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The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-12-10
Evaeu,te . French Town.

The evacuation by the Germans OF
Vernelles. southeast of Bethune. was
officially announced In a statement
issued In Berlin. Bethune is near the
Belgian border.
Germans Renew the Attack.
The German artillery is still ham,
mering at the allied lines between
Ypres and Arras. Reports reaching
Paris say re-enforcements continued
to come up for the Germans in this sec
ton and the full quota OF 100000 nd.
ditional men is expected to he on the
firing line within the next few days.
More Activity In West.
While there is every indication that
another big battle Is imminent In the
West. there is no evidence that II ac-
tually has begun. There has been
fighting In Flanders. but this doubtless
is the result OF an attempt by the Al.
lies to take some advanced positions.
There also are reports that the Ger.
mans have evacuated several villages
on the User canal and are concentrat.
Ing on new positions. The British
have taken over command OF the User
region, and, like the French. have been
strongly reinforced. II is believed that
on the first sign OF German move
ment to the East In any considerab Bile
force. the Allies will take the oiIen.
siyc.
Germans Gathering Near ostend.
The Germans have evacuated sew.
eral villages north OF the User. They
are believed to be concentrating large
forces south OF Ostend for a decisive
battle. Reinforcemcnts OF one hun.
dred and sixty thousand men are said
TO haev arrived during the last few
days.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-12-10

MEASURES For. Against.
Six year limit on inlti-
ated measures ........ 1861 1850
prohibition ..129,5S9 llS,Ol7
Authorizing verdicts by
x -turies in civil cases
and permitting women
to serve as jurors..... 67,130 72.4S8
Authorizing governor to
call special elections. 4O.643 SO,977
Child welfare commission 6S,242 72l22
Probation of criminals. 62,56l 6S,5l2
"a mill road tax .......1 little 54,S44
Newspapers public utili-
ties ........... 3o.t52 91,42S
Secs sc and 81, nublic
utilities law .......... 3o.7O3 s5.152
Regulate fruit commits
sion merchants ....... 39,44S G7,454
'Abolishing l ~al doc
trine of assumption of
risk .................. G9.oOs 6o.2ss
Regulating appointment
of deputy sheriffs.. 49.116 66,S26
Secs. IS. SO and 81. pub
lie utilities law ...... 1868 63,003
Sixty-year bond amend
ment ................, $500 So,2O6
'Enlarging DOW OF
state board of equal
ixation ............... 5J.9S7 55,215
measures adopted.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-12-10

Denver, Dec. 9.-Colorado's great
coal strike in the northern ard south.
ern fields will be officially at an end
tomorrow.
The special convention Of United
Mine Workers from the Colorado dis
trict unanimously voted at 10 o'clock
last night to end the industrial war
fare.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-12-10
COAL STRIKE
DECLARED OFF
hINERs' DELEGATES FIX DEC. 10
FOR END OF coLoRADo's
LABOR WAR.
EXPENSE 100000
SECRETARY GARRISON SAYS THE
TROOPS PROBABLY WILL BE
RECALLED AT ONCE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The coal miners strike has been in
progress fourteen months in the south
ern Colorado field and four ard one
half years in the northern field. Its
total cost approximates $10,OO0,000,
and from $500 TO 1000 men, accord
ing to the varying claims of both sides,
have been affected. The cost to the
union has been about 100000, and
the expense to the coal operators is
believed to have been at least $1,000.
900. Many lives have been lost, and
the cost to the public never can be
es,imated accurately.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

Bat il was inevitable that he should
become suspicious, and had to be cir
cumvented. The usual tale Of strate-
gems. deceptiOns stolen meetings is
not lacking. lie challenged Parnell
but he ouel never took place, and his
wife admits that she sought a renOmi-
nation to Parliament for him through
her lover, because then he would be
oftener away from home. "Ill get him
returned" Parnell said TO her, Il will
force him down their throats"; and he
succeeded. Mrs. O'Shea also tried TO
have her husband appointed to post
in ireland. There were excursions into
the country under assumed names. and
ognized he sent out a paragraph To the
papers that he had been accompanied
by his sister.
Parnell the man and the master, who
drove his party with an iron hand,
stands out in relief In his widows
pages, There are reports of midnight
talks on his return from the House TO
what had become his home with Mrs.
O'Shea. Contemptuous, tyrannlcal' us
daining To explain, or even to answer
letters, he went his own way a
strangely alien figure among the pe'-
pie he championed. With 1t ALL he was
profoundly superstitious, with the
s,,uerstition of the Irish peasant ana
i'm this he was unreasoning ana I'M
reasonable Certain combinations oil
numbers. Of lights or circumstances
we're 'omcns. His dislike of the color
green az unlucky he could not himsel
understand" He would not sit In any
roam that had this color in II. nor
would he allow Mrs. O'Shea to wear II.
According TO her, he was not wen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

