The Chronicle=news (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-Current
November 1, 1912

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Write Progressive on Your Ballot. Do Not Write “Bull Moose/' as this Will Disqualify Your Vote If It's exception value ut the price. It's SERB to lie udvertlsed in the ChrunlcJe-Ncws, else the mer chant would be hopelessly unpro grata! re. ESTABLISHED 1877 TURK CAPITAL WITHIN REACH OF BULGARS Flower of tl Sfc'iiSgZ Empire Crucial Battle DYNASTY TOTTERS l.o.idnu, Nov. I.—Tin* Turkish nr my. ou which the fate of Iho Ot toman empire depended, has been outgeneraled and outfought i K han made whnt I* believed to be the last stund against the victorious Bul garians and is now falling back In disorder on Its final butte of defense at the forts of Tchataljn, 2a miles only from Constantinople. Grave doubts are expressed in mili tary circles and repeated even in th.* Turkish capital as to whether the remnants of the Immense army of the Sultan will make any serious attempt to hold this line. Foreigners In Constantinople are fearful for the safety of the Chris-' tlan populations of the Turkish towns and the European powers have taken steps in this connection by the dispatch of warships to Salonikl. Constantinople and other Turkish porta for the protection of their clt liens. This Is the most Important ques tion of the moment. One correspond ent In Constantinople voices the fear of Europeans In that city thut the Turkish retreat from Tchataljn might result In massacres and pillage by what Is no longer an army but a mob. C!d roaldvMie ut Constant Inopl who kuow the Turks thoroughly suy foreign war?hips could afford hoiiv protection at Salonikl. Constantinople and other ports, but declare the wide ly scattered missions aud Christian populations ate already seriously en dangered. The nulgarlan troops who have shown such dash since the opening of the campaign, are not likely to give (he Turks much time to reor ganise. It Is true that they have hundreds uf dead and wounded, both Turks and llulgarlans. to dls|iose of. and this must delay them somewhat. They had. however, similar difficul ties to contend against after Kirk- Klllsseh and around Adriunople. but there was not ranch lull in the fighting then. News romos today of the Hulgnr lans' oerupatlon of Dentotlca. tints shattering any hope the garrison of Adrlnnoplc may have had of deliver ance from that quarter. Other parts of the line of Invaders are pulling themselves together for another spring, which they hope will definitely put an end to Turkish rule in Europe. The Servians, having completed the occupation of Macedonia, are es tablishing civil administrations there and releasing some of their troops .o go to the assistance of their allies at Adrlanople and for an attack on Sn loniki. Armies are converging front three directions on Salonikl. European powers are now keep ing In touch with a view to acting in concert when the opportune mo ment arrives. Bulgaria, however, had let it be known that Turkey must negotiate with the allied Balkan na tions directly, so that nil the powers ran do «s to prepare to look after their own interests when the war Is over. The belief Is held by some diplo mats here that the Bulgarian army will be impelled to occupy Constan (Continued on page two.) Politics Not Reason Man Was Run Out of Camp Says Marshal KllgJo Saudovnl wus given orders to "get out of camp" by Marshal Karl Tucker or Voider, (or Frederick as It as also known) not because he wus engaged In checking up the registration lists for the Democrats, but because he had not been work ing of lute and because he owed a board bill of $25. This whs the statement of Tucker today „In the presence of Sandoval. Tucker declar ed that his Instructions were given by Superintendent Andrew Musgrave who declared that Sandoval or any THE CHRONICLE-NEWS ONLY AFTERNOON LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN SOUTHERN COLORADO TO SEEK COURT PROTECTION IN; ELECTION Deliver. Nov. 1. Suit for Injunc- W,,H fl, M **tato supreme 1/ J: 4 '"today by John T. Iturnett. At f General Iteu Griffith. Gover- F. Sliafroth and George T. i». .uley. chairman of the Democratic state central committee to prevent electiou frauds and Intimidation of voters In lluerfuno and La* Animas counties. The petition charges thut fraudulent registrations have been made, and that 2uo deputy sheriffs have been sworn in to loitituidate voters and throw Democratic wutch «rs out of the polling places next ITiexduy. The defendants mentioned in the petition arc Jefferson It. Karr, sher iff of Huerfano comity, Charles Hay’ den. acting chairman of the Repub lican central committee of Huerfano county: John Wright, secretary and .1 Hines Harman, acting secretary ot the Republican central rommittec In I .as Animas county, and several cor porations. including the Colorado. Fuel and Iron company, the Vlctor- Aincriean Fuel company und the American Suieltlug and Refining company. ELECTION RETURNS AT THE CIGAR STORE ON TUESDAY NIGHT The Chronicle-News will provide up to the minute election returns to the people of Trinidad at the cigar store on Tuesday uight. The C-.V leased wire will be In continuous operation from II o’clock Tuesday, the morning of election day until three o’clock the folowing aft ernoon. thus giving the people an nil uight service. The bulletins of the returns from the nation, state and county, ns fast ns they are received over the wires will be flashed by stereoptienn from the cigar store. A large canvass will be placed on the Hank building ucross tin* street. Re turns from eastern districts will be gin to come in about f» o'clock. The returns from the state and county will he Inter, but Just the minute they are received the bulletins will lie shown by stereoptienn. Come down to the corner ol Multi and Commercial street KVEItyODY on Tuesday evening. Remember Jill night bulletin service. Something Jin evening paper has never attempted before In this pnrt of the state. JOHNSON'S SALOON CLOSED Chicago. Nov. l.