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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11
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DURANGO IS
GLORIOUS

| Gloriusl
This should be the expression of
every Durangoite and San Juan basin
resident.
Why? Because of the privilege OF
residing in the best all-the-y -year-round
climate and the least affected by dis
astrous storms of any section of the
world.
Since the memory Of the oldest in
habitant only one slight disaster or
extreme has been our lot and that
was little over two years ago when
we had floods in the basin streams,
but when we stop to consider the
kind of floods other sections are hav-
ing all the time, our little freshet
sinks into insignificance.
For the second time this year Texas
is undergoing u flood Of immense pro-
portions. Estimated damage is placed
at over five million dollars and loss
of life will probably reach over 100.
Entire cities have been under two to
ten feet Of water. Streams have Gov
cred lands ten miles wide, causing
ruin and desolation to thousands upon
thousands Of farmers in addition to
the havoc wrought in cities.
Denver and other sections at the
same time have been afflicted with
unprecedented snow. True, this snow
proved inconvenient, more than harm
full, but the storm is passing east
ward where rain, sleet and snow is
causing loss of live stock and great
hardships for the poorer classes.
During the summer drouth and ex-
treme heat curtailed crops in Kansas
and other states. Now the streams
are overflowing with surplus of
rain throughout Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma and other points.
In the spring months Ohio, Indiana
and portions of other states were
visited by the most disastrous floods
in history with great loss of life.
During the spring and summer
months destructive cyclones wiped
out many cities and wrecked large
portion of Omaha.
| Last spring a freeze curtailed the
orange and lemon crop of California.
Untold damage was caused by
floods in Oregon and Washington
states.
Then turn to the disasters at sea.
Then think of the annual floods in
the Ohio and Mississippi river that
cause loss of life and property-al-
ways menace.
If we had statistics at hand we
probably could devote page to loss
Of life and destruction of property
through the elements, not to mention
the ruination of hundreds of thou.
sands of people through crop failures
for one cause or another.
Have those Of a complaining ma
ture ever turned to the bright side
of life in this favored section-with
a soil that produces everything neces-
sary to mans wants and comfort.
Think of our varied resources!
Think of our wonderful mining in
terests producing millions of dollars
ANNUALLY!
Think of our vast coal deposits
that provide fuel at less cost than
any section Of the world!
Think of the mountain ranges that
fatten our cattle and sheep during
the summer season!
Think of our undefiled water sup
lply for both demoestic use and irri-
gation
Let our people do a little retro
specting and then make up their
minds to boost instead of knock.
| Glorious!
We should say!
Stop your kicking. Put your shoul-
der to the wheel.
Let unity prevail among the busi-
ness interests.
Then watch Durango and this San
Juan basin grow.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1O.--Provis-
ional President Huerta will remain
president of Mexico for another six
months unless the revolution sue
ceeds.
The Mexican congress has declared
the election void and designated
Huerta as provisional president until
the new election which has been set
for July Ia, 1914.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11
GOV. TENER TAKES PLACE AS
HEAD OF NATIONAL LEAGUE

United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. l0.--Governol
Iener of Pennsylvania yesterday was
elected president of the National
league for term of four years. He
arrived in this city this afternoon and
was given an ovation. He will pre-
side at this afternoons session of the
league
This morning Ebbets, of Brooklyn
offered Owner Hermann of the Gin
clnnati Reds, $4,000 cash for Short
stop Tinker. Hermann refused the
offer.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11
SENATOR ROOT GETS BIG PRIZE

United Press
CHRISTlANA, Dec. t0.-Senator
Room of America, today was desig-
mated as the 1912 mobile peace wor-
thy" and will receive 100000 for his
work in assisting in the pacificatior
Of the trouble in Cuba and the Phil
ippines and settling the American
Japanese dispute.
Senator Henri Lafontainc, Of Bel.
GUM. was named for the 1913 prize
No award was made by the society
last year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11
RIDERS IN SIX-DAY BIKE RACE
COVER I,1Is MINE IN 5s HOURS

United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 10-Eight teams
in the six-day bicycle race at the end
of SO hours had covered lib miles
and three laps. Seven others teams
are from one lap to two miles be-
hind the leaders.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS FROM
THE NATIONS CAPITAL
tBy Burton K Standish. Written
for the United Press.)

