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If a merchant really believe* that lit* “store nows" I* Import* ant to you. he will print it lu "your" newspaper. If he doeau't. be will not. ESTABLISHED 1877 NAVAL FIGHT IN DARDANELLES EXPECTED HOURIY s«lil. n A Greek V jjf, warships, was iUu u u trance to the at ra I tit at hair p«... ree this afternoon. A number of *.vs*cl* of tho Turk ish fleet are concentrated In tho Dardanelles, ready for action, and the straits are believed to bo thickly strewn with mitres. A report wan current a few days ago that forty Greek transport* wore on the way to the Gulf of Haro* with Bulgarian and Greek troops on t»oard. Whether the Greek suqadron is at tacbod to these transport* or is act ing Independently has not been as certained. It is believed that the Turks have concentrated two entire divisions of traps with a considerable force of ar tillery from Asia Minor, on the Gal- Hpoli peninsula and It Is expected these will resist any attempt to land. The Greek navy apparently has ac cepted the Challenge hurled by the Turks In the recent order to the Sul tan** warships to concentrate In the Dardanelles. The approarh of both fleets to the historic straits Indicates that the first important naval en gagement of the Balkan war may be expected lu a short time. I<ondon. Dec. 7.—The British gov ernment has placed the historic St James palace at the disposal of the peer*, plenipotentiaries representing the Ottoman empire and the allied Balkan nations (or the put pose ol holding their conference*. The meeting of the diplomats which la arranger for next Friday. December 15. I* looked forward to with great Interest here and the gen eral hope prevails that the out com of the negotiations will be a settle ment of the Balkan question which lias troubled Europe for so many years. The delegates named by the dif ferent countries to art on their be half at the conference are: For Turkey: Knwifk Pasha. Turk ish ambassador In l«ondon; Xlzltn Pasha. Turkish ambassador In Berlin: Be had Pasha. Turkish minister of commerce. For Scrvia: G. Xovakolitch of the Servian treasury department: A. Xirkotitrh, speaker of the Servian parliament: General Doyovltch. For Montenegro: ex-Prcmier Ml yuskovlteh: M. Popovltrh. formerly Montenegrin minister at Constantin ople: Count Veyovltch, chief of the Montenegrin cabinet. For Bulgarin: Dr. Gueehoff. prime minister: Dr. S. Dnneff. speaker of the Bulgarian chamber of deputies, and General Savoff or General Flt eheff. It has not been determined wheth er Greece will send plenipotentiaries to participate with the representa tives of her allies in peace negotia tions, to be held here. In fact, a re port published this morning says she will enter Into separate pence nego tiations with Turkey in one of the European capitals, probably Vienna. For the moment, however, she Is In a different position from that occu pied by Bulgaria, Servia and Monte negro as she has not officially agreed to the terms of the armistice signed a few days ago. Constantinople, Dec. 7.—Cholern is causing great havoc in the native quarters of the Turkish capital' It was officially admitted today that over 1.000 case* have occurred dur- (Continued on page two.) TODAY IN CONGRESS SENATE?: Senator Clapp intro duced a bill to prohibit Minding entn pnlgn funds from one state to anoth er. Henntc resumed consideration of tli*> omnibus claims bill. Arch bald court of Impeachment re sumed. MOUSE: Legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill taken up again. HI vers and harbors committee went to work framing appropriation bills. Representative Johnson Introduced a hill for the government to take over the Lincoln farm in Kentucky. THE CHRONICLE=NEWS ONLY AFTERNOON LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN SOUTHERN COLORADO | LETTER OFFERS TO LOCATE MURDERERS Denver. Colo., Dec. 7. I’ostofflr luls toduy deciphered the* badly blurred postmark ou the lettter which was written to tho sheriff of Douglaea county tolling that the writer kuows the whereabouts of John Peter Duvix, who is accused of the murder of William Atcheson of Castle Ho«k. thirty-si xyears ago The letter was mailed from Shodds, Oregon, u little town of 13.7 Inhabi tant*. Sheriff Anderson of Cnsil* Bock declares the name signed to the letter was **Dr. Graham.