Colorado Statesman
Saturday, December 4, 1915
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Recognition Of Negro Labor
VOL. XX11. Recognit Neg'i
Oklahoma City, Nov. 25.—More labor trouble threatens the Ford Motor company's assembling plant now building here. This time it is a question of races. According to O. J. Waller, superintendent for the Hodgins Construction company of St. Paul, which has the building contract, his employers have met the demands of the Common Laborer's union for 25 cents an hour instead of 20 cents and recognition of the union; but the Common Laborers now refuse to admit Colored men to their organization and Waller doesn't intend to dismiss his colored laborers.
Waller and J. A. Deigman, local manager for the Ford company, both intimated last Friday that the telegrams of Mayor Overhalser and others to Henry Ford, head of the motor company, in behalf of the laborers' plea were not the cause of the Hodgins company's capitulation. The telegrams were sent by the mayor, City Commissioner Highley, Congressman Joe B. Thompson and J. B. A. Robertson.
"We'll take them in as an organization if they give everybody a fair 'shake,' said Waller, 'but if they insist on discriminating between whites and blacks, we won't. I don't know anything about this union business they are all talking about. I never heard of a common laborers' union until I came here. At present we are paying most of the men 25 cents per hour, while a few are getting 20 cents. I'll wager I can go out and within twenty-four hours secure 3,000 men who are willing and glad to take a job here at 20 cents.
"I have given employes of this company no orler to join the Hod Carriers' union although I understand a number have done so. When W. D. Hodgins was here a few days ago I understand he said he was willing to recognize the union in its demand that only union men be employed and that the scale of 25 cents per hour be paid. Now the laborers are demanding that we shut out Colored labor and I am opposed to that. Some of them are good hard working men and are as deserving of jobs as some of the white men." Superintendent Waller signified his intention of waiting until Monday night for developments in the case. If the union will recognize the Colored workmen, Waller said the Hodgins Construction company will recognize the union. Waller produced an employe, who a few nights ago joined the
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union, who says that at the meeting at which he was initiated a letter purporting to come from Henry Ford was read. He said it stated that Ford had let the contract to the Hodgins company and was not concerned in whether union or non-union labor was employed that being entirely in the hands of the contractor," he said.
WILLIAM H. LEWIS.
Ex-Assistant U. S. Attorney General.
Boston, Mass.—"You ask me to say a word of appreciation of Dr. Washington. That is no simple task. Words, like tears, are vain and idle things to express the great anguish I feel at the untimely death of Booker Washington. He was my friend who understood me and believed in me. I did not always believe in him, because I did not understand him. I first saw and heard him when junior at Amherst in the early 90s, when he spoke at old John Brown's church in Springfield, where I journeyed to hear him. I could not then appreciate his love for the Southern people and his gospel of work. I even doubted his loyalty to his race. When I came to Boston I joined in with his most violent and bitterter critics. The one thing that I am so thankful for is that I early saw the light and came to appreciate and understand the great work of Booker T. Washington.
"I have just finished reading an old letter from him, dated October 1, 1901, in which he said: 'The main point of this letter is to say I believe that both you and I are going to be in a position in the future to serve the race effectually, and while it is very probable that we shall always differ as to detailed methods of lifting up the race, it seems to me that if we agree in each doing our best to lift it up the main point will have been gained, and I am sure that in our anxiety to better the condition of the race there is no difference between us, and I shall be delighted to work in hearty co-operation with you.'
"Since then I have known him intimately and well. He was unselfish and generous to a fault; he was modest, yet masterful; he was quiet, yet intense; his common sense and sagacity seemed uncanny, such was his knowledge of human nature. His was a great soul in which no bitterness or littleness could even find a lurking place. His was the great heart of Lincoln, with malice toward none and charity for all. He loved all men and all men loved him.
"My humble prayer is that his torch has lighted another among the dark millions of America, to lead the race onward and upward."
A GLOWING TRIBUTE
Denver, Colo., December 2, 1915.
Joseph D. D. Rivers, 1824 Curtis St.,
City.
Dear Sir:—
Booker T. Washington was the fore-
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most citizen of his race. He, of course, wielded a tremendous influence for good among his own people, but his influence was wider than that; it was national, even world-wide. It tended strongly to relieve—even to remove—race prejudice.
For many years Booker T. Washington labored hard and unceasingly to educate and to lead his people to a higher and more useful citizenship, and his efforts were wonderfully successful. The example and teachings of Booker T. Washington will long survive, leading his people, and the people of the country generally, to higher and better things.
Yours truly,
C. W. WATERMAN.
Telegrams of Condolence.
Thousands of telegrams of condolence have been received by Mrs. Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee institute officials from all parts of the world.
Some of the telegrams follow:
Bedford Hills, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1915.
Cotton Logan, Vt., Emerson, Tuskegee
see instructors, Alabama.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees,
I send to you and through you to the
officers, teachers and students of the
school, patty in the death of the schools great
founder, Booker I. Washington, in his
death the country has lost a great pa-
tition and a great legacy. It is now the hour to srow
without his magnetic presence, by your
oyalty to the school and to his
nigh ideas now truly you have caught
the eye of the school. Devoted life of service, the trustees
will not harm you in your hour of need
and we count confidence on your joy,
your care and your keenness in us.
A world memorial, the great
with whom you have worked so long
and so well. Please see that this tite-
gram is read at the funeral service.
Chairman, Board of Trustees.
West Brighton, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1915.
Emmett J. Scott, secretary, Tuskegee
Please express my deepest sympathy to all the teachers and pupils of the institute in the great loss, Mr. Washington's death, and his spirit will live to inspire and carry forward his great work, those仕 behind must bravely and loyally take up the great rest which now now upon their undersiders. WILLIAM G. WILCOX.
(Investment Fund Committee, Board of Trustees, Tuskegee Institute.)
Oyster Bay, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1915.
Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee.
Pray accept my deepest sympathy in this deaf or your distinguished husband. No man rendered greater service to his race and his loss can be compared to his. He was the citizens of whom this entire country should be proud.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
French Lick, id., Nov. 14, 1915.
Emmett J. Scott, Secretary, Tuskegee
Institute, Alabama:
was a man of great
power and of wide and wholesome in-
tensity among his own race
but among others. His death is
usually a public loss.
CHAS, W. FAIRBANKS.
(Former Vice President of the U.S.)
New York, N.Y. Nov. 15, 1912.
Mrs. B. T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala.
I warm with you today as one who shares your sorrow. America has lost one of her best and greatest citizens, History. America has lost one of her father of his country, the other the leader of his race. Mrs. Carnegie joins me in deep sympathy.
ANDREW CARNEGIE
(Phillanthropist.)
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Nov. 15, 1915
Emnett J. Scott, Secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama;
It was very thoughtful to telegraph me directly. Of course I am greatly shocked. This is an overwhelming bereavement for all of us. Convey my sympathy to Mrs. Washington. I hope to see Mr. Low and Mr. Willcox in New York this week.
FRANK TRUMBULL,
(President Chishaupa County, R.) Trustee Tuskegee Institute.
New York City, Nov. 14, 1915
Mrs. Beverley T. Washington, Tuskegee Alabama.
My heart is too sad to attempt words of consolation for you in your and our country's great loss. One of our noblest and foremost citizens has passed to his reward. The service he has renamed ever. Mrs. Rosenwald joins me in the car up under this terrible affliction.
JULIUS ROENWALEN,
(President, Sears Roebuck & Company.) Trustee Tuskegee Institute.
New York City, Nov. 14, 1915
Emnett J. Scott, Secretary, Tuskegee
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Institute, Alabama;
The dreaded misfortune has befallen us and the end re world, we must press to the aid of our dear friends among the staff, and all others, including the student body, our sincerest sympathy.
We have all been favored by the privilege of our contact with a noble friend, the dear departed.
MR and MRS. ROSENWALD.
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 16, 1915.
Mr. Emmeti J. Scott, Secretary, Tuskegee University.
Please convey to the family of Booker T. Washington my deep sympathy in their sorrow. His death is in what ought to be his prime; an pretender to the man he loved. He is one of the most powerful forces for the proper settlement of the race question that has appeared in his generation. His inspiring encouragement to make themselves individually valuable to the community; his urging upon the home; his virtues on industry, drift and work; his inspiring encouragement to make a promise of higher achievements as a reward—have done more for the Negro race than any other one factor in Washington well and valued him highly as a friend and patriot. He united with a signal power of eloquence and great intellectual force and practical sense which made him the great man he was. I greatly regret his death.
WM. H. TAFT.
(Ex-President of the United States.)
Lakewood, N. J., Nov. 15, 1915.
Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Alabama;
sarm with sorrow of the death of Booker T. Washington in sympathy for you in this sudden and sad bereavement. He rendered invaluable services to his race in a life devoted to their uplift and he was most grateful for the best people in the land. He will be greatly missed and his memory will be cherished with grateful affection for generations to come.
NY, N.Y., FEFFLER.
A STRIKING CONTRAST.
W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, editor of "The Crisis," in his expression of opinion on Dr. Booker T. Washington, said in part: "There can be no doubt of Mr. Washington's mistakes and short comings; he never adequately grasped the growing hord of politics and industry; he did not understand the deeper foundations of human training and his basis of better understanding between white and black was founded on caste. In stern justice we must lay on the soul of this man a heavy responsibility for the consummation of Negro disfranchisement, the decline of the Negro College and public school and the firmer establishment of color caste in this land." Mr. Du Bois continued. "What is done is done. This is no time for recrimination or complaint. Gravely and with bowed head let us receive what this great figure gave of good, silently rejecting abke."
William H. Lewis, ex-assistant U. S. Attorney-general, and one of the most brilliant legal luminaries of the country, expressed in the following: "Booker Washington was my friend, who understood me and believed in me. I did not always believe in him because I did not understand him. I first saw and heard him when junior at Amherst in the early 90's, when he spoke at Old John Brown's church in Springfield, where I journeyed to hear him. I could not then appreciate his love for the Southern people and his gospel of work. I even doubted his loyalty to his race. When I came to Boston I joined in with his most violent and bitterest critics. The one thing that I am so thankful for is that I early saw the light and came to appreciate and understand the great work of Booker T. Washington. Since then I have known him intimately and well. He was unselfish and generous to a fault; he was modest, yet masterful; he was quiet, yet intense; his common sense and sagacity seemed uncanny, such was his knowledge of human nature. His was a great soul in which no bitterness or littleness could even find a lurking place. His was the great heart of Lincoln, with malice toward none and charity for all. He loved all men and all men loved him.
"My humble prayer is that his torch has lighted another among the dark millions of America to lead the race onward and upward."
Compare their contrast, the views of these two leading colored Americans, gentle reader, and think what type of man would be better to entrust the destiny of our race in their hands.
RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
Manager John T. Gibson, of the Standard Theatre, had his flag at half mast Monday morning and will keep it so for 30 days in honor of our deceased leader, Booker T Washington.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 21.—Following close on the decision in the Hennepin county district court which resulted in stopping the production of "The Birth of a Nation" at the Shubert theatre, the St. Paul City Commission revoked the license for the presentation of the film there. The film had been showing for two weeks. When the license was issued there was a promise to cut out certain features that were objected to by Negroes. These objectionable features were not cut out, according to members of the St. Paul commission. It was on the ground of a violation of the promises made that the film was barred in St. Paul.
Oh, kind and gracious Saviour, from whom all blessings flow. Look, down upon this forsaken race here below. And shield us from all snakes That may inflict us on our journey there.
Oh, Death, one word more—then I'm through: When you visit this old world here, will you. Take not the beacon light called best—Oh, Death, oh, Death.
JONNIE JOHNSON.
2622 Chester Ave., Des Moines, Ia.
VICTOR AND CRIPPLE
CREEK COLO. NEWS
(By Wm. C. Harris.)
The Booker T. Washington memorial services at Handy Chapel on the 24th was a grand success, a large program was rendered which was very interesting, the Junior choir rendered several beautiful selections.
Mrs. Fred Hopkins of Ireue St. still remains very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Harrell were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Tompkins in Colorado.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 19.—The burning of the Booker T. Washington school and many homes in that vicinity marks the new line of attack of our formidable and murderous foe, race prejudice. The site of the school is Thirteenth and Myrtle str et, and an excellent one; the building was modern and upon the cottage order, and there were 250 children who attended. The East Side Improvement company has endeavored without success to purchase this property, together with other homes owned in the neighborhood. Mr. George Williams, who lives near the school, coming home about 11 p. m., discovered a fire at the school, and looking toward his home he saw that it, too, was ablaze. Alarm was given, but too late to save the buildings that had been fired, it is believed, by designing hands.
A TRIBUTE TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
Written November 15, 1915.
Oh Death, why art thou so cruel—
Why dost thou claim our most precious
eve?
Have we not been loyal to our trust,
Or, have we to our race been unjust?
You've robbed us of our beacon light,
Have rest would shine through end-
less night;
Amidst storms of discouragement it
shone;
Oh, Death, why claimest him as thy
own?
We're left at sea, though other rays
far in the distance
Reflect the light of our existence.
Don't give up, boys, the echo comes.
Our Heavenly Father is smiling on you
dear ones
Though grievously parted, it won't be
for long.
Till we'll all be singing one glorious,
sweet song.
Thee we reached the portals of a love abiding Saviour.
There the beacon lights will never-
more forsake us.
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Oh kind and gracious Saviour, from whom all blessings flow,
Look down upon this forsaken race here below,
And shield us from all snares
That may inflict us on our journey there,
Oh Death, one word more—then I'm through:
When you visit this old world here, will you
Take not the beacon light called best—Oh Death, oh, Death,
JONNIE JOHNSON.
2622 Chester Ave., Des Molines, Ia.
VICTOR AND CRIPPLE CREEK COLO. NEWS
(Bv Wm. C. Harris.)
The Booker T. Washington memorial services at Handy Chapel on the 24th was a grand success, a large program was rendered which was very interesting, the Junior choir rendered several beautiful selections.
Mrs. Fred Hopkins of Ireue St. still remains very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Ailen Harrell were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Tompkins in Colorado Springs on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs Geo. W. Cotwell who has been visiting with relatives and friends in the east, returned home in the best of health and reports as having one wonderful time and sorry to have had to come home so soon.
Mrs. Samuel Robinson, one of the old timers in the District departed from this life on Nov. 24th. Sue leaves a husband and a host of friends to mourn her demise.
Thanksgiving services were held Thursday night at Handy Chapel.
Mr. Earl McGee was a business visitor in Victor last week.
Mrs. Allen Harrell who has been visiting her parents in Colorado Springs returned on the 29th and reports as having a grand time.
The Misses Cave entertained the younger set at a social evening at their beautiful home on Colo. Ave. on the 25th. Everyone departed voting Miss Ruth and Dorothy Cave as being very congenial hosts.
Mr. Williams of Grand Junction is visiting with Mr. McGee.
Rev. Pool and family were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Chambers on the 25th
Danger in Too Much Softness.
"A soft answer will turn away wrath, Jes' as de Good Book says," observed Uncle Eben. "But too much softness is winters tempt somebody to hand you a slap, Jes' foh de fun of it."
Proper View of Duties.
Great thoughts go best with common duties. Whatever, therefore, may be your office regard it as a fragment in an immeasurable ministry of love.—Westcott.
FOREIGN
President Cartiguenave,
Great Britain has informed Japan
that the British government has not
contemplated an alliance with China
War and the food supply will be the
principal topics considered at the
reichstag session which convened in
Berlin,
Premier Asquith’s daughter, Violet.
and his secretary, Bonham Carter,
were married at St. Margaret's, West-
minster, in London,
Patrick MacGill, known as the
“navy poet.” was married in London
to Miss Margaret Gibbons, a grand.
niece of Cardinal Gibbons of Balti
more.
British woman suffrage leaders
hailed as their first important victory
the government's appointment of Miss
Pressley Smith, organizer, to a secre-
tarial post in the British Christiania
legation.
Viscount Bryce made public the de
tails of further Armenian massacres,
which in a letter accompanying them,
he says, “surpass in horror, if that
were possible, what has been pub-
lished already.”
Reports that the Carranza authori
ties had shot several looters arrested
after their occupation of Mexican
Nogales were confirmed. ‘The bodies
of three men, said to have robbed a
_woman, were visible from the Amerl-
ean side,
Peter Wright, an Englishman, was
sentenced by a court martial at Law
sanne to imprisonment for three
months, expulsion from Switzerland
tr five years and to pay a fine of
1,500 francs, on the charge of espi-
“onage,
| Carranza forces again have opened
}communications between Guaymas
and Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora
state, and Gen, Dieguez is endeavor
ing to intercept 2,500 Villa troops sup-
“posed to be heading through southern
Sonora in an attempt to join Gen, Ban.
dera, the Villa commander in north-
ern Sinaloa,
The Alaska Wngineering Commis:
sion put men to work at Anchorage
to dynamite a path through solid ice
at the mouth of Ship Creek so Capt.
Cramer, a veteran navigator, can
take the launch Traveller out to go
to the assistance of Fred Tracy, agent
of the Alaska Steamship Company,
‘and five other men who are trying
‘to reach Anchorage through the Cook
Inlet ice field in the small launch
apes
SPORTING NEWS
__ The annual meeting of the National
League will be held in New York Dee.
14.
Dr, Roller and Carl Posphill, the
Bohemian champion, wrestled ta a
| draw: In New York.
Harty Lub defeated Kid Gonzalas in
the main event of a sixround go at
the Knights of Columbus hall in Den-
ver.
Terms for a fifteen-round bout be
tween Freddy Welsh and Johnny Grit.
fiths to take place in Akron, Ohio,
Dee. 21, have been completed.
Colonel Maitland of the royal naval
air service, jumped with a parachute
at London from an aeroplane which
was 10,000 feet in the air. He landed
safely,
Out of 3,000 college, academy and
high school students who participated
in football contests in Oklahoma dur-
ing the 1915 season, one man was
killed and twenty-one slightly injured.
The curtailed racing season just
ended in England is regarded as sat-
isfactory, even from the point of view
of the racing men. The figures for
attendance at Newmarket show that
at the ordinary meetings there was
an increase of visitors, while all the
extra fixtures were well patronized.
GENERAL
A lock of Napoleon Bonaparte's hair,
obtained while he was at St, Helena,
was bought by George D. Smith for
$107.50 at the John FE. Burton brary
sale in the Anderson galleries in New
York, |
Business improvement, wholly aside
from that attributable to the Panama-
Pacific and Panama-California exposi-
tions, was reported from all portions
of the Pacific slope, and the far North-
west.
Work on a dirigible balloon for the
navy will begin at the navy yard
at Portsmouth, N. H., on December
15. The airship will be 175 feet long
and 50 feet in diameter, It will cost
$30,000.
Physiclans held out little hope for
the recovery of Col. William P. Hep-
burn, 82, former congressman repre-
senting the Eighth Iowa district. now
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS:
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Wertern‘Aewapaser Union News Service
ABOUT THE WAR
German protected cruiser Frauenlob
sunk by submarines,
Total number of British and French
landed at Saloniki to date is 125,000
and 46,000 more on way.
German official statement an-
nounces campaign against Serbia has
been closed as way to Turkey is now
open.
Germans and Austrians report fur-
ther gains in Serbia and assert 101,-
000 Serbians have been captured since
invasion began,
Italy bas redoubled her efforts on
the Isonzo front. The Italian army
has prevented Austria from sending
any reinforcemefits into the Balkans.
Allies agree to provide provisions
for Montenegro's army and people.
King Nicholas declares nation will be
exterminated rather than submit to
slavery.
Reports received at Geneva from
Chiasso on the Swiss-Italian border,
say that Gorizia has fallen, the Ital-
jans having entered the town from
the north.
Barl Kitchener {s again in London.
It is reported that the British war
secretary and the French envoy to
Greece disagreed on the terms to be
urged on the Hellenic government.
Austria is reported as attempting
fo make a separate peace with Italy.
The Vienna government is said to be
willing to make concessions in order
to free the army now occupied on
the Italian front.
Bread riots are causing the Berlin
government alarm. Women have ap-
peared in mobs before the Berlin
palace gates deasnding food and the
return of their husbands from the
trenches.
France has called the conscripts of
1917 to the eolors. This contingent is
composed of boys about 18 years of
age. This ia done, according to the
French leaders, to prepare the recruits
for service in the spring of 1916.
Rumania has blocked the plans of
Russia to attack the Bulgars from the
Danube. In a sharp note the Ruman-
jan government informed the czar that
the river was mined and that every
effort would be made to protect the
neutrality of Rumania.
WESTERN
More than half the town of Avalon
on Santa Catalina Island was de-
stroyed by fire.
Gasoline at Chicago was quoted at
14%4 cents a gallon, against 11 cents
three months ago,
The permit for a widows’ tag day
was revoked by the city council of
Chicago last night.
The University of Washington will
have two representatives in the Henry
Ford peace delegation to Europe.
Chicago's $200,000 guaranty fund for
the Republican and the Democratic
national conventions has been com-
pleted,
At New Orleans, La., wholesale
merchants are said to haye reported
that their November business in-
creased from 60 to 100 per cent.
A widow of Johann Hoch, one of the
thirty-two, died of starvation, superin-
duced by pneumonia, at Chicago. She
was Mra. Mary Hoch Wernke, aged 65
years,
‘Thirty workmen were killed and
seven fatally injured in a terrific ex-
plosion of four tons of black powder
at the Upper Hagley yard of the Du
Pont Powder Company at Wilmington,
Del.
WASHINGTON
Self-government without complete
independence for some time to come
is the administration's policy for the
Filipinos.
