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, 1913-11-01
CULEBRA CUT INSTRUCTED.

A new slide on The east bauk of the Cule-
bra Cut indicates the beginning Of Y mo>"-
meut which may delay the opening of the
Canal to navigation. The Canal is now
blocked in two places along the Culebra Cut
and it Will be necessary to dredge several
million cubic yards. The Cut will be flooded
i'll October rs planned.
"Slides" have throughout been a most
disturbing factor in the construction of the
canal. They are due to the action OF heavy
rains on the masses of clay and loose soil
with which the rock sloping towards the can
al is overland ut certain points, and they re-
suit III vast masses of ground gradually slip
ping INTO the bed. In 1911 II very formidr-
bic slide development at Culebra, involv-
ing the removal of a la, ge part of the vii
lage to the opposite slope Of the hill and the
excavation of an additional 1000, 600 cubic
yards of material. Yet the canal authorities
have taken an optimistic view of the trouble,
maintaining that when the canal is full the
great weight Of the water will tend to couu-
ternct the pressure of the superintendent
strata In the meanwhile a single shovel can
remove 5 5000 cubic yards or 10. 900 tons Of
dIt III the course of q days work, Times,
Sept. 10Th.
, 1913-11-01
SIR E. SHACKLETON'S LECTURING
EXPERIENCES.
Amusing Stories.

Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic e1-
plorer, addressing IN audience of men at the
Browning Settlement, WulwUih, on Sunday
afternoon. told some amusing stories Of his
experiences as u lecturer.
After he had returned, he said, from the
first expedition with The late Captain Scot,
Years ago, he went up to Scotland to get
some golf and n rest. One day he received
a letter from Harrow School asking him TO
give a lecture there. He did not want to
go, so he wrote fixing II prohibitive price, as
he thought "A fee Of $50, EXCLUSIVE otex-
pensrs. To his great amazemeut the ptfrr
was accepted, and he duly gave the lecture.
On the strength Of that he wrote to the au-
thorities at Eton, the rival school, and offered
his services at Oil equal rate Of remunert~
ton. The reply wns;-"Denr Sir,-lhis is
five times as much Us we pay to really first
cnsS lecturers"
On another occasion he was giving u lee
ture at Leith il Scotland, and he had paid
95 for the hall and 81. los. for advertising.
Other expenses amounted to another pound.
He drove from Edinburgh to the hail and
instructed his cabmun to wait for him. In
the building he found al audience consisting
of IN old decrepit-looklng man, two women,
and u couple of children. (Laushtrr.) Aux
ious to increase the number of his auditors,
be went down to the cabman and said, II
will pay for somebody to hold the horse. and
you can come up aud hear the lecture" The
man at once replied, ooh, no, thank you, Sir.
l an all right where | am" cloud laugh
ter.) The lecture was, however, given to
the bitter end, and at the close there were
Is people present. Next day he was sorrow-
fully recounting his experiences TO his wife
and calculating his losses. Twenty five
people a: a shilling a head, +" he was saying.
'm.ke the total receipts 81 SIS" ooh" sad
his better half, "you must deduct two sllil-
Iings from that. | sent the cook aud Que Of
the maids" (Laughter) - Tunes, oct. ST..
, 1913-11-01
NAVAL NEWS.

At s o'clock yesterday morning the British
posed Of The nImol ed cruisers Suffolk, flagship
of Rear-Admiral Christopher Cradock {. b.,
K.C.V. o accompanied by the Lancaster and
Berwick were signalled from the West and
soon after the two tirStnamed came into the
harbour, the Berwick proceeding TO Frtderik-
sted, st Croix. The ship are from Bermuda
and leave Wednesday for Antigua.
II Is many years since a squadron Of the
worlds premier navy has been in these
waters, though it used to be a common thing
formerly to see the ships of the British
North American and West Indian fleet at
ST. Thomas. The ships now erncilg cur
harbour belong to the County c.ass", built
in 19O1-19O2, each $500 tons, length ago
feet, width Sc feet, draft n feet; the horse
power is %, 900, number of boilers each 81
giving a speed of % knots; coal capacity
/. 800 tons. Each carries main armament
of IA guns, ind torpedo tubes. The flagship
has a complement of 700 men and 40
officers, the Lancaster 676 men and "a officers.
Another ship vf the same class, the Mon
mouth, is ou the way out from China 10 join
the squadron.
Beng Sunday, the salute to fhe port was
not fired, but nj 8 this morning The flagship
saluied and the Fort replied. The salute to
II D. NJ. Consul Stewart was also given.
Crowds of boats with sightseers went out
glim-looklDo fighters.
, 1913-11-01
RESCUE BY A ST. BERNARD DOG.

