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Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
Colonel Thompson's Recommends
tions for Increased Defenses.

Colonel Robert NJ. Thompson of
New York, a brother of Mrs. John l..
Mcneil of this city, is president Of
the Navy League Of the United States
an organization which had very
important part in formulating the
plans just made public by Secretary
Daniels, to secure from congress. leg
islation for larger navy. Recently
New York dispatches quoted Colonel
Thompson as saying, "That to avoid
becoming entangled with the fighting
organizations of Europe the United
States must appropriate S500,000,000
for a vast naval increase at once and
must raise standing army OF one
million young men between the ages
Of IS and 81" He argues to give
boys of that age military training
would not be loss of time on their
part, neither would there be economic
loss to the country. He also believes
that naval reserve should be form
ed by the enlistment of $4,000 men
honorably discharged from the navy
and by seamen of the merchant ma.
rine.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
MOTHERS
WATCH IRRITABLE CHILDREN

That fever, paleness, grinding Of
teeth while asleep, and coated tongue
are Indications that your child has
worms in its system. kickapoo
Work Killer quickly gets rid Of these
parasites. 1t is perfectly safe for
even the most delicate children. 1t
is pleasant to take has three effec-
tive medical ,qupiiififfs acts as lax
nAt4M, expsiIs tipstors tifap Worms and tone up
tins treatment today
and eliminate theY-cause of the ir-
ritableness. Csc.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
On Bridal Tour.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert C. Franklin
newlyweds from Pennington, left for
Telluride this morning. They ex-
pect to continue their travels to Black
foot. Idaho. to visit awhile with his
relatives.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

ter they will find this in sufficient
quantities to place the property in the
list of the most profitable regular
shippers when spring comes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
Sheep Shipments.

According to present arrangements,
Bagby & Coppinger will ship fifteen
car loads of sheep to the Kansas
City markets next Monday j. A.
Coppinger and son Reid will have
charge of the shipment.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
cGni,Rleasure oBent.

hrsNIrolaaM Mrs. VIM. Furrow, G. s.
sSmitlii;ilahtim Mesdames C. E. Moore,
L. C. Klinger, DR.. Cora Parmalee and
Miss khbyV Laughln motored over
gfronnoPagoss Springs last evening to
attend thSrpicture shows and en-
!ioywaribusi other attractions our town
affords. bsi9slf
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
Mrs s.eE.oH.st Visiting Here.

MrsnSs i6uHerr is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs 1GharteyI Herr and looking after
oSheuis bni.ts@ra way to California for
an extehded,stay.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
Not their Duty.

Neither the sheriff or the jailor are
expected to sit up nights guarding
prisoners in the county Jail. The peo-
pie, no doubt some who are criticising
now, were given an opportunity three
years ago to get decent Jail.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
Excavation work in Mesa Verde Ma
tional Park.

A comprehensive article on Mesa
Verde National park in the October
Red Book includes the fol-
lowing regarding DR.. Fewkes' exca.
walton work:
DR. Jesses Walter Fewkes of the
Smithsonian Institutes, who removed
the debris from the great Cliff Palace
and Spruce Tree House is now at
work with considerable number of
men excavating and cleaning up a big
ruin known as Community House in
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
Fruit Treat.

W Yestsrdag afternoon when Prof
olins and B4W Robbins of the d. &
R. G. visited Edgar Buchanan's ranch
in compeny sYith E. P. Wilson and DR..
Libby they had the pleasure Of eat
ing fresh strawberries, two kinds of
plqms, and WHious other fruits sup
posed to ,bsuqut of season. They were
Exceedingly enthusiastic over the trip,
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Mrs L. c. Jakway returned from
California early in the week We're
she spent nearly two months With
her sons, her sister and several
friends.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Mr.. and Mrs. James McHolland
and sister Mrs. S. S. Sloan are look
ing forward to visit with their
cousin. Mrs. p. Award of Montrose.
She will arrive either tonight or to-
tomorrow morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Miss Mollie Real, who was calico
to this section a couple of months
ago by the death of her aged mother,
departed this morning for her home in
Trinidad.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
Marketing Hogs.

