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Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
CASHIER
ROBBED
Western Press.

Western Press.
DENVER, March 2.-Shortly after
9 o'clock this morning Assistant Cash
Ter Charles Wehn Of the Aurora State
bank at Aurora, was held up at the
muzzle Of revolver by lone bandit
who drove up to the bank on an ice
wagon and compelled him to turn over
$500 in silver and currency. After
securing the money the robber re-
mounted the seat of the wagon and
drove away at breakneck speed. He
headed his horses toward town.
The Denver police were notified and
a posse of officers were gent out in
the patrol wagon in an effort to in
tercept him.
Meanwhile posses Of citizens, armed
with revolvers and rifles, started in
pursuit of him as soon as news reach
ed here. He was overtaken a mile
from the bank. Rather than take
chances of being shot by him the
members Of the posse opened fire at
long range. One bullet struck him in
the arm, shattering the bone, and he
leaped from the seat Of the wagon
and made signs intimating he would
surrender. The robber surrendered
and was held until the policemen and
detectives sent from headquarters in
the patrol wagon arrived. He was re-
moved to the county hospital and the
money taken to police headquarters
The fellow was unmasked when he
entered the bank and Wehn was en-
tirely unprepared for the robbery
which followed. He dismounted from
the wagon in leisurely style and
walked up to the cashiers cage with
a shambling gait as If about to make
some commonplace inquiry. When
Wehn asked him how he could serve
him he suddenly produced revolver
and ordered him to turn over all the
money in the bank. He followed
Wehn to the safe covering him all the
time with his gun and took the bags
of money as Wehn handed them out.
He then backed out of the building
and ran to the wagon, leaped upon
the seat and drove away.
The prisoner has been identified as
G. d. Briggs, who has been a guest
of the Columbia hotel. He registered
as Bright Day.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
UNKNOWN DEAD CHILD
FOUND IN TOPEk A

TOPEKA, Kas., March almost
in the very shadow of the court house
a nude child was found murdered this
morning by Mrs. ]. r. Reisher, of
311 West Fifth street. The child lay
in an alley at the rear of the Deisher
home, between Van Buren and Harri-
son streets. The unknown babe had
probably lived several hours. A stock
ing was stuffed in the child's mouth
and it had been choked to death. Near
the body of the babe officers found a
white muslin chemise. The garment
was trimmed with lace and stained
with blood. A small blue gingham
cloth and woman's vest were also
found near the body.
1t was the third crime Of an almost
similar nature which has been brought
to light in Topeka in the last six
months. No arrests have been made
in any case. In the last several years
these cases have become more fire.
ouent. Efforts to locate the parents
of these children have failed.
Now it is believed arrests are to be
made in at least one Of the cases. As
soon as the evidence now at hand is
thoroughly investigated, the coroner's
Jury will again be called together to
hear the facts surrounding the muir
der.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
BRYAN LOOKS FOR BIG
GEST REFORMS IN HISTORY

In his address in Denver last week,
William ]. Bryan made the statement
that the present administration Is
about to see the consummation Of
three Of the greatest reforms in the
history Of the American government,
all brought about during the last three
years, and he declared that Preei-
cent Taft had taken no part in secur-
ing these reforms but had opposed oil
Of .hem. He named as the reforms,
the direct election Of UniteI States
senators, the purifying Of politics
through publicity and the income tax.
Mr.. Bryan. when he made the state
mers that President Taft had taken
TO part In the securing the inaugu-
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
SHOPS
CLOSED
Result Of Coal Miners
Strike in England; Mine
Owners Preparing for
Emergencies; Food
Prices Advanced
Western Press.

western Press.
LONDON, March The great
ports of the United Kingdom, particu-
larly those situated in Wales, from
which coal is shipped to every part OF
the world, and centers of the iron and
steel industries naturally have been
the first to feel the effects of the
strike of more than one million coal
miners in England, Scotland and
Wales. Many iron works in various
districts are closed and at Swansea
and elsewhere the docks practically
have come to standstill. No ves-
sells are arriving and lockers and
workmen employed in the local indus
tries have been thrown out Of work.
Great crowds of these men are gath
cred in the streets discussing tho dis
putes. Thus far there has been no
disorder anywhere.
In South Wales however, the mine
owners are preparing for emergencies.
They have had walls built around the
mines and have laid in great stores Of
provisions in anticipation Of long
siege.
Railroad and street car service In
many cities is curtailed, flour mills
are closed and food prices have ad-
vanced today to almost prohibitive
prices.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
MIDDLE BRIDGE NOTES.

