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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

Senator Ashurst introduced a bill to
prevent use OF mails for stock gam
bling" purposes.
The investigation Of an assault on
Representative Sims by local bank
'er was ordered.
Senator Jones introduced bill to
extend civil service to land office and
customs officials.
The tariff bill. as amended by the
Democratic caucus, was reintroduced
and referred to the House ways and
means committee.
Senator Smith (Arixona) introduced
resolution asking President Wilson
for all information regarding injuries
to Americans in Mexico. IT,
Senator Chamberlain introduced a
resolution for the abrogation OF the
Hay-Pauncefote and Clayton Bulwer
treaties with Great Britain.
In special message. President VIII
son urged appropriation Of $4,000 for
expenses Of American commission to
The Hague opium conference.
The woman suffrage committee
gave a hearing to the federal associa.
ton for woman suffrage, several sen.
ators and representatives making ad.
dresses.
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Tommy Mcfarland won four
round decision at Oakland. CAL. over
Phil Knight of Kansas City.
A federal system Of licensing and
regulating the use Of aeroplanes and
balloons is proposed in bill by SEN
ator Penrose. ,sA
The New York Bowery will b In
terested to hear that its Idol. 'Big
Tim" Sullivan. has started to become
q chicken farmer. 50
Washington won the varsity boat
race on Oakland harbor. defeating
Stanford by IT'S yards. University Of
California crew was third.
Any student Of the Sheffield scien.
tific school. Yale. who takes part In
a Sunday baseball game will render
himself liable to suspension.
Sir Charles Day Rose. M. p. presi.
dent Of the Royal Aero Club, yachts
man and breeder Of race horses. died
at London with tragic suddenness.
The high school conference In ~.
sembly at the .Universiky Of Colorado,
Boulder. decided to pat tAs control d
high school athletics into the hands
Of an organization known as the In
terscholastic Athletic Union of Colo.
RADIO.
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CAMPI0N HEADS R. 4.
COLORADO GRAND COUNCIL 81.
LEcTs NEW oFFicERs.
Twelfth Annual Meeting Held st Den
YER Attended by Representatives
from All Parts Of State.

Western Newspaper Union News Services.
Denver.-The twelfth annual ses.
sion Of the grand council Of the state
Of Colorado. Royal Arcanum. was
held in Fraternal Union hall. Follow
ing q short business session an cleo
ton of officers was held and the
following chosen:
Grand regent. John Campion Of Yer.
den council No. 2053: grand past 70
gent. Myron A. Root Of Railroad coun-
ell No. 1856: Grand vice regent: J.
w. Hawley Of Trinidad; grand orator.
]. H. Kingwill Of Denver council:
grand secretary. Charles H. Peters Of
Denver council; grand treasurer. w.
T. Shay Of Railroad council; grand
chaplain, M. F. Miller Of Fort Collins
council: grand guide. J. d. Montgon-
cry Of MinneQua council. Pueblo;
grand sentry. F. g. Brink Of Greeley
council; grand trustee. N. Benson Of
Trinidad council.
John H. Zahn Of Railroad council
No. 1856. was reelected supreme rep
rcsentative. The officers were in
stalled by Deputy Supreme Regent
Cornell Of Ithaca. N. Y. The council
adjourned to meet in q union council
session with all the members of the
order In Denver in the rooms Of Rail
road council No. 1856 at Fraternal
Union hall.
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WASHINGTON.

Secretary Daniels announced that
next winter practically the entire At.
lantic fleet would be sent on a three
months cruise to the Mediterranean.
From all quarters OF the United
States clubwomen poured into the cap
ital. as delegates to the annual con-
vention of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs.
President Wilson has practically de-
cided upon May / and as the dates
for his speaking trip in northern New
Jersey in behalf Of jury reform and
the proposal to call a state constitu-
tional convention.
Speaker Champ Clark and Secre-
tary William Jennings Bryan met at
a private luncheon. shook hands
and issued public statements declar-
Ing they had buried the Ratchet and
put the personalities of the Baltimore
convention with the bygones.
The name of Edward s. Harper of
Denver has been taken under consid-
Grafton for appointment as deputy as
sistant United States treasurer, &C.
cording to information received from
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo.
October IA has been set by the Su-
preme Court for hearing the case of
the Stratton Independence, Limited,
VS.. F. w. Howbert. collector, involv-
ing the right Of the government to
collect corporation taxes from the val
ue of blocked out ore Of mining com
pantes
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Governor Make. Appointments.

