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Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Commissioner of Finance Pitcher CT
Denver has been warned that II he
pays out any of the public funds for
bills contracted by the Moffat tunnel
commission, or for advertising the
city, or for any similar enterprise OF
a private nature, he will be guilty OF
embezzlement and liable to punish
ment. The warning was conveyed 20
Pitcher in letter written in a friend
ly spirit by District Attorney Rush.
The letter says that, no matter what
the nature of the bills contracted by
the Moffat tunnel commission, if they
| should be paid, the payment would
be in violation of law and a misap-
preparation of the public funds. The
district attorney points out that the
supreme court last October said Den
| yer could not lend its faith or credit
or aid directly or indirectly to the
Moffat enterprise. If the city could
not do this, then it could not author
2e the payment of money demanded
for any work on the enterprise. Pitch
er's bondsmen would be liable civilly
and he would be liable criminally for
making the payment. The Moffat
tunnel proposition has been a bug
bear from the start. But who will
pay the bills contracted by the COM
mission? They are reported to amount
TO $4,000 or more as Denver people
do not work for nothing if they can
get the taXpayers to meet the ex-
penses. Why not ask for special
session of the general assembly TO
pass n relief measure.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
CIVILIZED WARFARE.

Those who have been reading the
correspondence of Herbert Corey pub
lished in the Des Moines Capital, de-
scribing the terrible situation in east
Prussia, will wonder if the world has
made any progress since Tiglath Pill
eser thanked the gods of ancient AS
syria for his victorious campaigns, the
cruelty of which he had proudly pre-
served on tablets of stone for the edi-
fication of future generations.
We talk about Civilized warfare
and are grieved over alleged viola
tions of the rules of war among civil
lied nations. But there is no such
thing as civilized war. War is re-
cess from civilization. 1t is the op-
posite of civilization. "CiviIzed war.
fare" is contradiction in terms. Il
is fiction, ruse by which we strive
to have our belief that we are far
ther along in the path of progress
than we really are.
Civilization cannot make rules for
war, it only makes implements of war
The existence of war is evidence If
the incompleteness of our civilization,
1t means that there are certain AREAS
of life which civilization covers in.
adequately
Once we see clearly that there is
no compromise between war and civ
ilization, we have taken the first sten
to free humanity from the curse Of
war. But we shall not get rid of war
by seeking to tame war, and turn If
into something nice and clean. dena-
tured and respectable, something that
does not hurt anybody. We shall
never get rid of war by mere scan.
dalized protesting against its horrors
The world has gnown all about those
horrors since Andromache went over
the mutilated body of her husband
hector, slain at the siege of Troy.
II war is ever to cease, it will bo
when we can create a civilization
which is so broad and free and inter.
esting that it will appeal to the nat.
ural heroisms of men as war docs
now; then they will not need to in
dulge in these periodical bellicose OK.
plosions in order to escape from the
crushing monotony of civilized life
and when we get civilization that
will not go to pieces every time there
is conflict of interests, that will
cease killing one another because they
have found a better way to live. We
snail nsvsr ~ "civilissd war;" but Il
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
ROOSEVELT WERE PRESI.
DENT.

1t is interesting to speculate upon
what might be the fate of this coun-
tryp now if Theodore Roosevelt had
heten elected president instead of Mr..
Wilson. That our esteemed hero of
San Juan is not a pacifist is no Sc
cret, notwithstanding the fact that
the trustees of the Nobel funds once
awarded him the Nobel peace prize.
Mr.. Roosevelt's convictions upon
this war are the subject of some dis
cussion as a result OF a recent letter
which he wrote to the members of the
women's peace party, of which Miss
Jane Addams and others of the late
Progressive party are leaders.
1t is not certain just what this un-
published letter contained. but the dis
cussion that has followed it would
indicate that there were certain rather
pointed hints at the futility of the
efforts of these good women in be-
half of world peace, and also sugges-
tions that woman's proper place was
in spheres less ambitious than world
politics, all in a spirit somewhat anti
feministic for one only recently IA
nous as the leader of political par
ty committed to equal suffrage.
But the most serious point of this
letter is that section which, if cor
rectly quoted, contains a severe criti-
cism of President Wilson's present
foreign policy, condemning the ac-
qulescence with which it is charged
our national administration has view
ed the violation of the neutrality of
Belgium, the attacks upon unfortified
towns, the placing of mines in the
open sea and other alleged violations
oil the rules of civilized warfare and
the rights Of neutral nations. II is
evident TO Mr.. Roosevelt that the
"watchful waiting" the PROTESTING
and polite diplomatic correspondence
OF the last few months has been al
together too timid.
Our country has been passing
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

