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The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11
For the Welfare OF the Workers
Coal Operators Join Hands To Make
Colorado Bigger and Better

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this policy of friendly intercourse
and mutual fellowship
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sp s ias work.
arded to a yet greater extent
The people Colorado who declared for law and order the polls
that would hamper and destroy
the justly proud Of the showing that has been
made by the and corporations operating the coal
sought freedom and
happiness flag here and made their homes
educating children citizenship the schools
and they learning the real meaning Of patriotism When the dis
and the political strife makers have moved away
and when Colorado gets back what the past few
strife taken industry he free to
pand develop every the pit and
about the mines receive full the
being satisfied under the
square deal policy which the much maend coal baron has
adopted n this greatest Of all western empire states
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11
CATTLEMAN
IS DROWNED

Pueblo. Colo, Nov. l1.-Don W
Sticklcy. wealthy breeder and ranch
cr and president of the Colorado
Breeders Association. was drowned
today while duck hunting on Huer-
fano Lake. Sticklcy's- companion.
Joseph Winters. heard cry 'Or aid
and saw Stickley struggling In the
water with his boat overturned.
Winters tried to save the hunter, but
in vain.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11
NO WORD FROM THE
N. CAROLINA ASD TENNESSEE

Washington, Nov. 1i.-No word
had come to the navy department to-
day from the armored cruisers North
Carolina and Tennessee in the Mcdi-
terrancan. Officials. confident that
the silence of the cruisers is caused
by difficulties of communication
through the war zone. reiterated
their belief that no mishap had be-
fallen either.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11
la vETA MURDER
CASES SOON To
Be TRIED IN
PUEBLO
Sensational Testimony
of Survivor Will
Feature Testimony

| Pueblo. Colo, Nov. 1.-Informa-
| ton concerning the killing OF four
| mine guards at La Veta, Huerfano
| county. became "A record in the Pueb-
10 county district court yesterday. It
was the story told by the only surviv-
or of the desperate encounter in
| which the four mine guards and the
| mine foreman from the Oakvicw mine
were ambushcd by Il party of strik-
| crs in November. Just a year ago al
most to the day. The witness who
recitcd the details of the terrible
slaughter is William II. Gambling, at
the time foreman of the Oakricw
, mine at Oakdalc. His deposition is II
portion of the voluminOus documents
filed AS IA transcript of the records in
the case. from the court at Watson
burg to the Pueblo county court. The
trial OF four OF the alleged slaycrs
is to be held here In the November
| term of court The witness was shot
and dangerously injured at the time,
| but recovered.
The Importance of GnmblinG's YER
sion of the killing is apparent from
the fact that he Is the only survivor
of the attack. the only eycwitnesses
| availabl" to the prosecution OF the
case. For that reason the prosccut-
ing attorneys did not take a chance
on waiting until the trial to get his
story In the court records, but on
October summoned him before
Judge Henry Blikhan OF the Huer-
| fano county court and took his depo-
sitipn. ...... rls
+ siuc,y -S~,siiS. w,ri' % setHtalsT to
Gambling's deposition when the case
is arruigned for trial here next
month. Horace Hawking. leading
counsel for the United Mine Workers
OF America. who will superintend the
defense of the accused strikers. paved
the way for legal fight on the ad-
mission OF Gamblings story AS evil
dence and undoubtedly will renew
the fight when the ease is called.
The story of Gambling. both on
direct and Indirect examination, goes
into the details of the story of the
killing. His testimony reveals the
cool, mental attitude of the man.
both under the rifle fire OF striking
miners and under the fire of aues-
tions by the attorneys. For Gam
bling had smellcd powder and en-
gagged In a clash of steel long before
he became foreman of the Oakview
mine. He testified that he had served
twelve years in the English army and
went through the I1oer campaign in
South Africa where he was wounded
by bayonet thrust.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11

