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THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO AND NEW MEXICO Bearing Our Burden VOL. XX11. Bearing' (Editorial from the Freeman April 8) One of the best signs of the increasing manhood of a people is when they begin to shoulder their own burdens. This is particularly true in our case. And we, our race are developing so beautifully in all respects along this line that the rarest pessimist ought to feel buoyed up at the prospects for days of greater things. It is consoling to see this expansion of race conscience and consciousness. We will be better understood when we say there was a time, and not so long since, when we were like broken reeds, when it came to looking after the greater needs of the race. A few days ago there was a great fire in the city of Nashville, Teun. Our people suffered largely, something like 250 of them being made destitute owing to the flames' ravages. Had this happened thirty years ago the charred section would have remained as a blighted field for many a day unless the white people would have taken the initiative in the matter The Nashville Negro Board of Trade responded to the call of the destitute and in a short while raised a sufficient sum to re establish 128 of them in their homes—furnished with new surroundings. We take the liberty to say that the Negro Board of Trade made a good impress on the charitably disposed white people of Nashville. The commercial club and the charitably disposed white people of Nashville. The commercial club and the charity commission without hesitation placed their $20,000 relief fund at the disposal of the Negroes, thus assuring the care for the others who were rendered homeless. One can readily see here the demonstration of that Biblical proposition which says, ye reap as ye sow. If we sow to the winds we, without doubt, will reap a whirl wind. Many a man has discovered that awful truth when it was too late. The Negro Board of Trade made good their opportunity, and the response was immediate. It is not always immediate, but certain enough to insure the rule, that a manifold harvest follows the effort in the right direction. Here is not only shown the beautiful things of self help, on which that fine old Englisman, Samuel Smiles, discoursed so eloquently many years ago, but the kindly sympathy engendered making for an ideal racial situation. We imagine that the saintly, civic, Washington, our Booker, would have declared the event the culmination of race hope in America. Nothing could be better, more salutary, than the equal duties, yet equal as measured by the circumstances. Happy Nashville, we feel to say owing to the incident! The incident is insignificant one may say. It is so in itself. But it means so much of the mind and heart of the members of those organizations were aflame for the work—for the giving. It means that the Negroes of that community can feel that they are not undesirable citizens' It means that, perhaps, the social perplexity of that community has reached its crux, where it expires in the interest of a better commercial relationship. This carries with it the thought of the banishment of any idea of further discriminatory legislation, permitting what good may accrue to each under the one law. Notes On Racial Progress Compiled by the National Negro Business League Mrs. C. J. Bolden of Newport News, Virginia, has been appointed Health Inspector for the colored schools of that city. Mrs. Bolden is an experienced trained nurse. The Local Negro Business Legue of St Louis is conducting a vigorous campaign for one hundred new members. Mr. W. C. Gordon is the president. The colored merchants of Memphis, Tennessee, are planning a "get-together" campaign some what similar to the campaigns recently conducted in Atlanta, Ga, and Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Maria L. Cooper, of Philadelphia, who for thirty-one years has been janitress of the Drexel Bank Building, has been pensioned for her long and faithful service. Mrs. Cooper is eighty-two years of age. The New Era Magazine has made its appearance. This magazine is published in Boston and its physical appearance and contents are both attractive. Miss Pauline E. Hopkins, formerly of the Colored American Magazine, is the editor. The New York Age is conducting a campaign of investigation in State Hist & Nat Hist Society State House ADC E JOURNAL G, MONTAN DENVER COLORADO DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. APRIL 22, 1916 New York to ascertain the number and character of Negro business enterprises and to discover some method whereby these merchants may secure a larger portion of Negro patronage. The committee on recreation and amusement of the Social Service and Civic Improvement League of Wilmington, North Carolina, is securing a number of play-grounds for the colored children. They have purchased a coaster-slide, ocean-wave, merry go-round and other amusements for the children. World Writer Tells About Negro Troops The correspondent of the New York World, accompanying the United States troops in Mexico, writes the World on April 8, concerning the battle on April 1, engaged in by a detachment of the Tenth Calvary, near the village of Aquascalientes at San Antonio Canyon. Concerning the Negro troopers the correspondent, B. C. Utecht, writes as follows: Following the battle at Guerrero, in which forty-six Vibistas were shot down, fifty others being found later buried at Bachineva, the American troops pursued relentlessly, and last Saturday part of Tenth Cavalry under Col William C. Brown came upon a large body of the enemy near the village of Aquascalientes at San Antonio Canyon. Here the Mexicans thought they were safe, as their hiding place was well chosen and almost impossible of discovery. The American attack, as at Guerrero, came as a surprise, but this time there was no Mexican spy to give waru- EXPLANATION OF THE BALLOT. On Tuesday, May 9, the electors of a choice of one of three Amendments. One proposes a change of our present election for officers, while the other to officers at the same election. Voters, advised to understand clearly what they offer this explanation so that they applications for themselves. Each amendment will have two count a full vote, a voter must vote f against the three amendments; but if On Tuesday, May 9, the electors of this city will be called upon to make a choice of one of three Amendments proposing a new charter for Denver. One proposes a change of our present government to be followed by another election for officers, while the other two name candidates for the principal officers at the same election. Voters, especially the people of our race, are advised to understand clearly what they are going to do, and for this reason we offer this explanation so that they may not be confounded or make complications for themselves. Each amendment will have two divisions—"For" and "Against." To count a full vote, a voter must vote for one and against the other two, or against the three amendments; but if the voter places his X for one amendment and is indifferent, letting the others go, then in the final count it would only be a part of a vote. It must also be understood, that in this election there is no provision for preferential voting, that is, the question before the electors is the amendments, so that you cannot vote for an amendment and scratch a candidate—the vote for any amendment being for all the names connected therewith. The law is very clear on the subject, and voters should not allow themselves to be deceived. The successful amendment does not require a clear majority of the votes cast, but it must have more "for" than "against," and in addition the largest number of "for" cast for any of the three amendments. We urge, therefore, the necessity of getting sample ballots and studying them carefully so that no influence will deter you from going aside from that which is made up in your mind. Let your vote be a whole number and not fractional by voting for one and against two of the amendments. Mexicans were lolling in the grass, eating or sleeping, as it was noon, when Mexicans dislike to be on the move. Their horses were grazing nearby and the Mexicans did not know of the proximity of the Americans until the first crack of a rifle. Then they leaped for their horses and again there was a short running fight. The shots of the Americans told every time, while the Vulistas failed to inflict any losses of consequence, according to reports. Vulia's losses are reported to have been more than thirty. The remainder of the band is still being pursued into the canyons. The Tenth Cavalry is composed of Negro troops, and the battle on April 1 was the first time Negro soldiers had ever fought against Mexicans. The Negro is held in high respect in the army, for he is known as an abe fighter and keeps well disciplined. Just a few days before Col. Brown's fight, I heard Gen. Pershing discussing the Negro soldiers. "They are among the greatest fighters in the world," he said. "They are a hardy lot and love the game." I have seen these Negro soldiers march all day in high spirits, humming songs together. I have never heard them complain. They keep their camp in neat ord r which means much work, and after evening mess they gather around he fires for songs, card games and stories. I saw these Negroes day after day doing these things, and they went into battle just the same,way, light heartedly, yet determined to make good records and please their officers. It mattered not to them whether it was a battle, card game or a frolic, the job must be a good one, and a good one they made it. RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Washington, April 10 — Constitutionality of race segregation ordinances was argued today before the Supreme court in a case involving the validity of the Louisville, Ky, regulation making it unlawful for any Negro to occupy a residence in any block in which a great number of houses are occupied by white folk, and unlawful for a white person to occupy a residence in a Negro block. The State Department has granted a furlough to Secretary Bundy of the American Legation at Monrovia, Liberia, and the United States cruiser Birmingham is bringing the secretary and his wife to this country. This is an unusual honor which the government is paying Secretary Bundy, who is having the first relief from duty in four years. Capt. Walter H. Loving, for fifteen years bandmaster of the Philippine Constabulary Band, has been retired because of physical disability. In accordance with army regulations, he retires with the next highest rank, that of major. Major Loving will reside in the West, but will probably pay a visit to his old home, Washington, D. C. The colored merchants of Nashville, Tennessee, have set a splendid example in cooperative advertising. The merchants participating in the Spring Trade Week campaign have purchased the entire back page of the Globe and this page carries the advertisements of these merchants together with a strong appeal to the colored people to take part in the celebration. Harry Fiddler, of the team of Fiddler & Shelton, is making continual progress in his work. His latest step was to secure wigs which would enable him to present imitations of the late Dr. Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Treedore Roosevelt and Wm. H. Tatt. The wigs alone would hardly be sufficient, but Mr. Fiddler's wond rfully mobile face changes its expression with each wig donned, the result being an almost lifelike representation of the noted characters. These representations will be given in the new act now being arranged by Fiddler & Shelton. Washington, D. C, April 12. Washington, the Nation's Capitol, is going to have the "Birth of a NO 36 Nation" thrust upon it during Easter week. It is planned that the production be shown at the National theatre. Those who have studied the situation here have concluded that there must be abreach of the peace when the play attempts to show. Spokesm n have been forward, but unsuccessfully, from various associations to secure a hearing before the District Commissioners They have be en referred to the Corporation Counsel, Mr, Conrad Syme, and to the Superintendent of Police, Mr Raymond Pullman, but have received small cheer from either of these officials The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Committee has practically been turned down Through the influence of several western senators, the commissioners have promised to others a hearing as soon as it is sure that the play is to be shown. Atlantic City, N. J., April 10 With the introduction to the City Commission of an ordinance providing for the erection of a new fire station on property now owned by the city at Kentucky and Mediterranean avenues, Director of Public Safety Bartlett yesterday gave the first intimation of the adoption of a policy for the administration of the administration of the Fire Department that will include the appointment of colored men. The ordinance, which made no mention of the cost of the proposed station, passed first reading. While the erection of a fire station in the colored section of the city had long been contemplated and regarded as necessary, Director Bartlett's action yesterday came as a surprise. No previous intimation that immediate steps would be taken to this end had been given. Last night Director Bartlett admitted that the proposed station will be manned by colored firemen. Up to this time no colored man has ever been appointed to the Fire Department. While there has been no State or civic obstacle to appointment of colored men, the policy heretofore has been to exclude them. Although plans and specifications for the new building have not yet been drafted Director Bartlett stated that it is his opinion the work will necessitate an expenditure of about $15,0.0. If the plan is endorsed by the Commission, bonds will be issued to provide for the cost. The station will be devoted entirely to horse drawn chemical apparatus that has been superseded in the other fire stations by motor equipment. CONDENSATION OF FRESH NEWS ——_ (ae —— ‘COLORADO | STATESMAN THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS: PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT, CRISP PARAGRAPHS. SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND FOREIGN LANDS. AZ SLRS BabA Es BLN | |The Mouth-Piece | -of the People of Colorado and the ° | | Entire West _ | ——————— ; | | , x RELIABLE chronicle | of their doings and | . progress; a faithful mirror | ; of their wants, their hopes, | their best aspirations. | } elses | THE | , - COLORADO | : ; STATESMAN | AAA : } Unequaled as an advertising © : medium for the business : of professional men and | women. : . eee . ‘ » An excellent family journal | ; speaking to and for many | | thousand colored citizens. : cece ; TWODOLLARS A YEAR 7 (ae ‘ ; THE CREAT ORGAN | | Western Newspaper Union News Service. Sa eee pee he eee Italians take Austrian trenches in Sugana valley and Carso region. The Norwegian steamer Repelera Was sunk, Her crew was rescued. British gain further ground along Tigris river in effort to relieve Kut- BL-Amara. French redouble airship activity, shelling many German positions from aeroplanes, Germans reported driven back with loss of large quantity of war mater- jals in Galicia by Russians. Austrian troops storm Italian posi- tion at Mrzlivrh but are forced to evacuate position south of Sperone. Italians destroy Austrian position on top of the Col di Lana, while Aus- trians rout foe from advanced posts in the Sugana valley. Russians capture Trebizond, most important port on the Black sea, after long campaign, and push drive to iso- late Turkish forces in Mesopotamia ‘The German losses since the begin- ning of the war are placed at 2,730,- 916, according to figures which are taken from lists prepared by several London newspapers. “The French lave captured the submarine which torpedoed the Sus- sex and have made prisoners the cap- tain and crew,” says the London Daily Mail. Operations at Verdun impeded by the weather, but both Paris and Ber- lin report heavy bombardments, while Germans claim capture of 1,646 men ‘nd 46 officers in infantry attack, Gen. Funston is sending to Gen. Pershing more than 2,000 additional troops and there is reason to believe that even more will be placed at his disposal if the campaign against Villa ts continued. The sinking of a neutral ship and a British steamship was reported by Lloyds. The Norwegian ship Glen- doon was sunk by gunfire. Me lost British steamship was thé HaFfovian, vhich was unarmed, Francisco Villa is dead and his body, disinterred some days after his burial, is in possession of Carranzista troops, according to a series of tele- graphic messages received at Juarez Sunday by Mexican officials, WESTERN George W. Peck, former governor of Wisconsin and author of “Peck’s Bad Boy,” died in Milwaukee, Gen. Bell, reporting from El Paso to Gen. Funston, gave it as his opin ion after as thorough an investigation as he could make that the report of Villa’s death had been manufactured in Juarez. According to announcement made at Grand Rapids, Mich, typhus germs have been found in the blood of Mrs. Arthur Warren Waite, wife of the dentist awaiting trial In New York for the murder of his father-in-law, John E. Peck of Grand Rapids. Mrs Waite has gone to a sanitarium for treatment. Her condition is not con sidered serious. It is expected that three governors will be present at the festivities at- tendant upon the official opening of the new Wolf Creek highway from the San Luis valley to Pagosa Springs and Durango some time early in July. Governor Carlson has promised to attend the celebration, and Gov. ernor McDonald of New Mexico and Governor Hunt of Arizona have been invited, and it is believed they will attend. WASHINGTON President Wilson, speaking before the Daughters of the American Revo- tution, declared that the only excuse ror the United States ever to figh! would be in the cause of humanity. The German embassy demanded of the State Department the immediate return of papers and documents seized by agents of the department of justice in New York from the of fice formerly occupied by Capt. Franz von Papen, the recalled military at tache of the embassy. At the same time the embassy requested the re- lease of Wolf von Igel, Von Papen’s former secretary, arrested by the au: thorities in New York on an indict- tient charging conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal. An army re-organization bill that will produce regular army and reserve military forces in the United States uggregating a million men was passed by the Senate without a record vote. It Is a substitute for the Hay bill, passed by the House, and the differ- ences will be worked out in confer- ence. ihe mAcitninttatties ja’ <aieleenn, FOREIGN Phone Champa 2211 Fish & Oyster Co. Denver's Only Exclusive Fish and Oyster House Fresh Fish, Oysters, Salt, Smoked, Dried and Canned Fish Poultry and Game of All Kinds 828 Fifteenth Street | Denver, Colo. Rumania has re-established = com- mercial relations with Germany and Austria. : ‘ James A, Allan, formerly one of the chief partners of the Allan steam- ship line, died in Glasgow. The Rumanian chamber has adopted a bill authorizing the govern- ment to float an interior loan of 150,000,000 francs, American peckers reached agree- ment with England whereby latter will regulate all meat shipments of neutral countries. According to reports recelved at Alexandria, Egypt, 400,000 persons in Jerusalem are receiving daily rations from the American relief fund. ‘The Panama canal was re-opened to traffic with the passage of sixteen ships, seven northbound and nine southbound, including the transport Buford. The foreign office of Chang-Chow- Fu, Fukien, reports thirty-two sol- diers of the northern army and up- ward of forty civilians not belonging in that locality have been killed by a mob. According to a dispatch to Lloyd's the Russian bark Schwanden, which left Greenock, Scotland, March 23, for Mobile, Ala., has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The crew was saved. A statement issued by the German admiralty under date of April 12 says that in the month of March, eighty trading vessels belonging to hostile countries with an aggregate tonnage of 207,000 were sunk by German sub- marines or by mines. In view of doubt existing in France as to the accuracy of German esti- mates of the number of French taken prisoners in the battle around Ver- dun, Germany will publish the names of approximately 40,000 prisoners tak- en in the Meuse district and also the names of all Frenchmen made prix oners in this war, It was a force of Carranza’s soldiers who engaged the little detachment of American cavalry at Parral on the 12th in a regularly organized action, according to a detailed report written by Maj. Frank Tompkins and for- warded to Gen. Funston by Gen. Per- shing. Forty of the Mexican soldiers, including one major and one civilian, were killed by the retreating Ameri cans, The American casualties were two killed and six wounded, including Maj. Tompkins, His wound was elight. ‘On SHI RLEY, Pres. te J. 0. HAMPSON, Vico ea PAUL J. SHIRLEY, Seo. and Treas. THE ATLAS DRUG CO. Courteous Treatmet. Right Prices Leaders in Prescription Btore No. 1. 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Captain Black said his earlier decision not to number was “hasty.” Twelve thoroughbred horses that were frequently winners in the big French classics have arrived in New York on the Atlantic liner Korea and will be entered in American events this summer, Several are steeple chasers, Harry Coveleskie refused to pitch against his “kid” brother when it came time to start the Detroit-Cleve- land game at Cleveland, saying he did not want to try to defeat Stanley in his first big leogue appearance. Cun- ningham went to the mound for De- troit. Stanley struck out Cobb in the first inning and Harry congratulated him as he walked to the bench, PHONE MAIN 3028 RES. PHONE GALLUP 43 JOHN K. RETTIG Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries 1864 CURTIS STREET “ne Dorner Nineteenth, z a = Denver, Colo, C. E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1608 Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oysters. Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15th Street Denver, Colorado Announcement of a wage increase affecting nearly 20,000 cotton mill operatives was made at Lowell, Mass. Governor Clarke of Iowa issued a proclamation providing for submitting to the voters of the state the consti- tutional amendment providing for woman suffrage at the primary elec- tion June 5, 1916. Barly returns indicate that G. M. Hitchcock defeated I. J. Dunn for United States senator and that Keith Neville won the nomination for gov- ernor over Charles W. Bryan in the Nebraska primary election, Walter Daley, 21, who recently confessed” at Laramie, Wyo., to hay- ing been implicated in the holdup of an Oregon Short Line train near Roy, Utah, March 25, completely repudi ated his original story and has been released by both county and _post- office officials, Gen, Pershing reported to head. quarters at San Antonio that a motor truck train carrying aeroplanes was attacked by forty bandits, fifteen miles north of Satevo, The Mexi- cans were driven off and one of their number was killed. Gen, Pershing was with the motor truck train at the time of the attack. There were no American losses. rnest Schiller, alias Clarence R. Hudson, who forcibly took possession of the British steamer Matoppo off Sandy Hook on March 29, terrorized the crew and compelled the captain to change the ship's course, was sen tenced to Hfe imprisonment in the United States District Court at Wil mington, Del. Inspector Faurot of New York be gan an investigation of the story told by Edward Glennoris, Rhode Isl and state prison convict, that he helped to bury the body of Dorothy Arnold, missing New York heiress, Weatherhead Hat Co. TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 te BS ahh <_ibs Established 1876 FIONEER HATTERS OF THE WEST WE MAKE OLD HATS NEW PRACTICAL HATTERS RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Of Gents’ and Ladies’ Hats of Every Description. 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS With the view to making useful and better citizens the entire school forces of the Tuskegee institute are laboring vigorously, and the result will certainly reflect credit on the country conditions. Warren Logan, acting principal, has proved himself equal to the emergency and perfect co-operation prevails among the teachers. The wife and brother of Booker Washington are actively in the work, and their services and kindly touch are noticed in every department. From Tuskegee to the rural schools is spreading the growth of home improvement, and marks of a greater civilization is evidenced in the schoolrooms for miles around, and in many counties of the state; in fact, with the Rosenwald fund in circulation for school buildings, there have been built many civic centers for the farm neighborhood. These schools have inaugurated an alternate system of work and study, hence the kitchen, the garden, barnyard and home are the annex to the schoolhouse, and here the teacher lives. There were many white guests for this occasion, among them Doctor Hyde of Auburn, who gave a most helpful lecture on sanitary conditions in farm homes, and also in towns and cities, and told of the danger to health of the fly. He told of the danger to children, especially, and the death rate of 6,000 children under two years old in the last 12 months, he thought traceable to insanitary treatment. Also of the 4,000 cases of tuberculosis, of typhoid fever, and of pellagra, and the enormous death rate from preventable diseases. Doctor Holberger of the United States Marine hospital service told of the cause and treatment of pellagra. One statement he made will set many minds at ease. He says it is "no more contagious than an ingrowing toe nail." Also he stated that it was more a condition from lack of proper food and that the disease had never been cured by medicine. After a close study of conditions and scientific analysis, he finds a diet of simple food and a plenty of it, composed especially of good, lean meat, peas, cornbread, with plenty of milk taken regularly will cure almost invariably any case. Of course, sanitary conditions make conditions worse or better. These two lectures were delivered in such simple language, yet were so forceful, that every man and woman present received a valuable lesson. If nothing more had been said, they were worth the cost of transportation. These diseases are very prevalent among the Negroes. The schools, the industries, the lectures were all full of interest, but there was a great human interest on my mind—that is, how closely these students were linked with the history of a wonderful past. They are the descendants of old colored families we have, many, known before, and among the teachers many were from Virginia and the Carolinas who have been in touch with the old families and their traditions. Your editorial on the editorial of W. E. B. du Bois on Booker T. Washington is very suggestive and forceful. Chicago is as caste bound in social decorum as Mississippi, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Post. Some years ago a Negro, a graduate of Fisk university and of Oberlin college, visited me while on his way to Zululand as a missionary. In com- Bishop Branston opened the fifty-third annual session of the Washington conference, in Leigh street Methodist Episcopal church at Richmond, Va. Rev. J. B. Hingeley, D. D., of Chicago, led in prayer. The bishop addressed the conference and administered the Holy Communion, assisted by the district superintendents. Rev. S. H. Norwood called the conference roll of membership. Rev. G. D. Johnson, Moses Opher and J. H. Tucker were reported as having died during the conference year. Rev S. H. Norwood was elected secretary; Rev. W. S. Jackson, statistician, and Rev. M. W. Clair, treasurer. Welcome addresses were delivered by Mayor Anglie, Dr. W. T. Johnson of the Baptist church, and Rev. Dr. S. S. Morris of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Doctor Widerman of Baltimore and Lev. J. B. Hingeley of Chicago made addresses. A check from the Book Concern for $2.736 was presented for conference claimants. Sheep used as beasts of burden in northern India carry loads of 20 pounds. The plum, which was among the earliest of fruits to be cultivated and was raised when Thebes, Memphis and Damascus were in their glory, also grows wild in Asta, America and southern Europe. A portable but very powerful hydraulic press has been invented for bending large pipes to any desired curve without injury. The uses of whale oil are more numerous at the present time than ever before. pany with him I tried to obtain service at a restaurant and we were refused. We tried the barber shops, and were denied a shave. Together we then went to a number of hotels with similar experiences. Booker T. Washington unquestionably did the greatest work for the Negro, in the South, in the three R's and for industrial education—"the bond of politics and the deeper foundations of human training." In January, 1907, I was at Minster City, 125 miles south of Memphis. There I met a presiding elder, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, who told me the following story. I vouch for him as a man of truth. "My friend," he said, "you in the North do not understand Booker T. Washington as we understand him here in the South. Some months ago, by invitation, I sat on the platform at the Normal school at Tuskegee, and made an address to the students present—some 400 in number. I noticed that there was not a coal-black or full-blooded Negro among the students, and I asked Mr. Washington for the reason. He replied: "I have found that the full-blooded or pure Negroes do not advance beyond a certain point in their education. I have, by experience, tested and proven that only Negroes who have white blood in their veins comprehend the higher mathematics and sciences, and are the only ones who can become abstruse metaphysical thinkers. So I diplomatically guide the others into other channels of education." These facts may explain some things not generally understood in the educational system of the late Booker T. Washington. Assuming that the basis of what is termed national music is found in folk-song, it may be urged that American music, so far as it is peculiarly American, is based on Negro melodies. This finds support, for example, in Dvorak's "Symphony From the New York World," which abounds in melodies strikingly suggestive of our plantation tunes. True, it is contended that none of these melodies is to be found in Negro music, in the form in which Dvorak wrote them, but the influence of the plantation song is apparent. Of Indian music, as it survives to us, there is much to be said, but the scope of Negro folk-song is of more immediate importance, since its effect is more widely felt. But the Negro is not confined in music to melodies crooned in the field or wailed in meetings or chanted on decks. The musician is becoming less essentially Negro, and more widely musical. In other words, here and there Negroes are writing music; not merely repeating traditional tunes from generation to generation, but composing music that has no racial qualities to set it apart. In churches all over the English-speaking world, choirs are singing the works of Coleridge-Taylor, a Negro whose death a few years ago was regretted by all the world of music, and choral societies are singing his beautiful setting of "Hiwatha." And only last week, Amato, the great Italian baritone, sang in a concert in New York a song of warring Italy, which was composed by Harry G. Burleigh, a modern American Negro, whose music has been played in Richmond frequently, notably by that remarkable Negro organization, the Clef Club orchestra. The first American ancestor of Major Moton, the newly-elected principal of Tuskegee, was brought from the West Coast of Africa in 1735 and was the son of the chief of a powerful tribe. He had been entrusted by his father with a dozen or more slaves, captured in battle from a neighboring tribe, and he brought them down to the coast to sell to the American slave traders. The young African chief delivered these men to the captain of the ship and received his pay in trinkets. He was then asked to go out to see this wonderful sailing vessel. After he had inspected the ship, he was asked by the captain to dine. He said that they gave him some nice things to drink, all of which he enjoyed so much that he fell asleep. When he awoke he was chained to one of the creatures he himself had sold, and the vessel was headed toward the United States.—World's Work. The Paris board of health has forbidden the sale and use of hair lotions containing tetra-chloride of carbon as dangerous to the heart, head and stomach. The tortuous Alaskan coast has so many indentations and promontories that its actual length is greater than that of the United States seaboard proper, all told more than 26,000 miles. A remarkable photograph of the trail of a meteor in flight recently was made by an English soldier in India. The British meteorological office has established a station for furnishing weather information and forecasts to aviators and aeronauts. WILSONWARNING SENTTOGERMANY ULTIMATUM IS TO BACK DOWN ON U-BOAT WARFARE OR BREAK WITH U. S. ENVOY SAYSPACIFY U.S. DETACHMENTS OF MARINES ARE SENT FROM BROOKLYN TO TUCKERTON STATION. New York, April 20.—Large detachments of marines were sent from the Brooklyn navy yard to Sayville, L. L. and Tuckerton, N. J., under secret orders. It is said the War Department intends to seize the German wireless. Washington, April 20.