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The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
VILLA STARTS NEW REBELLION.
Denounces carranza as Traitor and
Orders Mobilization of Veteran
Troops.

? Washington. - General Francisco
villa, dominant leader in northern
Mexico, Wednesday denounced the
central government headed by Venu-
stiano Carranza and announced his
independence in statement sent to
the Associated Press at El Paso, Tex.
This placed the state of Chihuahua
in open revolt against the party in
power at Mexico City as we'll as So
nora the next border state to the west,
where Governor Maytorena previously
has proclaimed his independence from
the Constitutionalist party as repre-
sented by CarranZa.
A proclamation Of revolt against
General CarranZa was reported pub
lished at Nogales, Ariz. 1t is signed
by Jose de j. Sanches.
General Villa has refused to recog-
nize the traitor CarranZa," the proc
lamation read, land has ordered the
mobilization Of his veteran troops to
move on the capital"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Masons Elect Officers.

Denver-The forty-fourth annual
communication of the Grand Council
of Royal and Select Masters and the
Grand Lodge of the A. f. and A. NJ,
was held in Denver. Four hundred
Masons from all parts of Colorado at
tended the joint sessions of the coun-
Gil and lodge.
Grand officers selected were: :
Charles H. Dudley, Colorado Springs,
grand master; Robert NJ. Simons,
Denver, deputy grand master; Guy V.
Sternberg. Grand Junction, senior
grand warden; l.. d. Grain, Fort Col
Inns, junior grand warden; Darius A.
Barton, Denver, grand treasurer;
Charles j. jacobson, grand secretary.
The following grand council officers
were elected: Jacob NJ. Maels, Pu-
eblo, grand master; w. A. Campbell,
Colorado Springs, deputy grand mas
ter; II. w. Woodward, Leadville, grand
principal conductor of work; Ernest
lie Neve Foster, Denver, grand re.
corder; Robert NJ. Simons, Denver,
grand treasurer; Edward G. Hecken-
dorf, Denver, captain of the guard I;
William W. Cooper, Denver, grand
marshal; George w. Roe, Pueblo
grand steward William II. Delbridge
Jr., Greeley. grand conductor of coun
ell, and George S. Slater, Denver
grand sentinel
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Woman Hangs Self in Jail.

Ordway-Mrs. Ella Harris of Sugar
City hanged herself in the county Jail
here. She is believed to have been in
sane and had been placed in the Jail
Tor safe keeping. The woman used a
moose which she had made from her
shirtwaist. Mrs. Harris had been in
Pueblo for month for treatment, but
had shown no improvement and was
returned to Ordway. She is said to
have made several attempts to jump
from the moving train but was re-
strained by Sheriff Humiston.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
LETTER ADMITS FRAUD
HELD POSSESSION OF PROPERTY
FOR. TWELVE YEARS.
Greeley Woman, on Deathbed, Says
She Robbed Niece of Heritage by
Burning Husbands Will.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Greeley, Colo.-Judgment in favor
of Mrs. Matte Berry, niece of ID. L.
Dawley, wealthy Greeley real estate
man, for possession of the $4,000
Dawley block at Fifth street and Ninth
avenue, has been entered in the Dis
trict Court. as the result OF letter
in which Mrs. Hannah Dawley, widow
of the real estate man, makes a death
bed confession that she has defrauded
her niece of possession of the prop.
erty for twelve years.
The letter sets forth that the dead
woman burned the will of her hus-
band, in which the property was
decided to his niece. The property, it
is claimed, was purchased with Mrs
Berry's funds.
Litigation over the estate has been
pending in the Greeley courts for sew
eral years and has generally gone
against Mrs. Berry.
The letter was Il surprise to the
Dawley interests, not even the admin
istrator of the estate knowing of its
existence. Edward Dawley, the
adopted son of the real estate man, to
whom the letter was addressed, is now
dead. The letter was found only &
few days before the case came to
trial
Its genuineness was attacked il
court, but was sustained.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Fifteen Hundred Killed.

London-Great Britain's loss in the
sinking OF three cruisers by the Ger
man submarine is declared to be 1,565
men. OF the estimated roo survivors
of the crews totaling about 2.265 men,
10 have been landed in England and
PSI in Holland. The remainder are
said to be on ships now on the way to
port. The tragedy is the greatest
naval loss Great Britain has suffered
since the opening of the war. The
swift and silent destruction OF three
big cruisers, which cost S12,000,000,
has brought home the risks of modern
naval warfare. The unseen enemy
crept under the Aboukir, then the
Hogue. and then the Cressy, and, one
after another, the cruisers sank. The
whole affair was over in 20 minutes.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
senator Would chop Salaries.

