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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 Can't The Country Do Something To Stop This? VOL. XXIII. Can't The Country Someth St There is a man in Congress named Vinson. He hails from Georgia. The country is now at the beginning of a war which will end nobody knows when or where. The call is for clear-visioned men at Washington to shape the nation's course. Is Vinson bothered about the nation's course? Not much. Recently he introduced three bills in Congress. One was a bill to prohibit the intermarriage of White and Colored People. Another was a bill to require all transportation companies and public carriers in the District of Columbia to provide separate accommodations for the two races. The third was a bill that we shall reproduce here in full. The anti-marriage bill and the "Jim Crow" bill are familiar, because some Southern patriot introduces them at each session. But read and ponder this: A BILL. To effect certain reform in the civil service by segregating clerks and employés of the white race from those of African blood and descent. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that heads of all executive departments shall issue all such orders as shall be necessary to secure in all branches of the civil service of the United States to the utmost extent consistent with the public interests the segregation of civil employés of the white race from those of African blood or descent in the performance of their services. Section 2. That in all executive departments within the District of Columbia clerks or employés shall not be required to occupy the same office or workrooms with clerks or employés of African blood or descent; nor shall any white clerk or employé be placed under the orders, direction or supervision of any person of African blood or descent. Section 3. That in the Railway Mail Service of the Post Office Department white clerks shall not, except in cases of emergency, be ordered to duty in the same mail car with postal clerks of African blood or descent. Segregation in the Government departments at Washington was bad enough under orders of departmental heads, but here is an attempt to make that segregation a part of the law of the land. We ask if there is not some way in which the American people by the pressure of public opinion or in some other way can do something to put a stop to these ruthless insults to twelve million loyal citizens. In another editorial in this issue we say that it is reasonable to suppose that the ninety million in this country might struggle along alone and win the war without the help of the ten million. Nevertheless, nobody knows how much fighting there is to be done, and every able-bodied and loyal citizen may yet be needed. Why, then, should a few wide-mouthed, narrow-brained statesmen (?) be allowed to insult millions of such citizens We ask if there is not enough pressure of public opinion to muzzle such men as Vinson? GERMANS INFLICT HORRID TORTURES ON WAR PRISONERS Paris, April 28.—Dr. Cresson, head physician of the French hospital in Petrograd, has reached Paris after twenty-one months captivity in Germany, where he was the indignant eye-witness of atrocious acts of cruelty and torture committed by Huns on prisoners of war. Captured at Verbol in February, 1915, Dr. Cresson was for seven months employed in organizing a lazaret for invalid prisoners. The latter arrived by trains so closely packed that they could not stretch themselves out. Their clothing had been taken from them, and their sole covering was a blanket. When the first batch arrived they had to take shelter from the cold in holes in the ground, which they dug with their pannikins. Gradually huts were erected, but the food supply was bad from start to finish. Dr. Cresson is particularly indignant about the way the German doctors used the Russian prisoners like regular laboratory experimental animals. On several occasions prisoners were used DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, MAY 5 1917 State Hist. & Nat Hist Hob State House liable Negro Paper RADO THE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SA in test cases for a new system of amputation. For protesting against these practices Dr. Cresson was imprised. He was placed in a narrow cell, where he was obliged to remain seated, the barred window of his cell being opened only once in three days to change the air. Some of the punishments inflicted on prisoners were absolute tortures. For instance, they were compelled te stand in the cold stripped to the waiste, their arms outstreched, with a brick in each hand. At the least sign of weakening blows were hailed on them. Some men were bound to a stake their hands tied behind their backs and raised so that the whole weight of the body rested on the toe-tips. Another refinement of barbarism consisted in compelling healthy prisoners to sleep in rooms where typhus patients were lying. PLEA FOR OFFICERS IN NEGRO REGIMENTS. Pasadena, Cal.