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Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
HEAVY DAMAGE
BY CLOUD BURST
Sixty Feet Of Water Within Three Hours
Causes Dam to Break in Turkey Creek
Damaging Property 100000

PUEBLO. July l3.-Sixty feet OF wa
ter that had risen inside of three
hours broke through the Teller dam
last night and the flood which result.
ed caused damage to the dam and ad
tacent property of si50,00O. The flood
was directly due to a cloudburst at
the head of Booth gulch and Turkey
creek waters which were stopped by
the partially constructed dam.
II was shortly after dark when the
water made a rise on the face of the
dam which was noticed BY the en-.
siDeer and contractors in charge of
ne work. A warning was sent to the
ranchers In Turkey creek valley long
before the dam gave away aud the
lives OF many we're no ioubt saved b.
ibis foresight. After he ciondburst
'he water poured into the reservoir
from the gnlches and hiluides OF a
hundred square miles and 1t was rap
idiy hlled to Overlooking WITHIN three
hours. Within week the dam would
Lave been completed Wnen the wa.
ter rose above the concrete facing
whlch Is sixty-iiye feet high, IL soon
gophered It's way through the soil at
the banks. Once through the rushing
water opened the hole faster than In
borers could close II and soon twen.
iy-ioot stream was going through.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
Will Prosecute
10 The Limit

NEW YORK, July 13.-'1 do not be-
lieve American people, when they
come to a realizing sense OF what It
means, will stand for this thing. 1t
Is inconceivable that any man can
confess to the brutal outrageous muir
der OF his wife and then have suffi
Gent influence at Washington to es-
cape being returned to the scene OF
his crime for trial and punishment on
a frivolous technically. l shall fight
TO have Porter Charlton punished for
killing my sister as long as am able
to stand on my feet"
This is the declaration made by Cap.
tain Henry Harrison Scott, u. s. A.,
n brother of the murdered Mary Scott
Castle Charlton at the Army and Navy
club last night when shown dispatch.
es from Washington indicating 1t was
the purpose OF the government to re-
fuse to surrender Charlton to the Ital.
ian government. Such refusal means
at worst brief Imprisonment for
Charlton In Hoboken. for at the end OF
sixty days authorities declare they will
turn him loose unless the government
acts In the meantime.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

mittee. In the committee of the whole
the bill cannot be taken up for pas
sage without the approval of Premier
Asquith who is hostile to the meas
ure and who will see it is not called
for this session.
1t is stated at the headquarters OF
the suffragette movement today that
women would wait brief time to see
whether Asquith intends to yield to
What they say is popular demand for
the passage of the bill. But IL he
refuses you may be sure we viii re
sort TO violence and violence OF ma
tnre that vii make our former out.
breaks seem tame. We are militant
suffragettes," the women declare. be
cause we cannot get what we demand
peacefully"
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
STATE HIGHWAY PROpo.
siTioN UP TO CITIZENS