—President Wilson's final warning to Germany that the United States will break off diplomatic relations unless she abandons her present methods of submarine warfare, and immediately declares her intention to do so, was delivered in a note to Berlin, and also was announced by the President in an address to a joint session of Congress. The President considers that the next step depends solely upon Germany, and that three or four days constitute a reasonable time for a reply. Diplomatic history records only one instance where a breaking of relations between two first-class powers has not brought war—that which now exists between Germany and Italy. Congress received the President's declaration of his course with mixed evidences of concern and approbation. Most of the leaders, Democrat and Republican, thought the President hardly could do less, and some expressed the opinion that his action would not lead to war. Republican Leader Mann alone of all the opposition leaders openly attacked the President for his stand. Bernstorff Cables Berlin. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, sent to Berlin a long dispatch interpreting the situation in Washington and making certain recommendations. He is understood to have advised his government that he believed the United States meant just what it said in its submarine note, and that something would have to be done quickly if friendly relations were to continue. The press of America is divided in its opinion of President Wilson's address to Congress, explaining the ultimatum to Germany. Some view it as solely due to the President's alleged pro-British sympathy, while others see it in the "logical conclusion of strained relations, after the limit of patience had been reached." French Repel Three Teuton Attacks. Paris, April 20.—French troops repulsed three German attacks on trenches at Les Eparges, latter suffering heavily. Heavy artillery bombardments reported near Verdun, and the Germans capture a stone quarry near Haudremont at the point of the bayonet, inflicting heavy losses on the French. Successes achieved by Italianists include capture of Monte Fume pass and extreme western peak of Monte Ancona, with severe losses for the Austrians. Petrograd reports complete defeat of Turks in Erzerum region. Allied Base Brings Greek Protest. Athens. — The Greek government has made a formal protest to the entente allies against the establishment of a naval base in Suda bay. GEN. SCOTT GOES TO MEXICO. Will Assemble Complete Information on Border Situation. Washington, April 20.—No decision as to the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico is expected for a week or ten days unless there are new outbreaks against the forces in Mexico to compel immediate action. This was made clear when Secretary Baker dispatched Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, to the border as his personal representative to make a complete report on the military problems confronting Gen. Funston. The administration's final action on Gen. Carranza's suggestion that the expedition be recalled probably will be based largely on this report. Gen. Scott, who left Washington last night, hardly will be able to make the round trip and complete his observations in less than ten days. Secretary Baker said Gen. Scott's mission would be to assemble complete information as to the border situation for the use of the department. Dispatches from'the border or from Mexico contained no word of developments changing the situation. Asquith Warns British Parliament. London.—In the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon Premier Asquith stated that there were still some material points of disagreement in the Cabinet and that unless these were settled it must result in the break of the government. The Cabinet crisis has been forced by the demand for conscription. Premier Asquith and others oppose it, while David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, Lord Kitchener, and others, favor compulsory service. COLORADO 'FALLS HEIR' COLORADO 'FALLS HEIR' APPRAISER HUBBARD COLLECTS $500,000 IN TAXES. Inheritance Totals Exceed Figures Expected and Appraiser Foresees Half Million Above Budget. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—Colorado is falling heir unexpectedly to $500,000. Inheritance tax collections for the biennial period from Dec. 1, 1914, to Dec. 1, 1916, were estimated at $300,000 in the two annual budgets. The total already is $501,628, or $201,628 more than the Board of Equalization anticipated for the full two years. Leslie E. Hubbard, inheritance tax appraiser, estimates further in his semi-monthly report that the total revenue from his department will increase by next December to $800,000 for the two years, or a grand total of $500,000 above the budget figures. For the state he says it will be like finding $500,000. The size of this sum for state purposes can be best appreciated by a comparison with the total state budget of 1916, which calls for only $2,626,694. A total of $501,628 collected since December, 1914, was taken from 2,450 estates. Up to December, 1915, $295,479 of this had been paid. The remainder of $206,149 has been assessed since then. The striking feature of this record is emphasized by the fact that the original estimate of $300,000 was $100,000 more than usually allowed. The largest amount collected in any two-year period up to this time was taken in by Hubbard in 1913 and 1914—a sum of $465,063. If Hubbard's estimates hold good this figure will be nearly doubled by next December. Inheritance taxes collected for the first fifteen days of April totaler $8,218,98. The only estate of exceptional size was that of Thomas A. Cosgriff, who left $227,075.75, with a tax of $4,610.50. Whitehead Fresd for Old Murder. After serving seven years in the penitentiary for a murder which the State Board of Pardons says there is grave doubt that he ever committed R. L. Whithead was released from the penitentiary. Whitehead went to the West Side Court in Denver and on an order from Judge Wright, obtained witnesses fees amounting to $12, in connection with the insanity trial of Col. James C. Bulger, last winter. Whitehead was subpoenaed as a witness for the state by District Attorney Rush, but was not called to the witness stand, as it was learned after he arrived in Denver that his testimony would not be favorable to the prosecution of the case. Whitehead was in attendance upon the court for eight days, however, and Judge Wright held that he was entitled to his fees. He was brought here under guard from the penitentiary. Whitehead was released from the penitentiary on a commutation of sentence, allowed by the state board of pardons. He was sent to the penitentiary in April, 1909, to serve a life term for the murder of Wiley Lindsey, a farmer living near Caddoa, Las Animas county. Lindsey was found murdered in his home, which had been robbed. Nebraska Attacks State Water Rights Nebraska Attacks State Water Rights A role involving ownership of more than one-fourth of all the water used in irrigation in Colorado has been be gan in the United States District Court by Willis E. Reed of Lincoln, attorney general of Nebraska, on be half of ditch owners and farmers living along the South Platte river in Nebraska. The suit, which involves priority rights and water usage aggregating a money value of millions of dollars, is brought against fifty ditch owners and reservoir owners along the South Platte in Colorado whose water rights are said to be subsequent to those of the Nebraska ditch companies. Named for State Board. Two members of the State Board of Charities and Correction were appointed by Governor Carlson. The Rev. William O'Ryan of Denver will succeed himself and Mrs. James Williams of Denver will succeed Lafayette Hughes. Stock Inspectors Named. R. C. Callen of Silt, T. W. Gray of Gunnison and Henry J. Capps of Walsenburg were appointed to the State Board of Stock Inspection by Governor Carlson. Their terms of service begins May 1 this year and expires May 1, 1919. State Gets $1,906 From Buchtel Estate A tax of $1,906 was collected by Leslie E. Hubbard, state inheritance appraiser, on the estate of Mrs. Helen M. Buchtel. The total estate of Mrs. Buchtel, who was a daughter of P. T. Barnum, was valued at $109,800. To Sell Big Acreage of Timber. Timber on more than 20,000 acres of land along the line of the Denver & Salt Lake railroad will be placed on the market this summer by the district United States Forest Service in Denver. The tract contains between 30,000,000 and 50,000,000 feet of marketable timber, according to preliminary estimates made by C. M. Graner, assistant district forecaster. 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Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1-cent and 2-cent stamps taken. THE HEDGING SEASON. This is the season for hedging. A hedge is a variety of fence, but we are not considering the shrub fence when we speak of hedging in this connection. We have reference to that branch of horticulture or agriculture which embraces political fences in their numerous forms. Now is the season for candidates and other interested persons to adjust those marginal lines enclosing their wide fields of political principles, aspirations, intentions and relations which possibly have been knocked away by the preliminary storms of an on-coming campaign. The man who has had his well-rounded stack battered or blown away is skirmishing about the country gathering up the fragments, or joining hands with some more or less fortunate individual in order to present a better front to the winds that will surely blow in the idees of the coming election. EASTER Once more are we reminded of the celebration of Easter, which marks the greatest event in the history of the Christian world, and we ought to avail ourselves of the opportunity of attending the various places of worship tomorrow, where will be rendered special sermons and music. The efforts put forth in making the Easter celebration superior to all others undoubtedly prove the faith entertained by the members of Christendom in the marvelous and wonderful Resurrection of the Saviour, Christ. Every Bible reader or church goer is familiar with the story, so it is unnecessary to relate herein; but it is an established fact that the skeptic, with all his skepticism, the agnostic, with his strong opposition to Scriptural truths, the atheist and infidel, in their efforts to overthrow our creed and eradicate everything religious from our minds, all seem to be puzzled over the event which caused this commemoration; as historically it has come to us that the Man Jesus was put to death, was buried, and the tomb containing his body was almost hermetically sealed, guarded by soldiers, and in spite of all these precautions, after three days the empty tomb was only to be seen. Believing as we do in this miraculous event, which really impresses us with the thought of the passing from death unto life, and as in the past forty days of Lent we have been engaged in self-denials and sacrifices, we should now arouse ourselves and take new hope, put on new life, get out of our lethargic condition, and awaken with joy and gladness to join in praise to Him for the gifts and blessings bestowed on us, especially the hope of the resurrection expressed in the following: "Though he were dead, yet shall he live." The message brought by Easter seems to inspire and invigorate us, and coming during this season of the year (Spring), seems to harmonize with the cheerful songs of the birds, the mantle of green of the surrounding vegetation, the beauty of the flowers, the freshness and newness of life in everything around and about us—all of which subscribe to our acquisition of better and nobler qualities and the achievement of success in our home as well as our business life. We should then rejoice that we are spared to participate in another annual celebration of Easter, and with renewed health and eigor start out to lay hold of that which will help us to surmount the obstructions that lie in our path, and overcome the difficulties that seem to overwhelm us. Easter, glad Easter, has come again. With no more of sorrow or no more pain; Awakening the thoughts to greater success. With love in our hearts to cheer and to bless. following program at the evening hour. 1. Organ Prelude—Mrs. G. N Ross. Rev. Robert L. Pope, B. D., Pastor. Quarterly meeting at Shorter last Sunday was one of the most largely attended and the most inspiring we have witnessed for quite a while. In his sermon at the foreonow hour, Presiding Elder Ward swept everything before him; Rev. Jas. Washington delivered a very effective discourse in the afternoon and Mrs. J. P. Watson spoke to splendid advantage in the evening. The quarterly conference was held on Tuesday evening; the reports showed that our membership roll stands at 732 and that the receipts for all purposes for the quarter were $1,929.26. 