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New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Held as Dealer in Drugs

Atlantic City, N j., March l6-a,
ter Minero. prominent hotel propore..
who dissipated an inheritance. oi sls
600 in two years. wa. arrested mere |.
day charged with conducting sgpl
house for users OF teroin. A ao.,
other violators Of the Harrison az
drug law were also apprehended y
systematic cleanup 81 al dope h'hs
Several of these were sent to me /.
pital for treatment because ol Wv
craving for drugs.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17

court has the right to determine the
ultimate destination of cargo shipped
from one neutral to another and to
hold up and detain to the end of the
war cargoes not Of a character which
embargoes by the neutral forbade be-
fore they were shipped to enemy terri
tory.
The general expectation in Washing
ton is that a note framed in very posi-
tive terms outlining the previously an
nounced policy of the United States
will be sent to Great Britain within a
few hours
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Earthquake Dead 20, ,97S.

Tome, March 16.-An oficiel report
on the earthquake Of January l3 gives
the number Of deaths as 29,97S, without
jncluding persons who afterward dled
from injuries and illness caused by the
disaster. The communes damaged by
the earthquake numbered S72.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
BERLIN. The

BERLNIhe English position on The heeh near st. Eo south Of
location has been going since the day before Yesterday On the south
hills northwest OF Arra
the possession OF the OF a hill
broke down the face Of the German fire The French losses
French trenches An begun yesterday the Agonne
Also the the
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Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
THE FEDERAL DOPE LAW.

We have from time to time com.
mented upon the alarming increase
in the dope" habit in this country
That our statements have not been
exaggerated is evidenced by the fact
that congress has been moved to pass
n federal law, unusually drastic, and
which will go into effect on the first
day of the coming March.
Under the provisions of this law
any person who sells or gives away
habit forming drugs without the ad-
vice of physician is liable to five
years. imprisonment and fine of
$4,000 for each offensc.
The law in plain terms does not
prohibit the sale of these
habit forming drugs but the risk will
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

Hudson Maxim, inventor of smoke
less powder and other explosives,
writes gloomily Of what would hap
pen to Uncle Sans domain in case
Of invasion Of an enemy. He warns
the United States to be prepared and
in doing so points out all the weak
points which will no doubt be care
fully preserved by every nation for
future reference. The weak points
of our nation have been aired alto
gether too much and it is time the
government appointed censor. Ir
doing this, however, 1t will be neces'
sary to start at the fountain head
congress-and shut off the wild state
ments of over-anxious and excitablt
congressman and senators.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

boys and girls between the ages of
10 and 16. The illiterate negroes in
the state number about 250,000.
The governor is authorized by the
bill to appoint women as well as men
members of the commission, and
though the commissioners are to serve
without pay and without even an al
lowance for personal expenses, they
are free to accept funds contributed
from private sources, and are permit
ted to employ the necessary stenogra-
pliers and secretaries. 1t is believed
that whatever money is required can
be raised easily, as the cry, "Ala-
bama's Illiterary-lets remove it!'
has been started all over the state.
The general assurance that the
work of this commission will be sue
cessful in improving conditions with
respect to education is largely based
on the efficiency which a like body
has shown in Kentucky. There the
movement was started by Mrs. Cora
| Wilson Stewart in what was the most
illiterate county in the state. In that
county now everybody, white and
black, can read and write except twen-
ty-three, and in each of these cases
there is some adequate reason for
failure, like extreme age or mental
deficiency.
The establishment of adequate edu-
cational facilities for all will of
course be expensive in Alabama, as
it is elsewhere, but it has come to be
appreciated that the existence of a
vast mass of ignorant citizens, in
cluding the usual proportion of vot-
ers, is still more mostly-so much
more costly that no state can afford
to permit its perpetuation, the states
of comparatively small financial re-
sources perhaps least of all.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
WHAT FILLS OUR PENITEN
TIARIES.

