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Subscribe for the Only Reliable Negro Paper in Colorado, "The Colorado Statesman" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY Memorial To The People Of United States Colored Americans Pledge Loyalty and Ask For Justice and Fair Play. VOL. XXIII. Memoria The Pe Uni Colored Americans Pledge L and Fair MEMORIAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHEN this European war began the world involuntarily speculated whether the Irish would be loyal and the Russian Jews, because of the denial of home rule by England, and of civil and political rights by Russia. As the United States of America enters this awful war the world speculates whether Americans of color will be loyal because of the denial of rights to a majority of them." Since Colored Americans in the past have offered their lives in every way for the country, if Germany is seeking to induce them to revolt, it but proves how notorious is their proscription. If this nation, knowing the active loyalty of the Americans in the past, believes this alleged plotting could succeed, it shows that the government and people believe that Colored Americans are most unjustly treated. "The Boston Branch of the National Equal Rights League, meeting when the country is at war, realizing its responsibility as a branch of the only nation-wide organization formed by and of and led by Colored citizens to oppose race and color discrimination, declares false all charges of disloyalty. "Colored Americans would be less than human if they did not feel bitterly every bar from employment, from public accommodation because of our race and color. Deep is the resentment against enforced segregation by city, state or the federal government whether in the civil or military service. But we have no thought of taking up arms against this our country. Ours it has been to save the government from rebellion. This work of our fathers we shall not destroy. There is not gold enough in all the treasuries of the nations of the earth to corrupt us, for it is not a question of money, but of equality of rights." "Let neither white nor Colored Americans seek to deny the truths of human nature. Soldiers of democracies fight better than soldiers of autocracies. The same men fight better if in time of peace they can sell their labor in the open market than if denied work because of race; fight better if public accommodation in peace depends on conduct and the price, than if it is denied for color; fight more eagerly than if in peace encouraged by possession of a free man's ballot, than if represented by its denial; fight with more heart if in peace they have court protection than if their very race means possible murder by the mob. "To the national government which calls us all to war, to our fellow Americans of every race variety we would appeal in the name of fairplay, of justice and humanity. We are all citizens of a common country. "There is need no longer of subjection of Americans to the race prejudices of fellow Americans. In the presence of a common danger and a common obligation, with a war devastating Europe caused by racial clanishness and racial hatred, under Almighty God, let the United States of America and the people thereof give up race proscription and persecution at home. Let the door of the workshop, the school, the college, the civil service, the army, the navy, the military school, the naval school, now and hencefort open alike to every citizen of the Republic without regard to race and without distinction of color. Let the right to travel, to vote, to have court protection be free, without barrier or denial. "Give Mr. President and all our Governors, the same encouragement for volunteering or enlisting to white, to brown, to yellow, to black, Americans, all, by vouchsafing the same free chance to enlist, to rise or merit, and on return home, the same right to civil service, and to civil rights without bar or segregation. "With our great Republic entering a world war for humanity, remove the need for the Colored mother and father to suffer under the feeling that their son will return to find the color line drawn at factory, eating place, playhouse, and ballot box; make it not necessary for the Colored soldier in the trenches to suffer with the thought that as he bares his breast to the bullet his sister is segregated in the government service at Washington and his mother in danger of the lynching mob. "Recognizing the world honored ethics of national defense, as England promised home rule to the Irish and Russia abolition of restriction and the ghetto to her Jews, the United States of America is now called upon to grant the abolition of federal segregation and of disfranchisement to her Colored citizens. As this nation goes forth to fight the "natural" foe of liberty," let Americans highly receive that all shall have liberty within her borders. As she fights for democracy as against autocracy let there be a democracy at home 100 per cent, not 90 per cent strong. As our President declares we "fight for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own government," let us all resolve that when the war is over such shall be the privilege of 100 per cent of our people, not 90 per cent. "Now is the time for all in authority to declare for the abolition of all racial discriminations and proscrip- DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, APRIL 28 1917 CITY COUNCIL ELECTION CITY COUNCIL ELECTION AT the municipal election to be held Tuesday, May 15th, forty-three candidates running for councilman in the nine districts, one to be elected from each, eight for city auditor, and three for election commissioner, will appear on the ballot. It will be up to the people of Denver to discover within fourteen days the names of these men, their ability to serve, their ideas on certain propositions relative to the city, that were brought about in the present council, and finally whether they are entering on a real non-partisan action or still catering to the order of "corner politics." With a lawsuit over the election commissioner and the usual election stir, also the petitions of some of the present councilmen to return to power, this election should not be behind others in point of interest, sensation, and the other qualities that go to make it exciting. But this is not all. Many times have voters been puzzled by the number of names on the ballot, and often in disgust do not attach enough significance as to request explanation, but either refuse to vote or spoil a vote. The first thought to be impressed on the people is that THIS IS A NON-PARTISAN ELECTION, and the old party venom generally entertained, or the ever-existing feud must give way to modern political views which seem to run a city government successfully and satisfactorily to all concerned. For our part we can only advise what we do ourselves —SUPPORT STRONG MEN. Men strong in mind, in action, ready to sacrifice selfish ends for the good of a community and who in serving the public find pleasure in the benefits received by that public as a whole from their introduction of wise and just laws and support of everything to promote progress among the citizens of whom they are component part. Electors of our race especially must not go blindfolded (mentally) to the polls. Remember, there was an attempt to get this present council to pass laws that would interfere greatly with our civic freedom, deprive us of rights and privileges accorded us by the Constitution of the United States, and how the present councilmen acted in not fostering or supporting any such attempt, eventually voting against SEGREGATED PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. There may be among these fifty candidates and more, personal acquaintances, friends who have done us good turns individually, but we must take them from the public-spirited standpoint, and after carefully examining, if they will act for all as one, then confidence may not be abused in giving same to them. We must send men who feel their interests in the development of citizens are identical with ours, and the service to be rendered must far surpass racial ties and blood relationship if a cause to serve the mass and not the class takes first place with them. All the candidates are more or less popularly known, having resided for a long time in Denver, engaged in business, and in some cases have filled and are filling political positions, but we must hear from them, we must get something from them in the part they will play towards us, so that we can present to our readers, subscribers and the people in general facts not assumptions, practice not theory, logical deductions not vague imaginations; then we can start our activities in the right and common-sense way in our instructions that will present no problems involving deep mathematical calculations but plain, simple, reasonable arguments that will convince us as to the righteousness of the candidates for service to all the people or their one-sided and abominable selfishness for the few who cannot be relied on and who never try to preserve the stability of our good institutions. Get busy, and find out all you can from the right sources, the nine councilmen we should elect, the auditor and the election commissioner, and have your minds made up to vote according to the best of your ability and conscience on Tuesday, May 15th. State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc. State House AT the municipal election the forty-three candidates ran nine districts, one to be electorator, and three for election the ballot. It will be up to cover within fourteen days the ability to serve, their ideas or to the city, that were brought and finally whether they are action or still catering to the With a lawsuit over the election election stir, also the petitione cilmen to return to power, the hind others in point of interqualities that go to make it Many times have voters been names on the ballot, and of enough significance as to refuse to vote or spoil a vote pressed on the people is that ELECTION, and the old party, or the ever-existing feud must views which seem to run a city satisfactorily to all concerned. For our part we can only—SUPPORT STRONG MENTION, ready to sacrifice selfish munity and who in serving the benefits received by that public production of wise and just law to promote progress among the component part. Electors of go blindfolded (mentally) to was an attempt to get this that would interfere greatly with us of rights and privileges of the United States, and how in not fostering or supporting voting against SEGREGATE There may be among these personal acquaintances, friends individually, but we must take standpoint, and after careful for all as one, then confidence same to them. We must send in the development of citizen the service to be rendered in blood relationship if a cause class takes first place with us. All the candidates are now having resided for a long time, and in some cases have positions, but we must hear thing from them in the part that we can present to our people in general facts not assume logical deductions not vague start our activities in the right our instructions that will pre deep mathematical calculationable arguments that will convey of the candidates for service sided and abominable selfish be relied on and who never to our good institutions. Get busy, and find out a sources, the nine councilmen, and the election commissioner up to vote according to the science on Tuesday, May 15th. tions and for all to join in our unhyphenated Americanism for victory under the favor of the God of all mankind." (Signed) E. T. Morris, Cambridge; Major Wesley J. Furlong, Melrose; Wm. H. Scott, Woburn; Wm. Monroe Trotter, Boston; Mrs. Eveline Sport, Cambridge; A. W. Whaley, Mrs. Nannie Bray, William D. Brigham, Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson, Everett; Rev. J. W. Hill, Mrs. A. Morse, Wm. Still, Mrs. Mary Elliott, Cambridge; C. J. Wright, Esq., Mrs. Lucy Hunter, Cambridge; Mrs. A. Morse, Mrs. M. C. Hall, Committee on Memorial. WANTED. WANTED—1,000 NEGRO MEN AND BOYS TO LEARN TO BE EXPERT AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS AND CHAUFFEURS. POSITIONS WAITING. SPECIAL COURSE IN DRIVING FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR FULL INFORMATION AS TO TERMS, ETC., ADDRESS AFRO- AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE TRAINING SCHOOL, 1420-22-24-26 WOODLAND AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO. THE LARGEST AUTOMOBILE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NEGROES IN THE WORLD. RACE NEWS Toronto, Can. - It has been officially announced through the Chief Press Censor's office that the No. 2 Construction Battalion, made up of colored men, has arrived safely in England. The colored troopers sailed from Halifax March 25. Several hundred American Negroes are in the battalion. On May 25th Alderman Oscar DePriest, through his attorney, Clarence S. Darrow, will start in to have his day in the Criminal Court of Cook county. On that day his trial will begin and his friends sincerely hope that he will be able to clear himself of the criminal charges which have been heaped upon him by the state's attorney of Cook county. New York, April 25. Approximately 123,000 men have applied thus far and been found to meet the necessary requirements for membership in Col. Theodore Roosevelt's proposed army division, it was announced here tonight at enrollment headquarters which were opened some time ago with the former president's approval. Only fifty of the applicants, it was said, were under 25 years old. None below this age are being accepted. Of the total 10,000 are Negroes. Sixty per cent of the volunteers are from Southern states, while in New York city not more than 1,000 have enrolled. Detroit, Mich., April 21. The first industrial plant in the country employing Negro labor exclusively was opened here the day by A. Krolik & Co. Fifty girls are employed to make trousers and several are clerks. The factory eventually will employ 100 men and women, all Negroes, it is said. The factory is virtually an addition to one already operated by the Krolik company and employing white workers. Israel Cohn, superintendent, believes that higher efficiency could be obtained should a plant be set aside exclusively for the use of Negroes. Collins Is Cleared Of Murder Charge Philadelphia, Pa., April 20. Robert Collins, aged 23 years, of NO 36 1807 Bainbridge street, was freed from the charge of killing Harold Ellis Yarnall (white), a society man who was shot to death in his home on March 26th, by Magistrate Beaton, who discharged the prisoner on Tuesday at the request of the police. Former Judge James Gay Gordon (white) the greatest criminal lawyer in this city, volunteered to defend Collins soon after he had been arrested, and Judge Gordon warned the detective bureau to keep hands off his client, declaring at the hearing that an investigation made by him had proven the man sick in bed at his home on the day of the murder. At the conclusion of the hearing he made the following statement: "I went into this case to help protect a poor and friendless man from an unjust accusation of the highest crime known to the law—murder. His situation was full of peril. Happily, this morning he was wholly exculpated and his innocence established. He is again free, but a very sick man and in need of hospital treatment. I am very glad the result—for which alone I went into this case—has been so quickly and fully brought about. With that result my connection with the Yarnall murder investigation ends. I ought to say that I have had great aid from my Colored colleague, Mr. G. Edward Dickerson of S. Sixteenth street, who has been very skillful, industrious and faithful." A physical collapse, which has kept Collins in the hospital at Moyamensing prison for over a week, prevented his arraignment until today, and the sympathy aroused for him resulted in Dr. A. B. Jackson, chief resident of the Mercy hospital, preferring the services of that institution until he recovers from his illness. When the hearing concluded, city detectives were no nearer a solution of the crime than they were on the evening of Saturday, March 26, when Mr. Yarnall was shot down on the second floor of his residence at 825 Pine street. In explanation of Mrs. Yarnall's statement in the detective bureau, her attorney, Mr. Hood, said: "My client could not be at first positive but now she is sure that Collins is not the man she saw in her home on March 26." Lawyer Dickerson is receiving congratulations from all over the city for his astuteness in the case. LATEST NEWS EPITOMIZED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS THAT COVER THE WEEK'S EVENTS. OF MOST INTEREST KEEPING THE READER POSTED ON MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT TOPICS. Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR Violent artillery duels in progress on Gorizia front. Berlin admits loss of two destroyers in raid on Dover. Argentina demands full satisfaction from Germany for ship lost. Greece is reported to be on the point of joining the entente allies. Since April 1st, 65,000 shells have been fired by the Germans into Rheims. British make progress southeast of Arras, between the Sensee river and Monchy. Strong German counter attack northeast of Arras driven back by fierce artillery fire. Strikes have broken out in various munitions factories in Germany, including the Krupps. German torpedo boat destroyers fired 100 shells in the region of Calais. Some civilians were killed. Twelve persons were slightly wounded. City of Samara and vast amount of railroad rolling stock captured by British in offensive on Tigris river. Ottomans hold strongly intrenched position in defense of holy city. Battles, the equal in ferocity of any in the war, in progress on the Franco-British front. Artillery action predominates. The advantage, according to official statements, rests with the allies. Forty German airplanes reported brought down in day's aerial actions. Only two British machines failed to return. Aerial fighting reported to have been among the hottest contested of the war. Rumors of fighting between the Carranza troops and the Villa followers in the vicinity of Montezuma, 100 miles south of Juarez, were in circulation at Juarez and in El Paso, but were officially denied. The British hospital ships Donegal and Lanfranc, with many wounded aboard, were torpeded without warning. They were sunk on April 17. Of those on the Donegal 29 wounded men and 12 of the crew are missing. The Lafranc carried German wounded as well as British. Of those aboard 19 British and 15 Germans are believed to have perished. WESTERN Navy recruiting shows average daily net gain of 1,324 men. Austrian fishing vessels operated at San Diego flee to Magdalena bay. The war is fast forcing women into men's places in the offices of Chicago corporations. Two men in Arizona arrested charged with purchasing ammunition from American soldiers. One thousand miners are temporarily laid off through a fire discovered at Butte, Mont., in the Modoc shaft at the 1,200-foot level. The two houses of the Nebraska Legislature reached final adjournment in a session which was extended nearly three weeks beyond the customary sixty-day period. WASHINGTON Official notice of break with Turkey is received. Great Britain to get first of United States war loan to allies. American flag is waving from British embassy in Washington. President Wilson has almost completed selection of commission to be sent to Russia. Summarizing briefly the taxes that had been agreed on and the proposed taxes that were likely to be agreed to, the subcommittee of the ways and means committee, which is drafting the war revenue bill, came to the conclusion that not more than $1,500,000 can be raised by the measure. In a statement amplifying its recent appeal to employers and workers not to change labor standards at this time, the Council of National Defense declares it recognizes that adjustments may become necessary, and suggests that the council itself may find it advisable to propose modifications. The French war commission reached Washington to confer with President in regard to war with Germany. Food, ships and money—these are the pressing wants of the allies as stated to the administration in the order of their importance by the British commission headed by Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour. Denial of reports that a German submarine had been captured by an American warship after being caught in a net near Newport News, Va., and was being taken to New York was made by Secretary Daniels. FOREIGN Great eruption of volcano Calbuco in Chile. German military takes over munition plants affected by strike. All physicians, surgeons and men of medical training in England are ordered to the colors. Admiral Kolchak was appointed commander in chief of all Russian naval forces in the Baltic. English food controller is empowered to take possession of any factory where food is manufactured. Reuter's Stockholm correspondent says King Christian of Denmark has arrived in Stockholm to visit King Gustave. Corp. Ronald Hoskier of South Orange, N. J., one of the stars of the American flying corps, has been killed in an aerial combat. The Swedish Food Commission proposed to the government that it prohibit henceforth the exportation of all foodstuffs and fodder. Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd says that in response to a popular demand, the Kahn of Khiva will grant a constitution to his people on broad democratic lines. "My opinion is that peace is nearer than many think," the Berlin Vossiche Zeitung's correspondent quotes the Bulgarian minister of war as saying at Copenhagen. More than a hundred Swedish citizens have called on American Minister Morris, offering to serve against Germany in the American army, it was stated at Stockholm. Berlin is thronged with Turkish troops en route to the western front and stirred by Socialist peace talk, according to information from the German capital reaching Copenhagen. Lieut. C. J. Law of the King's own Scottish borderers, second son of Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, is reported to have been wounded in Palestine and to be missing. England will shortly be placed on bread rations, it is understood. It is generally conceded that the bread problem is the crux of the whole food situation, for it is upon bread that the working classes depend. The week-end casualty lists, made public at Ottawa, are exceptionally heavy, carrying the names of 2,000 men. A great majority, however, are only wounded. Thirty-one Americans are included. Seven are dead. The Corriere D'Italia, the clerical organ at Rome, declares that it is able to confirm reports published in the Spanish newspapers that the immediate following of the German emperor is exerting pressure on him to abdicate. Fierce fighting has broken out in the streets of Cheng Tu between Sze-Chuen and Yunnan troops. The outbreak is the climax to the friction between the two parties which has steadily increased since the Yunnanese forces entered Cheng Tu a year ago. The Norges Handels Siofartstidende of Christiania says that as a result of reports by German ministers and consuls in neutral countries to the German government, the latter probably will draft new regulations governing the ruthless submarine war upon neutrals' shipping. SPORTING NEWS Standing of Western League Clubs. CLUBS. Won. Lost. Pet. Lincoln 4 1 .800 Slous City 5 2 .714 Denver 3 3 .500 Des Moines 3 3 .500 Omaha 3 3 .500 Joplin 2 3 .400 St. Joseph 2 4 .333 Wichita 2 5 .286 "Chic" Similar of Scranton outfought Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion, at Scranton, Pa., in a ten-round bout. Billy Whelan of St. Paul defeated Charley Metrie of Milwaukee in a ten-round, no-decision boxing contest at St. Paul, Minn. Johnhy Harvey of New York knocked out Joe Rivers of Los Angeles in the seventh round of a ten-round match in New York. Harvey weighed 137 pounds and Rivers 138½. GENERAL Quentin Roosevelt enlist in the signal officers' reserve corps. The battleship New Mexico was launched from the Brooklyn navy yard. Federal improvement of the Seattle harbor is recommended by the War Department. Officers of incoming steamer report that British steamer Bayvoe has been sunk by U-boat. Sergt. William Dugan, one of the American aviators with the French army who was reported missing, escaped death in an engagement with a German pilot and succeeded in landing inside the French lines. The Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association, controlling thirty-five plants in Lynn, Mass., announced it had ceased to manufacture shoes because of labor conditions. Employés recently asked a 10 per cent wage increase. Maj. Gen. Pershing requested thirteen border cities to assist in suppressing sale of arms and munitions during present crisis. France's war commissioners to the United States reached Hampton Roads Tuesday and went up Chesapeake bay to Washington on board the presidential yacht Mayflower. Plans for conducting a state-wide campaign to induce farmers to grow more food so that Georgia can feed herself during the coming year were made at Macon at a meeting of 1,500 farmers and bankers. COLORADO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. COMING EVENTS. May 17-20—Convention Colorado Sunday School Association at Colorado Springs. June 21-22—Christian Endeavor Convention at Salida. Aug. 1—National Convention of Afri- can Race at Denver. Sept. 17-22—Colorado State Fair at Pueblo. Cripple Creek miners asked $1 a day increase. The canning factory at Cañon City is being enlarged. A patriotic mass meeting and parade was held at Trinidad. Women of Woodcraft will hold a convention at Fountain in June. Voluntary poll tax for women is Denver woman's war scheme. Nineteen boys from Florence have offered their services to Uncle Sam. British officer at Cañon City believes Lord Kitchener is still alive. John R. Whité is organizing a volunteer infantry company at Lamar. The Poudre Valley Odd Fellows Association held their annual meeting in Greeley. Woman's Relief Corps of Boulder will make 216 comfort quilts for Troop D and Company B. Rocky Ford will vote May 7th on the question of bonds of $100,000 for school improvements. Miss Mae Everitt of Berthoud has enlisted as an army nurse and will be stationed at the Pressdio. Armed guards are keeping a constant watch on the Nederland dam, eighteen miles up Boulder canon. Fifty Elks attended the Western Slope celebration at Montrose. The banquet was patriotic in character. Over 1,100 applications were made by Denver people for lots and tracts on which to plant gardens and grain. South Altman, the highest incorporated town in the United States, now boasts of the biggest flag in the gold district. Evans is furnishing her share of recruits for the navy, and already four have departed for Mare Island training school. One hundred and forty applications have been received by the Pueblo naval recruiting station since the campaign opened on April 1st. Governor Gunter signed the Horton prohibition bill on the 23d, the last day for action on measures passed by the Twenty-first General Assembly. Victor Chapman, the American aviator who plunged to his death near Verdun, France, on June 23d last, left property worth $30,000 at Colorado Springs. Alfred Donald Slaney of Denver and Miss May Belle O'Flaherty of Boulder were married in Denver; then Mr. Slaney enlisted and left for the Mare Island training quarters. Former Mayor Henry J. Arnold of Denver has bought 100 acres of the Green Mountain ranch for the purpose of establishing a dairy. He will stock it with Ayrshires. Rural Colorado is responding patriotically to the appeal of President Woodrow Wilson in increasing foodstuffs production, according to the opinion expressed by former Governor E. M. Ammons. For the purpose of raising $5,000 to be used in reorganizing the Colorado Springs Boy Scouts, and placing the organization on a permanent and efficient basis, a three-day campaign will be instituted May 8th. A trusted employe for thirty-nine years, Enos Peter Schell, 66 years old, weight clerk in the United States mint, was arrested in Denver on a charge of stealing more than $200 in new half dollars that were being reminted. William B. Milliken, mining engineer, clubman and prominent in Denver society, is made the defendant in a suit for $190,000 filed in the District Court in which is involved all the ramifications of a big deal in a search for gold. Fred Starr and John R. Brockner, trusties in the penitentiary at Cannon City, gained their freedom by taking advantage of a guard who had trusted them and were later recaptured by two farmers and returned to the prison. Death in environments of abject poverty came to Mrs. Isabella Patterson Springer, one-time noted beauty of Denver, for a number of years an international social favorite, the divorced wife of John W. Springer, millionaire. The end came in an open ward of a Blackwell's Island hospital, New York. George Britton's place in Denver, where James E. Tressel was killed a month ago, received its second visit from the police when detectives of the bootlegging squad descended on the house and removed Britton, four barrels of beer and a trunk of whiskey. Britton was released under bond. Denver may be selected as the location for the proposed $1,000,000 home and hospital of the Knights and Ladies o' Security, William A. Biby, national treasurer of the order, told 300 members of the Denver chapters in Columbus hall. COLORADO WAR BOARD TO MARSHAL EACH COUNTY IN IT6 FOOD CAMPAIGN. Governor Gunter Giving Personal Attention in Securing Organization of State by Counties.' Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver. After a week of strenuous effort, the state ways and means committee at the capitol has reached the conclusion that the matter of first importance in the food production of the state is complete organization in every county. The committee has been swamped with letters from individuals in every part of the state calling attention to their individual matters and the conclusion has been reached that each county will have to take up its own problems and work them out in the best way possible, the state committee and the national government lending such assistance as may be found practical and necessary. After each county has organized in scuh a way that every portion of the county can be reached, the state committee plans to take up the following matters: 1. A complete survey of the agricultural operations which will secure needed information as to the number of acres under cultivation and the number of acres in each crop, the number of acres available for cultivation not in crop, the number of livestock, dairy cows, milk production, available labor and matters of this character. 2. The state committee will submit plans for increasing the acreage to be sown to fall crops. 