The Austro-Hungarian government
has informed Ambassador Penfield at
Vienna that it desires more time to
complete a formal statement regard-
ing the sinking of the Italian steam-
ship Ancona.
‘The New York antt-alien labor law
of 1909, under which it was made
compulsory to employ only citizens
4m the construction of public works,
‘was held constitutional by the Su-
preme Court.
Senator Kern of Indiana was re-
elected chairman of the Democratic
Senate caucus and floor leader by
unanimous yote at the conference of
Senate Democrats.
Federal quarantine for foot and
mouth disease has been lifted entirely
from Massachusetts and New Jersey
and modified in a number of counties
In Minols.
President Wilson entertained mem-
bers of the Princeton class of '79, of
which he is one, at dinner at the
White House. Between fifty and six-
ty classmates accevted invitations,
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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DATES OR COMING EVENT«
Seat Rn ee en pemorage.
Farmers’ Congress at Fort Collins.
Jan, 3-10—Sixteenth annual, ghow of
Colorado Poultry Fanciers’ Assocla-
tion at Denver.
Jan. 17-19.—-Meeting Colorado Retail
Grocers" “and Butchers’ Association
at Pueblo.
Jan. 16-22.—-Western Live Stock Show
at Denver,
March 20-April 2—Colorada Retall
Merchants’ Association's Food and
Industrial Exposition at Denver.
The Denver Club has posted a “dry”
order, effective Dec. 31.
Miss Louise Bruning was chosen
queen of Denver's electric show.
“Billy” Beardsley, an Ault boy, had
his finger crushed in a tumble from
a chair,
The rise in silver has resulted in
the reopening of the Yellow Pine sil-
ver mine at Boulder,
A drop of more than 50 per cent in
the eity tax levy has been ordered by
the city commission of Pueblo,
Governor Carlson has declined the
Henry Ford invitation to join the
peace party on its trip to Eurone,
The strikers in the Arizona copper
fields are to receive financial aid from
the Western Federation of Miners.
Cafion City opened its fall féte with
a big auto parade, and Queen Electra
headed the throng through brilliantly
lighted streets of city.
‘Thomas Mullican, shot in the stom-
ach by Henry M. Rockett at Lake
George, Park county, died at the Sis-
ters’ hospital in Victor.
Henry Leffler, aged 100 years and
15 days, a Civil war veteran, died at
the home of his son at Hereford, after
only a few days’ illness,
State Treasurer Stocker distributed
$59,218 to counties in which there are
federal forest reserves, as the state's
share of the year’s earnings,
Sixty-two Mexicans were arrested
by Denver detectives in an effort of
the police to end a series of stabbings
that have been reported nightly for
more than two weeks.
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane ordered 2 survey ‘of the
Mount Evans region for the purpose
of locating and defining the proposed
Denver National park,
‘The Colorado Kennel Club will give
its eleventh annual dog show, under
the auspices of the American Club, at
the Denver Auditorium, in. conjunction |
with the Poultry Show, Jan, 4.to8.
Grand Junction’s chapter of the
Sous of American Revolution was! pre-
sented with « charter by C. P. Top-
ping, state president of the order, A
banquet followed the presentation.
‘The snowstorm which began on the
27th ult., proved to be the heaviest
in the month of November since the
United States weather office was es-
tablished at Grand Junction in 1899.
Henry Roth, a German, one of the
most prominent citizens of Loveland,
is believed to be dying from wounds
inflicted with an ax wielded by I, 0.
Patterson, in a row over a debt of $1.
At a meeting of Denver people in
the offices of the French consul, Dr.
A. Bourquin, committees were organ-
ized to aid in the relief work of the
French emergency hospitals in Brit-
tany. |
‘The Supreme Court granted a twen-
ty-fiveday stay of execution in the
order issued by District Judge Allen
directing the authorities of the state
insane asylum to receive patients
from Denver.
Mrs, Nellie Herbertson Quinn of
Denver, wife of George Quinn, seu-
tenced to be hanged in January, is
circulating petitions asking that her
husband’s sentence be commuted to
Mfe imprisonment,
By granting a commutation of sen-
tence to R. L, Whitehead of Las Ani-
as county, who has beeh serving a
life term in the penitentiary, the State
Board of Pardons, in effect, declared
its belief that the man is innocent.
When Clarence L. Ayres, young
Colorado miner, discovered his 18-year-
old bride, Edna, had been arrested try-
ing to give away her baby on the
streets of Denver, he returned quietly
and took back the girl and the child.
A new mineral which has come into
recognition because of the increasing
demand for tungsten and its allied
products is the basis of a new indus-
try in Colorado. The name that has
been given it is wurtzelite, which,
though not exact, is descriptive, It
has been found in Garfield county,
The November production from the
mines of Cripple Creek district, as of-
ficially reported out from the mills
and smelters, amounted to 82,830 tons,
with a bullion value of $1,297,441, As
compared to October, the average
value per ton is higher and an in-
crease in valuation obtained is $25,000,
Mrs. Olive Butler, one of the most
active workers for suffrage in Colo-
tado and one of the first women to be
sent to the Colorado General Assem-
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Profit of $100,000 on 458 Carloads
of Ore Shipped in November.
Western Newapaper Union News Service.
Victor, Colo.—At the 1,300-foot level
in the Ajax mine on the south side of
Battle mountain, the deepest workings
in that property, an‘immense body of
bonanza gold ore has, been opened. It
is a heavily mineralized phonolite dike
carrying numerous “vug” holes which
are lined with high-grade calaverite.
Grab samples give returns ranging
from 25 to 30 ounces in gold to the
ton, and some of the ore is said to re-
turn thousands of dollars per ton. The
discovery was made on company ac-
count entirely, and is the richest and
the most important made in the mise
for a number of years, being especialiy
notable because of the fact that the
o1e-shoot is located at a greater depth
than commercial ore has ever before
been developed in the Ajax.
‘The shoot is about sixty feet from
the main shaft, and the find was the
result of sinking a winze at that point.
‘Thus far a cross-cut driven into the
dike has gone to a width of close to
thirty feet and is still in rich ore, the
probability being that the cross-cut
| will go a considerable distance turther
“before the true wall of the vein is
reached. The length and vertical depth
of the ore body has yet to be demon-
strated,
Colorado Springs—Official informa-
tion was given out here that the Vin-
dicator Gold Mining Company has
made a net profit of $100,000 during
the present month on 458 carloads of
ore, the shipments going from the Vin-
dicator and Golden Cycle mines in
Cripple Creek,
Averaging 30 tons to the car, the
figures indicate a net profit of about
$8 to the ton, after all costs of pro-
duction and treatment are deducted.
The ore bodies in the Vindicator are
said to look unusually good and in the
last few weeks the company has
opened fis No, 1 vein north of the
main shalt for a distance of 350 feet
with an average width of twenty feet.
The ore shows an average of about
$30 to the ton.
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est resident of Longmont, was shot
and killed about 8 o'clock Tuesday
evening: while seated in the library
of his home at Third avenue and
Coffman street. The bullet, fired from
a high-power rifle, came in through
a window, went entirely through
Dickens’ body and imbedded itself in
a brick wall. Mr. Dickens and his
wife were seated in the library after
supper, both reading. Mrs. Dickens
heard the snap of breaking glass, a
splinter from the broken pane struck
her on the cheek, inflicting a slight
wound, and the same instant she
heard a slight groan from her hus-
band as he fell back in his chair.
Mr. Dickens lived perhaps ten min-
utes after he was shot, but he was
unable to speak in that time, and
could give no intimation, if he had
‘any suspicions, of whom the assassin
‘might be.
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hood was made without discovering
the least clew to the assassin.
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Merger of Colorado Coal Companies.
Denver—Plans for a merger of
forty-one coal- producing companies,
with $25,000,000 capital stock, includ-
ing all the coal mines of the state
with the exception of those which be-
long to the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, were proposed by Charles
'T. Brown of the New York banking
house of Henry L. Doherty & Com-
pany and submitted to all the oper-
ators for their approval.
Elk for Pike's Peak,
Colorado Springs.—Todd Powell, an
enthusiastic sportsman and lover of
nature, recently started a campaign
here for funds with which to bring a
herd of fifty elk from the Jackson
‘Hole country in Wyoming to be
“planted” on the slopes of Pike's
‘Peak. His efforts are to be rewarded,
for the permit will be granted by the
Department of the Interior for the re-
moval of the elk,
Drives Megaphone into Girl’s Throat.
Longmont—Miss Ruby Jones, sis-
ter of Herb Jones, Longmont High
school football star and daughter of
J. E. Jones, Is in a serious condition
as the result of having the small end
of a megaphone driven down her
pioak,
Frightened Horses Injure Farmers.
Windsor—Fractious horses were re-
sponsible for two serious accidents
here. Garrald Johnson entered a stall
without speaking to the animal. It
kicked, striking him on the leg and
fracturing a bone below the knee. Gus
White, another farmer just a short
way from the Johnson place, was lead.
ing a horse when the animal suddenly
swung around and kicked with both
feet. One of his hoofs caught Mr.
‘White on the forearm and fractured
both bones.
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it took three years of training at Hampton institute to bring me to the point of being willing to sing Negro songs in the presence of white people. White minstrels with black faces have done more than any other single agency to lower the tone of Negro music and cause the Negro to despise his own songs. R. Nathaniel Dett, director of vocal music at Hampton, says:
"There is no more lamentable tendency among certain people than the disposition either to despise Negro folk songs altogether or else use them as means of race caricature; neither is there any practice that should be more condemned. America has no more valuable heirloom, from a historical, traditional or musical standpoint than these folk songs. For this reason it should be the duty of all, especially of Negro musicians, to do everything possible to bring the songs in their proper and full appreciation. Negro music has suffered sufficiently already through ragtime and popular minstrels, and any further attempt to keep Negro music on this low level should be met with the indignant protests of all serious-minded people.
"It is imperative, in my opinion, for people who are sincerely interested in the Negro and his one unmistakable contribution to American civilization to use every opportunity to dignify the music of this people, not merely by encouraging the Negro to sing his folk songs in their truly beautiful primitive form, but also by encouraging him to show their possibilities for use as themes for anthems, oratorios and even operas. This will do more than anything else to dignify them in the estimation of educated Negroes."—Southern Workman.
"Success depends upon ability to do something useful, to perform sor- kind of service that the world wants. Teach the Negroes how they may best help themselves; then no one will need to help them."
Such is the kernel of the teachings of Booker T. Washington, who was born a slave and died the leader of his race.
He did more than any other one man to solve the race problem of the South, and he devoted his energies to educating his people in the practical and industrial pursuits of life. The message which for 33 years he expounded was that the Negro should learn to work skillfully, to acquire property, own his land, drive his own mule hitched to his own wagon, milk his own cow, raise his own crop and keep out of debt.
That was the doctrine that took form at Tuskegee, a school that is nothing short of a mammoth laboratory in which a race problem is being worked out, a public service institution developed by a man who was born in bondage and whom three presidents of the United States called their friend, whom university presidents spoke of as "confrere," and to whom Andrew Carnegie once applied the phrase—"The combined Moses and Joshua of his people."