LONDON. Nov. 1.-THE Tooth
day of the war, which engaged virtu-
ally half the world. both in respect
to land area and population, finds the
Tectonic allies on the defensive, &C.
ccrding to opinions expressed today
by English students Of the situation.
at least temporarily. in both the main
areas CT hosti'ities.
This role is perhaps more pro.
nounced in the eastern field Of oper-
alton, where the Germans have been
thrown well back behind their own
frontier lines at several points in
East Prussia and possibly in the
western field. also. the successes in
the last two weeks have enabled the
forces of Great Britain. France and
Belgium to inaugurate vigorous Of
fensive, the Germans are still disput.
ing every foot of ground with blood,
which is proving more deadly than
has any phase Of this most sanguln-
airy war. The names of some towns
and villages occur day after day in
the reports, show how stubborn has
been the struggle in the country CEN
tering around Ypres.
Into this land the opposing armies
have burrowcd until it has become
veritable human rabbit warren.
Tie unconfirmed report Of re-
ucwcd tentative proposals for peace
on the part of Germany with the pur'
most of delaying Russia from the
other allies as Germany is believed
previously to have tried to detach
France. is accepted in London as an
indication that Germany is becoming
aware of the difficulties of the TASK
she has undertaken in prosecuting an
offensive warfare against foes OH two
frontiers, and tho supposed iaiiure o'
Tho oytrtures, II any have actuall'
been made, IS coupled with the con
tinual movement to the cast OF Ger
man troops In Belgium.
Military men in London thinK II
mt improbable that unless the battlt
being fought at Ypres or furthe'
south takes an early turn in their IN
yor. the Germans will fall back u
the proposed lines stretching iron
Zcbruggc to the Mouse and assume
uurciy defensive role in the trenche
along this line. which have been 81
well strengthened and the approach
~ IN which are SO thoroughly pro
tectcd by well posted artillery, tina
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11

KING GEORGE
OPENS SESSION OF
war PARLIAMENT

~ne"a' NV. AAi-onuoners VINO
recently nave oeeh deprived oil all
spec,acu'"r 'heiueht 'hrohe the ROAD
70 w eS'ln'hs'er paiase "here h,hs
"eo'se opchtu parliament ana
"a'e Vi pa'riol'snh Win cheering
'oiio"ea lhe KING ana queen from the
s'an. 10 Tue iihish oi 'heir drive
iheir 'haIes'ies roue III less con-
SpieuouS s'ate 'e'ee carnage drawn
ny DIN o'acN norses' 'hsteao OF solu
anu s''sS c''ar'o, heretofore useo.
me scene "ithih. the House oil
i-oras was hardl! so picturesque as
usual. me court Is IN mourning Tor
irihce Maurice OF battenburs. and
large numbers OF artistocrats. who
customarliy III the upper chambers
on these OCCASIONS are now mourning
LOT husbands ana sons fallen in the
war, while sombrc khaki to large
extent displaced the brilliant mill
tary uniforms usually present.
London, NOV. liking George
opened today what probably Will
prove 10 be purely war session of
parliament. No controversial politi-
cal questions VIII be deliberated, but
this does not mean that entire har-
mony VIII prevail. Tor the cabinet
ministers VIII nc asked some peril
nent and uncomfortable questions
about thelr conduct OF various phases
of the war.
In a speech from the throne at the
opening OF parliament today, King
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11
VETS CARRIED
TRINIDAD BY
732 VOTES

The city OF Trinidad went wet at
the election November 3 by ma
jority of 732 votes. Every precinct
IN the city showed "A majority for the
vets save 81 and i3 in the Third
ward. The vote on the prohibition
amendment in the nine precincts of
Trinidad is as follows:
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ANOTHER FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION OF STRIKE.

: Washington. Nov. 1.-THE 4
+ industrial relations committee 4
= will begin an investigation of
+ the Colorado coal strike situa- 1
+ ton Mt Denver, December list. !
+ 4. + (. + 1. + + + I. + + + + +
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11
CA R RAMA IS
BRANDED 4
REBEL