—E. L. Gaines, president of the Negro Voters and Taxpayers Association, has issued a lengthy statement regarding the Negro citizens of the United States serving in the wars and making a plea for Negro officers to be in charge of Negro regiments and companies. He recites the record of the race in the wars of the country and concludes: "Now then, if we, as Negroes, and whites, together must do this fighting, I ask for the good of my country, if you desire efficiency, rivalry and pep, give the black soldier of this country officers from men of their own race, and the anxiety of the nation shall have passed. For I declare unto you, if we go, we shall bring home a noble record or report to you the reason why. I ask this not through pride, but for the greatest efficiency possible, in the fighting forces of the nation." WOULD ESTABLISH SCHOOL TO TRAIN NEGRO TROOPS For the purpose of establishing a training school for Negro soldiers, Representative Austin, of Tennessee, has offered a bill in Congress to authorize the appointment of a commission to secure a site, plan and design. On this tentative commission appear four Richmonders, W. J. Parrish, W. S. Forbes, James A. Moncure and Giles B. Jackson, the latter a well-known colored attorney. The commission is to be known as the Negro Military School Commission, and the bill proposes that it be empowered to procure and determine a location, plans and design for the training school, subject to the approval of the War Department. The commission would be given power to employ such artists, architects and others as deemed necessary. The sum of $35,000, to be immediately available, is provided for the expenses of the commission. The bill provides that a sum not to exceed $1,000,000 for the purchase of the site and erection of necessary buildings shall be appropriated. This money is to be spent by the commission under supervision of the Secretary of War. Upon the completion of the school it is to be operated by the commission under the supervision and approval of the Secretary of War. The commission is required annually to submit an estimate to Congress on the amount necessary for the work. In addition to the four local men, John E. Milholland, of New York; Henry M. Green and A. A. Fielbing, of Knoxville; J. Finley Wilson, of Washington; Berry O'Kelley, of Method, N. C., are named as commissioners. The President would be authorized to fill vacancies. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Appropriations. DR. GEORGE E. ORSBORN. FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR His Policy To the People of Denver: Some time ago I was nominated for the position of school director or member of the board of education for the city and county of Denver. Certain newspapers immediately stated that I was a cannulate on the Jones-Guyer-Hilliard platform. I desire to state that I am absolutely independent of any and all factions and am pledged to no individual, organization or faction. My platform is my own. The essential features of that platform are economy, efficiency and an equal chance for all, regardless of race, politics or religion. I am in favor of the greatest economy with an efficient school system, and opposed to the proposed ten million dollar bond issue. I am in favor of a teaching force removable only for incompetency or misconduct. I believe that all school contracts should be let to the lowest responsible bidders and not given as reward to political workers or as favors to friends of the board. GEO. E. ORSBORN, M. D. Keep Cool. When angry words pass between two people, the one who keeps cool and controls himself is the one who has the advantage. Cleaning Phonograph Records. To keep disk phonograph records clean an inventorhas patented a small brush to be mounted in front of the needle. Nature Suits Neither. A white girl spends fully as much time in curling her hair as a colored girl does in trying to comb hers straight. RACE NEWS Cincinnati, O., April 24. The sub-committee of the joint committee on unification of the M. E. Church, North, and M. E. Church South, has adjourned after hours of debate without arriving at any definite conclusion. To this committee was delegated the task of providing a plan for uniting the two churches, so as to hold the colored end without offending the southern branch. They seem to be hopelessly divided. Indianapolis, Ind., May 3. Dan Shay of Kansas City, manager of the Milwaukee American association baseball team, shot and fatally wounded Clarence Ewell, a Negro waiter, in a hotel here tonight, in an argument over a sugar bowl. The colored man was taken to a hospital where he died a short time later. Shay was arrested, and the police are seeking a woman who is said to have been with Shay at the time of the shooting. New York City, April 24.