3. Plans will be submitted for cooperation in harvesting, marketing and distributing; also plans for the conservation of all food crops for man and beast. 4. Plans for increasing the dairy and livestock production. 5. Plans for providing sufficient labor to handle the harvest and such other farm work as may be necessary. Governor Gunter is giving his personal attention to the work of the ways and means committee in securing the complete organization of the state by counties. Said he: "I hope our people will understand and appreciate the importance of complete organization in every county under a county ways and means committee. The only way to meet the food production problem is by systematic co-operation. The plan outlined by the state ways and means committee is comprehensive and simple. It is in line with the plan approved by President Wilson and contemplates organized and co-ordinated work in every state in the nation. "I am convinced that the situation is serious enough to demand the very best efforts of all of our citizens. Everyone can assist in some way in getting every county thoroughly organized. If this is done quickly Colorado will be able to do its full share in adding to the food supply of the country." Bills Approved by Governor. Governor Gunter signed the following measures passed by the Twenty-first General Assembly in its recent session: Senate Bill No. 20, by Hattenbach, prohibiting the use of trading stamps and other gift enterprises by Colorado merchants. Senate Bill No. 8, by Dunklee, known as the loan shark bill, reducing the legal rate of interest on chattel loans to 1 per cent per month. House Bill No. 447, by Colgate and Horton, regulating the sale of alcohol for commercial and manufacturing purposes, providing that it can be sold only after it has been so poisoned by drugs that it is unfit for human consumption, each sale to be recorded on blanks provided by the secretary of state. Will Increase Food Production. The outlook for greater food production in Colorado is extremely good, according to the reports coming in to the ways and means committee at the statehouse. The ways and means committee is now preparing a statement showing the location of available seed and has asked county committees and other citizens to send in reports of available seed and requests for seed where such seeds are not available. It is the plan of the ways and means committee to prevent the shipping of any of this seed from the state until the owners are sure that there is not a demand locally for it. Mrs. Handy Heads Guard Auxiliary. Mrs. Nelson F. Handy was unanimously elected president of the Woman's State Auxiliary of the National Guard of Colorado when officers were elected, following the drawing up of a constitution and bylaws. Mrs. John Upton was elected vice president, Mrs. M. H. Leonard corresponding secretary, and Mrs. John Cook, treasurer. Says Assembly Can't Lend State Cash. Attorney George P. Steele, representing State Treasurer Robert H. Higgins, filed in the Supreme Court his brief in support of his demurrier to the petition of the Land State Board for a mandamus to compel the treasurer to comply with the farm loan law. The principal contention in the brief is that while the Legislature can raise and expend moneys, it has no power to compel the treasurer to lend state moneys on the order of any officer but the treasurer. Western Beef Co. Open Daily to 8:30 p. m. ONE OF THE MOST MARK Fresh and Cured Meats and OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SANIT MARKETS IN THE CITY. Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetable and Fancy Groceries. ONE OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SANITARY MARKETS IN THE CITY. Fresh and Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetables, Staple and Fancy Groceries. Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Free Delivery to All Parts of the City. OIL MILK We offer invest in imate oil business where we own 2,560,000 oil field of Salt Creek daily. HONEST, MANAGEMENT. W days after investing $500,000.00, par value cent discount for cash down and $5.00 per Northwest Office, 11 TEL. CHAMPA 1829 THE PEACE First-Class Tonsorial A Tobacco. We solicit your p HARRY JONES, Prop. W. T. FLETCHER A RETAIL STAPLE CORN FED MET ANY PART OF 2549 Washington Baxter Bldg. PHONE CHAMPA PHONE CHAMPA 1641. HIMER STREET DENVER Opposite the Three Rules. OIL MAKES MILLIONS Offer investors an opportunity to share in oil business in the POWDER RIVER FIRE we own 2,560 acres, which adjoins the Mid- dle of Salt Creek, who are producing 30,000 bac- cons. HONEST, EXPREIENCED, PROGRESSIVE. MENT. Will return your money with after investing, if not satisfied. Capitalize .00, par value $1.00. Per share, 25 cents; account for cash. Installment, 100 shares; and $5.00 per month. Wire reservation at Northwest Oil & Refining Office, 1028-29 Foster Building, CHAMPA 1829 DENVER, C THE PEARL BARBER SHOP PHONE CHAMPA 1641. 2048 LARIMER STREET DENVER, COLO. Opposite the Three Rules. OIL MAKES MILLIONS We offer investors an opportunity to share in legitimate oil business in the POWDER RIVER FIELD, where we own 2,560 acres, which adjoins the Mid-West oil field of Salt Creek, who are producing 30,000 barrels daily. HONEST, EXPREIENCED, PROGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT. Will return your money within 33 days after investing, if not satisfied. Capitalization $500,000.00, par value $1.00. Per share, 25 cents; 5 per cent discount for cash. Installment, 100 shares; $5.00 down and $5.00 per month. Wire reservation at once. Office, 1028-29 Foster Building, TEL. CHAMPA 1829 DENVER, COLO. THE PEARL BARBER SHOP Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. Best line of Cip We solicit your patronage. First-Class work guarant ES, Prop. DENVI Good Wei Grocery LETCHER AND J. W. WILLIAMS, Propri DETAIL STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES IN FED MEATS. MOTOR DELIVERY T PART OF THE CITY. Washington St. Denver J. W. WILLIAMS, NE CHAMPA 3022. Look! Look!! Look! THE DEARFIELD HO First-Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. Best line of Cigars and Tobacco. We solicit your patronage. First-Class work guaranteed. HARRY JONES, Prop. DENVER, COLO The Good Weight Grocery W. T. FLETCHER AND J. W. WILLIAMS, Proprietors. RETAIL STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. CORN FED MEATS. MOTOR DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY. 2549 Washington St. Denver, Colo. Baxter Bldg. J. W. WILLIAMS, Manager PHONE CHAMPA 3022. Spacious and Meals at all hours. At t send out meals on orders or month at very modern Services Guaranty Call Phone Main 5011. A Dollo Kept with the home cious and well Ventilated Rooms hours. At your service day and night. details on orders. Rooms can be rented by d very moderate prices. Prices Guaranteed by the Most Civil Employe Call and be Convinced. 5011. P. P. PERSON, M Dollar spent at home reacts in with unceasing genie Sent out of town it's li in the home merchants it is a messenger of Business men should awake to the impress Spacious and well Ventilated Rooms, Meals at all hours. At your service day and night. We also send out meals on orders. Rooms can be rented by day, week or month at very moderate prices. Services Guaranteed by the Most Civil Employes. Call and be Convinced. Kept with the home merchants it is a messenger of continuous benefit. Business men should awake to the importance of keeping this dollar at home and make a bid for it by judicious advertising. Fruit Bowl Sundays Until 2:00 p. m. E AND SANITARY CITY. Fresh Vegetables, Staple ries. KES NS city to share in legit- ER RIVER FIELD, joins the Mid-West producing 30,000 barrels PROGRESSIVE money within 33 died. Capitalization share, 25 cents; 5 per t, 100 shares; $5.00 preservation at once. Defining Co. Building, DENVER, COLO. ER SHOP Best line of Cigars and Class work guaranteed. DENVER, COLO. Weight ry WILLIAMS, Proprietors. GROCERIES. DELIVERY TO Denver, Colo. WILLIAMS, Manager Ok!! Look!!! FIELD HOTEL 2130 Arapahoe Street. Best Accommodations and Up-to-date Furniture well Ventilated Rooms, our service day and night. We also Rooms can be rented by day, week prices. d by the Most Civil Employes. d be Convinced. P. P. PERSON, Manager. spent at home reacts in its benefits with unceasing general profit. Sent out of town it's life is ended. archants it is a messenger of continuous ```markdown ``` 1021 19th Street 1 TF ce They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three. Lowell, MORE HONEY DISHES. Here are a few more ways of using honey in various dishes: | Honey “Jumbles —Take two cup > fuls of honey, one AN ANY canta, of butter a four beaten eggs BAN em one cuptul of but gee: termilk, a quart of BEE our, and a tea BAS spoontul of soda ORR a EER stir in more flour, Eggs, butter anc honey should be thoroughly mixed be fore adding the flour. Coffee Cake—Cream a cupful of butter; add one and a half cupfuls o1 sugar, two beaten eggs, a cupful of cold coffee, a half cupful of honey an¢ a teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonfu each of cinnamon and cloves, four cup fuls of flour, with as many raisins -ané currants as desired? Let stand 2 minutes before baking, Cambridge Gingerbread.—Melt halt ‘a cupful of butter, In a half cupful ot boiling water; add a cupful of honey. one beaten egg, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a half teaspoonful ot salt, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, ¢ half teaspoonful of cloves and a tea spoonful of ginger and three cupfuls of flour. Bake 40 minutes in-a mod erate oven. Cracker Jack.—One cupful of hones with a cupful of brown sugar Is boiled together until it hardens whet dropped into Water. Remove from the heat and stir in a half teaspoonful of soda, Add puffed rice or popcorn all that can be stirred into it. Horseradish and honey mixed to: gether make a most effective cough rduedy. Use one part horseradist and two parts honey. Soft Honey Cake.—Take a cupful of butter, two cupfuls of honey, two eggs one cupful of sour milk, a teaspoonful and a half of soda, a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and ginger and four cup- fuls of flour. Mix‘and beat well ané buke in a sheet. Honey strained and mixed witl chopped fruit and whipped cream makes a delicfous fruit dessert. ‘A few dishes which may be easily served re poached eggs in creamed asparagus, preceded by a fruit cock- tail, brown bread sandwiches, radishes, orange and pineapple salad, cheese straws, coffee or hot chocolate. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.— Goldsmith, GOOD DISHES. The soy bean is being extensively grown and is a most profitable field =— crop to be used in yart eX ous ways; as yet, it hat eS aly vot been largely used for Pes( Sq human consumption, but SQ] it 1s worth trying, as It CQ {A sells at a much cheaper Cap: price than the ordinary ya) tuble beans. Black Bean Soun.—So. YS wed beans are of different varieties pnd colors, but all contain a yaluable amount of protein and are rich in food values. Soak the beans overnight find parboil them. This may take @ little longer than the time required for the navy bean; then put into a ket- tle with beef or hock bones and sim mer gently for four hours, add salt, a whole onion, and pepper. Boil the beans until soft, then put through a sieve, add a little butter. and” flour creamed together for a binding, and a tablespoonful of worcestershire sauce, a hard-cooked egg, finely chopped. and one and a half tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice. Baked Beans With Sour Cream— Soak three cupfuls of beans over: night and in the morning parboil with a fourth of a teaspoonful of soda. Drain, place in earthen, baking dish with salt, pepper and a little olive oll or butter. Turn over the top a eup- ful of thick sour cream, cover and cook slowly four or five hours; Un- cover the last hour and add a half cup- ful of sugar or less if desired sweet- ened. Whole Wheat Ginger Bread.—Take a half cupful each of sugar and molas- ses, a cupful of sour milk, 2 teaspoon- ful of shortening, 2 fourth of a ten- spoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of ginger, and two and a half cupfuls of whole-wheat flour. Mix well and bake in a moderate oven. Serve with whipped cream as a desesrt. Kidney Bean Salad.—Take a can of kidney beans, one-half cupful of celery diced, 2 cupful or less of nut meats, fa shredded green pepper, serve on let- tuee with French dressing. To occupy the guests before the dishes are ready a fruit cocktail or a cup of hot boullion may be served. Six people are plenty to be served from @ chafing dish; if there are two in operation more guests may be sup- plied. Mustard Butter—This makes a fine relish to serve with corned beef and cabbage. Mix two tablespoonfuls of butter, softened with a dust of red pepper, a teaspoonful of mustard, the dry variety, and a teaspoonful of the French mustard and half a teaspoon- ful of tarragon vinegar. RIGID RESTRICTIONS ON AMOUNT AND SHIPMENTS. Homes Will Be Only Place for Stor- ing Liquor, as Hotels and Rent- ed Rooms Are Barred. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver—The chief provisions ot the Horton lquor bill, which became ‘a law immediately after being signed by Governor Gunter April 23d, are: Shipments are limited to two quarts of liquor othér than wine or beer, or six quarts of wine, or twenty-four quarts of beer a month, The order must be for one kind of liquor only; that is, it cannot call for part beer and part wine or whisky. No two persons in the same family may order liquor in one. month. Liquor may not be kept in stores, shops, clubs, roadhouses, railroad cars, places of public resort, hotels, board- ing houses or any other place except M the home. Liquor may be shipped into the state only through railroad companies or express companies. Wagons, utensils or other property used in transporting liquor in viola- tion of the act may be confiscated. In order to import liquor the appli- cant must make application for a per- mit in which he swears that he is over 21 years of age, that no member of his family has ordered liquor dur- ing the calendar month, and that he desires the liquor for medicinal or other lawful purpose. On payment of a fee of 25 cents the permit is issued. To Give Free Seeds to Farmers. ‘Trinidad.—Every farmer in Las An- imas county, the first county in the state to organize for greater food pro- duction following the call of Governor Gunter, will receive all the seed he can plant and care for on a unique plan fostered by the Trinidad Cham- ber of Commerce and the Las Animas County Farm Bureau, More than 1,000 homesteaders have taken up land in this county since the first of the year, and these will be furnished seed free this spring upon the recommenda- tion of the various farmer's clubs, un- der the direction of County Agricul- turist C. E. Smith, to bé repaid in the fall after their crop is harvested. In order to minimize the risk of the transaction by farmers failing to take proper care of their growing crop, two pounds of seed will be returned to the Chamber of Commerce. This seed will be carefully cleaned and stored and sold to the farmer next spring at cost plus the interest upon the money necessary to purcHase seed this spring. 5 Greeley P. O. Enters First Classe Greeley.