Views by Thomas j. lyman, warden
of the Colorado state penitentiary:
Seventy per cent of the prisoners
ct Canon City are unmarried.
County jails are schools of crime,
maintained by the taxpyers.
It's the young fellow of from Is
20 % who is the dangerous man. AT
ter a man is 80 he is more cautious
ana will not take desperate chances
Seventy per cent of the men in the
penitentiary do not need to be locked
up, but could be handled outside.
The fee system for constables, sher-
ifs and justices of the peace is re-
sponsiblA for big percentage of
criminals.
ANY success l have achieved has
keen accomplished, not along politi-
cal lines, but from having subordi-
natrs under civil service.
Some of the greatest reforms in
the penitentiary are worked on the
most desperate men.
A man with courage great enough
to commit big crime has courage
enough to turn over clean leaf.
In six years more than $500 men
have been worked outside the prison.
Ninety-six per cent have kept their
personal word to me and only one per
cent have made an effective escape.
Eighty per cent of the men who
pass through the penitentiary are
saved.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
FARMERS BEST CROP.

La Junta Democrat.
There seems to be considerable talk
from some quarters that the farmers
in the valley are not going to raise
sugar beets this year if they can not
get Sc per ton for the beets, and in
stead will sow their fields with spring
wheat. While wheat usually brings
a good yield in this vicinity yet it is
not absolutely as sure crop as beets
With all the talk that is going the
rounds the sugar beet companies are
making contracts every day with
farmers to grow beets the coming
summer at last years price, and it is
thought within the next month or two
the acreage under contract will be
as large, if not larger, than last year
1t has been demonstrated in years
past that sugar beets is the best crop
for the farmer in the Arkansas val
ley.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
u. S. CAN'T PREVENT
SHIPMENT OF ARMS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. IS
The embargo by the United States on
the expectation of arms to belligerent
nations would be complete and un-
natural act, the president told a COM
mittee of women presenting a petit
ton with 2S,0O0 signatures.
Optimistic View of the International
Situation.
President Wilson views the interna-
tional situation optimistically, despite
complications and grave possibilities,
it is officially stated. Secretary Bry-
an conferred with President Wilson
for half hour this morning. The
German war zone is giving the gov
ernment great concern but the presi-
dent regards it very improbable that
any American ships will be torpedoed.
The president is closely considering
England's latest note. 1t is under
stood that further reply will be fran.
ed in a few days.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
OUR NATIONAL EMBARRASS.
MENT.

Trying to retain a position of law
full as well as dignified neutrality
with the leading nations of the old
world engaged in bitter war is a +,gk
which our own American povernrSrt
is finding to be a most complicated
and embarrassing one.
The feeling of concern over the
future is deepening with many tbx.i-
ing people. Every effort has been
made to maintain an attitude of in
dependent aloofness, to live up to the
letter and the spirit of our interna-
tional obligations, and to stand ready
to assume leadership in the interest
of peace whenever the opportunity
should be presented.
After six months of this kind Of
neutrality it is only necessary to OH
serve the comment of tine forcipn
press and of the hyphenated American
press of different sympathies to real
ize howe signally our amiabs ptrn-
tions have failed to sustain our popu-
larity.
The British press feel that VIC ought
to asst in the allied effort to starve
the Germans and the Germans are
indignant becaues we have thus far
refused to formally attempt to Grip
Pile the cause of the allies by refus
ing the expectation of arms, ammu-
milton and supplies.
While not impressed with the ma
tional Administrations general for
eign policy we are fee to confess that
our state department is confSSnted
with delicate situation and criticism
should be tempered with a sympathe1
ic appreciation of the RESPONSIVENESS
resting upon those who are expected
to pilot the craft through the i'm
pending storm, says the Des Moines
Capital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

Massachusetts has decided that in
1920 the tercentenary of the landing
of the Pilgrim Fathers shall be cele-
brated impressively, in manner to
enlist the cooperation of all women
and men of New England birth OF
heritage, of all Americans who be-
lieve that the courage and zeal, thrift
and righteousness of the Massachu-
sets Bay colonists were valuable fac.
tory in the foundation and upbuild-
ing of the nation, in short of the
whole country. But no suitable plan
for such celebration has yet been
suggested The best idea put forward
is to give one whole year to consid-
Grafton of the matter; the appoint
ment of commission of foremost
New Englanders is favored, to report
in 1916 to the Massachusetts legisla-
ture, after patiently examining all
plans, and employing their own inven-
tive faculties as well as their good
judgment.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