An Englisbman named Dawson, while
crossing the ST. Bernard Pass, attempted to
take II short cut, but lost his footing unl fell
down q gorge, dlslocnting his foot aud
bruisiug himself considerably. He was una
bic to move, and suffered great pam, mud
would soon have died OF exposure and hun
ger had not u St. Bernmd dog discovered
him. The dog returned to the high road and
harked at some passers-by until he attracted
their attention and induced them to follow
him, when he led them to the spot where
the EngIishman was lying. Mr.. Dawson was
taken in a motor car to Mnrtigny, where he
is recovering.-Ibid.
, 1913-11-01

The Admiral With his staff in the after
noon called on Governor HelweS-EaFselp
who returned the visit this forenoon and
was given due honours-M, Thomas BuHe-
tiA, oct. 2Sth,
, 1913-11-01

will submit a new policy to the Cabinet
within a day or two. The details are un-
known, but it is conjeclured tia: he will
require a new election under the United
States supervision, safeguarding the voters
of all factions, md especially frustrating the
plans of President Huerta for taking COM
mand of the Army and having Stn"l Ban
quet elected to the Vice-Presldency, upon
his ticket, thus acceding to the Presidency
uIon President HueIta's retlrelnent. The
United States opposes equally Presidents
Huerta and Senior Banquet, as being men
of the same sort, and regards the fore
going programme rs M evasion OF ITS de-
mands for the elimination OF President
HuertA.
a despatch from Vera Cruz states that
General Felix Diaz is treated as o prisoner
aboard the U. S. S. "Louislana". He is not
allowed to talk or write politics, all his
letters sent aud received are read, and he IS
requested to g. below to interrupt his con-
versations with any strangers who come
aboard.
Advices from Mexico City state that the
press ridlcule General Diaz's fears. They
deuounce Mr.. Lind, President Wilson's spe-
cial representative, and declare that the
United States is insolent and inlermeddling,
and consecrnte President Hucrta to The MeXI-
can people.
Trinidad. 31st.-H. NJ. S, "New Zealand"
left for Barbados 7.30 ii. IN.
10 a. IN. Barbados, Bar. 3017, f. partly
cloudy.
Dominica, 5000, E. S. E.. cIeu.
St. k!tts. " 3O.O2, ELS. Ecloudy.
4 p. iii. Barbados Bar 30.0S, f., wet.
Dominica, I" 20 90, L. n. f..
cloudy.
St. kits, "29,98, S. E. cloudy.
New York, October 31st
Flour, Winter Clears per barrel 3.8O-t13.
MenI, kilndlled, per barrel 1866
New Seasons Pork no quotation.
Heavy Mess Pork $3.50 244
Crystals per looms. $3.6l.
'"6"'' Muscovndo 50 Test lo0Ih~. So II.
MoInsses Eng. Isll~. per gnI. no quola',"t.
Liverpool Cotton, middIng Upland, 7 7-10d.
Exchange, New York &London, go days sight
1902
Exchange New York and London. sight 49,
London, October 31st.
Dem. Crystals l4s. Cd.-I4s. 81
Muscuvado, floating terms III
'"9"' boud, IS. 81
German beet IS + 0. b. 9. 81 |.
Java Sugar $500 Gibraltar or Cla"u4I for
orders, floating terms, los. l05 |.
Demerarn Rum, Is. ids. sd.
Trinidad Coco, good mrddIinG Red, nomi,
nal ~ cwt 6S>
Cotton, Medium Fine Stat Liverpool, nominal
rer Ii Is. 23I.
ank of tu-mnl Rate of discount 5
c ,n~ols n 1916
Inree per cent l;entes IN Parl, 81 35.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06

President Hayes has signed state
ment saying the soldiers are fair,
and that the unionists believe they
will continue so. 1t is predicted if
they do the strikers will win.
Hayes does not believe that negro
strikebreakers are being brought in
to Walsenburg and insists they are
old employees of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company.
Mr.. Hayes said the strike leaders
did not know the whereabouts or
over thousand rifles the strikers
are alleged to have concealed, but
promised to surrender them if found.
The report that two strikers
corpses were found near Ludlow,
having been slain when the armored
train approached there recently, is
uncopfirmed, and generally discredit-
ed
The crisis will probably come in
the situation tomorrow when Genera.
Chase announces he will search the
Ludlow camp for rifles.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
MUNICIPAL TIP FROM GERMANY