J. II. Farmer came over from the
Montezuma valley last night with a
car load of hogs which he marketed
at the Graden Packing plant.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

in Durango this year were marketed
here today by Alfred Patterson. They
were grown on Reservoir hill without
irrigation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Frank R. French of Woodward
sOklzhdrnn stas pff for home this
morning aftarrm couple of days stay
with iiisssistera Mrs. w. A. Hunter
in nisarniin etijnd. He was on his re
onpdtlwsPacific coast. Mrs
Hunter areohpanied him TO Durango
ilast ihiyhpan,fe teturued to Farming
ytbh athisqnoyhing, after seeing him
ton hisi iourney.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Mrs. S. w. Mosier is visiting rela-
tives here on her way from Mancos to
her home in Nebraska. She is sis
ter of the late Mrs. j. d. Hallett
who met such tragic death a couple
of weeks ago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Alb Adkins has observed that any
man can have large following while
disbursing the campaign fund.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

DrioAenWa Robbins returned from
Colorado Springs-iast night where he
Il spent a acoiiple OF days with his broth
;er.aRiehard Robbins, who is in poor
ohealth.y9h noad
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
2:a:t,;HlII i2',;;|:;::f ,,;HlIE;'AI|:1rI''':: Z ;',' 60
Sam Parks of the Pine river valley
and Cave Basin transacted business
nBmpfls800s shifKyInilq
L. P. Sanity was down from the
earHa'%ssaH9Rs1 1Msm6hsppaainsys. Of the
Mike Campion yTsS among the Flori-
da folk patroniz1g Durango mer-
camille establishments today.

9GWoiSsPidserili returned from Sill
dverton this morning. where he visited
1.-the. Masoricnlodgc in company with
isGrand Master Campbell.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

ngg Mr. andn Mrs. f. X. Graham, Mrs.
. Earl aiBarbermahd their sister, Mrs.
Joe Woods,r yesterday evening
for trip through Mesa Verde Ma
1tional park ssodw
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

zatHoracef King,qof Rochester, N. Y
pieftGfor the easo this morning. He
dstoppediheferfor, few days visit with
iliisl icot,sinyo Mbsqi Davis and family,
ron his return from a trip to the Pa
bcific coast. rof
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

The fourth Jail delivery in La
Plata county in the past five years
occurred last night about o'clock
when Joe Spat. 10 and Felix Tavernaio
i5, self-confessed murderers of John
Jakino of Perins made their escape
through a four and half foot tun-
mel they had dug through the Jail
wall and the earth above.
They had evidently been working
on the tunnel four or five days and had
so carefully concealed their efforts
that the suspicious of the officers had
not been aroused. Selecting for the
scene of their escape place in the
corridor between the cells and the
outside wall, obscured from view by n
toilet. they set about making an open
ing to the outside. For tools they
used two pieces of iron torn from
The closet and third which was also
carried with them, as a weapon of de-
fense was torn from the bottom of a
cot
The wall where they started their
tunnel was about two and one half
feet thick. Parts of the stone were
found in the narrow corridor but
most of these were concealed under
their beds. sHxE
The time selected for their escape
was between the supper hour and
when the men are locked in their cells
FOR the night. 1t appears one push
ed the other through the narrow open
ing and in turn the one who reached
the outside first pulled his fellow
prisoner out.
While on his way to the Jail to
talk with j B. Martinez, Deputy Dis
trict Attorney O'Rourke saw two men
running down the alley at the rear
of the court house but did not give
the matter further thought until he
entered the bastile and found the
Italians missing.
When Questioned regarding their
whereabouts. Nick Torres said, "They
has vamoused." He disclaimed any
knowledge of the manner or time of
building the tunnel. However. it
afterward developed that he and Juan
Montoya were aware of the prepara-
tons they were making.
Torres did admit hearing them
talk about the $40 they had hidden
over in Dolores county. When the
prisoners escaped they were penniless,
but not without food as they had
saved supply of bread from their
daily rations.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

siiriDuringl her four months stay in the
.seastg Mrs. 4ViNb Bagby visited mem
bers of the family in Chicago and
Kansas City, made a trip to her girl
hood home in Minnesota and also tar
sriadr awhile in the Dakotas.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25
pirkIparIlet.Aecidentally Shot.