C. N. Dannels and family were shop
ping in Bayfield, Monday.
The Akers- Williams sawmill was
obliged to stop work Friday on ac-
count of the snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sullivan were Bay
field visitors Monday afternoon.
James Mckinney went to Ignacio
Monday, looking up freight rates with
the intention of shipping some hay as
soon as the roads are in condition for
hauling.
Joe Childers went to Ignacio We'd
nesday afternoon intending to take the
train for Billings, Mont, Thursday;
he will leave the family here for the
present, until he decides on location.
|. w. Dannels has been cutting some
timber to give room for the river to
follow a new channel cut by the flood
in the north end Of his ranch. II
he succeeds in getting the river to
follow this channel it will be great
benefit as it will then run through
swamp timber instead of cutting on
the meadow land.
The snow which fell Friday and Sat
urday is fast disappearing, but it will
do vast amount of good by prevent
ing the evaporation of the moisture
which has been frozen up in the
ground all winter, and settling the
dust that was on the surface.
omer Woolsey, who is digging a
well Tor John Moss struck some wa
/, ter Tuesday afternoon.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
POWELL
IN DENVER

Western Press.
DENVER, March 2.-This is busy
day for Lieutenant General Sir Rob-
ert Baden Powell, chief of the Boy
Scout movement, who is Denver
guest. The morning exercises at City
park were abandoned because of the
disagreeable weather and condition Of
the ground. General Baden Powell
was the guest of the chamber of COM
merce at luncheon at the Albany ho-
tel. This afternoon at the Auditorium
there will be drills in which all the
Boy Scouts of the city will take part
and the exercises will be viewed by the
distinguished visitor.
At the Auditorium tonight General
Baden Powell will address the par
ents of the boys. He has requested
the boys themselves to remain away.
He has interesting things to say to
their fathers and mothers.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04

CHARGES
Western Press.
MADE BY FORMER MRS JACK
CUDAHY ABOUT BURGLARS
WHO ENTERED HER HOME

LOS ANGELES, March 2.-Mrs.
Jack Cudahy, whose home was enter
ed by mysterious intruder on We'd
nesday night, has made the startling
charge that there was plot to do
her physical injury. In this belief she
has employed three watchmen and sta
TONED them as a guard about her
home at Arroyo Crest. Mrs. Cudahy
discredits all burglary theories and
says the man who entered her house
did so with the intention of disfiguring
her face with acid. She is SO en-
phatic that friends believe she has
uncovered some evidence which has es-
capped others.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
CALIFORNIA; LONG
WINTER is BROK EN-

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March g.
The longest winter known in Califor-
mia in the last ten years ended today
by a rainstorm which swung into
the southern end of the state from
the southwest shortly before daylight
and worked steadily north. 1t is due
in the central portion of the state late
today, according to Professor McAdie,
in charge of the United States weather
bureau here, and will bring relief to
the valleys of northern California be-
fore tomorrow night.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
WRIT
DENIED
Supreme Court Denies Ap.
pIiCatiOn for WritofSu-
perSedeas in Commits
sion Government
Case

telegram from Denver, received
in Durango at noon today, brings the
pleasing news that the supreme court
had denied the application of Mine
Herr Hanno, and other offsiders, foi
writ of supersedeas in the matter
of the Durango commission form OF
government.
This checks the matter right back
to where it stands squarely on the
order issued by Judge Pike, under writ
of mandamus, ordering the city coun.
ell TO call the election voted for by
the people of Durango last April.
'Rah for the supreme court
Alderman Meuser tells us that he
will introduce an ordinance to cali
this election in the next meeting of the
city council.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04

