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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
DEMAND
RECALL
federation Of Labor Says
Aln'as's is Unfair
il Dealings
United Press

United Press
DENVER, Colo, At this mornings
session of the call convention of the
State Federation of Labor, Mother
Jones in a fiery speech demanded the
delegates march to the state house
and demand the governor release the
union men being held as military
prisoners in southern Colorado. Moth
er Jones started from the hall and
fifty delegates followed. However.
they were persuaded by William
Green, secretary of the international
union of the Mine Workers, to wait
until the convention has finished its
work.
A delegation will probably visit the
governor this afternoon. During the
session this morning, Secretary Green
demanded "a recall of Ammons, and
put friends in office. Elect men who
will be fair, upright and brave enough
to stand for the right in the face of
allied powers Of wealth." He said
Ammons was unfit for the office of
governor.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
BRITISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS
TO MONoPOLIZE OPIUM

HONG KONG, China. Dec. I'm
addition to the long standing aErsF.
ment which it maintains with the
opium raisers Of India, and the mo-
nopoly which it maintains in the
Straits settlements, the British gov
ernment today set in motion plans 10
monopolize and to absolutely control
the raising, marketing and sale Of
opium in the crown colony of Hong
king, on the southern coast of China.
The new plan becomes effective on
March 1. 1914. and has been ordered
in an attempt to counteraet. the de-
ficit of $2.O36,616 Mexican in this
budget Of 1914. This abolishes thu
opium farm system which has been
in operation here for years.
BY taking over the opium farm, and
establishing an official monopoly, the
government expects TO reap profit
Of $1,679,369 Mexican, which will
come within $500, 900 Mexican of wip.
ing out the dreaded s2.Os6,61s slump
In the governmental revenses.
Caustic criticism of this plan which
will make the crowd colony traffick-
er in pernicious drug for profit has
called forth denials from Claude Sew
ern, the official administering the
government, and other Hongking of.
ficials, who contend that the plan is
the best that could be devised under
the circumstances.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
SHIP EGGS WITHOUT BREAKING.

From. Popular Mechanics.
Another solution of the problem of
packing eggs SO that they can be
shipped without danger of breakage
has been offered by an Oregon in
ventor, who has developed packing
material consisting Of sheets Of mold
ed pulp board. Each sheet has holes
evenly spaced and of such diameter
as to fit firmly over an egg q short
distance from the end. When packed
each egg projects slightly through
two adjacent sheets, the spacing Of
the holes being such that no two eggs
are in contact.
A case packed with hand made
sheets Of this kind was loaded over
the rear wheels Of an express wagon,
hauled rapidly over . rough plank
logging road and dumped ~ pack.
age Of unbrsakable freight would be
handled, on the station platform. On
ly one egg out Of the 80 dozen con.
tainsd in the ease was broken, and
this, it was said. was due to an i'm.
perfection in tie handmade Sheet
Owing 70 ~ stiffness Of he pulr
board Il = possible for : man . stand
lon ~ top shost of case without
bssakine any Il ~ soSs.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
RUSSIAN CHARGED WITH
WHIPPING TWO YOUNG GIRLS

LONDON, Dec. 17.--Charged with
whipping two young girls in his en-
ploy, Marcus Josephson, Russian man.
ager of film company, today went
to trial on complaint Of the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Chill
dren. At the preliminary hearing in
Tower Bridge police court, evidence
was produced of an amazing form Of
oath to which he compelled his girl
employees to subscribe, as follows:
Il, Of my own free will, after care
full consideration, hereby swear by
Almighty God that will from this
day to the end of my natural life be
obedient, submissive, and truthful to
Mr.. Josephson; that will from this
day recognize him as my master
teacher and good father; that will
love, honor and respect him as such
that will submit to his authority
and consent that he shall treat me
as II had been his own 'child; thai
oil lawful orders given by him shall
and will be law to me however hard
task they may appear to be, no hslr
me Jehovah"
The girls testified that repsatsdI,
for minor faults they had been brut.
ally fIogged by Josephson with Isath
er straps. after which he made then
kiss his hand
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
EXPLOSION VICTIMS
HORR!RI|',x''||, ,M||||ANG[[D
Heads, Arms and Legs Of Victims are Blown off
---Unon Miners Work Faithfully in Removing
Bodies Of Noa-Unioa Men---3S Are Killed