—The 15th Infantry, New York, N. G., has been officially notified by the War Department that they have been accepted as a unit of the regular army. There has been some severe criticism of Col. Wm. Hayward, white, who commands the regiment because of his seeming intention to have few colored officers. Rev. W. H. Brooks has been made chaplain, and it is said Mr. V. H. Parks is slated for a Captaincy. Pensacola, Fla. — The policy of providing separate windows for the two races has been abolished by the local post office officials after an active campaign conducted by the Negro Business League of Pensacola. Shortly after the Democratic Party came into power at Washington a "Jim Crow" window was established for Negroes. This act of segregation was highly objectionable to the colored citizens, who through the Negro Business League appealed to Senator Bois Penrose of Pennsylvania and other prominent officials. The members of the Business League have received a communication from Senator Penrose of enclosing the following statement from J. C. Keens, First Assistant Postmaster General. With further reference to the complaints relative to the opening of separate windows as may be necessary, but you must not attempt to NO 37 make any division of the patrons as regards color, race, etc. Colored patrons recently have been served at both windows. BOULDER NOTES The Mutual Literary society elected officers last Tuesday. President, Josie C. Reeves; vice president, Lois Bishop; secretary, Pauline Rucker; treasurer, Emma McVey. Willard Childress is chairman of program. The compulsory military debate was exceedingly interesting. The boys of Allen Chapel Sunday school are about to put in their garden on their two donated lots. Mr. and Mrs. Buckhalter, Mr. and Mrs. Evans and Mr. Krould were delightfully entertained at dinner on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. H. Alexander. Mrs. Della Wharton is recovering from a severe illness. Mrs. Fred Gibson returns from her visit to California today. Brickler of the university won his place on the track team in the preliminary meet last week. He is a long distance runner. The Boulderado crew, under the head waitership of William Evans, is making good. The Allen C. E. League presents Miss Ruby Pettiford in dramatic recital on Wednesday, May 23rd. FIRE AND POLICE AMENDMENT. Believing that existing conditions warrant them in asking for an increase in salary, commensurate with the present high cost of living, Denver's police and firemen have initiated a petition for a proposed charter amendment calling for a raise of $15 in their monthly stipend. The measure will appear on the ballot at the coming election as Amendment No. 1, and, if carried, will become effective January 1, 1918. A majority of the men who will benefit by the increase now receive from $80 to $95 a month, out of which, in addition to ordinary living expenses, they are forced to meet the cost of uniforms and other equipment necessary to the performance of their duties. Statistics recently issued by the United States Department of Labor show that wages in practically every other line of employment have increased 19 per cent since 1910. Ninety per cent of the police and firemen are married. Their families range from two to nine persons. Fifty per cent are taxpayers, who either have, or at the present time, buying homes on the installment plan. Many of this latter class will be compelled to sacrifice their homes unless the raise is granted. The proposed amendment already has the indorsement of a score of labor unions and of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and the Denver Motor Club. 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 Germany lost over 200,000 men in Aisne battle. Guatemala is latest country to break off relations with Germany. Turkish losses during two days' fighting in Mesopotamia estimated at 4,000. Francisco Villa, for the third time, has escaped Gen. Francisco Murgula's troops. A Bulgar attack on the British in the eastern zone was repulsed, London says. British and French maintaining practical control of the air, says British envoy. The amount of the first loans to France and Italy, Secretary McAdoo announced, will be $100,000,000 each. Heavy gunfiring is reported on the Russian front. From Rome comes word of renewed activities on the Austrian front. Berlin admits loss of Gohelle but declares all other positions have been regained, with "extraordinarily heavy" losses to the allies. Bulgarian war office announces victory in battle