—Greeley’s postoffice will go into the first class at the end of the present fiscal year, according to report of Postmaster H. Reynolds. Re- ceipts for the past fiscal year were $43,525, as compared with $37,147 for last year. For the first quarter this year the business was $11,641, as com: pared with $9,865 for the same period of 1916. Farm Near Hudson Sells for. $54,000. Hudson.—An important land deal in the Hudsor district has been complet- ed in the transfer of 2,080 acres of farming land five miles southeast of here for a consideration of $54,166.40. F, M. Waggoner of Berthoud is the purchaser and F. M. Schaffer, one of the pioneer ranchers of Weld county, sold the land. To Organize Woman's Training Camp. Denver.— Mrs, Alexander Sharp, widow of the late Capt. Sharp of the United States navy and organizer of two of the woman's training camps es- tablished in the Hast, is coming to Denver to organize the Denver wom- an’s training camp, according to word received in Denver by Mrs. L. E. Campbell. a Cannact Balt nics and) Denver: Denver.—Joining of Denver and Salt Lake City with the rich copper fields of the Watson and Vernal re- gions in Utah is contemplated by A. EB. Carlton, Colorado Springs capital- ist, and his associates, who bought at auction the Colorado Midland Railroad Company for $1,425,000. Spoke Against Wilson; Jailed. Steamboat Springs—Nick Elloff, » Bulgarian miner, made remarks de- rogatory to President Wilson, and a crowd attempted to lynch him. He was rescued by Sheriff Emery Clark und is now in the county jail charged with treason, Greeley Bankers to Aid Farmers. Greeley.—Bankers of Weld county have agreed to form a pool to assist all worthy farmers to produce more foodstuff for the nation during the war by extending credit to those de- siring to add to their farm acreage. Cody Memorial Fund Gets $6,630.72. Denver.—The Boy Scouts are work- ing in conjunction with the Cody Memi- orial Association of Denver in raising the fund with which to build a great memorial temple to the memory of Buffalo Bill. Contributions from old friends and admirers of Col. Cody are being daily received at the headquar- ters. It is catculated that the cost of this great memorial temple will be in the neighborhood of $225,000. Con- tributions of $6,630.72 have been made to this fund. STATE CAPITOL NEWS Fores: eserves, will Open) Hartter Than Usual to Facilitate Greater Production on Ranges, Denyer.—Co-operation of the na tional forestry service with live. stock men has been urged in a tele- gram from the Department of the In terior at Washington to local forestry officials, ‘The order states that the department is desirous of aiding sheep and cattle men to increase produc: tion of meat and meat products _ by opening the forest reserves earlier than usual, so that livestock may be placed on the market at the earliest possible date. Conferences with sheep and cattle men are being held to work out means of co-operation, Sheep men are requesting larger grazing areas, while cattle men are opposing en: croachment of sheep upon cattle-graz- ing lands. From custom, larger areas are opened to cattle grazing. In many sections of the country the sheep-raising industry is growing by leaps and bounds, and the ranchers find it necessary to secure more ter- ritory. It is sald that many cattle men have turned to sheep raising. Industrial Board Settles Dispute. In spite of the warlike preparations going on all about, the Industrial Commission keeps at work, settling industrial disputes and keeping the wheels of production going round and round, During the last few days dis- putes between the musicians of Lead- ville and the theaters, Denver mill- workers and employers, carpenters, paperhangers and painters and the contractors in Denvere building and common laborers and contractors in Pueblo, drainlayers and contractors in Denver, all have been satisfactorily settled and the men returned to work. ‘The disputes between the molders of Pueblo and their employers have been postponed when a like dispute be tween the men and employers in Den- yer and various other cities over the state becomes impending May 1, All these will be taken care of jointly. Last is the threatened strike of Den- ver brewery workers on May 1. ‘The men are making malted milk and near-beer, They demand, shorter hours and more pay. ‘Approves Hotton Orr kaw lat: The attorney general rendered an opinion on the Horton liquor law to Governor Gunter analyzing its provi- sions and explaining its scope and effect, especially with reference to the Reed amendment to the federal postal law. The attorney general finds that under the Horton law: First—Importations are limited in quantity and number, Second—Possession ¢an only be had in the home and with certificate of importation attached. Third—Manufacture and sale in state are prohibited, Fourth—Importation except by rail- roads and express companies is pro- hibited, automobiles being liable to confiscation if used for that purpose. He urges that the Horton law is a distinct advance over the old law and that a faithful and vigilant inforce- ment of the law will bring gratifying results to the state. Frazer Plane to increase Game. State Fish and Game Warden W. B. Frazer has worked out plans whereby the number of fish and game in the state will be increased materially this year and the state benefited material- ly by having additional resources from his department. As soon as the plans are completed he will present them to the State War Couneil and the State Ways and Means Committee, which has in charge the increasing of the state's supply of food. It is the plan of Game Warden Frazer to so increase the number of fish and the amount of game in the state game preserves that the game will be no negligible factor if other food re- sources of the state are drawn on too heavily, Gen, Baldwin Pleads for Volunteers. To lift Colorado above the plane of conscription and fill her quotas in the volunteer and regular armies without draft, Adj, Gen, Frank D. Baldwin ap- pealed to the patriotic sons of the state to enroll at his office under the terms of the President's. call. Governor Reduces Appropriations. Announcement was made at the governor's office that Gov, Gunter had decided to strike $378,000 out of the “long appropriation” bill, The gov- ernor feels that the state's revenues is not ample to carry the heavy ap- propriation, it was announced. Concrete Denver-Golden Highway. Work on the Denver-Golden road has been recommenced and the con- fractors having it in charge promise jon to have the finest stretch of conerete driveway in the state com- pleted. Money forthe work is being supplied, by the State Highway Com- nission and Jefferson county, ‘The vobilization of the national guard at the rifle range near Golden is one of she reasons given for the effort to speedily put the road in condition for uitary wes, U-BOAT IS SUNK BY U.S. VESSEL NOTHING DOWN AND 17 CTS. A DAY BUYS A PIANO, SALE NOW ON. THE PIANO EXCHANGE H. A. TRIGGS, Manager 211 Charles Block. Cor, 15th and Curtis Streets, Phone Champa 3742, SPANIARDS TO DECLARE WAR UN- LESS BERLIN STOPS PIRACY. che nil a i hat Sth Anak Pint btn line Riba ie Palast taend Sa Death ie dch ind leeclitncAges i)! > Night and Day Cafe | ight a ay Cale ; 919 19th strect, between Champa and Curtis. Merchants’ Lunch every day from 11:30 a. m. to 3:30 p.m... Short orders at all hours. Give Y us a trial. Phone Main 6699. ‘ 4 BOB CARRUTH, Proprietor. Orders taken over phone. 3 ’ Sheehan see tectnte iether ir ea ne at a aS FRENCH ENVOYS SHOWN THAT SPIRIT OF LAFAYETTE LIVES IN U.S. Weatern Newspapér Union News Service ‘London, April 26.—Capt. Rice of the American steamship Mongolia, which has arriyed at a British port, reported that the Mongolia had fired the first gun of the war for the United States and sunk a German submarine. The submarine, Capt, Rice said, was about to attack the great liner, in British waters, on April 19. He declared there was absolutely no doubt that the U- oat was hit, and that there was ey- ery reason to believe it was destroyed. ‘The naval gunners on board made a clean hit at 1,000 yards. ‘The peri- scope was seen to be shattered, Can be rented very reasonable by Societies, Lodges and Or- ‘ganizations. The Hall is suitable for Entertainments, Dances and Athletic Exhibitions. REFRESHMENTS SERVED. 2132 ARAPAHOE ST. PHONE MAIN 2449 London.—The Spanish government's note to Germany regarding Germany's submarine campaign contains a para- graph stating that, if Germany con- tinues in its determination to sink all vessels in order to defend its life, Spain must take a like step to defend her life. BOLDEN BROS. CAFE and LUNCH ROOM 924 19th Street, Denver, Colorado ; Da cs DINNER Frnt eS Short Orders 11:30to2p.m. Ae kate By at All Hours rai : All Kinds of Sandwiches Bolden Bros. Barber Shop Baths, Electric Massage FIRST CLASS SERVICE R. B. BOLDEN, Mgr. 926 19th St. Denver British Front in France, April 26.— ‘The town of Monchy le Preux, which lies about five miles east of Arras, will stand in history as one of the bloodi- est spots of the world-war. The fight- ing north, east and south of this lit- tle Artois village perched upon a high knoll has exceeded in intensity any of the individual struggles of the Somme. Efforts of the Germans to retake the village apparently have subsided, on account of the sheer exhaustion of their available forces, and the British advance eastward of Monchy contin- ues, slowly but surely. The ground around Monchy, as far as the eye can reach, is covered with the dead, the Germans at times having employed their old tactics of attacking in mass formation. Fifteen German airplanes and six British shot down in day's aerial fighting. Washington, —The spirit of France came to the nation’s capt tal Wednesday. Its great national hero Joseph Joffre, marshal of France, ac- coripumied) by Rene Viviani, former premier and minister of justice, as chief of the commission, passed through the streets of the city, pre- pared to tell the American people what they must do that the cause of republicanism and representative gov- ernment shall triumph over Prussian militarism, As they rode through the wide avenues of the city the men of France were made to feel that their sacrifices were appreciated by “the American people. It was plain that the spirit of Lafayette still lives in the hearts of the pation, Weatherhead Hat Co. TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 Established 1876 PIONEER HATTERS OF THE WEST WE MAKE OLD HATS NEW PRACTICAL HATTERS RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Of Gents’ and Ladies’ Hats of Every Description 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. Paris —Dunkirk was bombarded by German destroyers. British and French patrol ships engaged the Germans, one of the French torpedo boats being sunk, according to an official an- nouncement. - Chinese Decide to Fight Kaiser. Peking.—At a conference of provin- cial and military governors, at which the premier presided, it was voted unanimously that China should enter the war against Germany, DO NO™ SEEK TO ENTANGLE U.S. Washington,—“I am told that there are some doubting critics in America who believe the mission of the British and French officials here is to in- yeigle the United States out of her traditional policy and to entangle her inean alliance, secret or public, with European governments. 1 cannot imagine a rumor of less foundation, nor an undertaking more futile. Amer- ica entered this great conflict for the Liberties of mankind, The same spirit animates all of the allied countries.” With visible emotion, Sir Arthur J. Balfour, the British foreign minister, thus outlined to correspondents the aims and purposes of the two great international commissions in coming to the United States, and gave assur- ance to the nation that it is not their desire to influence the American gov- ernment to abandon the policy of Washington of “no entangling al- lances.” Mr. Balfour impressed his auditors as having no doubt after talking with the President that the United States will conclude no separate peace with Germany. PHONE MALN 3028 RES. PHONE GALLUE, 943 JOHN K. RETTIG*~ ~ Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries 1864 CURTIS STREET Gorner Nineteenth. Denver, Cole, C. E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1608 ‘Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oystera Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15th Street Denver, olorado Wheat at $2.52 Breaks All Records. Chicago.—Wheat shot past all pre- vious high records April 25th on a market bare of @&ferings. May wheat rose 11% cents, to $2.52, Traders were somewhat Impressed by a pre- diction credited tc the minister of ag- riculture of Ontario that wheat would sell at $4 before it sold again at $2. Prices of wheat, corn and oats were all on the highest level in the history of the Board of Trade. At St. Louis a record was hung up in the® sale of No. 2 red wheat for immediate deliv- ery at $3 a bushel. THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE AUGUSTAN BROOKLYN MEMORIAL LAUGH SHARE BE FREE BACK COMMIT PART Communications to receive attention must be news, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper, must reach us Tuesday, if possible, anyway not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author. No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. All communications of a personating nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the City of Denver, Colo. PUBLIC TAKING SPECIAL INTEREST IN SCHOOL ELECTION. We are glad to announce that our appeal to the mothers and fathers, also other electors of the city and county of Denver, for taking more interest in the coming SCHOOL ELECTION has met with a hearty response, as the numerous visits to our office and the many telephone calls requesting information on this very important matter, "the school question," indicate a special interest by the people than heretofore; as the establishment of a governing body on a sound basis means an educational system that Denver and the state of Colorado will be proud of. Many candidates have come forward to fill the three positions, and by our votes will be determined those in whom the confidence of the people will be placed. Up to the present we have only seen and heard the statements of Messrs. Lucius F. Hallett, Frank M. Taylor and Chas. M. Schenck, the same declaring their true position on the requirements of an efficient school system, the kind of men to be at the head of affairs, the staff of teachers for the training of the young, and the great advantage of up-to-date buildings with adequate accommodation and equipment for the successful carrying on of the work. These three men endorsed by nearly every organization in the city from the greatest to the humblest, from the business sphere to the home circle, are citizens who have followed our school system and government for a number of years, and pointing with pride to the time of a few years ago when the admiration of the West and other parts of the country was gained and centered on Denver for the progressiveness of her educational institutions, chief of which were her public schools, they yielded to popular request to stand for election so as to remove the stigma that is now hurled at us and to restore and further improve our schools which should not take second place to any in our land. Scoring success in their respective business capacity by dealing fairly and squarely with the public, their idea of sound business methods by which they promote the best interests should work advantageously to the adoption of