** Dr Georgn Atherson of this city, in whose possession the letter Is. states that Graham is not the name, but rcfuHcH to disclose the signature. The letter Is written in pencil and is exceedingly illiterate l»r. Ather son believe* it probable that the writer of the letter was Davis him self. Fncts and statements are giv en in tile letter which are intimate ly personal, says tho physician, and could have come from no other than Davis himself. The sheriff is of similar opinion. lie experts to he in Denver tomorrow to discuss furth er procedure with Dr. Atherson Davis, who Is over 70 years old, u*«. hit left hand in wrltln ;. Colorado Springs. Colo.. Dec. 7. An element of mystery added to the reported confession by John Peter Davis of the murder of William Atcheson at Castle llock. In the spring, by the failure to locate a man named Davis or the informer whose name*was given ns Dr. Graham, at Peoria. Oregon, wan cleared this morning when it was learned that the name of the physician who wrote Sheriff John Anderson of Douglas county 1m nor Graham The authori ties are keeping the real name of the informer secret for the present. it is possible iliai the first impres sion that Davis was on ills death bed also may be erroneous. Tho letter which Hherlff Anderson received nnd turned over to l)r George Atcheson of Denver, broil er of the murdered man. stated that the writer knew the whereabouts of a man named |)nvis who committed n murder in Douglas county in 1876. Questions were asked ns to whether there was a re ward standing for information lend ing to the arrest of the murderer. The writer gave such a clear description of the events leading up to the mur der that Hherlff \pderson is confi dent lie knew of what lie was writ ing. The failure to locate, either the writer or the murderer at Peoria, i* easily explained today. The Infor mation given out yesterday caused them to look for n doctor who di.es not exist nnd also it is very unlikely that Davis is living und*»r hi* own name. He may not oven be in Peor ia. MATADOR CATTLE TOOK FIVE FIRSTS Stork of the Matador Land nnd Cattle company from the rhnnnlng ranch in Texas, won five first premiums and a sliver cup at the International Stork Show* in Chicago this week. Mntndor yearling Hereford* won the grnnd championship in feed ers, the snme brand of rattle having won the highest honors last year. A copy of the Chi cago Farmers and Drovers Jour nal giving the list of prise win ners comments u|>on the show ing of the Matador stork. The grand championship trophy Is mueh sought after by stork raisers of the country. REDMOND ATTACKED BY SUFFRAGETTES London, Dec. 7.—Suffragettes put John Redmond, the leader of thb Ir ish Xntionnllst prrty, to the torment this afternoon at n home rule demon stration at Dalston. in the norehenst of London. For half an hour the Irish leader watched the forcible eviction of the hail of his disturbers, while Inter ioption* nnd desperate resistance to the ushers caused a rapid succession of rough nnd tumble scene* of the most rowdy description. Men. as well ns women, were thrown bodily out of the hall. Among the men were clergymen who hail protested against the rough handl ing of the women. During the half hour Redmond was able to utter only a single sentence, which was to the effect that it seemed to him almost tragic that the women’s cause which. In the minds and hearts of so many, was so great, should lie turned into a Vcomic In terlude**. TRINIDAD. COLO* SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 7. 1912. Map of Greatest Railway System Ever Organized and Which Must he Dissolved; Its Founder and Man Who Fought Merger CONFESSES MURDER OF UNKNOWN MAN Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 7. IVrshal Tucker, under nnest at Sapulpa. Ok lahoma, has confessed to Marshal W. O. Jones of that city that he mur dered an unknown foreigner in tltis city last sunimei by throwing him from a train. A letter from Marshal Jones to the Chief of Police of Colo rado Springs Irn* been forwarded to this city containing the informa tion. Last May the mangled body of an unidentified man was found near the dividing line of Pueblo and KI Paso counties and It may he the body of the man referred lo by Tucker. The unknown man and Tucker were benthic their way ou a train nnd the stranger was thrown off by Tucker following a quarrel. PIONEER BANKER DIES IN BLAZE Fort Morgan, Colo.. Dec. 7.