The state commission on good roads
has come and gone. Thos II. Tulley.
state commissioner, j. Il. Maioney.
the commissions engineer, and CarlIn
Allen started for Denver shortly be
fore noon today. going by way of Pa.
gosa, and planning to reach Denver by
The goth OF the month So far. La
Plata county has done nothing toward
securing state highway. and the cit.
izens OF Durango may well have a Wis.
Ion of n stream of dollars, bound to
flow In with the big tourist travel
along famous auto route, being di-
yerted to other channels. enrichipg the
SOIL of other towns. and making them
green and Furnishing, while we lie
dry and barren, as an old watercourse
In an arid region.
ouray and Montezuma counties have
each passed resolutions appropriating
$4,000 for the building of state roads
through their territory, which entities
them to $1,000 zach from the state for
any road built under the supervision
of the state commission. San Juan
county, through It's commissioners, is
prepared to spend $4,000 for a road
through Its borders between Del Norte
and Onray. La Plata county, which
from its natural advantages and re-
sources. should be the head and not
the tall" of this movement In our
section OF the state, does not even
seem to be anywhere In sight. Shall
we lose the state road, and the result
Ing revenue. because we as citizens
lack energy and enterprise. and the
acumen to know a good thing when
we see It? Shall we be penny wise
and pound foolish?" Do we ever get
anything worth having without effort
or expenditure of some sort? Shall
we make other towns In our vicinity q
present to the tune OF some thousands
of dollars per year?
There is probably no other one en-.
terprise, with the exception Of rail-
road. which would prove OF such ma
teriel benefit to this county. and shall
we fall to seize the opportunity as 1t
goes by? In fact, opportunity has done
more than passed by. 1t has even
knocked at our door. Shall we refuse
to openg Surely the boosters and pro
gressiyes are not all deadl Why not
call mass meeting of citizens. and
urge instant action on the part of the
commissioners? They are but the serv.
ants of the people. and 1t is the PEG
ple's interest they should serve. We
are sure that II the commissioners
have a vigorous expression from the
citizens OF this county they will do
their duty.
Let US. as citizens OF La Plata coun-
ty and residents of Durango, put aside
petty squabbles and Individual griev-
ancea; let US unite for our common
Interest; let us do something and do
IL quick!
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
MAIN POINTS OF THE
NEW RAILWAY LAW

Section 1 establishes the commerce.
court with jurisdiction over;
irst-Enforcement of interstate
commerce commission orders. except
fo- penalties. criminal punishment. or
collecting money
Second-Annulling or suspendipe
commissions orders.
Third--Commission suits to cor.
rect Illegal practices
Fourth-Suits to compel compliance
with commissions orders under Secs
20 and %.
Five additional circuit judges are TO
be appointed by the president.
Section Judgments may be ap-
pealed to the supreme court. and shall
have precedence over all except erin
inal cases
Sections 3. 4-Suits against com.
missions orders shall be VIZ. United
States. and the court decides whether
or not the order is stayed
Section 5-Attorney General has
control OF suits and may employ spe.
cial counsel: the commission or any.
one Interested may intervene
Section 6-Carriers must designate
an agent In Washington to accept
service of notices.
Section Extends interstate com.
merce law over telegraph. telephone
and cable companies, and enlarges list
OF railway employees who may receive
passes strengthens various details of
law
Section S-Changes the long and
short haul clause so as to leave the
question of similarity of conditions to
be decided by the commission Six
months delay allowed. Rates reduced
to meet water rates cannot be in.
creased without commissions author
ity.
Section 9--Authorizes the commits
sion to reject tariffs with defective
notices Penalties the carrier $500 or
SIS day for noncompliance with or
ders. On written request carrier must
give written statement of freight rates
to any place on its tariffs: penalty for
delay or mistake $3.50. Agents name
must be posted at each freight sta
ton.
Section 10 reyises penalties for
false billing. etc. and penalties frauds
in presenting claims for damage to
freight.
Section IL empowers commission to
act on Its own motion in all matters
except ordering payment of money;
amplifies and strengthens Section IL
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
Suffragette Movement
Getting Interesting

LONDON, July 13.-"The defeat OF
the Shackleton bill granting the right
of franchise to women with sufficient
property qualifications. will signalize
an outbreak such as England never
knew before. Women and men who
sympathize with them will temporize
In this matter no longer"
This semi-revolutionary statement is
made today by Walter n. Claren. NJ. p,
leading parliamentary champion of the
suffragettes. Statements followed that
the passage of the franchise bill to
its second reading in the house OF
commons last night.
This temporary victory, however. is
shortlived for the commons thereupon
voted TO send the bill to committee
OF the whole instead OF subsidiary com.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
BALLOON ACCIDENT
CAUSESFIVED
Aviator sssss,..s - Companions are Horribly
ilangled Wlirn Balloon Bursts CauS=
ing Occupants to Fall 5000 Feet

cor .OCNE f,arm,nv rulv 1a-os.
car ErbsIoeh tho world ,apownad Gar.
man scientist and aviator and so,r
day near pascbeid wast carmapv
when his dirigibIe balloon the Erh.
sIoeb named after it's inventor and
constructor fell from b.;cht os a
mile in the air
Five heaps of crushed flesh and
bone. absolutely unrecopnizabIe Inv
beneath the debris of the wreckad hal.
loon when those who had witnessed
the fail reached the spot
The dead are. Oscar Erbsloeh in.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
WILLIAMS UNANIMOUS
CHOICE FOR SENATOR