United Press.
NEW CASTLE, Colo, Dec. IT,
At noon today thirty corpses had
been recovered from the Vulcan mine.
Eight others are said to be buried in
tons of debris and will probably be
recovered before night, though the
work is slow.
Officials of the mine say forty
three men were working in the mine
at the time of the explosion, five es-
Gaping alive. The force of the ex-
plosion was terrific as proven by the
terribly mangled condition of the
bodies recovered. Many of the corpses
were decapitated, while others had
their arms and legs severed, some
being literally dismembered.
All victims are Americans and
mostly all sons of ranchers who took
the places of the union men when the
coal strike was called several months
ago. The union men all volunteered
to enter the mine and help in the
rescue work and recovering the
corpses of the victims.
The explosion entered from room
13, on the west part of the mine, to
room 81, in the extreme east part.
The entire enterior of the mine was
wrecked.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
FRANCE PLANS JUVENILE
COURT ON AMERICAN PLAN

PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE French gov
ernment today Is looking for quart
ers to serve as q juvenile court, pat
termed after the American model orig.
mated by Judge Lindsey. The cham
Der Of deputies passed an act in July
1912, providing for such a court but
neglected to provide either funds Ia
operate it or room, for 1t to be held
in. Paris courts are already over
crowded SO separate building must
be arranged for.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
"a ARE Cut FROM
CONVENTION roll
four are Cut From Hawaii, Eight Frem Nefti0n
States and Sxty-Iwo From the Soulh---nar
Delegates Will Be Chosen at the Primaries
United Pres.

United Press
WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. IT,
The subcommittee reported to the
Republican national committee un-
animously recommending the reduct-
ion of delegates to future party con-
ventions by seventy four, four from
Hawaii, eight from the northern
states and sixty-two from the south.
The report proposed each state should
have four delegates at large, one each
for the congressional districts and
one additional delegate each to dis
tricts wherein the Republicans cast
35 per cent of the total vote.
The report proposed rule be in
corporated in the 1916 convention
curbing the authority Of national
committees and placing on the temp
orary roll of the convention all dels-
gates chosen by primaries.
States having primary laws here
after must elect delegates by primar-
les, while other states may elect by
conventions.
The national committee unanimous
ly adopted the report Of the commit
tee, which makes the state rights"
theory preeminent and will practical
ly nullify the national committee
authority to supervise the choice Of
delegates in primary states.
The subcommittee report also
recommends a reapportionment plan
be ratified by majority of the Repub-
lican states.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
CARDINAL RAMpoLLA DEAD
United pr..s

United Press
ROME, Dec. 17.--Cardinal RAM
polla died at midnight last night, af-
ter brief illness. 1t is feared the
death of the cardinal will effect the
pope's health as they were close
friends. When Pope Plus learned OF
the death of Cardinal Rampolla he
dropped to his knees and prayed a
celebrated mass for his soul.
There is only Sc cardinals left. A
consistory to select new cardinal
probably will be held next month.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
CoLLIDEs
WITH SCHOONER

United Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE steam
er Tennessee with 500 passengers
aboard last night collided with the
schooner Matte Basket while en-
route to Boston. The steamers hold
side is seriously damaged and the
promenade deck wrecked. The steam
er returned here this morning.
The schooner is less seriously hurt.
Passengers aboard both ships were
uninjured.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
OF
SCHMIDT
T[ST|f|[S
United Pres.

United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. i7.-Schmidt's IS
sister testified at the formers trial
this morning. She said the defend
ant, a. boy. was peculiar, and spent
hours sitting among the tombstones
In churchyards and cemeteries think
ing. She said he liked 10 watch the
nsighbors kill chickens and played
with the blood, carrying the heads oI
the fowls in his pockets for days.
Schmidt's sister said he had In.
sane religious fervor. and when 9
young man, had erected a miniature
altar in their home. and wanted tt
wear priestly vestments.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
TUG SONOMA SENT TO
ASSIST BATTLESHIP
United Press.

