Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO AND NEW MEXICO Colored Woman Defends Honor With Gun Colored Defends Summit, Miss., July 7.—Justice at first hand was meted out to one of the class of "white" men who use the color of their skin as a protection against opposition in their efforts to debauch the virtue of the Race's women in the South. Mississippi has never convicted a Caucasian for any crime ever committed against any member of the race, no matter whether the crime was murder or of lesser degree. The feeling that they are immune from any consequences has grown so deep that the most dastardly offenses are practiced by them, the rape of our women being so common that it has almost ceased to attract attention. When Roy Gilchrist, the amorous son of a white contractor at Summit, Miss., attempted to commit the crime that has furnished the excuse for the burning at the stake of scores of the men of the Race without even a chance to show whether they were innocent or not, he chose for his victim the handsome wife of Alex O'Neil, who was away from home when the tragedy occurred. He mounted a mule and rode out to the section of the town known as Pleasant Run. When he reached the O'Neil home he dismounted and approached the veranda upon which Jessie O'Neil and Nannie Richardson were seated. After inquiring for a man of whom the ladies knew nothing, he made an indecent proposal which was promptly resented. He became abusive and grabbed at Mrs. O'Neil, who pushed him away and both ladies ran into the house and locked the door. By this time the young "white gentleman" was in a frenzy of passion. After trying to break in the door he turned his attentions to a window which he forced up and with an oath attempted to spring into the room. Shoots Brute Down. By this time Mrs. O'Neil had secured a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson from a trunk in the bed room. Determined to sell her honor as dearly as possible she backed up against the wall and met the "white gentleman's" next attempt to enter the room with a well-aimed ball from the pistol. When he failed to fall at this first shot, in a panic of fear, Mrs. O'Neil emptied the remaining shells into his filthy carcass. The brute's body then fell back into the yard, where it remained until removed by the coroner. The preliminary hearing took place on Monday before Justices Jones and Gwin and Mrs. O'Neil was held in bonds of $500 on a charge of murder. Justice Gwin, who is a type of man too seldom met in the South, stated that he had reluctantly consented to the above mentioned sum and that in his opinion the amount should not have exceeded $250, if she should have been held at all. He stated further that in his opinion, if the defendant had been the wife of a white man she would have been turned loose and added that his pre-election promises had been to mete out justice to white and black alike, and although he was forced to agree to holding Mrs. O'Neil he knew that she would be acquitted when her trial comes up in the Circuit Court. The Lesson Taught. If Mississippi and the rest of the South had a few more women like Jesse O'Neil the promiscuous debauching of the Race's homes would soon cease. In that section of the country the only protection for a woman's virtue is the personal resistance of the individual. The beastly passions of the "white" men are too frequently encouraged by weaker women of the Race and as a consequence there are many cases where these bruites can boast of being the father to bastards almost too numerous to mention. There is no surer protection for a woman's virtue than strength of character and a good gun, coupled with the ability to use it. NEGRO SOLDIERS REINSTATED. The famous Brownville incident of 1906, when a number of Negro soldiers were discharged from the 25th infantry, was not without some redeeming feature. Not long since fourteen of the discharged men were reinstated in the service. The reinstatement carried with it the back pay of the men which amounted to $11,289.75. Of this sum $2,419.65, the largest amount, falling to a single individual, fell to Private Robert Williams, a troop cook. It's a pretty good government after all that attempts to keep faith with all that serve it. The reward, true enough, came after a very long wait. But the waiting was at the expense of the government. It sometimes pays to wait. There was no compulsion in the matter, consequently the ending is rather to be set down as flattering to the discharged men, DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. JULY 22. 1916 State Hist & Nat Hist Society State House RADC THE JOURNAL G, MONTA DENVER COLORADO Many thought that the soldiers were unfairly dealt with at the time of the happening. Some carried their partisanship very far in view of the honest effort of the military authorities and Congress to get at the facts. It was known that Brownsville was shot up. It was generally thought that the Negro troopers did it. The question was: "Who are the guilty persons?" The question carried the thought that all of the men could not have been implicated. We took the view, at that time, that the matter rested with those in charge, and that those not in charge and who had no means of information that others did not have were not as competent to speak as those in charge regardless of the quality of their finding. President Roosevelt was bitterly assailed because he injected a bit of his spirit of militarism into the controversy, and which militarism, by the way was a true indication of the real Roosevelt. Some thought, at that time, that he was straining for effect or that he was giving an unnecessary show of authority or that he was lined up with the strenuous anti-Negro forces. But he was simply proving his great spirit for discipline, the martial spirit being greatly developed, and it has been proven by his vigorous preparedness speeches and his readiness to enlist in the defense of the country. All of this have been so plain to see that those who fought him so bitterly over the Brownsville incident that it has sunk into their consciousness willy nilly, thus converting them into friends and advocates of America's man of iron. Only a very few, if any at all, cling to the theory that Mr. Roosevelt was malicious in his part of the Brownsville affair.—The Freeman. THE DARE-DEVIL DARING AND VALOR OF OUR SOLDIERS. (The Freeman.) The world awoke a few mornings ago and read some very startling things that are taking place south of the American border. It read of treachery and perfidy of patriotism and of bloodshed. As has always been the case, it was the Negro blood being shed, soldiers' rich red blood, blood of Negroes who have graduated in discipline and trained to the minute, and who can whip their number four times over in any other kind of living men. It is a bit peculiar that no great American crisis wherein we speak volubly and touchingly in tender strains of American valor but that the dogged, intrepid manhood of the Negro helped in a large measure to give inspiration to the orator. These white officers of these Negro troopers, including all in the regular army, readily admit that from a military viewpoint they are America's greatest asset, and yet as much as the valiant Negro soldier is prized, nothing has been done for them further than barracks and military posts, where only here and there other than military discipline is scarce indeed. Other things should be taught besides loyalty and patriotism and marksmanship. Funny conditions rear aloft some puzzling situations. President Wilson might let the Carranza incident repeat itself in Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, and in matters of scrupulous claims on the part of the Negro relation to citizenship, give the regulars the benefit of the doubt. The firing line is a place of honor as well as the position of great sacrifice of life, but I guess it is well that we be given a chance occasionally to show the prejudiced world that being black does not hinder the development of a quality of manhood that the world cannot get along very well without. Our contentions upon the principles of fair play, a man's chance, human consideration and humane treatment, are being proved. God is not allowing the great human insult of a marauding mob to stand against us and to remain long unanswered. God is using our Negro soldiers in the forefront of the hottest breath of this punitive strife against the brigandage of outlawry and the beligerance of the de facto government because it is His way of heaping coals of fire upon the heads of our oppressors. The story of Corporal Sam Harris is by no means a mere passing incident. History was made upon straight shooting, daring and bravery by those Negro soldiers, and the next page added to the laurels of the United States army cannot be written unless it is taken from the lips of the Negro soldiers who were there almost alone to battle against ten times their number, entrenched and ambuscaded. M. A. MAJORS, M. D. Chicago, III. Y. W. C. A. NOTES. Owing to a mistake of the correspondent the program of last Sunday was announced to be under the leadership of Mrs. Jones, but was presided over, with great success by Mrs. Owens. A splendid program was rendered consisting of instrumental solo, Miss Janice Chinn; "Good Advice to Girls," Miss A. Cole; Instrumental solo, Miss E. Henry; trombone solo, Miss M. E. Morrison. The regular Vesper service will be held at 4 to 6 p. m. Sunday. The attendance is steadily becoming larger while the programs are always worthy of "overflowing" audiences. Owing to the inclement weather the lawn social was an "indoor" party at Mrs. Froman's. Refreshing Drink. Add a pinch of salt to a half glass of sour cream and a half glass of rich milk, and beat with an eggbeater until light and smooth. Pour into a tall glass, and over the top put a thin coating of pulverized nut meats and a scant grating of nutmeg. Serve cold with crackers. RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Billy Gibson is rounding up every available head liner for the Buenos Ayres contests, the list already including Ted Lewis, besides the quartet of American Colored boxers, Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford, Sam McVey and Harry Willis. Buckroe Beach, Va., July 13.—The Tri-State Dental Convention opened in the Bay State Hotel here today. Three states—Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina—are represented. Prominent dentists from Pennsylvania, District of Columbia and New York are attending. "Dental Preparedness" will be thoroughly discussed. Many of the delegates are talking of making the association national in scope, and unless all signs fail, the Tri-State Dental Association will pass out of existence with this session. Prominent among some who are attending the session are Dr. J. Max Barber of Philadelphia; Dr. T. A. Dabney, Dr. D. C. Brown, Dr. Barrier, superintendent Dental Infirmary Howard University, and Dr. Roberts of New York. Albert R. Hinton of Greensboro, N. C., has engaged the attention and interest of several Durham, N. C., capitalists with his invention of an automatic tobacco machine, the result of 16 years of hard work and study. Patents have been issued for parts of it and patents for the other parts are soon to follow. The compete machine puts tobacco bag on spout or shape, weighs tobacco in bag, folds coupon and puts in bag packs and presses bag into required shape; cancels stamp and stamps it, prints label and labels it, folds carton and closes one end, packs in required number of cigarette books, then closes open end of carton and finally delivers same on table. The average colored man complains a good deal about the lack of a certain kind of news in the Afro-American paper and that is the excuse offered by some of the big "guns" for not subscribing to the Colored papers. But after all, isn't it a fact that the little weekly Afro-American journal is the life of every community? After one of these gentlemen have tried of reading of the police court records, mobs and burning recitals of their people, they turn keen appreciations to the Afro-American journal which chronicles the good deeds and achievements and optimistic accounts of the Afro-American life struggles. These men and their families can then lift up their heads and believe that after all life is worth living. Louisville (Ky.) American Baptist. A campaign to raise an anti- NO 49 lynching fund of $10,000 has been inaugurated by the N. A. A. C. P., with headquarters at 70 Fifth avenue, New York City. This campaign is projected, following upon the distribution of 50,000 copies of the story of the horrible lynching recently enacted at Waco, Texas, when Jesse Washington, a Negro boy, 17 years old, sentenced by the court to be hung, was taken from the court room while the court was still in session, mutilated in the most horrible manner, strung up to a tree with a trace chain around his neck, and the body burned to a crisp. The subscription has been headed with contributions of $1,000 each from Judge Moorfield Storey, former president of the American Bar Association, now national president of the N. A. A. C. P., and Philip G. Peabody, of Boston, these contributions being made on condition that the remaining $8,000 be raised by August 1. Contributions should be sent to Oswald Garrison Villard, treasurer, 70 Fifth avenue, New York City, and all classes of the citizenry are requested to aid in the raising of this fund. NEGRO DEMOCRATS MEET. Chicago, July 12.—Members of the National Colored Democratic league, composed of Negroes from nearly every state in the Union, held their quadriennial meeting here and elected the following officers: President, Adam S. Patterson of Oklahoma; vice presidents, A. E. Manning, James L. Curtis and C. B. Jefferson; secretaries, Thomas W. Swann and A. H. Underdown; treasurer, Robert C. Hudspeth of Jersey City. Resolutions indorsing the national Democratic ticket were adopted and plans made to take an active part in the campaign. Particular reference is made in the resolutions to the international affairs of the country declaring that "by reason of the wise and progressive policies pursued by the President in keeping our country out of war with foreign powers, there has been preserved to the American people a period of unsurpassed prosperity." Referring to the recent skirmishes at Carrizal, Mexico, between troopers of the Tenth United States cavalry and Mexicans the resolutions praise the President for having cause the loyal and brave colored troopers that were massacred at Carrizal while heroically defending the honor of the American flag to be reclaimed from Mexican soil and returned and interned with the nation's dead at Arlington without discrimination. CONDENSATION OF FRESH NEWS THE LATEST IMPORTANT DISP PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT, CRISP PARAGRAPH8. STORY OF THE WEEK SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND FOREIGN LANDS. Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR Italians inflict another defeat on Austrians, according to statement from Rome. North of Ovillers, British drive back Germans on front of more than half a mile. Germans in night attack on French line south of the Somme gain ground in Biaches wood. Belgian troops reach Lake Victoria in German East Africa and disperse Teutons in seven-hour battle. The British have taken 1,500 yards of foe's second line, and advance threatens third line Teuton defense. Lloyds reports the British steamer Euphorbia, the Italian steamer Sirra, and the steamer Virginia (probably British) sunk. Petrograd reports capture of Baillurt in Armenia, sixty miles from Erzerum and one of the main objectives of Grand Duke Nicholas' campaign in the Caucasus. Heavy cannonading begins on entire Saloniki front, where more than 600,000 French, British and Serbs have for some time been held in readiness to begin new drive. In Caucasus, Petrograd reports, Russians have dislodged Turks from strong positions and are continuing their advance. In some places the Cossacks have crossed the snow line in the mountains. Russians drive Germans across river Lipa, taking 13,000 prisoners. Austrians admit their advance posts in Carpathian region have been pressed back, but declare main positions are firmly held. Private R. Tucker, Eleventh infantry, shot and probably fatally wounded Antonio Rodriguez, a Mexican musician, while the Mexican and a companion were making their way toward the international boundary near Douglas, Ariz. J. Beltran, one of Villa's chief lieutenants and a participant in the massacre of eighteen Americans at Santa Ysabel, Chihuahua, last January, was killed in the engagement at Cerro Blanco July 12, reports to General Jacinto Trevino at Chihuahua City indicated. WESTERN Minneapolis was selected as the meeting place for June 26, 27 and 28, 1917, at the closing session of the forty-second annual meeting here of the Imperial Council, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Buffalo. A million acres of corn and peanuts in the Tennessee River Valley between Chattanooga and Paducah, Ky., are under from four to fifteen feet of water as a result of the swollen condition of the Tennessee river, according to advices received at Knoxville, Tenn. William Bothwell, former city comptroller and recently a special officer on the water front, was killed and W. W. Morris and C. V. Harvey and C. V. Harvey, members of the prohibition enforcement squad of the Seattle police force, were seriously injured in a pistol fight which resulted from a raid on the bar in the Ferguson hotel at Seattle, Wash. WASHINGTON Cotton used during June was 570,466 bales, exclusive of linters, and for the eleven months ending with June 5,906,039 bales, the Census Bureau announced. The annual economic loss suffered by the United States from typhoid fever and malaria aggregates $928,234,880, according to estimates given to the Senate by Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, chairman of the committee of public health, in an address on "Rural Health—America's First Duty." That meat production has not kept pace with the increase in population, and that its failure to do so, combined with increased cost of production and the diminished purchasing power of the money unit, has contributed to higher prices not only in the United States, but all over the world, is stated in an exhaustive report on the meat situation by the United States Department of Agriculture. Great Britain again has refused a plea of the American Red Cross for permission to make conditional shipments of Red Cross supplies to Germany and Austria. The Senate adopted the enlarged building program of the naval bill by a viva voce vote. It provides for the construction within three years of 157 war vessels of all classes. President Wilson will attend the forma' dedication of the Elephant Butte dam on October 14 and the opening of the International Irrigation Congress at El Paso, Tex. FOREIGN Nigeria has trouble on its hands in the person of a negro who styles himself Elijah the Second. An official telegram from Berlin says Emperor William of Germany is in the Somme battle sector. Roger Casement's appeal from his conviction on the charge of high treason, for which he was sentenced to death, was dismissed. England's expenditures have now reached a total of £6,000,000 (about $30,000,000) daily. Chancellor of the Exchequer McKenna informed the House of Commons. The entire first-class mail of the Danish liners Frederik VIII., for New York, and Oscar II., from New York, was confiscated by the British authorities, the postmaster general of Denmark reports. The British government will publish a list of from seventy to eighty business firms and individuals domiciled in the United States with which residents of the United Kingdom are forbidden to trade. Prince Gebhardt Bluecher von Wahlstatt, grandson of the first and famous Prince Bluecher, whose arrival turned the tide in the battle of Waterloo, has died as the result of a fall from his horse near Bresslau. James Linn Rodgers, representative of the American government, informed the Mexican secretary of war at Mexico City that the American expeditionary forces in Mexico would be gradually withdrawn from Mexican territory. By authorizing the purchase of $2,000,000 of its bonds from British investors, at their present market value of $80, Winnipeg, Man., expects to reduce its debt by $1,500,000. It is planned eventually to acquire the remaining $33,000,000 of Winnipeg bonds in Great Britain. "According to official reports from Petrograd," says the Overseas News Agency, "in the period between the beginning of the Russian offensive and July 1, the number of those killed reached 14,900 officers and 248,000 men. Included among the officers were seventeen generals and twenty-nine regimental commanders." Advices from Stockholm say that the Russian finance minister, having failed to obtain a loan from England and France, undertook negotiations with bankers in the United States, which also failed. England declared that the cost of the war to herself had reached such a point that it had become impossible to assist her allies. Several scattered groups of Villistas have eluded the cordon of government troops which surrounded them in the Rio Florido bottoms and have reassembled at Tinajas and Las Escobas, on the road to Ojinaga and are making their way north with the object of making another raid on the American border, according to confidential advices to Gen. Jacinto Trevino at Chihuahua City. SPORTING NEWS Standing of Western League Clubs. Clubs— Won. Lost. Pct. Omaha 49 29 .628 Lincoln 44 35 .550 Des Moines 40 38 .513 Denver 41 40 .506 Wichita 38 41 .481 Sloux City 38 42 .475 Topeka 34 44 .436 St. Joseph 33 45 .423 The preliminary program of the seventeenth Grand American trap-shooting tournament, to be held at St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21 to 25, shows several innovations planned for the five-day shoot. Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion, stung by the taunts of the sporting world, has signed articles to meet Benny Leonard, the pride of Harlem, in a ten-round bout at Washington Park, New York, July 28. On Saturday, July 22, at 2 o'clock, the first championship swimming meet ever promoted in Colorado will be held at Washington Park in Denver. The meet will be strung out over the following two Saturdays, July 29 and Aug. 5. GENERAL The epidemic of infantile paralysis in New York has been checked successfully, in the opinion of Health Commissioner Emerson. One guard was killed and another fatally wounded by two prisoners in making their escape from jail in the Camden county, N. J., courthouse. All of the 142 men who were on board the big naval collier Hector, wrecked on the South Carolina coast, were brought to Charleston by rescuing vessels. A $10,000,000 fund is to be raised for the industrial and agricultural school and home for dependent children of the Loyal Order of Moose, located at Mooseheart, Ill. Juan I. Jimenes, formerly president of San Domingo, arrived in New York en route to Washington, where he will see President Wilson. It is said he will protest against the outcome of the recent elections in San Domingo. From the supreme office of the Knights of Columbus at New Haven, Conn., announcement was made that members who are on Mexican border service with the National Guard are to be supplied with camp comforts if they need them, through a $25,000 fund appropriated by the supreme officers and directors. The deaths in the North Carolina flood total twenty-eight, and the property loss probably $15,000,000. Will Orpret was acquitted at Waukee, Ill., of the murder of Marion Lambert. COLORADO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. Aug. 1—Celebration Colorado's Fortieth Anniversary of Statehood, at Denver. Aug. 2—National Convention of Representatives of Negro Race at Denver. Aug. 8—Democratic State Assembly at Denver. Aug. 9—Meeting Colorado Editorial Association at Denver. Aug. 10—Republican State Assembly at Denver. Aug. 14—Grand Lake Yacht Races. Aug. 14—Colorado Federation of Labor meeting at Colorado Springs. Aug. 18—Pickle Day and Fair at Platteville. Aug. 21—Celebration of the opening of the new State Highway between Del Norte and Pagosa Springs, at Durango. Aug. 22-25—Annual Convention, Grand Lodge K. of P. at Greeley. Aug. 31-Sept. 1—Apple Pie Days at Kifle. Sept. 5-8—Frontier Days' celebration at Fort Morgan. Sept. 11—Meeting Midland Trail Ass'n in Denver. Sept. 15-16—Irharvest Festival at Nunn. Sept. 27-29—State Convention B.P.O.E. at Trimidad. Windsor is planning to buy a big fire truck. Eighty-five horses were burned to death in a Denver livery stable. Weld county will get approximately $43,000 from the State Road Fund this year. Eight girl strikers were fined $5 and costs in Denver for menacing five girls who refused to strike. Harvey Mayfield, a ranchman of the Pawnee Butte country, is in the county jail on a charge of maliciously shooting cattle. A call has been issued for the annual meeting of the National Midland Trail Association in Denver the week of Sept. 11. Miss Jean Lauge, a 21-year-old Denver manicurist, attempted suicide after being deceived and married to Geo. H. Mills of Newton, Ia. Fifteen hundred soldiers from the Golden rifle range paraded through Denver streets Saturday, and then were guests at a Denver theater. Angelo Girardo, 60, a Boulder vegetable and fruit grower, was struck by a C. & S. passenger train on a crossing near Marshall, and instantly killed. Meyer Friedman, Jewish banker and philanthropist, died at Mercy Hospital in Denver as the result of complications after an operation. He was 62 years old. The Colorado,Wyoming irrigation suit which has been pending in the United States Supreme Court for more than four years will come up for a hearing on Sept. 4. The quantity of petroleum marketed from the areas of oil production in Colorado in 1915 amounted to 208,475 barrels, a decrease of 14,298 barrels, or 6 per cent from the corresponding output in 1914. From May 1 to July 15 last year—when saloons existed in Colorado—the state penitentiary received 137 prisoners. From May 1 to July 14 this year—under prohibition—the penitentiary received 44 prisoners. Denver's annual per capita loss from smoke is $10, while the total annual loss from the evil is at least $2,000,000, according to estimates made by those who have been and are now according the problem deep and comprehensive study. John F. Vivian, register of the State Board of Land Commissioners and secretary of the Republican State Central Committee, mailed to Philip B. Stewart, chairman of the Republican state committee, his resignation as secretary of the state organization. Rumors which have been in circulation in Denver for several days to the effect that the Denver & Rio Grande Railway may again obtain control of the Western Pacific, making a continuous system from Denver to the Pacific coast, have been in a measure confirmed by New York advices. The simple and impressive burial service of the Episcopal church was recited at St. John's Cathedral in Denver, where hundreds had gathered to pay their last tribute to Robert S. Ruble, assistant general passenger agent of the Union Pacific, whose sudden death at his rooms in the Denver Club shocked the city. The celebration of the opening of the new state highway between Del Norte and Pagosa Springs will be held at Durango, Aug. 21. As a link in an important highway, the Spanish Trail-Grand Cañon highway, projected between Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Walsenburg, Alamos, Del Norte, Pagosa Springs, Durango, Shiprock, Gallup, Holbrook, Kingman, Barstow to Los Angeles, the new San Juan Highway No. 15, marks an epoch in Colorado road building. A case of infantile paralysis afflicting a Park Hill girl 11 years old was reported to the State Board of Health in Denver, and Dr. S. V. McKelvey, its president, reported to Surgeon General Blue of the United States health service at Washington by wire. At the Pallisade Mine in the Beaver Creek district, Linn D. Douglas and Cicero Smith opened up a big gold vein measuring two feet in width. At the present time the quartz is carrying $4.50 a ton, but is getting better as they sink deeper JOHN F. CAMPION DEAD NOTED COLORADOAN PASSES AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS. Tolling Cathedral Bells Pay Tribute of Respect to Prominent Mining and Business Man. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—The chimes of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception began to toll Monday morning when John F. Campion, Colorado builder, pioneer and wealthy citizen, passed away. The only other occasion when the chimes have been similarly used was when Pope Pius died. Those who were at his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Campion and their four children, Helen, Phyllis, John and Roland Campion; Rev. Father Hugh McMenamin; Miss Nellie Daly, sister of Mrs. Campion, and George Campion, a brother. Mining was Mr. Campion's principal activity but he was prominently identified with a number of banks, the beet sugar industry, the building up of the packing house interests, the construction of the Moffat road and many other undertakings. The ringing of the chimes of the cathedral was an evidence of the love in which he was held by the members of the parish. The chimes were his gift to the cathedral. Mr. Campion was one of the important factors in the development of Colorado's manufactures, as well as one of its leading mining men. He was practically the father of the beet sugar industry in this state, and it was that industry which bridged over the period in the state's history between the decline of mining several years ago and the development of industrial and agricultural resources. Death was fully expected by him. Preparations for the end had been carefully made. He selected the trustees who will manage his estate and his affairs were put in shape. No one can safely estimate his wealth, but it is conservatively placed at $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. Boulder : Woman Bars Funeral. Boulder. — Mrs. Maud Gardiner Odell, 47 years old, a wealthy widow distinguished for gifts to the University of Colorado and her sorority, died here after four days' illness. Because of her religious views, and on the dying request she made, there was no funeral service. The body was taken to Denver and cremated at Riverside. Following her request, her friends gathered for a fifteen-minute memorial service. She also requested that there be no mourning for her. Her second husband, John P. Odell, president of a bank of Chicago, who died in 1912, about a year after the wedding, held similar views. The only ceremony after his death was a short service at which Prof. M. F. Libby of the university read. Mrs. Odell was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Max Clark, members of the original Greeley colony. Ship 42-Pound Gold Brick Boulder.—A forty-two-pound gold brick, representing a large part of the June cleanup of the United States Gold corporation mill at Sugarloaf, was shipped to the Denver mint. A fourteen-pound brick of baser metal was also shipped to Omaha for treatment. The remainder of the June output of the mines is represented by 16,000 pounds of second-grade ore sent to a local sampler. Three Hurt in D. & R. G. Wreck. Denver.—A flagman made a mistake in the matter of switches and No. 12 passenger train on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad crashed into an engineless freight train on a siding a mile south of Petersburg, slightly injuring three in the wreck and bringing more than a hundred close to death. Palmer Water Supply to Springs. Colorado Springs.