the street and alley com
inittee recommended that the owner:
OF the streets on Main avenue onl,
be marked. Upon motion the stree
and alley committee were requested Il
determine the cost OF having the worl
done. In connection with his report h
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.

GOLDFIELD. New. April 9.-The
s5O-ton mill at the Goldfeld Consoli.
dated Mines company was damaged by
fire to the extent OF quarter million
dollars last midnight Following the
explosion of the refinery. where over
half a million in bullion was stacked
for shipment. the fire spread to huge
conveyor that carried the flames to the
sampling department and stamp bat
teries. At o'clock this morning the
fire was gotten under control A shut
down OF sixty days Ia entaIled.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
AFTER TWO YEARS oRAueHT.

CHICAGO April 9.-Gary, Ind, the
model city" Of the United States
Steel corporation, jumped into promi
nenee today as wholesale applicant
for saloons One hundred and fifty
of its citizens. who wish to open $50
drinking places, appeared before the
board of county commissioners at
Crown Point asking for permits. Upon
petition of one-third OF It's citizens,
Gary entered the dry column on April
G. 1908, for two years. The period OF
draught expired Wednesday of this
week.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
TIE RoosEVELTs.

GENOA, April 9.-Colonel and Mrs.
States Consul Smith. made the round
Iof Genoa galleries today. practically
the ouly diversion of the day. AT 3
O'Clock they started by train for Port
Maurizio. The trip to the art galleries
was made In a closed automobile, made
necessary by heavy rain Consul Smith
gave a luncheon for the Roosevelts
at noon. Several prominent people
were also invited. although the affai
was wholly informal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
Sudden Death OF
Thomas F. Walsh

WASHINGTON. April 9-Thomas
Walsh, who died last night, left for
tune of eight million dollars. Tele
grams OF coincidence poured in all
morning from all over the world. Taft
sent note and Roosevelt cabled.
Walsh was born in Tipperary, Ire
land. In 1851. came TO America when
10, and to Colorado in the seventies
went to Deadwood in 1876. He dis
covered gold processes which brought
hun 100000, and narrowly missed be-
coming halt owner OF the great Home
stake mine. He returned 10 Colorado
and joined the Leadville rush in 1878
and engaged in the hotel business. lie
was married in Leadville in 1879. He
discovered mining properties which
gave him good yields He went 10
Rico in 1894 and operated the Black
Hawk group. He built the Walsh
smelier at Silverton He discovered
the Camp Bird mine in 1896 He Sc
tNHFeu W dSIlluBiDn feSlutUEe III ~.
He declined TO run for congress in
'9s He was entertained by King Leo
rold and became interested with Lin
in various enterprises in 1906 The
same year he was elected president OF
the National Irrigation congress, anG
commissioner to the Paris exposition
He gave Ouray a public library in 1891
Bo built the Colorado building at
Washington in 1902 His son. Vinton
Walsh, was killed in an auto accident.
and his daughter Evalyn was injured
in 1905 He was elected president OF
the state Trans missippi congress in
1908, and the same year his daughter.
Evalyn Walsh, married Edward b Nc
Lean. Walsh entertained President
TAFT last year al Wolhurst, which was
rededicated as Clonmel his oll Irish
home. He became i'll in January and
was taken to San Antonio. Tex, in
February and returned 10 Washing
ton in March.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
UNION DEPOT

William Butler has purchased the
interest OF John A. Wehrer In the
Farmington Times Hustler and is once
more sole owner. Mr.. Butler has work.
ed hard for the interests of his town
and the county in general and The
Herald Is satisfied that he win not
fail at this time to continue the good
work--a time when conditions look ~
favorable for this entire southwest SEQ
dca.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

The American Sugar Refining com
pany announces an increase of wages
running from 6 to 10 per cent.
the passage of bills increasing federal
judges salaries on the house commit
tee.
themselves in securing for Indiana
marble quarries the marble for Den
ver's public building.
swindle a New York billiard table
manufacturer out of 10000. There is
nothing like persistency.
As result of new boundary sur
yeys of the national forest reserves
lying within the state of Wyoming,
80 900 acres of forest lands will be
eliminated and the same restored to
entry.
The Honduran vice-consul at Wash
ington is suing his wife for divorce
and in turn the wife has brought an
action and between them they allege
eleven affinities. one Of them being
kid Mccoy" the pugilist. This is
setting u new pace for official life.
The 3-year-old son of Kenneth Me
Rae, a prominent sheepman of Cas-
per, Wyo. met death in singular
manner Wednesday. The baby was
playing on a farm wagon and fell with
its head and one arm between the tall
gate and side of the wagon bed and
when found had strangled to death.
The Western Union Telegraph com.
pany plans to improve their service
and raise salaries. The executive com
mittee at recent session recommend.
ed that there be no increase In the
present rate of dividends until the sys-
TEN OF the company is placed in the
highest state of proficiency and the
working conditions of employees i'm
proved as well as salaries increased
where merited.
The creditors of the Duke dc Talley
rand, erstwhile Prince de Sagan, who
married Nine. Gould. are looking blue
They realize that they must wait with
extreme patience the settlement ol
their claims against the duke. The
Judge OF the court at Sagan who ex
amined the claims announces that they
amount to s4.000,000. He states. too
that the total sum realized by work
ing the dukes estates in Germany has
averaged little over $4,000 year Sc
that at this rate 1t will be about COZ
years before the creditors claims ar,
satisfied
Incensed because the price OF mea
had been raised. more than 500 womer
shortly before noon Wednesday attack
led several kosher butcher shops IL
Second avenue New York During tn,
riot one man was assaulted and Pc
liceman ORourke was roughly han
Idlsd. his coat being torn -" all o
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
OPEN UNTIL 9 p. N.
o.

