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Gilpin observer., 1913-06-26

the house in which Captain Lee Light Horse
Harry the father of Robert f. Lee) was staying
but Lee and his guard manned the doors and win
dows and drove the enemy off with loss. Lee
was the son OF Washingtons famed "Lowland
Beauty. and the general was already deeply In
terested in the young man. For the deed of gal
lantry he obtained Lees promotion.
Washington's own quarters were at first in
tent or marquee, which is at present in the Val
ley Forge museum in a good state Of preservation.
foI Americans had not then forgotten how to
make the things that would last
To Washingtop's worries during this awful win
ter was added the miserable Conway cabal.' a
plot to remove him in favor OF Gates. Little won
der that strong man though he was, Washington
despaired OF earthly aid and turned to heaven for
assistance. Isaac Potts day passing
through woods near headquarters when he
heard a voice, and looking into thicket discov-
cred the general "on his knees In the .act OF
devotion to the Ruler. of the universe. At the
moment when Friend Potts. concealed by the
trees. came up, Washington was interceding for
his beloved country. He utterly disclaimed
all ability OF his own for this arduous conflict;
he wept at the thought of that irretrievable ruin
which his mistakes might bring on his country.
and with the patriots pathos spreading the inter
ests of unborn millions before the eyes OF Eternal
Mercy, he implored the aid Of that arm which
guides the starry host AS soon as the general
had finished his devotions and had retired. Friend
Potts returned to his house and threw himself
into a chair by the side of his wife.
Isaac, she said with tenderness. thee seems
agitated; what's the matter?
"Indeed, my dear quoth he, II appear ag
tated It's no more than what am | have seen
this day what shall never forget. TIL now
have thought that Christian and soldier were
characters Incompatible; but II George Washing
ton be not man OF God. am mistaken, and still
more shall be disappointed II God do not
through him perform some great thing for this
country"
In all about three thousand men died In the
camp. but the grave of only one is now known
Lieutenant John Waterman. a brigade commits
sary, died in April and some one erected . rough
stone and cut on 1t the inscription: y. W.. ITS"
marble shaft. 80 feet high. was erected, II
years ago, by this grave. dedicated ITO the Sol
diers Of Washington's Army Who Sleep at Valley
Forge" Dozens Of other graves have been dis
covered. but others have been identified.
Fearful as the suffering at Valley Forge
the time spent there proved fruitful. thanks, In
large measure. to the arrival In camp Of Freder.
lex Augustus Henry Ferdinand Won Steuben. The
Gilpin observer., 1913-06-26

the other revolted provinces and forced the sur
render Of Burgoyne at Saratoga. But in the mid
die states. Lord Howe. aided by the lukewarm-
ness of the inhabitants OF Pennsylvania defeated
Washington at the Brandywine and firmly estab-
lished himself in Philadelphia. the American
metropolis and the rebel capital
The continental congress fed to Lancaster and
then to York. Washington lowered about Phila-
delphia fought the brilliant but indecisive battle
of Germantown and late In December went into
rian, Treveyan, bids fair to be the most famous
encampment In the worlds history Valley
Forge up the schuyikill river about twenty miles
from Philadelphia strategically left little to be
desired for II enabled the Americans to restrict
British raids and was, besides. well fitted for
defense,
! Many civilians Insisted that the army ought
not to go into winter quarters at all. The fugi.
tive Pennsylvania assembly adopted remon.
STRANGE to that effect Harassed by a thousand
and dangers. Washington tarty responded
that I'VE have by field return this day (Decem-
ber 23, 1777) no less than 2,89S men now In camp
unfit for duty because they are barefoot and 9TH
erwise naked Numbers have been obliged.
and still are to sit up all night by fires instead OF
taking comfortable rest in natural and common
way" because OF lack Of blankets.
'I can assure these gentlemen that 1t Is a much
easier and less distressing thing to draw remon,
strances In a comfortable room by a good fire
side than to occupy cold bleak hill and sleep
under frost and snow without clothes and
blankets"
The troops we're divided into squads OF twelve.
and to encourage the men Washington offered
reward OF $12 to the squad in each regiment that
finished log hut for quarters In the quickest
and most workmanlike manner. Inside the huts
hunks to be built. and the farmers living
near the camp were ordered to thrash their wheat
in order that the straw could be used for bedding.
In building many OF the huts a considerable
hole was first dug. and dozens Of these hut
holes" or Cellars" can still be Until q
few years ago one Of the more substantial huts
still remained. but unfortunately It was destroyed
by fre The Daughters OF the Revolution In 1905
constructed an excellent facsimile of hut over
an old hut hole" and this reproduction undoubt-
odly gives fair idea Of the structures.
Some of the officers found quarters In the scat
tered .farmhouses that stood within or near the
encampment. Those who lived In houses without
the lines paid heavy price for their comfort for
unceasing vigilance was required to guard against
British attacks Early one January morning
force of about two hundred British surrounded
Gilpin observer., 1913-06-26