tion last year, for the wrechng Of
which Orson Adams is now doing u
term in Leavenworth prison. Thomas
came through Grand Junction soon
after the failure and before he left,
had Chapman removed by telegraph
and John j. Tobin appointed in his
stead, in spite of the, fact that Tobin
was without large business expert
ence. The same thing happened
shortly afterward in bank in Mon
tant to which Mr.. Chapman had been
appointed.
The first of counsel to the receiver
of the Mercantile National will be
very profitable because there will un-
doubtedly be great deal of litiga-
ton with the Slaughter family over
the disappearance of collateral for
loans and the fake mortgages in which
the bank is alleged to have dealt
Most of the property owned by the
Slaughters is in Texas and in the
prosecution of the claims of the bank
it will be necessary for the attorneys
to go to that state to sue and thus
pile up expenses.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Tired, as they say, as being regard
ed as saloons, and weary of being
looked upon by misinformed people as
law breakers, $50 druggists out of the
1S0 who are members of the Denver
Pharmaceutical association, have sign
an agreement to stop selling intoxi-
eating liquors in any drinkable form,
even on physicians prescriptions. AL
cohol, denatured according to govern
ment formulas, making it unfit as
beverage but perfectly fit for house
hold and toilet purposes, will be dis
pensed, but alcoholic drinkables will
not be on sale.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
THE PROPOSED WILSON TRIP.

The political managers Of the Will
son administration exhibit extremely
amateurish tactics when they spend
So much time and writing space in
trying to obscure really manifest
purpose. Announcement is made that
President Wilson will make a trans
continental tour AS soon as official
business will permit, but hasty assur-
ance is given that while the president
will make several speeches the tour
IL in no sense to be interpreted as a
part of any 1916 campaign program
This statement is a superfluous at
tempt to hoodwink the public. The
.ople can and will draw their own
conclusions. Everybody with brains
enough to appreciate and understand
the workings of our political system
knows that such trip as is now con.
templated will have bearing on the
approaching presidential campaign.
Personally we see no impropriety in
President Wilson taking this trir
says the Des Moines Capital. He has
bone heavy strain for several
months past. Official burdens have
been intensified by private grief. He
mas richly earned any rest and recreA-
t:cn which he is liable to take.
President Wilson cannot be blamed
for wanting to see the San Francisco
exposition. The Pacific coast people
cannot he blamed for endeavorinp to
bring MIN there. And if, as announc-
ed, he is going to deliver addresses
ut various points along the way on
the various issues which he will for
'nai'y present to the next congress
the people will listen and read with
respectful attention. What he says
VIII influence them in making up
their minds as to what party they will
support next year. This is a lepiti
mate part of the general public de-
the Democratic managers ought to be
frank enough to admit It.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
REPUBLICANS INDICATE THEIR
LINE OF CAMPAIGN.

Pueblo Star-Journal.
Despite the fact that Elihu Root of
New York has declared that he would
not be Republican candidate for the
presidential nomination, the indica-
tions point to his being one of the
men who will be most seriously con-
sidered when it comes time to think
Of making a selection for head OF
the party ticket. Root has been fair
ly active of late in making speeches
and has been enthusiastically receiv-
ed. AT recent gathering in Phila-
delphia he was introduced as the
greatest of the Republican leaders and
presented a medal conferred only on
distinguished people. The significant
part of the meeting was the promi-
nence given to the political situation.
Senator Root sounded what un-
doubtedly will be the keynote Of the
next campaign waged by the Republi-
cans. He denounced the present tar
iff and legislation against business
interests and advocated return to
the Republican tariff system. Even
more pronounced as to the intention
of Republicans was the declaration Of
the chairman of the meeting that the
time had arrived for the business men
to unite and select candidate. The
statement was made that the business
interests elected Mckinley and that
similar results could be secured in the
next campaign.
The Democratic legislation concern
ing business, especially big business
has aroused considerable opposition
The claim is being made that bust
ness has been unnecessary interfer-
red with, and sentiment is being
created that legislation is responsible
for much Of the depression that the
country experienced of late. The Re-
publican line of campaign, so far rs
the leaders are concerned, will be
along what it was in the Mckinley
campaign, when the "full dinner pail''
was the slogan. With Root az the
idol of Republicans conspicuous in the
business life of the nation, a con-
certed movement to induce him to
become presidential candidate un-
doubtedly will be developed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Were Secretary Lane of the inter-
ior department and few of his fell
low associates who from time to time
take trip in their private cars
throughout different parts of the
country and return boasting how busi-
ness is reviving and good times for
every one, to don pair of overalls
and lock for job in the mining dis
tricts or where manufacturing is gen.
orally carried on they would take a
different view of the revival of bust.
ness and good times popping up all
over the country. But you know they
want to hold their jobs and have te
talk as they do.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
A MAN OF NERVE.