for the United Press.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. TO-
All the pathos Of life isn't huddled
up in the slums of q big city, reports
from field agents of the department
of agriculture show. Here's tho. story
of little cripple, whose only Joy in
life is watching tomatoes grow. She
lives in Alabama and the field agent
writes:
1.-TWO young girl members Of a to-
mato club, with four friends set out
the tomato plants for the little sick
girl. She was carried out in chair
to see the fruiting plants, and with
tears streaming down her face tried
to extend her thanks"
Then there's another girl whose
father is so contrary" that he makes
her do all the cooking and washing
for four laborers, and won't reward
her with even few cans or new tops
so that she may help do some canning
with the other girls in the canning
club. And-a a little 12-lear-old girl in
South Carolina is running n small
farm-not much more than garden
patch-because her father Is crippled.
She even has to follow the plow. An
other girl and her grandmother had
to clear and fence farm" on an
Alabama mountain top.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-National
league owners this afternoon pledged
enough to furnish Pop Anson s25
weekly as a pension for the next six
years.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11

Temperature is the most important
consideration in successful bread bak-
ing, according to Miss Hannah Wss-
selling, the governments bread sx-
pert. She says that the oven shonld
be at S6 degrees and that this should
be determined with thermonstsr.
Miss Wessling is now engaged In :
hunt for successful suhstituts for
flour. Bananas. she declares, mAy n
time solve the suostitution prsAaesns
While she believes Otroagiy ln heead
made from entire wheat er &raham.
flour, shs says that It = inesaslA
to give them tie hshtaaas ~ + ~
sired. 5x
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-11
kfAT|NG DFN0UNCFS
OPERATORS N hUd'|S';f 81 /
Representatives from Colorado and Michigan Both
Ask Congress to Investigate Strike Conditions
Both Assert Operators Have Ignored Laws

United Press
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. TO-
The rules committee of the house to-
day considered a resolution provid-
ing congressional Investigations of
the Michigan and Colorado strikes.
No decision was reached today, but
members of the committee seemed to
favor an investigation.
Congressman Heating, of Colorado,
urged probe of the Colorado coal
strike, while Congressman Mcdonald
of Michigan, insisted on an investi-
CATION of the copper strike in that
state.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. TO-
Senators Keating of Colorado and
Mcdonald of Michigan dramatically
recited conditions in the Colorado and
Michigan strike fields. Keating al
legged hundreds OF professional gun
men were imported into Colorado and
armored autos, mounted with Calling
guns were operated by the mine
owners and that miners were threat
ened with death if they called at
postoffices for mail
Both men asserted the operators
had ignored laws preventing the dis
charge of miners because of union af-
filiations.
The military courts, they arrested,
which supplanted the civil, deprived
the strikers of their constitutional
rights.
DENVER, Colo, Dec. 1O.-Frank
Hayes and John Lawson, officials of
the United Mine Workers were ar
rested here this morning on Pueblo
Indictment. They were released on
$4,000 bonds each
, 1913-04-26

father of something that happened to him
when he vas about the same age. Theo-
dore was experimenting with explosives, in
al effort to invent a floating bomb. The
continuance exploded when Theodore did
not expect it. A doctor picked pieces of
glass out of one of Theodore's hands. but
the lad will get over it, just as his father got
over all his mishaps.
The incident in the life of the inventor
which Theodore's mishap recalled was the
explosion of his chemical laboratory which
Thomas A. maintained while he was a news
boy on a train, utilizing the baggage car for
the purpose. Thomas had to remove the out
fit to the cellar of his fathers house after
that experience, for the railroad could not
view with complacency the burning of a
baggage car every time the boy hit upon
some new idea.
Theodore lately got the idea into his head
that he could manufacture a bomb that
would float on the water and explode with
tremendous power whenever it happened to
be touched by a hostile vessel. Friendly
vessels, would, of course, be wise and avoid
touching the bomb. To Theodore's mind
the best way to shape up the device would
be to inclose it in an air-tight bottle and
put the bottle i'll o casing Of cork, so that it
would be sure not to sink.
He had proceeded as far as mixing the ex-
plosive and depositing it in the glass bottle,
when the explosive went off. Theodore had
the bottle in his hand.
Mrs. Edison has decreed that Theodore's
future experiments with explosives shall be
under the supervision of his father.-N. Y.
Times, april Srd.
, 1913-04-26