ration for these principles in Ar'er-
lean law, uttered statement whicn
he should have known was incorrect.
Mr.. Taft has been the moving factor
in securing all Of them. In a mes
sage to congress he recommended the
constitutional amendment which was
afterward submitted to the various
states, which provides for the income
tax Mr.. Bryan after having made his
sweeping assertion against President
Taft, admitted that President Taft
had sent such a message to congress
but, he claimed that in the message
Mr. Taft used his (Mr. Bryan's, Ian.
guage as to what he wanted incor-
porated into the amendment. This ia
perhaps true. 1t is said that there is
nothing new and it would be hard for
any man to frame sentence ON gov
ernmental matters that Mr.. Bryan had
not uttered during his eighteen years
of continuous spell-bindiny tefore the
American public. There is some diff
ference between uttering sentence
and in writing it into the American
constitution.
In regard to the direct election Of
United States senators, anyone who
reads the proceedings in Washington,
knows 1t is President Taft who is try
ing to bring the two houses together
on the wording Of this amendment.
The Democrats want the states to con-
troll United States senatorial cleo
tions. The Republicans in the senate
want to reserve to the federal gov
eminent the right to supervise these
elections. Any reader Of current his-
tory knows that President Taft is urg-
ing a compromise which will give the
states the right to contcsl the elcc-
tions but the federal government the
right, through admission to the SEN
ate, to finally pass upon the validity
Of the election. Mr.. Bryan claims that
Mr.. Taft had nothing to do with the
publication Of politics through pub
licity. He forgets that Mr.. Taft, be-
fore he was elected, was the first can
didate to announce that every contri-
button made to the Republican nation
al committee would be made public
whether 1t was the law or not. Since
he has been president, he has urged
upon congress, the enactment Of law
giving the widest publicity to cam
paign contributions and to all official
actions of men.
Sure it is that Mr.. Taft has not
gone about the country making
speeches every twenty-fouf hours
against our present system Of gov
ernment and offering no remedial sug-
gestions. Rather has he been content
to stay in the White house and
through the power at his command,
force congress to submit an income
tax constitutional amendment, to en-
actment, to enact publicity laws, and
before he gets through he will prob.
ably compel the two factions in con-
Rress tc agree on direct United
States senatorial election amendment
to the constitution. It III behooves q
man who has applied for . job three
times and who has been denied the
position on the ground that the other
applicant was best fitted for the place.
To parade himself before the directors
Of the business, criticising the man
who secured the position and who u
making good. To n, Mr.. Bryan's ae-
tions and words completely "wsbstsr-
Ire" The old saying. Sour srapss.~
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
Western Press.

Western Press.
BERLIN, March 2.-The extrava-
giant style of living into which the
Germans have fallen, owing to the
great prosperity which has prevailed
throughout the country, leads the Lo-
kal Anzieger to publish an article of
urgent appeal to the leaders of So
ciety to return to simple eating, pre-
dieting that otherwise financial i'm
poverishment and digestive ruin will
result.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
WORD FROM
La TOILETTE
Western Press.

Western Press.
MADISON, Wis, March I'm a
signed statement Senator La Toilette
today says he is in the presidential
race to the finish. He declared:
81 shall continue as candidate for
well defined principles and for a def
mite program. of Legislation which,
when enacted INTO law viii break the
hold of the privileges which ruin the
industrial life of the people and will
free them from the burden imposed
by thousands of millions of fictitious
capitalization.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
BASKET BALL TONIGHT.

This evening there will be basket
ball game between the girls teams of
the Durango and Silverton high
schools, in the gymnasium. As both
teams have played against each other
and have each been victorious, the
contest will be exciting. Plan to at
tend.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
A COMMUNICATION.