United Press.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IT,
Secretary Daniels has ordered the tug
Sonoma to rush to the assistance Of
the bsttleship Delaware which is tow
ing the battleship Vermont to Hsmp-
ton Roads. The Vermont is seriously
injured according to cabled cipher
wireless. The ship was completely
disabled $50 miles out ~ a result Of
a cracked port crank shaft.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18

BY THE WAY

Haven't you any smart children 2"
asked "Bo." the other day. Must
be you are lacking or you would tell
your readers about them"
We told ''Bo." we had the all-fire-
dest smartest chiltEen and grand
children that svel Szikef plank.
"Bo." didn't have time to listen to
our animadversion, SO we are going
to let the people know through the
columns of the Herald. Well admit
we have been derelict in this par
ticular of late. True, some months,
yes, years, ago we used to have a
good deal to say about papa" and
mama" and our grand children. But
to resume we've regular lolapu-
luzer of a grand son. Why, when he
was four years old he knew more than
most grown people and when he began
going to school the teachers regard
ed him as phenom. When he was
twelve he "know'd" terrible lot.
Nobody could tell him anything-not
even Noah Webster. Instead of the
boy averaging 81, 9S, SO and 100 he
went above the 100 standard-jpst
amazed the scholars and principal.
He. was the best speller in the school
always knew how to spell "dogg''
and kat" He could prove that two
times three were eight-that grand
son of ours. Oh, wasn't he smart.
We used to have an item or two about
him every day some years ago and
We must confess to "Bo." that we
have overlooked the praise due him
for long time until last week. But
how could he help being smart with
such knowing "pspa'-a papa" that
knows what's what in every walk of
life, papa who is s'fearless" and is
not afraid to tell his readers that
he has corner on all the honesty
and ability in Durango. Papa" is
proud of his grand son because he is
q "chip off the old block"
We dropped into the assessors off
ce to ascertain what was doing re.
garding the $4,000 increase ordered
by the state tax commission. Moth
ing, in reality replied Assessor
Chubb. when the increase was made
/ wrote the tax commission asking
how it was to be done. stated that ii
could not be equalized for the reason
that it would be impossible to in
crease the value Of dollar where
assessments were made at 100 per
cent. on capital stock and credits. The
commission replied that it had not
figured out just what property should
be increased to bring La Plata to a
full valuation. At the time the La
Plata county abstract was fled
continued Mr.. Chubb, .the commits
sioners had not held their equaliz-
alton session. Since filing the ab-
strsct and equalizaticns by the boarc
and additions in personal property the
La Plata county valuation has beer
increased something like $4,000 ovel
the total placed against the count,
by the tax commission.r Mr.. Chubt
furnished us with Ihs exact figure,
but we misplaced them and give then
in round numbers. whils the demand,
lot The tax commiasion have bear
| nors than complied With 70 far u
! this county is esuesrnsd, It VA
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
EuGENICs SHOULD BE TAuGHT
CHILDREN SAYS LADY COOK
tBy Lady Cook, nee Tennessee Clsf-
film. Written for the United Press)

by Lady Cook, nee Tennessee Claf-
film. Written for the United Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. live have
been taught for ages to disregard our
bodies, as things vile and unclean by
nature. A general ignorance Of them
has in the past times been strenuous
ly encouraged, and Is still reproach
to our civilization. Any youth or girl
attempting to learn the mysteries Of
their physique would be accounted
forward or indeIicate and study Of
their real origin would be held -
grossly indecent.
\ Yet man il the most bsanttfni ~
most wonderful piece Of snimal
mechanism, in all nature most wortAy
and most profitable Of study. All
his faculties and powers, his thoughts
and emotions, are governed BY tie
structure and state Of his body. Il
should be his duty then, to know all
he can about 1t, and ~ early ~ pos
sible. This should form . chief part
of the education Of every child ae-
cording to its age and capacity, ard
enter into the curriculum Of every
school. Physiological works should
be studied AS well ~ the bihls, ~
cause Of their greater utility.
In our old family bibIe thsre Il ~
picture Of Eve rising - ! somt1eee
and mature woman out Of ~ 49,
Of man, as he recIinss IN sIseD. va
have seen the same monstrous -
similarly treated elsewhere. Chf-
dren may view thsss false dsalnaa- /.
tions without hesitation hseauss tkex
are sanctioned by "authoFitiss,* bnt
were mother In parturition sxkjhit-
ed to the young even In tks nost
proper manner It would b pouneed
upon by the police.
The theological fable is preferred
to the physiological fact. Our back
wardness in this is partly due to the
medical profession, members Of which
may not want trade secrets to BE- too
freely divulged to "outsidsrs." Ths
general teaching that " are enn-
ceived in sin and born In iniquity =
As false ~ it il blasphsmous, ard -
insult to every parent. To tel soher
people that pure minded ccupls are
defiled by their own eonnubial sn-
braces, is At once TO Willy nature ard
its Author. I say to parents, d net
believe in this disgustins doctrine.
Our young mon and yoans wosasn
ar, impsrfectiy instructed h.
structsd at all. Countless thousands
are grossly ignorant Of the most sIs-
mentary circumstances psrtaining "
married life, even after they havs
chosen their nlats. The SEXUAL stds
Of our being has besn 10 stignstissd
that our other natural appstitas have
shared in it, dsgrsdation. W heant
Of our love Of Art. htsratsrs, seies
but are ashamsd Of our bodfly estn
and functions. and sAun ~ thoU~|
ledge Of our own physleloGy. ~
y 4
beautiful structures, whieh Il sneu1|
be our pride to improvs s4d yseDosyS.
|untainsd. are accounted Nh ~ -
70 be discussed. Ths nassssas : y
ity" which produces ~ ~ lneu
b seouted - eriminalIy flathv, IL
rseklsssly foolish. s. II; 4!
We should tksn. - pRspor
| u raes, taha ~ ~ - IN
49, sss shiIdren "A -
|rioAt y knev sxs - M \ %
| IspDpslnnisy = teezM
49, eetnes * ea1ns M
Ipaelgsgy = ~ ols N
~ \ l6ies1ses II Il * IN M II
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON
Written