The idea Of employing city man.
ager, as well as the idea Of finding
an expert and making him mayor,
has come to US largely from Ger
many. But, as The Record Herald
has said several times, the Germans
themselves do not identify good gov
ernment with any particular plan
They would not advise US to put our
trust exclusively in the city manager
idea or in substituting bureaucracy
for democracy.
A prominent member of the reich
stag told an American correspondent
that municipal government in Schle-
swig- -Holstein is democratic; that
mayors are elected there as with us,
and that in spite of this graft and
inefficiency are as unknown as in
other German states or principali-
ties. According to this German
thinker, democracy is healthier than
bureaucracy even in purely municipal
affairs, and the problem is to take
unclean and irrelevant politics out of
local government without giving up
democratic principles.
We are, indeed, learning how to do
this. The short ballot, simplifica-
tion of administrative machinery
non-partisan treatment of local Of
fices, the merit system, public and
private efficiency bureaus to prevent
waste and parasitism-such measures
as these make for efficiency and econ
omy and yet are wholly compatible
with democracy.
Let US beware of fads and crazes
In copying forms we may miss the
substance. Germany herself gives us
the tip to take her tips with salt and
consult our own experience and rea-
son in our reform efforts.-Record-
Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06

profoundly eugenic, than "the tender
feeling which a young man and a
young woman entertain toward each
other" In the so-called eugenic mar
riage the tender feeling is treated as
Of no value whatever.
The scientific eugenists are ex
tremely conservative. They advocat
few legal or extra-legal restriction
on marriage. They would preven
the multiplication of the criminal and
diseased; they would protect the
home by requiring certificates of
freedom from certain taints; but
they would not attempt to Improve
the race" by stock farm mating. They
know that love and sentiment are ma
ture's finest eugenic safeguards. For
the stupidities and degrading Jokes
of their unlimited followers they are
not to be held responsible.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
A CONSUMPTIvE COUGH

A cough that bothers you continu-
ally is one of the danger signal
of consumption. Dr. Kings New
Discovery stops the cough, loosens
the chest, Danish fever and let yo
sleep peacefully. The first dos
checks the symptoms and gives
prompt relief. Mrs. A. F. Mertz, of
Glen Ellyn, Iowa, writes: CDR
Kings New Discovery cured stub
born cough after six weeks DOCTOR
ing failed to help Try it, as it will
do the same for you. Best medicine
for coughs, colds, throat and lung
troubles. Money back, if it fails.
Price SOC and $1,000. All druggists,
by mail. ii. E. Bucklin < Co., Phila-
delphia or St Louis.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
A STUPID AND OFFENSIVE JOK

The eugenic marriage, says a ply
sician of note, is a joke. But, as DR.
Felix Adler has just shown in Wig
orous lecture. the joke is stupid an
offensive one. The quacks who, in
the name of science, social reform o
what not are proposing the applica-
tion of stock farm methods to hu
man beings need some some instruc
tion in the very elements of biolog
ical and social science.
The talk about eugenic marriages
in half-baked or yellow reform" cir
cles tacitly proceeds ON the theory
that the human animal is nothing
but an animal. 1t dwells on physical
vigor and beauty, forgetting the mind
the heart, the spirit. To quote DR.
Adler again, the offspring of strict
ly eugenic marriage may be mental
ly and morally defective. Nothing
is more precious, more truly and
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06

The eastern portion of the state is
sure suffering from the effects of
the coal strike, coal having increased
three dollars a ton in Denver with
prospects of further increases if the
strike continues. This means great
hardship for the poorer people, but
what care the agitators so long as
they can ferment strife and live on
the fat of the land
The man who is compelled to pay
an income tax is kicking. The man
who doessnot have to is kicking be-
cause his income will not permit
paying. Thus we have sample of
mans disposition to kick. Never sat
isfied.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06

General Felix Diaz is of the opin
ion that his good and great friend
Huerta, intended to put and end to
his troubles by removing him from
all earthly cares II he had allowed
the program to go through stock in
the good and great friend, which is
none too strong, might have gone
down several points, and Mexico
might have profited by the marty
dom of the general. But he prefer
red the role Of live refugee to that
Of dead martyr and made hasty
exit. As it is, however, his testi-
monial to Huera is highly significant.
1t indicates how others may feel who
still appear as friends of the dictator.
They love him as they love their own
heads because the exits are closed
them, remarks the Record Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
ID. & r. G. TO BROAD GUAGE
MONTROSE TO SALIDA ROAD