The men who have been instrument
al in the upbuilding of Durango and
have ever been identified with its best
interests are not men who have stalk
ed around with chip on shoulder seek
ing to create dissension and unrest
but those who, with quiet helpful
hand, have pushed and boosted the old
town along with the interest of all in
ste'.
Not as a partisan of either the edi-
tor, the parson or the board of trade,
but as an ordinary every day citizen
allow me the privilege of taking up
some of your valuable space. Editors
and preachers come and go, business
places change hands, but the ordinary
citizen who has to bear the brunt of
things in general seems to go on for
ever in his humble capacity of burden
bearer. The regrettable controversy
now being carried on by the Democrat
can but injure Durango zees7$a its best
! interests and surety can gain nothing
for the participants.
Sarcasm or invective has no place in
the present agitation, but good, sound
horse sense must be called into play
before present tactics have worked ir-
reparable injury to the city. In order
to exercise god sense, one must nee
essarily be fair. To my mind the
members of the board of trade and
committee for the sugar beet factory
are representative, straightforward
business men who have demonstrated
time and again, both personally and as
a body, their charity and loyalty to
our town by supporting every worthy
cause, irrespective of creed, color OIL
political affiliation.
A stranger not familiar with ac
tual conditions in this city would nat
urally infer after reading the Demo
crat that Sodom and Gomorrah wer
pikers in comparison when it come
to real viciousness. AS matter q
fact, however, We know from observa
ton and experience that Durango
average is pretty good and it is onl
modesty on our part that holds U
from telling the real truth that w
in good citizenship and observance
law and order, are laps and laps ahea
of the average city of our size an
condition.
Human nature is practically Ut
same the world over and the obJe'
withheld is always the one covete
but too much agitation of the kir
handed out b. the Democrat would I'll
ish any town regardless of all ma
ural possibilities.
| once read of town in an eas
ern state where there was just SUI
another disturbing element as II
Democrat and one evening there wi
a gathering of some three hundr'
men, all representative citizens wi
not only gave the editor a pressir
invitation to leave town and never
turn but his printing plant was ca
ried to the river and gently dropp
in. There was another incident Of tn
y kind somewhere in Texas. Readii
the "Democrat" this morning recall
these Incidents to my mind.
A PLAIN CITIZEN.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
SUGAR FACTORY MEETING.

Mr.. Ward barley will address the
citizens, and subscribers to the pro-
motion fund of the proposed beet gu
gar factory. in the Red Men hall this
evening at 8 o'clock. Everyone is ur-
gently requested to attend this meet
ing and hear full explanation of the
matter under discussion.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
49,. ...~' S...~~G o.,s
"A'. HISTORY Socierv

Mr.. Ward barley Will aooress the
citizens, and subscribers to the pro-
motion fui d of the proposed beet su-
gar factory, in the Red Men hall this
evening at o'clock. Everyone is ur-
gently requested to attend this meet
ing and hear full explanation of the
matter under discussion.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04

Three candidates are already in the
field for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination in Iowa-G. w. Clarke,
the present lieutenant governor; A. 2.
Proudfoot, member of the state SEN
ate, and Perry G. Holden, until recent
ly professor at the Iowa Agricultur-
al college.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
DETECTIVE
F|N[D$4OO0
Western Press.

Western Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 2.-B. H.
Franklin, the former Mcnamara de-
tective, who pleaded guilty to the
charge of having attempted to influ-
ence juror in the trial of James B.
Mcnamara, was fined $4,000 by Judge
George H. Cabaniss, who pronounced
Franklin's conduct as damnable.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
H|GHCOST
OF LIVING
Western Press.

Western Press.
KANSAS CITY, March 2.-While
the cry of the higher cost of living
keeps on increasingly, the cost of
dying in Kansas City has been re-
duced. A price war is on between
directors Of city funerals and prices
are cheaper than they have been for
several years. Undertakers are using
lavish space in the newspapers adver-
tising their cut rates.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04

The swedish-American Republican
league OF Illinois is making elaborate
preparations for its annual meeting
~h'ch VIII, pe combined with the cele.
nration Oh tne Monitor -Merrimac cen
tenniai In Chicago on March Q. The
league nopes 10 have President Taf,
speak at the banquet which will be
the chief feature Of the meeting.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04
A LEAP YEAR GIRL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kroeger are the
proud parents of a fine baby girl who
arrived Feb. 30. The little lady will
rot have birthday very often, just
orce in four years, and occasionally
once in eight. She is not troubling
about little thing like birthday
just now, she is too busy sleeping and
growing fat, as a sensible baby should.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04

Jake Beckley is still in the game,
having signed to play with and man
age semi-pro team in Kansas City.
IL is said Jake was big Lacquer when
oy fouhes grandfather was a boy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04

Albert H. Shaw, wealthy lumber
man of Bath, has announced that he
will be a candidate in the Republican
primaries for governor Of Maine.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-04

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
FUNNY BERNARD SHAW
Says Theaters Depend for Patronage
Upon Unhappy Homes.