r(Pugosa Springs visitors here last
night brought news OF the serious
condition of Dick Parker, nephew OF
Mrs. John Hill of this city. He is
suffering frSmsa gun shot wound acci-
dentally inflh-Fd when a rifle he was
carrying was discharged. He is a
brother of Mrs. Fred Faugh Of Chro-
no and Mss Pearl Parker of Pagosa
spErxs, srM &c time the family re
sided on the Morida.
h.AAAss u o.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

edt Aliopuand boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Bsrebaugh of Ignacio
putd Merty fhospiral today. The little
bland's notherwas formerly Miss An
geiia altMcCor1niek. II
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

As fine a lot Of potatoes as sold
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Harry Ayres was in from the Upper
Florida country today on land and
stock business.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-10-25

Mrs. A. C. Wigglesworth was down
from the Waterfall ranch this morn
ng shopping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY---By Allen Griffin Johnson

less than 3l0 seats is not required to hav1 an open passage way on all sides-and enjoys other immunities, therefore thd theatre of z99 seats is becoming more nuI merous. And some of them are beautiful within. The Little theatre, for instance is one of the prettiest in the city: Other of this ilk are the Bandbox, the Puncf and Judy, etc.
 Last Sunday evening l passed q Broad way church of promiltences rlt was darl as a result of union meeting elsewhere Then I entered the Eighty-first Stree Understandable and movies at wl cent and couldn't get a seat. But can yol imagine the movies holding union meet ing" any place?
 There is a law here which says tha vaudeville actors and actresses must wea street clothes for Sunday performances but no attention whatever isg paid to It As matter of fact 50 many atfferen kinds of costumes are worn upon tn streets of Manhattan that anything coul come under the street clothes' class unless. perhaps, 1t were the costume Ev must have worn when there were no fl leaves procurable.
 It used to be, Are you going oyer : Brooklyn" then. "Ahe you goinG unde Brooklyn" then, Are you goine, undo no one ever mentions going to Brophly ut all. though some such place stin eS ists. believe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

booker so much for his admiration for buffers. It Is not the kind of bluffing that fools him-not at all--he knows it for what it is-courage, of the kind that forms its last words into phrases of encouragement and dies with a smile upon its lips.
 And how many such heroes and heroines are the victims of their friends? Oh, remember human na- ture's susceptibility to flattery and be chary of your opinions and advice. The latter, we are told. is cheap-yes. in so far as procuring it is concerned, but in acting upon it We find that 1t often costs our all.
 The young man or woman whose me- diocre talent wins admiration from a small circle of admiring friends is too often told to seek fame and fortune in wider 'field''-meaning New York city. The ohoruses of not few cheap burlesque shows now attempting to en- tertain New Workers are made up largely of girls who came here with the belief that they. were destined for great careers on the dramatic or oper- atic stage And you who told then they had great voices or wonderful talent are largely responsible for thc present state of affairs with them.
 As I walked past the rear of tn, great Cathedral of St. John the Di, vine one beautiful morning of this week. the green of Morpingside park beckoned me and | entered on the wes side with the intention of crossing i toward the southwest and the "L'' sta ton ,'ons 10th street. About half wa. down it's rather preeipitous side found a friend of other days--a south erner He was seated upons bencl in rather obscure spot and such Wa the change that Gotham and the bat tie here had wrought in him that
 had passed him before recognize, him. I had turned for another look just as he raised his weary 1ookin eyes and smiled a welcome to me.
 At first glance he appeared to b
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

But we're yet to learn, most of us, that
 it is as God intends That our joy grows the greater as we
 give it to our friends. For as sure as you are living, and as
 sure as you will die. Joy never was intended on some hidden
 shelf to lie.
 And you'll never know the joy that IS
 lasting, deep and true. Till you've shared. in love with others,
 that which God shas gixen you.
 During the recent naval parade here the Marine band indulged in bit of fine irony when 1t played that popular song, the chorus of which begins: Don't take my darling boy away from
 me, Don't send him off to war"
 But I experienced quite another sensa tion when the band from the Florida played Dixie and there was not even the ghost of cheer from the sH1tAtors along the line of march. New York has a very exasperating way of treating the Dixie" enthusi6sts. Sort of smiles be- highly 8f them, as if 1t would say Yes that,e very nice. but run along now and sell your papers
 No one who has been away from New York year knows the New York of today Why. there are even people liv- ing elsewhere who still think that Har- lem is a bit low in the metropolitan scale As matter of fact. the Harlem of today is rich. prosperous and really beautiful in spots. There are pretty homes there splendid business buildings. etc. churches of ma gnifcence and just lots of fne peo pie among its residents. It's business ac- uvity Is hardly second to any other sec tion of Manhattan and One Hundred and Twenty -fifth street. its main artery, il called Little HroadWay-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