constructive measures bringing our schools to the standard of permanent success—a joy to us all and a blessing to humanity. At this time, therefore, when from incidents occurring during the past three years, and specially very recently, it is clearly shown us that the retrograde step has been made as soon as politics played a part resulting in a power destructive to our educational welfare, it becomes a necessity, an individual concern, a matter of vital importance that every voter should deem it a duty to support men who live beyond selfishness and political gains when they have proven that their interest in the community, in the city of which they are proud to be residents of honorable standing is in common with the people, and their greatest ambition is the rendering of service that will accomplish the most and the best for all time. An overwhelming majority is our forecast for these men—the people's candidates, and Monday, May 7th, will offer another proof of Denver's ability to eliminate the EVIL and install the GOOD. RISING TO AN OCCASION. THERE are some people who revel in the idea that the members of the race in their slowness of action fail to grasp opportunities when presented them, and do not appreciate anything conducive to their improvement or beneficial to their existence, by the laxity exhibited from time to time in the way and manner they strive to obtain. Fortunately for us this is not a general opinion, and while we do not intend to lay any stress on it, yet we mention same with the hope that minds that are narrowly disposed towards us will dispel this idea when we give them information of facts relative to certain present day events of much importance. With the government's determination that the people of the United States should not become the prey of the large business corporations that are inflicting upon us a severe penalty in the "high cost of living," instructions have been issued to the farmers to plant more, utilizing a greater portion of the farm for a variety of products, and our state and city governments in doing their part bring forcibly to our minds what we can do at home—even in our very back yards, by suggesting that home gardens be made and inducing property owners to permit persons to raise vegetables on vacant lots. Our people have always raised gardens in the summer, but possibly with not so much seriousness as at the present, as conditions confronting us today are new to our experience, and every man who is not ungrateful to the place from whence he came can reflect on the amount of pleasure afforded him in doing his part on the farm which yielded enough for the family and a surplus for the market; so not being uncommon to him, the suggestion made by the government finds immediate reception in the members of the race, and with facilities in the form of implements for plowing and a good supply of water, with seeds at a very moderate price, every vacant lot and back yard acquired by our people will soon exhibit an object lesson for those who think we are not eager to grasp opportunities as other peoples or races, by the competition resulting from their devotion to the farm. In parts of Wisconsin the government orders the use of the back streets for the planting of potatoes by the school children; in Denver, the government gives the land and supplies seeds to the school children at a minimum price, with the help given by instructors provided by generous business men, and to see what is being accomplished by children and grownups as well as the experienced farmers, also to hear the resolutions of STAYING BY AND WITH THE FARM for the purpose of solving the food problem and compelling the powers that be to meet us half the way, it surely would be said; we have risen to the occasion and are endeavoring in every way to assist ourselves, our government and our country from undergoing one of the usual terrors of war—THE CONTINUOUS INCREASE OF FOOD PRICES. Status of Foreign Investments By SAMUEL WANT By SAMUEL WANT With government securities of the various countries of the world so widely distributed as they have been during the past years, one of the important questions brought to the front by the present war is the obligation of a conquering state to respect the obligations of a state brought to a condition of subjugation. What, for example, are the rights of American citizens as to the collection and enforcement of bonds of Roumania, Belgium, Serbia and other territories now in the hands of the German authorities, in the event of the final annexation of the territory of any of such powers? While the practice of the nations and the opinions of writers on international law are not altogether uniform, it may be stated as a general principle of international law that in the event of the annexation of territory of other powers, whether by cession or subjugation, and in the absence of controlling stipulations, or unusual circumstances, the predominant power is under obligation to see to the satisfaction of the national obligations of the ceded territory. There are, of course, exceptional circumstances, calling for a different rule. For example, the United States refused to assume in behalf of Cuba any portion of the so-called Cuban debt, for which the Cuban revenues were pledged, on the ground that it consisted of a mass of Spanish obligations and charges, and was in no sense created by Cuba as a province or department of Spain, or by the people of the island. Indeed, it appeared that the debt in question had been mainly contracted for the purpose of supporting the Spanish army in Cuba. In a very recent English case it was decided by the English divisional court that the English government was not liable for the payment of an obligation of the South African Republic, the essence of which was a claim based upon the action of that republic in appropriating certain private property on behalf of the government during the war with England. The court held it to be a general exception to the principle above referred to, that there is no principle of international law by which a conquering state may be held liable to discharge the financial liabilities of a tortuous nature incurred by the country whose territory has been annexed by subjugation. American Navy as a War Factor By FREDERICK R. COUDERT Expert on International Relations The American navy, while deficient in certain classes of units, is yet the third most powerful navy in the world, and can, by relieving the numerous English war vessels in North and South Atlantic waters, and by assisting in the convoying of ships over the ocean greatly aid the allied navies now holding the seas. The great problem of today is to destroy the submarine menace, and, too, in a very real sense free the seas to the use of the nations. American co-operation in this respect can be of great value. The British and American navies co-operating could make a kind of lane over the Atlantic, through which ships might sail and supplies be carried to the allied powers. It is quite possible that the distress in Germany, owing to the blockade, has been exaggerated, but, in my opinion, it is only a question of time when irresistible economic pressure, coupled with the growing strength of the allied armies in France, will force her to the wall, and the aid of the American navy can insure the success of this blockade. There should, in my opinion, be sent to France some contingent of American troops, properly organized and officered. This would have a sentimental value well-nigh incalculable. I know the effect that it would have, both in France and in England, and in distant Russia as well, for a few regiments from the new world to join hands with the descendants of La Fayette and Rochambean on the stricken fields of old France. It would also have a great effect upon the American people, who would again see renewed that old combination of France and America fighting for human liberty. This is a factor that cannot, and I believe will not, be neglected. General military training is a necessity, first for our future safety, and, second, for the purpose of welding our somewhat heterogeneous people into a cohesive nation. In addition, the war may, in view of military experts, go on for a couple of years more, in which case the decisive factor might well become a million American soldiers transported to the shores of France and Belgium. Turning on the Spiritual Steam By BISHOP CHARLES BAYARD MITCHELL We are now living close to the greatest upheaval the human race has ever known. We are hearing so much that tends to weaken the faith of many and cause others to scoff at the "collapse of Christianity" that I would like to remind ourselves that there is no basis for any pessimistic doubts concerning the present or future standing of Christianity. The activities of the Christian program were never so many or so fruitful. Who so bold as to say that all such Christlike service for humanity can exist without spiritual vitality? Without faith works are dead. There must be found an adequate cause for all these abounding and uplifting agencies. Doubt never builds. It destroys. Faith only constructs and ventures. Skepticism builds no schools or hospitals. To secure a hearing, it stands on the curbstone or hires a hall. Today the Christian world is seeded down with unnumbered agencies and institutions which are toiling for the betterment of mankind. Try to set a measuring rod to the Christlike spirit which today is so bent on feeding the starving, healing the wounded and comforting the bereft whom war has so devilishly injured. Whence came these unselfish helpers of a stricken continent? There is only one explanation: the spirit of Christ has come to men. In former times spirituality too often showed itself in the shouts of the redeemed and the ecstasies of the holy. Today the spiritual steam is no longer turned into the whistle, but into the steam chest. We behold the revolving shaftings and whirling wheels of a Christ-inspired beneficence which compels a doubting world to believe in him for his very works' sake. --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN --- The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West --- ARELIABLE 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 L. W. McKinley made a trip to San Francisco last week on business. Ed McCoy, of 816 22nd Street, is quite sick. He has a host of friends who wish his recovery a speedy one. Mrs. S. H. Hobson has received the sad news of the death of her grandmother, Mrs. Eliza Hayden of Ozark, Mo. It is about time that the anglers were looking up their fishing tackles and try again to land the big ones that got away last season. creeping ahead. They held this and made further gains until the stood 47 to 37 in their favor. the visitors began gaining, our standing practically still, until score stood 48 to 47—our men lef by only one point. Each side gained one more point. The plon each side showed great nerness. With a clear "set-up" Chas shot, and missed, leaving a "se for his opponent. This was like lost. Brown then shot and went the final score being 50-48. Chapman engaged the third Co player in a ten-point game of t cushion billiards. This game Earl George, well known in the community, met with a serious accident at the Western Chemical Works, where he is employed, being badly burnt in the head and face. Fortunately his eyes were undisturbed. Henry N. Green and wife left last Monday for Chicago, where they will reside permanently. Mr. and Mrs. Green resided in Denver for several years and were very popular in church and social circles. We wish them every success in their new location. Wesley Frierson, who is local agent for the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, is meeting with much success. The company is one of the oldest and most substantial and reliable in the country. Any one desiring insurance will do well to see Mr. Frierson. Claude Robinson, formerly headwaiter of the Denver Athletic Club, and the Stockmen Club, has secured a similar position with the Management of the Stanley Hotels, Estes Park. From his experience of several years and with a good crew backed up by a contract advantageous to both sides, there is every reason to anticipate every satisfaction for the season, which commences in June. COLORED CITIZEN'S LEAGUE. THE COLORED CITIZEN'S LEAGUE will hold a meeting at their rooms, 2566 Washington street, next Tuesday evening, May 1st, for the transaction of important business. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. East 23rd Ave. and Washington St Pastor, J. A. Thos. Hazell, S. T. B. 11 a. m.—"His Unfinished Work." 5 p. m.—"Program Under the Auspices of Woman's Missionary Society." The class for instruction of candidates for membership meets every Wednesday night at 7:15 in the vestry of the church. Interested presons are requested to take these instructions. Beginning next Sunday evening, May 6th, the services will take up at 5:30 instead of 5 o'clock, and will continue thus until the end of October next. Monday night, April 30th, the congregation is especially summoned to meet in the Chapel at 8 o'clock. The object of the meeting: (1) Elders' Report from the Presbytery of Denver. (2) Financial Report of the Easter Offertory and Initial Envelopes. (3) Plans submitted for the future conduct of the work. (4) Announcements of names dropped from the Church Roster of so-called members for dereliction of church duties during the past Presbyterial year. This act is in accordance with a deliverance of the Presbytery of Denver. (5) Other matters pertaining to the business life of the church not herein stated will be disposed of. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The Rev. William Young the conference evangelist of the M. E. church, who has been conducting a series of evangelistic services at the Scott M. E. church, left the city this week. Mr. Bassett of Colorado Springs, who conducted the singing for the meetings, also went away. While here they made their headquarters at the "Y", and their influence among the big boys was exceedingly helpful. A trio of young men came up from the Central "Y" last Friday evening and engaged two of our players in billiards. Messrs. Walter Chapman and Jesse. Brown represented our branch. In the fifty-point game it seemed as if it might be any man's game up to the end of the first half, when Brown and Chapman began creeping ahead. They held this lead and made further gains until the score stood 47 to 37 in their favor. Then the visitors began gaining, our men standing practically still, until the score stood 48 to 47—our men leading by only one point. Each side then gained one more point. The players on each side showed great nervousness. With a clear "set-up" Chapman shot, and missed, leaving a "set-up" for his opponent. This was likewise lost. Brown then shot and went out, the final score being 50-48. Chapman engaged the third Central player in a ten-point game of three-cushion billiards. This game was long drawn out. Chapman won, the score being 10-8. A splendid and most helpful meeting was held last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dorsey Newborn, a student at the Iliff School of Theology was the speaker. A quartet of young men came with him and sang very acceptably. Next Sunday afternoon the Rev. Darley Downs, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church, will speak on the subject, "Playing a Man." The address will have reference to the state of the country at this time. All men will be welcome. Robert Kirkpatrick, age 25, died April 13th in Pueblo, Colorado. Remains were brought to Denver by Mr. E. V. Cammel of the Cammel Undertaking Company, for burial April 19th, and the funeral services were held from the parlors Friday, April 20th Rev. A. M. Ward officiating. Interment Riverside. We wish to thank the many friends for their kindness and beautiful floral offerings and especially the Denver Club and Denver Athletic Club boys for their kindness rendered us during the death of our beloved husband, father and nephew. So popular is this shoe store for best shoes and popular prices, that the public, in spite of the increased prices of household articles and wearing apparel, still patronize the firm of Henning in more than an ordinary manner. Special attention to customers and new patrons is the basis of success, and the sale of spring shoes at very moderate prices will help to establish, the value of having such a firm in our city, defying competition in quality and price. Visit early and secure a bargain. LOST—Fox Terrier Puppie, six months old, tail cut off; name Tige. Return to 2447 Downing Ave., or Phone York 8822. Reward. GEO. F. MANGINI. The O.W.L. Where Style in Mi ne Supr We are now retailing our large wholesale ho 12,000 square feet of everything beautiful in New York Sport Auto Everything in Mat Mill Untrimmed Hats, R Ornaments in Japanese Designs. O.W. Lyman Co. Style and Elegance Mi nery Reigns Supreme now retailing at wholesale prices in wholesale house. share feet of floor space filled with beautiful in millinery. York Model Hats Sport Hats Auto Hats ing in Materials for the Home Milliner. d Hats, Flowers, Fancy Beaded in Japanese, Chinese and Indian human's Where Style and Elegance in Minery Reigns Supreme We are now retailing at wholesale prices in our large wholesale house. 12,000 square feet of floor space filled with everything beautiful in millinery. Just Around the Corner From the Tower on Arapahoe St. --- --- DEATHS. CARD OF THANKS. MRS. FLORENCE SLADE MISS CLARA MONTGOMERY MISS BEATRICE MONTGOMERY MR. AND MRS. GREENLEAF HENNING'S FOR SHOES. BOULDER NOTES. Thursday and Friday nights of next week are the nights of the Big Bazaar of the Mite Missionary Society of Allen Chapel. Among the many beautiful and useful articles for sale is a hand embroidered handkerchief which was sent by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President. The Program for Thursday night is a musical operette with May Pole drill, and on Friday night a spicy drama, "Those Husbands of Ours," will be presented. The big debate on Universal Military Training will be given by the Mutual Literary Society on Tuesday evening. Messrs. Ridgeway and Childress represent the affirmative side, and Messrs. Smith and Reeves the negative side. Rev. A. W. Ward occupied the pulpit of Campbell Chapel in Denver on Saturday. He returned to Boulder on Tuesday. Rev. W. H. Manse delivered two excellent and stirring sermons at Allen Chapel on Sunday. Rev. Manse left this week to put in his crop on his ranch near Bennett, Colo. The Cedar Art Club held a social at the residence of Mrs. S. B. Harris on Friday night. William E. Jones has gone East. Jack Morrison has returned to his work in the hills. Kansas City, Mo., April 20. Permission to organize a regiment with Race officers was asked of Gov. Gardner by a committee of leading members of the Race, following a loyalty meeting here Wednesday. Several former army officers offered their services to the flag and expressed a willingness to undertake the raising of the unit, providing permission was granted. Resolutions were adopted reflecting the spirit of the meeting, and the proposed regiment also was offered to the president and to the secretary of war. Teaching Children to Smile A mother had a little girl, her first child, who seemed to have been born with a scowl, says a writer in the Woman's Home Companion. Perfectly well, still she had a morose disposition, which it seemed as though nothing could alter. When a second child was born, the mother made a rule that no one should look at the baby without a smile. With the imitation of childhood the baby at once began, even in her early weeks, to smile back, and as she grew, the rule still held in the home, who developed into what everyone who knew her called "the smiling baby," and grew up with the sunniest disposition, a joy to everyone. Now, what that mother did any mother can do. A child may actually inherit a serious, even a sullied disposition, yet these may be crowded out while they are undeveloped, by the habit of cheerfulness. Fern Hall, 2711 Welton, R. L. Phynix, Manager, Phone Main 2860. DIRECTORY Pride of Denver Tabernacle 521—Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 2540 Washington St. Oliver Royal House of S. M. T—Meets 2nd Monday of each month at 2540 Washington St. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms strictly modern; prices reasonable. Rooms for light housekeeping for man and wife. 2443 Tremont Place, Denver ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOSTON DUMAN CHICAGO DETROIT DEVER ORANGE CITY OF LOUIS DALLAS NEW ORLEANS Popular Favor and Revenues The success of any utility is largely dependent upon two prime factors—popular favor and adequate revenues. One of our Company's most highly prized assets is the confidence which the public has in our policies, our methods and our sincere desire to serve the public well. But as to the factor of revenues, we have our problems. The territory in which we operate contains fewer persons per square mile than any other similar area in the United States. This means that we have an abnormally high investment per unit of population or per subscriber. The more plant per subscriber, the higher is the maintenance cost per subscriber, and the depreciation charge per subscriber is proportionately high. The problem is, while providing facilities ample to give standard and adequate service throughout our territory, to secure sufficient revenues to meet our total charges and to provide a reasonable return upon the large investment involved. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. Joslin's 45th Anniversary Sale Will Begin Monday, April 30 Existing Market conditions are such that very large and material advances on nearly all lines of merchandise are almost daily occurrences. THIS STORE'S GREAT AIM IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. THE MOST CAREFUL AND DETERMINED WORK, IN PREPARING FOR THIS ANNUAL EVENT, HAS PLACED US IN A POSITION TO OFFER YOU PRONounced ECONOMIES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THE STORE. We would impress upon the public the fact that for our Anniversary Sale we are offering you ONLY New, Desirable Merchandise. SMOKE SUBMARINE, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars PHONE SOUTH 4405 W 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO If you have not received a Sale Booklet call for one. Without a doubt this Sale will be Most Economical Event Entire Year ket conditions are such that very large all lines of merchandise are almost daily There is no question but that Prices will be decidedly higher later on. Phone Main 3270 NOTICE. NOTICE All cards of thanks, funeral notices, resolutions and in memoriams must be paid for IN ADVANCE, or will be withheld from the columns of this paper. THE GARDEN Until Your Trees Are Grown an Effective Placing of Shrubs in Tubs Helps the Outlook. PLANT TREES AND SHRUBBERY By ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYSEN By ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYSEN Looking over your BENTHUYSEN this spring, note the effect of your planting. If the place lacks trees and shrubs, plan to make up the lack this fall. Don't forget some ornamental trees and shrubs. Plant them in groups or singly, but always leave open space for grass. Cut-leaved birch is a favorite tree for planting on the home grounds. It is pyramidal in shape with drooping branches. The Japanese maples are very beautiful, small trees in bush form with vivid coloring of the cut leaves. Many shrubs are more beautiful in foliage than in flower, and some of them carry their fruits through the winter in bright colors. In setting trees or shrubs, make a hole wide enough so that the roots can be spread out, avoiding twisting and crowding as much as possible. Work the soil in about the roots, leaving no spaces, and packing firmly. Avoid planting trees between the house and the street in such a manner as to hide the view from the windows and doors. To obstruct the outlook is very annoying to those confined to the house. Trees and shrubbery should be placed so as to form a background or setting for the dwelling. Young trees should be carefully watched and the open spaces in the ground about them, which have been made by the wind swaying the trees, should be well firmed down. TREATMENT AND CULTURE OF HARDY ANNUALS By LIMA R. ROSE. Seeds of hardy annuals should be sown in April or May, according to the latitude, in shallow boxes or pots and placed, in a warm window or a hotbed. A second sowing ought to be made from two to four weeks after for a succession, as well as to provide against failure the first time. The most convenient receptacle for seed is a shallow box from two to three inches deep and of any convenient size. The best soil for all of the smaller kinds is a very fine, rich, sandy loam. The very best soil is that taken from old hotbeds, or from old pasture land, plied up in sods and allowed to rot for two or three years and then mixed with sand and a little old stable manure. Give the tiny plants plenty of air and moisture, yet not too much water, or they will "damp off." Get pots two inches or more in diameter and plant the young seedlings along the edges of the pots, so that as soon as the ground is warm enough they can be easily turned out and planted singly, as by that time they will have good roots. Do not cover seeds too deeply. This is a common and disastrous mistake. The exception to this rule is sweet pen, which is seldom planted deep enough. A good, general rule is to cover only to the depth of the thickness of the seeds. With medium-sized seeds like zinneas and balsams and their kind half an inch or so is none too much. Tiny seeds like the portulacas need only to be pressed into the soil with the palm of the hand. Always firm the earth around flower seeds, else there is danger of their drying up be- fore roots can get firm hold on the soil. During very dry weather, and when seedlings are first set out, water frequently. THE NEW BOUQUETS Old-Fashioned Bouquet of Ophelia Roses, Violets, White Carnations and Lavender Lilac. Old-Fashioned Bouquet of Ophelia Roses, Violets, White Carnations and Lavender Lilac. With every season come new styles in clothes and hats and shoes. The florists are realizing that new silhouettes in nosegays are as much in demand as the correct line in the new frock, and to meet the exacting demand as the correct line in the new Debutante Bud, they yearly turn out new arrangements in floral effects. This season sees the closely bunched little nosegays our grandmothers used to carry. These are carefully surrounded by paper lace to protect the gown. SOME TIMELY HINTS Have some fragrant foliage plants and shrubs. The old kinds are fine. and shrubs. The old kinds are fine. Good results in raising plants depend largely on the care given them. No, "something for nothing," in nature. Give the canna roots a place in the hottest sunshine, feed plenty of manure and water and mulch heavily with barnyard manure. Soak the hanging baskets twice a week by setting them in a tub of water. The basket can be let down by a pulley and drawn up without lifting. Plant flowers for others, as well as yourself, and don't forget to take a bouquet for the church on Sunday. One does well to consider the lilies even while worshiping. The old lemon lily is just as good as it ever was, and just as beautiful. When working in the dirt among plants, grease the hands well with hard, rub as you would with soap, then wash in soapsuds. Corn and potatoes are all right, but give us a little soul food in the way of flowers and fine foliage. Bloom is better than brambles and roses will grow wherever brambles will. The best time to fight weeds is now, before they get a good start. Keep right after them from the time they show up, even before the seeds are sown. FOOD WASTE EACH YEAR $700,000,000 This Is Estimate Made by Uncle Sam of Loss in the Homes Alone. MUCH OF IT IS PREVENTABLE Vast Amount of Nourishing Material Thrown Out of American Kitchens, Say Department of Agriculture Experts. Good food heedlessly thrown into garbage pails, food allowed to spoil in the household, food ruined by improper cooking and food destroyed by rats, mice and insects constitute the heavy items in the $700,000,000 annual waste of food in homes in this country cited by the secretary of agriculture. Seven hundred million dollars is considered to be a conservative figure. In household waste, of course, are not to be included the vast losses of food allowed under improper handling or inefficient marketing methods to spoil in transit or in the hands of producers or dealers. Much of this $700,000,000 household waste of food, the dietary specialists of the United States department of agriculture declare, is easily preventable. That vast amounts of nourishing material are thrown out from American kitchens and so made useless for human consumption, is well established by the returns made from garbage and fertilizer plants showing the amount of fats and nitrogenous material recovered from city garbage. Much of the food is thrown out, the specialists say, because so many people do not know how to utilize left-overs or will not take the trouble to keep and prepare them. The specialists point out that left-over cereals can be reheated or combined with fruits, meats or vegetables into appetizing side dishes; that even a spoonful of cereal is worth saving as a thickener of soups, gravies and sauces. Stale bread can be utilized in a variety of ways in combination with vegetables and meats and in preparing hot breads and puddings. Skim milk, too widely looked down upon as a food although it contains practically all the nourishing elements of whole milk with the exception of the cream or fat, can be used as a beverage, in cooking cereals, or as a basis for milk soups or sauces. Even sour milk, so largely thrown away, can be used in making hot breads or in the home manufacture of cottage cheese. Every scrap of meat or fish can be combined with cereals or other foods lacking in pronounced flavor, both to give flavor and to add nourishment to made-over dishes. Every bit of fat or suet trimmed from meat before cooking or tried out in boiling, roasting or broiling can be made useful in cooking. Many butchers, after they have weighed meat and named the price for the cut, trim off valuable suet and fat. This fat which the housewife pays for, if taken home and used, would reduce expenditures for prepared cooking fats. Water used in cooking rice and many of the vegetables contains nutrients and desirable flavoring materials valuable in soups or sauces. Too often fats and such water are poured into the sink. Many persons regard the saving of small amounts of left-over food as unimportant. If they kept accurate account, however, for any period, the specialists say, many families would be astounded by the amount of good food they are throwing out