Washington was born in Franklin county, Virginia, in 1858 or 1859—he was not sure of the date or the place, and of his ancestry he knew almost nothing. "My mother," he once wrote, "I suppose attracted the attention of a purchaser who was afterward my owner and hers. Of my father I know even less than my mother. I do not even know his name."
When freedom came through Lin-
The first Alabama Negro state fair at the Tidewater park, Birmingham, Ala., after a ten days' program of attractions and exhibits, was said to equal any of the kind ever before held. One feature worthy of mention is that during the whole time in which more than one hundred thousand Negroes attended not a single arrest was made, not a single drunk was discovered, and not a case of disorder was in evidence. In the fraternal and secret order drills Company 15, Knights of Pythias. of Ensley, of which E. M. Smith is captain, won the prize. In the automobile races George Roberson, driving an E. M. F. car, won the prize, making the five-mile distance on a quarter-mile track in six minutes. "Col-Mike" owned by B. L. Windham and driven by C. Crittendon, made the one-mile pacing distance in 2:35.
In Brazil, where the insects destroy wooden telegraph poles, the railroads use worn-out rails for poles.
New England Presbyterian preachers receive an average of $1,579 a year in salary.
After three years of work a government committee has recommended a uniform system of weights and measures for all of India.
Breakfast seldom attracts a fashionable audience and never one that is enthusiastic.
There is at least one thing women can do that men can't—and that is, say "good-by" gracefully.
The devil doesn't expect to be invited into the parlor the first time.
colin's proclamation Booker was put to work by his stepfather in a West Virginia salt furnace. Schooling was intermittent. He learned his first written symbols on a salt barrel. He obtained work in a coal mine and later made his way to Hampton institute, where he worked his way through and was given a place on the faculty. Then Tuskegee institute was started by the joint efforts of Col. George w. Campbell, an ex-slave owner, and Lewis Adams, an ex-slave, both of Tuskegee. They conceived the idea of establishing a normal and industrial school for Negroes. They wrote to Hampton institute for a man to take charge of the work. Booker T. Washington was sent. This was in 1881, and Washington began work with a dilapidated shanty and an abandoned church as the school structures and only 30 pupils. Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barrett said:
"Our race has lost its greatest leading man. Booker T. Washington was great not only as a race leader but he was one of the greatest orators—I mean oratory in its broadest sense, and he was the peer of any publicist before the country today.
"As a constructive force on the lines of industrial education he was the equal of any living educator. We are wonderinw where we will find his successor. There is no Negro before the public today who has the confidence of the influential white people that Dr. Washington had, and that is what makes our loss so great. The natural separation between the two races can be bridged only by one who is in ready communication with both sides."
Col. Theodore Roosevelt made the following statement on the death of Booker T. Washington:
"I am deeply shocked and grieved at the death of Dr. Booker T. Washington. He was one of the distinguished citizens of the United States, a man who rendered greater service to his cwn race than ever had been rendered by anyone else, and who, in so doing, also rendered great service to the whole country. I mourn his loss and feel that one of the most useful citizens of our land has gone."
The exposition at Chicago, August 22 to September 16, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the emancipation of the colored race, included an exhibit of more than a thousand patents which have been granted to those of that race. Manifestly the list is incomplete, as it is impossible to determine from the patent office records whether an applicant and patentee is white or colored, but much effort was made by Henry F. Baker, who was detailed by the commissioner of patents in charge of the patent exhibit to make it as complete as possible. Mr. Baker, himself a colored man, is an assistant examiner in the patent office, having entered such office in January, 1876, as a copyist. He was appointed to the examining corps in March, 1883, and has been promoted from time to time to his present position as second assistant examiner. Another colored man, Edwin O. Clarke, was appointed to the examining corps in August, 1893, but resigned to accept a professorship in a college.
A man thinks he has many sins of omission and but very few of commission.
However, the less a man talks, the more he doesn't have to apologize.
All the southern states have separate schools for white and colored children. In 1913 there were 426 separate Negro schools in the South, viz., 156 public high schools, and 270 private high schools, normal schools, colleges and other schools. The following 'states had separate high schools for Negroes, viz. Alabama, 6; Arkansas, 4; Delaware, 1; District of Columbia, 1; Florida, 6; Georgia, 14; Kentucky, 8; Louisiana, 1; Maryland, 1; Mississippi, 10; Missouri, 14; North Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 13; Tennessee, 9; Texas, 37; Virginia, 4; West Virginia, 5.
A Pennsylvania inventor has patented a nail pulver the jaws of which have a graduated series of serrations to engage nails of different sizes.
A machine has been invented to brush bugs from potato vines as it is driven over a field and crush them to death between steel plates.
The first thing a young man learns at college is how little his parents know.
Electricians in Sweden have succeeded in extracting carbon from tar and making it into electric light carbons and furnace crucibles.
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THE BIRTH OF A NATION.
city and County of Denver is the only existing among its citizenship in business will be greatly white and colored races in their Plains are about to be severed, guard" invading our city, the pillars of our American principle, to a certain extent suppressing, ORDER and JUSTICE? Expecting member of Denver's being under the Stars and Stripes and engender strife among a loyalty this portion of our great Republic picture-play, "The Birth of the evented in many of the cities of we were the results of riot, bloody, etc.—we must concede that giving it a free hand to exhibit the community as a whole that never placed to the credit of Denotation from Rev. William Hutch, New York, one of the large free to all right-thinkers of the being shown here; and no citizen giving every effort and influence in "The Birth of a Nation," a healthy, magnifying the faults of the other, peculiarly dangerous beauty—outlawed in society with its objectionable fealty of Mayor of New York, the Commissioner, by able representative and most of the Protestant factions Brooks, who has materially height of New York, must be given must stir the hearts of real Axis that which is a stigma on our delegations should flood theaters, expressing our utter dismay we have a city ordinance which, we trust they will rise to the and defeat the introduction links in the chain which ever has helped to make.
The peace of the City and County of Denver is threatened with a serious disturbance; the harmony existing among its citizens is about to be discordant; the co-relationship in business will be greatly menaced and the kind feelings between the white and colored races in their position as residents of the Queen City of the Plains are about to be severed. Can anything be done to check this "advance guard" invading our city, the result of which will be the destruction of the pillars of our American principles and the resurrection of HATE which has been to a certain extent suppressed by the American people who stand for LAW, ORDER and JUSTICE?
Surely no self-respecting member of Denver's population who realizes the significance of living under the Stars and Stripes will support any action that tends to create and engender strife among a loyal and liberty-loving people as we boast of in this portion of our great Republic, and, therefore, from our impressions of this picture-play, "The Birth of the Nation"—an exhibition of which has been prevented in many of the cities of the country, and where it was permitted there were the results of riot, bloodshed, upheaval of the municipal government, etc.—we must concede that if our authorities will place the O. K. on it, giving it a free hand to exhibit, that the effect will be so demoralizing to the community as a whole that a blot of extraordinary dimensions will be forever placed to the credit of Denver's fair name.
The following quotation from Rev. William H. Brooks, pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, New York, one of the largest and most fashionable churches, is a guarantee to all right-thinkers of the terrible harm that can result from this play being shown here; and no citizen should have the slightest hesitation in using every effort and influence to bring about the veto from the authorities: "The Birth of a Nation,' a travesty on history, a breeder of racial antipathy, magnifying the faults of one race while glorifying the lawlessness of the other, peculiarly dangerous because its insidious poison is hidden in scenic beauty—outlawed in some states, condemned in some others—this play with its objectionable features was condemned by His Excellency, the Mayor of New York, the Commissioner of License, by the entire race so grossly maligned, by able representatives of the Jewish, Roman Catholic, Universalist and most of the Protestant faith." These words coming from a man as Dr. Brooks, who has materially helped to mould and shape public opinion in the City of New York, must be given some weighty recognition, and we feel-sure must stir the hearts of real American citizens to unite for the suppression of that which is a stigma on our civilization.
Petitions, protests, delegations should flood the office of the Mayor and other City Commissioners, expressing our utter disapproval of the exhibition of this picture, and as we have a city ordinance which gives our municipal fathers the right to act, we trust they will rise to this occasion which is of paramount importance and defeat the introduction of anything in this city which will break the links in the chain which every citizen, irrespective of class, creed or color, has helped to make.
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which is threatening the For-constructed In Oklahoma City somewhat different from the use of wages and reduction of work in the job with their colored man, superintendent of the Ho
The labor trouble which is threatening the Ford Motor Company's assembling plant, being constructed in Oklahoma City, has its origin in racial differences. This is somewhat different from the usual troubles, as this time it is not for increase of wages and reduction of working hours, but a refusal of white men to be on the job with their colored brothers. Messrs. O. J. Waller and J. A. Deigman, superintendent of the Hodgins Construction Company of St. Paul and local manager for the Ford Company, respectively, in granting the recognition of union labor, made it clearly understood that they were opposed to the shutting out of colored labor, and emphasized the fact that some of the colored laborers were good, hard-working men, and were deserving of jobs as some of the white men. Superintendent Waller further stated that if the union will recognize the colored workmen, the Hodgins Construction Company would recognize the union.
The discovery made by us is, that in the ranks of labor unions the color line is drawn, and yet in their agitations for betterment of their position they solicit sympathy indiscriminately and request everyone to advocate and espouse their cause. After their success and due recognition given them, then a little reflection brings to their memory the old sore—RACE PREJUDICE. But, thanks to such friends of ours who are bent on dealing with our merit and qualities rather than COLOR, for which we are irresponsible. While the two gentlemen aforementioned have played their parts, yet it is evident that Mr. Ford gave them absolute power to act in the employment of workmen, and, therefore, being free to act, they put into effect what they believe is fair to all. We, therefore, offer our gratitude to Mr. Ford and his representatives, assuring them that such actions set the example for others to follow, which, if taken advantage of, will demolish the iron rule of prejudice which we hope will soon be a thing of the past. "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
Dr. Washington, the Builder Of Tuskegee
The following address was delivered last Sunday at the Memorial Services of Booker T. Washington, by Atty. A. W. Lewis at Shorter Church, Denver, Colorado: Some thirty odd years or more ago Mr. Booker T. Washington conceived the idea of dedicating an institution to industrial education.
In the year Eightgen Hundred Ninety-three his idea was incorporated under the style and name of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. But I think his idea is more celebrated by the name, Tuskegee; hence my subject: "Dr. Washington, the Builder of Tuskegee."
Tuskegee is a school that Mr. Washington built in order to promote a more liberal and practical education of the masses of his race in letters, morals and the industrial pursuits of life.
I shall refer only in a general way to the bitter opposition which took shape in a multitude of attacks upon the supposed curriculum of Tuskegee. The conceptions of the critics concerning what an industrial institute ought to embrace were vague in the extreme, and it was hard for them to see why such a school was so necessary to a race in its building. There was much unfavorable comment and many skeptical pronouncements concerning Tuskegee from the lips of the reputed learned ones.