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 3.-Presi-
dent Benjamin Bush, of the Rio
Grande here, announced the Rio
Grande and Western Pacific soon
would undertake the broad-guaging of
tracks between Montrose and Salida,
l35 miles at a cost of three million
dollars.
Mr.. Bush said he expected to be-
gin the work as soon as the market
improves. This project is regarded
as an important factor in the develop
ment of the Western Slope. 1t is
understood that additional transpor-
tation service will follow the board
gaging of the road.
1t is reported that electrication of
the new detour line from Grand
Junction to Salt Lake City is also
planned. Bush stopped in Denver
en- route to the coast.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
FACT
Local Evidence.

Evidence that can be verified.
Fact is what we want.
Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ.
Here's a Durango fact.
You can test it.
Mrs. NJ. f. Dobbs, 2045 Main Ave-,
Durango, Colo, says: 81 could hard
ly get around at times on account of
my back hurting me. Sometimes the
pain extended into my right shoulder
but generally formed a dull ache in
the small of my back | was both
cred worse at night. | had these at
tacks off and ON for three or four
years and | knew they were caused
by disordered kidneys. Always when
was suffering from my back the
Kidney secretions were in bad shape.
When heard about Doan's Kidney
Pills ! had my husband get me box.
They drove all the pain away and
made my kidneys strong. | can now
sleep better and the dull tired feel
ing has left me. l hold just as high
an opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills to-
day as | have for the past several
years, and have never failed to rec
ommend them when have had the
opportunity. For year or more
have had no weakness of the kid
neys."
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
PENSIONS FOR PREACHERS.

1t is gratifying sign of the times
that the various church bodies of the
country are taking up the matter of
providing adequate pensions for vet
eran ministers who have grown old
in the service.
For number of years the Metho-
dist church has included in its bud
get provision for what are known as
conference claimants" that is to say,
infirm preachers who are unable to
do active work But there is on foot
in this organization a plan to raise
large sum of money as a found
alton for permanent fund for this
purpose.
Very much along the same line is
the action taken by the Protestant
Episcopal church for large fund,
the interest of which shall be paid
annually to the aged ministers. The
proposal is to place the matter upon
a businesslike basis as is done in
other pension systems.
And only this week the great gath
ering of Congregationalists in ses-
sion in Kansas City have determined
to secure fund of $2,0OO,000 as a
foundation for their plan of giving
every aged minister $500 year
Their plan proposes that 90 per cent
of this sum be obtained from minis
ters of the denomination and so per
cent from the churches.
The gratifying thing about all
these plans is, first, that the church
recognizes its obligation to the vet
Grams who have given their best years
to the ministry, often at very meager
and inadequate salaries; and second.
ly, that the proposal is not to be left
to haphazard methods or to the oc-
casional benevolent emotions of the
people, but is to be placed upon a
businesslike basis whereby fund is
to be created which will draw inter.
est all the time and may thus be de.
pended upon in good years and in
bad.
Take them by and large, there are
no members Of the community who
are more unselfishily devoted to its
best interests than the ministerial
bodies. They mean to be right, anc
they act according to their best anc
highest impulses. Hence they are Q
valuable asset to every community as
well as to their own particular con.
gregations. Their very calling pre-
cludes them from entering into the
business of money making. If they
lay aside "a little money it is incident
al, and comparatively few of then
are able to do this. Many of then
could make much more money ant
become well to do if they were in an
other business or profession. The fact
that they are willing to serve the
people and the community in the un
selfish way that they do makes il
incumbent upon the members of tn,
various churches and communities t.
see that they do not suffer from theil
unselfishness when they are obliged
to retire from active life.-Coloradt
| Springs Telegraph.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06

The administration is greatly in
terested in the result of the election
in Massachusetts and New Jersey to-
day. All the big men of the Demo-
cratic party have been touring the
states, even Bryan being called into
service, thus necessitating cutting
down some of his lecture dates. SEN
ator Ham Lewis Of Illinois, in Bos-
ton speech, appealed to voters to sus-
tain the administration as otherwise
it would be feather in Huerta' s
cap. The only show the Democrats
apparently have is that both Repub-
licans and Progressives have can
didate and this means divided OPP
position vote.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
THE POWERS AND MEXICO.