read, and Gladstone soon discovered
that he was profoundly ignorant of
Irish history. He took no interest in
literature; Mrs. O'Shea provided him
with quotations for his speeches, but he
generally bungled them in the delivery.
OF the members of the Irish party he
said: while | am leader they are my
tools. or they go" and his widow adds:
Il have known him deadly white,
with the still cold passion that any
deliberate thwarting. Of his will pro-
duced in him, sweep aside out of the
party and out Of all further recogni-
ton i'm any capacity man who had
done useful work, and who, thus thrown
out. might have been-and was-dan-
gerous to Parnell's political policy i'll
many ways. He had gone against Par
nelrs explicit Instructions i'm a certain
matter" He was also a fatalist, and
maintained To the end that his love for
Mrs. O'Shea had not harmed his
career NO" he said to her after the
divorce, you have not harmed my
work. | sometimes think that is why
YOU came TO me, for was very i'll thea,
and YOU kept the life in me and the Will
to go on when / was weary Of it all.
You have stood 10 me for comfort and
my very life"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

tween Parnell and myself. and mad
taken full advantage Of the facility TINS
intimacy offered him in keeping in
touch with the Irish leader. For ten
years. But that was private knOWl-
edge. Now II was a public knowledge
and an English statesman must always
appear on the side of the angels. Ever
swift To take advantage OF poHtlcal
opportunity, he struck at the lght
moment. remorselesslv. for he knew
that without giving away the whole oil
his poli.y Parnell could not point TO
the hypocrisy Of religious scrupIe 50
suddenly affecting a great statesman
at the eleventh hour.
$50 Mr.. Gladstone found his religion
could AZ last be useful 10 ms country
parneu felt no resentment toward
Gladstone. lie merely said 10 me with
his grave smile: That old Spider mas
nearly all my flies in his web, and TO
nv Indignation against Gladstone ne
replied. You don't make allowances
for statecraft. lie has the Noncon-
formist conscience 10 consider
81 Thought" continues Mrs. O'Shea'
"of that old eagle face with the crueI
ewes that always belied the smile ne
gave me. and wondered no longer d.
the premontion Of disaster that l hau
so often felt in his presence.
"He was extremely agreeable ana
courteous. and | remember very Wen
the great charm of manner he pos
sessed a charm that struck me atresh
at each subsequent meeting. y natu-
raj charm and, no doubt, natural
insinceritv. but one which is such an
immense asset in the career OF a great
man: that Of making others oelleNe-
mr. wish TO believe-that they are on the
same plane OF intellect and diplomacy
as himself,
"And | may say here that, with all
the perfect courtesy of which wheh lie
chose. he was past master, he knew be-
fore the conclusion of our interview
and allowed me to know that he knew,
what | desired that he should know
that my personal interest In Parnen
was my only interest in Irish politics.
There are not many anecdotes In this
work hut there is one that Is worth re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
Continued from third page.

