Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
yania dispute.

hieht, arrived this morning In an in
terview he said: Il should like to ex
press, with great emphasis, the debt OF
gratitude the country owes to the in
surgents for their influence in secur
ing good legislation during the last
session of congress. Some of the bills
passed were exceedingly dangerous in
the form in which they were intro
dlced. Thus the railroad bill, as pre-
pared by attorney general Wickersham
contained provisions, which II adopted
would have proved a calamity to the
country The bill was hammered in,
to shape by the insurgents before be.
ing adopted"
Mr.. Pinchot said United States sepa.
tors, Dolliver, Cummins, Clapp, Bever.
idse and Bristow deserve especial
credit for their efforts to secure good
legislation.
When asked If Colonel Roosevelt
adhered to his original views on con.
servalion, Mr.. Pinchot said: His ac.
ceptance of an invitation to be the
principal speaker before the National
| conservation congress this year is suf.
fieient answer to that question"
DENVER. Julyl5. Another trick
was turned by 'nitro-glycerine squad
this morning at O'Clock when they
broke into the office of the Imperial
Laundry on Arapahoe street. They
blew the safe open and got away with
$40 in money and some checks.
ms Is the most recent of a re-
ries of safe blowings which has arous.
ed the police and detectives to nc.
lion Every officer in Denver is look
ihs Tor the crooks who are the clever
est III their line OF business In the
west.
This is the sixth of the series of rob
perles mat has occurred recently.
DENVER, July l5.-The president OF
me Denver Press Club this morning re-
eeifed a telegram from former presi
dent Roosevelt. which read as follows.
WIZ gladly accept your invitation and
VIII come to breakfast or lunch Mon
day August 20 WIN tell you later
which, lSigned) Theodore Roosevelt
LONDON July 15.-The first story
OF what may have been the actual com.
Ihrting of the murder of Belle Gilmore
was told today by the neighbors of
'f' Hawiey II. Crippen, in the cellar
oil whose home was unearthed the
body believed by the police to be that
OF the physicians wife, who was we'll
hhowh on the stage as Belle Gilmore.
since the discovery of the body and
the disappearance of DIR. Crippen and
MS typist, Miss Ethel Claire Leney
Scotland Yard detectives have inouir.
Ell aiiieehtly among those living I'm
the vicinity of the Crippen home in
hllldrop crescent. north London for
information that would throw liybt nm
the domestic habits and relations of
the American doctor and his actress
VIE. Nothing helpful was learned nm.
III today when the proprietress of a
small shop in the rear of tho Grin
pen home told of hearing womans
screams and pleas for mercy. COMING
seemingly from the cellar in which
The burned and mntilated corDse was
later found.
MIS- Crippen disappeared In Febru
AIRY last. II was five months ago when
The screams were heard. the woman
said' Her shop overlooks little gar.
den back of the Crippen residence.
NEW YORK, July I5.-Aided by the
women friends of Belle Elmore. New
York detectives today searched the
giant liner Lusitania from stem T.,
stern and from the water tight com
partiments to the topmost deck. in a
hunt for DIR. Hawley Harvey Crippen
the American doctor wanted i'm Lon.
don in connection with the strange
murder of his wife. and Ethel Claire
Leneve, his supposed companion. They
were not on board.
PITTSBURG. July ia structural
iron viaduct that Is being constructed
Dy the Wabash railroad, near McKees
Rocks was dynamited early today as
n result OF the labor troubles.
The viaduct is about one fourth of n
mile long, 1t is said that no one was
injured Immediately after the shock
heavy object struck the steamer Val
iant. lying under the Ohio CONNECTING
bridge and made hole In the top of
the boat and rolled into the river.
CHICAGO. July I5.-Dr. ID. *. Pear.
son. the philanthropist, Is one stem
nearer the goal of his ambitions The
time when he will be penniless and
homeless. but happy in the knowledge
that his millions are doing good for the
youth of the country. DIR. Pearson an.
houhces that his magnificent home at
Hihsdaie. is on the market, and that
when sold he will go to a sanitarfum
10 pass his remaining days. on April
49, 1871, when he will be 81 Years of
age
Dr. Pearson plans to make his last
requests to the colleges that have al.
ready received six million dollars thru
his gpUarngifv