In his chosen work nothing seems to have discouraged Dr. Washington in the slightest degree. Of Tuskegee he knew himself to be the acknowledged founder, the responsible builder, and certainly he was conscious of being its destined protector. So he founded Tuskegee in humility, he builded it by painful labor, he dedicated it to civilization as it is promised, and all his life with unparalleled devotion he protected it against the slightest enmity.
It was said he was visionary. I know his vision embraced a reality of enlarged and additional buildings, increased lands, augmented treasuries, demands for scholar ships Tuskegee could not find room to place, a crowded march of alum ne vindicating the right of Tuskegee to a place in the sisterhood of the world's greatest schools.
In the building of Tuskegee no pilanthropy favorable to his educational plan escaped his call, no law beneficial to Tuskegee escaped his scrutiny, no opportunity to increase the friendship for Tuskegee ever lost his service. With prophetic vision he found Tuskegee benefactors—South, East, North, West, and good will everywhere. These are some of the positive fundamentals in Mr. Washington's building of Tuskegee.
Thus Tuskegee was opened in the year Eighteen Hundred Eighty-one with three buildings and one hundred acres of land pursuant to an Act of the Alabama Legislature, session of Eighteen Hundred Eighty.
Tuskegee now consists of one hundred eleven buildings or more, about four hundred head of live stock, farm implements, school equipment, twenty-three hundred fifty acres of land and a permanent endowment of more than two millions of dollars, placing an approx imate total valuation upon Tuskegee of four millions of wealth. This material progress standing alone as the work of a brief life time appeals to me as nigh colossal.
But Tuskegee as an intellectual accomplishment far surpasses its marvelous material progress. Tuskegee as a spiritual achievement is one of the crowning events of the twentieth century; first, because it taught its students how to live and why to live; second, because it taught the art and divinity of labor in a land where the art thereof was dying and the divinity thereof, denied; third, because of its celebrated and accepted interpretation of
the needs of a race and the things that build the nation; fifth, because of its singular adaptability of industrialism to the needs and demands of its students though they have come from the ends of the earth.
I believe the world will one day in some way pay fitting tribute to the matchless genius of Dr. Washington, the builder of Tuskegee.
He has vindicated the prophesy of the poet of half century ago who said,
"To the solid ground of nature Trusts the mind that builds for aye."
WHAT THE LIFE OF DR. BOOKER
T. WASHINGTON STOOD FOR:
WHAT HIS WORKS
STAND FOR.
By Wm. E. Miller, Class of 1907. The life and works of Dr. Booker T. Washington stood and stand for far more than the general public has any idea. I find that the people in the far North, far Northwest, and far West have only a faint idea of his true worth to the colored race. I have heard people actually brand him as a rascal whose only ambition was to stand high in the estimation of the white race, disregarding altogether the welfare of teachers and students at his institution. I quickly remembered that it was well and good to argue with a man who knows, and knows he knows, what he is talking about; but simply nonsense and wasted time to argue with a man who knows not, and knows not that he knows not what he is talking about.
In my travels over the country, both North and South, I find that the Southern people, both colored and white, have a higher knowledge of his greatness, and a greater appreciation of his true worth. The natural reasons are: That by being closer to the institute they are amid his influences; there are more students from the South at Tuskegee than from any other portion of the country; there is a greater field of activity in the South for the Tuskegee graduate and undergraduate; and all the little sub-Tuskegees that are scattered over the South wield a mighty influence for Tuskegee Institute, the mother-school
Dr. Booker T. Washington was one of the many men of the colored race whose life was truly worthy of emulating and exemplifying. The fact that he was the first man to conceive the colored people's need and materialize his conception in the form of an institution for the education of heads, hands and hearts of the black people, make him the greatest man the race has ever produced. The great extent of his works, such as branch institutions, the department for the development of rural farmers (this work was carried on very extensively in the Southern rural districts), his organization of conferences and leagues for the betterment of the black race made his life one grand star whose brightness far exceeded the others in illumination. The fact that he was wise enough to keep the academical course at so suitable a standard that it would always be possible for the poorest and humblest of men and women to enter the institution and work out an education and trade without cash renders him by far the greatest thinker of the past and present. Having an eye single to the welfare of the mass of the people, he would not raise the curriculum of the institute to a college or university. Notwithstanding the fact that he could have done so with ease, for there were influential minds that urged and beset him to do so. His life as a worker stood as a star, a light, an example, after which no man could feel abashed to exemplify.
The purpose for the establishment of Tuskegee Institute was: First, to educate the head; second, the hand; third, the heart—the head being considered the most important.
There are thousands of colored people in the South on farms and in other industrial walks of life who are unable to read, write, and figure. Slavery has deprived them, and the effects of slavery has deprived many of their posterity of these blessings. These people are at the mercy of their employers. The man who employs them has to read, write, and cipher for them, and in nine cases out of ten he cheats them also.
Education of the head throws around the colored man a certain amount of protection. It enables him to do these things for himself. It enables him to do all his business, such as domestic computing, commercial accounting and banking, etc. Since education is power and wealth is power, it affects the colored man like it does all other men. It gives him a desire to acquire and own property, to build and live in finer and better homes. It makes him a respectful and useful citizen of and to his community. Dr. Washington's idea in teaching
the trades and professions was for the above named reasons, and not, as many people think and have said of him. Many people think his purpose for teaching the trades was to show that the colored man was intellectually inferior to the white man, and that his duty was to labor solely with his hands, and that he was not by nature as good as the white man. Now, good people, these thoughts were strangers to him, as far as his work was concerned. He did not cherish nor hint at such ideas. His true ideas were to enlighten the colored man, to advance him morally, industrially and religiously, and to acquire wealth and good citizenship.
When the colored man has acquired these, then he will be in a better position to demand those things which he sees fit to demand, and achieve those things which rightly belong to him.
To further verify my statement in saying that the establishing of Tuskegee Institute was on the fundamental basis of head education and is still on that basis, I will cite the following facts: When a student comes to Tuskegee Institute and is intellectually unable to enter the "C preparatory class" (which is equal to the first grade in other schools), he goes to the kindergarten department of the institution. If he is too large to enter the kindergarten with the children, he returns home. His trade or desire for a trade is given no consideration whatever until he makes and enters a class in the academic department. There is no instance where a student is given a trade without his being in the academic department, unless he makes a sufficiently high enough class to warrant that he is competent to go through life without any more education, and in that wise he has to make "Senior Class," or class next, which is known as "A Middle Class." Then he gets his trade without taking the academic course. Such students are called "Special Students." And taking the trade without the academic course is called "Specializing."
All the common, honorable and life-sustaining trades are taught at Tuskegee Institute; from "housekeeping" in the department of Domestic Science, to "farm management" in the department of Scientific Agriculture. From the "office boy" up to the professional arts on the academic side, and a few of the professions are also taught. Gospel ministers, trained nurses and veterinary surgeons complete their courses there. Medical doctors, pharmacists and lawyers begin their courses there, but finish at other institutions that are more extensively and especially equipped for such studies.
Every student, both male and female, is privileged to enter the Phelps Hall Bible training department. This department is especially designed and wholly devoted for and to religious work. It is there that the young ministers receive their theological training, and the elder ministers, missionaries and other religious workers likewise. Religious speaking and prayer-meetings are held every Friday night in the several assembly rooms on the campus, conducted wholly by the students. Christian Endeavor meetings, Young Men's Christian Association and Young Women's Christian Association meetings are held Sunday mornings and afternoons. All these services are optional with the students, but all of them are well attended. The following are compulsory: Nightly chapel devotional exercises, except Friday and Saturday nights; Sunday preaching services and Sunday School. These last three, the students MUST attend or give some very good excuse for not attending.
Six long years have I sat under the sounds of Dr. Washington's voice drinking in his free, welcome, and wholesome instructions; six years I diligently trod the paths of academical, industrial and religious work; six years I was completely surrounded by no other environments but his. In those six years I learned something of his true worth. I learned that the closer one is connected with him the more they knew about him. I learned that the teachers knew more of him and feared him more than the students. And when I hear a man say that his work was for a selfish purpose I feel sorry for that man, and say "O, Father, forgive this man, for he knows not about what he is talking."
The life of Dr. Booker T. Washington stood for the uplift of all humanity, and the moral, intellectual, industrial and religious advancement of the colored race. His works stand as a great beneficent movement of testimony proving to the world that the world is better off as a result of his having lived in the world.
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THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Dave Long, 2343 Larimer street, is down with lagrippe.
Rev. A. E. Reynolds is seriously ill with pneumonia.
Mrs. John Lee of Elyria is numbered among the sick this week.
MASS MEETING AGAINST "T BIRTH OF A NATION," SHORT A. M. E. CHURCH, TUESDA NIGHT, DECEMBER 7.
A mass meeting under the ausp of the Colored Protective Lea Colored Citizen's League, and National Association for the Advancement
Mack Marron of 970 Navajo street, who has been suffering with pneumonia, is slowly convalescing.
Mrs. Minnie Hayes, Rev. R. L. Pope and Dr. Canty are all suffering with la gripe this week.
Mrs. Geo. W. Gross, who has been indisposed with lagripe, is able to be up to the delight of her family and friends.
Christmas ball and New Year's eve ball Friday, Dec. 31, at Fern hall. Admission 25 cents. Good music.
Robert Anderson, 2462 Tremont street, met with a serious accident Monday, by cutting three of his fingers very badly.
Mrs. Lala Johnson of 1026 Twenty-ninth street, who had an acute attack of the "grippe," is rapidly recovering.
Bert Walker, famous railroad employé, made a trip from Chicago on the Rocky Mountain Limited over the Rock Island lines.
Arapahoe Lodge No. 2938, G. U. O. of O. F., celebrated their 28th anniversary Monday night at their hall. Refreshments were served. A good time enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Maud Livingston Banks of 716 Twenty-ninth street entertained at an elaborate five-course dinner last Sunday afternoon in honor of her nephew, Mr. Howard Berry, who is a member of the Hann's Jubilee Singers. The guests consisted of other members of the company and Miss Helen Minnis.
Lance Ford is a recent arrival from Los Angeles. Mr. Ford, who studied aviation under the famous Glen Martin of the Pacific coast, has made several flights between Los Angeles and San Diego, a distance of 218 miles. He hopes to give an exhibition here in the near future.
The committees of the various organizations will meet at Nippon hall, 2045 Champa street, at 3 o'clock Sunday, Dec. 5, for the purpose of formulating plans to present to the mass meeting in connection with "The Birth of the Nation."
The "Strand" and the "Princess," two of the leading modern and up to date moving picture theatres in the West, exhibited pictures of the late Dr. Booker T. Washington and the buildings, etc., of the Tuskegee Institute during last week's show.