The year 1777 of mingled victory and
defeat for the cause of American freedom. In
the north the splendid leadership of Arnold Nor
gan and Stark, and the patriotism of the people
of New York and New England foiled the British
plan Of cutting off the northeastern states from
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
POSTERS INDUCE
100000 TO STRIKE

New York. ian. l5.-Fifty ihnn.
sand flaming red posters. distributed
In GhU girls dress and shirtwaisi
factories today. turned nearly 10000
workers into the ranks Of the strik.
"is In III. garment making trades.
now numbering nearly .00.o0o. tn"
posters were the official call Tor a
strik" among tho dress and waist
makers. who had previously sane
toned such action by an nverwh'im-
ing vote. All OF these employees are
giris. some OF them under ~ years
old and their organizations hav" mp
pointed committees 10 guard the idle
workers asains, agents Of the w',IIc
slav. trade.
The nr-i demand of the dress and
waist makers II mo locked doors.
they declare that he lesson taught by
the Asch building fire In which IA
girls lost their lives. has not been
needed and that they are forced to
work in unsafe and unsanitary shops.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
LARGE AUDIENCE
HEARS REV, ESSERI'S
ADDRESS TO WOMeN

The Presbyterian church was
packed TO the limits YESTERDAY. 10
listen 10 the second address OF Rev.
Esseit. along social lines. The meet
In: was for women only. and the
way school teachers, club women and
other, prominent in the life of tn.
city turucd cut. indicates an awaken
iny Of the conscience Of th. Trini-
dad PEOPLE on ever! phas. Of The
question OF civic dcceuc!. Or. To-
se't spoke for over an hour. and was
listened IN with careful attention
throu shout. AT tn. close OF 'i- ad-
dress over one hundred OF the iad.cs
became members OF u local anii-whitc
slave organization. Alsendy owe:
sixty names had been secured. thus
bringing tho membership OF the 80
ciety ny to practically -twU hundred
Randolph Cook waS chosen presiden,
OF the organization: g. 5. Assay. vice
president: Mrs. Dopp. irca surer: Airs.
II. u. Rice. secretary. and Mrs. r. W.
Brctnal!. corresponding secretary.
The organization expects to do some
very thorough going work In tn"
future.
demonstrating the Ercnt amount
Of interest that was exhibited in the
movement by the women OF the city.
one hundred and thirty five enroll.
ed In the national organization which
with the members enrolled at the
mons meeting on Sunday. brings the
totnl up TO 200 In Trinidad. Rev. Es-
sert commenting on this today de-
clared that IL wns splendid show
inE. and one that Is unusual for n
city OF this size. The mothers and
daughters OF Trinidad were impress
sed by the comprehensive discussion
OF the great evil and after tho meet
ing many remained to greet the na-
tional lecturer. who had 70 ieelingly
discussed the vital question which 10
deeply concerns the American home.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
JOHNSON EXPLAINS