Washington.-Redu of salaries
of government officials, including sen
ators, representatives, army and navy
officers and the President himself was
proposed in resolution by Senator
Sheppard as means of meeting the
enormous strain put on the federal
treasury by the war in Europe" The
reduction would vary from r or cent
on salaries of $1,000 to Il per cent
on salaries over $4,000. and would bs
effective fer one year from Nov. l.,
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Letter to Explain Operators Stand

Denver.-After discussing for more
reply to be sent by mail to President
Wilson, as the answer of the associat.
ed coal operators of Colorado to the
Presidents plan for three years
truce, the operators adjourned Mon
day night, leaving to ]. C. Osborn OF
the Victor-American Company, ID. w.
Brown, Rocky Mountain Coal Com
pany. and Frank Il. Cove, attorney, the
work of completing and mailing the
letter as finally decided upon by those
three men.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
wife Ends Life at Husbands Grave.

Denver.-Parted from her husband
by an unexpected and violent death,
Mrs. Viola West Joined him in death,
inflicted by her own hand. Loren Fl.
West, her husband, brakeman on the
Burlington railroad, was cut in two by
his own train near Keensburg. Mrs.
West went to his grave at Crown Hill
cemetery and shot herself, dying al
most instantly.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Body Cut in Two by Train.

Pueblo.-Because his wife filed suit
for divorce, William C. Burgh, "a, an
engineer at the Minnequa steel plant,
hurled himself beneath Denver &
Rio Grande passenger train in the
Union Depot yards. His body, cut
completely in two by the wheels, was
found by members of the train crew
after the jar had been felt beneath
The wheels.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Maaar, Who Shot Self, Dies.

Pueblo.-Nicholas Magyar, aged 20, of
Ration, N. NJ, who shot himself be-
cause he had been robbed of $1,000,
died at ST. Mary's hospital. Pneumo-
MA and blood poisoning developed in
his left lung, which had been pierced
by two bullets.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
submarine Destroys British Cruisers.

Berlin.-(via Wireless to Sayville,
Long sland.)-Reports received by the
German Admiralty show that the de-
struetion of three British cruisers in
the North Sea was accomplished by
the German Submarine U-9, single
handed.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Aaree to Truce Plan.

Trinidad, Colo.-Colorado union coal
miners, in convention voted to accept
the peace plan recommended by Presi-
dent Wilson. The vote, which came
after two days OF vigorous debate, was
SO toS.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Sink Cruiser and 2 Torpedo Boats.
Paris.-According to a dispatch re-
ceived from Paris a Russian cruiser
has sunk a German cruiser and twp
torpedo boats in the Baltic Sea.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Paris.-Nine amiles of trenches filled
with unburied dead were the fruits OF
fighting by the British troops now
making up the allied left wing. They
were taken. according to reports re.
ceived from several sources, unofficial
but well authenticated, in a success
ful turning movement between the dis
trict just south of st. Quentin and Per-
Oune
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
ALLIES TURN
ENEMYS FLANK
VINE MILES OF DEAD is COST TO
BOTH SIDES FOR THE
VICTORY.
BRITISH DROP BOMBS
SIXTEEN HUNDRED DEAD IN SEA
BATTLE LASTING ONLY
20 MINUTES.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Sept 24.-After nine days
of desperate hammering at the Ger
man trenches along the Aisne river,
and after suffering frightful slaughter
from the Kaiser's huge Krupp howit-
zers, the allies have begun to turn the
German flank on the west 1t is the
belief in London that the general Ger
mdn retreat has begun and that it will
not stop until the vast invading hosts
have been swept back of the ~fortifica-
tions, well over the German frontier.
The French official report speaks of
an advance made by the allies left in
the region of Lassigny and unofficial
reports say that this advance was one
of twelve miles.
Military experts, however, warn the
public not to ignore the German eff
forts to force the French barrier chain
at its more assailable points, and de-
clare reverses must be expected.
1t requires much of patience to
await the result of this battle, but so
Confident are the English and French
that their armies will be successful,
that they are not much worried,
In Galicia the Russians are pushing
steadily on to their goal, which for the
moment is Przemysl. They apparently
have that place well surrounded by
now, for, following the capture of Jaro-
slau, they announced the occupation
of Wislok, a town on the Hungarian
border, southwest of Przemsyl and an
important station on the railway which
runs from Sanck through one of the
passes of the Carpathians to Zemply
and thence to Budapest.
Wisloli probably was taken by tha
part of the Russian army which ad-
vanced from Lemberg by the southern
route to cut off the retreat of the
Austrian army through the Carpathi
ans to Hungary. 1t is also another link
in the chain which the Russians are
are drawing around the fortresses o.
Przemsyl and Cracow.
On the German frontier the Russians
are in close touch with the German
forces, according to their report, but
no fighting has occurreds
The Servians record almost dali!
successes. This time it is the captur,
of Liubovia on the river Drina
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Cholera Adds New Horrors in Austria.
Vienna.-The admission that many
cases OF cholera have been discovered
among the Austrian soldiers at the
front causes great alarm here.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