Introducing, ladies and gentlemen,
one James F. Morton, Jr., of New
York, the well known metropolis,
gent with the courage of his convic-
tions, such as they are, and such as
they are they are considerable con-
victions. He speaks boldly in the pub
lie prints above his own signature,
and urges that the breach of promise
law be banished from the statute
books Of this land of liberty. He goes
further and says that the breach of
promise encourages blackmail, and
even at the best it isn't much but
that. And now the sob sisters may
point the finger of scorn at James f..
Morton, Jr., and say he is wicked
man who is the foe of poor, weak, de-
'enseless women, but most men and
women TOO know there is common
sense and fairness in his contention,
although men average sufficiently
heppecked to guarantee the law in
question for many years, and mere
man should be guarded in his output
Of love letters. Even without these
the woman in the case can frequently
cinch him if she goes after his hard
ca, ned, the average jury seeming to
feel that it is great joke on the
man. and that it might be well to
lynch him as well as Fleeing him of
&c ods and chattels to salve the soul
Of some Tilted Jane.
AS mere matter of justice, how
ever, the girl who behaves herself,
and is that sort of a girl, knows she
is lucky not to marry the man who
doesn't want her, and she doesn't
need forty thousand bones for heart
balm, nor ask it. On the other hand,
If she Is the other sort of girl, even
II the geek is guilty, he place is
too high, and he is entitled to get
away while the getting is good. Be-
sides which there are the opportuni-
ties for plain and fancy blackmail.
and the same are systematically work.
ci by many poor weak women who
need tine money and regard men as
Ihcir proper prey. James F. Morton,
IT,, luid something, all right, but he
probably can't ct the lesislatures to
DIN In the chorus,-Atchiscn Clobs.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
Your chiId,s COUGH is a cali ror neIn

Your ChiId's Cough is a Call for Help.
Don't put off treating your chlds
cough. 1t not only saps their strength
but often leads to more serious all
ments. Why risk? You don't have 10.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is just the
remedy your child needs. 1t is mada
with soothing, healing and antiseptic
balsams. Win quickly check the cold
and soothe your child's cough away,
No odds how bad the cough or hoy
long standing, DR.. Kings New Dis,
covery will stop it. It's guaranteed
Just get bottle from your drugpi-
ard try it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
ARRIVE AT PEN.

LEAVENWoRTH, Kan, April 10.
Joseph Strauss voluntarily appear.
&c at the penitentiary, the first Of thi
Terre Haute men found guilty Of
election frauds.
A special train carrying Mayor
Roberts and fourteen other conspra.
tors arrived this morning. Imme.
diately Bertillion measured the pris-
oners and gave them prison uniforms
anc assigned them to various jobs.
Roberts joked and said the pen did
ret look as bad as he imagined.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

through q period when only the great.
est reasonableness and firmness coi,i
save US from very serious complic,.
tions with this European trouble. And
trying as the whole situation is "a
our patience as a nation-a quality
with which Mr.. Roosevelt was ueve,
over burdened-we may well question
whether it would have been possibI,
for the United States to have retain.
ed the blessings Of peace and main.
tain an impartial neutrality with !,
man like Theodore Roosevelt as i,s
chief executive.-Des Moines Can,,,
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

In his petition for a new trial DR..
Beers, who was recently convicted Of
manslaughter in Boulder county, AYERS
that the jurymen who convicted him
were permitted to hob-nob with their
wives and children when deliberating
on their verdict and also that they
convicted him because a second trial
would prove too expensive on the
county
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Durango has amended her charter
so that the city will have manager
instead of commissioners-the sillest
of municipal plans of government
This is what Pueblo needs and needs
mighty quick right nova business
manager, and not boss, such as
Pooh Bah Burton is. And the senti-
ment is growing very fast in this city
for the manager plan.-Pueblo Chief
tain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Night riders are lining up once
more in Kentucky and Missouri. One
of the gang in Kentucky was SEN
fenced few days age to serve four
years and one day in the pen for his
part in a midnight raid. Others have
been indicted
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Mrs. Pankhurst, who before the
great war had some fame as fight
er, says this is no time to talk peace.
Her past does not indicate that she
considers any time the opportune mo-
ment for harmonious topic,
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Speaking of luxuries of the effete
east that the wild and woolly west
does not afford, it might be mention
ed the law passed by the New York
legislature permitting women and
children to work in the canning fac
tories twelve hours day.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

At least this favor might be re-
quested; If the Mexicans continue
their favorite pastime of shooting
Americans, why not be good sports
and occasionally declare closed sea-
son? Ir
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

The kaiser is said to be the pos
SCISSOR of 295 uniforms and military
suits but only wears about 30. Re
quires sixteen Wallets to care for his
clothes. This is 16 more than it re-
quires to care for the writer's ward
robe
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