Chicago. Jan. l5.-Jack Johnson.
who was intercepted at Battle Creek
Michigan yesterday while on his way
to Toronto, Canada. despite the terms
of n bail bond holding him within
the Jurisdiction Of the United States
district court at Chicago. gave sat
isfactory explanation to Judge Car
penter.
He was not surrendered on the
100000 bonds covering his appear
ancc to answer charges of violating
the Mann act, but was released.
The $4,000 band was allowed to
stand, and the prize fighter was Civ
on time ,n secure new bond on the
smuggling charge. Johnson said that
hes hipped his automobiles to Toron-
to to enjoy few days vacation he.
fore returning to Chicago.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
BONDS Of LABOR
LEADERS ARE
O|SAPPROvEO

Chicago. Jan. ij.--Honds submit
ted for the release OF Frank NJ. Ryan.
+. II. Houlihan and william Schupe
sentenced to terms in prison for con-
spiracy in the Illegal transportation
OF dynamite were disapproved by
District Attorney Charles ". Miller
OF indianapolis in the United States
circuit court OF appeals here today.
Bonds OF 100000 for the release OF
Charles y. Beum OF Minnea polls
were approved by the court.
District Attorney Miller declared
that the properly scheduled for the
bonds OF Ryan. IIoulihan ana Schupc
did not aggregate more than 337.500
while 100000 should have been
scheduled.
Attorneys for the Chicago labor
leaders said they would make another
effort to obtain securities. Later the
court declined to approve bond for
$4,000 offered by the release Of
William f. Reddin OF milwaukee. be-
cause of the insufficiency OF the sur
Iety.
The court also declined to issue n
WITH Y SupeTSeuehS ADMITTING 10 O1lI
Herbert HockiD of Indianapolis, who
was sentenced to six years in the
federal prison at Lcavenwirth, Kan
sas. Hockiu was the only convicted
labor man for whom Il writ OF super
Iscdcas was not asked whcu the mat
tier was presented to the court, n
week ago.
Ilockin already has admitted his
guilt and there is no necessity in his
Ease for Il writ Of supcrsedeas pend
ing the decision OF the appeal. said
Miller.
Attorneys for the convicted labor
leaders said they had bonds ready
for Wilford 3. Brown and William
ID. Mccain of aknsas City, but they
were not presented in court.
District Attorney Miller left for
Washington later in the day to con-
fer with United States Attorney Gen.
Icral Wickersham in regard to the lu-
bor cases. He will return to Chicago
next Monday when the question of
admitting to bail will again be tax
len up by the court.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
MINER FOUND DEAD;
POISONED IS BELIEF

Mystery surround til" death OF
Michele Ti;ntDrl0, an Italian coal
miner u, Piiniero. wrosc dead Dody
was found this nOruias on III" floor
OF u boarding uousr NJ that camp.
Death had occurred tulils Tho night.
There wer" no wounds OF marks on
IA. body and the theory II that he
wns poisoned. Corcucg H u. Slpc.
is making an investigation and u post
moIt.m VIII b. performed this AFTER.
noon BY acting Count, rhy.irian pr.
r.. !. scanned.
vimta;io and twu Others boarded
u; the i,otisc of John Lombard.. LAST
night the 'hrc. men sat together for
sGuc time. drinking wine. Finally
one OF III. men go up and went to
bed. Presently another got up and
lr;t. leaving TIntnrlU alone. when
LON oaidI came down for hrrsaf =.
thm morning xt Az" he discovered
the dead hcdy Of Tim'aF!o. The dead
man had worked yesterday and Was
IN apparently the bcs' OF bcal,h. IL
il th",ial,t that the sudden death %:
N" Italian may have some ,onn.c-
ton with iii. horrible crime at
S'arkvii!~ on MouGRy when IN.
dead body al Doininirk i.,ikano was
fcun. in - we'll
The two m-a who were known 10
nave been sitting with Timtario last
night ARE being kept under surveil-
lance pending the rtsril, @: the pos,
nor,em ihis afternoon. 'rh" stomach
Of The dcccssed wq'.se .eaanlHaed tnr
traces Of poison. Il Is suggested that
while thus drinking. some kind OF
poison WAS Slipped into tn. glass.
from which Timtario drank. and that
his death was the result OF feud
between south Italians which has. re-
suited In n number OF mysterious
nomicid.s In this county In the past
year or TWO.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
Senator Warren
Fenced u. S. Lands,
Says State Report