residence of the Turkish sovereigns until
l453, when Constantinople was captured. In
the nineteenth century Russia twice occupied
Adrianople-firs in 1929, when Russia sigl
ed the Treaty of Adrianorle, forcing Turkey
to relinquish to her the northern Black Sea
coast land and to recognize Greek indepen,
dence and in 1878, during the Russo-Tur-
kish war which had begun the year before.
In that war occurred the siege of Plevna,
with which the siege of Adrianople is bound
TO be compared, as we'll as with such other
sleges as those of Saragossa, Sebastopol.
Vicksburg, Metz, and Port Arthur. The first
two sieges were longer than that of Adriano-
pie, and so was the siege of Port Arthur; the
others were shorter. -At-both- Plevna and
Adrianople the Turks resisted the assaults of
az enemy superior in strength. Oddly enough
at both places the forces engaged on each side
appeared to be the same. But there is this
vital difference between the two. Plevna's
only defenses were hastily thrown out with
tools piled by common soldiers, whereas Adri-
anople had the advantage of massive and in
tricate fortitcations.-I6jG.
, 1913-04-26
GASOLINE LOCOMOTIVES.

The development of the central sugar
factory and the concentration of the manu-
tacture of cane-sugar in these large estab-
lishments has been found more profitable
and more effective from a strictly industrial
point of view than the older plan of carrying
the factory to the cane fields. This concen-
tration of the work into large factories and
transportation from distant fields was pro-
noted by the narrow-guage, portable rail
ways, and light cars introduced from Europe
forty years ago. This led to the use of
locomotives for the longer hauls and with
the ordinary locomotive, even when of mar
row gauge, there came occasional fires in
the cane fields, and these, when they do
occur, are sometimes very destructive and
always very injurious. In the early history
of such work it became the custom in Cuba
to plant sweet potatoes, or some green leaf
ed plant in order to prevent the spread OF
any incidental fires, but still much loss has
occurred from this cause where locomotives
have been used In cane-sugar central factory
work.
This has led the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, of Philadelphia, U.S.A., into the con-
struction of gasoline locomotives, properly
designed for any kind of plantation service.
These locomotives have all the merits of the
modern automobile, or auto-motor trucks,
with the gain in capacity that comes from
travelling on steel rails, and absolute safety
so far as danger from firing the cane fields
is concerned. These locomotives will inter
est every sugar planter and corporation en-
gagged in the cane-sngar industry from
western Hawaii on through the United
States to the West Indies and the tropics gen
orally, through to the Tar East in Mauritius
and Formosa, where similar industries are
largely developed. Those desiring parti-
culars concerning,,these gasoline locomotives,
as will be seen by the advertisement of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works in this issue,
can secure data by addressing the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, OF, when
urgent, by utilizing their cable address,
Baldwin, Philadelphia" and any desired
info rmation will be furnished at ONCE
Louisiana Planter, March 29.
, 1913-04-26
TO CHINA.
Special to The New York Times.

WASHINGTON, April 2-The assurances
conveyed q fortnight ago by President Will
son in a public statement of the sympathy
of the American people in the republican
movement in China are to have practical
form in the recognition of the Chinese Re-
public. The first formal step to this end
was taken today. Secretary Bryan invited to
the State Department the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of those countries to which the
Chinese Government has sent accredited re-
representatives. and delivered to them o com
munication on the subject of the recognition
of the new Government by the powers.
The Ambassadors and Ministers were
gathered in the diplomatic reception room,
whence one at o time each was asked in to
the Secretary's office. The conference in
each case lasted from ten minutes to half an
hour and was begun by the simple an
nouncement from Secretary Bryan that it
was the purpose of this Government to take
the initiative of recognizing the Chinese Re-
public. Coupled with this was the expression
of the hope that all tine powers might see
fit to join in the welcome to be extended to
the new Oriental Government.
This action by the Secretary of State fol-
lowed a long conference between President
Wilson and Mr.. Bryan at the White House
last night, in which the subject WAS dis
cussed and the probability of the step pro-
posed by the President for this Government
being acceptable to the other Governments
was considered.
That the President has been encouraged
to believe that his action will meet the ap-
proval of many of the powers is indicated by
the attitude of the representatives of Great
Britain and Germany within the last few
days. These two powers may be expected
to join the United States in the recognition
of the Chinese Republic without delay.
Secretary Bryan, when asked, after the
Ambassadors and Ministers had taken their
departure, if the recognition of China was
soon to take place, asked to be excused from
saying more than that he had asked the di-
~plomatie representatives to meet him to-day,
and that within a few days a formal an
nouncement would be made of the nature of
the communication" he had delivered to each
of them. It is believed that the President
will make a proclamation of recognition soon.
There is an agreement among six powers
for concert of action in china These pow
ers are Great Britain, Germany, France,
Russia, Japan, and the United States. That
agreement provides that none of the powers
shall recognize the new republic singly, but
that all should act together In. the formal
sued his statement two, weeks ago, after q
conference with a delegation Of American
, 1913-04-26