The event of the day was the flight
of British naval aeroplanes from Ant
werp to Dusseldorf, approximately g.
distance of 500 miles, in the course OF
which they dropped bombs on the
Zeppelin sheds of the German aerial
fleet, which would cooperate with the
German navy in case of raid on Eng
land. The official bureau intimates
that the flight was undertaken as a
warning to the Germans that if more
bombs are dropped on any unfortified
towns in Belgium or France the allies
can retaliate.
1t is quite likely that the warning is
also intended to include London, which
has been looking for a visit from the
Zeppelins for some days. The flight
of the British aeroplanes was one, SO
far as distance is concerned, that they
were quite used to, as for some time
the British flying men have been put
to the test They have made flights
from Montrose, Scotland, to Salisbury,
which is about the same distance as
the round trip between Antwerp and
the Rhine fortresses.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Denver. - Wednesday, forty-eight
other coal operators answered Presi-
dent Wilson's peace letter, accepting
four of the propositions and taking is
sue on the others relating to the coal
strike, explaining that THE forty-eight
operators who have signed the en-
closed letter, produced in August,
1914, .426,613 tons of coal, as com
pared with 442,774 tons of coal pro-
duced by the same operators in Au-
gust, 1913. They represent S2h per
cent of the tonnage of coal being
mined in the state at the present
time, exclusive of the tonnage mined
by the Colorado Fuel &sIron Company,
which has made an independent an
swer to your communication.
"On account of the delay in secur-
ing the attendance of these operators
and in preparing the letter addressed
to you, it has been impossible to send
a committee to Washington in time to
reach there Wednesday, il conformity
with Mr. Welborn's telegram to you
arranging for an interview, which was
sent by him before the operators had
met"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
PRESIDENT TELLS WELBORN 1T
is DUTY OF OPERATORS TO
AGREE To,TRUCE.
CAN'T ACCEPT REFUSAL
MAY WITHDRAW TROOPS UNLESS
SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT
is REACHED.
wesLern NeW.pnper unIon Newg Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Westinghouse Wilson told
]. i. Welbcrn. president of the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron Company, that he
believed it to be the duty of the oper-
ators in Colorado to accept the basis
fer the settlement of the strike pro-
posed by Federal mediators. Welborn
told the President thatVthe operators
objected to several points in the plan,
but the President asked that they re-
consider the question.
Ip answer to the objections of Wei
borh, the President declared he could
not act as the umpire between the op-
orators and the miners and that he
felt it the duty of the operators to ac-
cept the plan already adopted by the
miners.
The continuance of Federal troops
in Colorado was discussed and later it
was said the President would with
draw the troops unless satisfactory
settlement was reached. This was not
verified, however, in official quarters.
The President had expected to re.
ceive committee representing the in.
dependent coal operators involved in
the strike. Welborn told him that
the other operators were unable to be
present, but would write The Presi
dent asked that Welborn tell the other
operators that he could not accept a
refusal of the plan.
Welborn presented an alternative
plan fer the solution of the strike
trouble, but the President refused tc
consider it, saying that he did not be
lieve compromise possible. The
President declared that the public in
terests demanded the end of the strike
and that it was the patriotic duty O
the mine operator to accept the pro
posal.
Welborn declared after his interview
with the President that the question
was still open and that he would repor
the result of his talk to the other oper
ators.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
COLORADO NEWS
HE.RFD FROM
All arts of the State
Newspaper Union News Service.