(By Burton X. Standish. Written
for the United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. H.
Physical culture in tabloid form has
won a new devotee in Attorney Cen
eral McReynolds. One day he chanced
to drop into Washington book store
and there espied booklet. Glancing
over its pages, he found it gave some
new exercises and some good point
ers on keeping in proper physical
condition. He bought it and started
vigorously to follow its precepts
Every morning for half hour, he
exercises in his bedroom, and as a
result, he is feeling better than ever
before in his life.
His work is especially confinine
and he has little opportunity for
strenuous outdoor exercise. The in
door work has done wonders for him.
Moreover, he has started a little
physical culture colony quite un-
known to himself. His private sec
retary heard the chiefs praise of the
new method; he has been ailing. The
system popped" him up in short
time. Then he told the good news
to the newspaper men, who daily visit
the department of justice. Now the
newspaper colony is doing it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18

brought about by an entirely differ
ent method that anticipated by the
tax commission. No doubt the tax
commission desires to deal justly. but
it ia evident the members have no
fixed idea of what property Ia under
valued and that properly assessed.
There is no way Of knowing this
without personal inspection and in
vestigation, hence the real value of
the tax commission is not in evidence.
If the supreme court uphold the in
cretsc placed on Denver it csnnoi
be dole by a horizon:sl rxisa but
ut the assessors office making AN
entirely new schedule. The tax mud
die is going to become more mud
died than ever as many of the coun-
ties raised will not be able to COM
ply with the demand of the tax COM
mission through the same conditions
that enabled Assessor Chubb to more
than meet. No matter what the de-
cision of the supreme court regard
ing the matter La Plata county will
not be affected one. way or the other
as erroneous assessments or cares
th,,t may be appealed to the courts
will not reduce the total value of the
county below the figures named by
the tax commission.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18

Mr.. and Mrs.. c. r. Rossnstsek Of
Eureka are making Tie Savoy thsir
headquarters whils dsing Christnaas
shopEing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18

than be a dweller in New York or
London" he added. "But I've noticed
that there's only a mayor and cook
in all the pictures of this place. The
trouble with folks nowadays is that
they are willing to exc out miser-
able unhealthy existence in crowded
cities instead of getting out into
Gods country. That's because man
is gregarious animal, and wants to
be around where somebody else is.
But I'm hoping that the farmer COM
munity of the future will have big
square with farm house at each
corner. Thatll mean company for
the farmer, instead of isolation which
now makes country life distasteful to
SO many men,"
DR.. Wiley predicts that the coming
year will see vast growth in peo-
ple's interest in pure food problems.
He feels that the pure food agita-
tion of recent years is having help
ful influence, and that food dealers
are realizing that honesty in foods is
the best policy in the long run.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
MRS. PANkHUKsr RELEAsED

United Prsss.
LONDON, Dee. l7.--Mrs. Enns
line Pankhurst was rslsassd from in
|agatn to1Ay end win % 70 sHjeaos-
land y rseapsrsts. N N
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18
HUfRTA
WILL HOLD
RECEPTION
United Pr.a..