MILWAUKEE, July l3.-Burt VII.
liams was the unanimous choice for
United States senator in the Demo.
cratic convention which adjourned
sine die at O'Clock this morning.
The state ticket which will be voted
upon at the primary election Sept 6
100 places on the regular ballot at the
November election carries for gov
ernor, Adolph Schmitz OF Milwaukee.
without opposition
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
AEROPLANES IN WARFARE
WILL BE A SUCCESS
49,

ATLANTIC CITY, July l3-Glenn
IL Curtiss yesterday tossed oranges
as bombs within three feet OF the
decks of the yacht of John Il. Mem.
rer. used in place of battleship dur.
ing sham battle arrange to demon.
trate the utility of the aeroplane in
coast defense The mock bombs"
were dropped from heighth of about
800 feet and Curtiss purposely failed
to strike the deck of the yacht for
fear of injuring officials and passen'
gers on her deck Visiting experts
agreed the experiments showed that
a fleet of aeroplanes armed with bombs
would wreck any warship before the
guns could be trained on them.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
Government to
Stop Stock Jobbing

NEW YORK. July Bone of the
most desperate attempts on record to
influence the stock market perpetrated
by publication of malicious report from
apparently authenticated source that
Germany had repudiated the Monroe
doctrine and intended to do as she
pleased in South and Central American
affairs. 1t is fortunate that the abso-
lutte falsity of the report was so speed
lily and authoritiyely exposed that but
little damage was done, but II is quite
possible that the federal authorities
will proceed agd'fnt tnose responsible
for this last rash act and stop at moth
ing In an effort at stock jobbng with
the mischievous possibility of stirring
up enmity between two friendly ma.
tons.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
Hughes in Confer.
ence With Teddy

OYSTER BAY. July 13.--No definite
word was received from Sycamore Hill
this morning as to the result OF Coy.
Hughes conference with Theodore
Roosevelt. Governor Hughes conferred
with Colonel Roosevelt last night at
Sycamore Hill and spent the night In
the colonies home. Colonel Roose-
welt intimated he might have some
thing to say later this afternoon. Gov
erilor Hughes expected to leave for
New York by automobile this after.
noon. and take train for Washiusto1-
Timothy l.. Woodruff. chairman Of
tho Republican state committee. Rsp
resentative Charles y. Fowler Of New
Jersey and Jacob Riis Of Nav York.
were expected 1t sagamors Hill 70
day.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
SUCCESSFUL SUNDAY JOURNAL
ISM.

For several years the newspaper
readers of the west have watched with
interest the unique experiment EN-
bodied in the Sunday Magazine OF The
Chicago Record-Herald. II Is now no
longer an experiment. but sound and
prospecting success, Nothing else OF
the kind in newspaperdom can com
pare with this remarkable supplement.
The Sunday Magazine OF the Record
Herald Is real magazine, full OF sto-
ries and articles by the best living
writer's. illustrated by eminent artists
and carrying on its cover each week
a masterpiece OF color work. Its pres
tige Is now such that 1t can compete
with the big monthlies for the most
costly fiction In the market, sometimes
paying as high as $25, 900 for single
serial, as 1t did for Conan Doyle's
"Sir Nigel" 1t captured Anthony
Hopes "Sophy Of Vravonia" when ev.
cry other magazine In the country
wanted the story. Roy Norton's fame
as serial novelist has been won
through 1.-The Vanquishing Fleets.
"The Garden OF Fate" and other sto-
rles published In Its pages. The most
popular tales OF humor now appear
ing In the United States-those OF the
inimitable Shorty McCabe-have ap.
peared exclusively In the Sunday Mag.
azine OF The Record Herald from the
start. =
Its high literary quality has been
steadily maintained and has won out -
You will find one Of the best novels
OF the day running serially In Its col
umns at the present moment. It Ia
not strange that hundreds Of thou
sands OF readers prefer The Sunday
Rscord-IIerald 10 all other papers.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