—The entire reservoir system and watering rights of the Palmer estate, located near Glen Eyrie, have been formally offered for sale to the city of Colorado Springs for $100,000 by George A. Krause, the executor for Gen. Palmer's estate. Flames Threaten Portland Plant. Colorado Springs.—The $1,500,000 reduction plant of the Portland Gold Mining Company, one mile west of Colorado Springs, had a narrow escape from destruction when the assay building, a three-story brick structure, was destroyed by fire. The loss is $10,000. LaSalle Land at $800 Per Acre. LaSalle.—What is said to be the highest price ever paid for land in this part of the county was paid by Conrad Ginther, beet worker, when he gave $800 per acre for the Samuel Reeves place in Godfrey Bottoms, near this place. Woodmen Open Triennial Session. 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Phone South 1 d Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Me Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries 1864 CURTIS STREET Corner Nineteenth. Denver, Colo The MARKET COMPANY 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, 430 622-636 15th Street Denver Weatherhead Ha TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 15th Street Denver, atherhead Ha TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15th Street Denver, Colorado Weatherhead Hat Co. Established 1876 PIONEER HATTERS OF THE WEST WE MAKE OLD HATS NEW PRACTICAL HATTERS RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FIRE Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Descrip 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. PRACTICAL HATTER ATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FIRE Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Descrip 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Description 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. Store No. 1. 2701 WELTON ST. Main 895 875 PHONE MAIN 3028 to impress upon you another Henning's shoes, we are sticklers tail, and this is immediately ap- $2.50 Shoes the newest creations for spring. Henning's $2.50 Shoe Store 820-822 FIFTEENTH STREET. You Save A Dollar. J. C. HAMPSON, Vice Pres Y, Sec. and Treas. S DRUG CO. net. Right Prices Prescription Store No. 2 26TH AND WELTON Main 4955.4956 NS, Treas. J. B. MINTER, Sec. ORTERS' CLUB CONNECTION FREE CHECK ROOM one block from Union Depot. ER. Barber. DENVER, COLORADO. RES. PHONE GALLUP 942 RETTIG Staple Groceries S STREET Denver, Colo. T COMPANY Res. Phone South 1608 Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oysters Ants Our Specialty. Cured Fed Meats 02, 4303, 4304, 4305 Denver, Colorado ead Hat Co. MAIN 3203 HATTERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Cats of Every Description Denver, Colo. # AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Many of the students enrolled in the Houston schools have taken much interest in the industrial arts courses. There are three manual training teachers in the city. R. M. Catchings is the teacher of the night school, and two others divide their time among the ward schools. Mary J. Holden is at the head of the domestic science department. R. M. Catchings was graduated from the Prairie View State Normal and Industrial college and later he pursued a post-graduate course at Bradley Polytechnic at Peoria, Ill. Later he made an inspection of manual training and industrial art schools in St. Louis and Chicago. "Manual training in our Houston schools," said Mr. Catchings, "is included in all the courses from the fourth grade through the high school, and every boy student passing through these grades is compelled to take the course, while the girls passing through the same grades are compelled to take domestic science and domestic art in order that they may be taught the essentials of taking care of homes properly. "Manual training gives the boys the fundamental ideas about handling the tools. We want to teach the boys the underlying principles of the trades. We endeavor to give them ideas about designs and try to raise their tastes. In doing this we bring to the boy's mind that there is a great advantage in skilled labor. All the manual training work is done according to mechanical drawings made by the student, and in this way the student is compelled to have a certain thing in view. "Mary J. Holden, the teacher of domestic art and domestic science in the high school, is a graduate of Tuskegee institute. In these classes the girls are taught the essentials of cooking, launderying and proper care of the home. "In a way our work will be slow but even in ten years the things we are teaching in the schools in Houston will be readily observed in the Negro race. Our people will be better citizens, more able to help, themselves and they will make a greater impression on the white people as well as the colored race of Houston. "This occasion is evidence that the leading men and women of Houston—and what is true here is becoming true generally all over the country—believe that education makes the Negro a better citizen by making of him a more useful citizen. That is a logical and very evident fact. It is the ignorant, die Negro who causes most of the disturbance. And what is true of the Negro is largely so among all races. It is the least intelligent among any people that are hardest to control, and for this reason education everywhere is receiving a new impetus—whether it is education of the head or of the hands. One is impossible without the other, to a greater or less degree. The intelligent man just won't be idle. He will employ his time to some profitable end and therefore has no time for evil contemplations. On the other hand, ignorance breeds indolence, indolence induces idleness and idleness leads to crime. "With the night school open in addition to the excellent public day schools there is no reason why, within a few years, every Negro-old and young—in the city of Houston should not make of himself or herself a better and more useful man or woman President James H. Dillard of the Slater and Jennes funds, himself a southern man from the state of Louisiana, and up to the time of his election as president of the above funds, dean of Tulane university, and large numbers of others like him, are putting forth all their energies to create sentiment in the South that shall induce officials to give the Negro a larger share of public funds for educational purposes. Conditions are improving in this respect, and quite largely as a result of the work of the church schools and the educational missionaries, who went from the North into the South fifty years ago and have continued to this day, in spite of ostracism and misunderstanding, to do for the Negro that which the great missionary workers of the world are doing for the non-Christian races.—Northern Christian Advocate. After a long investigation a French scientist has declared that tuberculosis can be transmitted by the perspiration of a person afflicted with the disease, the germs passing through the pores. A large part of the South's race problems would be solved if municipal authorities and social workers would provide suitable playgrounds for the Negro children, declared A. M. Trawick of Nashville, social service secretary of the International Y. M. C. A. Many Negroes, he said, who developed victorious habits were compelled, as children, to seek recreation in back alleys. China has increased its telegraph lines to a total of about 30,000 miles, of which the government owns more than one-half. by means of increasing intelligence. And let me say to you men and women who are having the special honors of graduates conferred upon you, that your responsibility increases with your advantages. In proportion as you have been lifted in the scale of human intelligence, by just so much have your responsibilities to the public increased, and you owe it to the people to advertise the wonderful opportunities offered by the night school and the great need for every man and woman who otherwise has not had the chance to do so, to take advantage of this opportunity to better prepare themselves for life's duties." The Ven. Floyd Keeler in the Living Church of March 11, in an article entitled "The Church's Mission Among Afro-Americans," expresses surprise that Bishop Darst's plan of a separate racial district for Negroes in the South, presided over by a white bishop, has excited so little comment. The difficulty with this plan is fundamental and would suit no one, least of all the Negroes themselves. I repeat here what I have said to my own diocesan council, "that no white man can work effectively or satisfactorily among a race that he cannot visit socially." A large part of a bishop's influence and success comes from social contact with people. As chief shepherd over the flock his relations to his people must necessarily be something more than official. The Negro is therefore perfectly right in asking for a bishop of his own race, one who can visit him socially and break bread at his table as well as represent him in the general councils of the church and at all industrial and educational gatherings of his people. This a white man could never do. The plan of a separate racial missionary district with a Negro bishop in charge having full powers of jurisdiction evidently finds favor in the eyes of Mr. Keeler, who cites with approval the apostolic precedent that in the early church the gospel of the circumcision was committed to St. Peter, and the mission to the Gentiles to St. Paul, and that this involved a division of labor and authority in the same territory. But we would remind him that this was done long before the days of a settled diocesan episcopate and could hardly be cited as a precedent to guide us now. The hard, stubborn fact with which history confronts us is that not since the days of diocesan bishops has the church ever been divided on racial lines. The idea that a bishop should ever be called upon to surrender part of his flock because some of his sheep were black or brown or some other color is an absolutely new proposition and entirely at variance with the whole teaching of the catholic church for nearly two thousand years. To do so is to surrender the catholic ideal of one bishop "one father in God," over one undivided family in God. Make the family small, if you please, limit your bishop to a single city if necessary, but when you make him a bishop and give him jurisdiction he is the bishop of every living man, woman and child in his diocese, whether they acknowledge his authority or not.—Bishop of South Carolina. The czar is reputed to be the world's wealthiest man. His individual holdings are estimated at $35,000,000,000. The Russian wheat yield is only ten bushels to the acre. Cities of the second class cannot have separate schools for Negroes in Kansas. This was the ruling of the supreme court in an application of three Negroes of Galena for a writ of mandamus to compel the city to admit their children to the schools attended by white children. Last summer the city established a separate school for all Negro children, and provided it with as good teachers and equipment as was provided in the regular schools. The supreme court granted the writ of mandamus, holding that no discrimination could be made between children of whites and Negroes. A short time ago a plea for unprejudiced co-operation by white people to assist the Negro's progress was made by Mrs. Booker T. Washington, widow of the late head of Tuskegee institute. She declared that one Negro in twenty in the South today owns his own home. There is an average of about 350 births and 70 deaths a day in London. The annual commencement exercises of Lincoln institute, Jefferson City, Mo., "the Tuskegee of the North," closed with the graduation of 160 young Negro men and women, 94 of whom were graduated in the trades, and 66 in the pedagogical course. Texas, which in 1850 stood twelfth in rank, is now the seventh state in the American union in point of wealth. It is first in point of size and fifth in population, and its railroads are of higher value than those of any other state. HEIRS OF M. D. THATCHER ESTATE PAY $337,790.30. Tax is Largest Ever Collected in Colorado—Other Payments to State Commissioner. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—State Treasurer Allison Stocker collected an inheritance tax of $337,790.30 from the estate of the late Mahlon D. Thatcher, who was a banker of Pueblo. The appraised value of the estate was $9,310,705.80. Without deductions the tax is the largest ever assessed in Colorado and totaled $353,558.21. The difference between the assessment and the amount collected is allowed the estate for paying the tax forty-five days before it was due. The state collected as inheritance tax from the estate of the late Winfield Scott Stratton $350,000. This amount included interest and penalties assessed because of the delay in paying the tax which was in the courts for four years. The largest item in the Thatcher estate is the bond holdings which are scheduled at $3,642,472.55. The real estate is given at only $54,275 and mining stock at $4,000. The following inheritance taxes were also paid the state: Estate of John Harvey Annand, $155.48 upon an appraised value of $12,870. Estate of Carl Bernard Richter, $385.86 upon an appraised value of $17,547.48. Estate of Henry L. Bowman, $54.80 upon an appraised value of $4,000. Sttle inheritance tax appraiser, Leslie Hubbard, made the appraisals. Guardsmen to Get About $25,000. The United States army paymasters will make their first distribution at the Golden rifle range soon after Aug. 1. Announcement to this effect was a principal topic of interest among guardsmen mustered into the federal service. Approximately $25,000 will be distributed to the men, based on the time they were called into service—from June 19 on. The pay will range from $15 a month for privates upward through the various ranks. The federal ghost will walk probably for all the men now at the camp, as it is expected that by the time the paymaster is on the job all the militiamen will have been mustered in under federal service. Over 600 have already taken the federal oath. The hospital division, the first unit to be thoroughly recruited and equipped in every detail, now has a fully equipped field hospital capable of caring for 108 patients, directed by Maj. W. A. Jolley. It is said that every operation possible in any Denver hospital can be performed at the camp. Colorado Gets $1,302,000 for Roads. Co-operation between the national government and the states in highway improvement has begun on a country-wide program. In the next five years $150,000,000 will be expended on a half-and-half plan, upon arterial roads selected by the highway authorities of the forty-eight states, subject to the approval of the secretary of agriculture. Colorado's share of this distribution is $1,302,000; $86,800 the first year, $173,600 the second year, $260,400 the third, $347,200 the fourth and $434,000 the fifth. Lleut. Coffin Raised to Captain. First Lieut. Roy G. Coffin of Battery A of the artillery battalion will be promoted to captain of the battery, it was reported at the Golden Rifle Range. He will fill the vacancy made by the War Department in ordering Lieut. Joseph A. Rogers, a regular army officer, to other duties. Lieutenant Rogers is assisting Capt. W. T. Bates as mustering officer at the rifle range. Estate Yields Double Tax Two inheritance tax fees were collected by the state from the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Fox of Denver, who died in 1915, her estate including that of her husband, M. P. Fox, who died in 1911. The total paid was $1,576.74. The total collections for the week by State Inheritance Tax Appraiser Hubbard was $2,120.93. School Fund Gets $260,000. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction has been notified by Auditor Mulnix that there now is $260,000 to the credit of the public school income fund ready for distribution over the state. Incorporation papers were filed in the secretary of state's office for the Stonington State bank in Baca county. The capital stock of the new concern is $10,000. Declares State Providing for Insane. A statement outlining the action taken by the present state administration to provide for the care of the insane and a copy of a report of the State Board of Corrections recently made to him were issued by Governor Carlson. Both the statement and the report are issued in opposition to the proposed initiated law to compel the state to assume care of all of the pauper insane, who legally are state charges. BANDITS'ATTACK ON TRAIN FOILED CARRANZA TRCOPS SLAY SEVEN OF VILLISTAS AND TAKE EIGHT PRISONERS. REPORT REBELS ACTIVE GEN. TREVINO ORDERED SANTIAGO RAMIEREZ TO FACE FIRING SQUAD. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Chihuahua City, Mex., July 20.—A band of Villistas attacked a train on the Mexican Northwestern railway near Santa Ysabel, about fifty miles west of here, according to a report to Gen. Trevino. The bandits were beaten off and eight of them who were captured were brought here for trial by court-martial. The band was said to number less than a score. Gen. Trevino announced that Gen. Ramos pursued the bandits into a district in which facilities for telegraphic communication are few. The exact location of the government forces he did not disclose. Later dispatches from Ojinaga said that Capt. A. V. Anderson, commanding the American garrison at Presidio, Tex., has assured Col. Rijos of the preparedness of his command in the event of a Villista attack upon the American border. Gen. Trevino ordered that Santiago Ramírez, formerly Villista governor of Coahuila, face the firing squad as a result of his recent conviction by court-martial of several murders, although numerous appeals for clemency have been received, especially from women, in Saltillo. Dispatches were received from Carranza authorizing that every guarantee of protection be given the Alvarado Mining and Milling Company, an American concern, with properties at Parral, that its plant may resume operations. El Paso, Tex.-Six government soldiers were killed in the Villista attack upon a Carranzista supply train at Palomas, Chihuahua, according to private dispatches here. The dispatches conflicted with previous reports from Chihuahua City, which indicated the attack took place. Other reports reaching here said that a band of about fifty outaws, under Nicolas Hernandez, also is operating in the vicinity of Palomas, which is twenty-three miles southwest of Chihuahua City and about fifteen miles east of Santa Ysel. Gen. Francisco Gonzales, commanding the Juarez garrison, announced that he had received dispatches from Chihuahua City saying that numbers of the Villista bands, scattered after the Jiminez fight, have been attempting to rejoin the main command, but have been prevented by government troops who have engaged and deterred several small detachments, capturing numbers of prisoners. State Department officials said at Washington they had no information as to when Gen. Pershing's troops would be withdrawn from Mexico, indicating that this was a military question entirely in the hands of the War Department. Supplies are now being sent in. Patton Chairman of "Dry" Meeting. St. Paul, Minn.—Robert Patton, Springfield, Ill., was selected permanent chairman, with Howard Kershner, Topeka, Kan., permanent secretary of the Prohibition convention. RUSSIANS CROSS CARPATHIANS. British Drive Foe From Village and Wood North of the Somms London.—Wednesday the British troops recaptured Longueval and Delville wood won by Germans Tuesday. The French captured several trenches north of the Somme. Invasion of Hungary begun by Russians who crossed Carpathians. German airships raided Reval, in Gulf of Finland, and damage war vessels. Crown prince's army renews bombardment on French positions in Verdun region. Italians claim success in Trentino district against Austrians. Russians in Riga sector hammering hard on Von Hindenburg's army. Byers Slayer Again in Jail. Byers Slayer Again in Jail. Littleton.-George Holdman, 70, of Byers, Colo., who shot and killed Dan Brachen, a young man, there with a shotgun about six months ago, is again in the Arapahoe county jail at Littleton, charged with threatening to kill G. M. Buel, a newspaper man. Elkus Named Ambassador to Turkey. Abbott Register at Del Norte. Washington—The President nominated Hubbard H. Abbott of Monte Vista to be register of the land office at Del Norte, Colo. The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. Prescriptions Our Specialty. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, PROPR. PHONE MAIN 2425. When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails, Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings, or any other part of the hog except the squeal, go to East's Market The WARD AUCTION COMPANY Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO— 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT O.P. BAUR & CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY. Phone Main 6544. 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. TELEPHONE YORK 6668. GENERAL FURNITURE REPAIRING AND UPHOLSTERING. WORK GUARANTEED. 1417 East 24th Avenue, Denver, Colo. 2300-6 Larimer Street Phone Main 1461 1848 Arapahoe Phone Main 4896 Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. All shades of hair matched by sending sample of hair; also combings made up. Cheapest Switches 50 Cents 1219 21st 8t. Denver, Colo DO IT NOW Subscribe for THIS PAPER THE COLORADO STATESMAN LAUGH COLUMBIA FREE BACK COUNTRY SARTY One Year ..... $ 2.03 Six Months ..... 1.00 Three Months ..... 60 DABLE IN ADVANCE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the City of Denver, Colo. Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, 5 cents per line. Display advertising 50 cents per inch. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. THE INFLUENCE OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. This organization, originating in the great mind of the late Booker T. Washington a few years ago, is not only fulfilling its mission as a means for fraternizing Negro business men and their various forms of business, but is also establishing a permanent good in the way of bringing out the golden thoughts that have been hidden in the mental storehouses of our people, in such a practical manner, as to influence every ambitious man and woman of the race whether they live in the smallest village or the largest city of the United States of America. Again: Gradually, advantages are being obtained from sources that drew the line even in public utilities—the proof of which we have in the Civil Rights Law adopted by many cities of the Union and the improved railroad accommodation given us, by representations of the League through its late president, Booker Washington. In Denver, while we cannot boast of a large branch of the Business Leagüe, yet if our business men and women would only be filled with the spirit of self-help, progressiveness, and an interest in common for the benefit of all, we could get together, and following the example of Kansas City and St. Louis (cities comparatively within a stone's throw from us), discuss the business needs and general business prospects of our community from a racial standpoint, and then an improvement individually and collectively would be sure to follow. Nor is this all, as the influence of the National Negro Business League, not content with the business side absolutely, lends itself to acts of kindness to suffering humanity as well as protection to the unfortunate and unsuccessful ones of our race, as homes for the aged and indigent have been provided by organizations that have caught the spark from this League; and here in Denver, we are joining the ranks of Philadelphia and other cities in the form of our NEGRO WOMEN'S CLUB HOME ASSOCIATION, instituted and incorporated under the laws of Colorado for the purpose of maintaining a HOME through which social service, charity and other acts of kindness will be rendered to deserving ones. This Club Home Association, formed by the various women clubs of the city, held a mass meeting last Monday evening at Shorter Chapel, and showed to the public that they caught inspiration, too, and resolving to exhaust their energy towards the upkeep in conjunction with the aid of a generous public, their cause will not only materialize to large proportions, but be perpetuated as long as the principle of brotherly love continues in the Universe. Results like these furnish us with the wisdom of uniting for a cause that brings us to the standard of recognized BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN, associates, societies, etc., in the community and the country at large, therefore more than a passing interest should be taken by us in the Annual Meeting of the National Negro Business League, to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, August 16-18, 1916. EXTENT OF INFLUENCE. Its influence will extend farther than the boundaries of the American Continent, as there are other dark races keenly observant of America's business opportunity and advancement; and while we are not the possessors of munition factories and such other ways and means to be the chief sharers of the profits of Uncle Sam's $6,000,000,000 trade for the year ending June 30, 1916, yet moving along present lines with encouragement and perseverance, we cannot be left out of the intended South American and African trade which is just beginning to engage the minds of business men of this country, both black and white. The beauty of the flower wins the admiration of the average on-looker, but its fragrance abides in the olfactory nerves which convey it to the brain and leaves a lasting memory. Such is the influence of the Negro Business League. May it continue to the end of time and its result be one of the means of solving the problem between races and peoples the world over. POLITICS AMONG COLORADO NEGROES. No Negro, be the color nearly white, half-white or black as the blackness of darkness can mistake the doctrine of the Republican and the doctrine of Democratic parties in our Republic. It is too well known that the platform and candidates of the Republican side are clearly Republican; the Democratic platform and candidates are clearly Democratic, therefore, when a Negro expresses himself as being ignorant of the issues between the two parties when he is caught in the meshes of the party that makes capital out of his color (for which he is not responsible) and offers him the most menial jobs that can be given in the shape of reward for his valuable services, but in truth because of the odd appearance beside the white official or employé, we cannot take that Negro seriously, and in plain and unmistakable language cannot help from calling him either a knave or a fool. There are a few of such Negroes in Denver who term themselves politicians and go about boasting of their influence to place other Negroes in city and state positions on the Democratic side. When the Republicans are in power they are ardent propagators of the cause of the Republican party; when the Democrats succeed they are conspicuous by their unceasing applications and annoyances for jobs (as their Democratic masters assert). Now we ask what would be come of such "politicians" if the Prohibitionist, Socialist or any other party get in power? We are afraid they would either have to run excursion boats to the South Sea Islands or some newly discovered lands in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, then colonize, originate their own political creed and live happily, or become parasites trusting to the mercies of those in power if they remain here. We were approached some time ago by a gentleman of Democratic party politics, and in discussing the question of Negro politics, he asked whether we believed there were any Negro Democrats at heart, that is, Negroes who believed in the platform of the Democratic party, to which we replied, that we had our first time to see and know one who did not ally himself with the Democratic party from sinister motive, or convenient reason, or for the same purpose as the white Democrats entertain him. The majority of our Negroes, not only in Denver but in the state of Colorado, are Republicans, and The Colorado Statesman, in vouching for their unwavering attachment and unswerving devotion to the Republican party would remind our Negro population of this state to renew their allegiance to the party of freedom and progress, preserving the amendments to the constitution by which we were given the perfected qualifications of American citizens, and a new birth which makes us children of the family that stands for the extension of liberty to all people and the protection and ad vancement of our higher interests as American Citizens, and a life long identification with the Republican party, whose American ideals have caused our country to gain the respect and commendation of the world. GET OFF THE FENCE. There is nothing in Democracy for the Negro Don't let bourbon sentiment have its way in Colorado. Stand up for Hughes' HE who is for Hughes is not against Colorado, by any means. The mar who says so is a lunatic. The Nation's good is Colorado's. COLORADO STATESMAN --- The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West --- A RELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR THE GREAT ORGAN OF THE LABORING MASSES By MRS. GRACE JULIAN CLARKE of Indianapolis We hear little of rights nowadays in connection with suffrage, the emphasis of those who plead the cause of "votes for women" being placed rather on opportunities and responsibilities. Having found many conditions, especially those affecting women and children, far from just and fair and for the good of society, we long for the opportunity to help effect certain changes. We have tried "indirect influence" with far from satisfactory results, and so wish to take a hand equipped with the same tools that men have found necessary in bringing about the reforms they sought. Of course we may not succeed in doing all that we desire to do—certainly not at once; but we are no longer content to shirk our responsibilities as citizens and as the mother sex. It has been borne in upon us that these cities and towns are ours, just as truly as they are men's. The children in schools and factories are ours, too. So are the sick, the insane and afflicted in hospitals and infirmaries; likewise the criminals in jails and penitentiaries. We are not satisfied with the way all these are looked after, and we are no longer willing to shrug our shoulders and say, "It is none of our business." As for the "old-fashioned home," we can no more have it nowadays than we can have the old-fashioned school, the old-fashioned church, the old-fashioned street car, or the old-fashioned newspaper. They were all right in their day, but we are living in the twentieth century, and are forced by the very nature of things to adapt ourselves to its demands and requirements. Many Men May Dazzle World For a Day But Real Merit Alone Wins in the End By DR. WELLS ANDREWS of Chicago History furnishes no example of anything but merit winning in the end. Bubbles float easily and lightly upon the air, and sparkle very beautifully in the sunlight, but they float but for a moment, and then burst and are forgotten. Society has its bubbles, business circles have their bubbles, the church has its bubbles, life is full of bubbles, but their fate is the fate of the bubbles in the air. Occasionally a man bursts upon the community, dazzles for a day, and then dies and is for gotten, leaving the record of a life that no sensible man or boy would wish to imitate. There is no real merit in such a life, nothing that the world