and by the sums that they are paying to the grocer, the butcher and milkman merely to replace good food being absolutely wasted. Waste From Careless Handling. Important amounts of perishable foods are made dangerous or inedible in households because they are exposed unnecessarily to heat, germs, dust, dirt or to files and other insects. Much milk spoils quickly because it is kept uncovered in warm kitchens. Close observance of the doctrine, "Keep perishable food, especially milk, cool, clean and covered continuously" may make a striking difference in the food bills of many families. In other cases, one or two vegetables, beets or carrots, for instance, not needed immediately, are thrown out or allowed to spoil instead of being used in soups or combination dishes. Fruits which could be stewed and kept are allowed to spoil. Vegetables and fruits in quantities often are stored in hot, damp, poorly ventilated bins and under conditions which hasten wilting. fermentation and decay. Fruits, surplus beans, tomatoes and other vegetables produced in home gardens are allowed to spoil on the vines or rot on the ground. A morning's work would can and preserve such surplusage for use when fruits and vegetables are scarce and high in price. Much food is ruined by being stored where files or other insects or rats and mice can get at it. Much cereal food is ruined because it is not protected against weevils or other insects. Many housewives who complain that children and adults will not eat breakfast cereals fail to realize that the cereals they serve are undercooked, scorched or improperly sea- Food Conservation Urgent Need of the United States. "For partial immediate relief, every individual and community should consider earnestly the matter of food conservation and the limitation of waste. As a nation we seem to have a disdain of economizing. In many homes there is a strong feeling that it is 'only decent' to provide more food than will be eaten and that it is demeaning to reckon closely. The experts of the department of agriculture report to me that the dietary studies made by them point to an annual food waste of about $700,000,000. Of course, the waste in families of very limited means is slight, but in the families of moderate and ample means the waste is considerable. Even if the estimate were reduced by half, the waste would still be enormous. "The food waste in the household, the experts assert, results in large measure from bad preparation and bad cooking, from improper care and handling, and, in well-to-do families, from serving an undue number of courses and an over-abundant supply and failing to save and utilize the food not consumed. As an instance of improper handling, it is discovered that in the preparation of potatoes 20 per cent of the edible portion in many cases is discarded."—Secretary of Agriculture Houston. soned, and thus made unpalatable. Most of the cheaper foods require careful seasoning and preparation to be fully appetizing. In many households, the specialists believe, proper attention to the cooking of these cheap and desirable foods will increase greatly their consumption and thus reduce considerably the use of more expensive foods eaten instead of cereals. Improper Cooking Is Blamed. Vegetables properly prepared tempt the appetite. When they are served in soggy form or in watery or poorly flavored dishes, much of them will be left on the table. The nutritive value and flavor of meat or fish can be lessened by over-cooking or improper cooking. If fats are allowed to burn even a little, they develop unpleasant flavors and usually cause people to refuse gravies and sauces made with them or foods fried in them; burned meat is also disagreeable as are burned vegetables. Much useful food gets into the garbage pail because the housewife, in preparing potatoes or other vegetables and fruit, such as apples, cuts off with the skin a considerable percentage of edible material. Careless paring of potatoes may consign as much as 20 per cent of the edible portion, including outer layers containing valuable mineral substances, to the garbage pail. Many persons are unaware that the green and tender tops of many vegetables which contain valuable mineral and other food substances, are excellent cooked as green, or even as addition to salads. Many families take pride in serving lavish and over-bountiful meals. Such meals lead inevitably to waste of food on the table and to over-eating, which often impairs health and efficiency. The sane standard, "Eat enough food and no more," rigidly followed, would reduce greatly food bills in many homes and, at the same time, tend to improve the physical condition of all members of the household, declare the government experts. STUDIES FURNITURE MARKETS Expert in Uncle Sam's Bureau of Commerce, Undertakes Extensive Inquiry in South America. A thorough investigation of South American markets for American furniture has been undertaken by Uncle Sam's bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the department of commerce. Harold E. Everley of New York city, has been appointed special agent to go to South America and spend two years studying the situation at close range. Mr. Everley has had a technical training in furniture manufacturing and is familiar with the merchandising methods of the industry. For three years he was superintendent of a furniture factory in Brazil. The newly appointed agent has been visiting representative furniture manufacturers and exporters in this country in an effort to learn as definitely as possible just what information is wanted. So far as possible the particular problems of individual manufacturers and exporters will be given careful attention during the investigation. The information gathered in South America will be brought to the attention of the industry by means of printed reports and also by means of interviews when the agent returns to this country. Sugar Beet Seed. Plant specialists of the United States department of agriculture say that sugar beet seed must be produced in the United States. The sugar beet industry, in which $100,000,000 is invested, was almost wholly dependent in 1914 on importations of seed. The war made it very difficult to get seed for 1916 planting and the situation is now gloomy. It is believed seed of good quality can be developed in this country. 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 The Champa Pharmacy 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 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. J. H. Biggins GENERAL FURNITURE REPAIRING AND UPHOLSTERING. WORK GUARANTEED. 1417 East 24th Avenue, Denver, Colo. 2300-6 Larimer Street Phone Main 1461 ORIENTAL RESTAURANT Chop Suey, Noodles and Short Orders Phone Main 4896 1848 Arapahoe 乐坪轩 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 St. Denver, Colo. DO IT NOW Subscribe for THIS PAPER $\textcircled{1}$ $\textcircled{2}$ $\textcircled{3}$ $\textcircled{4}$ 1—New portrait of Mario G. Menocal, president of Cuba, who is co-operating actively with the allies. 2—Raising the Stars and Stripes over the Virgin Islands at Fredericksport, St. Croix. 3—German soldiers, captured by the French, wounded and dazed by gun fire. 4—Theodore Brent of New Orleans, youngest member of the federal shipping board which is planning the construction of 1,000 wooden ships. 1—New portrait of Mario G. Menocal, president of Cuba, who is co-operating actively with the allies. 2—Raising the Stars and Stripes over the Virgin Islands at Fredericksport, St. Croix. 3—German soldiers, captured by the French, wounded and dazed by gun fire. 4—Theodore Brent of New Orleans, youngest member of the federal shipping board which is planning the construction of 1,000 wooden ships. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK War Councils With Leaders of the Allies Are Opened in Washington. FIGHT OVER CONSCRIPTION Dent's Committee Rejects President's Plan—Enemy Submarine Reported Near New York—Nivelle Smaheshe German Lines Between Reims and Solssons. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. For America at war the outstanding event of the past week was the opening of the great allied war councils in Washington. Headed by such eminent men as British Foreign Minister Balfour and Rene Viviani, former premier of France, the commissions from England and France arrived in the national capital, were installed in fine residences and at once began the series of conferences with the heads of the American government and of its armed forces. In order to insure the safety of the commissioners, the government quite properly suppressed all news of their movements; and it is in no hurry to tell what transpires at the conferences. It is safe to say, however, that the results of the meetings will be momentous. Congress provided enough sinews of war for the present by passing the bill for the issuance of $7,000,000,000, of which $3,000,000,000 is to be lent to the allies. There was not a single opposing vote in either house or senate. Congress also appropriated $100,000.000 as an emergency war fund to be put at the disposal of the president. Conscription Still In Doubt. President Wilson continued throughout the week his strenuous fight for selective conscription, but arguments and threats were alike vain so far as the house military committee was concerned. The committee rejected, 13 to 8, the administration provision, and then adopted an amendment offered by Chairman Dent providing that the president should call for 500,000 volunteers under the existing volunteer act, and should apply conscription only when he "decides that such additional forces cannot be effectually raised and maintained under the call for volunteers." The house agreed to take up the army bill on Monday. In the senate committee the president fared better, for the administration bill with the selective conscription feature was accepted by a vote of 10 to 7. It is the hope of the administration that the senate will pass this bill before the house acts. Impressed by the strength of the opposition to his conscription plan, especially in the ranks of the Democratic party, the president on Thursday issued an appeal to the public to support his proposition. Administration leaders protest that the advocates of the volunteer system have spread the idea that under the conscription plan there is no room for the volunteer system, whereas the president's plan leaves the way open for 500,000 volunteers to serve for the duration of the war only. At the beginning of the week President Wilson issued a remarkable proclamation to the nation, calling on all the people to give to it, in their respective capacities, their united, full service for the successful prosecution of the war. Such a call was doubtless needed to arouse individuals, but recent events show that the industries of the country already are completely organized and proceeding to carry out the plans outlined by the council of national defense. The work done and being done by that body of patriotic men is revealed as most comprehensive and complete, and when it is known in its entirety will astonish the people of America. U-Boats in American Waters? Are there any German U-boats in American waters? Berlin says "not yet," but the officers of the American destroyer Smith aver that a torpedo was fired at their vessel early Tuesday morning 100 miles south of New York. They are sure the missile came from a submarine, because they saw the periscope. Having been advised by British and French naval men that the well-armed merchant vessel is the best weapon for use against the submarine, the American government is pushing with redoubled vigor its plans for the building of big fleets of wooden ships. It is even considering delaying the construction of five battleships for this purpose. In the United States union labor in general is heartily supporting the government in its war measures. The exceptions are certain scattered groups of manifestly Germanic tendencies. The members of these, as well as certain other Americans with perverted ideas of their duty to mankind, may profitably study President Wilson's proclamation, issued Monday, warning against the commission of treasonable acts. Giving aid and comfort to the enemy is treason, and the punishment for treason may be death. It is a pity that such a proclamation should be necessary. Recruiting Is Better. Recruiting for the regular army and navy during the past week was much more satisfactory than heretofore. From the navy training schools thousands of young men, made fit by intensive training, were sent to the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards to man the vessels of the fleets. The University of Illinois' plan for the enlisting of a great army of agricultural laborers, men and boys outside the years of military service or otherwise exempt, having been recommended by the council of national defense and approved by the administration, seems likely to solve the problem of farm labor. This, and the concerted movement to urge the growing of limit crops have aroused the farmers and gardeners so that the dangers of a food shortage are decreasing. Every help possible is promised the agriculturists in the way of obtaining seed and labor. Prices of foodstuffs still are abnormally high, and there are more than hints that the government will curb the avarice of the speculators. Canadian wheat was put on the free list Monday, and the depressing effect on the price of May wheat was immediate but not lasting. The grain speculators are being investigated by the federal authorities. Great Victory for the French. Great Victory for the French. The greatest battle of the war to date, and consequently the greatest in all history, is that being fought in northern France. While the British were making their tremendous thrust toward Lens and St. Quentin, the French were concentrating their artillery fire on the German lines in the Reims-Solssons sector. When storms and German re-enforcements temporarily checked the rush of Haig's men, Nivelle's troops took their turn. On Monday they smashed against the Teutonic front, crushing the enemy defenses for 25 miles, capturing the second and even the third line in places. Such was the impetus of the attack that in one instance, at Brimont, they broke clear through. This is the sector where the crown prince commands, and he hurriedly brought up brigade after brigade of reserves which made desperate attempts to win back the lost ground. But the wonderful French field artillery had followed close behind the infantry and checked the German counter-attacks with awful loss of life. On Tuesday the French resumed their drive and pushed the Germans still farther back on the line from Reims to the Champagne front. All Tuesday night the fighting was fierce, but the French held their gains. In those two days 14,000 Germans were taken captive and about 16,000 others were killed or wounded. The prisoners were in a state of collapse from hunger and the effects of the gun-fire. Meanwhile the British pushed their way farther to the north of St. Quentin and consolidated the positions they had won. What Berlin Says of It. German official reports on the French offensive are naive. They admit the success of the attack, but assert the object of the Germans war, "even if war material were lost, to spare the lives of our forces and inflict heavy sanguinary losses upon the enemy, and thus decisively weaken him. This was achieved." Again, on Wednesday, General Nivelle hit the