The pupils of Miss Belle d' Antremont has inaugurated what is known as a history musical club with Miss Cleo Hobson as president and Miss Georgia Washington as secretary. The club meets the first Saturday of each month and besides a recital, the study of some composer is taken up and of whom the pupils write a composition, the best of which is read before the club. Each month new officers are selected from the pupils of the club who attend high school.
Social dances every Monday and Thursday evenings when hall is not rented for other entertainments. Ladies' free, gents 35 cents. (Whose business?)
DR. J. H. P. WESTBROOK AP POINTED ON HOSPITAL STAFF BY MAYOR SHARPLEY.
Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook received an pointment from Mayor Sharpley as attendant on the medical staff of the County hospital to serve for the term of one year. The Colorado Statesman takes this opportunity to congratulate Dr. Westbrook, who, in his capacity as physician in Denver for a number of years, rendered the best services to the community, especially viewing the fact that this is the first appointment of its kind to a man of Color in the history of the city.
Mrs. Julia Hubbard and Mrs. Norah Drake were appointed matrons of the Woman's Public Comfort Station at the Federal building, 16th and Arapahoe street, by Commissioner Pitcher. These popular and well respected citizens of many years residence in Denver and regular taxpayers for a long time, can be relied upon for faithful services and satisfaction.
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MASS MEETING AGAINST "THE
BIRTH OF A NATION," SHORTER
A. M. E. CHURCH, TUESDAY
NIGHT, DECEMBER 7.
A mass meeting under the auspices of the Colored Protective League, Colored Citizen's League, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored people, will be held at Shorter A. M. E. church to protest vigorously against the exhibition of the moving picture, "The Birth of a Nation," on Dec. 12. The circular letter sent to our office specially requests all self-respecting men and their families, who would be protected from insult and who will join any movement to formulate plans to defend their rights, to be present. Invitation is also extended to every citizen, every minister and congregation, every secret or fratral society, every woman's club, and every other organization among us to be present and to take part. An appeal to the city commissioners, who have the power to suppress such photo plays as "The Birth of a Nation," will be made, which will entitle us to protection against denial of our civil rights and the disgraces constantly heaped upon us.
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SHILOH BAPTIST MISSION
Corner 31st and Walnut Streets, Rev
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Preaching Sunday at 11 a. m., and at 8 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Regular prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The Sunday School was well attended last Sunday. Many new names were enrolled. Sister Lala Johnson, who has been sick for more than a week, is up again and will be able to take part in the Sunday School work next Sunday. Sister Green of Oklahoma, will also assist with the Sunday School work next Sunday.
PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN.
East Twenty-third Avenue and Wash ington Streets.
Pastor: J. A. Thos-Hazell, S. T. B. Sermon topics Sunday, Dec. 5th: 11 a. m.—"Life in Eden." 5 p. m.—"Woman's Missionary Program."
The services last Thanksgiving day were all that could be desired. Every feature of the program was satisfactorily discharged. Rev. L. B. West, who happened to be in the city from his charge at Dearfield, substantially supported the services. Rev. Thos-Hazell preached the sermon from the theme, "A Summons to Praise God." The offertory was pleasing. Total contribution for the week was about $60. Mrs. Lilly Hughes very effectively read the Thanksgiving proclamation. The music was appropriately rendered for the occasion.
We desire to thank the ladies of the church and the friends for their efforts to make the Thanksgiving services as well as the other features of the day's program such a success. The attendance was not up to the average of last Sabbath, neither in the Sabbath school nor at divine services. Every one is urged to make good during the winter months with regards to their obligation along the line of Christian effort.
Three special pulpit deliveries preparatory to Christmas sermon will be preached from the pulpit of the People's church beginning tomorrow by Rev. Thos-Hazell. At 5 p. m, tomorrow a missionary program under the auspices of the Woman's Missionary Society will be observed. The ladies have specially invited Rev. L. B. West of the Union church at Dearfield to deliver the principal address. It is hoped that Brother West will see his way clear to accommodate the society. Mrs. Lizzie Stone, Mrs. Pearl Rose and others are strong factors on the program, Mrs. M. E. Morrison is president of the society. Mrs. Lucy Hall is secretary. The choir began their Christmas musical program last Friday night.
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Mr. Fred Wilson, late of 1828 Arapahoe street, departed this life Dec. 2, 1915. Resulted from pulmonary hemorrhage. Funeral notice later.
Mrs. Lelia Armstrong, beloved wife of Fred Armstrong, late of 2337 Arapahoe street, departed this life Nov. 25th. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 29, at 2 p. m. from above residence. Rev. Smith, pastor of Seventh Day Adventists, officiated. Interment Riverside.
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Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN.
The team workers of the Young Men's Christian Association are busy with their preparations for the great membership campaign which will be set in motion on Thursday, December 9th, for 500 men and 100 Boys. Meetings are held every two or three evenings to take counsel with each other, and to assist in perfecting the plans. Eight teams are preparing to invade the homes and lodging houses of Denver, and to enroll every man and every boy of association age into the membership of the branch. There will be six teams of men and two of boys, with at least ten workers on each team. These workers are all lined up under a central head, with a captain and lieutenant over each team. The workers are responsible to their captains, and the captains are all responsible to the general chairman.
The headquarters of the campaign will be in the vacant store at 2733 Welton street. There the clans will meet each night at 7 o'clock for supper, and to render their reports for the day, and for assignment of work for the following day. Already enthusiasm is running high among the rival teams, the boys being as keenly alive to the situation as the men. The names of prospective members are pouring in every day, and a stenographer and typist is kept busy tabulating them. When seen at the office of The Statesman yesterday Secretary Bell said: "I have never felt so hopeful over anything in my life as I do over this matter. We are going to put this thining over, or know the reason why. Our workers are all lined up, and the majority of them already have in mind the men who are coming in under their solicitation. Five hundred men and 100 boys—that is our goal, and we shall reach it."
MEMORIAL SERVICES IN HONOR OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
At Shorter's A. M. E. Church, Sunday, Nov. 28, 1915.
Crowded to standing room every available seat in the spacious auditorium being occupied, Shorter church presented a scene that will never be forgotten by the hundreds of people who assembled there last Sunday afternoon to pay their respects to the memory of a man who was estimated a great leader and a friend of the race and nation.
the services were held under the auspices of the Denver Ministerial Union, and began at 3 o'clock with the Rev. P. J. Price presiding in the absence from illness of the Rev. James Washington, president of the Union. Appropriate hymns were sung, followed by the reading of the Scriptures by Rev. D. E. Over and the offering of prayer. Papers were read touching on Booker Washington's life at Hampton and his loss to the nation, by Mrs. M. A. Ward and Miss Nelsine Howard, respectively. Short addresses were delivered covering the life and work and influence of the distinguished character by Messrs. J. W. Jackson, Thos. J. Bell, Attorneys W. B. Townsend, A. W. Lewis and Rev. D. E. Over, all making great impressions on the hearers. These addresses were interspersed with music by the Morrison Orchestra, vocal solos by Messrs. Y. S. Reid and Wolfskill and a violin solo by Mr. Geo. Morrison, the same adding solemnity to the services. The principal address, "Washington, the Modern Moses," delivered by Mr. Geo. Gross, was an able and fitting tribute to the honored deceased, and the comparisons drawn between the ancient and the modern Moses, embellished with all that eloquence and rhetoric could offer, supported by sterling facts, served as a panacea to hearts that were bowed in sorrow and grief-laden over the loss of this worthy and great man. Mr. Gross in the course of his address suggested a memorial in the form of a Booker T. Washington's Memorial Day which would perpetuate his name as well as a means of information to posterity of a Negro leader of his race who merited the title, "A Modern Moses." A very noticeable feature of the occasion was the presence of the alumnae of Tuskegee Institute, who sat in a group on the left side of the rostrum. After the singing of hymn, How Firm a Foundation," the Rev. R. L. Pope, pastor of the church, pronounced the benediction, and every one seemed grateful to the Ministers' Union for having successfully carried out a program which was a glowing tribute to the memory of one of America's greatest sons.
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ment officials.
* ‘Phen one of the boldest of the newspaper men told the secretary that the
velvspaper men were offended because the National Press club had not beer
eetved with samples.
= “They shall have some,” said the secretary, as he reached for his tele-
pifone and called the commissioner of fisherios.
““Thére are several hungry gentlemen in my office,” said the secretary,
“They haven't hast any breakfast, and they are flerce enough to start trouble
‘or me. The onty way I can save myself during the next week is to supply
them some of the tilofish which they are helping us to advertise. ‘They
fave been entirely overlooked in the distribution.”
‘Then there was some conversation about the demand now being larger
than the supply, and the secretary said the newspaper men must have a taste
of the fish. The fisheries commissioner thought a while, and discovered that
e could find two, of about thirty pounds apiece, and these were ordered sent
to the Press club.
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Red Men Greet Their “Heap Great White Father
se EAP GRHAT WHITE FATHER” WILSON shook hands at the White
H House the other day with five of the most gaudily bedecked Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indians who have been in these parts for years. Accompanied
“im, Lion, whose lambiike appearance did not bespeak a proper name; Rab-
hit Run-and Drain-Pretty-Good; Ikewise the interpreter, who wore modern
igthes.
“As the great white father entered his offices the red mon placed their
hands over their hearts to indicate that they had “good feelings" to everybody
and espectally to Mr. Wilson.
‘The president had never seen quite such an array of Indians and inappro-
‘oriate clothing. ‘The five native Americans wore gorgeous colored moccasins,
tong pendant carrings, high headpieces made of gayly colored turkey foath
ers, beautiful ahawls which they had great difficulty in keeping in place, vari
colored ribbons attached to all pieces of clothing, bright red ties that ftted
closely around their necks, store-bought shirts, and, in addition to all this
and many other adjuncts, they carried long pipes of peace and homemade
fanis of turkey toathers.
‘* At the main door of the executive offices the everpresent photographer
held the aggregation in suspense while he shifted slides and gave imperious
orders,
‘Then whon this was all over the red men took off their feathered head-
gear and many other trinkets, placed them in a large suitcase and put on
great wool sombreros, meandering into the streets of the city to be rub-
hered at during their stay here.
Hydrographic Office Will Fight Fogs With Oil
T° TEAR the shroud of death from the sea—to save ships and their
cargoes of human lives trom horrible disaster, is what the hydrographic
office of the navy department hopes to do with such a commonplace con-
Alm of of! keeps the cold air from coming in direct contact with the warmer
water and thus hinders the condensation of water vapor—the cause of fog.
So important is this discovery that the experts now urge that the lanes
of the great liners that travel from New York and other American ports be
protected from fog by this new use of oll
A double line of permanent oil tanks, slowly oozing oil on to the surface
of the sea, off the Newfoundland banks, would make, it is believed, one of the
most dangerous ship tracks on the high seas comparatively safe
Severe Penalties for Violations of Food Law
F UTURR violators of the federal pure-food law will face heavier penalties
than havo ever been inflicted in the past, including fines or imprisonment,
or both, if they persist along certain lines of violation of the law, and provid-
ed products have continued in unlawful business, and have “taken a flyer”
when large profits were in sight, and have felt safe in the knowledge that if
‘caught ‘bythe government inspectors of the United States bureau nf chem-
istry a mall fine would be the only penalty if the case went against them in
court.