wishes to tie to or remember. The only life that is a success is the one made up of actions which are the fruit of pure motives and the highest sense of duty to oneself, one's fellows and the Creator. Such motives and such deeds make character that will stand all the storms of temptation and evil that may ever beat upon life's pathway, and will win the approbation of every person whose good opinion is worth anything. The work of life is to do good, and no good was ever done that was ever lost. It is always as lasting as eternity. If men would be successful, they must be something, and appear to be something. The man or woman minus self-respect, noble inspirations, honor and manhood or womanhood dies and only the wreck of a blighted life remains. National Sacrifices Needed to Awaken The People to Their Responsibilities By W. H. P. FAUNCE, President of Brown University When our young people enter college we find the trouble with them is not that they have bad habits, but that they have no habits at all; not that they think badly, but that they do not think. All this is in the college simply because it is in our whole generation. It is the inevitable outcome of a life that has never known national disaster, and has made material prosperity the goal of its desire. Shall the European nations emerge from the awful conflict disciplined, co-ordinated, accustomed to the service of the state, and shall we in America be found vacillating and irresolute, lovers of ignoble comfort, desiring above all things the full dinner pail and the fat purse? Shall Europe come forth purged of selfish individualism by the tremendous contest, while we, sitting on the "bleachers" of the world, make no sacrifice and win no inner victory? God forbid that America should ever share in the frightful war; God forbid that America should fail to share in the world-wide sacrifice. We need deep and earnest study of the issues that underlie the struggle and the ideals for which America stands. What do we mean by Americanism? What by the Monroe Doctrine? What by preparedness? Here is the task of educated men. City Schools Deficient Because They Are Run on Old Country One-room Plan The trouble with the city school is that it grew out of the one-room-one-teacher country school and it never has forgotten its first plan. With one teacher, naturally every child had to be doing the same thing at the same time. All had to recess together. All had to recite together. Imagine the confusion which would result if the city were run on this one-room-school plan. We could only see doctors during one hour, and everybody must see them at that time. We could only go to the store during another hour, and to the bank at still another. The confusion which would result would be overwhelming. Every public facility would be overcrowded to the point of destruction. The city simply could not exist on the plan by which we try to run schools. What we stand for is the multiple use of schools. While one child is in the classroom another is in the library or shop or on the playground. We get twice as much use out of the buildings by utilizing them in this way. The secret lies in arranging school life on the plan of the grown-up world. Balance the loads. Distribute the work and the classes. Avoid the country-school plan for modern city schools, and one building comfortably will do the work of two of the older type. THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE EQUINOX THE STATE LAUGH WILL BE FREE AMY COUNTRY PARTY THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU OF INFORMATION 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25. DENVER, COLORADC Phone: Main 7417. Mrs. Harkless from Pueblo, is visitiing for the Summer with her sister, Mrs. M. A. Cole, 2837 Stout street. Mrs. S. H. Hobson and daughter, Cleo, left Monday for Los Angeles, California, to visit her mother, Mrs. Clara Henderson. W. A. Kelly, professional trombone player, returned to the city to join Morrison's New Orchestra after playing with the New Orleans Minstrel show for some months. Miss Mattie Cowden, popular hairdresser of 1219 Twenty-first street, is suffering from a sprained ankle the result of a fall. She is improving slowly. Mrs. Robert Pennington of Garden City, Kansas, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborne, of 3524 Tennyson street, left this week for her home. She reports her stay in Denver one of much pleasure. Miss Edith Hayden and Miss Susie Hayes of Wichita, Kansas, left last Tuesday for Colorado Springs, where they will spend a few days before returning home. They report their stay in Denver a most delightful one. Duncan's trio is making a hit at Connor's Hotel, Laramie, Wyoming. The members of the trio, Messrs. Duncan, Fraser and Lankford are well known to Denver patrons as musicians who strive to give satisfaction. The Zion Baptist Sunday School picnic had the usual success having taken out a large number of jolly good fellows to Dome Rock last Thursday. Rev. Wallace, superintendent of the Sunday School deserves much credit for the successful management along with his able assistants. The Woman's Republican Club extends an invitation to THE COLORED CITIZENS' LEAGUE to attend their meeting Thursday evening, July 27, in the Auditorium of the Adams Hotel. All members of the League are especially requested to show their appreciation of this invitation by being present. The Colorado Statesman congratulates Mr. and Mrs. Edward Banks who have recently purchased the modern up-to-date two-story brick building at 2418 Welton street, the same being a wise investment. Such examples by diligent and hard working members of our race show our aptitude for business and are worthy standards to follow. Spencer J. Smithea, popular citizen of Denver and late employe of the A.T. Lewis and Son Dry Goods Co., left the city on Wednesday last to join his brothers in Detroit, Mich., where he will reside permanently. While here Mr. Smithea enjoyed a large circle of friends and acquaintances and was very prominent in the Masonic fraternity. We wish him every success in his new home. Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Manley, of Twenty-ninth and California streets, a beautiful baby girl, Monday, July 10. Mother and daughter are doing well. Dr. Justina Ford in charge. Mr. Manley is all smiles and in passing the cigars to his friends he informs them that he may not be able to help Uncle Sam with boys for the front but can surely help to supply Red Cross nurses. MEN WANTED. Wanted at the D. & R. G. shops in Burnham, all the colored men that they can employ, on the rip track. Mr. Fry, general car foreman. SHORTER'S CHAPEL NOTES. Rev. Robert L. Pope, B. D., Pastor. "The City Without a Night," and "The Good Soldier" will be our pastor's sermon topics for tomorrow. Last Sunday was observed as Woman's Day to the delight and profit of large audiences both morning and evening. Mrs. Weldon and her committee covered itself with glory. Mrs. DePriest presided with dignity and ease. Mesdames Dewey C. Balley, M. P. King, Janie M. Pope and Amelia Reeves appeared to splendid advantage in papers and addresses; and Mrs. Octavia Dishman and girl's chorus under Mrs. Glenn and the choir charmed their audience with song. So well did our women equip themselves that this day will be regularly observed hereafter. Bishop H. B. Parks, D. D., of Chicago, will fill the pulpit Sunday morning July 30th at Shorter and a great audience will turn out to greet him. Shorter will present Richard B. B. Harrison of Chicago in a series of recitals (four nights) beginning Monday evening, July the 31st. Prof. Harrison is without an equal as a reader both classical and humorous, and his coming gives Denver an opportunity that she does not enjoy every day. ZION NOTES. Sunday was a great day at Zion. The pastor's sermon in the morning, from the subject, "The Homeless Christ," reached the heart of the congregation as was manifest by the intense interest. Brother Ball of Colorado Springs, united with the church by letter. The great congregation of the morning was present at the evening service. The subject was lecture-sermon from the "Story of Daniel," illustrated by the stereoicon. The service was introduced by the congregational singing of "Onward Christian Soldiers," made real by beautifully colored pictures; and at the close of a quartette sang "Jesus Lover," to the accompaniment of wonderful dissolving views. The service was a masterpiece. Next Sunday night will begin a series of stereopticon lectures which will present the Bible in pictures and story, "From Genesis to the Cross." Seven consecutive Sunday evenings, You cannot afford to miss a single evening. The entire Bible story will be told in a series of pictures in a way that you have never seen before. Appropriate illustrated music will be a feature every night. The program begins promptly at 8 o'clock. The Young People's Chorus will also sing PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. East Twenty-third and Washington street. Pastor, J. A. Thos. Hazell, S. T. B. Sermon Topics, Sunday July 23, 11 a. m., "Jesus Conduct as He Approached the Crisis." 5:30 p. m., "The First of a Quartet of Sins Punished in this Life and in the Life Beyond." On Sunday evening the minister will preach on the first of a series of sermons of four in which he will demonstrate the fact that certain sins are punished in this world whilst others are punished in this world and that to come. Our organist, Mr. Spratlin is now on his vacation. Our pianist, Miss Cleo Hobson, has gone to spend some time in California. If the way be clear we hope to stage a midsummer sacred concert the first Sabbath of August on the return of Mr. Spratline. Miss Mae Prince will furnish worthy selections. The choir hopes to entertain the public as never before in a series of musical engagements beginning this Fall and lasting through the Winter months both at the Colored and White Churches of the city. On one or more occasions we will have imported artists the reputation of whom is known in Europe, the two Americas and the West Indies. The winter programs will be all the more interesting when we consider the fact that the composition, literary and musical will be distinctively Hamic. From time to time detailed announcements will be alred thru the columns of the daily and weekly press of the city. "He that walketh with the wise shall be wise." Friends, govern yourselves accordingly. BIG EXCURSION TO COLORADO SPRINGS. Wait for the Barton Big Scenic Excursion, Friday, August 4th, to Colorado Springs, Manitou and Pike's Peak. Two baggage cars will be artistically decorated for dancing going and coming from the Springs. Something new. Fare for the round trip, $1.25. Children half fare. Morrison's full orchestra will furnish the music. W. F. PLAMBECK JEWELRY C. This company, one of the oldest and most reliable jewelry firms of the city, 1715 Champa street, in offering the best articles in their line, announces that their prices are within the reach of all, and their work still stands the test of the most critical now as in the years before. In thankking the public for past favors we assure them of our efforts to continue to please and hope we have insured their confidence. K. P. Excursion to Colorado Springs in honor of Grand Lodge. Thursday, July 27th, via Colorado & Southern. Secure your tickets from Harry Jones, 1021 Nineteenth street. Round trip $2.25. For $15 to $22 Suits The newest Summer models, colorings and fabrics for Men and Young Men, are now included. Forget the Price, for these Suits were made by America's leading manufactures. $17 For $25 to $30 SUITS = = = $23 For $35 to $40 SUITS = = = The May Co. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. last Sunday afternoon was well attended. A spirited song service was conducted, followed by a season of prayer in which several participated. Quite a number of the men present were new, that is, they had never attended the meetings before. Others had made good their promise of the Sunday previous, to bring another man with them. The speaker of the afternoonoo was the Rev. C. A. Wilson, pastor of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church. He spoke on David's contest with Goliath. He said that David's victory was due to his confidence in God, to his good habits and to his willingness to sacrifice himself for the welfare and safety of his people. Permanent good can never be won by fighting a selfish battle. "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." The juniors had the croquet court largely to themselves last week. They are developing some good players among themselves, and some of them are speaking of challenging the seniors. Sims and Ross engaged Bell and King in a game on Saturday evening, and while the former would ordinarily have been no match for the latter pair, but Bell seemed to be out of condition, often missing balls only ten feet away. And yet, with Sims and King already rovers, it is somewhat doubtful how the game would have ended had not Sims been forced to leave in order to make his train. Next Saturday, however, will clear away the doubt. The men's meeting will be held as usual next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. W. A. Webster, pastor of the West Side Christian Church, will be the speaker. Mr. Webster is a firm believer in the rights of the Negro, and promises to give out some warm facts on that occasion. All men will be welcome. COLORED CITIZENS LEAGUE. All members of the Colored Citizens' League are requested to be present at meeting to be held Tuesday, July 25, at the rooms, 2560 Washington street, as business of importance will be transacted. J. D. D. RIVERS, President. R. U. GOING Colorado Springs, Manitou and Pikes Peak Friday, Aug. 4th THE MOUNTAIN A full line of Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Jewelry at lowest prices. Courteous treatment to all Mrs. James Clay left last Tuesday to attend the funeral of her mother, who died in Alamosa after an illness of many weeks. Mrs. W. W. Bryant continues to improve after the operation on her eyes. Rev. A. M. Ward passed through the city on Friday enroute to Salt Lake. Mesdames White, Smith and A. W. Ward attended the Summer School of Missions at the Chautauqua Grounds last week. The Woman's Club held a lawn party at the residence of Mrs. Mary White on last Thursday. Allen Chapel Sunday School is conducting A Children's Hour each Friday afternoon for story telling. The innovation is proving to be a very popular one. The visiting teachers taken an afternoon each. Miss Iphigen, the instructress at the University Summer School will be the story teller for next week. After using others give Hair Root Grower a trial and let us prove to you what it will do. Will grow hair from 1 to 2 inches a month, if used according to directions. For treatments, massage and manicuring, call York 957M, 2333 Ogden St., for appointments. Mrs. Gora Robinson and Mrs. Elza Rose. GENTLEMEN, IMPROVE YOUR HAIR. If you have good hair we can make it better; if you have bad hair we can make it good; no need to wear your hair shaved or cut close, wear it long. See Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Rose; let them keep it straight and looking nice. Phone York 957M or 2333 Ogden for appointments. W. F. PLAMBECK EXPERT WATCH MAKER BOULDER NOTES. All Boulder is a flutter over the rare treat to be had when Bishop H. B. Parks comes to speak at Allen Chapel on Friday, July 28. This is the Bishop's first visit to Boulder, and means much to the people here. Bishop Parks is without a doubt one of the most forceful and masterly gospel preachers among our Bishops today. All Boulder awaits his coming. The funeral of Albert Christopher Harris, for 22 years a resident of Boulder, was held at Allen Chapel on Sunday last. Mr. Harris died on Thursday morning, July 13, at the age of 68 years. He was born at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. He is survived by a widow and three children. Rev. A. C. Jackson assisted Rev. A. Wayman Ward, who officiated. The University Summer School has its largest enrollment of Negro teachers during its history. Misses Mary Thomas, Mary Greene, Cora Black, and Callye Williams are Kansas City teachers, and Miss Clementine Reeves is a Sedalia, Mo., teacher. Other city visitors are Mesdames Clark and Brown of Topeka, Kan., Lizzie Douglas of Denver, Ruskin of Texas, Misses Christian and Alexander of Oklahoma, Messrs. Young and Scroggins of Hot Springs, Ark. The season's greatest attraction is the Midsummer Musicale to be given by Allen Chapel Choir on Thursday, July 27. No pains are being spared to make this entertainment surpass any of its kind in recent years. The special artists are Prof. George Morrison the premier Negro violinist of the west, Miss Jennie Hicks, the Colorado songbird, and Miss Mary Thomas an exceptional reader of Kansas City. Mrs. Esther Morris attended the Harris funeral on Sunday last. There is no situation in life so bad that it cannot be retrieved. It is a poor heart that never rejoices. - Dickens. Some of these delicate concoctions would not wear for every-day living, but an occasional slipping from the beaten path makes these sweets all the sweeter. Nesselrode Pudding. Take three cupfuls of large chestnuts, shell and remove the brown skin, cover with water and simmer until thoroughly tender. Drain and press fourth of a pound of candied fruit, cut in pieces, cover with a half cupful of pineapple sirup. Boll a cupful of sugar and a half cupful of water until it spins a thread. Add to it the beaten yolks of four eggs, stir until the mixture is thick, then beat until cold. Add the chestnuts and a teaspoonful of vanilla and one pint of cream whipped. Put into a freezer and half freeze, then add the candied fruit. Pack and stand at least two hours to ripen. Frozen Cheese and Preserved Figs. —Beat two good-sized cream cheeses with half a cupful of stiff cream until smooth, sweeten to taste and put into a covered mold. Pack in ice and salt for four hours. When ready to serve slice in pieces two inches thick, then cut in rounds, or, better, pack in baking-powder cans and it will be all ready when sliced. Make a slight depression in the center and put in a preserved fig, stem end up. Biscuit Glace.