Carranza, in spite of his pitiful po-
sion among the rival claimants for
power in Mexico, has surpassed his
own folly in his expulsion of the
Spanish minister. In providing har-
Dor of refuge for Spanish subject
who has incurred the wrath of the
so-called constitutionalists, Senior Jose
Caro- was doing no more than his
duty. The utter unfitness of Car
rama and his advisers, if he has any
followers capable of advising him,
has not been more strikingly illus
trated.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

The Oregon legislature is about to
pass measure enforcing the dry vic
tory of last November. The law pro-
vides that it will be unlawful for any
one person or family within the state
to receive from any common carrier
more than two quarts of spirituous
liquors or "a quarts of malt liquors
within period of four successive
weeks. John Barleycorn is having a
fight worthy of his name these days.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

it occasionally presents plain state
ments of fact for the benefit of its
friends and neighbors. Much more
interesting is another assertion cred
tied to the count-that "the German
people stand united behind the gov
ernment"-and his slightly enigmatic
addition whether under all
circumstances the people Of the Unit
ed States would stand united behind
their government may incidentally be
questioned"
Of course that may be questioned.
Anything may be, for that matter,
but there are questions that cannot
be asked without raising others in re-
cord to the inquirer himself. In some
cases he inspires a strong suspicion
that he does not know what almost
everybody else does know, and in 9TH
ers he is apt to create curiosity as
to the special information which alone
could warrant the propounding of his
conundrum. Perhaps Count Revent-
lows hint of doubt in his mind as to
the solidarity of the American people
may have both of these effects, max
ing some of US think he knows more
than we do about ourselves and some
that he knows considerably less.
1t is the latter impression, presum-
ably, that the count desired to create
if he was correctly quoted, but we
are as well aware as he can be that
on no conceivable issue would all Am
ericans hold the same views. Neither
can all Germans, for that matter, but
il Germany there are means that are
lacking in the United States for sill
encing disapproval of governmental
policies and action and for producing
semblance of unanimity that will
never be found here. Semblances are
not realities, however, nor do dis
agreements necessarily mean a with
holding of support "under certain cir
cumstances" Zone could wish that
his translator had substituted "in'
for under" as things that "stand
around" are not above, but that is a
small error, and made by so many
people that it doesn't count.) Our
German-American citizens will not be
very grateful to him for bringing
against them plain, though yelled,
charge of potential disloyalty.-New
York Times.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

The Germans are getting excited
over administration regulations. We
are not in the confidence of President
Wilson or Secretary of State Bryan,
but we believe they are trying to be
fair and preserve neutrality. They
should do this, accord no rights to the
allies that are not accorded to Ger
many. But it is out of the question
to control the individual preferences
of the general population. Our Ger
man friends do not try to disguise
their friendship for the faderland and
the desire that Germany will win and
the same right should be given the
descendants of other countries, but
when it comes to question of gov
ernment bias it is different thing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

The nonresident membership fee
per year to the Durango Exchange
is only $6. 1t is worth this to min
gle with the general run of people
to say nothing of the advantages Of
feTed by the Exchange. Remember,
it will be a resting place for your
wife, daughter and women folks,
something Durango has long needed.
Every farmer in the county should
belong. 1t should be even more popu-
lar with the farmers than the town
people, as it will afford a place Of
meeting and opportunity of exchang-
ing views on all subjects. Again,
it will give the farmers a chance of
talking business matters over and
righting wrongs between the farmer
and the merchant. In fact, it means
cooperation and progress for all who
align themselves with the movement.
Send in your name without delay.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
ALABAMA TIRED OF ILLITERACY

Down in Alabama there has devel-
oped strong and commendable,
though somewhat belated, interest in
the illiteracy question as it affects
not immigrants from Europe, but the
states own population. A bill now
in the governors hands and consid-
cred certain to receive his signature
provides for the appointment by him
of four commissioners who, with the
state superintendent of education, are
to devise measures for remedying
what has come to be regarded as a
humiliation and reproach.
There are in Alabama, it seems.
$4,000 white people who can neither
read nor write, and 27,00O of these are
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
D0INGS OF THE 81
STATE LEGISLATURE