2. Processional Hymn—Choir. 3. Invocation—Pastor. 4. Hymn, "Jesus Lives," C. H Morris—Choir. 5. Scripture Lesson, Mt. 28—Pastor. 6. Anthem, "He Is Risen," E. L. Ashford—Choir. 11. Anthem, "Your Lord and King Adore," T. H. Williams—Choir. Our Easter this season promises to be bigger and better than ever. The decoration committee promises to make the auditorium a thing of beauty, strikingly suggesting Eastertide and through the sermon by the pastor and the exercises of the day will flow the sentiment of the Risen Christ. Our choir has made extensive preparation and will render the 13. Burning of the Mortgage by Twelve Captains. The rite of Christian Baptism by emersion will be administered at the close of this service. Parents Are Blamable for Boy Bandits By G. G. Dixon, Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Chicago That parents are blamable for the lawless character of the baby bandits is beyond question. But it is also the fact that the whole community is equally to blame because of the faulty and absurd notion that children can be allowed to grow up without any restraint or discipline, in fact, perfectly lawless, and then be expected to become law-abiding citizens. We are face to face with a generation trained (if trained at all) to resent all forms of restraint or control. The theory of child culture is that the child must be allowed to choose for himself as to what he shall or shall not do. His will must not be broken lest you interfere with the development of his individuality. Any form of restraint or punishment for wrongdoing is held to be inhuman and degrading. The practical working of these theories is now apparent in the conduct of a generation of self-willed, lawless boys and girls. Police and divorce courts are the evidences of the utter failure of the prevalent theory that people are by nature good and that all the evil that exists is the result of bad environment. If this theory were true, there never could have been any bad developed in the race, because, if naturally good, man never would have created bad environments. The facts are that children, as well as men and women, need training, need discipline, need to be curbed, because of that natural selfishness which leads them to disregard the rights of others. Restraint, physical, moral and religious, are all necessary in the development of the higher and better type of citizenship. The great foundation principles of religious training are to show the difference between good and evil; to teach how to choose the good and shun the evil; that men should cease to do evil and learn to do well, and that well-doing means all that is implied in the golden rule. If fathers and mothers were truly religious, in the best sense of the term, and children were taught, and, if need be, compelled to respect the rights of others for a generation, the criminal spirit of today would cease. Should a Preacher Labor for Money? By Rev. John T. Brabner Smith, Editor of Veteran Preacher, Chicago Every clergyman will find in the question, "Should a preacher labor for money?" a puzzling problem. The laymen will easily answer the query. It is partly answered by changing the question to "Should a moneymaker preach?" The answer would be, "No!" That would be the general answer, but some rich men have been preachers and some preachers have made money. But money-making and preaching are clearly two different professions. Money-making may not be a profession and often preaching is far more than a profession and sometimes far less. The average salary paid ministers in the United States is $578. The average salary of the street sweepers is $642. The Episcopal church, one of the strongest and wealthiest, pays its clergymen an average of $700 a year. The last general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church reported there are 2,000 churches in this country pastorless because of poor salaries. Preachers with no salary and preachers with small salaries may be tempted to make money. The trouble seems to be that preachers are primarily troubled with their vast needs and not with their salaries. A preacher does not expect to make money; he is to make men and is not "called" to money-making but to "go preach the gospel." But what of those responsible for the preacher's salary? From the age of thirty to thirty-three Christ, the Great Preacher, was cared for by those who believed the word. The preacher should have a living wage and should have a retiring competency when he retires; his widow and dependent orphans should be cared for and the preacher himself should be free from Hillisism, and with the church should have more of the spirit of John Knox, John Wesley, Luther, Savonarola and Christ. "Garden of God" in Life Pictured By REV. DR. G.E. DRAPER, Pastor of St. Stephen's Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago What you get out of the Bible depends largely on your viewpoint. When I read this story of the Garden of Eden and the rivers that flowed out of it, I come to view God as an agriculturist. I look upon him as a farmer; this world is his farm. In the great geologic ages of the past he was preparing it for man. He fertilized the soil after producing it, and he irrigated this old world with mighty rivers and rains. Truth is eternal. God is still grinding away at his job of making this world all right. The commonplace things are, after all, the real things of life. Things that are near and common we sometimes regard as ordinary, when really they are the things which are divine. Too many people are like some kinds of soil. They are sour and need sweetening. Some are like dry soil that needs wetting. And some souls are like what we call a "stingy" soil. They need to be tilled and get the weeds out of them. Farmers had to appeal to the government to save them from the "scale." An imported bug drove out the bad bugs. That's what we need in this city and in this land. Good things to drive out the bad. American Influence in the Philippines By DR. H. A. HOPEWELL, Manila The American influence in the Philippines is in no manner more widely felt than in the extension of educational facilities. There are about five hundred thousand children en- colled in the public schools of the Philippines. The children are unusually bright until they reach the age of fourteen, when they usually marry. Some of them continue to attend school regardless of the marital state. Many Filipinos now dress like Americans, whereas a decade ago the clothing of the men consisted of a pair of white trousers and a gaudy-colored shirt, usually worn outside the trousers. One of the striking features of Filipino life is the home. Often three or four generations reside under the same roof. Family ties are very strong. The old, destitute and crippled are usually cared for by the younger and more prosperous members of the family. Christian Filipinos go to church every morning before breakfast, and in the afternoon they endulge in baseball games or in witnessing a cockfight. The fights are held under municipal supervision, but are allowed only on Sundays and holidays. By C. G. Dixon, Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Chicago Should a Preacher Labor for Money? By Rev. John T. Brabner Smith, Editor of Veteran Preacher, Chicago "Garden of God" in Life Pictured BY REV. DR. C. E. 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On sale Saturday.....50c 1025 Sixteenth St., Opposite Old Postoffice The Right Kind of Reading Matter The Right Kind of Reading Matter The home news; the doings of the people in this town; the gossip of our own community, that's the first kind of reading matter you want. It is more important, more interesting to you than that given by the paper or magazine from the outside world. It is the first reading matter you should buy. Each issue of this paper gives to you just what you will consider The Right Kind of Reading Matter --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE PALO ALTO CARON BILLS DE FAR PACIFIC COUNTRY PARTY THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU OF INFORMATION 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25. DENVER, COLORADO Phone: Main /417. Mrs. T. E. Henderson who has been quite ill is much improved. Rev. J. S. Christian, of the Church of the Living God, arrived in the city last Saturday and will remain in the city indefinitely. Everybody to May festival, Peoples' Presbyterian. May 4 and 5. Ten cents admits you Thursday night or Friday night to the festival, May 4 and 5, People's Presbyterian. Mrs. Samuel Brannum, who spr ained her ankle a few days ago, is getting along nicely. Your presence needed Thursday and Friday night. People's Presbyterian, May 4 and 5. Admission 10 cents a night. Mesdames A. G. Fallings and Harry Johnson, after a lengthy visit in Los Angeles and other cities in sunny California, returned home last week, looking well and happy. Their leige lords are all smiles. Frank Osborne, the veteran Santa Fé employé, returned home this week from a very enjoyable visit to Los Angeles, Calif. He visited all the old Denverites who are now residing in Los Angeles and reports them doing nicely. THE COLORED CITIZEN'S LEAGUE. Next Monday headquarters will be opened at the Colored Citizen's League, rooms at 2566 Welton street, for the convenience of voters who desire to know the effect and purpose of the different amendments before the people. Mr. and Mrs. Delaware Clark have purchased a beautiful 5-room modern brick residence at Eighteenth and Marion streets recently, through Walter H. Pritchette, the progressive real estate dealer. Mr. Pritchette has made several valuable sales of property to some of our best citizens since he has been in the real estate business. E. V. Cammel, Grand Master of the U. B. F. and S M. T. order of the Colorado jurisdiction, accompanied by Mrs. L. O. Knight, returned from Colorado Springs, Tuesday evening, where the Grand Master made his annual visit to Foster Tempie No. 2, S. M. T. They report a continuous growth in the work and conditions prosperous in all lines of the work. Mrs. Sarah Threet accompanied the above in the interest of the Daughters of the Tabernacle. THE