- -M. L Moore, wealthy banker und Colorado pioneer, was suffocated early today by a fire that destroyed tho home of his son-in-law J. II Roedlger. More was awakened by his daugh ter as soon ns the Tire was discovered but the flames rut off his escape. Mis body was recovered by firemen. More was 70 years of age. Other members of the family es caped. Miss Eva West, housekeeper, being severely Injured by Jumping from a second story window. The or igin of fire Is unknown. l«o8B ?15,- 000. PROGRESSIVES TO MEET IN CHICAGO Chicago. Dee. 7. Plans for the conference of loaders or the Progres sive party to lie held here next Tues day and Wednesday, were announced formally today by Mcdlll McCormick, vice chairman of the national com mittee. Colonel Roosevelt, accompanied by the New York delegation, will arrive ai noon Monday. BOOSTERS SEEK TO ENTERTAIN ’FRISCO TOURISTS IN 1915 Good live boosters of Trinidad sug gest thiitf this city should do some thing to entertain and hold the thou <uimis of tourists who will pass through here in 1!• 11* on tin ir way to th*> Pan-Amorbah exposition in California. Trinidad being on the route of tile trail:.* otitltieiitul auto mobile blgliwa> and on tho line of the Santa F«* railroad should receive 11 h share of the money that is spent by tlio tourists on the wav to I lie big fair. It lias been suggested tliat some kind of a permanent exhibit tin placed ben-, or some fair or cele bration organized that will adver tise the city to these thousand of tourists and at the same time induce them to stop off here u day or two or u week and enjoy themselves. Ollier towns oil the route that these tourists will take arc already preparing for the big exposition. Denver lias taken steps to organize an Indian carnival, to bring thu In dians from all over the United States and reproduce the events of the early days of American history. This will attract thousand* of i>co|dc to remain in the capital city on their way to the const for the cxi»osUlmi. Pueblo I* planning to stage an exposition tlint will Induce the traveling public to stop and spend a few days in that city. Trinidad is no situated that the great per cent of the people from vile cast will pans through here, and two-thirds of this array of tourists might be Induced to stay here a few days if there was something here to interest and attract them. Many might lie Interested to invest If they were shown what the agricultural possibilities or the manufacturing op iportunlties are. But above nil, they I would like to be entertained nnd amused and aside from tile money that would be spent here to enrlsh local merchants and shop keepers, tho advertising the town would re ceive would lie of inestimable value and Importance. BILL TO KEEP CAMPAIGN FUNDS WITHIN THE STATE Washington. Dec. 7. -Senator Clapp, chairman of the committee in vestigating campaign funds, today introduced a bill to prohibit tho (tending of campaign funds from one state to another to aid campaigns of candidates for president, vice presi dent, representatives or senators. , The ••Harrlman lines* must dis solve, according to the decision of 'the Culled States supreme court. Within thre months the Southern I'aclflc and the Union Pacific, com bined by that railroad wizard. Kd | ward il Harrlman, must cease to l»e operated as one system and must Ik* I conducted as separate and competing 'railroads. The Union Pacific will be nllott'd to one or the other after negot lat loti* between the govern ment attorney* and lhone represent" lug the railroad*. Frank It. Kellog made the principal argument for the government lit tit** suit to dissolve the big railroad merger, lu the ac companying map the dashes repre i--.nl t h** mileage to be r* tallied by t t.»