To the suprise of men who have been engaged in the practice of violating
the pure-food law, an old federal statute has been called into play recently
and @ new era in the prosecution of unscrupulous manufacturers is promised.
‘There is on the federal statute books a law which makes {t an offense for
‘any ‘person to conspire with another to violate any existing laws of the
‘United States, This statute has been brought in to apply to persons who
have conspired to violate the pure-food law, and already {t has resulted in
nes of $3,000 each on two violators of the pure-food and drug act of 1906 :
‘and @ fing of $6,000 on another.
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Fail sentences and heavy fines are
something which violators of pure-
food and drugs law have little feared
up to the present time.
In tho past, even the most seri-
ous violations of the law have re
sulted im fines of from $10 to $100,
he law settling the maximum at $200
in the states and $300 in the District
of Columbia, A number of manu-
facturers of misbranded and adulterat-
‘ed products have continued in unlaw
when ‘large profits were in sight, and
‘caught ‘by ‘the government inspectors
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court.
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the pure-food law, an old federal stat
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Gnes of $3,000 each on two violators
snd @ fine of $6,000 on another.
book filled exclusively with recipes
for preparing the tilefish for the table
80 appetizingly that he will leap into
favor and threaten the codfish’s su-
premacy.
In lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps,
which is the biological name for the
tilefish, the government seos a new
source of marine wealth for New
England. The fish, after an absence
of thirty-three years, is returning in
great numbers to the banks near the
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trivance as a tank of oil. It is the
bellef now of the experts of the hy-
drographic office—the great govern-
ment bureau whose duty it is to safe-
guard ocean travel—that they can
save the appalling number of lives
lost in accidents at sea caused by fog,
by Uterally “pouring ofl on the trou-
bled” waters.”
‘The oil as it spreads over the
surface of the sea causes the fog to
clear away and prevents the closing
in on a ship of fog barks. The thin
ing in direct contact with the warmer
jon of water vapor—the cause of fog.
t the experts now urge that the lanes
ew York and other American ports be
of ofl.
\ks, slowly oozing oil on to the surface
, would make, it is believed, one of the
1 seas comparatively safe
Violations of Food Law
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to violate any existing laws of the
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of the pure-food and drug act of 1906
TO U.S. BORDER
AMBUSHED BY MEXICAN BANDITS
WHO DEMAND THAT WOMEN
SE GIVEN TO THEM.
FIFTY OTHER VILLA OFFICERS
COURT-MARTIALED AND SHOT.
—ARTILLERY DESTROYED.
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Douglas, Ariz—All Americans who
‘formerly resided at Hl Tigre, Sonora,
are fleeing for their lives. They lett
‘the town a few days ago and are
‘traveling over mountain trails on
horseback to the American boundary
line.
| ‘The exodus followed the report of
approaching Villa raiders, The mes-
sengers who told of the advance of
the Villistas related tales of raids on
other towns. They puinted pictures of
men and children murdered; homes
looted and burned; girls and women
slaves to the caprice of semi-barbar-
ous outlaws, In all there were about
fifty Americans in Bl Tigre, including
seven women, At first the men
planned to defend the town, but the
thought Of the fate of the women in
the event of defeat deterred them.
According to tme message received
here the leader of the raiders in-
formed the refugees that if they
would surrender che women they
would not be molested. ‘The party af-
ter routing the Mexicans made a
forced march into the mountains.
Through this section they traveled
unmolested except for attacks by an
occasional small band of outlaws,
‘Two Villa generals, Orestes Pereyra
and E, Jiminez, with fifty other off-
“cers of their command, captured after
4 battle on the Fuerte river, in So-
nora, were court-martialed and shot,
according to a telegram received
| Wednesday from Gen, Obregon at No-
gales, Villa's power now has been
completely broken, Obregon stated in
his message.
At Carbo, north of Hermosillo,
where Gen, Manuel Dieguez finally
scattered his main body, Villa de-
stroyed all his artillery.
Gen, Urbalejo, Villa's Yaqui Indian
chieftain, with his entire command ot
1,100 men, surrendered to Carranza
army officers at Carbo, 208 miles
south of here, according to a report
which reached here. ¥
U. 8. RECEIPTS GAIN $12,000,000.
November Disbursements About $3,
000,000 More Than Same Month
in 1914,
Washington.—Ordinary receipts of
the United States treasury in Novem
ber were about $12,000,000 more thar
in the same month last year, while
the increase in ordinary disbursements
for the same period was approximate:
ly $3,000,000, Most of the increase ir
receipts was in internal revenue
which totaled $24,466,700, or more
than $10,000,000 above November
1914. Customs receipts were $17,681,
218, an increase of about $750,000. The
total of ordinary receipts was about
$76,000,000, Ordinary disbursements
totaled $63,118,000, compared with $59,
840,000 last year,
Rye Flame-Swept; Loss $200,000,
Pueblo.-Two hundred thousand dol
lars damage was done when fire de
stroyed the town of Rye in the Green
horn mountaias, thirty miles west o!
Pueblo,
‘Males Vinita Ailetrtn:
London, Dec. 2.—Emperor William's
visit to Vienna, which coincided with
tlie resignation of three of the Aus
trian cabinet ministers, is the cause
of much speculation. The two events
are variously assumed to be connected
with the reported effort of Germany
to force Austria into a German zollve
roin, that is, a trade alliance, a desire
of Emperor Francis Joseph to secure
a separate peace through the interven
tion of Pope Benedict and a rumored
dispute between Austria and Bulgaria
over the division of Serbian territory.
Two Youths Accused of Burglary.
Pueblo.—W. J. Jones, 21, and
George McKenzie, 19, both residents
of Pueblo, were arrested at the re
quest of the Colorado Springs police,
who accuse them of robbing homes in
that city, Both have served time in
the reformatory for robberies,
Kansas Land Opened to Settlement
Dodge City, Kan.—Drawings for 180,
900 acres of land in the Kansas na-
tional forest reserve in Finney, Ham-
ilton, Kearney, Grant and Haskell
counties, which have been thrown
open to zettlement, began here.
Germans. Sink. Swedish Steamaiin.
London.—Sinking of the Swedish
steamship Sabrine in the North sea by
a German submarine {s reported in a
dispatch from Copenhagen, The crew
was taken to Emden. The British
steamship Kingsway has been sunk.
Her captain and twenty-one members
of the crew have been landed. A dis-
patch to Reuter's ‘Telegram Company
from Malta says: “Two lifeboats con-
taining the full crew of the British
steamer Malmiche have reached har
bor.”
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|/PERJURY IS CHARGED IN PETI.
TION FOR RECALL,
County Attorneys File Objections ta
Proposed Election in Burke
Case—Forgery is Hinted.
| Denyer.—Protest to the petitions
iseekns the recall of Judge H. P.
‘Burke and District Attorney Irving
‘Van Bradt of Sterling, presented to
‘Secretary of State Ramer in the fil-
ing of 100 affidavits, ¢ incorporate
charges of forgery and perjury in the
securing of the requisite number of
signatures.
County attorneys of the six counties
in the Thirteenth judicial district, as
well as county commissioners and
representative taxpayers, filed the ob-
jections to the proposed recall elec:
tion through their representative,
John F. Mail of Denver. Accusations
of a serious character will result in
‘the hearing of the protests before the
secretary of state, it is contended by
those opposing the recall of the offi-
cials,
Representing the taxpayers collec-
tively are the following: Newton
Koser, Washington county; J. G.
Richardson, Phillips county; Tyler D.
Heickell and J. H, Roadiger, Morgan
county; T. B. Groves, Yuma county;
J. A. Dawson, Sedgwick county, and
W. C. Harris, Logan county.
Extended and specific objections
recite that hundreds of names in the
\petitions are not sworn to and con-
tain no addresses of the signers and
that many of the signatures are not
genuine, it is alleged.
More than 800 names have been
challenged and withdrawn from the
petition asking the recall of Judge
Burke. More than 475 signers have
withdrawn their names from the
other petition.
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Will Protect Students From Fire.
An inspection of all school build
ings in the state, with a view to de-
manding a strict compliance with the
law governing protection against fire,
has been begun by Deputy Labor
Commissioner Swanson through or-
ders issued to factory and other in
spectors connected with his depart:
ment. Jurisdiction over fire-preven-
tion equipment of all buildings is
vested in the State Imbor Department
by the law creating factory inspec-
tion. Criminal prosecutions will be
brought for failure to comply with the
comimission’s order.
Four Million Trout Eggs Taken.
A new record for a “take” of brook
trout eggs has been established by S.
B. Land, superintendent of the state
hatcheries, and a crew of three’ men
who returned from Crystal lake, in
Hinsdale county. In a single day the
spawning crew took 500,000 eggs.
During the five weeks’ trip 4,000,000
eggs were taken for distribution
among the hatcheries of the state,
Capital-Labor Banauet Planned.
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A get-together banquet for capital
and labor, attended by members of
the Denver Manufacturers’ Associa-
tion and of Denver labor organiza-
tions for the purpose of aiding them-
selves and home industry by closer
acquaintanceship, is to be held ‘Thurs-
day evening, Dec. 9, under the aus-
pices of the State Industrial Cominis-
sion.
Grand Jury Probe Clears Gen. Chase.
Charges that Adjt, Gen. John Chase
used his official position for personal
profit through the sale of horses
owned by him to the Colorado Na-
tional guard during the coal strike
have been investigated by the county
grand jury and found to be ground:
less so far as the adjutant general is
concerned, according to an announce-
ment by District Attorney Rush.
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Board Probing Carey Act Projects.
‘The State Land Board has begun
an inquiry into the status of the fif-
teen Carey act projects in the state
with a view to cancelling the con-
tracts of those which offer no ctance
of ever being completed and the re-
storation to entry of such lands in
other projects as cannot be put under
irrigation.
Hunting for $80,000 In Bonds.
An investigation to determine
whether $80,000 in bonds are missing
from the estate of the late Miss Ella
Safley of Denver, who died in March,
1912, is to be made by Leslie HB. Hub-
bard, state inheritance tax appraiser.
Commissioner of Deeds Named.
George H. Carey, 59 Wall street,
New York city, was appointed by Goy-
ernor Carlson to the position of com-
missioner of deeds for Colorado in
aie Aion
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Flagler Asks Telephone Service.
‘The utilities commission has or.
dered the Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company to appear be-
fore it on Dec. 13, to answer to a pe
tition from residents of Flagler in
which telephone service is asked,
The company will also be asked to
show why It should not extend its
line from Genoa to Burlington, and
why {it should not provide service for
Bovina, Arriba, Seibert, Vona and
Stratton. The hearing will be the
first of {ts kind held by the commis.
sion.