London, March 23.-George Bernard
Shaw has sent the following charac-
teristic reply to an invitation to be
present at a luncheon today in con-
nection with the opening of the new
Playgoers' club:
ct shall most certainly do nothing to
encourage the 'Playgoers' to move into
new and comfortable premises. Thea
ters depend on uncomfortable clubs
and unhappy homes and my income
would spend an evening in a theater
if he could find anywhere else to
spend it without being bored or hen
pecked. Women drag men to the
theaters because they get SO tired of
housekeeping that, matter how de-
lightful they make home. they desire
nothing more than to escape from it
as cook desires to escape from the
smell of roast fowl. But modern clubs
provide a refuge from home life for
both men and women and the more
comforta BILE club is, the sooner the
members will cease to be playgOerS. I
know of course that members of your
club have long ago settled down and
that to meet one of them in theaters
is almost as startling as to meet an
actor in the Garrick club, but still
there are a few left, and as I don't
want those few to be lured away from
the box office, I must decline to give
my countenance to your Inauguration
luncheon. Besides I have another en-
gagem ent''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

except from the windows of Pullman
cars, upon which he frequently had oc-
casionT to ride, was received at the
prison. 1t was in the spring, and, as
practically all other departments of
the big institution were filled, he was
assigned to field work. The young
convict hesitated, but that made little
difference, so he with several others,
the majority of whom had worked on
the farm before, went to work.
After about a week of handling a
plow and other implements common
to the average farmer, this young con-
Wet began developing into what is ex-
pected to be the best farmer at the
prison. And it probably will be the
making of him when he is released
two years hence. He frequently says
now that he was cut out for farmer.
and as soon as he gets out he intends
to go to work Immediately for a far
mer, instead of back to the office of a
railroad company, as he previously
had been employed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
JAME0 ROLpH JR.

San Francisco, Cal, March ga
Aroused by the announced intention
of the Democratic congressional COM
mittee on appropriation, headed by
Congressman John H. FITZGERALD of
New York, to abolish the San Fran
cisco mint on the ground of economy,
powerful organizations are uniting
over the entire coast to save the mint
for California. The committee stands
firm in its determination to econo-
mize and will undoubtedly drop either
the Denver or the San Francisco
plants. Mayor James Rolph of San
Francisco is actively following the
campaign to hold the mint on the
coast. Edward Sweeney is superin-
tendent of the mint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23

consideration of the annual appro-
priation for the district in the SEN
ate, Mr.. Bristow bounced down on
automobile items wherever he saw
one, and made points of order against
them.
His contention failed, however, in
every case except the one granting a
machine to the superintendent of
schools, DR.. Davidson, who is a for
mer Kansan. Senator Gallinger, in
charge of the bill, did not protest
very strongly against Mr.. Bristow in
this item, and said if he insisted upon
it the item might go out
In every item of this character the
chairman of the committee said the
automobile allowed was in the inter-
est of economy rather than of pro-
fligacy. But Senator Bristow couldn't
see it in that light and continued his
war against furnishing free bus
wagons for officials.
Kansas postmasters appointed: Ed
ward c. HILL Burr Oak; Joseph A
Whitehair, Chapman; Thomas r.
Jones, Girard; Eugene S. Talcott,
Valley Center.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-23
FIND BODY OF DROWNED BOY.
William TaIley Had Been in Water
SeVenty-tWO Hours.

Council Grove, Kan, March 23.-A
searching party found the body of
William Talley, the II year old son
of Jordon Talley, who was drowned
here Monday. The body had been in
the water ~ hours and was still on
the bottom of the river and nearly a
half mile frem where it first sank.
Since the boy was drowned Monday
hundreds of people have dragged the
river but few hunted down as far as
the body was found and not until after
a raft had been constructed and slow
Iy fIoated down the river with doz-
en- men with hooks and poles was the
body located.
Owing to the GOODNESS of the water
the body was in good state of preser-
walton and was lying face upward
when found.