We call attention to the program of
the w C. r. IT,. appearing In this
issue. The convention commences to.
night and large attendance Is antici.
pated The program Is one OF unusual
interest, the meeting lasting over two
days, July IS and a. Mrs. Helen ID.
Hartford is an able speaker and will
have prominent part In the con.
vention. The following from tie Nash.
vile Tennessean will be OF interest
to Durango readers: No organizer
VINO has visited here Is more highly
recommended than Mrs. Helen ID. Har.
ford. She spoke Sunday morning at
the Pentecostal tabernacle and In the
evening al the Methodist church I'm
West Nashville Monday evening she
spoke at the Second Presbyterian
church. Tuesday afternoon she or
ganized the children In LOlay TEN
perance legion. Wednesday evening
at Centennial Baptist church, she also
SPOKE in different schools to 3,345 pu.
pills, organizing five l.. r. LIS. Mrs.
Hartford is a college graduate and has
given her time TO this cause for two
decades or more.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
MISS TAFr,s DEBUT.

Miss Helen Taft appeared at the
dinner the president gave the visiting
Japanese prince in low-necked gown,
the first that she had worn at for
maj entertainment. She took her
mothers place at the table and many
oil her friehos are inclined to think
that she may be considered "out" in
society now. She is 10 years old and
II Is rumored that she will not go
BACK to Bryn Mayr for the next two
years, but The same thing was rumor.
ed last yea.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
RICH
STRIKE
10 San Juan Mountains
Assays 1000 Ounces
In Silver TO a Ton

DENVER. July ia $4,000 silver
strike in the Rosebud property, 10.
Gated in San Juan mountains in Do
lores county where for several years
mining operations have been practical
ly at a standstill, is liable to cause a
rush Of gold and silver seekers and
make fortune for a number of prom
inent Denver men. A. c. Krez, secre-
tary of the Rosebud company. returned
to Denver and says ore assays from
1000 to G.O00 ounces of silver to the
ton, averaging $4,000 is ready for ship.
ment where the strike was made Ave
weeks ago, The first carload win be
shipped this month and 1t is expected
viii bring $4,000
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
SUPPORT OF WIVES.

Chancellor James T. Day. addressing
II graduating class OF girls. told them
they should refuse to be the wife of
man who had said that he could
not support wife" woman does
not marry a man to be supported, he
said. She can save AS much as he
can earn and sh" brings to n man a
home. which he declared better than
any work done by suffragette or tenn
perance lecturer.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

the deficit in this department has been
reduced from twelve million eight hun.
bred and thirty-two thousand dollars
70" the same period of the preceding
year. TO two million seven hundred
and nine thousand dollars. or by prac
tica'ly ten million dollars.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
COLORADO BRIEFS

Canon City commenced to build lts
part of the Royal gorge driveway
Monday.
State Auditor Kenehan is after the
scalp of the three former state boiler
inspectors.
Mrs Thomas F. Walsh. widow of the
Colorado silver king. is seriously III
at Bar Harbor. Me.
Merle Vincent OF Paonla has opened
his campaign for the Republican nom.
lnation for governor.
The annual meeting OF the county
superintendents OF the state began In
Grand Junction today and continues
over Thursday and part OF Friday.
Montrose aldermen have played tru.
ant from council meetings so frequent.
ly that the mayor has threatened to
have them fined for nonperformance
of duty.
While the hot weather in the east
leyies a toll Of nearly score of deaths
and numerous prostrations daily Colo.
RADIO continues to enjoy cool and pleas.
ant days.
The advance OF more than 2 cents
an ounce In the price of silver during
the past week has created great re.
Ioiclng among the mining and smelling
interests of the sttae.
i On account OF the shortage Of wa
ter In the rivers and bitches OF north
ern Colorado the storage water supply
has been called for the ranchmen near
| ly month earlier than usual.
No priest has been provided for st
Patrick's church In Denver during the
absence OF Father Carrigan and the
parish Is without leader, the first
time In more than twenty-five years.
Secretary OF the Interior Ballingei
Will visit the Grand valley this weeI
to make personal inspection OF the
proposed high line canal which will
water 10000 acres of orchard land.
| The members OF the Colorado
Springs Ministerial association me
Monday and perfected plans for stop
ping the proposed exhibition OF the
Jeffries-Johnson fight films In that city
Gov. Shafroth announces that h,
will not be u candidate for renomina
ton. The fact that he may not b,
sufficiently urged has nothing to d
with the decision Perish the thought
F'ruita win have a great celebratio
Thursday In honor OF the completion
to that point OF the first part of tn
electric railway system which Is :
connect Grand Junction with othe
towns In the Grand valley. The ger
erA manager Of the new railroad. Nj
Brinkerhoff, was Z former asststau
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