between the Vardar and Lake Doiran. British retake old position near Doldzell. British capture entire German trench system near Gavrelle and hold it against all counter attacks, some of which, the report states, were delivered with intense ferocity. In the first two months of unrestricted submarine warfare more than 1,600,000 tons of shipping was sunk by the Germans, Dr. Karl Helfferich, German secretary of the interior, told the Reichstag main committee at Amsterdam. "During April," says the official report from British headquarters in France, "we have taken 19,343 German prisoners, including 393 officers. In the same period we captured 257 guns and howitzers, including 98 heavy guns and howitzers, 227 trench mortars and 470 machine guns. WESTERN G. H. Muir of Idaho Falls, Idaho, listed among killed in action in France. Chicago city health inspector appeals to house wives to "censor" much food stuffs now going into garbage pails. Convention of National Educational association will be held in Portland as planned. Ensign D. R. Vankirk, U. S. N., fell 1,000 feet in an airplane into Pensacola bay at Pensacola, Fla., and was drowned. Governor Lowden of Illinois, named a state council of defense of fifteen members, one of whom is a woman, Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, a wealthy civil worker and club member of Chicago. The cause of the disaster at the Hastings mine of the Victor-American Fuel Company, in which 120 men are believed to have lost their lives, is practically as far from solution as it was April 27. Officials are at a loss to locate the initial point of the explosion. WASHINGTON Cuba's military command arrives in Washington to confer with American officials. Senator Kenyon proposes resolution for a joint committee to report on budget system. The Senate unanimously passed a joint resolution providing for the seizure and use of the seaworthy German and Austrian vessels interned in American harbors. Recruiting for the regular army May 1, set a new record with 2,556 men. Illinois took the lead with 368. Pennsylvania with 324 was second. New York with 228 third, and Indiana with 220 fourth. The total recruiting for April was 40,258. First moneys to finance the war armies of the republic were asked of Congress when an appropriation of $2,699,485,281, the largest in the history of the nation, for the greater army, the navy and minor extra governmental needs, was laid before the House by the appropriations committee. President Wilson accepted an invitation to deliver address at Arlington cemetery on Memorial day. The house set a record for quick action on major appropriations, completing debate at a single brief session on an omnibus emergency war bill carrying nearly $3,000,000,000. Marshal Joffre told the people of America through Washington newspaper correspondents who called upon him that France cherishes the confident hope that the flag of the United States soon will be flying on her battle line. FOREIGN Philippines government makes plans to utilize seized German ships. American students in Berlin university stricken off list of university. Germany prevents citizens entering Holland to suppress news of strikes. German editor writes fearless article condemning nation's mistakes and shams. Lloyd-George appealed to all parties to throw aside differences over Irish question. The entire village of Monterchi was destroyed in the earthquake, according to word received at Rome. The report that King Constantine of Greece is soon to abdicate is reiterated in a dispatch from Rome to the London Star. The government is making plans to utilize the German steamships seized in the Philippines to relieve the insular trade congestion. The Stars and Stripes are to have a permanent place in St. Paul's cathedral in London along with the flags deposited there by the famous British regiments. The Peninsular and Oriental line steamship Ballarat of 11,120 gross tons, used as a troop ship, has been sunk by a German submarine; all troops saved. The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The captain and part of the crew, and the naval lieutenant and nine American naval gunners are missing. Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the admiralty, admitted in the house of commons that a larger number of submarines were operating and that generally shipping losses were increasing. The new democratic government of Russia has been officially greeted by the Alaskan Legislature as "our nearest sister republic" and the message has been transmitted to Petrograd by the department of state. Walkout of the munitions makers in the Krupp factory at Essen and other observances of the general strike were features of the German celebration of May day. Berlin claims that there was no disorder and maintains a rigid censorship. American aviators again have emerged victorious from a battle in the clouds with German airmen, it was learned in Paris. The heroes of the encounter were Willis Haviland of Minneapolis and Charles C. Johnson of St. Louis, who are under the command of Lieut. Wm. Thaw. SPORTING NEWS Standing of Western League Clubs. CLUBS, Won, Lost, Pct. Denver 5 3 .625 Lincoln 6 4 .600 Des Moines 6 4 .600 Sloux City 5 4 .556 St. Joseph 5 4 .556 Joplin 4 5 .444 Omaha 4 5 .444 Wichita 3 9 .250 Trap shooters of Colorado and New Mexico will meet in a tournament at Colorado Springs, Colo., May 29, 30 and 31. The stable of Schuyler L. Parsons and H, K. Knapp at Belmont Park, New York, was burned and the twenty-eight race horses quartered there died in the flames. In order to devote its entire time to preparedness measures in forming submarine chasing and patrols, the San Francisco Yahat Club has cancelled its summer cruising schedule. The Warren District Country Club is making active preparations for the annual tournament of the Border States association to be held at Bisbee, Ariz., on the Warren club's courts May 24, 25, 26 and 27. Competent judges of pugilism, who have witnessed the various bouts of recent months in which Fred Fulton, Jim Coffey, Carl Morris and Frank Moran have participated, appear to be a unit in the opinion that Champion Willard's title is not in danger. GENERAL Immigration officials release Catharine Kolb, who was detained at Ellis Island. Direct intervention by the government in the Chicago bakers' strike is believed to be imminent. Total of $50,000 in fines assessed against 33 Pennsylvania brewing companies charged with misuse of money in congressional campaign. The Authors' League of America at New York elected Rex Beach, president, and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, vice president, for the ensuing year. Resolutions asking that Congress enact laws to prohibit "manipulation, speculation and gambling in all food products and other necessities of life," were made public by officers of the Federated Trades Duluth Assembly at Duluth, Minn. A verdict of "not guilty because of insanity" was returned at Los Angeles by a jury, after more than thirty hours' deliberation in the murder trial of Benton L. Barrett, elderly resident of Santa Monica, Cal., charged with killing his wife, Irene Wright Barrett, and stepson, Raymond Wright, at their home Oct. 18, 1916. Representatives of commercial organizations from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana and North and South Dakota will meet in St. Paul May 5 to consider plans for raising an army of 100,000 men to help harvest the crop which is being planted in the five states. Confession was made in court by Wolf Hirsen, arrested in New York with George Meyringer, both Germans, that they were on their way to blow up the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co., with a bomb, when intercepted by the police. 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 African Race at Denver. Sept. 17-22—Colorado State Fair at Pueblo. Denver will soon have a new Scottish Rite consistory. Twenty-five new residences were started in Pueblo during the month of April. The Silverton Commercial Club is now comfortably located in new headquarters. The City Council of Salida has appropriated $600 a year for the support of a municipal band. Denver postoffice receipts for April of this year over those of April last year amounted to $13,336.67. For the first time the mining towns of Tin Cup and St. Elmo have been given rapid transit and are conveniently reached. At the close of its fiscal year the town of La Junta had $28,865 on hand, which sum included $10,000 in the water bond fund. A movement started through the Lamar Rifle Club has resulted in the enlistment in the army, navy and marines of fifty men. James A. McKee, formerly pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church South, has assumed his duties as boys' secretary of the Pueblo Y. M. C. A. The President has nominated Onias C. Skinner to be register of the land office at Montrose. He has just completed his first term in that position. At a meeting held in Englewood 350 women formed a branch of the Denver chapter of the Red Cross Society and elected officers of their organization. Another of Longmont's wealthy pioneers passed away when John Dawson, Sr., 76 years old, dropped dead on the porch of his shop while unroping a trunk. Funeral ceremonies at the burial of Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), which will take place June 3rd on Lookout mountain, will be conducted by the Masons. Grazing permits for 50,000 sheep and 30,000 head of cattle have been granted for the Montezuma national forest. Mancos will be the distributing point for the