FL Paso, Tex, Nov. IA telc-
| gram from Aguas Calientcs says that
Il meeting OF the convention last
night General CarranZa was brand
ed a rebel.
General Panfilo Natera. vice
president Of the convention. rose and
declared that the deposed first
chief" should be considered a rebel
! because the allotted time had en-
pired for MIN to recognize the SOW
ereignty of the assembly of chief
tains.
His remark was greeted with wild
applause and crys Of viva la con-
vention," said the report. Natera
had been considered one of Carran-
za's strongest supporters since his
appointment as chief of a new Great
ed central zone had precipitated the
ICarranZu-Nilla estarnGement some
months ago. No intimations of Car
ranza's present position or intentions
came today from his agents mere.
Naco, Ariz., Nov. with sever
| al of his 10 n:iliIlctcr guns placed at
n range of 5000 yards, Governor
Maytorcna re-Opcncd artillery fire OH
the CarranZa garrison at Naco. So
nora. shortly before noon today. The
garrison replied but their shells fell
short. At the same time Yaqui In
dams were seen moving into position
around the town for an attack which
agents OF Maytorcna declared would
be made tonight.
| Maytorent promised Colonel Hat
field. commanding the American
border patrol, that he would give two
hours notice of attack. but Hatfield
not depending upon that sent his
men into position on the border line
Washington. Nov. 11.-Evcnts at
Naco have moved with unexpected
rapidity," according to a report to
the war department today from
Brigadier General Bliss. Secretary
Garrison summarized the situation In
this statement:
There was heavy rifle fire nll
yesterday afternoon which Colonel
Hatfield intcrprcts as an effort OH
the part of General Hills forces to
prevent General Maytorcna from
getting into position for attack. Al
J 5:45 o'clock three guns firing shrap'
mel opened from the cast anu two
from the southwest and continued
, firing until dark on Hills position
; Maytorcnt has Informed Colonel Hat
: field that what he was doing was ;
, defensive move and not an attack.
: Troops probably will be ordered
out Of Vera Cruz very soon, leavin'
the Mexican factions to settle thci
: own differences, as a result of thu
l recent developments which hay
= ,COntinurd on pHRe 80
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11

London, Nov. IA dispatch to
the EXcvhange Telegraph company
from Athens says: 1t is learned that
a conspiracy has broken out at Con-
stantinoplc against the Germans and
oYung Turks. The chief conspirators
lon of the Ottoman capital becoming
very excited as result of the Turk
sI defeats on Sunday, visited re-
sentiment on number of German
non-commissioned officers. whom
they attacked.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11

BERLIN, Nov. II tvia Wireless to
Sayville, l.. I).-Includcd in the in
formation given out to the press to-
day from official quarters is the fol-
lowing:
THE rout of a Russian battalion
near konin t"3 miles northeast OF
Kalisz. in Russian Pol8nd) by de-
tacliment of German cavalry. appears
to have been thorough and while this
en- sagcmcnt is without great impor-
lance. it shows the offensive spirit
of the German troops. No other news
has been received from the eastern
arena.
Special dispatches received from
Czernowitz, in Bukowina. report i'm
portant movements of Russian troops
are taking place in Bessarabia and
East Galicia. apparently inspired by
the campaign against Turkey. The
Vienna Fremenblatt has published Il
dispatch from Czernowitz saying that
the Russians on Nov. Q threw shells
into that city, but their batteric:
were speedily silenced. An advance
guard skirmish before CzcrnowIt;
ended in Russian retreat
| "Constantinoplc reports the con
tinuation of Turkish offensive move
ments in the Caucasians despite The
heavy snow.
Paris. Nov. 1.-THE French off
cial statement this afternoon say
that the fighting was resumed yes
terday morning with very great Sc
verify between Nicuport and tn
Lys. The French forces general
were successful in maintaining lhei
front. but 1t is admitted that tn
Germans toward the end of the da
succeeded in taking possession OF Dix
nude The British troops are de
scribed as having repulsed the enem
at several points. AT other points o
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11
TURK LEADING
FIGURE IN RECENT
war SITUATION

Berlin, Nov. II ,via Wireless to
Sayville, l.. I.).--The Turks are
meeting with considerable success in
their operatins in the Caucasus and
on the Egyptian frontier. according
TO official announcement made by the
Turkish government and given out
in Berlin. They have occuD pied Shcik-
gar fort at Ell Arish. Egypt, and taxi
en- four field guns from the enemy
The Russians i'll the Caucasus have
been forced to retire to their second
line of defense.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11

they could be taken only after long
siege. This course. it is suggested.
would aneble the Germans to detach
forces from the western arena to
meet the Muscovitc invaders in East
Prussia and also to lend n hand to
the Austrian allies. The Austrian
armies 1t seems today have been cut
off from contact with the German
forces by the wedge pushed forward
by the Russian commander.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11

,ContInu-d ON pnK- So
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-11

Buy at home. Help the
local merchant who helps
the town to grow. First
read the en-. ad columns.
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The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Memorial to w. r. Smith
Planned by D. c. Florists