* t nii.u Pacific. the t russ* d ill*** »iu,vr what the Southern Pacific will iontrol, while the dots represent the Central Pacific, which will probably b«- alluted to the Union Pacific. BERTRAM BESHOAR MEMBER ILL. BAR Bertram Iteslionr, youngest son ”f Mrs. M. Beshoar. has been admitted to the hnr In the state of Illinois having successfully passed the ex amination a day or two ago Ills friends nnd relatives in this rlf. are •mi. h gratified bj U at * It I* generally conceded that the cxanii* t.ullon for the bar in the slate *»f Illinois Is more ri::i<i than In many states of the union. Young Beshoar may romnln to practice law In Chi cago where ho now is. Bertram Beshoar was born In rrlnldad nnd received his earliest education hen*, graduating f.otn the Trinidad high achool Last yoar it** graduated from the law school of Northwestern university. For nunc time he has been renewing his stud ies in a law office in Chicago. AVIATOR COOPER IN GOVT. SERVICE Aviator John D. Cooper whoso sensational Mights In a Curtiss bi plane were features of tho third an nual fair held last September, has been named Instructor of tho United States navy in the use of the Curtiss boat-aeroplane recently purahased by the government. Cooper will probably give up exhibition flights for good. Cooper Is one of the most noted aviators In the country. He was the first flyer to execute the dangerous spiral dips and curves In this part or the state and in this altitude. His perfect control of Ills machine was n marvel. Cooper made many Triends in Trinidad while he was here. *++++*+++++♦++++*❖♦+***+♦* : j Just 14 Days Left f ♦ T 1 | For Shopping j| | i ! DO IT NOW! | .j. .J. +4-4* ■B , *fr+ •>+•> ❖ ❖ <• ♦ ? CHURCH BAZARS ARE ORDER OF THE DAY A scries of fancy work and homo rook lur mu lok nro being hold todny by tho dlfforoiii societies of llio vur ioum churches of iho city, and dainty hand made article, and dolioimiH homo made oak* s and candles nro being Mold rapidly. teager Christ nuts shoppers have hern busy purchasing articles suitable for ihoSlday gift*, and an a nil ml tod number of house wives arc aeon liurryinK from Imoth to iHHith buying many o<«Hontlal things for use In tholr homoN. At The H. E. Church Tho latdlos’ Aid society of tin* Klr»t M. K. eliureh hold one of tho largest sales of tho hoiiMou. starting at imo o'clock In the afturnoou and lasting tliroiiKhout tho evening. Tho t»aa* mont of tho church on lirtiom street la olabornte In ita d'H'orutlnns of green and red. suggestive of tho holl«ln> Moaaou. large ferna forming a background for the nt tract Ively Uocoratod hoot ha. Profusion* of rut l low era nr« art let (rally ur rang'd about the rooms. lending fragrance t«» the affair. Coffee rake and sand wiches an* being aorvid thla after* ti’ioti and will rontlnuo to ho nerved • luring the evening. Tho hootlia are l.elng pi* Mlded over by the following: Fancy Article* Mia. L. M. I ferry t.iul Mra. Rose I tine. Hmhrotdcrled lln«*a Mm. K. M. I! road welt and Mra. O. M Crlawell. Fani v apron** Mra John Mt-K'*l vey. Mra. c K. Illark and Mra. J. P. Ikilan. Aprona. Ilaga and Capa—Mra C. I*. Howell. Mra. K. I*. Fierce and .Mr*. C. tl Little. Candy Mra. Jeff Ayer*. Mra. Con* rad. Mra. W. It Lewis utid Mra. A. M u r ray. Home Cooking - Mra. J .1 Mary land Mia. Julian C.rton. J (tng Itug* Mrs (j. H. Merrill and | M ra. Fooler. Sanitary finishes—Mrs. Miner. Refreshment mm ml! toe—Mra. J. 1 \ Dopp. Mm 0 D William*. Mr* F. j W Hretnall and Mlmn Joale Jacob* | The funds realized from the Melli lo*l I:*t Indl'-a' hn/iinr will he used In defraying the Mini anhaerlhed by the | laidles" Aid society for the erection of tl«* new church. The energetic ao •■lety anhaerlhed four thouaund dol llara toward the church fund* and In* 1 tend paying u thousand dollar* a ! ) **nr of the debt. At The Presbyterian Church , In aerordnuce with their tinual ji-Uatom. the Ladies’ Aid society of the First Frcahyterlan eliureh are j .odd In/; tlicir annual ChristimiK sale, consisting of fatuy work and can dles. The beaut Iful articles were put on sale this morning nt 10 o’clock and th'> sain will continue until six o’< lock this evening, the most deslr lable hand otnhroldcrled articles and Ilovely home made randies are being j displayed in the haHctnont of the church on Commercial street. Potn rettna and ferna wire used In lend ing a Christmas like appearance to tho room. Lunch was served through out the day by Mra. E. J. Klee and Mra. Charles Kapp assisted by the young girls of the eliureh. A booth that attracted considerable atten tion was the White Elephant booth, where miscellaneous articles wore sold. The different booths worn In charge of: Candy I loot h —Mrs. J. 11. Itarnca. Will to Elephant booth Mrs. W. It. Hoyt. .Mrs. Logan and Mlaa Chest nutwood. Fancy Work booth—Mrs. J. T. I lei- J soy. Apron