Denver.-Governo E. M. Ammons
has appointed John H. Gabriel Of Den
yer as a member Of the board Of par.
dons for the term ending May 6. 1915,
to succeed Henry P. Ellis. resigned.
Louis Bertolet of Littleton has been
appointed water commissioner for Dis
trict 8.
Following is the membership Of the
state board Of stock inspection. tho
first five being reappointod: Fred r.
Hee of Trinchera, Hector Matheson Of
Hugo, o. F. Boyle Of Durango, Albert
A. Neale of Montrose. B. F. Haley of
Rifle, Raymond 8. Hustled Of Cripple
Creek. ]. N. McWilliams Of Steamboat
Springs, w. T. Ashley Of saguache,
and A. ]. Elliott Of Platteville.
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GEN ERAL.

Stephen A. jerks, president Of sew
eral textile companies, and son of the
inventor Of the spinning ring which
revolutionixed the industry. died at
Burlington, r. l.
A million dollar loss is estimated
from a fire which destroyed the old
Shooters island shipyard in the Kill
Won Kull, near Staten island, in New
York bay.
Ellen B. Hopper, comic opera
singer, known on the stage as Nella
Bergen, was granted permanent de-
ere of divorce at Mineola. N. Y, from
De Wolf Hopper, actor.
Charges of offering to sell his vote
preferred against Representative Cliff
ford A. Snow of Manchester were up
held by the lower house of the New
Hampshire Legislature and he was or
dered expelled.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars for
fractures of his left leg was awarded
Joseph Lauzon, brakeman, by q
jury in the Supreme Court at White
idihop Az ~ 10 INC Best NSIulSS
of its kind ever heard Of there.
The Federal District Court of New
York dismissed the petition of the
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company,
Limited, as owner of the White Star
liner Titanic. for a Limitation of liza.
bility resulting from the loss of the
Titanic. The court held that the com
pany's liability is to be determined
by the law of Great Britain. which
would make the owners of the Titanic
liable for about 100000.
Two men are dead, one was fatally
wounded and three others were more
or less seriously hurt as the result OF
pistol duel that took place in the
streets of Franklin, KY. Judge John
H. Goodnight, aged thirty-five years,
and william Taylor. aged forty-five.
were slain. while James Taylor, son
Of William, was fatally wounded.
The fourth trial of DR.. B. Clarke
Hyde for the murder of Colonel Thorn.
as H. Swope, scheduled to open In
Kansas City was, at the request of the
state. postponed until Sept. s.
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FOREIGN.

The pope's condition il continuing
to improve.
Suffragette larson squads" almost
succeeded in burning down the rail-
way station At Aberdeen. Scotland.
The reply Of the Balkan allies was
presented to the European powers. 1t
is a general acceptance Of the offer
of mediation between Turkey and the
allies.
A passenger train was wrecked
near Ninove. Belgium by boulders
which had been piled on the track at
a sharp curve. Sixteen persons were
badly injured. ~
Angry mobs at Brighton, Hyde
Park. Wimbledon, Hempstead and
elsewhere stoned. dubbed and chased
suffragettas when they attempted to
hold meetings. The police passed a
busy day protecting the suffragettes.
Twelve million dollars II the figure
compiled in Trustworthy circles Of Bel
GUMS loss in the first sig days Of the
strike for equal political rights, which
has been Joined by about 100000
men. half the male working popula-
ton Of the country.
1t is stated that Francisco de La
Barra. Mexican foreign minister, has
asked for an explanation through the
Mexican embassy at Washington of
the conduct Of Consul William Canada
at Vera Cruz, who Is alleged to have
prevented the arrest and removal
from a Ward line steamer Of DR..
Francisco VasqueE Gomez.
Two enterprising suffragettes took
possession Of 1.-THE Monument" which
stands near the northern approach to
London bridge and commentaries
the great fire which destroyed the
city OF London in 1866. Ascending to
the topmost balcony. they displayed
two flags and an immense banner in
the suffragette colors, on each OF
which was written in white letters on
a black background. Victory or
Death"
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CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK o.
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
WEcoRo OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
wsstss. Newspaper Union News serviesL
WEsTERN.