A memorial to the late William r.
Smith, superintendent OF the Botanic
Gardens. soon is to be erected by the
Washington Florists Club which al
ready has collected S1,75O and has s2bN
more pledged. The character of the me-
mortal has not been determined.
The progress of the memorial commit
tee was announced last night by Will
liam +. Guide at the floral shop of F. II.
Kramer. ?l6 + street northwest. where
members of the club and of Kallipolis
Grotto enjoyed one Of their crab feasts.
f. s. Schmidt was host. Crabs in all
styles were abundant
Entertainment was furnished by Miss
Clara Naccker soprano; Leon Toon.
ventriloquist; David Wolf. whistler.
and l. Goldsmith. impersorater. Among
the guests were Samuel Gompers presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor. who spoke, and George W. Hess,
superintendent of the Botanic Gardens:
". c. Ebel. of Madison. y. J.: Dennis
Connors, OF Philadelphia. and Richard
incent. jr.. of White Marsh. Nd, who
invited all to visit his dahlia and Gamma
farm. at Towson, Md. during the floral
exhibition there September % to Oc-
tobe g.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02

anniversary of her son, Benjamin Beall
Baden. The guests were Thelma Rem
neberEer. Catherine Lehman. Helen
Kelly. Marjorie Mundell, Dorothy Ricto,
katherine and Marie ROXbury. Kenneth
Maher. Joseph Cannon. Raymond
Renneberger. William Kidd, William
Brooks. William Lehman, Philip Nealon.
Eddie and William Edinger, James
Manning. William and George Cady,
the Misses Edna Cady. Gladys Renne-
berger, and Daisy Courtney.
Mrs. John c. Poor. of washington.
has as her guests at Flat Rock cot
tage. NarraEansett Pier. Watson wash
burn. of New York. and Miss Marion
Eliot.
Mrs. Stephen II. P. Pell. daughter Of
Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ Thompson,
has reached her home at Southampton,
l.. l.. after trying experiences abroad.
She lost all of her baggage and most OF
her iewelry. Her troubles did not end
when she landed for it was the eX-
press on which she was travelling to
Southampton that killed four persons at
HicksVtlle.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
D. 6. Oldest Inhabitants
Will Gather Tonight

Members of the Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants of the District Of Columbia
will meet at the hall over the old
Union engine house. Nipeteenth and II
streets northwest. tonight
Announcement Is made by Theodore
w Noyes. president Of the association.
that Henry K Willard has arranged
to give an informal illustrated lecture
on pasadena and Southern California
before the association on the evening
of September S. at S o'clock.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Mt. Rainier Carnival
To Begin Next Monday

The spirit Of revelry Will prevail at
Mt. Rainier for two weeks. beginning
next Monday. when the annual carnival
will be opened. The ploGTam Will begin
Monday afternoon with street parade.
There will be athlerIc events, and later
speeches will be made by Senator Blair
Lee and CongresSn al Frank .. smith
of Maryland. In the evening the foa-
ture will be the crowning of the queen
Of the carnival.
The program Includes prize 'lancIrg 6
and a patriots night. and IA Mardi Gras
night. 4 baby contest also is on the
program. Dancing will be IN order
every evening from 80 to 12 o'clock.
Numerous vaudeville acts viii. be seen.
The carnival is given under Tho auspices
OF Mayor Fred F. Weber and the men,
bers of the common council for the
benefit Of good roads.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
felt a stain like a wound. From today's

felt a stain like a wound. From today's
wreck look back across years Of storm
and struggle, shot here and there with
sunshine. to a far-gone MAY day on the
Georgia hills when | stood by my
fathers grave empty handed. Retro
spection yields to me whatever strength
lies in the knowledge that I have tried
to prove worthy of my inheritance and
never more vaiiantly than in the cru
sade for Tallulah Falls.
The travail of the hours holds the
sustaining happiness of the faith that
somewhere beyond the thin veil the
grim warrior who wooed me to his
tent as the evening hours deepcned into
twilight is waiting with all the more
love and all the more tenderness to
give me a comrades welcome
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Commercial Attaches
Going to Neutral Ports

Tians for sending large corps OF
commercial attaches to Europe have
been changed since the war has closed
Tur,oean markets. and instead the De-
partment of Commerce will send an ar
ray of agents to South American coan-
tries Attaches also will De sent 10
other neutral countries In an endeavor
to make up the loss sustained IN tne
closed European markets by opening
other avenues OF trade.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
|BLAMES FIGHT ON
TRUST FOR PLIGHT
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet,
Widow of General. Forced to
Go Into Bankruptcy.