—Put two cupfuls of sugar and one cupful of water in a saucepan over the fire. Cook carefully until the sirup spins a thread. Beat the yolks of six eggs very light; pour the sirup upon them slowly, beating all the while. Return to the fire and cook one minute. Strain into a bowl and beat until cold. Add a teaspoonful of vanilla, one-fourth of a cupful of orange juice and very finely chopped nuts. Turn into the freezer, and when thoroughly chilled add one pint of cream, whipped stiff. Fill paper boxes, sprinkle with chopped nuts or macaroons and pack and freeze. Plain ice cream is far easier to prepare than most cooked puddings, and the large majority of diners would much prefer them. Mexican Hash.—Chop or grind meat left from a roast. To each pint of meat add half a can of corn, three-fourths of a cupful of bread crumbs and gravy to make it moist. Season highly with paprika and bake in a buttered dish twenty minutes. Fine served with baked potatoes. In order to love mankind, we must not expect too much of them. It is a great gift to choose and be satisfied—Frank Crane Marshmallows as a confection dipped in pepperpoint fondant, are a delightful after-dinner mint. A marshmallow dropped in a cupful of hot cocoa at the children's parties will please them better than whipped cream, and is so easy to do. A marshmallow placed A marshmallow placed on salted wafers, the small, round ones, and put into the oven to brown, makes most attractive marguerites. Marshmallows cut in quarters with sharp shears and mixed with pineapple and whipped, sweetened, flavored cream, and served in shebet glasses, is a dainty dessert. A most delightful fruit salad may be made with pineapple, strawberries, marshmallows, and two, or three tablespoonfuls of a good boiled salad dressing stirred into a cupful of whipped cream. Serve very cold in a pretty glass dish. Marshmallows cut up and added to the boiled frosting while it is hot is a favorite filling for a cake as well as a good ice. Marshmallows.—Dissolve one package of gelatin in 14 tablespoonfuls of water. Boll together four cupfuls of sugar and 14 tablespoonfuls of water until it forms a thread. Pour the sirup over the gelatin in a deep dish and beat until thick; flavor as desired, and put into a pan of powdered sugar to coat each marshmallow. Marshmallow Frosting.—Melt one cupful of white fondant, add the white of an egg, beaten stiff, and stir over the fire two minutes; remove from the heat and beat for two minutes, or until stiff enough to spread; flavor with any desired flavoring. This is especially good on chocolate cake. Marshmallow Paste.—Put a fourth of a cupful of sugar and the same amount of milk in a saucepan, heat slowly to the boiling point, and boil six minutes. Cut a fourth of a pound of marshmallows in pieces and melt in a double boiler; add two tablespoonfuls of hot water and cook until the mixture is smooth; then add the hot sirup gradually, stirring constantly. Beat until cool enough to spread, then add a half teaspoonful of vanilla. Use either for filling or frosting. Nellie Maxwell HONEST GOODS HONEST WORK AT HONEST PRICES Imperf Repairing HAIR ROOT GROWER Every failure teaches a man some thing if he will learn. DAINTY,DISHES but an occasional slipping from the beaten path makes these sweets all the sweeter. Nesselrode Pudding.—Take three cupfuls of large chestnuts, shell and remove the brown skin, cover with water and simmer until thoroughly tender. Drain and press through a sieve. Take a USES FOR MARSHMALLOWS delightful after-dinner mint. A marshmallow dropped in a cupful of hot cocoa at the children's parties will please them better than whipped cream, and is so easy to do. 2,312 SHIPS ADDED TO THE AMERICAN MERCHANT FLEET SINCE WAR OPENED From the beginning of the European war to June 1, 1916, 2,d12 ships weie added to the American merchant marine. The new boas carrying the American flag were mostly constructed in American shipyards. Of the total number only 179 are foreign- built ships that have been admitted to American registry under the ship registry act of August 18, 1914. Most of the additions to the American fleet from foreign-built ships came in the early months of the war, for the principal European nations began in February, 1915, lo prohibit the sale of their respective merchant vessels to citizens of other countries. From July 1, 1914, to June 30, 1915, a total of 1,371 ships were addéd to the American fleet. Of this number 145 were for- cign-built ships. Vrom July 1, 1915, to May 31, 1916, there were 941 ships added to the American fleet, and of this number only 34 were forcign-built ships. The greatest additions to the American fleet were made in May and June, 1915. During those two months the flect was increased by 361 ships. ‘OLDGLORY’ AMONG THE OLDEST FLAGS Stars and Stripes First Carried in Battle, However, in Mexican War. OF MANY SIZES AND SHAPES Banner That Inspired hat and One Carried by Paul Jones in Col- fection of the National Museum. A decree recently Issued by Uncle Sua standardizing the form and size sf the American flag has brought out some Interesting bits of history con- fected with the Stars and Stripes. The fact that some sixty-odd sizes and shapes of American tls were found in use in the vartous government de- partments Jed to the executive order. The flags and Union Jacks of all departments, with certain exceptions in the army and navy, must now con- form to specifications, ‘There are 12 prescribed sizes, from 1.i81-foot to 20- foot widths, but the 19-foot flag is to fe the standard. ‘The story of how the American flag scew Is told in a bulletin of the Smith- sonian institution. Examples of the flag in its various periods of develop- cent are ingluded In the collections of (he United: States National Museum. It is interesting to note, says tne bulletin, that during the Revolution the flug had 1% stars, in the war of ast2, 15, in the Mexican war, 85, in the Spanish-American war 45, and to- day there are 48. ‘The American flag is among the oldest of national fags, belug older than the present British Union Juck, the Wrench tri-color and the flag of Spain, and many years old- er than the flags of Germany and Italy, some of which, like those of other countries, are personal flags, or those of reigning families. Banner That Inspired Key. Representative of the early type there 1s a 12-star flag sald to have been used by John Paul Jones during the War of the Revolution, which is now in the National museum. Another flag of the very highest historic value is the original “Star-Spangled Banner” which flew over Wort McHenry in Bal- timore during the bombardment on September 13-14, 1814, and was the in- spiration for Key's anthem. ‘This Fort McHenry flug is of the 15 stars and stripes type, adopted by an act ap- proved by President Washington, Jan- uary 1, 1794, which took effect May 1, 1795, after the admission of Vermont and Kentucky, It measures about 30 feet square, is much battered and torn, with one star missing, but this great historic souvenir has been preserved by quilting It on heavy linen cloth, and cemains one of the country’s most pre- cious relies. From 1795 this form continued as the standard flag un‘il President Mon- coe’s administration, when congress enacted that It should thereafter be of 18 stripes, with the addition of a star for euch new state, commencing July 4, 1818. Tt seems that the army never car- ried the national flag in battle, though we have record of its use us a garrison flag from about 1787 or 1789 until 1846, Bodies of troops enrried during this pe- riod, and before it, what was known 4 national colors or standards of blue emblazoned with the arms of the United States, an eagle surmounted by a number of stars, and with the designation of the body of troops, as infantry or artillery inseribed on a seroll. Definite Rules in 1912. In 1834 the artillery was given the eight of carrying the Stars and Stripes as recorded by the war department regulations, the infantry and cavalry still using the national arms with an added scroll in the eagle’s beak bear- ing the words: “2 pluribus unum,” ‘These flags remained the colors of the infantry until 1841, und of the cavalry until as late as 1887, when they were ordered to employ the Stars and Stripes. Several flags of the period of the Mexican war, 1846-47, are in the mu- seum collections. Among them is a flag of 13 stripes and stars carried throughout the war by the battalion of volunteers which enlisted from Maryland and the District of Colum- bia, and the flag of Company I, Fourth regiment of Indiana, with an eagle In the field. Ten flags of the collection pertain to the Civil war. Other flags include some from the Spanish-American war, the American colors curried by Rear Admiral Peary in his aretic explora- tion in 1909 and the flag carried by the Smithsonian African expedition under the command of Col. Theodore Roosevelt in 1909-10. GOLD AND SILVER MINED ALL OVER UNITED STATES Report of Output of Precious Metals for 1915 Shows Varying Produc- tion in Many States. The United States produced 4,887,- 604 fine ounces of gold, valued at $101,085,700 in 1915, an Increase of $6,- 508,900 over the previous year. The production of silver in 1915 amounted to 74,961,075 fine ounces, valued at $37,397,300. ‘This was an increase of 2,505,975 fine ounces In the production of silver. A report of the bureau of the mint and the geological survey, just Issued, Is of interest as showing the wide dis- tribution of this production over the United States. This report shows the value of the output of gold and silver in the varions states and territories of the United States in 1915 as follows: Gold. Silver, Alabama ......8 5,100 Pee Alaska .....6.--16,710.000 $526,100 Ariiona yee... 4,955,000 5 2,826,500 California .....22,547,000 $43,100 Colorado ......22,580,800 3,501,900 Georgin ....... 84,800 100 Tdaho ......... 1,170,600 6,506,800 MUInOlsintetesse cave ete 1,00 Michigan -.222 sei5toe 280,300 Montana ....... 4,978,200 7,195,600 MMISSOUTl case oa 27,700 Nevada ........11,88,700 7,210,500 New Mexico... 1.460.000 1,165,900 North Carolina. 170,700 700 Oregon ........ 1,867,100 62,600 Philippine Ist'ds. 1,320,900 7,600 Porto Rico .... POU sec. sea South Carolina. 8,600 ol... South Dakota .. 7,403,500 98,600 Tennessee ...... 6,800 49,500 TEXAS ..e05006. 1,800 361.500 Utah ......4... 8,907,900 6,522,200 pVermontie scoot ccc ste 100 Virginin ...... 500 apie Washington .... 461,600 106,700 Wyoming ...... 13.900 1,400 ‘Total ......$101,035,700 87,397,300 FOREIGN CLOTHES NOT WORN Very Few Ready-Made Garments for Men Imported Into United States —Exports Also Are Small. Foreign compet'tion is one of the least of the worries of the ready-made clothing industry of the United States, according to Uncle Sam. With an an- nual production amounting to more than half billion dollars, manufae- tnrezs in the United States have prac- tieally no competition from abroad. At the same time the United States exports very little ready-made cloth- ing, In proportion to the size of the Output in this country, ‘These conditions are due to the fact that ready-to-wear clothing is not com- monly worn in Europe except in the cheaper grades, American-made cloth- ing for men was introduced in London about 1908 or 1909 and small quanti- ties have been sold in other European cites. Most of the exports of cloth- Ing,however, have gone to Canada and Mexico, ‘The total exports of woolen weuring apparel of all kinds amounted to only $2,148,235 in 1914. ‘The little ready-made clothing that is imported into the United States consists chiefly of English overcoats and such novelty garments as golfing and motoring clothes. ‘The only per- sons in the United States who prefer English clothes are a few residents of eastern Seaport cities who are in touch with England socially or commercially. Blile Bradiakian dirckoa: he manufacture of silk and silk goods in the United States showed a big gain in 1914, as compared with 1909. A report of the bureau of the census shows that the value of the product in 1914 was $253,764,170, gain of 28.9 per cent over 1909, when the year's product was valued at $196,- 911,667. MANY LAWS MADE AFFECTING LABOR Forty States Have Enacted Such Legislation During the Past Year. UNEMPLOYED GET ATTENTION Commissions Are Appointed in Several Cases to Investigate Problem— Industrial Commission Plan Grows. Uncle Sam has made a survey of the legislation of interest to labor enact- ed during the last year, and finds that action of this character was taken in forty states, In which either regular or extra sessions of the legislatures were held, A summary of labor legis- lation Issued by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States depart- ment of labor says: “Aside from the enactment of work- men’s compensation laws, perhaps the most significant feature of the legis- lation of the year is the growth of the industrial commission plan, uniting in one authority the administration of workmen's compensation, factory in- spection and other labor laws. ‘This plan was adopted in 1915 in Colorado, Indiana, Montana, Nevada and, New York. Unemployment Gets Attention. “Especially notable in the legista- tion of the year was the attention giv- en to the subject of unemployment and public enrloyment offices. In Mli- nols a commission of unemployment, | consisting, of three representatives of | labor, three of employers, and three of the public, was established, to re- port at the next legislative session, In connection with the state employment offices, a general