Washington. Jan. IA report
holding tina, the Warren Livestock
company of which Senator r. 4. War
rem or Wyoming, was the head. had
more than 10000 acres OF public
land enclosed by fence in Wyoming
in 1906 was adopted by the Demo-
cratic members OF the house COM
pittee on expenditures in the inter-
Tor department today against the op-
position of Republican members of
that committee. Nc recommends.
tions of action was made by the COM
mit'ec. Papers from the interior de-
partment made public with the re-
port shows that inspectors had
charged Senator Warren in 1906 with
having the land under fence but that
a subsequent, investigation by Spe-
cial Attorney General NJ. d. Purdy,
at President Roosevelt's request re-
suited in a decision by the depart.
inent of justice that it had not been
proven that an yillegal enclosures
were then maintained
The house committee based its
findings today on the information
in representatives 10 tho
interior department.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
THIRD TRIAL OF
Or. HYDE BEGINS

Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. l5.-After
several pcstponements the third trial
OF DR.. B. Clark Hyde for the murder
of Colonel Thomas II. Swope. began
today when the selection Of 81
veniremen from whom the jury will
be chosen started.
The physician is accused OF admin
istering typhoid germs. cyanide and
other poisons to Colonel Swope, who
died in October. 1909.
DR.. Hyde. who wife was Colonel
Swope's nievc was indicted on the
murder charge March q. 1910. and
at his first trial was found guilty
and sentenced to Imprisonment for
life.
The state supreme court reversed
the case. The second trial was halt
ed by the escape OF Harry Waldron.
Juror. from the custody of the
marshal. Judge Porterfield declared
u mistrial and discharged the jury.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
LOCKE BUYS PHILLIEs

Philadelphia. lan. l5.-W. II.
Locke Of P!ttsburg. announced this
afternoon that he had purchased the
Philadelphia National league club.
The purchase price was not an
nounced. Mr.. Locke announced that
tho club Is owned entirely by Phila-
dclphians with the exception of u
block purchased by himself and his
uncle. W. $. Baker. Il former police
commissioner of New York.
The following We're elected:
Prcsidest-Mr. Locke. Secretary
and Treasurer-Daniel C. snyder,
Pittsburg. father-in-law of Mr..
Locke,
Mr.. Locke. the new head OF the
"Phillies", Is welt known iS base
ball circles, having Deen for years
secretary of the Pittsburg club.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
SUGAR CO. GOES
ON RECORD FOR
LOWERING Of
TARIFF