Durango Trust Co., commencing to.
right. and hereafter Saturdays, will
remain open until 9 p. m. and also on
smeiter pay days for the acoommoda-
tion Of Iaborins men and others.
THE DURANGO TRUST CO.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
COLORADO BRIEFS

Denver is distributing $4,000 trees
free 10 those who will plant them this
spring.
An automobile dealer at Grand June
ton unloaded a full car of autos the
other day.
Among Mayor Speers recommenda-
tions is the limiting of saloons IL Den
ver TO 300 and increasing license to
81 900.
Denver picture censors were shock
ed when they started on their pilgrim
age the other day Impossible TO de
scribe, said one man. Must be tough
A ban has been placed on Sunday
baseball at Union park, South Denver.
Ground owned by Denver university
and Chancellor Buchtel put his foot
down.
The Speer Democrats will join in
a Citizens ticket for the spring elec.
ton. This meets with the approba.
ton of the Denver Republican which
is the Speer organ.
A careless Individual In leaving the
Albany hotel the other morning forgot
to take along wallet containing $l.75O
under his pillow. The honest chamber
maid was given 800,
Grand Junction is making prepara.
tions for the largest G. A. r. conven.
tion ever held in the department OF
Colorado and Wyoming, the event to
take place May 13, IA and 10
+. N. Rogers. Colorado Springs
druggist. has been sentenced to serve
thirty days in Jail, in addition to pay
Ing fine OF 5000 for the Illegal sell.
Ing of intoxicating liquors. This is the
first jail sentence ever imposed In
that city for a similar offense.
State Labor Commissioner Brake
has been given until Monday 10 make
settlement for moneys received during
March. Brake Is good sample OF O
certain Democratic newspaper-takes
anything in sight and refuses to refund
for Illegal gains, II we are to Judge by
Auditor Kenehan.
Owing to the extreme low price oil
potatoes IN the LOngmont district, the
same Will be used for fattening cattle
a recent experiment having proven
practical. whereby the potatoes after
being thoroughly boiled and sweetened
with syrup has proven n splendid fai
producer. Twenty cars OF fattencd cat
tie have recently been shipped to east
ern markets. having been fed on the
product with good results.
At IL o'clock Thursday morning Gov
ernor Shafroth. who was spending the
day as guest Of Warden lyman al
Canon City. issued a parole for Nathan
Goldstin, who was sent up from Den
yer fourteen months ago for keepine
Q fence for thieves. Goldstein wa
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

in the last stages of tuberculosis and
his wife was there to take him back
to Denver. He was 10 have been TAX.
en- home Friday morning but during
the day he gradually became worse
and at 8 o'clock Thursday night he
died.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
PUEBLO WINS FREIGHT RATE.

PUEBLO, April 5.--At conference
between the Colorado officials of the
Denver g. Rio Grande railroad and
the Pueblo Transportation association
in this city yesterday the remaining
two rate grievances of the associa.
ton against the railroad were adjust
ed. The rate on coal from the Canon
City field was reduced 25 cents per
ton on domestic coal and 5 cents per
ton on slack coal
The class rate determinations In
favor of Denver to the points in south.
ern and western Colorado were abol-
ished insofar as the cities between
Pueblo and Sallda and Alamosa are
concerned. Shipments from Pueblo to
these points In future will be at a,
cost OF 10 cents less on first class, 12
cents on second class, 10 cents on third
class, s cents on fourth class and Z
cents on fifth class, than from Den
YER
The Denver officials of the Rio
Grande who conferred with the local
people were II. w. Clarke, vice presi.
dent and general manager; Fred Wilde
Jr, assistant general traffic manager,
and F. A. Wadlelgh. general passenger
agent.
The concessions given were those
conceded by President Jeffery of the
DapVar e. Rip nrnuda In a
with Colorado officials In New York
about one week ago. One of the three
changes asked by the Transportation
association was granted several days
ago. 1t affected the rate on fresh
meats and packing house products
from this city to Trinidad Hereto
fore the rates from Pueblo and from
Denver to Trinidad on this class of
product was the same.
The above clipping from the Den
yer News is handed The Herald by
local shipper VINO wants to know why
Durango and this southwest section is
Disseminated against. According to
the above and other San Luis valley
points are given rate from Pueblo
running from 10 cents down TO Z,
according to classification, below that
OF Denver. which is quite an item,
while Durango and other points In this
southwest section have no differential
as between Denver and Pueblo This,
the shipper holds, is unjust discrIm-
| ination and something our people
should take up AT once. There are
great many things shipped from the
east by way of Pueblo 10 Durango and
II San Luis valley points are entitled
to reduction of 10 cents over Den
YER why not Durango? The Herald re.
spectfully refers this to the traffic de.
partment of the Rio Grande with the
request that this section be given Its
just rights at once.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