DEARFIELD COLONISTS are rejoicing over the opening of a grocery store in the colony by J. J. Houston, who being one of the pioneers of Dearfield and realizing the necessity of opening up advantages to the residents has supplied a long felt want. The best wishes of the Colorado Statesman are offered to Mr. Houston for success in this venture, and the hope of hearty support accorded him by the loyal people around him evidenced by their patronage. OPENING OF EUREKA HALL UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Eureka Hall, 2235 Arapahoe street will be opened to the general public, Saturday evening, April 22nd, with a grand ball. The hall has been beautifully decorated, new floor and the best music in the city, something new, come and hear it. A small admission price of 25 cents will be charged. Dancing from 8 to 12. Best of order. AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR. An excellent program was rendered at Bethlehem Baptist church Tuesday evening under the management of A. C. Cash, consisting of vocal and instrumental music and recitations. The literary contest engaged in by five persons for the prize—the Life and Works of Paul Lawrence Dunbar was heartily enjoyable; two of whom were so equal that the judges were unable to decide, hence the donor of the book, Mr. Cash, concluded to award them both as winners, Misses Barber and Rollins, as being the easiest way out of the dilemma. Miss Hughes having sold the largest number of tickets received a diamond ring as a prize. An excellent supper was prepared, also ices were served a neat sum being realized. Mr. Cash received unstinted praise for his management of the evening's entertainment. LISTEN! Don't forget the grand entertainment given by the Masons at East Turner Hall, Monday night, April 24, featuring the McDaniels Sisters & Co., in their latest craze "Spirella Johnson of Memphis, Tennessee." YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NOTES. Miss M. Francis Cross, the national secretary of the Y. W. C. A., will be the speaker at the Easter services of the Y. W. C. A., 318 Twenty-fifth street at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Those rendering music will include Miss Milligan of the Central Y. W. C. A. and the Misses White, Nelson, Russel, Stafford and Jackson. Miss Beatrice Thrashly will be the accompanist. We are very glad to welcome back Mrs. Pearl Fallings and Mrs. Helen Johnson. Dr. Charles L. Mead delivered a wonderful address at the joint meeting of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A., held in Central Baptist church. Rev. Price, minister last Sunday. An excellent program was rendered by the children at the members' meeting Monday evening. Mrs. Samuel Bondurant was in charge. Remarks by Mrs. I. B. Perkins. Scheduled weekly meetings: Monday, 8 p. m., Members' meeting; Monday, 9 p. m., First Aid Class; Thursday, 8 p. m., Bible Class; Saturday, 8 p. m., Gym class. NOTICE. The members of the executive committee of the Colored Citizens League are hereby called to meet at their office, 2566 Washington street, Saturday, April 22, at 8 p. m. sharp. Business of importance. E. V. CAMMEL, Chairman. LISTEN! Don't forget the grand entertainment given by the Masons at East Turner Hall, Monday night, April 24 featuring the McDaniels Sisters & Co., in their latest craze "Spirella Johnson of Memphis, Tennessee." CAMMEL & COMPANY FUNERAL NOTICE. Master Walter Norton, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Norton, departed this life April 16th at 5 a. m. at the family residence, 2818 Welton street. Funeral was held Tuesday, April 18, at 2 p. m. from the residence. Rev. D. E. Over officiated. By autos to Riverside. Wanted — An intelligent Colored man or woman to sell goods for a Cincinnati firm on commission; toilet articles and other things; you can see the line at 2037 Stout street at any time from 3 to 5 p. m. J. S. Jackson, Agent. Y. M. C. A. NOTES A splendid meeting of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations was held at the Central Baptist Church last Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. It was the second of the union meetings of the two associations, it having been planned some time ago that the mothly public meetings hereafter be held together. Secretary Bell and Mrs. Ward, president of the Y. W. C. A., presided. An earnest prayer was offered by Dr. De Frantz, chairman of the Y. M. C. A., and several familiar hymns were sung by the congregation. Dr. Charles L Mead, pastor of Trinity M. E. Church, was the speaker. Taking his thought from a pharse in Dr. De Frantz's prayer, Dr. Mead delivered an address on the beauty and value of service. 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The campaign will close the last of the week. An Easter service will be held next Sunday afternoon, the boys' meeting being held at 2:30 and the men's meeting at 4 o'clock. A feature of the men's meeting will be the appearance of a quartet of young ladies who will sing. The Easter address will be delivered by the Rev. Charles G. Williams, pastor of the Capital Heights Presbyterian church. All men will be welcome. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. East Twenty-third and Washington street. Pastor, J. A. Thos, Hazell, S. T. B. Services Easter Sunday; 6 a. m., "Easter Carols and Communion." 9:30 a. m., "Sabbath School." 11 a. m., "Special Program by Sunday School." 5 p. m., "Easter Musical Extravaganza." Participants at 5 p. m., Mesdames Lillian Pinn, Irene Fife, Mary E. Morrison, Minnie Hayes, Vera Finney, Lizzie Froman, Laura Hill; Misses Jennie Harris, Bessie White, Mabel and Virgie Cole and Cleo Hobson, Messrs C. A. Clark, Wilfred Brickler, J. Minter, Wm Moore, Robt, Richard and V. 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Gymnastic and Folk Dance given by Pride of Denver Tabernacle, 521 at Fern Hall, 8 o'clock, May 11, 1916. Mrs. S. Threet, Manager. Admission 15c. Public invited. For Rent—Furnished rooms at the Reo Club, 2710 Welton street, E. R. Page, proprietor. Permanent or transient. Uncle Eben. "Some folks, said Uncle Eben, makes common politeness look like such hard work dat it ain' no compliment to nobody." Save money by buying wallpaper, paints and glass at S. R. Weigand & Co., 728 W. Colfax Ave., foot of Welton street. Phone Champa 3356. Cottrell's Get Your Easter Togs At a store where every new and correct style is at your demand. Blue Serge Suits $14.50 $20 - $25 Blue Serge is the ideal cloth for your Easter Suit. We have Blue Serge is the ideal cloth for your Easter Suit. We have models for you and every other man—in Blue That never fades—Tailored right. 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VER, Agent. NEGRO YEAR BOOK. Should be in the home of every Negro. It contains the achievements, the industries and activities of the life of the Negro is discussed. It is a race. Every phase of the economic compendium of useful knowledge, a ready reference book of 450 pages. Order one today. Copies for sale at the Statesman office, 1824 Curtis street, Room 25. J. H. DONIPHAN, General Agent. 1721 Marion St. COLORADO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. May 1.—First Congressional District Republican Convention at Colorado Springs. April 26—Annual Convention Western Colorado L. O. O. F. at Grand Junction April 29-May 6—Food show at Colorado Springs. Museum of the American West and Colorado. Flood Springs. May 2—Republican State and Third and Fourth Congressional District Convention at Pueblo. Aug. 8—Democratic State Assembly at Denver. Telluride is to have a new post-office building. Over 11,000 voters registered on the first registration day in Denver. Governor Carlson designated Friday, April 21, as Arbor Day. Anna C. Vaughan has been appointed postmistress at Castle Rock. The laying of the corner stone for the new federal building at Grand Junction was a big event. About 100 Pueblo painters and decorators went on strike for a raise from $4 to $4.40 per day. Glenwood Springs will hold its nineteenth annual strawberry festival and carnival, June 17. It is stated at Marble that Redstone and Placita are to have coke ovens capable of turning out 100 tons a day. Two hundred members of K. P. lodges in Denver went to Greeley to assist in conferring the degrees on fifty candidates. One thousand and twenty-six teachers and principals in Denver schools received their contracts for the 1916-17 school year. Trampled by a runaway team, Charles P. Cavis, 54 years old, residing in Denver, was almost instantly killed in Yampa. Every article of food or refreshment used at the smoker given by the Denver Law School in Denver was a Colorado product. Fifteen days after she took bichloride of mercury in her home in Denver, Mrs. Rae Shakelas, aged 40, died at the county hospital. Attorney General and Mrs. Fred Farrar are the parents of a baby girl. The new comer weighs six pounds. Both mother and daughter are doing well. Elitch's gardens, Denver's oldest amusement and recreation park, which was founded in 1889 by Mrs. Mary Elitch Long, was sold under the sheriff's hammer for $26,900. A force of men from the engineering department of the Denver & Salt Lake railroad began staking a route for a branch of that road into the tungsten belt at Nederland. Denver's population is on the increase. Compilations in prospect for the 1916 city directory indicate from 2 to 3 per cent increase over 1915, when the estimated population was 230,000. The value of the physical property of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Colorado is fixed at $15,220,633.66, as determined by the experts in the employ of the company. The finding on the street at Colorado Springs of a 16-year-old girl in a hopelessly intoxicated condition resulted in police raids which landed a dozen people in jail on varied charges. Inexpensive and simple gowns that will bring back the memories of the old-fashioned "sweet girl graduate" are to be worn at this year's graduation by girl seniors in the four Denver high schools. Congressman Edward T. Taylor secured a favorable report from the judiciary committee of the lower House of Congress in Washington providing for a term of the Federal Court in Durango. While in what the officers say was a fit of jealous rage, superinduced by too much liquor, Mrs. Lena Gaber shot and seriously wounded her husband, Jacob Gaber, a Leyden coal miner, after the couple had quarreled for more than an hour in their Leyden home. Mrs. Florence O'Neil and James E. O'Neil, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, secured a license to wed each other in Denver. Mr. O'Neil divorced his former wife in February, 1915, and Mrs. O'Neil divorced her second husband's brother in March of last year. That her brother, the only support of their aged parents, may leave his home to join the British army, Mrs Nona Curtain, 22, the wife of James Curtain, a land owner of the Brighton district, left Denver for Castle bar, Ireland, where she will care for the old folks until the end of the war. Colorado, with its sunshine and mountains and cordiality, so won the hearts of the distinguished suffragists in Denver on the "suffrage special" that several of the party anounced that they were seriously thinking of taking up a legal residence in order to acquire the franchise. Congressman Edward T. Taylor secured permission from the Treasury Department for use of Colorado granite in the corner stone of the new federal building at Grand Junction, according to word from Washington. SLAUGHTER GOES FREE COURT RULES EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT INDICTMENT. Judge Lewis of Federal Court Instructs Jury to Return Verdict of Not Guilty. Denver.