well dressed, but closer inspection proved that his clothes were worn all most threadbare, his shoes were little protection to the soles of his feet ana though the morning was cold enough for an overcoat he wore none, nor even a vest. Who was he? blurfer-and do you think I'd spoil the little bluff by naming him?
 I learned that he had come here fired with ambition and believing that he had talent His friends had told him so and had advised his coming here; He had been convinced by them thai he had a voice that New York would appreciate--and pay for. His every effort to procure a paying position as a soloist had failed. He had tried out the booking agencies and--everytn1nA nA His voice had been listened to, compi- mented, just as it was back home-but nothing offered him. Finally he had procured position as aschorus man In a cheap production--$15 per week. The show had enjoyed Cor struggled through) a very brief run and at the time I met him this friend of other days was a full fledged. member oi New York's great army of down-and' out
 His friends hold largely responsible and does he.> But they do not know of his condition today. for he manages to send back hopeful, encouraging let ters from time to time, written upor the stationary of some of the best ho' tells in Manhattan, for we all have ac- cess to their writing rooms. and, as said. casual glance left the impression that this man was we'll dressed-the 'only passport necessary.
 Another case. not very dissimilar, has recently come under my observation. Sht was a quiet. modest little lady then and perhaps still has the right to the title but. her occupation is that of cabaret entertainer. and the r<staurant at which she appears is not 1he most expensive in New York city. fshe sings. and ons of the requirements is that she @ out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

But, of course. New York has grown rapidly and wonderfully. A school teach CT, still unmarried, recently told me she could remember when 18th street-now lined with private residences and apart ment buildings-was little more than cowpath. Think of that-why. nowadays you can't even find COW on the island. But then, one never knows about school teachers ages.
 LIVING IN TODAY IIow much we are missing by looking
 ahead,
 And some of us looking behind: And, by our own choosing, How much we are losing
 Of joys of every kind It Is all very well to prepare for.a a time When years of production have have
 fled
 But while we're preparing, May we not be sharing
 The joys that yet are not dead? And memories, too, are worth while now
 and then,
 But dwell on the sweetest alway. Nor let the dead hours. Times poor, witherec flowers, Detract from the joys of today. The sun is as bright and the skies are as
 blue
 Today as they were yesteryear, And-all in the summing Are days that are coming ,4sss<, Much brighter than days that are here Iris but the senchantment that distance
 will lend
 To future or days that have flown, And this aye remember, In May or December,
 We've only today for our own. Two new snan thsatrss hevs rsesstly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

EW YORK, May 22.-(Special Correspondence.) Upon the
 =S island of Manhattan are (6&0 many men and women who
 came here from elsewhere and have lost practically everything except the quality of heroism. Fiction is. indeed, full of such heroes and her pines, but much of such fiction found its Inspiration in fact--and in Gotham
 Once poured into the great melting pot many lose sight of the fact that they are still at least integral parts thereof and permit themselves to be stirred and boiled into the unrecogniz- able mass of it's heterogeneous human contents, retaining only the ability to suffer in silence and to smile through out the tortuous procedure Yes, some of them do even more. cOnQuering the agony a intervals long enough to send forth an ATS Well'' to those who knew and loved them in another, fairer day.
 old Father Knickerbocker knows something of the struggles these peo- : pie wage; knows how often they sink into oblivion with a last "All's Well' upon their lips and realize that the melting pot produces many heroes and heroines who will never know the sweet reward of recognition and ac- claim. In his own peculiar way he is appreciative. but he dare not show it lest the pseudo -lieroic spring up anu oyerwhelm him instantlyl .A
 And so you hear that New Yorksis a city of bluff and blufferss, But havs I not given you some idea of the kinc of bluffing 1t admires? Indeed, most oi it's buffers are not its natives. but they are the kind of buffers who, unable to win out over the immense odds that confront each unsklled beginner here depart into the obscurity of defeat sending back to those who care the courageous bluff" that all fs still vel with them.
 Do you. then. blame Father Kniea<er-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
Now Is the Time to
 Sit Steady in Boat |