ASRJ'RY PARK. y. J.. Sept. 2.-Ad-
Judged a bankrupt in the United States
district court at Trenton. y. j.. Mrs.
Helen H. Longstreet widow of the IA
nous Confederate general. has issued
a statement 20 the American people, de-
claring that her money was spent in
fighting an $So.GT.sU water power trust
for the preservation of Tallulah Falls.
TIA. Mrs. Longstreet's assets We're
given al about $l6N0 and her liza bilitieS
at more than $4,000
In her statement explaining her in
debtedness and the bankruptcy proceed
Ings. Mrs. LonCstreet says:
For more than a year my friends
have been urging me to 60 into bank
ruptCy. | have shrunk from it as from
CruCiiXiOn. The step Is not taken for
the purpose OF evading just obligations,
but in the effort to accomplish the sale
Of my property in Georgia FOR fair
price and the equitable distribution of
the funds among my creditors. When
the courts have discharged this service
| shall assume the balance of the obll-
cations and have my lfe insured for
the benefit of my creditors. so that II
| do not live long enough to pay off the
Indebtedness. my death will cancel 1t.
Spent More Than Salary.
AS president of the Tallulah Falls
Conservation and Parking Association
I financed from my very slender re-
sources a long and desperate struggle
to rescue Tallulah Falls from the
clutches of an $SU.UJG,On water power
trust, which is operating in the South.
This water power trust moved on fres-
ident Taft to remove me from the little
postoffice in the Southern mountain
town where General Iongstreet lived for
forty years and where he is buried. Presi
a. l...t rot In In Ia
demands.
After | was elected from office | had
TO come East to seek a field in which
to earn a living with my pen. as the
salary of postmaster furnished my oply
means of support in the South. But the
great struggle had made to retain the
office under the Wilson Administration
resulted in a serious nervous break
down, from which | have been suffer
ing for months.
Il have put off going Into bankruptcy.
hoping with the recovery OF my health
TO find some way to escape il. Mean
while. during my Illness in sanator-
ium, nv bethrothal ring was seized and
sold at auction in Atlanta BY an At
lanta daily paper to pay for printing a
patriotic article in the interest of the
conservation of Tallulah Falls. While
| lay i'll on the New Jersey coast my
residence in Gainesville, Ga. where my
widowed mother lives, was sold for
taxes and bought IN by one OF the
hired lawyers Of the Georgia Railway
and Power Company. the Waterpower
trust referred to. The price paid was
less than half the real value of the
property There is no possibility OF my
being able to redeem my house within
the time limit. l. therefore. am forced
into bankruptcy in the interest of my
creditors.
Begs For Time.
II beg my countrymen and women to
hold in allegiance the verdict of final
Judgment in the situation until finis has
been written after the last chapter in
the struggle to save one OF the greatest
natural wonders of the Western Con-
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Funerals
Mrs. Mary Rebecca Cunningham

Mrs. Mary RcbeCCa Cunningham, who
had resided in Washington for tn" last
siNty-seven Years, coming here when
twenty years old Was buried from the
residcnc" of her daughter. Mrs. Charles
W. Hcnshaw. l105 EAST Capito, street.
this afternoon. ShC Is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Charles w. Henshaw
and Mrs. Mary r. Freeman. and one
son. J. Harry Cunningham
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Financial District to
Get Bigger Mail Station

Plans for enlarGinG postOffice sta
tion {. now located between Four
teenth and Fifteenth on q street. are
being worked out BY Postmaster Prae-
ger. It is planned to move the station
to a location on New York avenue, near
Fourteenth street, and to fit it up as
the chief postoffice station Of the fl
nanCial section. with increased facilities
for handling mails The AffleCk sta
ton at Fifteenth and F streets also will
be continued.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Bees For Time.

81 beg my countrymen and women to
hold in allegiance the verdict of final
Judgment in the situation until finis has
been written after the last chapter in
the struggle to save one of the greatest
natural wonders of the Western Con-
tinent for the honor of the American
nation and the happiness OF the Ameri-
can people.
In my veins is the blood OF a race
that through the long centuries has ever
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Risk Bureau Created.

president Wilson today signed the bill
creating the Government BSreau of War
Risk Insurance.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Laura v. Callaghan,

The funeral Of Laura Y. Callarhan.
who died Monday. will be held from
the residence of her siStCr-in-law. Mrs
u. r Callaghan. 32S ID street southeast,
tomorrow at $50 a. m. Mass will be
said at st. Peters Church at . o'clock
lntermcnt at Mt. Olivet Cemetery