Washington. Ian. 1.-THE Amer
lean Sugar Refining company went
on record at tn. outset OF today'y
tariff hearing In favor OF "A reduced
tariff upon sugar. retention OF the
small difcrsnIiOn duty upon refined
sugar. III protection IL To be accord
ed TO any industry" and tho contin-
uancc OF III" rrcs.n, color standard
AZ tho most practicable dIstinctiou
between raw and refined sugars Tor
customs house classifIcatlons. l,op-
posed III. abolition OF all duty upon
sugar on I'll. ground that IL would
destroy at once one OF the largest
sources oi revenue. The American
companS's position was presented by
Edwin r. Atkins. vice president and
acting head OF the company. who was
accompanied by several other Off
,cials. Mr.. Atkins contcndcd that ab-
olition OF all duty on all sugar would
cause the termination OF the Cuban
reciprocity treat. under which Gu.
han sugars get u preferential rate OF
." per cent. ana Cuban preferential
rates OF 20 TO 10 per cent on goods
coming from the United States. lilo
also declared that free sugar would
open the United States markets To
imports OF refined beet sugars from
EuroP. upon tn. sam. basis as raw
sugars In competition with domestic
r"iind.
Free. sug1rf. while present pros
huction II maintained" he said,
would drop prices here so low M To
destroy the louisiana industry. tho
beet sugar industry. particularly
east OF tho Mississippi river. would
dcpress Porto Rico ana Philippine su-
xars far below their production cost
and make Hawaiian Improbable,
thus largely curiailing our present
sources OF supply.
The beet sugar industry haS-<.s
inninEs after arguments against the
tariff had been h.srd. Francis X.
Carey. Vice president OF the National
thgar Misunderstanding Company OF
Colorado. warned IN" commitie.
against throwing beet sugar ike u
bone To hungry dogs" Hn declared
sugar had never been anything but
the football OF American politics
and suggested Eon-parti.nn COM
mission to consider economic features
Of the sugar tariff.
The prospect OF a free sugar bill In
tn" house. he said. had hacu proyato-
ly admitted by many leading Demo-
Gratis that such mon'aorus mcns-
urc would not have received their
support II they had not felt sur. 4
would be throt,i.d in the senate"
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
SOl0NS OPPOSED
TO COUNTY DIVISION

Il believe there is a much better
chance to defeat the county division
bill In the house this year than when
1t cnmc up before. There seems to
be a strong sentiment among the leg
,islators opposed to creating any more
small counties. there being 80 many
'of the counties bankrupt now. The
feeling seems to he that the PROPOSE
tion OF dividing counties he taken
back to the people OF the respective
counties concerned TO be voted on.
The Aguilar boosters are active and
hopeful"
This was the declaration this
morning OF A. T. MeGlashan who.
with Judge ". G. Hines. returned
from Denver this morning where they
have been attending meetings and
with legislative solons on
the matter OF dividing Las Animas
county and creating Hughes county.
of which Aguilar wants to be the
county seat. Mr.. McGlashan was
encouraged by the attitude OF the
majority OF the members OF the as
scmbly with whom he talked. He he
lieves that there Is a better chance
to defeat the bill in the House than
there was when the bill came up be-
fore. He declared that the members
favored the idea OF referring the bill
back to the people Of the counties
that the taxpayers and voters may
decid whether or not they want tn.
county divided.
There are six separate bills pro-
vidinc for county division and the
creation OF new counties. The bill to
divide Las Animas countay WAS intro
duced by Representative Ashton OF
Pueblo county. Dr.. c. d. Living
ston and W. W. Lindsey OF Aguilar
have been on the ground since the
session opened aud have been camping
on the trail OF the house members
ad the committee on counties and
(ronrf1- 1tnoa
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
1875 MILLIONS ARE
CONCERNED IN THE
U. P. DISSOLUTION

New York, Jan. i5.--,It was learn
ed from that an authoritative source
In New York. that the Union Pacific
Railroad company plans to take over
the Central Pacific Railway company
by lease from the Southern Paciftc
company, and this way meet the re-
quirements imposed by the supreme
cour. in It's decree ordering the dis
solution of the Union and Southern
Pacific.
Just how the Union Pacific is to
assume the Ccntral's obligations to
the Southern Pacific has not yet been
determined but it is supposed the
transfer of some of the Sl26, 100000
Southern Pacific stock now owned
by the Union Pacific.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15
ROUTINE WORK
IN DISTRICT
COURT