Otto W. Brodie. professional avia-
tor. was killed by a fall OF his ma
chine from height Of forty-five feet
at the aviation grounds in Chicago.
An ordinance prohibiting the dis
play Of 4 picture of an undressed per-
son was recommended for passage by
the judiciary committee Of the Chica-
90 council.
The last train has pulled out Of
Mercur. Utah, the once prosperous
mining town Of 1000 people and five
shelters. The orders were issued by
the Salt Lake City offices.
Herman Coppes, sixteen years old.
paroled from the St Charles reform
atory, who confessed at Elsin, ILL.,. to
the murder of Mrs. Maud Sleep and
her two children, was held to the
grand jury for the crime.
Peter Boxberger, a western Kansas
pioneer. died at his home at Hoising-
ton at the age of ninety-uve years. He
was the father Of eight children and
is survived by fifty-five grandchildren
and sixty-five great grandchildren.
Governor Carranza Of Coahuila has
been named provisional president Of
Mexico by delegates from Sonora, Chi
huahua, Coahuila and some other
Mexican states who have been having
\ conference in Monclova, Mexico.
The largest and most comprehensive
display Of agricultural and horticul-
tural interests that the world has ever
known will be enc of the chief fea-
lures of the Panama Pacific 1nterna-
tional exposition, which will open at
San Francisco on Saturday, February
20. 1915.
The names Of forty-one girls, all un-
der twenty-one years Of age. and most
of them not yet past eighteen. were
given to the county grand jury at Los
Angeles when 1t was asked to ihvesti-
gate white slavery charges in which q
number Of millionaires are said to
have lured girls systematically from
home and placed them In = protected
resort
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Justice KILLED by Lightning Bolt.

Trinidad.-Pedro Lucero. Justice of
the peace and sheep man Of Trim
chera, was instantly killed by = bolt
of lightning. Lucero was struck down
in the presence of his family shortly
after he had arisen from the dinner
table and stepped outside OF the
house, His son saw him fall and was
himself dazed by the flash Of light
cing.
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Educators After Athletics.

Boulder.-A resolution urging the
people of the state to unite in de-
mand for the abolition Of all inter.
scholastic athletics was passed here
as a compromise measure after an all
day session Of the Colorado High
School and College conference. with
200 prominent educators in attend
ance.
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Former Llsut. Governor Seriously III.

Greeley.-Jared L. Brush. former
lieutenant governor. for half cen.
fury prominent as q Republican lead
or. for forty-two years resident Of
Greeley and after whom the town Of
Brush was named. II reported to BE-
dying at the family home, 1926 Elsv.
enth avenue. He suffers from pneu-
monia, which followed blood poison
Ing contracted two weeks ago when
he ran q silver in his hand while
preparing a flower bed for planting.
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PestoffIes for MarxIns.

Meeker.-A postoffice. the fourth in
this section to be established within
a few weeks by President Wilson.
will be opened on the north branch of
the White river at Marvine, ada
cent to the Marvine hatcheries. w.
E. Simpson of Meeker will be post.
master.
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p.pos.d Highway Chief Under Arrest

Depossd Highway Chief Under Arrest.
Denvsr.-Five employees Of the city
were place.. under arrest by con-
tables from the West Side Court on
direct informations sworn out by Dis
trict Attorney John Rush. Those ar-
rested are: William Geary, deposed
deputy highway commissioner; w. T.
Thurman. 8. P. Grommon, Thomas
Parr, all foremen in the street clean
ing department, and James Maxwell
foreman in the sprinkling department.
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Denver Woman Acquitted.

Boulder-Mrs. w. ]. Boyle of Den
yer was acquitted by jury here on
the charge Of forging the names Of 8.
w. and J. L. Fox of this city to a
note for 1901. While the Jury was out
Mrs. Boyle wrote verses about he.
case.
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Cook and the Cuckoo.

Cook and the Cuckoo.
Mistress-Bridget, what ails the
cuckoo clock? haven't heard 1t to-
day.
Bridget-Well, mum, there do be Q
strange cat around the kitchen an
likely the poor bur'rd's afeared to
come out.
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Girl Of Sixteen Shoots Out Brains.
Trinidad. Colo.-"Mother, you will
never get another chance to scold
met" cried Mary ogrodowski. sixteen,
as she rushed into her room and blew
out her brains with revolver.
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Saw. erIb. Offered for Influence.

says Bride Offered for Influence.
Washington.-Cong Kindel
Of Colorado has caused a sensation by
q letter to Postmaster General A. 8.
Burleson, In which the congressman
charges that prominent citizen Of
Greeley attempted to bride him to fur
ther his claims to the postmastership.
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Springs student Honored.