The British foreign office has is
sued statement in which it says
that the British minister to Mexico
made no reference in his interviews
with newspaper men to the intentions
or policy of the United States in re-
gard to Mexico.
The London Daily News declares
that Huerta's hope of embroiling the
United States with foreign powers is
futile and that no power can doubt
that President Wilson is seeking
neither conquest nor concessions, but
only the good of Mexico itself.
The London Daily Graphic says
that all the dilemmas that Huerta
may devise for the United States will
not avail him.
So much has been made of the shall
law assumption that Great Britain
was pursuing course in Mexico that
was unfriendly to the United States
and of the fantastic specter of Eur
opean coalition that the statement
and the comment to which attention
is called are worth noting. But in
the very nature of the case the idea
of an embodiment is absurd. The
European powers have troubles
enough without straining themselves
to hunt for more.
The governments that have recog-
nized Huerta have exercised an in
disputable right with the thought,
possibly, of dealing with the prob
lens before them in the easiest way.
The United States government did
not take the easiest way because il
chose rather to insist on certain NOR
al questions. Recognition was with
held, but the Mexicans are left to
settle their own affairs in their own
way, and they were assured in the
presidents Mobile speech that the
desire Of this government was not
for conquest but for order, with civil
liberty and self government.
Persons who are clamorous for ac.
ton slur over the fact that intervep.
ton on the present showing would
put us in faIJ worse dilemma than
anything that Huerta could do. II
would be an exercise of force with
out justification. 1t would substitute
the dictatorship of foreign power
for the dictatorship of Huerta and il
would cost fearful sum in lives and
money. 1t is the demand either of
ignorance or of sinister interests.
Americans should set their minds
at rest as regards the imaginary
European menace and feel very well
satisfied with the practical results of
the presidents high ideals. AS for
Huerta it is obvious that he is moral
ly in worse position than ever. and
1t would appear that his tenure of
power depends solely upon the rela-
tive fighting strength of the factions
IN the country.-Record- Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06
Chicago, Ills, Oct. 80, 1919

Chicago, Ills, Oct. 80, 1918.
Mr.. Geo. N. Raymond,
Durango, Colo.
Dear Mr.. Raymond
| certainly regretted more than |
possibly can convey to you in let
ter the necessity for wiring as ! did
from Gallup. Although you wired
that Mr.. Shelton would see to our
getting across the San Juan, Mr..
Chambers Of Pennington. who had
Just come down to Gallup, said that
he believed it would be impossible
with our big car You see. it weigh
ed unloaded nearly $500 pounds, and
although a lighter car could have got
ten across, large one was another
proposition entirely. However, this
was not the whole difficulty of the
situation.
You will appreciate that it is rath-
er embarrassing on our part not to
complete what we started out to do,
but on account of bad weather the
first week of our trip, and the extra
time taken on some of the side trips,
we were very much overdue at Gallup
as you know. Another thing, we un-
derstood that you had had great
deal of snow, especially in the high
attitudes and that we might not be
able to get across the mountains. If
this had been the case we would have
been up against it bad, for with our
big car we could not ship it on the
narrow gauge; as it was, we had
some trouble getting car large
enough at Gallup.
All these circumstances are simp-
ly additional to the fact that we had
been away from the office over five
weeks and everyone of US having a
business for which we were respon-
sible, had to come to some quick de-
cision about getting back.
trust that you will have the op-
portunity of placing some of these
facts before the people of Durango
and vicinity, so that they may un-
derstand we are the losers and that
although the Blue Book will not be
able to gather its own data on the
Spanish Trail for next year, can
assure you that we will be glad to
give running directions on the Span
ish Trail, if through your coopera-
tion we are able to get route infor-
nation We can use. Another year
we will be able to get man into
your section, and personally | hope
that the writer and Mr.. Harris may
be in position to come out your way
again and complete the work we left
unfinished this fall.
Assuring you ! would appreciate
hearing from you at your early con-
venienee, remain,
Very truly yours,
JOHN P. DODS, Manager.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-06

Politicians are wondering. on which
side the News Times will line up. Be-
tween the lines the paper appears in
clined to favor the Progressive-D Dem
ocratic program. The new owner
supported Roosevelt and it's difficult
to refrain from leaning that way.
This means Denver will have another
newspaper-Republican. To keep the
field the News must be fair and the
word independent made to mean just
what it implies.