Formal matters were disposed OF
and additional settings madss OF crim-
inal eases on the January docket at
tho session of the district court this
morning. The regular panel Of tn.
jury was present and sworn in and
excused until l:3O this afternoon.
when tho trial OF !. y. Smithcc. alias
j. y. Fowler. charged with forgery
and tutoring. will come up. In this
case O. II. Dasher was appolnt.N
counsel yesterday,
The members OF tn. regular panel
OF III" jury are: ". B iiamerslough.
John Aiclio. G.org. r. Wilson. q. S.
Merrill. Manuel MARTINEZ. Jeff Jones.
Rocc" Motto. James T.. Hannah. \. G..
Windham. Phillip Rascowcr. o. l..
Davis. c. i. Howell, ". Il. How.T.
George Iv"rs, j. &. Kirchbnum. Del
rrosscr. \. +. Turner. q. u. Abbott,
James poitrey. Nike Motto and
James Pr!,chari o. l.. Davis. John
Aio!lo and James l.. Hannah w"ro cN-
ruscd from jury service. Others APP
piled on various excuses which did
for III. .Ncuslng OF summoned jurors.
Attorney sam fIcudrnrhnl in be-
half OF Moses Macs, charged with as
saul, to kill. withdrew former plea
Of not guilty aud entered IA plea OF
guilty to assault and battery. tn.
court took tn" statements OF counsel
aud district attorney and sentenced
til. defendant TO s.ry. thirty days In
I'll. roaniy Jail The non-npp.aranc.,
Of III. defendant In court yesterday
resulted In an order To forfeit bond.
Macs was charged with SluHging n
man over til. head at ASuiiar.
The trial OF Jerry sullivan and
Vim. sullivan. chnrxcd with burg
larry and larceny. was set for January
-. The cas-. of jose Fernandez
charged with u statutory crime. was
| continued for the term, Fernandez
Having bruAcii jail some time ago
and Is stiii ut large.
james McKeough was entered as
special prosecutor In the case OF Pc
dro Valdez. charged with larceny os
livestock. by agreement OF counsel
and district attorney the case was
continued FOR the term.
An order was issued to the sheriff
to serve - subpoena on Hattie Wharf.
the complaining witness In the cas-"
against Jim Haritos. Greek res
,aurant proprietor charged with n
statutory crime. Hattie Wharf In in
IN, House OF the Good Shepherd In
Denver. where she was GENT by order
of Judge Ross In the county court.
Judge McIicndri" ovcrruled the
demurrer presented yesterday by y.
Chacon in the case OF Isabel c. Com
ez VS.. Guadalupe Gomez. suit for d,-
vorcc and nlimony. Mr.. Cha"on was
given twen,y-four hours to file ap-
plica,ion to have the complaint made
more specific.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-15

Never In the history OF this city
has 70 much interest been exhibited
by the people In the selection OF
candidates for the coming city clec-
lion. Last night more than fifty
citizens. most Of them small home
owners, and active business men. met
in the offices OF l.. ". Williams.
chairman OF the Citizens League.
and discussed candidates and plans
Although numerous meetings have
heen held and practically every
prominent citizen has been consid-
cred. no slate has been arranged. for
It IN not part Of the purpose OF the
citizens engaged In this movement to
dictate the personnel OF the Citizens
ticket hut rather to find out exactly
who In wanted and. name these ciu-
zens.
With this end IN view the people
Of the various precincts OF the city
ore urged TO interest themselves In
this important matter Ut tin,.. when
II will he most effective. It Is prob
abla that numerous precinct meet
inys will be held In tho near future
at which the needs Of the city will be
discussed. the situation an"lyzed and
candidates xug9exted.
Tho general feeling prevails that
tho tiMo 10 At hand for the people TO
take IN active part In municipal af-
fairs In time and not walt until their
rights have been usurpsd by political
scIf-seekers.
NeetiuEH are TO be held frequently
IRON now OH and the cooperation
unA assistance OF tho voters in Sc
lectiug material for the city ticket
is foughi.