United Press
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 17,-Huerta
has invited all foreign diplomats in
Mexico to New Years reception.
The function. it Is said, is designed to
force the powers to indicate their at
titude towards Huerta. II the diplo-
mats attend the reception, the Mexi-
can government will construe NJ q
recognition Of Huerta by the nations
represented.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 17.-It has
been learned in this city that 1000
Zapatistas are encampsd sixteen
miles from here, awaiting Huerta's =
fall when they expect to rush in and
seize the city before Carranza arrives.
The Zapatistas intsnd to let the con-
stitutionalists wear Husrta out, and
while the men Of General Villa ara
clashing with the Carranxa forces
the followers Of zapats intend "a
ssiss The capital. General zapata 4
sampsd nsar his troops.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18

Clean food and better cooks consti-
tute this country's greatest present
need. So says DR.. Harvey Wiley.
pure food apostle and once head of
the governments pure food work.
"I'd rather be able to cook pota-
toes properly than to have painted the
frescoes in the Vatican-and that's
with all due respect to my friend,
Michelangelo," he says.
DR.. Wiley's slogan is Eat More
Wheat In such motto, he sees
the salvation of America from the
burden of the high cost of living. He
declares that person could live on
wheat and milk alone for years, and
be healthy and happy, although he
admits that such a diet might grow
monotonous. He argues that wheat
has all the elements for proper nutri-
ton, and costs about a fiftieth as
much as beef steak, considering the
waste and water that steak contains.
The question Of food supply, and
proper quality, is, to DIR. Wiley's
mind, great problem with which
the American people should more
concern themselves. Cleanliness at
the Source" is cardinal principle,
he believes.
III canned goods aren't put up in
clean surroundings II is ueless to sup.
pose that they'll be clean later" he
said in elucidating his views. "More-
over, food is made to eat, and not to
keep for years. Sufficient unto the
day IL the evil thereof That's what
the bible says. Sufficient unto the
day is the food thereof. That's what
l say"
He declared that 100000, 900 more
people might Hive and be fed by Am
erica's resources under present meth
DDS of production and distribution,
but that fully 10000, 900 people
might live in this land + more in
tsnsivs methods Of cultivation ars
used. His gospel also aay< ~Ge hack
to the farm"
era rather live In spotlsss Town
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18


The United States army transport
Sherman has been designated by the
war department to bear Santa Claus
presents to the soldiers in Hawaii,
Guam and the Philippines this Christ
mas. The transport Logan, weighted
down with gifts, was also placed at
Santa's disposal by the department
and is now bringing to the states the
remembrances from the soldiers sta
toned at Manila.
This, in effect, was the official
statement issued by the war depart
ment. Its publication was made for
double reason. One was for the
purpose of informing the wives, moth
ers and sweethearts of the soldiers
that the ships would bear their Of
ferings to the proper persons. The
second, however, was to warn the
senders that they must pack their
baskets with extremely substantial
fixings or the department would not
guarantee their safe delivery. De-
spite these precautions, the war de-
partment officials have just received
the following dispatches from the
two transports: "Some of the pres
ents are leaking"
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18

How are the schools of the city
getting along?" Inquired the Her
aid man of Supt. Smiley the other
day. Very nicely" replied Mr..
Smiley. I'VE have the largest enroll
ment in the history Of the city and
comparative statement that will
soon be ready for publication will
show that we are taking care of this
enrolment for less money than sew
eral years ago and we feel that the
efficiency of the schools is increas-
ing instead of deteriorating" Not hav-
ing the figures at hand we are not
able to ascertain where the saving
comes in, but it is gratifying to know
that there is one department Of our
public affairs that is not costing more
money. 1t is our desire in the near
future to show just what is being
accomplished for the money given the
schools Of the city-the work of the
superintendent and his assistants. We
want to show whether the superin-
tendent is doing anything besides di-
recting the schools, what the princi-
pals are doing, the number of scholars
under each teacher, and where, if pos
sible any money can be saved in this
city department..
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-12-18

"You are right. It's the system
for which the people stand that is re-
sponsible for increasing taxes and
cost of city, county and state gov
ernments, said Durangoite this
morning. eve thought Durango was
going to have model charter, but
we find it handicaps certain officers
and at the same time permits un-
usual privileges. True, much depends
on men elected, at the same time dis
cussion of the charter and personal
investigation Of it's workings are not
what was anticipated. However, it's
starter. The people Of the nation
are going TO solve municipal govern
ment as it should be and provisions
made accordingly. Agitation is the
only way needed reforms and i'm
proved methods can be brought
about"