the buttons ripped off Chuck steak
was IL and IA cents pound on Sat.
urday; Monday 1t was raised to 16
cents and Wednesday morning 1t was
IS cents The women gathered on the
sidewalk and talked about the advance
and threats were made Finally sew.
eral of them went to the shops and
ordered meat sent to their homes.
When the errand boys started to de
liver 1t the women seized the meat and
threw 1t into the street.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

WASHINGTON, April 9.--Tae pass
ing of Thomas p. Walsh. the Irish i'm
migrant multimillionaire, Is today
mourned by the whole of Washington
Arrangements were made today fcr n
private funeral Sunday afternoon. The
blniel will lake place at Rock Creek
cemetery
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11
CLIPPINGS AND FILCHINGs
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Pennington is about to organize
local building and loan association.
Cortez baseball team is giving n
series of dances to raise money for
uniforms.
News from Ohio notes the arrival
of baby girl which makes Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlea Mumma of Pennington
happy parents.
Mr.. Bonnot of Pueblo has offered
to put up $4,000 If Pennington citi
zens will subscribe as much more for
brick factory.
The owners of land under the Monte
yuma district irrigation system are
voting today on proposition of issu.
Ing additional bonds in the sum Of
Sl25,O00 to finish the system.
II. V. Vinton and John I. Forbes OF
Durango. who have been Interested
In the city by the Pennington Land
and Investment company, will start a
ry.-Farmington Enterprise.
Pennington is to have series OF
evangelisiic meetings conducted by
Evangelist Abe Mulkey of Texas. Ar.
ru N 0at a.,
Methodist pastor to start the work
May 49,
The result OF the city election Tues
day was that Aztec will continue to be
dry" theoretically. at least. The fact
of these being but one ticket In the
field caused the vote to be very light,
only forty.iyc votes being cast out OF
a total registration OF 1I1.--Aztec In.
dex.
three years has been bookkeeper at the
| Shenandoah. In Cunningham gulch, has
purchased the packing OUTFIT Of Arthur
Ayres. and has taken over and will
conduct the same in his own interests
Mr. Pearson has made many friends In
that part OF the country who wish him
every success in his new venture. He
will do all the packing for the Shen
andoah and Highland Mary. y.--sllvertor
Miner.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

John Cuneen, a member of the Ma.
iional Catholic Tatal Abstinence soci-
ETY., will come from Chicago to labor
among the workingmen in Denver
along lines which will be decidedly
novel Cuneen has given up his en-
tire time of late years to spreading
the temperance gospel, and while he
Is being called TO Denver primarily to
direct campaign among the Catho
lie people, he will be used for the
noon talks in the shops The Protest
ant ministers have always been ac-
lively engaged In campaign work
Catholic priests have refrained from
using their pulpits where the question
was not divorced from politics. This
year the question of whether or not
Denver on a part of II shall be dry
will be submitted Independent of party
candidates and the active warefare in
the Catholic churches will be superin.
tended by John Cuneen.
Attorneys for Thomas ODonnell and
Frank De Mandel. who are serving
sentences for violating the liquor law
are making their seventh application
to the supreme court in an attempt
to get them out OF jail This time
they are making their application on
the grounds that the federal govern
ment alone has the right to regulate
the sale of liquor. In other words
they are attacking the constitutionality
of the present local option law on the
ground that the state cannot enact
such a measure The two men VIC
lated the liquor law of the state AT
Petersburg and were given a year in
the Arapahoe Jail They are very
prominent politically in their respec
tive community and naturally want to
get out The saloon interests are
backing their application TO the courts
| and the various claims put forth fol
release.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

News from Ohio notes the arrival
of baby girl which makes Mr. and
Mrs Charles Mumma of Pennington
happy parents.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

A Mr.. Bonnot of Pueblo has offered
to put up $4,000 II Pennington clti.
zens will subscribe as much more for
a brick factory.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

The owners of land under the Monte
yuma district irrigation system are
voting today on proposition of issu
Ing additional bonds in the sum OF
Sl25,O00 to finish the system.