DENVER, Feb. 18.-Argument on
the reformation and readjustment of
paying county commissioners was c&-
bodied in a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Gilchrist of Weld county.
The bill provides for new schedule
of salaries of commissioners in coun-
ties of the various classes.
The bill provides for salary of
$1,000 for commissioners of the fourth
class. Representative Gilchrist made
a motion to cut this 5000, but this
was referred for further considera-
ton.
The bill establishing closed season
on bear during July and August
passed on second reading.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

be so great that dealers are bound
physicians who write the prescriptions
authorizing the use of the drug in
any degree viii be required to have a
special license in order to do so.
Those who have made extensive in
vestigation of the matter declare that
it is not only the helpless street cor
ner wrecks which are the victims of
this heartless and sordid sale but that
people of whom the habit would never
be suspected are using the stuff on
the quiet--laying the foundation for
habit which will overmaster them
later on. A startling feature of this
traffic is outlined in paragraph TAX
er from Washington dispatch to
the Chicago Tribune discussing the
effect of this new law. 1t says:
That it will ultimately prove
efficacious there seems to be no
reason to doubt, but the consen-
sus of opinion among medical men
is that the immediate results will
be unexpected and appalling.
They predict an outbreak of crime
of weird, unusual crime--an
epidemic of suicide, a wholesale
collapse of careers, and a break
down of prominent and popular
citizens at which the country will
stand aghast
1t is hardly to be wondered at that
with this situation presented to con-
Gress radical step should have been
taken to regulate the dope traffic.
For long time China was point
ed out as the most helpless interna-
tional victim of the use of opium.
The Chinese government finally took
The matter in hand and even went SO
far as to prescribe the death penalty
for those of her people who persist
ed in the use of the drug habit after
tne time limit prescribed
The fact is, however, that death
penalty would have few terrors to one
wso has become helpless victim to
the use of the drug.
With this federal law supplemented
with the state laws which are pend
ing before most of the state legisla-
tmes this winter it really looks as
though something might be accom-
pushed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
Winter Doubles Work.

In summer the work of eliminating
poisons and acids from the blood is
helped by perspiration. In cold wealth
er, with little outdoor work or exsS
else to cause sweating, the kidneys
have to do double work. Foley Kid
ney Pills help overworked, weak and
diseased kidneys to filter pd-easS- ~
of the | cod the waste matter tliat
causes pairs in sides or back, rhelma.
tism lumbago, stiffness of joints, sore
muscles and other ills resulting from
improper elimination. S. G. Wall,
Durango clg Co.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
A Personal Statement.

There are so-called "honey and tar
preparations that cost the dealer half
as much but sell at the same price
as the original and genuine FogS,
Honey and Tar Compound. We never
offer these limitations and substitutes
We know you viii buy Foley's when.
ever you need cough syrup if You
once use it. People come long =
tances for the true FoLEYS-rs
thirty years the leading remedy ia,
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough
bronchial and lagrippe coughs. S. G
Wall, Durango Drug Co.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

Iowa papers are jubilant over the
passing of that state to first place in
the value of crops. Texas held the
banner for some years previous to
1914, but with Illinois taking second
place the Lone Star state is now
third. While Colorado is quite a dis
tanee behind the leader, the Centen-
nial state is indeed healthy young
ster and is growing more rapidly than
any of the states The total crop
values credited to each of the three
states named is given as follows:
Iowa, 1851 100000; Illinois, 1919, $780,
900; Texas, S2sS,335, 900. The thir-
teen principal crops grown are utiliz-
ed in the computation. There is some
thing worth bearing in mind which
the agricultural bulletin does not set
forth and that is the comparative
Iowa and Texas area and acreage.
lowa's area is $4,000 square miles,
or 25,22S,000 acres, while Texas area
is 237,5O4 square miles, or 152,OO2,-
600 acres-making the Lone Star
state more than four times as large
as the Hawkeye commonwealth.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
WILSON, BRYAN AND THE
NEWSPAPERS.