—City Collector Cohen today notified the police that the saloon operated In connection with Jack Johnson’s "Cafe do Cham pion" should be closed as no license luid been Issued for the establish ment to take the place of the one which expired last midnight. TO THE VOTERS "DEMOCRATIC" *'PROGRESSIVE" "ROOSEVELT" Either of these three words writ ten In the blank space at the top or your tin Hot will cast a vote for the district and county fusion ticket. If till, word BULL MOOSE" wrlttotl you will lose your district ami coun ty vote. Don't permit yourself to lie made the victim of a contemptible gang trick liy which they hope to weaken the fusion county ticket nt the ex pense of their own national, state und district tickets. other who did not work or pay their hoard bills should he ordered to leave the place. gnndoval admitted that he owes Cnnoto Deradu for his board and Buys he has not been working of lute oml is hard up. He says that De rada complained about the bill to Musgrave. Sundoval Jtlso declares that Tucker did not tell him that It wus because of the hill and not be cause or his polities until after he (.Sandoval) had notified the Dcnto eratic chairman of his experience with Tucker. TRINIDAD. COLO.. FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 1. 1912. “Three of a Kind” DELIBERATE MISREPRESENTATIONS lint k to the wall and faced with complete dissol'ition the notorious gangs of Las An lines and Huerfano counties are using poisoned arrows ot misreprcsentaiion. In u contemptible effort to weak* n the Progressive vote the Adveitlser Is deliberat'd, misrepresent lug to .ill who will give attention, the method by which the voter shnll east .i ballot on Nov. 5. In large headlines this morning that paper tells the people that to write "Bull Moose" on the ballot will he a vote lor Colonel Roosevelt. This Is true, hut It is also true that TO WRITE BULL MOOSE WILL DE PRIVE THE VOTER OK HIS COUNTY AND DISTRICT VOTE. The dospeiute straits to which the gang has been forced Is shown by the fuel thut. iu circulating this misleading Information it tins cut loom* from llenry lluntcr ami the judicial slate anil uutlon.il tickets for a "Hull Moose" vote will he a vote against Taft Parks und no vole for Hemlcmbut aud-Hunter. THE FACT SHOULD BE PATENT TO ANY INTELLIGENT CITI ZEN THAT THIS IS THE GROSSEST KIND OK MISREPRESENTA TION. A DESPICABLE ATTEMPT TO PROFIT BY WHAT THEY MOPE IS THE IGNORANCE OF THE VOTERS. CLARK AND ROMERO TO TALK MONDAY NIGHT The ciitnpnign in Las Anlntus county and the third judicial district will come to an end on Monday night wlih it grjiud Democratic and Progressive rally at the West theater. ;it which time the candidates will speak and talk to the people for the luHt time before election, on the Issues which conlrnnt them. Fred Clark and Juan Romero will be the pilnclpul spe.iKers. A fine mus ical program will he given in connection with the speaking. The candidates have met with enthusiasti" are aud what is the caliber of the men who repiesent them. Another one of the speakers c Husk ndvocuted good rondi and f>i\ored the employment of Jai ami convict labor in the building highways. lit- related the lilstory of convict road building in Colorado, disputing that the idea wav first f litigation in which it had siuro become involved, and explained the financial difficulties, regarding the »ity bonds which hud come out of tills litigation Mr. Jenkins was strong in Ills op position to the Moffat, tunnel idli. He explained how this was a scheme on the part of a shrewd financier and l>etiver people to mortgage the credit of the state. lie took tile Ifi 11 ami discussed it 1 luur.e by clause and read from a pamphlet issued by the Arkansas Valley Commercial associa tion which pointed out the objections |to the measure. 11ior« were many of them. In the first place, he showed that it would require more than four million to construct the tunnel and would lie a constant drain on the tax payers of the state. He said in part “This lull provides that the State of Colorado shall Issue four millions of dollars In bonds Inuring four per cent interest per annum running for fifty years which money shall be used in the construction of a tunnel through James Peak for the use of the Moffat Railroad, a rood that runs front Denver to Routt County. Colo rado, and which the promoter hopes some flay to extend to Salt Lake City. It provides that the State shall have the first lien on the tunnel whlcji means that to make the Hon good the State will have to cornplcto tin tunnel and engineer agree that It. will take at least twice four millions of dollars to complete it. (Continued on page eight) dependable henchman of tlm sen ator, who according to the confes sion. Staked him with bar money which he was spending on himself rather than prospective voters. He was arrogant In his assertions that Harela “run the town and the coun ty." end looked after his friends who humped up against the law. It Is stated that he became so boisterous that the bartender threatened to put him out. Royvnl is engaged in goign about among the Spanish people malign ing Juan Romero and other Progres sive and Democratic candttates. He carries a carefully rehearsed line of talk. His great stunt is buying drinks ami telling what Barela has done and will do for his people. He is a purveyor of promises. His con fessions last night gave a good in side history of some of the deals which tin* senator is framing up to carry the election next Tuesday. If he can get awr with it.