stock. Thirteen physicians of Denver are to be on the firing line in France within three months. Dr. Cuthbert Powell of the Denver County Medical Association announced. Although he has served his country in two previous wars, John G. Fleming, civil war veteran and Denver pioneer, has again tendered his services to the nation. He is 70 years old. Governor Gunter has received details of the plans for registering male citizens of Colorado subject to military duty under the selective draft system, in a telegram from Secretary of War Baker. Inspired by a patriotic motive to serve their country, twelve women stepped forward at a mass meeting held in Denver and enrolled their names as recruits in the first woman regiment in America. Eben G. Fine, president of the Boulder Park Board, and President Livingston Farrand walked over the trail to Royal Arch and the Flatirons and were enthusiastic over the road work done by the Boy Scouts. Representatives of thirteen farmers' granges in La Plata county met at Durango and perfected a central organization under the name of the La Plata County Farm Bureau, the organization having a membership of over 1,000. Charles L. Mason, of South Denver, will depart for Anchorage, Alaska, to assume his new duties as secretary to the chairman of the commission constructing and operating the government railroad to the Matnauska coal fields. In a party of thirty-two recruits passing through Leadville, bound for San Francisco bay, three were from Leadville itself, and one of these was Earl M. Anderson, 6 feet 4 inches. He attracts attention wherever he goes and his shorter mates allege that his job will be to watch enemy airplanes. The body of every Greek miner killed in the disaster at Hastings has, upon search, yielded a substantial sum. On the leg of one was discovered, securely tied, a portion of a girl's stocking, in which was $1,700 in currency. Most of the Greek miners carry on their own persons, in that fashion, all their mobile wealth. The strike of 120 students at the Golden School of Mines came officially to the attention of Governor Julius C. Gunter when a committee of Golden citizens, a committee of two representing all of Colorado, and a delegation of student's from the institution presented the case to the governor. James Dalrymple, state coal mine inspector, returned to Denver from the Hastings mine, where the silent workmen are bringing from the inner recesses the bodies of the 120 miners who lost their lives in the explosion of April 27. SEVEN MINERS BURIED JOINT FUNERAL FOR OTHERS KILLED AT HASTINGS. Cause of Disaster Still Surrounded With Mystery—Mine to Be Inspected in Every Part. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Hastings, Colo.—Funerals for seven victims of the coal mine disaster on Friday, April 27, were held in Trinidad Monday afternoon. For the others, it is probable burial services for those of each nationality will be held, and a great funeral for the entire list, attended by miners and their families from over all the mining district. The mine is to be inspected in every part. The disaster's cause is surrounded with a cloak of mystery seemingly as impenetrable as the heavy wall of gaseous smoke the searchers have been fighting against. The manner in which the men met death is a subject of talk today. Physicians declare the belief that even for those caught by the first terrific blast of the explosion the end came quickly and almost painlessly. Carbon monoxide, or white damp, the deadly fume of which the detecting lamps carried by each squad of miners cannot locate in gaseous mines, necessitating the carrying of canary birds and mice to give warning of its presence, is said to have conquered all those not killed by the explosion. Many have been found as if fallen into easy sleep. One was found on his knees as if in the act of prayer. Cripple Creek April Output $950,048. Cripple Creek.—The output of the mines of the Cripple Creek district for the month of April totaled 64,598 tons, with a gross bullion value of $950,048. The figures as reported out from the several plants are as follows: Value: PLANT. Tons.. Average. Gross. Golden Cycle, 30,000 $20.00 $600,000 Colo. City. 30,000 $20.00 $600,000 Portland, Colo. 9,158 18.00 165,648 Springs. 9,158 18.00 165,648 Smiths, Denver 2,500 55.00 137,500 Pueblo and Pueblo. 2,500 55.00 137,500 Local Portland Mill. 21,000 1.96 31,160 Local Isabella. 1,540 3.00 4,620 Worcester-Ruble. 400 2.80 1,120 Totals. 64,598 $14.75 $950,048 Foreigners Indorse Wilson War Policy Telluride.