We regret exceedingly to note the
chilling manner in which both Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan are
wont to refer to the newspapers in
these trying times. In an address
delivered at Washington few days
ago, the president is reported to have
said:
If believed all that have read
in the newspapers / should not
understand anybody. | have met
many men whose horns dropped
away the moment | was permit
ted to examine their character.
And here is Secretary Bryan, in an
impetuous outburst, exclaiming:
The trouble is that the news
papers of this country are owned
by men who cannot write them.
The man who has money enough
to own a newspaper very seldom
can do his own writing; most of
the papers are edited by men who
do not own them, but have to ac-
cept the ideas Of those who do
own them. 1t will take years af-
ter | get out of office to catch
up with some of the newspapers
that / want to answer.
There was never president in all
the history of the United States who
has been treated with more kindly
consideration than President Wilson.
Republican newspapers have We'd with
each other in according him enthusiasts
tic support wherever possible, and
even when compelled to differ with
him in matters of governmental pol
icy have with an almost marvellous
unanimity hastened to acknowledge
the intefrity of his purposes.
Secretary Bryan has been given
more free advertising by the daily and
weekly press than any other man in
America-not even excepting Theo-
dore Roosevelt when the impulse to
denounce his economic theories with
out let or hindrance was the strong
est.
AS the owner of the esteemed Ne
braska Commoner, even though 10Th
ers may do most of the writing"
therefor, Mr.. Bryan should be able
to take a broader and more charita-
BILE view of the journalistic vineyard
with which he is himself more or
less identified.
Messrs. Wilson and Bryan might
have had reason to complain if they
had held the positions they now hold
in the days of Grover Cleveland.
The American press was never con-
Quoted on higher plane or welded
more commanding influence than
it does todny.-Des Moines Capital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

1t is evidently England's intention
of starving Germany into submission
if II cannot be done by guns. 1t may
work, as hunger forces many man
to surrender, but Germany is undoubt-
edly prepared to stand a long siege
as the women will till the soil while
their husbands, brothers and lovers
are fighting for preservation. The end
is not in sight.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
The Iowa farmers. as we'll og tho.

The Iowa farmers. as well as those
of other middle western states. oro
sure receiving fancy prices for their
produce. Even hen fruit sells for 40
cents wholesale in every Iowa town
and retail from 45 to so cents nor
dozen. These are the lowest guoto-
tions since December. Come to the
San Juan, where living is cheap The
highest eggs have retailed in Duran
go for month or more is 30 cents
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

Illinois legislature has elected a
speaker at last. But there is no guar
antee the members will abide by the
decision reached Tuesday. If there
is more corrupt and farcial assem-
bly, in the United States we would
like to know where it is located. Colo
RADIO occasionally goes to the bad by
following such four-flushers as Shat
roth, still we never had legisla-
ture that could compare with the kind
Illinois suffers all the time.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22
So we have n member of the state

So we have member of the state
senate who wants to regulate the
price the farmer shall receive for
his produce. Might just as well regu-
late the price of everything-what
one shall pay for bread and butter in
a restaurant and stipulate what the
Brown Palace shall charge for a room
and bath. With such measure en-
forced the farmer would have to la
bel his chickens and ducks.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

Times cannot be so ALFRED BOOM
ing among the supposedly very rich.
We note by the dispatches that Geo.
j. Gould has sued his brother, How
ard, for S17.S2. Brother or no broth
er, if Howard owes it he ought to pay
If he can.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

The Herald does not believe any
one has a right to prohibit fishing
in recognized streams. The water be-
longs to the people and so do the fish.
The bill introduced by Senator Dodge
is all right as far as it goes, but it
should be amended.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-22

If there is anything The Herald
can do to assist Silverton securing
one of the U. S. mineral stations pro-
vided for in Ed. Taylor's bill, our
friends in that burg have only to say
the world. And this is the feeling of
every Durangoite. If there is any
place entitled to government min
ing station it is the San Juan and