Colorado Springs.-Ferguson Red.
die Ormes Of this city. a student at
Yale, has won the Macy fellowship
prize this year. The prize is $500, and
is awarded to the student with the
highest standing.
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"Arson Squad" Burns soathouse.
London.-An arson squad" of mill.
tant suffragettes succeeded in burn
ing down the Handsworth Park boat
house in a Birmingham suburb.
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What do you think Of our new bat
tleship?" asked the naval expert
Wonderful" replied the plain bust
ness man: only 1t does seem =
shame to risk anything 80 handsome
and expensive In fight"
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Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets frss put up
20 years ago. They regulate and invigor,te
stomach, liver and bowels. 6ugar-ooassd
tioy gr1nulos. Adv.
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Charity covers . multitude Of aims
that ought to be exposed.

A soft answer may not turn away
wrath. but 1t saves . lot Of useless
TAN. 80.
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oEARY is OUT ON BAIL.
Oepossd Deputy Highway Commits
sloner Bitterly Scores
"hiuhor.upe,"

Denver.-Bitterly denouncing mem
bers of the city administration and
charging Mayor Henry ]. Arnold vita
using him as political tool. William
Geary hurried from the county jail
after an imprisonment of twenty-four
hours. He was released on bond OF
$4,000, furnished by John H. Cormack.
q Weld county rancher.
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STATE NEWS
or INTEREST TO ALL
e q L o n ADO
PEOPLE
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
patss for Coming Events.

patss for Coming Events.
May...Knights of Columbus Meeting
May l3-Il.-Stats Council J. o. u. A.
NJ. at Colorado Springs.
June l0-12.-State r. 4. o. Society ~
June i7-IS.-National Press Association
Meeting at Colorado SPRING.
June 22-2s.-German funniest at Den
June.-Northern Colo. Sunday School
Convention at Greeley.
July 2S.-Pacific Jurisdiction. w. O.
W., at Colorado Springs
Aug. 12-l6.-Thirty- second TrienniAA
Copclave of Knights Templar. Den
Aug. 1s-so-American Association OF
Park Superintendents. at Denver:
Aug. 1S-20.-Army Of the Philippines
National Society. at Denver.
Aug.-Grand Council Of Order OF heo
Aug. s5.-conferencs Of Governors At
Colorado Springs.
Aug. z6..-Knlghts of Pythias Grand
Lodge Meeting at Trinidad.
Sept.-National Association OF FIRST
Class Postmasters, at Denver.
Oct. 11.-Colorado State Baptist Asso-
citation at Pueblo.
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SPORT.

STANDING OF WESTERN LEAGUE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
BRYANT WINS TROPHY
Defeats Manual Training for
Shoot Championship.

The sub-target championship for the
Whitney trophy Of the Public Schools Ath-
letic League was captured by the Bryant
High School, Of Long Island City, when
IL defeated the Manual Training High
School, Of Brooklyn, in the final match Of
the series on tho range of the Stuyvesant
High School yesterday. The final score
was 26I 10 256. In winning two Of the
three contests Bryant took the title
across tn" river for the first time in the
history of schoolboy sub-target shooting.
The Manual Training gunners shot I'm
miserable form, while their opponents did
some steady work. The low score re-
corded by Manual Training is 10 points
less than its total i'm it's only victory on
Wednesday. The surprise of the compc-
tltion' was the poor total Of % returned
by Iorio. captain of the Bryant team.
He made only ono bulls-cyc in seven at
tempts
Each school shared the honors for per
feet cards returned. Patane always
found tho centre Of tho mark for Bryant,
Will. Gliickman shot clear score for
Manual Training Mckeon, Genoveso and
Schnucker each failed in only ono
hulIs-eye. while Irvine. the Manual cap
tain. Was the only sharpshootcr Of his
combination to make 81 score.
Major Wilson. of tho 'lst Regiment.
acted az referee. and was well pleased 10y
the Workmanship shown 10y the high
school students.
Tho scores follow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
Washington A. c. License
Temporarily Suspended