advisory board was established to investigate and deal with unemployment. Californla and | Nevada passed resolutions calling for investigation of unemployment. In | Idaho emergency employment Is to be provided by county boards of commis- sioners for unemployed citizens of the United States who have been for six | months residents of the state. Em- ployment is to be on the highways at rates to be fixed by the county boards, not more than 60 days’ work of this kind to be furnished any person with- In one year. One-half of the expense is to be borne by the state, and refusal to perform the work assigned deburs one from this form of relief for the period of one year. “Public employment offices were pro- vided for in California, Idaho, Iowa, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and provision was msde for the extetision vf the system of public employment offices in Iinols, Michigan and Okla- homa. ‘The licensing and supervision of private employment offices were provided for in seven states—Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Wiseonsin— while Idaho prohibited the mainte- nance of private employment agencies operated for profit.” Minimum-Wage Laws. “Employment of women and children occupied the attention of legislators throughout the country, and regula- tory measures quite as numerous as In previous years were adopted. Some of the most notable among these were the minimum-wage Inws enacted by Arkansas and Kansas, Increasing to 11 the number of states which have passed such laws. California, Mas- sachusetts and Washington passed amendments to their minimum-wage laws, not, however, involving any im- portant modifications. “In the field of safety provision,” says the summary, “the most detatled enactments were those formulated by the Industrial commission of Wiscon- sin and the industrial boards of New York and Pennsylvania, ‘The rules and orders of these bodies indicate an Intimate knowledge of the conditions to be met which it is impossible for an. ordinary legislative committee to pro- cure. The worker's welfare is looked after In less usual ways by new en- actments in some states regulating the sanitary conditions in labor camps, Rue cers eet eec ent aern a Rees: Sie Or Cee FILING CABINETS IN CHINA United States Commercial Attache Thinks Business Men of Orient. Will Use American Product. ‘The sight of rows of American filing cabinets and other modern office de- vices In Chinese business houses is one which may be expected to greet visitors to Peking, Hongkong, and other big Chinese cities in the near future, in the opinion of United States Com- mercial Attache Julean Arnold of Peking. Chinese concerns haye only very recently taken to foreign office practices but gradually they are real- \zing the necessity of adopting modern business methods and are realizing that the adoption of these methods means the use of filing cabinets, For this reason an increasing interest in American filing methods is expected In Chinese business houses and govern- ment offices. A future market 1s also seen for American steel filing cabl- nets, although the high price of these cabinets delivered in China deters many from equipping their offices with them. In the meantime, Mr. Arnold says it will be necessary for Aimer!- can manufacturers to spend some mon- ey in advertising and missionary work to make their products better known In the far eastern markets, CITIES’ DEBTS GROW Few Living Within Income, Uncle Sam Finds. New York City Owes Nearly as Much as All Other Municipalities of More Than 30,000 Taken Together. Few American cities of more than 30,000 population are living within their income, Uncle *Sam has found. ‘The most of those which are spending more than they are receiving in rev- enue, however, are making extensive public improvements, the cost of which is covered in most cases by bond issues. In only three cities of this class were the payments for cur- rent expenses and interest found to exceed the revenues. These facts are contained in a re- port prepared by Director Sam L. Rog- ers of the bureau of the census. In 156 of the 204 American cities of more than 30,000, the increase in net Indebtedness, due to excess of expenditures for governmental costs, including interest and outlays for per- manent improvements, over revenues, during the fiscal year 1915, was $174, 470,954, or $5.48 per capita. In the re- maining 48 cities the excess of rev- enues over expenditures amounted to $7,715,199, or $1.82 per capita. ‘Taking the entire 204 cities as a group, the excess of expenditures over revenues was $139,755,815, or $4.48 per capita, ‘The aggregate revenues of all the cities during the year were $040,385, S11; the aggregate expenditures for current governmental costs, including interest, $750,555,565; and the aggre- gate outlays, $829,585,561. In all but three cities the revenue receipts exceed the payments for cur- rent governmental expenses and inter- est; and in 48 the revenues exceeded the total expenditures for governmen- tal costs, Including interest and out- lays. ‘The largest clty in which this condition obtained was St. Louls, where the excess amounted to $217, 873, or 80 cents per capita; and the next largest was Washington, D. ©. for which it was $2,440,399, or $6.85 per capita. ‘These two were the only cities of more than 300,000 In which the revenues thus exceeded the total expenditures for governmental costs. Among the cities of 100,000 to 300,000, the following showed excesses of rev- enues over expenditures: Spokane and Tacoma, Wash.; Jersey City, N. J.; Dayton, 0.; Denver, Colo.; Bir- mingham, Ala., and Atlanta, @a, ‘The net indebtedness of New York elty, $921,753,859, is nearly two-thirds as great as the total for all other cities of over 30,000 taken together, and is more than nine times as great as that of Philadelphia, which stands second in this respect, with a net in- debtedness of $101,863,626, ‘The per capita net Indebtedness of New York city, $172.82, is greater than that of any other large city, but the corre- sponding per capita for Philadelphia, $61.14, is considerably below the av- erage for cities of 800,000 or more. S Ever Eat “Canned Willie?” $ S In an “Eneyelopedia of Mill- § © tary Terms,” just published by & Canadian troops serving in © France, an old staple army ar- © ticle, corned beef, is given the name of “bully.” e Members of the United States $ marine corps, who publish no & o encyclopedia, call the same o © thing “canned Willie,” and they & © point out that troops all over © © the world have different and ex- & jo pressive terms describing the © © tinned corned beef product. je Uncle Sam's marines give no © E reason for their “canned Willie” § © version of the corned beef af- © © falr other than that they try to & © Le original in all things, and © B that, in going about the world & © in performance of duty, they learn what the other fellow is © doing in a nicknaming way and 2 lo are thus able to keep right up o © to the minute. S SOAP IS NOW BY-PRODUCT Curious Anomaly in British Industry Produced by War, Uncle Sam's Commercial Agent Reports. A report received by Uncle Sam from one of his commercial agents in England tells of a peculiar anomaly that has developed there as a result of the war. This is the relegation of soap to the category of by-products of soup factories, Glycerin is now the product of chief value made at Brit- ish soap works, although its manufae- ture ts oply incidental to the soap- making process. ‘This reversal of the usual order of things is due, of course, to the demand for glycerin in the man- ufacture of munitions, of which it Is an important constituent. ‘The result of all this is that by in- creasing the production of glycerin to meet the demands of war times, the sonp factories are accumulating great stocks of soap and the manufacturers are faced with the necessity of finding new and larger outlets for thelr wares, not so much to sell more soap, as to secure an increased yleld of glycerin. To prevent the importation of foreign ‘soap, which would cut down home production, thereby reducing the out- put of glycerin, the manufacturers did hot advance the price of soap when prices of all other articles were soar ing. Uncle Sam Wants People to Enjoy Splendors of the National Parks | Smo ewig Ns aR eae oe ee) Se es ae ee Sa ae ee ; Oe oe om ae Se og Al LM Woe ‘eal seals View of Spruce Tree House, Home of the Cliff Dwellers, One of Interesting Sights of Mesa Verde National Park. United States to use their national parks and become acquninted with their splendors. To build legal fences around the scenic beauties of the West is not enough, holds Secretary Lane of the department of the interior. “Why have great hational playgrounds unless the people play in them?” he asks. Let us have our scenic splendors seen, he in- sists. Hereby hangs the story of a new and interesting policy in the adminis- tration of the national parks. In these great reservations are to be ‘found more of the mystery, majesty and magnificence of the out-of-doors than can be found in any other coun- try of the world. They contain rest for the weary; a spur for the sound man and a tonie for the weak; infinite outlet for exuberant youth and new vigor for the aged; and even this—life for a dead imagination. There are countless snow-crowned mountains, waterfalls of dazzling vol- ume and dizzying descent, canyons that seem like gulfs of eternity, trees you can drive through in the biggest auto truck made, vistas and expanses that defy expression. It is a marvel- ous panorama which includes about every remarkable thing the earth pro- duces, animate or inanimate, save one —the Great American Spender. “Why not complete the picture?” Lane argues. Need Not Conserve Scenery. To state it by anecdote, a perfectly well-meaning editor, all lit up with en- thusiasm for the idea—a “piece” for his magazine was the object—recently wrote the secretary of the interior seeking data upon the “conservation” policy as applied to the parks. “Conserve blazes!” ran the reply, in substance. “You're in the right chureh but the wrong pew. We're conserving gas, oil, radium, phosphates, coal and human energy; we're not conserving the parks. Most of them have been conserved many years, by aets of con- gress. Our supply of scenery, I aw happy to say, is not in danger of ey haustion. “Use is the idea now. It is a bus. ness question. Here lies one of the biggest business assets in the U. 8. 4. and it is largely unused. Why rot evAh it and add to our prosperity!” Some of Uncle Sam's national p' ay- gronnds—such as Yellowstone and Yo- semite—are well known even to those who haye never seen them, but there are a number of others equally as in- teresting, if not as large, of which the majority of American citizens probably have never heard, Among the smaller parks that are full of interest to the visitor, is the Mesa Verde, in south- western Colorado, Discovered by Accident. One December day in 1888 Richard and Alfred Wetherall, searching for lost cattle on the Mesa Verde, or green /mesa, near thelr home at Mancos, Colo., pushed through dense growths on the edge of a deep canyon and shouted aloud in astonishment. Across the canyon, tucked into a shelf under the overhanging edge of the opposite brink, were the walls and towers of what seemed to them a palace. They named it Cliff palace. Forgetting the cattle in their excitement, they searched the edge of the mesa in all Airections. Near by, under the over- hanging edge of another canyon, they found a similar group, no less majes- tie, which they named Spruce Tree house, because a large spruce grew out of the ruins, ‘Thus was discovered the home of the cliff dwetlers, the most elaborate and best-preserved prehistoric ruins in America, if not in the world. A careful search of the entire mesa in the years following resulted in many other finds of interest and importance. In 1906 congress set aside the region as a national park, Even yet its treas- ures of antiquity ure not all known, A remarkable temple to the sun was un- eurthed in 1915. Cliff palace is the most celebrated of the Mesa Verde ruins because It is the largest and most prominent. Oth- ers are not less interesting and im- portant from a standpoint of history. Spruce ‘Tree house is next in size. Balcony house and Peabody house are equally well preserved. ‘There are many others; some which have yet to be thoroughly explored, and probably some still undiscovered. Two Hundred Rooms in House. Clift palace is 300 feet long and con- tained probably 200 rooms. Sprucé ‘Tree house is 216 feet long and was di- vided into 114 rooms. Spruce Tree house originally had three stories and its population was probably sbout 350 persons. Until the summer of 1915 no strue- tures had been discovered in the Mesa Verde except those of the cliff-dwell- ing type. Then the department of the interior explored a mound on the top of the mesa opposite Cliff palace and unearthed Sun temple. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, who conducted the explora- tion, believes that this was built about 1300 A. D., and marks the final stage in Mesa Verde development. Indians of today shun the ruins of Mesa Verde. ‘They believe them in- habited by spirits whom they call the Little People. It is vain to tell them that the Little People were their own ancestors; they refuse to believe it. AMERICAN EXPORTS SET NEW RECORD EACH MONTH Volume of Outbound Trade for Year Double That for Same Period of Time in 1910 and 1911. American exports continue to set new records each month, according to Uncle Sam's official figures, Exports for May reached a total of $472,000,000. ‘This exceeds all previous monthly ree- ords. It is greater by $61,000,000 than the high record for March. It is $300,- 000,000 more than the monthly May average from 1911 to 1914. ‘The total exports for the year ended with May were $4,136,000,000, an increase of $1,- 500,000 over the preceding 12 months, ‘and double the total for the year end- ed with May, 1911. ‘The exports for May were $80,000,009 more than the to- tal for the fiscal year 1870. ‘The imports for May were also the greatest on record, the total value be- ing $229,000,000, an Increase of $11,- 000,000 over April, the previous high mark. This total exceeds the monthly May average from 1911 to 1914 by $82,- 000,000. For the year ending with May imports totaled $2,110,000,000 dollars, an increase of $433,000,000 over the preceding year and $242,000,000 over the corresponding period two years ago. The combined value of imports and exports in the 12 months just end- ed was $6,246,000,000, a growth of near- 1y_$2,000,000,000 ($1,916,000,000) in a single year, The favorable balance of trade in the month and 12 months ending with May was the largest ever known, For May it was $243,000,000 and for the yeur ending with May $2,026,000,000. Corresponding figures for lust year were $132,000,000 for May and $983,- 000,000 for the 12 months, May showed a net inward old moye- ment of over $15,000,000, thus revers- ing the conditions shown in the preced- ing three months. Imports of gold in May aggregated $27,000,000, compared with gold exports of $12,000,000; and gold imports in the 12 months to May 31 amounted to $424,000,000, as against gold exports of $85,000,000, a net in- ward movement for the year of $339,- 000,000. Last year gave a net inward gold movement of $68,000,000, while two years ago there was a net out- ward gold moyement of nearly $2,000,- 000. Asphalt Industry Booms. The asphalt industry as a whole was prosperous during last year, the United States geological survey reports. ‘The natural asphalt, including grahamite, gilsonite, elaterite, and bituminous rock, produced and sold at mines and quarries in the United States in 1915 amounted to 75,751 short tons, valued at $526,490. ‘Though this quantity was 5 per cent less than the output in 1914, the reports of the sales of manufac: tured asphalt derived from petroleum of domestic origin disclose a. gain 01 S84 per cent over the quantity sold in 1914. The total sales of manufactured asphalt amounted to 664,503 short tons, valued at $4,715,583. In addition to this output, refiners in the United States made and sold 388,318 short tons of asphalt, valued at $3,731,436, that was derived from petroleum im- ported from Mexico. CS) Their Care and Cultivation, (£2 Pe eer Pte ese See Pia oor ma ioe. Baas RRR se ace ae “SR ee ao Se ow Se ee a ee Re OS Ee BA ei 8 Ly mie 2 Pe, ee ah Se Sali; “ fags Oa ee ee NC ee ene te PS net PR St Sw RR? 