The Rico Item recalls tnat in 1896
that vicinity went wild over free
silver" Now, it adds, it is free gold
that sets us agog, and there is lots
of it in these hills. Here's hoping
that grand old camp may have all the
prosperity that seems to be coming
its way.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

And now comes that optimistic man
Mr.. Tumultu, who serves as Presi-
dent Wilson's secretary, with the
statement that the recent Republican
landslide in Chicago had no national
significance. You may recall that
Tumulty belongs to the Democratic
fold.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

An exchange suggests that the ser
vices of the English prisoners in Ger
many be utilized for building sauer
kraut silos.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
VILLA PLANS NEW
: ATTACK ON MATAMopos

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, April 49,.
Whistles sent word through Ame,i
can reporters that they were detain.
ed in their camp in Monterey bp,
would return and attack Matamor,.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Speaking of his lawn mower, q
Mancos man said; al have dandy
mower but the handle is too short
for me but just right for the missus
to operate"
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
DYNAMITERS GIVEN
LONG SENTENCES

NEW YORK, April 19-The two
men convicted of attempting to blow
up st. Patrick's church were today
sentenced to not less than six or mora
than twelve years in Sing Sing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Regardless of the rapid increase
in dry territory the nations booze
bill is still higher than its school
bill. ff'''s
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Bandits are again doing business
with Denver saloon keepers. One
lonely member of the tribe held up
a wet joint few nights ago and
received $50 and some jewelry for the
risk.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

As usual Denver is in for hot
school election. When Denver does
not get excited over an election, even
a Woman's club election, we are not
in on the deal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

The death of William A. Aldrich
removes one of the few remaining old
line senators. Few men have attain
ed greater prominence and influence.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
For dry" climate this territory
has established q minghty damp rec
ord during the past week.

'ei'la Aole % name the president
81 ae~ico today is one way Of keep.
ing abreast OF the times.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22
BILLY SUNDAY WILL
GO TO CHICAGO IN IAN

CHICAGO, April 19.-"Bnlyr Sun.
day is coming here in January b
lead the prohibition fight.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Holding up freight trains and steal.
ing bolted silk is the latest novelty in
the bandit line.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

is not too much to hope that some
day there may be truly civilized
peace.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Our English cousins are again agi
tated over proposed Zeppelin raids.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

There are other ways Of proving
you are to the manor born beside
wasting your money. 8
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

A New York physician announces
the discovery of anti-typhus vaccine.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-04-22

Wheat is going up in price svsry
DAY on the Chicago market A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-19
marlborough Partially
for Gillespie Co. Shown

The old time Partially of the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company for
the T. A. Gillespie Company. In letting
contracts for subway and elevated road
construction. was shown again yester-
day. T. P. Shonts, president Of the In
terborough, In letter to the Public
Service Commission, submitting the
bids for elevated extensions of the
dual subway sytem, pointed out GER
tain irregularities In the five bids made
by other concerns than the Gillespie
Company.
Besides calling attention TO irregu-
larities in the other bids, Mr.. Shonts
intimated in his letter that unless the
contract is given to the Gillespie and
Terry & Tench companies, who sub
mitted joint bid for the work, the
1nterborough may reserve the right. in
the invitation to contractors, to reject
any and all bids received. The matter
will come before the Public Service
Commission to-day, and IL is likely
that there will be strong objection
to the method of the marlborough in
handling the bids.
The Gillespie Company has the con-
tract for the third tracking OF the ele-
waited lines. The contract was split up
on a percentage basis between the
Terry e. Tench Co.. and the Snare
G. Triest Co., to whom the Gillespie
Company sublet most of the work. The
marlborough wanted the Commission
to give the contract for the elevated
extensions to the same companies, but
the commission saw no reason for so
doing and requested the Interborough
to obtain six bids, in open and fair
mission will consider the marlborough
has done this.
The names Of the bidders and the
total amount bid for the contracts for
the three sections, the West Farms
subway connection, the Webster Ave
nue. line, and the Eight Avenue and
l62d Street connection, were as fol-
lows: Hyde, McFarlin e. Burke, ST.
03,231; Frederick L. Crawford, Inc,
S1,594,O15; the Terry e. Tench Com
pany, Inc, and the T. A. Gillespie Com
pany. S1,556,063; the Snare & Triest
Company, s1.606,S16; William Bradley,
S1,529,1s4.
The Gillespie contract for the third
tracking Of the elevated lines has been
a subject of inquiry by the Thompson
Legislative Committee. which is inves-
tigating the Public Service Commits
sion. Evidence was sdduced to show
that the construction company received
almost all of 10 per cent profit on
the contract although it was doing
very small part Of the work itself.