nature seemed TO be accusing MN VIII"
vivid lightning flashes, and who mao
taken the death dealing verdict OF 'he
first Jury with an unruftied face ana
outward cairn.
Through the comparatively snort
time the second jury deliDerated over
the evidences of his crime Becker re-
NAMED outwsrdly the same out 10
those who had watched him through
out the tedious course of the case there
was a difference. His calm face no"
had taken on a tinge of hopelessness'
II was a. if his jaded nerves refused
to respond further to the terrible ue-
mands he had been making upon 'neiH
for almost two years. His attitude was
still one of supreme calnness, Dut II
was not the hopeful, challenging CAM
ness of the past. The iron had gone
ont from Becker, but it LETT MN sun
so strong that those who then looked
upon his face for the first time saw
nothing beyond the apparent strength
NJ the man. It was only by COMPARE
son that the change could be noted.
It was in this attitude. then that
Rocker met the second crushing YER
dict. So we'll schooled was he by that
time that he betrayed his feelings by
nothing more than the faintest tremor
of his eyelids as the final blow to his
homes of life came from the lips Of
Foreman Blagden with the repetition
Of those fateful words:
guilty OF murder in the hrst
degree: so say we all Of U.S."
To those who had followed Becker
through the downward trend of his
fortunes. which began with his assoc
citation with the gambler Rosenthsl,
came the thought that the piling up
of nerye racking sensation after nerve
rackiTlg sensation upon this man IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
The Iron Nerve of Becker

,t,ot ,eriod Of less than two years had
brought him to such an attitude thdI
oven q verdict Of not guilty WouId
have stirred him but little more thaH
did the death sentence.
For the first time in his career nc
soored to have reached the point
where nothing mattered. His iron was
only shell on the outside; within no
had at last become man of sand.
The four climsxes here related stood
ont in this famous case as the only
times when Becker stood absolutely
alone. In every other situation that
he was forced to meet he had the ad-
vice and support OF counsel, OF wife
and brothers and Of friends.
Three OF these tests ne met with a
Challenged challenge which admitted
temporary defeat, but signified the
tenacious intention to fight on and on.
The fourth and last found him out. IL
was the super climax which wrecked
him as it wrecked his hopes.
What the future, short though il may
be. of such man will be even psy-
biologists can scarcely say. They dis
agree on similar cases. but they lean
10 the theory that such an iron man,
when the break comes, breaks more
terribly and more utterly than the
man Of more ordinary psychological
makeup.
II such an utter break in the dam
behind which Becker has concealed
all his far-reaching knowledge of tho
underworld and its relations with the
neither world Of civic grafters, as well
as his own pent-up feelings, comes, the
disclosures may startle the city.
What Becker can tell-who can say!
Whom Becker might damn 10 fate
almost as severe as his own-who can
say?
When the iron man breaks and fall
tiers the sand men scatter in fear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
Introduction of Elementary CRAWL,
Expert Says, Has Much SIM
plifed the Development of
Expert Swimmers.

| sW orc by the breast stroke and used
it exclusively. Then | heard of Corsan' 5
success with the elementary crawl and,
although rather skeptical of its merits,
/ decided TO keep abreast of the times
and give ii fair trial. The chance
came shortly after, when l was placed
in charge of the business mems class
at the Syracuse branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association. / had Il
wealth Of material, and in order 10
make the experiment conclusive | di-
vided il into three squads of equal size,
which l started separately but stimuli
taneously on the breast stroke, side
stroke and elementary crawl. Without
exception the crawlers Outstripped their
rivals. The breast strokers were tail
enders. Individually and collectively.
That was enough for me. l cast my lot
with the progressives. and now have
reason TO be thankful that | did.
During the fall of that same year |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
GLADSTONE'S KNOWLEDGE OF
THE AFFAIR,

1t is certain that Mrs. O'Shea acted
in the capacity of a confidential mes
sengcr between Gladstone and Parnell
during the years lSS0-90. II was TO
enable her TO continue her service in
that capacity that her husband with
drew his challenge and acquiesced in
their further meetings. From the date
Of that bitter quarrel" she says, Par
nell and ] were one. without further
scruple, without fear, and without re-
morse"
But din Gladstone know Of the secret
relations between the two? Mrs.
O'Shea aflirms repeatedly that he did
and it is on this subject that the Nom
confornist conscience of England has
been profoundly stirred by her book
When she reaches the famous divorce
case she says. "Forsten years Glad
stone had known Of the relations be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