ishment and walk out OF the ring. IN
fact he said. he thought Rose might WIN
the bout. He could not say whether or
not the blow on the Jaw Or the fan had
killed the boxer. Rose had not fallen. IL
was testified. until the blow was DEW
cred The doctor testified that the au-
topsy showed no bfood clot on the brain
nor any fracture Of the skull. The death'
he said was due to cerebral edema.
There seemed To be IA question WEelher
or not Rose i'm his fall hit the floor or the
lower rope. The referee. Eddie Oils. had
said the day previous that the man MI
the rope Shortelle believed that the box
er hit the rope. The commission will op-
tain a transcript of the record OF the
Gates Avenue Court Brooklyn when
discharged James Il. Smith. Roses oppo-
nent. from custody on Wednesday, for the
purpose of examining the testimony. Rose
was knocked out in the sixth round of the
bout. and IL was the first time he had
ever appeared i'm public exhibition. Inc
commission suspended the license OF the
Washington Athletic Club until the case
has been decided, which cancels the sho"
planned there for next Monday night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
THREE ROUNDS ARE ENOUGH
Sailor White Quits Ring in Bout
with McLoughlin.

Vic Mclaughlin made Sailor" White
quit i'm somewhat less than three rounds
at the Forty-fourth Street Sporting Club
last night. White was sent 10 his knees
by hard punch in the pit Of the stomach
and refused to get up to continue the
battle
This was the second time that the men
have met In the first contest White won
in three rounds due more to the lack Of
condition on McLouShlin's part than any
degree of his own superior skill. Last
night. however the big freshman was In
fine condition. and entered the ring 10 pay
off old scores He sailed into his man and
knocked him down for the count of nine
i'm the first round. but White managed 70
stall the period out. From that time on
White was on the defensive, and IL ap-
pcared 10 all as il he knew when he had
more than n gcrtle sufficiency.
Art Nelson scored another easy victory
when he knocked out Jack Beers, OF Ken
ton, Penn. i'm two rounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
SETS NEW SKATING RECORD
Horton Wins Honors in Hurdles
at Saranac Lake Tourney.

Saranac Lake. Jan. 30.-In the intorna-
,joral amateur championships skated
here to-day. Edmund Horton. Of Saranac
Lake. set a new worlds record IN the
onward hurdles by covering the distance
I'm 23i-5 seconds. Robert Mclean OF
Chicago. retained his title Of champion
IN the mile event. Mclean also finished
first i'm the two-mile race.
\ feature of the carnival programme
to-day was an exhibition jump over
twelve barrels, a distance Of p feet
inches. by Edmund Lamy, professional
champion jumper.
The summaries follow:
Oua.tcr-milc-WOn by Wheeler. Mon
treal: Gunderson. Chicago. second, Hor-
ton. Sardnac Lake, third. Time. II p
seconds.
Onc-milc raCc-Won by Mclean, Chi
cago: Gunderson. Chicago. second: A. j.
Osickoy. Cleveland. third. Time. SOB
~ yard hurdlcs-Won by Horton. Sara
nae Lake: Thompson, Boston, second:
Gundcrson, Chicago, third. Time, - IL
seconds.
rTp.o-milc racc-Won by Mclean. Chi
cago: =. J. Osickey, Cleveland. second
Gundcrson. Chicago third Time, go.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
DOYLE GIVES UP FRANCHISE
Meeting of Interstate Baseball
League Is Postponed.

70 The relinquishing OF the right TO the
fonkers franchise by John T. Doyle. the
billiard academy owner. i'm the proposed
Interstate League of baseball clubs
caused William Pau. the new organiza-
tons promoter, To postpone the scheduled
meeting called for the Cadillac Hotel yes
terday 10 next Monday afternoon. After
going deeply into the possibilities OF the
new league Doyle found that he could
not spare the necessary time that the for
nation OF a team would demand.
Doyle is enthusiastic about the new
leagues success. especially the placing OF
a team in the growing city of Yonkers.
II was rumored that Harry Sparrow
who was seeking the right Of the Hoboken
franchise. also had decided TO give up
financing a club in the new league. which
would reduce II TO a six-club circuit. OF
Kingston. Poughkeepsie. Middletown. Pat
ersan, Easton,- Penn and Elizabeth.