—William B. Slaughter of Dallas, Tex., president of the defunct Mercantile National Bank of Pueblo, was freed of the last count of the indictment standing against him when Judge Robert E. Lewis instructed a jury in the United States District Court to return a verdict of not guilty to the charges of misapplication of funds, abstraction of assets and causing false entries on the books of the bank. The court held that the government's testimony had failed to support any of the thirty-five counts contained in the two indictments found jointly against the banker and his son, Coney C. Slaughter, former cashier of the bank. Coney C. Slaughter now is a fugitive from justice. Clearing of the banker will in no way interfere with the prosecution of Coney C. Slaughter, jointly charged with wrecking the bank, according to District Attorney Tedrow. There is a separate indictment against him and, according to Mr. Tedrow, a dozen counts in the indictments against the elder Slaughter were dropped by the government because they are said to involve more directly the missing cashier. Rich Strike Makes Woman Wealthy. Boulder, Colo.—When Henry N. Coffee, one of the old-time prospectors of Boulder county, died here three years ago without a cent to his name his only surviving relative, a niece, Mrs. Carrie J. Todd of Chicago, had no reason to believe that his life would ever have any effect upon her fortunes. Upon his death she learned for the first time that he had never married, and that, as his nearest relative, she had fallen heir to the half-interest he had in the Snowbound mine at Sunshine, but the mine had not produced a pound of ore in years. Now Mrs. Todd is half-owner in the richest gold discovery that has been made in Boulder county in more than a decade. By persistent development work and exploration the men leasing the property rediscovered the rich vein that had made the mine famous in the early days, and had then been lost. Samples of the ore taken from the mine have assayed $10,000 to the ton. Sho- tage of Shovels in Boulder. Boulder.—The hardware merchants of Boulder have not a single shovel in stock, Donald Campbell of the Associated Students of the University of Colorado discovered when he attempted to purchase implements for use by the students of the school in improving the campus. The demand of tungsten miners caused the dearth of shovels. Tuesday, April 25, has been made a holiday by President Livingston Farrand of the university to be known as Campus day. The men students will dig dandelions, plant grass seed and otherwise improve the appearances of the school grounds. At noon the women of the school will serve lunch. Assaults Mother and Night Marshal. Cripple Creek—Armed posses in automobiles and on horseback are searching the country between Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs for Bert (Dutch) Wiley, an ex-reformatory convict, who terribly assaulted his mother and Night Marshal Burnham. Burnham was knocked down by Wiley with a blow from a shotgun and pounded into insensibility. Mrs. Wiley was also knocked unconscious by a blow from a revolver in the hands of her son. Feeling against Wiley is so bitter that threats of lynching have been heard. DeBeque Hotel Burns. DrBeque, Colo. — John Franklin, traveling man, was caught under a falling roof when the Moore hotel burned, and is in a serious condition from bruises to his back and severe burns. Six other guests of the hotel were injured in the fire, some from burns, two from being struck by falling glass and one because he jumped from a second story window. Their injuries are minor. The damage is estimated at $10,000, fully insured. The hotel was owned by W. J. Moore and was built in 1890. Road Worker Killed by Train. Sulphur Springs.—James Thompson, a shed worker on the Moffat road at Corona, was run over and killed by a train at that place. His body was badly mangled. To Resume Search for Doctor's Body. Estes Park—As soon as the snow has melted sufficiently to permit, a large party of guides and forest rangers will resume the search for the body of Dr. Thornton R. Sampson, noted Texas minister and educator, who was lost last September. Victor Officer Beaten. Victor.—Burt Wiley, 25 years old knocked down Night Marshal John Burnham, and, holding a crowd at bay, beat the officer into insensible bility. TEXT OF WILSON'S MESSAGE PRESIDENT TELLS CONGRESS THAT GERMANY HAS VIOLATED EVERY RULE OF SEA WARFARE AND THAT HER U-BOAT COMMANDERS SINK VESSELS OF ALL NEUTRALS.—DEMANDS THAT COMMERCE RAIDS END OR UNITED STATES WILL SEVER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. Washington, April 20.—The text of President Wilson's speech before the joint session of Congress Thursday follows: GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: A situation has arisen in the foreign relations of the country, of which it is my plain duty to inform you very frankly. ernment its solemn assurances that at least passenger ships would not be thus deart with, and yet it has again and again permitted its undersea commanders to disregard those assurances with It will be recalled that in February, 1915, the imperial German government announced its intention to treat the waters surrounding Great Britain and the North Sea, and to destroy all of war, and to destroy all merchant ships owned by its enemies that might be found within any part of that portion of the high seas, and that it warned all vessels of neutral, as well as of belligerent ownership, to keep off the waters it had thus proscribed or else enter them at their peril. Says Gross Abuses Are Certain. The government of the United States earnestly protested. It took the position that such a policy could not be pursued without the practical certainty of gross and palpable violation of law or nations, particularly if seaman or naval officers, or as its instruments, inasmuch as the rules prescribed by that law, rules founded upon principles of humanity and established for the protection of the lives of non-combatants at sea, could not in the case the case be observed by such vessels. It based its protest on the ground that persons of neutral nationality and vessels of neutral ownership would be protected from the risks, and that no right to close any part of the high seas against their use or to expose them to such risks, could lawfully be asserted by any belligerian government. The law of nations in these matters, upon which the government of the United States based its protest, is not or recent origin, or founded upon mere arbitrary principles of convention. It is based, on the contrary, upon manifest and imperative principles of humanity and has long been established with the approval and express assent of all civilized nations. Germany Disregards All Protests. Notwithstanding the earnest protest of our government, the imperial German government at once proceeded to carry out the policy it had announced. It expressed the hope that the dangers of neutral vessels, would be reduced to a minimum by the instructions which it had issued to its submarine commanders and assured the government of the United States that it would take evasive action over neutral vessels, the rights of neutrals, and to safeguard the lives of non-combatants. What has actually happened in the year which has since elapsed, has shown that those hopes were not justifiable, those assurances insusceptible of helping fulfilled. In pursuance of the policy of submarine warfare against the commerce of its adversaries, thus announced and the government in spite of the solemn protest of this government, the commanders of German undersea vessels have attacked merchant ships with greater force than they have in the high seas surrounding Great Britain and Ireland but wherever they could encounter them, in a way that has grown more and more ruthless, in months have gone by, less and less observant of restraints of any kind; and have delivered their attacks without compunction against vessels of every rank and bound upon every sort of errand. Neutral-Owned Vessels Destroyed. Vessels of neutral ownership, even vessels of neutral ownership bound from neutral port to neutral port, have been destroyed, along with vessels of belligerent ownership in constantly-increasing circumstances. Sometimes the merchantman attacked has been warned and summoned to surrender before being fired on or torpedoed; sometimes passengers or crews have been vouchsafed the poor security of ships allowed to tuke to the ship's boats before she was sent to the bottom. But again and again no warning had been given; no escape even to the ships' boats allowed to those on board. The boats have been caught and the happen has happened. Tragedy has followed tragedy on the seas in such fashion, with such attendant circumstances, as to make it grossly evident that warfare of such a sort, if warfare is not capable of preventing the boat capable violation of the dictates alike of right and humanity. Whatever the disposition and intention of the imperial German government, it has manifestly proved impossible for it to keep such methods of work within the bounds set by either the reason or the heart of mankind. In February of the present year, the imperial German government informed this government and the other neutral governments that they had reason to believe that the government of Great Britain had armed all merchant vessels of British owners and given them access to attack submarines of the enemy they might encounter upon the seas, and that the imperial German government felt justified in the circumstances of belligerent ownership as auxiliary vessels of war, which it would have the right to destroy without warning. Germany Sets Aside Law of Nations. The law of nations has long recognized the right of merchantmen to use them in protection attacks, to use them in such circumstances at their own risk; but the imperial German government has not held these understandings aside under circumstances which it deemed extraordinary. Even the terms in which it announced its purpose thus still further obsolete professed its willingness and desire to put upon the operations of its submarines carried the plain implication that at least vessels which were under construction without warning and that personal safety would be accorded their passengers and crews; but even that limitation, if it was ever practiced, was obsolete as it constituted no check at all upon the destruction of ships of every sort. Again and again the imperial German government has given this gov- Oles Will Case Again at Issue. Boulder.