that his upper body is almost horizon
tai on the swimming plane. Then he
is made to rotate the arms alternately,
each starting from alongside, moving
back and up until lifted straight above
the shoulder. then front and down ~
original position. Both arms sweep
around simultaneously and continuous
~ in such a manner that when one is
up in the air the other is fully lowered
and close TO the body.
"A very few minutes of this work
will suffice to give a clear idea of the
action, and the pupil having donned a
pair Of water wings enters the shallow
end Of the pool stretches out on the
water and starts to practise the move
ments just gone through.
AS soon as he can move fairly well
| send him into deep water still with
the wings on and let him find out that
he STAYS atop and advances just as
easily as in shallow water. Then back
he goes to where he can touch bottom.
the wings are temporarily removed and
he is instructed TO lower himself gent
" from upright to prone. This
gives him a practical demonstration OF
the buovancv of the water, which
have previously spoken Of and Illus
trated by myself keeping afoat mo-
tionless. on face, back and erect.
The wings now being resumed he
must try to emphasize little the sway
ing of the legs. so that he may begin
to develop the thrashing drive
"AIl this takes about fifteen minutes.
Next | go back 10 the arms ana
teach the bending of the elbows In re-
covery and the correct dip of the nanos
in entering the water. Then / try TO
improve the general form, and Wheh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

was retained by Syracuse University,
where swimming had just been made
compulsory. and | Immediately intro
duced the Corsan method. Before
Christmas every one of the freshmen
could negotiate fifty yards or more,
and by the end of the term some of
them were showing quite astonishing
form.
AT the closing of the university. in
June, | went to Buffalo and was there
intrusted with one hundred nOn-swlm-
mers. whom, thanks TO the new sys-
TEN. ! was able TO teach within the
month. Then / was given several hum
dred schoolboys and in one short week
two hundred of them could swim from
twenty-five to fifty yards. Any one
familiar with natation will realize how
impossible it would have been TO do
as much with the breast stroke.
My next venture was here in Brook
d line, then the stronghold of the con-
servative element which bitterly OPP
posed Professor COrSanS views. Every
instructor in the district was strong
/ champion Of the breast stroke and con-
I sequently ready TO condemn everything
l did. But | felt pretty sure of my
self after what had gone before and
made up my mind to avoid all contro-
versies and let results speak for them
selves.
The bath attendants and the boys
have since handled will vouch for
the statement that, although my pred
ecessors had seldom been able to
remove artificial support until their
pupils had taken d course of from SIX
10 twelve lessons, mine usually sue
ceeded in crossing the pool unaided
after three. And | say this with no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
HOW THE ELeMehrARcRAL LOOKS IN ACTION NOTE. UPRIGHT


thought of boastinG, for ] had no hand
in the building of the method, but
simply to point out its worth.
THE best proof. however, of the cor
RICHNESS Of the Corsan theories rs the
present attitude OF my fellow teach
ers. ! hardly think YOU will now find
single advocate of the breast stroke
in and around Boston. which tells vol
umes. for they started strongly preju-
diced against the elementary crawl
But how do YOU explain this great
superiority" l inquired.
Several factors contributed to It
he said. ITO begin with, the move
ments of the elementary crawl closely
resemble those Of primitive mans nat
ural stroke, the dog paddle, and come
20 one almost instinctivelY. They are
simple. easily dissected, and can l."
learned by any one without much ef-
fort. Also. the timing Of them does
not have TO be considered at all, for
arms and legs are worked totally lndc-
pendently of each other. ON these
points alone the crawl might be
claimed to have marked advantages
over the breast stroke, which is com
plicated i'm construction, made up oil
movements which require study, and
cannot be used with satisfaction un-
less the action of arms and legs Is
properly and accurately co-ordinated.
But there is more to be said IN IT'S
favor. The above water recovery oil
the arms and the position of the legs
stretched out almost straight reduce
TO minimum the resistance III the
negative movements, 50 that the run
benefit of the applied power Is en-
loved. And such is far from the case
in swimming the breast stroke IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
EASY TO BECOME MASTER SWIMMER BY NEW METHOD
Matthew Mann, Who Trained the
Champion Brookline High
School Squad, Discusses Novel
System Non in Use.