Dates for Coming Events.
sept 2e-Oct. Central Colorado Fair
at Colorado Springs. p
OCT 1-S.-Grand County Fair at
kremm'inG.
Oct. 60 Colo. New Mex. Fair at Du-
range.
oct; v.1-Tenth annual Dog Show
at Denver.
19lS.-Last Grand Council OF North
american Indians at Denver.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03

Gen. Huerta Yesterday authorized his
representatives at the mediation con
ference to announce t. the world that
neither mistaken pride nor personal
interest would prevent his Withdraw
Al when once Mexico i politically
paeitied and the government succeed
ing his j. - constituted that IL can
count on the support of public opinion
in Mexico
The Mexican delegates in their for
NAL statement revealed that thev had
been instructed from the first to in-
form the mediators that Gen. Huerta :
personality would not be AN obstacle
TO reaching peaceful settlement. They
also stated in unequiVocai terms that
the internal situation in Mexico va>
T necessarily bound mp with the inter
national questions and that this spirit
had aetuated them in coming 10 the
mediation conference.
The text Of the statement follows:
III accordance with the InStruc
tions which the Mexican delegation
mas hal since the beginning Of the
peace negotiations. it, members de
clared. Ill the first full conference
that il TO SAY. IT'D the presence of tn,
medlatsng plenipotentiaries ami Of til,
delegates of the United states 81
America; that President Huerta per
sonality Is not an obstacle to I'll,
reaching of satisfactory conclusion.
Gen. Huerta is prepared "a with
draw from the government on con
| dirion that at the time of uis with
| drawal Mexico shall be POLITICAL,
pacihed and the government succeed
4 Ing his shall be such As 70 count or
| the acquicscence IF the governed am
| on tie support Of public opinio
which constitute the real basis 10
peace and stability In any country.
.'It has been and is President Huel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
GIBSON AND DALEY
PREVENT TAX SALE
Injunction Involves Farm Turned over
TO Them for Services in Defend
ing L. A. Foster of Halifax.

The town of Halifax and it, affairs
looms M again in the public eye a. tile
result OF hill in chancery papers i'll
which were filed iii the county clerk
office Yesterday IN their own behalf III
Attorneys +. " Gibson and William Il
Daley. who represent themselves as own
ers ct the Lou 4 Foster farm They e
cured on May 19 an Injunction from
Judge f T. Waterman 81 tile superior
court enjoning Francis II Miner, eollec-
tor Of back taxes for the town of Halifax
from dl~posing OF the farm formerly
owned BY Mr.. Foster TO collect taxes
poll, personal and real-due from Foster
for the year 1913.
The paper alleges that the petitioners
purchased the farm Of Lon A Foster on
Oct. 20, 1913, and received quitclaim
deed of the property at that time and
that it was promptly recorded They de
clare that at that time they asked the
town treasurer, A. G. Jones. the amount
81 the taxes due on the real estate and
that twice since that time they have re-
quested the information from him, but
that il was refused They allege they
were and are willing TO pay the taxes oil
| the real estate.
/ The orators were informed on Jan -,
/ 1911, the document SAYS that the town
treasurer had turned the taxes over ii
1 Mr. Miner for collection and that since
that time they have repeatedly asked
Miner for the amount Of the taNes and
been refused
The papers alleged that Miner has said
that he does not intend to demand pay
ment Of said taxes from them. but that
he will look wholly to said Foster and K
said real estate for the collection Of tn,
entire tax.
The petitioners allege in the petition
which il dated May 10. that Miner ha,
not notified either Foster or the petition
ers OF the amount due upon the real es
tate or given either OF the notice OF tn,
time and place where be would receive tn,
/ payment for the taxes They further al
lege that Miner advertised the propert,
for sale on May 26 and for that reason
they sought an injunction to enjoin hin
from conducting such sale, declaring tha
they had been and are ready aud willing
10 pay the amount legally assessed upol
the real estate but that they are no
? holden hy law to pay the poll tax or th
tax upon personal property assesses
; against Foster.
Foster is serving a sentence OF 10 year
! IN Windsor state prison for the murder 0
Ossie Prouty Attorneys Gibson ans
Daley defended him and the farm wa
turned over to them in payment for thei
services IN his behalf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03