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Waa ines D BARE once aaa AVE in Ten 0 CHR CaN a a a Je Aen eae LAN Weal ARR ALO Deer LPS Un CN ee. hun as Neer ee 2 gee i oh cr a All the Irises Are Beautiful and Hardy and There Are Many Varieties of Colorings. BEAUTIFYING THE HOME GROUNDS * By L. M. BENNINGTON. If you want your bed of cannas or vorder of caladiums to make a grand showing from now to frost, give them a frost-like covering of bonemeal ; then stir the soll, water thoroughly and mulch with lawn clippings. Do this toward the end of this month and be sure to remove the fading flowers. Copy nature by sowing seeds of perennials as they ripen. Provide some sort of shade for the seed bed. A screen made of lath or one of un- bleached muslin will answer. ‘The robust-growing plants will need some sort of support. Let the supports be painted green or oiled to bring out the grain of the wood and you will find them more pleasing than rough sticks and far more satisfactory. Drive the stakes fast into the earth a little lower than the plants, so that they are inconspicuous. ‘The plants needing supports are such hardy perennials as delphiniums, giant foxglove and snapdragons. Do not overlook giving stakes to the dah- las, cosmos, hydrangeas and gladi- oli. To maintain continuous blooming from now until frost, a few perennials must be preserved. Make a habit of cutting flowers frevly and remove all the fading blossoms and nature will re- ward you with a lavish hand. After this month, allow the chrysan- themums to grow according to their own will—that is, stop pinching them back. TROUBLE WITH ASTERS By GODFRY FRY. ‘The maggot is a deadly enemy of the aster. Look out for it and guard against it. Work wood ashes into the earth, about the plants and remove a little of. the soll about the buse of each plant and scatter tobacco dust liberally around them. Wood ashes are one of the best rem- edies and a change of location of the aster bed each year is another wise move. ‘The black beetle is another pest that does deadly work with the aster plants. This pest comes suddenly and does ruinous work in a very little while. When you see the first beetle use the following emulsion liberally all over the plant, and repeat the ap- plication frequently. One half pound of any good soap, ivory or other white soap, reduced to a liquid by melting. One teacupful of kerosene. Let the sonp with a little water come toa boil. Add the kerosene. Stir the mixture vigorously while cooling. Use one part of this to ten parts of water. Be sure the water and the emulsion are united then use a spray. GARDEN NOTES. Tulips increase by bulblets which issue from the side of the larger bulbs. Under certain conditions, too, the larger bulbs split up into smaller ones, In a well-drained, sunny bed the bulbs will live and increase from year to year, but should be lifted, divided and reset every third year, as the clumps become too much crowded to thrive and bloom. In potted lilies, set the bulbs two inches or ore beneath the soil. ‘The larger the pot, the larger will be the plant. Auratum, Speciosum, Longiform and Brownii are all suitable for pot cul- ture. After potting, water and set in a dark closet or cellar, keeping the soil moist until roots form and the tops start, when the roots may be brought to a cool window, say in January or February, if early started. IRIS ‘Lane syiie strong clumps of iris, about two or three years old and not too large. Leave the earth on them and take them up just before the ground freezes and put them in large pots in a cool cellar. If they do freeze it will not hurt them, but see that the frost comes out gradually. Bring them up to the light and put them in a southern exposure and they will flower during February and March. If white ones are planted beautiful Easter flowers will be pro- vided, With care iris will bloom al- most half the year. ‘The flowers grown in the house are more delicate and veautiful than if grown out of doors. Other winter flowers are expensive, but these can be secured at ttle cost, and when once started one can get them from one’s own garden. Experiment with irises this fall; you will get pleasure and profit from it. | . A iit (lil \ Sey a souulttunnse ae RAT (do as 4 Dae oe ant Patriotic American Wants to Donate an Airship | Geahe ee ares patriotic, Deeecmaila foreign-born American, who wants to do his or her—the sex is not certain—puart in promoting preparedness, 4as conceived the notion of building an airship as a contribution to the forces D.C.” ‘It comes by mail, postmarked from a place in Pennsylvania, und reads: “Dear sir. “After sein the battle ery of pence that was say that every one shoul have ‘an aptemtion of the war, and { decidet to make one airship of my own, but the only thing that i need is the mothor that { canot make im ty self. Tam a pour | boy 21 year of age, and i never got no much of money, and t work here with my Brotter with smal sallary. “I aint got no much friends in this countri but my brotter, and he dont want help me to buy the motor. “And so i asck you if you sand me a airship motor, an soon I make every- tinge i wil take a trip before any one else to san francisco, Cal. “Now exusme for the bad writing because { cant write american.” The government has no motors which could be disposed of in this way and no appropriation for.such purposes, Assistant Secretary Newton advises the applicant for aeronautical honors. Veterans of Spanish-American War in Congress EARLY a company of soldiers who are veterans of the Spanish-American N war of 1898 can be mustered in the two houses of congress. Most of these veterans were connected with volunteer regiments and the National Guard, and service. Some of the legislators have retained an active interest in military affairs. Here is a fairly complete list of the experienced Spanish war veterans now: Senators—Fall of New Mexico, Hardwick of Georgia, Hughes of New Jer- sey, Lewis of Illinois, Vardaman of Mississippi, Wadsworth of New York, Weeks of Massachusetts, Poindexter of Washington, Congressmen—Gardner of Massachusetts, Crago of Pennsylvania, Dyer of Missouri (now commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans), Aiken of South Carolina, Anderson of Minnesota, Ellsworth of Minnesota, Greene of Vermont, Hart of New Jersey, Haskell of New York, Helvering of Kansas, Howard of Georgia, Huddleston of Alabama, Hull of Tennessee, Humphreys of Mississippi, James and Loud of Michigan, Neely of West Vir- ginia, Oglesby of New York, Oldfield of Arkansas, Sells of Tennessee, Stone of Ulinois, Tilson of Connecticut, Van Dye of Minnesota, Congressmen Johnson of Washington, Langley of Kentucky, Austin of Ten- nessee and Key of Ohio are numbered among the honorary members of the United Spanish War Veterans. These veterans of the war of 1898, together with members of congress who are affiliated with the National Guard, would present a good-sized company ot legislators were they to decide to go to war again. Funny Echoes of the Big Preparedness Parade To. squirrels and birds of all Washington picnicked in the capitol grounds the morning after the preparedness parade. The ocean of humanity that billowed over the green the day before left its flotsam and jetsam of peanut Jr.—don't ask for details—and after that came a bare-foot, frizzle-headed lad, who held a grown-up hat at arm’s length and bowed, right and left, automatic- ally, like a top wound up with a key. There was no mistaking Who was the president of the United States in thut parade. At his right—let us quote— “walked William F. Gude, chairman,” ete., and at his left “Rudolph Kauffmann, treasurer,” etc., “each more formally attired and wearing high hats"—which the prosaic eye might possibly have mistaken for picked-up bags. Having marched the stretch of pavement to a flag-covered box, the three rigidly important personages sat down on it, and the “ladies” of the party, being unable to secure accommodations on the grand stand, stood, as naturally as if they had been riding in a street car. In the march that followed a batch of serious-eyed babies carried a news- paper page, which, you will understand, was a flag. And another imitative touch, surprising in Its realism, was provided by three boys—one beating a drum, one playing on a stick and the third with a rag around his head, waving a flag like mad, They had—somehow—caught something more than the tableau “Spirit of '76." New Designs for Our Halves, Quarters and Dimes US SAM is going to have some new styles in his coins, and next fall = are going to have dimes, quarters and half dollars of designs never before seen In the metal money of this country. It will be the first change which has ward the dawn of a new day, carrying laurel and oak branches, symbotie of elvil and military glory. ‘The reverse side shows an eagle perched high upon a moun tain crag, wings unfolded, Growing from a rift In the rovk Is a sapling ot mountain pine, symbolic of America, ‘The design of the 25-cent piece is intended to typify the awakening of the country to its own protection, Secretary McAdoo's announcem at states. Lib. erty, a full-length figure, is shown stepping toward the covitry's gateway bearing upraised a shield, from which the covering Is being druwn. ‘The right hand bears an olive branch of peace. Both the hulf dollar and the quarter bea! the phrase, “In God We Trust.” ‘The design of the dime 1s simple. Liberty, with a winged cap. ts show: oa the foreside, and on the reverse {s a design of a bundle of rods and a battle 3 symbolic of unity, “wherein lies the Nation’s strength.” AM > YOU BECHA bs Ano ® IGE A o, q Cx) i AIR PLANE tee Nee hp TQ.UNCLE Sz EN 17 \ to Qi cS i Seas We PS aN We NRE ont SSS ats D.C.” It comes by mail, postmarked f1 ipod ate! “After sein the battle cry of peace an aptemtion of the war, and i decidet only thing that i need is the mothor tha hoy 21 year of ge, nnd | never got no Brotter with smal sallary. “I aint got no much friends in thi want help me to buy the motor, “And so i asck you if you sand me tinge i wil take a trip before any one el: “Now exusme for the bad writing b ‘The government has no motors whi no appropriation for. such purposes, A applicant for aeronautical honors. Veterans of Spanish-Am NC a company of soldiers who war of 1898 can be mustered in the veterans were connected with volunteer Sires carte RES ES see ene RE ae ranged from mobilization to actual bat- tle, but they were more or less trained soldiers, and the majority of them are in fair shape for fighting today. Of course, some of the congres- sional veterans of the Spanish war are now fat and short-winded. It would take several months—maybe longer— to put them in condition, but they are veterans just the same, and have a knowledge superior to that of the “rookie” regarding military tactics and IN e GG y, Eo) oy oe ew Ze : Zs been made in this minor silver since 1891. Seceetary McAdoo seems to think taat the half dollar has declined in popularity because it had not a pret- ty design. Secretary McAdoo has an- other guess coming. Nobody ever de- clined a half dollar that he could get a hulf hold of. Just the same, the de- sign Is going to be changed. The face of the new half dollar bears a full-length Liberty, with a back- ground of the American flag flying to breeze, ‘The goddess Is striding to- ward the dawn of a new day, carrying I and military glory. ‘The reverse side sh tain crag, wings unfolded, Growing f mountain pine, symbolic of America, The design of the 25-cent piece Is | country to {ts own protection, Secretar erty, a full-length figure, Is shown st bearing upraised a shield, from which | hand bears an olive branch of peace. B the phrase, “In God We Trust.” The design of the dime 1s simple. oa the foreside, and on the reverse {s a a3 symbolic of unity, “wherein lies the Peon ee ee CORES! trouble is about a motor, and the indi+ vidual makes a formal request that the government contribute this essential part of his proposed flying machine, But it cannot be done, and the problem must be worked ont in some other way by this person anxious to do a public service. ‘The communication, asking for an aeroplane motor, is addressed : “To As- sistan Segretary of ‘Treasury Bryen R. Newton, White House, Washington, IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs = 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. 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. Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver | The Colorado Statesman 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25 Phone Main 7417 PGR, eonoseaghatyypagdenteate’ saa Usa cp a A rao by numbers—furred and feathered so: ciety from the most exclusive parks in town was among those present at the feast. And the parade itself was echoed In fine style by a swarm of small kid: dies—most of them of the type that runs to curls and foreign eyes. In front of everything rode a boy on an ambrella handle—Major Pullman, if you please. RUE i Ae ge teed he: PEOPLE WILL BE GLAD TO gn GET EM NO 6 amg) MATTER WHAT Ces) TH DESIGN MH \ is—— urel and oak branches, symbotie of civil is an eagle perched high upon a moun ‘om a rift in the rovk Is a sapling of ntended to typify the awakening of the y McAdoo's announcen» at states. Lib. epplng toward the covitry’s gateway he covering Is being druwn. The righ oth the half dollar and the quarter bea: Liberty, with a winged cap, 1s show: Hesign of a bundle of rods and a battly Nation’s strength,” Shorter Chapel's Annual Outing THE BRIDGE Round Trip $1.00 Children Under Twelve 50c Through picturesque Platte Cañon, Colorado's famous ground for trout fishing, to the retreat of pleasure-seekers—Dome Rock. A variety of sports and games with rewards for the winners will be an interesting feature. Remember, the grown-ups as well as the youths enjoy Shorter's picnics; it will be an outing for the whole family. Train will leave Union Station at 8:00 A.M. GEORGE C. KING, Superintendent. ROBERT L. POPE, Pastor. THE STAR HAIR GROWER Through picturesque Platte Cañon, Colorado's famous ground for trout fishing, to the retreat of pleasure-seekers—Dome Rock. A variety of sports and games with rewards for the winners will be an interesting feature. 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Auto Service Accommodating 10 People Including Hand- some Casket $50. For Horse Carriages We Charge $3.50. Bonded to the City. OLDEN BROS. CAFE and LUNCH ROOM Phone Main 6319 Day or Night Elegant Auto Service at the Popular Price for Carriages. THE DENVER MORTUARY MRS. J. H. STEELE, Mgr. 2445 Larimer Street, Denver, Colo. Special Auto Service Accommodating 10 People Including Handsome Casket $50. For Horse Carriages We Charge $3.50. Bonded to the City. 924 19th Street, Denver, Colorado NNER 30 to 2 p.m. Short Or at All H DINNER 11:30 to 2 p.m. All Kinds of Sandwiches Bolden Bros. Baths, Elect FIRST CLASS R. A. BOLDEN, Mg THE PEARL B 1021 19t First-Class Tonsorial Artists in a Tobacco. We solicit your patronage. HARRY JONES, Prop. Golden Bros. Barber Shop Baths, Electric Massage FIRST CLASS SERVICE A. BOLDEN, Mgr. 926 19th St. Denver THE PEARL BARBER SHOP 1021 19th Street T-Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. Best line of Cigars and We solicit your patronage. 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