considerable difficulty in inducing
women and children who are afraid
OF the water TO duck their heads in
order to assume the position of the
crawl"
You make the common mistake" he
countered. "of thinking the crawl cam
not be swum head up. As a matter Of
fact. my pupils are made to hold them
selves exactly as il about TO use the
breast stroke, with chin raised and
mouth above water
This was news TO me- for had Otter
heard the conservatives bring up the
very point l was making and lay stress
on it.
How, then, do YOU proceed l ill
quired.
my first care is TO show the cand!-
date what the arm stroke is like. Tie
is instructed To stand on land, with one
foot slightly in advance Of the other
then told TO bend from the waist 50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
THE CRAWL IN ACTION SIDE NEW :
rne CORRECT POSITION
!, FOR TIE ADVANCED
MORN OF CRAWL STROKE

experienced i'm acquiring the frog kick
with the breast stroke will understand
how much work this eliminates. And
let il he added. most people can make
Roadway at the very first attempt,
using the arm drive Of the crawl only,
and this at once gives them confidence.
the most important factor in learning
t. swim.
Here | interrupted To ask whether
good many of the pupils who had no
intention of entering the competitive
field didn't object TO the crawl on the
ground Of its being available solely for
racing purposes.
80. indeed" said Mann promptly,
the crawl seems to-day 10 be the goal
Of all swimmers, and it should be, for
it enables every one children. women
and elderly people included. to swim
faster. more comfortably and with less
expenditure Of energy than any other
stroke. You would be surprised at the
number of good swimmers who cone
and take lessons. although they are
proficient with the breast, side or trud-
geon strokes Many have told me that
they felt quite old-fashioned when they
went TO the beach and saw the major
ity crawling, because they couldn't
themselves.
But | always have trouble with
those taught by the breast stroke. II
is next To impossible TO make them
change al short notice from the lateral
drive of the frog kick to the forward
and-back thrash OF the crawl, or even
to the scissor Of the trudgeon. That is
another Of the reasons for advocating
the Corsan method. 1t shortens the
novitiate."
still" / objected. you must have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

think the novice has progressed to the
point of swimming unsupported l take
off the wings for good. teach him to
make a plain dive, and tackle the ques-
ton Of breathing.
Again he is told TO stand in shallow
water and bend forward until his face
is just submerged. then 10 rotate the
arms and twist the head from side TO
side in time with them, SO that when
the top arm is driving the mouth comes
above the surface; when the same arm
RECEIVERS the face is under water. Air
is inhaled through the mouth and eX-
hailed preferably through the nostrils.
After a brief period of this breath
ing exercise the pupil can bury the
head and practise the regular crawl.
The rest is matter of intelligent work,
smoothing down the rough edges. But
here are some of the youngsters ready
for a session. stay and watch them.
1t will give you better conception ot
the method we advocate"
did stay. and though the exhibition
added nothing to what Mann had told
me L convinced me Of the accuracy of
his statements. The class was an alb
solutely green one, Yet some Of these
lads who had never before attempted
TO swim were able TO cross the pool uu-
supported before the lesson was over.
Unquestonably the elementary crawl
cannot be too strongly recommended TO
beginners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
THE LOVE AFFAIR OF THE "UN-
CROWNED KING"

Mrs. O'Shea, the daughter of an Eng
IiSh clergyman, and the sister of Field
Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, first met
ParucU i'm 1880. when he was thirty
four years old, and had been mar
rled for thirteen years. Captain OShea
had retired from the army and was in
Parliament. She drove down to the
Iouse Of Commons 10 ask Parnell to
dinner and as he was seeing her into
her carriage. rose fell from her
bodice which he picked up, kissed and
nIaced I'm his buttonhole. She carried
a,yav with her the memory OF MS
"curiously burning eyes Inc. rose
sbo found after his death. carefully
preserved I'm an envelope with her name
and tbc date Of their first meeting upon
# She laid 1t on his heart IN ms
coffin The development Of their love
was rapid. Within a few months PAR
nell WAS unhappy unless he was Dy her
side. and she, after hrst strussIe'
seems 10 have returned fuzzy ms great
pa3siop. and 10 have surrendered TO u
without further struggle. Il had fought
against our love" she writes, "but far-
nell would not fight, and was aIo"''
/ had urged my children and his WORK
but he answered me: For good OF H.
am your husband. your lover your
children. YOUR all. And | will give my
life 10 ireland, but TO you ! give MY
love. whether 1t be your heaven OF
your he'll. II IL destiny Wheh IIS'
looked into your eyes ] knew INC
O'shca house at Ethan became MS
HEADQUARTERS, and once be spent three
weeks there concealed In srna'' room
of rs mistress's private apartments
when an order for his arrest Tor sedi-