Unfortunately, being busy does not always mean that we have accomplished useful work. Persistent hurry can lead to a mind distraction than to a state of circumstances. Perpetual bustle may count for very little in the way of achievement.
For the forcanded housewives who made hay while the sun shone or in other words put up fruit in its season, there are dainty dishes which may be prepared with but little trouble all through the winter months. The berries which have been put up without cooking, simply mixing with sugar after crunching will be first
Farina With Fruit.—Put a quart of milk on to heat, when boiling add a cupful of farina, stirring until perfectly smooth. Cook until well done, cool, add two beaten eggs, a half cupful of sugar, the grated rind of half a lemon, a teaspoonful of lemon juice and a fourth of a cupful of chopped almonds. Pour into a buttered pudding dish and bake until slightly brown. Serve hot or cold with currants, put up without cooking.
Cornstarch Pudding and Blackberries.—Take a tablespoonful and a half of cornstarch, add a half cupful of sugar and mix well, then stir in three cupfuls of rich milk, cook until well done, add a beaten egg and pour into molds. Serve with sugar, cream and blackberries, put up uncooked.
Peach Pudding—Mix together a cupful of flour, half a cupful of nut meats, a pinch of salt, two cupfuls of bread crumbs, then add three beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, a cupful of sugar and two cupfuls of peaches. Pour into well-buttered molds and steam two hours. Serve with cream
Fifteen-Minute Pudding—Take a cupful of sifted flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder, a half teaspoonful of salt and a half cupful of milk. This is usually enough, though it may be necessary to add a little more milk. Beat well and drop into buttered cups, a tablespoonful to each cup, then add a teaspoonful of sweetened, crushed fruit, juice and all (cherries are especially good), then another spoonful of the pudding mixture, and set the cups into a pan of boiling water; cover closely and let them cock for 15 minutes. Then serve with sugar and cream.
It is by the real we exist;
It is by the ideal that we live.
Would you realize the difference?
Animals exist, man lives.
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The following dishes are favorites and among them you may find the re cine for which you have
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Salmon Loaf.—To a can of salmon carefully flaked and all bones and skin removed, add a tablespoonful of lemon juice, three-fourths of a cupful of bread crumbs, three beaten eggs, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a third of a cupful of milk, a tablespoonful of butter, melted; mix well and pack in a mold, sprinkle with crumbs, add salt and pepper to season and bake 30 minutes. Serve hot.
Potato Cake.—This cake is a great favorite because of its keeping qualities. Cream a cupful of butter, add two cupfuls of sugar, and the yolks of four eggs, well beaten; then add a cupful of cold mashed potato, beat well; then add a half cupful of milk, two cupfuls of flour, sifted, with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one and a half teaspoonfuls of cloves, a half cupful of grated chocolate; mix well, then add two cupfuls of broken walnut meats, a teaspoonful of vanilla; then fold in the beaten whites, add a pinch of salt and bake in a shallow pan for 50 minutes.
Boston Brown Bread.—Mix three-fourths of a cupful each of cornmeal, graham and wheat flour, a teaspoonful and a half of salt, a tablespoonful of soda; mix all together and then add a cupful of buttermilk, a cupful of molasses and then another cupful of sour or buttermilk. This makes two loaves, steam for eight hours. The long steaming adds flavor as well as richness of color.
Sweet Potato and Oyster Croquettes.—To two cupfuls of mashed sweet potato add one cupful of oysters, cut in pieces; one cupful of sweet milk. Stir in two well beaten eggs, one teaspoonful of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne. Form into balls, roll in beaten egg, then crumbs and fry in deep fat.
Distinction Is Van Buren's.
The first president born in the United States after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the establishment of national unity was Martin Van Buren, who was born in the state of New York in 1782
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It is doing some service to humanity to amuse innocently. They know but little of society who think we can bear to be always employed, either in duties or meditation, with put relaxation.—H. More.
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other words put up fruit in its season, there are dainty dishes which may be prepared with but little trouble all through the winter months. The berries which have been put up without cooking, simply mixing with sugar after crushing, will be just those
Salmon Loaf.—To a can of salmon carefully flaked and all bones and skin removed, add a tablespoonful of lemon juice, three-fourths of a cupful of bread crumbs,
Christmas Gift Ideas for Boys and Girls BY A. NEELY HALL (Copyright by A. Neely Heil)
THE gifts illustrated below have been designed along very simple lines with the idea of providing articles that can be constructed easily with the tools almost every boy owns.
The spool rack shown in Fig. 1 may be made out of a boxboard three-eighths inch thick. The base piece should be cut about $4\frac{1}{2}$ inches wide and 6 inches long, with the top edge
1. SPOOL-RACK
1916 JANUARY 1916
2. CALENDAR BOARD-
beveled off all around as shown. Lacking a plane, the beveling can be done by rubbing the edge with sandpaper. The two upright pieces should measure about 3 inches wide and 3 inches high. Cut the sides and top of these on a slant as shown, being careful to get opposite edges equal. If you find it too hard to cut the edges slanted in this way you may leave them straight and possibly round off the top corners instead. After preparing the upright pieces bore a hole through each three fourths inch below the top and large enough for a nail $4\frac{1}{2}$ inches long to slip through. If you haven't a glimlet with which to bore, make the holes by driving a nail through the pieces. The nail forms a spindle for the thread spool to turn upon. Fasten the uprights at the edges of the base block with nails driven through the base into their ends.
The size to make the little calendar board shown in Fig. 2 depends upon
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the size of the calendar pad you can get. Various sizes of calendar pads are sold in the stationery stores, and cost two or three cents apiece. When you get the calendar place it upon a piece of wood and mark out around it a design similar to that shown in Fig. 2. A piece of cigar box wood makes a very pretty board, and this wood is easily cut with a sharp knife. Fasten the calendar to the board with small tacks and screw a screw eye into the top edge of the board to hang up the calendar by.
The whisk-broom holder shown in Fig. 4 is made of six easily cut strips (Fig. 3). Cigar-box wood will do nicely. Make strips A and B $1 \frac{1}{2}$ inches wide by 4 inches long, C three-fourths inch wide by $4 \frac{1}{2}$ inches long, D $1 \frac{1}{4}$ inches wide by the length of C, and E and F of the same size as C. Nail strips C, D, E and F to the edges of strips A and B, with C, E and F even with the ends of A and B, and the lower edge of D even with the lower edge of C Allow the ends of the strips to project as shown. Screw a small screweye into the center of the top edge of strip D, by which to hang up the rack Stain each gift with one of the modern stain finishes sold in paint stores, or, where you have used cigar-box wood, simply rub up the surfaces with boiled linseed oil
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THE shops are full of pretty cretonne-covered articles for a girl's room, and so simple are most of these to make that any girl who works carefully can easily duplicate them for acceptable Christmas gifts for her young friends. First of all, there is a sewing box. The proportions may be whatever you wish. If you don't find a box of the right size at home you can probably get it at the grocery store.
The sewing box in Fig. 1 has legs made of strips 2 inches wide, 1 inch thick, and from 14 to 20 inches long, according to the height that you want to have the box. Fourteen or 15 inches is right if you wish to use the box as a bench to sit on.
The cover of the sewing box should be wide enough and long enough to project $ \frac{3}{4} $ of an inch over the sides
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all around. Therefore you must use the cover boards from a larger box. Nail a pair of wooden strips across them to hold them together (Fig. 3). These strips can be placed upon the under side of the boards in such a position that they will keep the cover from slipping from side to side, and from end to end, when it is placed upon the sewing box. By making the cover to lift off, you will save yourself the trouble of putting on hinges.
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Perhaps you can buy a large enough remnant in cretonne for your sewing box. The care with which you put on this covering material will determine whether or not the box will be a success. As a grocery box is more or less rough, and its boards are uneven, it is best to cover the wood with some other cloth, first, for a foundation for the cretonne. Stretch the cretonne over each surface neatly, and use gimp
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tacks for fastening it. Line the inside of the box with plain-colored cambric. Fig. 4 suggests how the inside may be divided off with cloth partitions.
In the sewing box illustrated in Fig. 5 we have something of more elaborate form, though it is no more difficult to make. Fig. 6 shows how the frame is built of two upright strips nailed to one side of the box, and two crosspieces nailed to the uprights. The frame need not be higher than a chair back. Fig. 7 shows the box cover boards fastened together with crosspieces.
Put on the cretonne covering in the same way as directed for the other
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box. Fig. 5 shows how the frame is covered, with a solid piece tacked over the back, and its edges brought around over the front of the framework strips. Make pockets out of extra pieces of cretonne, to hold unfinished work, patterns, and notions; and form a heading in the pocket edges through which to run elastic. (Copyright, by A. Neely Hall.)
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Tempting Neckwear for the Holidays
THE FILM OF "THE LADY OF THE RING"
Coats for either day or evening wear must be carefully designed to fit into the scheme of things, which varies with the order of the day.
Two conservative models of coats which are suited to any dress occasion are pictured here. Taking them as a guide, the individual may supply details which will emphasize the ex-cremer modes in collars and sleeves and trimmings. The designs as shown are elegant and not too difficult for the faithful copyist.
The straight-hanging coat of ivory-white chiffon broadcloth has a wide boxplait across the back, which makes a folded panel from neck to hem. A narrower plait is laid at each side of it and is stitched down to the belt line. There is a wide collar of marten fur which may be turned high up about the neck, and bands of the same fur finish the cuffs. A cleverly designed belt effect is achieved by setting the side pieces of the coat-skirt in at the waist line, which is long and defined by a piping of black satin. This gives a flare to the skirt. The upper edge of the belt is pointed and piped with satin, and the body is made full at the front, fastening a little to one side.
Tempting Neckwear
The latest neckwear pieces, antic
pating the holiday demand, are among
the most tempting things displayed
in the shops. Crepe geogette, as
well as organdie and batiste, has been
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and fine voile is exploited in this best
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decoration for them.
Hemstitching, featherstitching
groups of tiny tucks, and smocking
are charmingly in keeping with the
fine fabrics used. Narrow knife pla
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and cuffs. Much of the needlework
is done by hand, but hemstitched edges
or lines are usually machine made and
enter into the composition of nearly
all neckpieces.
When laces are used, very narrow pluny, crocheted laces and tatting provide the best choice, but the plainer finishes seem to be preferred
Two pretty examples of neckpieces are pictured above. A small sailor dollar is set on a narrow straight
A coat cut on somewhat similar lines is shown in the second picture. It might be made of broadcloth, of heavy jersey cloth, or any of the fabrics mentioned as suited to coats that must be graceful and not too weighty. Two features of this model bespeak for it special consideration. They are the collar and the belt, both very novel and practical. The collar is convertible, but when turned up does not extend entirely across the front of the neck, an item that will be appreciated by the short-necked wearer. The belt of the fabric does not extend across the back, but overlaps a band of satin, which joins the full skirt to the shaped body.
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