—Telluride held a mass meeting, attended by 1,000 persons. Patriotic addresses were made by prominent citizens. Hundreds of persons, unable to get in the hall, stood at the windows to hear the speakers. Two brass bands and two orchestras played national songs. A resolution was adopted indorsing conscription as infinitely preferable to the volunteer system. The meeting indorsed and recommended the passage of the administration war program, including universal military service. Persons of fifteen nationalities, many of them foreign born, were present and gave hearty approval of the resolutions. Masons to Conduct Cody Burial Golden—Golden City Lodge No. 1, of this city, the oldest Masonic lodge in Colorado, will conduct the funeral ceremonies at the burial of Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), on Lookout mountain, on Sunday, June 3d, The Knights Templar commandery of North Platte and members from Denver and other state lodges will act as escorts. The Grand Army, the Elks, the Cowboy Rangers and other fraternal societies to which Col. Cody belonged will attend as honorary escorts, but the funeral rites will be conducted by the Masons. Hastings Disaster Made 141 Orphans. Hastings.—That every man who was under ground when the explosion in Hastings No. 2 mine occurred Friday morning, April 27th, was killed practically at the moment of the explosion, is the fact now forced upon the management and the rescuers. One hundred and twenty dead, 141 orphans and sixty-two widows are accepted as the awful results of the explosion. In some families as many as ten children were left fatherless. Miners to Handle Relief Work. Hastings.—The local union of the United Mine Workers will handle the relief work for the families of the miners who lost their lives in the explosion of the Hastings mine of the Victor-American Fuel Company, it was announced when officials of the local union refused an offer of $10,000 made by James F. Moran, acting president of District No. 15 of the United Mine Workers of America. M. L. Johnson Shot by R. B. Long. Castle Rock.—Robert B. Long, postmaster and storekeeper at West Creek, is in jail here, having been bound over to the District Court on a charge of assault to kill M. L. Johnson. Johnson is in a hospital at Colorado Springs suffering from three bullet wounds, none of which is expected to prove fatal. Bodies in Explosion Charred. Hastings.—Rescue parties working in the Hastings mine, damaged by an explosion April 27th, brought to the surface the bodies of twenty-one men up to Sunday which are held in the power plant, turned into a temporary morgue until they can be moved to Trinidad for burial. Nearly 100 men are still entombed in the mine. Charred and burned almost beyond recognition, the dead bodies present a grewsome sight stretched upon the long tables. 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. 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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. JOHN Meats, Fancy 18 Corner Nineteenth. The MAR Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries 1864 CURTIS STREET The MARKET COMPANY 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 Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15th Street Denver, olorado Fruit Bowl PHONE MAIN 3028 Short Orders at All Hours VINE ```markdown ``` STATE CAPITOL NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. APPROPRIATIONS REDUCED. Total of $69,000 Sliced Off $2,000,000 for State's Expenses. Denver.—On the last day for action on bills passed by the Twenty-first General Assembly, Governor Gunter signed three important bills, and vetoed five others. He vetoed two other bills some days ago, making a total of seven out of 159 passed by the Legislature. The bills signed were: H. B. No. 208, by Ardourel, appropriating about $2,000,000 for the general expenses of the commonwealth for the biennial period. S. B. No. 281, by Lewis and Candlish, amending the 1915 workmen's compensation law. H. B. No. 164, by Horton, concerning intoxicating liquors. The bills veted were: S. B. No. 19, by Starkweather, concerning school teachers' tenure of services. H. B. No. 80, by Anderson, providing for a public defender in Denver. H. B. No. 104, by Herzberger and Harris, relating to fraternal insurance companies. S. B. No. 381, by Hattenbach, relating to mutual fire insurance companies. S. B. No. 134, by Eaton, appropriating $16,000 to refurnish the Supreme Court library. The long appropriation bill, calling for the expenditure during the biennial period of approximately $2,000,000 for the ordinary expenses of the commonwealth, was reduced by about $69,000. Under the law the governor is empowered to eliminate certain items and reduce others, at his discretion. Following are the most important reductions made in appropriations: Immigration Bureau $15,700; Game and Fish Department, $10,000; Grand Junction Indian School, $10,000; Utilities Board, $5,000; Industrial Commission, $2,500; auditor's office, $2,000; secretary of