—In the District Court an affidavit was filed by M. M. Hamma, an accountant, asserting that the document, upon which Mrs. Oles bases her claim for a major portion of the $400,000 Macky estate, was tampered with before the civil suit began. The affidavit asserts that certain pencil racings were lot on the paper when Hamma examined it in 1910. The civil suit was lost by Mrs. Oles, who later was acquitted on a charge of having orged the instrument Do You Know That- The COLORADO STATESMAN erment its solemn assurances that at least passenger ships would not be thus dealt with; and yet it has again and again permitted its undersea commanders to disregard those assurances with entire impunity. Refers to the Lusitania Outrage. Great itinerary like the Lusitania and the Arabic and modern ships like the Sussex, have been attacked while out a moment's warning, sometimes before they had even become aware that they were in the presence of an armed vessel of the enemy, and the lives of non-combatants, passengers and crew have been sacrificed wholesale in a manner which the governors of africa does not but regard as wanton and without the slightest color of justification. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF No limit of any kind has in fact been set to the indiscriminate pursuit and destruction of merchantmen of all kinds and nationalities within the waters, constantly extending in area, where these operations have been carried out by the enemy, who have lost their lives on ships thus attacked and destroyed has grown, month by month, until the ominous toll has mounted into the hundreds. JOB PRINTING Sussex Case Rivals Lusitania. One of the latest and most shocking instances of this method of warfare was that of the destruction of the French cross-channel steamer Sussex, the seaplane stand forth as the striking, the seaplane stand forth as the singularly tragical and unjustifiable as to constitute a truly terrible example of the inhumanity of submarine warfare as the commanders of German vessels and the last twelve months been conducting it. If this incident stood alone some explanation, some disavowal by the German criminal mistake or wilful disobedience on the part of the commander of the vessel that fired the torpedo might be that it was out, unhappily, it does not stand alone. Recent events make the conclusion inevitable that it is only one instance, even though it be one of the most extreme and distressing instances, of the spirit and method of warfare which the imperial German government has mutually adopted and which from the first exposition that government the reproach of thrusting all neutral rights aside in pursuit of its immediate object. United States Has Hoped in Vain. United States Has Hoped in Vain. The government of the United States has been very patient. At every stage of this distressing experience of tragedy after tragedy in which its own citizens have been killed, it be restrained from any extreme course of action or of protest by a thoughtful consideration of the extraordinary circumstances of this unprecedented war, and actuated in all that it said or did by the sentiments of genuine friendship which the people of the United States have entertained and continue to entertain toward the German nation. Ball and Concert Programs, Bill and Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Envelopes and Everything in the Printing Line Turned Out in the Neatest and Best Style Promptly on Short Notice. It has, of course, accepted the successive explanations and assurances of the imperial German government as given in the late nineteenth century, faith, and has hoped, even against hope, that it would prove to be possible for the German government so ordered to use naval commanders as to square its policy with the principles of humanity as embodied in the law of nations. It has also been until the significance of the facts became absolutely unmistakable and susceptible of but one interpretation. That point has now unhappily been reached, and there is susceptible of but one interpretation. We Have Supplied Our Office with New Job Press & Type of Up-to-Date Style and Our Work Will Be on a Par with the Very Best. The imperial German government has not been able to put any limits or restraints upon the fare against either the passenger or the U-Boat Raids End. Demands U-Boat Raids End. It has, therefore, become painfully evident that the position which this government took at the very outset is inevitable; namely, that the use of submarines for the destruction of any enemy's commerce is of necessity, and that the enemy has the vessels employed, and the very methods of attack which their employment, of course, involves, incompatible with the principles of humanity, the longest of controvertible rights of neutralis, and the sacred immunities of non-combatants. I have deemed it my duty, therefore, to say to the imperial German government that if it is still and indiscriminate warfare against vessels of commerce by the use of submarines, notwithstanding the impossibility of conducting that war, the imperial German government of the United States must consider the sacred and indisputable rules of international law and the universally recognized dictates of human rights. The States is at last forced to the conclusion that there is but one course that it can pursue, and that unless the imperial German government she now abandons the effect of abandonment of its present methods of warfare against passenger and freight-carrying vessels, this government can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations of the German empire altogether. Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction This decision I have arrived at with the keenest regret; the possibility of the death of all thoughtful Americans will look forward to with unaffected reluctance; but we cannot forget that we are in situations and situations and situations the responsible spokesman of the rights of humanity, and that we cannot remain silent while those rights seem in process of being swept in the maelstrom of this terrible war. Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver We owe it to a due regard for our own rights as a aation, to our senses and to our senses of neutrals the world over, and to a just conception of the rights of mankind, to take this stand now, with the utmost solemnity and firmness, in the confidence that it will meet with your approval and support. All obedient men must unite in hoping that the imminent danger in their circumstances stood as the champion of all that we are now contending for in the interest of human beings, justice of our demands and meet them in the spirit in which they are made. Travels 430 Miles With Wife's Body Travels 430 Miles With Wife's Body. Sheridan, Ore.—When William E. Foster took his young wife to Alaska in 1899, her parents, prominent pioneers here, made Foster promise that if she died her body would be brought home for burial. At Fairbanks six weeks ago death claimed Mrs. Foster. 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PHONE CHAMPA 2077 WALLACE CLOW South 4750. A. B. CLOW South 3582. DAY OR NIGHT VINEGAR 1 THE FASHION WEEKLY COATS FOR THE EARLY SEASON. A light coat for the demi-season is a necessity and it must be of a character to suit almost any occasion. Whenever a chill in the air demands it, morning afternoon or evening, it is to grace its wearer by its conservative but undeniably good style. It is one of the difficult things that designers face each spring, and they wrestle with its problems with varying success. The spring coat depends upon its style to make it a ready seller or a failure, in the eyes of the manufacturer. It must be in line with the mode as to shape, quiet as to color, and an advantage to the figure of the wearer. Hence there are many models. An elegant demi-season coat of gabardine shown in the picture, is lined with striped taffeta. It is banded with silk in self color, about the bottom and at the cuffs. The small turnover collar is of velvet. The body of the coat is semifitting with belt across the back. Its skirt at the sides and below the belt at the back hangs in godets. There is less fullness in it at the front and from the shoulders to a point several inches A. SPORTS CLOTHES FOR YOUNG WOMEN. There are sports clothes for everybody, but it is the young woman that may be as daring as she likes in selecting them. Other people look well enough in them, when they are carefully selected, but she can carry off anything that happens to please her fancy. It is already evident that sports coats and sports skirts please her so well that she is determined to enliven the streets with them. Here-tofore she has relied upon fads of the hour, in the way of accessories, to add snap and individuality to her tailored suit. Now she goes gayly about in coats and skirts that don't need anything additional in the way of snap. It is a matter for thankfulness that the colors and color combinations in sports clothes are attractive. White contrasted with bright green, light yellow, tan, brown and several pleasing blue shades, white and black, and considerable rose color are predominating in the realm of sports clothes. White and green, white and blue, with white and black, still divide honors in popularity. Two knitted sports coats of silk, with hats to match, are shown in the INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE BY JULIA BOTTOMLEY A below the waist line it hangs straight. Like so many of the new coats it betrays ingenious cutting. There is a pointed yoke at the back that suggests a little cape. The upper part of the body terminates in a long point at each side in the tront. But these details in shaping are inconspicuous. Except for a few buttons and the silk banding the coat is untrimmed. The model is in a very dark blue. Besides these trim semi-fitting models there are others with fuller lines and cut somewhat longer. One of the handsomest models made of covert and other cloths is cut to hang straight but very full. The waist line is defined by rows of shirring at each side and by a belt across the back and front. It has deep cuffs and a wide collar that may be turned up about the neck. An extreme of the flaring mode has attracted much attention, although it is made of dark blue gabardine. It has a high cape collar and panels do wn the front of blue-and-white checked material. It flares from the shoulders down, but a belt which emerges from slashes at each side of the front pretends to hold its fullness somewhere near the waist of the wearer at the front. T picture. These are sweater coats with knitted sashes that tie at the front. Their hanging ends reach to the bottom of the coat. At the left grass-green is contrasted with white. The coat has a wide border of white and the hat has a knitted sash laid in folds about it. A small checkerboard pattern in black and white may be found also in other color combinations. The hat is white, with checkerboard facing and band. The coat has a collar which may be turned up about the neck. Either of these coats look well with white skirts or with striped skirts in the same colors. One feature that belongs to the sports hat is destined to endear it to its wearer. The flexible brim may be turned up or down wherever liked. And these hats are very comfortable, like sports shoes, wherein ease and style have come to amicable terms at last. Oil Cloth Covers on Porch Tables. The newest covers for porch tables that are being shown are black or white oilcloth gayly sprinkled with bouquets of many colored flowers. The vase of flowers may do its worst without affecting one's summer peace of mind. --- PHONE MAIN 6123—Day or Night THE DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING COMPANY FRANK S. REED, License Embalmer & Director Lady Assistant Polite Service to All Parlors, 2745 Welton Street BOLDEN B and LUNC 924 19th Street, DEN BROS. 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