German line hard along a twenty-mile stretch from Reims to Aubervle, and then beat off the crown prince's furious counter-attacks. The British made more advances near Loos and St. Quentin. So it went day after day until, before the week ended the French estimated the number of unwounded prisoners taken by them alone at more than 20,000. They also captured many guns and immense quantities of supplies. Retirement of the Germans in Roumania is foreshadowed by the report from Jassy that they have burned the towns of Braila and Fokshani. The Turks, too, are retiring, willy nilly, before the steady advance of General Maude's army northwest from Bagdad and the Russian forces in Asia Minor. Russia Will Stand Firm. In what may be called the field of diplomatic endeavor, attention must be called again to German efforts to seduce the new Russia from her allegiances and make a separate pence. These efforts, started by Socialist leaders, have now taken on a semi-official character, for the German censorship and prohibition of egress from the country have been relaxed and the government treats the Socialists with a sudden favor that is decidedly suspicious. The negotiations are being carried on in Sweden, whither some Russian radicals have taken themselves. Encouraging reports from Petrograd say that the duma is split, the majority favoring sustaining the provisional government in its determination to prosecute the war to a victorious end is very large. Germany's pacific promises to Russia, and those of Austria, are too showy to deceive any but the most simple-minded, and even were they more substantial, the course of the imperial government has not been such as to inspire the least confidence in its pledges. Wilhelm may mean to fulfill his promises of electoral reform in Prussia, but they give little assurance of measurably promoting the cause of democracy, for which the world is fighting. Indeed, the promised reform would leave the autocratic system in the heart of Germany. The leaders of democratic Russia must see, as do the leaders of the other allied nations, that though the world might afford to make peace with the German people, it cannot afford to make peace with the German kaiser. On Wednesday still better news came from Petrograd in the form of assurances to the American government that it was no longer conceivable that under any conditions the provisional government of Russia would yield to the overtures of the German and Austrian Socialist agents to negotiate a separate peace. The Austrian cabinet became disrupted during the week. Two of its members withdrew. It was reported that Premier Tisza of Hungary had resigned. Food restrictions and labor conditions in Germany gave rise to a big strike of Berlin munition workers that started on Monday. The government was forced to make concessions to them. Poles forced by the Germans to work in munition plants of Warsaw also went on strike. Norway and Spain Aroused. Norway and Spain Aroused. Norway is becoming more and more indignant over the destruction of her merchant marine by German submarines, and in the last few days the shipping men and the press, heartened by America's entrance into the war, have been openly advocating the arming of their vessels. Spain, too, is exasperated by U-boat outrages, and King Alfonso on Wednesday told some troops at a review: "It is necessary that we shall keep in a constant state of preparation." Serious news came Thursday from Buenos Aires to the effect that the German inhabitants of three states in Brazil had rebelled. They are said to be well armed and organized. There are about half a million Germans in Brazil. Germany lost one of her "strong" men last week when General von Bissing, the German governor general of Belgium died. The Belgians did not go into mourning. STATE OF COLORADO Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1916 AND COPYING TO CATE AUTHORITY UNION HEALTH AND ACCIDENT COMPANY of Denver, Colorado. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE STATE OF NEBU- ARY 25TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified. That the UNION HEALTH AND ACCIDENT COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Colorado, whose principal office is located at Denver, has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company and the company is responsible to manage business as an insurance company in accordance with its Charter or Articles of incorporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and terms of the Company's charter. day of February, in the years of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. In Testimony Whereof, I. E. R. HARR, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have here- unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D. 1917. [Seal.] E. K. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1$16 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE IN MEMORY OF HER CENTRAL BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION of Chicago, Illinois. Assets—$97,564.87. Liabilities—$40,194.60. Mutual Assessment. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENGINEering PEBRU- ARY 20TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified. That the CENTRAL BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, whose principal has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accord- ance of Incorporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February, in the year of our ordone thousand nine hundred and eighteen. In Testimony Whereof, I. E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have here- seen that the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D. 1817. [Seal.] E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1817 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE * OF AUTHORITY. THE BAYER INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY of Denver, Colorado. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRU- RARY 2015 ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner. Insurance. It is Hereby the BANKER'S INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of Colorado, whose principal office is Located at Denver, beneath the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with its Charter or Articles of Incorporation within the State and requirements of the law, until the last day of February, in nine of our Lord one thousand and hundred and eighteen. In Testimony Whereof, I. E. R. B. Hawkins Commission of Insurance of the State of Colorado have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D: 1917. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS: PRESENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. THE CAPITOL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Denver, Colorado. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE HONORARY BENEBU- RY 22TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified. That THE CAPITOL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, corporation organized under the laws of Colorado, with principal office is located at Denver, has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to sald company and the company is as an insurance company in accordance with its Charter or Articles of Incorporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and conditions of the laws of Colorado, that day of February. In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. In Testimony Whereof, I. E. R. B. H. Commissioner of Insurance, of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D. 1917. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE FOR 1916 NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY of New York, N. X. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRU- office is located at New York, has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State, applicable to said company and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with its Charter or Articles of Incorporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. In testimony Whereof, I. E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D. 1917. [Seal.] E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance J. R. DRESSOR WALLACE CLOW A. B. CLOW York 1327J South 315J South 4243J The Colorado Wall Paper and Paint Co. Agents for John W. Masury & Sons Coach Colors, Paints and Varnishes. Wall Paper, Paints, Oils and Glass, Interior and Exterior Decorators WE DO HOUSE PAINTING 1451 Welton St. Phone Main 871. DENVER, COLO. THINK Giant Bach-Benz Cleaners and Tailors Lankford and McCain, Proprietors STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS WORK Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Remodelling JOIN OUR MONTHLY PRESSING CLUB—$1.50 506 Eighteenth Street Phone Main 7376 The Right Kind of Reading Matter The home news; the doings of the people in this town; the gossip of our own community, that's the first kind of reading matter you want. It is more important, more interesting to you than that given by the paper or magazine from the outside world. It is the first reading matter you should buy. Each issue of this paper gives to you just what you will consider The Right Kind of Reading Matter STATE OF COLORADO Insurance Department SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1915 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. UNITED STATES GUARANTEE COM- PANY, N. Y. Assets $1,124,953.71. Liabilities—$223,203.74. Capital—$250,000.00. Surplus—$351,751.97. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department, CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRU- ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of the State of Insurance. It is hereby Certified, That the UNITED STATES GUARANTEE COM- PANY, a corporation organized under the laws of New York, whose principal office is located at New York. has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accord with the Charter or Article Incorporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February, in the year of our dove thousand nine hundred and eighteen. In Testimony Whereof, I, E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D. 1917. [Seal.] Commissioner of Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. MISSOURI STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of St. Louis, Missouri. Assets—$14,142,963.80. Liabilities—$1,000,000.06. Capital—1,000,000.06. Surplus—$1,086,527.77. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE MISSOURI STATE FEDER- ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified, That the MISSOURI STATE LIFE INSURANCE under the laws of Missouri, whose principal office is located at St. Louis, has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to add the requirements of the laws hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with its Charter or Articles of Incorporation within the State of Missouri, because the requirements of the law, until the last day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. I, Statimony Whereof, I. E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March. [Seal.] E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department, SYNOPSIS OF PRESENTATION FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY, MERCHANTS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMMUNITY, Bendoc, Minnesota, 314-348-340 STATE OF COLORADO Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE VERY BENDING FERU- ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified. That the NY State Department MERCHANTS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of Minnesota, whose principal office is located at Minneapolis, the company with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with its Charter or Articles I and II of the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. *Attimony Whereof, I. E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D. 1917. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETING. Denver, Colorado, April 7, 1917. To the Stockholders of the Western Loan and Investment Association: You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the stockholders association, Western Loan and Investment Association, will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 1917, at the hour of 8 o'clock p.m. of said day, at room 25. Western Newspaper Union building, 1824 Curtis street, Denver, Colorado, for the election of officers and for director of said association and for the transaction of any and all other business which may properly come before said Association. JOSEPH D.D. RIVERS, President. J. R. CONTEE, Secretary. Spend Your Money with your home merchants. They help pay the taxes, keep up the schools, build roads, and make this a com- munity worth while. 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The skirt is laid in a panel at the back and front by deep side plats and the interval between the panels is plaited to the hips. Here a short length of silk is folded and draped as pictured. Neckwear That Fashion Approves. There are so many pretty and clever neck fixings, that fashion approves, for putting the finishing touch to all sorts of dresses and coats. The choice lies all the way between the most inconspicuous of ties, to collars and capes that are an important part of the make-up of waistts and coats. One wonders sometimes whether the dress is made for the collar or the collar for the dress. One of the most popular developments of present styles appear in double collars and double capes. Occasionally both upper and under collar are of the same material, but oftener one is of a sheer goods over a collar of heavier fabric, both cut in the same shape. The addition of a thin white collar is relied upon by designers to assure the becomingness of many a dress' and is essential to the complete expression of their ideas. But the manufacture of collars and other neckwear has become an important business in itself, and dress designers often make their models with reference to the prevalent styles in neckwear. A The silk bodice is made in the "slip-over" fashion and joined to the skirt with a piping of silk. The waistline is a little higher in the back than in the front and this improves the lines of the figure for either slender or heavy figures. The bodice is decorated with very narrow folds of silk, set on in triangles at the back and front, and the collar merits special attention because it is new and popular and harmonizes so well with the shape and decoration of the bodice. The crepe is cut in long triangular pieces at the back and front and finished at the edges with a narrow hem. A pendent tassel is set on with a crochet button to each point. The plain sleeves are set into deep, turn-back cuffs of silk, and the bodice has a shallow "V" opening at the front of the neck. This model, pretty and unusual as it is, is simple in design and easy to execute. The master hand in designing is required to achieve such fine results of such easy methods. es. variety of collars may embellish one gown and add new interest to it all the time. A very pretty and very simple organdle collar is shown in the picture, with plain ruffles used for its decoration. It is cut with narrow fronts, opening in a "V" and cape widened at the back. A frill is used for finishing it. Collars of this kind, made at home, are beautifully finished with narrow tatting edging made in light blue or pink. Fine crochet edgings are used in the same way, but in spite of the vogue for color, the all white collar knows no equal in favor. 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