booth—Mrs. CHI. * * Fancy Work booth —Mrs. Hal. Ilnrncs. Congregational Ladies A similar sale is being held ill the Colorado Supply store on Comtncr-i Clnl street and is being given by tho Ladies I’nion of the Congregational church. Fancy articles, and hand embrolderlcd linens and numerous j other attractive gifts are on display. Home made cakes. cookies and j breads made hv some of the best Nooks in the city arc being sold. The sale started till* morning and will Inst until the store closes tonight. The women In cliargo and to whom much credit is due for the excellent idisplay are Mrs. Selby, Mrs. Squires, Mrs. CamplH-11, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. M a rs. SHAFROTH AFTER MONEY FOR DENVER POSTOFFICE Washington, Dee. 7. Governor Shufroth of Colorado argued before the house committee on public build ings and grounds today for netltSn to expedite provision for $-100,000 to | finish the $2,000,000 postoffice I building in Denver SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS WAS UNWITTING TOOL SAYS A DYNAMITE WITNESS IndianaiHdih, Ind., Dec. 7 Many I* tiers written between John J Mr* N’aninra. secretary of the Irion Work ers Colon, and William F Iteddlnl Milwaukee, u local business agent, were read by the government In Its « r«ns examination of Redding at the "dynamite conspiracy" trial today. Itedd In testified that Milwaukee was Hi** headquarters of the Struct ural Iron and Steel firm against which th<* union had called a strike and McNamara was accustomed to write about building* helm: put up by the firm. The witness said lie us ually supplied the Information hut denied know In; it ever was used in connection with explosions. In one letter McNamara wrote: ‘‘ln referring to matters of this kind it would hi* well to w rite tin in tin a nepnrnte piece of paper and mark the ‘personal’.** Redding asserted lie did not know McNamara’s meaning As the eighth of the forty-one de fendants to teitlfy was Fred J. Mooney. Duluth. Minn., explained letters lie wrote to McNamara dur ing the period when explosions about the country were frequent. Referring to a phrase by him that lie thought the Iron Workers’ union was going to lose in It* strike agaln*t "open shop" contractors unless « "new trick" was adopted. Mooney aid he meant by It that the rules of the International union should be modified *o that member* of tho local unions might work on local Jobs re gardless of the general strike. The tales prohibited tbc men from working on a loenl union Job If th«» came contractor had a non-union Job elsewhere in the country, he said. Mooney testified he told McNa mara labor condition* at Duluth were •’slavery’*. Three days after the blowing up of an unloading rig on the docks nt Superior. Wisconsin, In August, 1910. Mot nt • aid he ni* te U> McNsmat • "real dynamiters** had visited there. He said he meant only to convoy the news of the explosion, although lie personally had nothing to do with It. Ortle K. McManlgnl confessed to the Superior explosion. MAIL STEAMER ATTACKED BY MEXICAN REBELS I.;- \ng'l<*. Calif.. Dec. 7 An attack on the Farlflr Mall Steamship Snn Juan. In Mexican waters, recent ly by a party of supposed revolution bt*. I* describe I in a letter made publle today by W. Cl. Room, front hi. ion, h V Rt r . at 1 ond w h bit m operator on the San Juan. The letter Buys the versel was fired upon while at anchor off Acapulco. Mexico, and the 'tisineer was rorl ously wounded. The San Juan sailed from San Francisco November 13. THE WEATHER PHILOSOPHICAL PHELIX SAY S "Maw" sex Fnw this morning. "If you expect me t’ he a member in good standin’ of tit* clean lang uage league you will have t‘ get someone else t’ stnrt -th’ range fire." Weather Forecast. Tonight fair, warmer east portion. Sunday generally fair. Colder north east portion. Yesterday’s Temperature*. Max lin mn .... *■ * Minimum “ :{ Moan Preclplcatlon, trace. Fart cloudy. TO THE LITTLE FOLKS ► Santa Claus letters, rect lv • d » by tho Chronicle-News aft * p. in. Monday, Dec. 23, cannot ► he published. It. will be too ► Into after that time to deliver ►them. Santa Claus belongs to ► tho ranks of early ahoi pern and, ► unless his little friends hurry ► up with their letters lie will do ► his buying without the auggea ► Hons lie usually receives. Send ► in your Santa ulnua lotter right ► away.