bankers interested in the Chinese loan, his
act gave notice to the world of what was to
come. That statement did not of itself take
the United States out of the concert, but
the path which the President had chosen
for his Government was indicated, and now
it is being entered, and the other powers
are asked to enter it also. For the Presi-
dent to recognize the Chinese Republic
without the assent of the other five powers
will break the agreement.-Ibid.
, 1913-04-26

We have never seen elsewhere told from
the personal point Of view the facts regarding
Disraeli's share in the purchase of the Suez
Canal. The delightful play "Disraeli," which,
as admirably acted by Mr.. George Arliss, has
had a wide hearing in America, turns on this
very bit of history, and there has been a good
deal of enquiry about the degree of closeness
with which the play followed the facts. We
are sure that many readers will like to see
the narrative told to Sir Henry Lucy by FIRE.
derrick Greenwood, the well-known writer,
once editor of the "Pall Mall Gazetteer"
On a certain Sunday night in the autumn
of 1876, he (Greenwood) CHANGED to be din
ing with Henry Oppenheim, one of the origi-
nal proprietors of the "Daily News" During
a residence in Paris and Egypt that gentle
man, just settling down i'll London, was
brought into close connection with Egyptian
financial affairs. On the previous day he
heard Of the intention of the impecunious
Khedive to sell en- bloc his holding in the
capital of the Suez Canal. Greenwood in
stantly saw the opportunity for q great
stroke Of state. On leaving Bruton Street
lie went direct to the private residence of
the Foreign Secretary Lord Derby and
told him of the rare chance. Lord Derby
informed the Prime Minister, whose Orien-
tai mind glowed at the prospect of so stu
pendous a deal. Inquiry secretly made at
Cairo disclosed the fact that the Khedive
would 'part" for a sum of four millions ster-
ling. But it must be money down.
It was, Greenwood told me, on Lord Bea-
consfeld's personal suggestion that the diff
Guilty, at the moment apparently insuperable,
was overcome. The consent of Parliament
was necessary to the confirmation of the deal.
That involved both delay and publicity,
either fatal to success. Late Oh the Thurs
day night following the Bruton Street din
ner, the Premier sent his private secretary,
Monty Cory, to call upon Baron Rothschild,
al the time head of the great financial house.
Even q Rothschild did not happen to have
about him a trife of four millions sterling.
Nor was it possible, in accordance with the
traditions of the house, that such a transac-
tom should be entered upon without having
been considered in family council. Cory
accordingly returned to the Premier without
definite reply. 1t came promptly on the
following morning. Rothschild would ad-
vance the money on o commission of two and
o half per cent.
These terms were pretty stiff, involving a
payment of 91O0, 600. The City heard of
them with envy, and they were discussed
with much severity when the matter came
before the House of Commons. The Roths-
childs and their friends defended them on
the ground that the colossal transaction in
volved a certain measure of risk. There was
absolutely no security beyond the influence Of
the Premier, still master of q majority in the
House of Commons, and pledged to invoke
it in order to obtain Parliamentary sanction.
The whole thing happened between two
Sundays.--Ibjd.
, 1913-04-26