ceptiou was held at 80 o'clock. to which
relatives and friends were invited. Re
freshments we're served. the fioaters be-
ing Miss Doris Seaver of Gardner Mass.
cousin Of the bridegroom, Miss Lida
Higgins Miss NIetralf aud Miss Carrie
Booth Alrs. r. W. Jeffords was in
charge Of the register for the guests aud
Misses Maud Brigham of Boston and Eva
e. Robertson were in charge Of the gifts
The house was very artisticaliy decorat-
ed. the hall and punch room being Of
green. ferns and palms and spirea- The
room where the gifts were displayed was
decorated IN green and with yellow lilies
and buttereups.
Following the reception the bridal cou-
pie left by automobile amid shower of
confetti and good wishes Tor a wedding
trip of two weeks. and upon their return
they viii begin housekeeping at once in
their home on Mortified street. which is
furnished and ready for their home-eom-
ing The brides travelling suit was of
lavender crepe with hat to match
Mrs. Taylor Is graduate Of the high
school. class Of 1907 She studied music
at Northfield seminary four years and
since that time has taught a large class
UniversaIist church, where her services
were greatly appreciated. as she has ex-
ceIlent musical abilities, vocally a wel
as instrumentallv.
Mr.. Taylor graduated in the class u
1908. after which be went to Exeter p
year and then to Tufts graduating from
the civil engineering department in the
class Of 1913 with cum laude. He Is a
member Of the Commons club. one of the
fraternities there After finishing his
course at Tufts lie was for six months
superintendent of a tale mine in Roehes-
ter, Vt. and has recently gone into the
hardware business with his father. H ".
Tavlor.
Both Mr.. and AIRS TAYLOR are exceed
ingly popular among the young people and
have 4 host of friends who extend their
hearty congratulations.
The gifts We're numerous and beauti-
FIJI. including cut gass. silver china. gold.
books furniture, pieces Of mahogany and
linen. Among the gifts were a bronze
statue Of The Sower from the Hinsdale
| Players Of which Mrs TAYLOR is a valued
Imember because of her dramatic ability
lchina from her class of music pupils and
lpiece~ Of gold from the sunday school II
the Unyenalist church
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-03
MORE ABOUT
THE NEW HAVEN
Inquiry Into Financial Affairs
Resumed Before Interstate
Commerce Board
DIRECTOR ]. S. ELTON
FIRST TO GO ON STAND
Felt That Price Paid for Westchester
Was Extrayagant, But Had Perfect
Confidence in Mr.. Morgan Also
Opposed to Rhode Island Deal

WASHINGTON. June 81 s Elton.
director OF the New Haven road, was
the first witness called today when I'M
qury into that system financial affairs
was resumed before the interstate com
merce' commission Chief Counsel j w
Folk lafore beginning the examination of
witnesses, presented several kilograms
bearing on the New Havens payment 1T
money to newspapers and other pubhca-
tlons In all lie said several hundred pub
lications were paid money. Among them
he named the Boston Herald and Boston
American.
William skinner, another director. and
| Laurence Minot a member of the board a
part Of the time while Charles = Aleilen
was president. also We're ready to testify.
Mr. Elton said he was present at the
meetings 1t winch Morgan Rockefeller
and Miller were appointed a committee
| III the Westchester transactions and also
| when they reported.
What was your opinion Of their adyo-
eating paving S11,000,00O for the road
/ Iasked Mr. Folk
II would not say that ! felt it was IN
necessary lint that IL was extravagant
Were YOU surprised
II think | was. but ! had absolute con
hdence in 1Ir Morgan
| The witness said lie opposed the eNpen
lditure of S20.000000 fer taking ovei
Rhode Island trolleys. but had not yoteC
against it.
You paid S2ooooN00 for 4 property
ttat admittedly was worth $4,000, 00t
aud was incumhered ioF about what yot
paid for it suggested Mr.. Folk
Yes. said AR Eleon. that's abou
Fit.
Were the other directors a. timid a
youz No said Mr Elton. and adde
THAT William skinner at times eNpresse,
disapproYaI in the presence Of Mr MoI
gan.
Mr. Elton believed that formerly the Il
rectors depended too much on Mr. Mot
gan and Mr. Meilen. and added: .'fh
directors now direct
Do yo0 regard the control by on
man ~ Mr. Morgan controlled the Me-
Haven il bad thing for the puhIic2
Yes ! do
Were you present 1T the meeting
] which Mr. Alelen at the time he retire
, from the presidency ct the New Have
was voted 100000 for five years.
Yes. The motion was made. d. n,
. recall by whom. and it went through
believe this action was taken largely
tile result of feeling Of sympathy Il
: MI Mellen Almost immediately the i
! rectors regretted tile step they had take
/ and Il tile next meeting the vote was /
/ scinded