arbitrate: theere air sum things we can surrender; theere air sum things we hold deerer than we hold peese, and when theest air threatened and in jeperdy we rise up Willyum Riley, as one man and get behind the grate man who heds this nasion ano tell the offenders just wheere they get off 1 The time has cum when a membur o1 Congress must represint the United States and forget his district, exsept as it is part of the hole The time has cum when a rep1 resentatve must overlook his private and persunnel inturrest only as it applies to hi country if he can do this his constituints| s| will attend to his polytical future and they won't overlook enny of the details in dol ing so. A yeer ago it would have been fool ish to spend the peepul's mummy for nasionj al defense; we weer and still air a commer1 maintenance of peese; today we know that nasions at war have skidded back frum the| nigh plain of svvilizasion sevverel senturI ies into savvagry and barberism. We must be prepared to defend sivviizasion and progress against enny and all of the nal sions who get the idear into theere nutd that they want to get funny with us.
 We must have an olive leef in one hand and a club in the uther; in case of disputes we Fl try the olive leef, but we won't insist on it; we cant afford to put too much ex1 pression in the olive leef bizness. Our flu ture grateness and expansion; sivvilizasion and uplft; tranquility and happiness de pends upon our ability to maintain it. It is all rite to say that we can lick the stuffin out of ennv country who starts enny thing with us; we mite in the long run, but as it is now it would be like grasshopper going up against ball eagle for the internasionel championship. We don't want hugh army and navy-so hugh that we can use it for cffense; we air not going round look ing for sum country to fite, but we want one big ennff in case enny of them drop by our way, to give them warm reseptslon so warm that it will not be cumfurtabull for them to lingur enny grate while in oul midst
 This kind of talk was out of phase yeel ago. It is proper now; those who weer op- posed to it yeer ago can with perfect pro priety advocate it now; now is the time tt advocate it-and it was not the time yee ago. Now we have the advantage of th' noledge we have gained frum the uropeal war; now our naval and army expurt know how to spend the mummy to the bes advantage, lerning theere lessun from tn events in Urope. The man who oppose nasionel defense now knows not the tempe of the peepul, or is such fathed that can have but one idear at a time. Nasiona defense does not meen militerylsm--na sional defense now is nuthing moor than bic life insurense polcy--if we fail to tax it out we will be gilty of the gratest nasiN al crime in history.
 Yours trooly.
 BILL VINES. Washington, D. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

among the guests during her songs which means, in this place, at least, d certain amount of familiarity with her on their part, which is approved by the management.
 Yet this girl came here to sing in opera. She had spent money on the cultiva- tion of her voice and her friends had done the rest. She is generally believed back home-to be succeeding very well and she is another "bluffer," who will never tell them the truth back there. Do you think such cases exist only. upon. the screens in the movies? Then come to Manhattan and investigate-the movies don't dare tell the stories as they really are in many cases. since there is still a board of censorship.
 If your talent or ability is appreciated where you are. then stay there until New York sends for you-and advise your friends to do likewise. For every 10 cases wherein New York represents opportun- ity there arg several hundred sin which 1t means dsillusionment and defeat.
 GAINING. BY GIVING. You who're healthy, you who're wealthy.
 you are lucky, I'll agree, But I wonder if you're happy as you d
 really like to be: Nay, I know, If you are selfish, with a
 selfish airn and end.
 You're less happy than the beggar who
 is sharing with a friend. All the money you have hidden on your
 little. private shelf,
 will procure you little joy, if it's only
 for yourself:
 For the moral law is written on each
 real human heart,
 That our happiness Is measured by the
 shared-not hcarded part. Joys strange. and though we seek it, yet
 we seldom understand Why it smiIingly eludes us as we grasp
 with selleh hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

Alabama will be aftur the, furst of July, or in hilaino nublck h;lG;nos fin towns wboaro the fast trains don ,evven hesitate, all of which maid sertain the re election of sum of our popnler statesmin, to bild sub marrens and battleships and manufacture guns and anmunision for our army, but be-