Theodore Edison, the fourteen-year-old
son of Thomas A. Edison, had a experience
yesterday in his fathers laboratory in West
Orange, N. r., that remi2ded his amused
, 1913-04-26
YOUNG EDISON LEARNING

Premature Explosion of a Bomb Injuries
His Hand Slightly.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-25

there to welcome him. II was bit
terly cold night, and, as the train on
which Elsie's brother would arrive
was uncertain he was left to find his
way to the house in a hack.
The girls being still as engrossed
with each other as ever, Walter had
retired to the library, where he await
ed Paul Manton's arrival. Despite his
confidence in Molly he looked for
ward to the meeting almost as on or
deal When at last the front door bell
rang it took him a full minute to re-
cover his equanimity, and by the time
he had stepped into the hall he saw
the visitor on the threshold
He saw him enter, and Molly go out
to meet him. Then he saw him open
his arms and fold the girl in them.
And suddenly he bent his head and
kissed her, and Molly began TOTO
giggle. -,
That was most horrifying of all.
She did not resent the kiss She gig
gled like schoolgirl, as though she
thought it funny.
Well, there were limits to a mans
faith. All the old disbelief rushed
over Walter again. For an instant he
stood amazed then, very quietly, he
opened the library window and drop
ped down into the snow. He heard
laughter within the house and some
one calling his name, but he paid no
attention. :ss:.f.f
Hatless, coatless, he hurried across
the garden and into the road. His
one idea was to get away as quickly
as possible. What a fool he had been,
what consummate, blind fool! He
must have walked, half way to the
station when the idea came to him
to go home and get hat and over
coat, and pack some things in suit
case. .> r.
Just as he halted a hack came
crawling up the road. In it sat a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-25

could not understand the situation at
all. If Paul had arrived and kissed
Molly, how could he now be coming
up the hill in a hack? But his sense
of indignation was too strong to per-
NIT his mind to work clearly. He
reached his home and
And on the step stood Molly, hat
less and wrapless, and crying des-
perately. She was looking through
the window into his dark room. She
turned as he approached and ran to
him and threw her arms around him.
Walter" she sobbed. Don't re-
pulse me like that. Listen to me. It
was Elsie. i didn't know until she
kissed me-" t@-
what do you mean?'' demanded
Walter, holding her at arms length
and looking into her weeful, tear
stained face.
ct was:a trick of Elsie's to surprise
me and make you jealous" Molly fall
tered. at was your overcoat and
hat. Didn'tgyo see that? She put
them on inside and wentFoutside and
then rang the bell and came in. 1
thought it was Paaluntil-until she
kissed me-"
A light dawned upon Walters be-
wildered brain. Ashamed and hui
inflated, he stood there, while Molly's
arms wound themselves lovingly
about his neck again.
Dearest dearestw she sobbed, eff
we are going to be happy we must
have faith in one another Won't
you believe in me again -
Molly" said Walter, 1--WE been a
COMPOUNDED fool. I'll believe In you
always after this lesson. Heavensi
If you knew how felt just now! But
how can 1 face your friends after
what has happened?"
Elsie doesn't know you saw" an
swered Molly. "She thinks that you
took me outside to see-to see the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
SpIingdale.

Several from these parts attended
the county preliminary contest held
at the opera hall Friday evening.
Miss Blanche Hammer returned
home Friday, having closed seven
months term of school west Of Van
Vert
Miss Rosetta Millsap, of west Of
Decatur, is visiting her friend, Ruth
Nash, this week.
Willis Crees, of near Grand River,
hauled wood to town one day this.
week.
Miss Nan Hammer returned home
from Brannaman's Saturday after.
noon.
The Misses Eva and Faye Edwards,
we're Decatur City callers Saturday
afternoon.
Gus Woodland was called to town
Tuesday evening by the serious ILL
ness of his father.
Leo Edwards and Alfred VanAuk-
in attended services at town Sum
day evening.
Miss Iowa Hammer who is teach
ing near Leon. came Friday evening
to attend the contest and for an
over Sunday visit with home folks.
Mrs. George Williams is papering:.
this week.
Dan Bright went to Leon Friday
for a few days visit with relatives.
Lincoln Woodland and wife were
Decatur callers Friday afternoon.
II Charley Edwards and son Leo de-
liyered hogs to Decatur Friday.