One OF the allegations in a divorce
complaint filed by Emma Nell Neal
against Walter Neal in the Montrose
county court Monday. was that she
had been hypnotized into marrying the
man and the spell lasted six months.
Loves young dream with rude awak.
ening
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

The natives of Liberia eat cola nuts
raw. especially when on long trips, to
relieve hunger and thirst. They cost
cent apiece.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

owing 10 the diinculty cnunierajorS
ind in reaching interior settlements
the Alaska census may not be com
p.,ted before next spring
The heat wave under which New
England sweltered Monday was 2,lO0
feet deep. according TO an interesting
of Boston in the balloon Massachu
sets
Lieut.. n Shirase OF the japanese
amy commissariat corps is to make
an attempt to reach the south poe
lie is confident that he will win the
coveted prize for the Land of The Ris-
ing Sun
An Interesting report which is eur
rent in London is that Colonel Roose
welt urged King George to grant home
rule to Ireland In a semi-private in.
terview. Roosevelt argues that home
rule Is essential to cementing not only
the British empire. but the Anglo.
American sentiment as well.
The seizure of 1000 Ice cream cones
at New York Monday developes the
fact that the government is conduct
ing a national crusade against i'm.
Tuities in this luxury of childhood
The confiscated goods are said TO con
tain boric acid, poisonous colori1e
matter and ordinary glue.
Tire duchess of Marlborough and
her mother, Mrs. Belmont. secured
seats in the speakers gallery of the
house of commons Monday and listen.
ed to the second reading of the WON
sign promise that they would refrain
from disorderly conduct while Ia the
gallery
! Prof. Guglielmo Ferrero, the his.
torian OF ancient Rome for whom Roos.
evelt has so great an admiration, who
$50 occupies a high position among
the learned men of the world, has
been snubbed by his own country, IL.
Illustrating again the truth of the max.
i'm that "a prophet is not without hon.
or save in his own country"
A party of Illinois suffragette cam.
paigners are touring the state I'm an
automobile. Dinners and abbreviated
receptions will be rendered the ladies
by the suffragist workers. All meet
ing will be opened with arguments
designed to show that only by granting
women the ballot will the ideal de
, mocracy be established.
The marked successes being achiev
, ed by President Taft In his efforts te
Introduce economy and business eff
cheney into the administration OF tn,
, affairs OF the government, is shown b,
! the recent report OF Postmaster Gen
} eral Hitchcock For the first min,
months of the fiscal year just ended.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

England sweltered Monday was 200
feet deep. according TO an interesting
discovery made by Charles J Glidden
of Boston in the balloon Massachu
sets
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

superintendent of the fourth division
of the ID Y r. G.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
NEWS

Owing to the difficulty cnumerators
ind in reaching interior settlements
the Alaska census may not be com
p,,ted before next spring.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

Lieut.. n. Shirase of the japanese
amy commissariat corps is to make
an attempt to reach the south poe.
lie is confident that he will win the
coveted prize for the Land of he Ris-
ing Sun
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

State Auditor kenehan is after the
scalp of the three former state boiler
inspectors.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh, widow of the
Colorado silver king. is seriously III
at Bar Harbor. Me.