state's office, $1,800. Senate bill No. 281, by Lewis and Candlish, received executive approval. The bill reduces the waiting period following injury of an employee before the compensation benefit begins, and increases these benefits about 25 per cent. The death benefit is also increased. Will Increase Food Supply. Comprehensive plans are being formed for the organization of every county in the state for the purpose of producing the immediate planting of food crops to combat the world-wide pending shortage in food supplies. It is the purpose of the State War Council, headed by Governor Gunter, to have Colorado no laggard in response to the appeal of President Wilson for a united nation-wide effort to increase the production of foodstuffs. The world is facing the most serious menace of modern times, as expressed in President Wilson's proclamation when he said: "The world's food reserves are low. Not only during the present emergency but for some time after peace shall have come, both our own people and a large proportion of the people of Europe must rely on the harvests of America. The time is short. It is of the most imperative importance that everything possible be done and done immediately to make sure of large harvests." A direct appeal is being made to bankers, merchants, business men and all other patriotic citizens in the state to cooperate in the formation of a complete organization, both local and county, for the purpose of getting immediate action in the production of additional food crops for the ensuing season. Market Bureau to Aid Farmers. W. H. Kerr, field agent and director of the Colorado division of the Federal Bureau of Marketing, has volunteered the services of his department in the movement for increased crop production and conservation. He will cooperate with Governor J. C. Gunter's ways and means committee and with the Colorado Agricultural College to spread the importance of planting a larger acreage. The bureau will confine its work principally to educating the farmers in scientific methods of packing, sorting and distributing their products. Portion of Examination Is Waived. Orders to temporarily waive the mental examination to applicants for the officers' reserve corps have been received by Col. R. M. Getty, in command at Fort Logan. Colorado will be "bone dry" after July 1st, says United States District Attorney Harry B. Tedrow. Put 3,000,000 Fish Fry in Streams. Application has been made to the United States Bureau of Fisheries by the local forest headquarters for approximately 3,000,000 fish fry to be placed this summer in the lakes and streams on the national forests of Colorado and Wyoming. Of this number it is expected that the federal catchery at Leadville will supply 2,100,000 fry for Colorado waters and the hatcheries at Spearfish, S. D., and at Saratoga, Wyo., nearly 1,000,000 fry for the lakes and streams in Wyoming. U. S. WILL SEND TROOPS ABROAD SECRETARY LANE DECLARES AMERICANS MUST FIGHT ABROAD NOW OR AT HOME LATER. HEAVY SHIPPING LOSS WARNS THAT GERMANY IS A STRONG ENEMY AND WAR WILL LAST YEARS LONGER. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington, May 3.—"We might as well wake up to the fact that the situation is serious." Thus spoke Secretary of State Lansing in the course of a discussion of the plight of the allies whose security is menaced at sea by German submarines and on land by shortage of fighting men. Secretary Lane told the governors conferring here with the Council of National Defense on the part state governments will take in the war, that the federal government had heard 400,000 tons of shipping had been sunk in the last week by German submarines. The destruction, Secretary Lane said, was not only threatening the existence of England and France but was alarming the United States. Study of inventions to combat the submarine menace is being diligently pursued in the Interior Department, he said. The United States must build ships as rapidly as possible, he told the delegates. "If we don't fight the war on the other side," he added, "we shall have to fight it on this side of the Atlantic." Secretary Lane declared he believed the war would last several years and that every resource of the country must be brought into play to bring it to a successful conclusion. "Many persons thought," said the secretary, "that all we had to do was to issue bonds, and that Germany would bow her head in submission. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We do not know when this war will end. It may not be a one-year war. "Personally I believe it will last several years. Herbert C. Hoover has informed this government that Germany has food enough to last two years, perhaps longer." "Germany has put up the greatest fight of history and she has the advantage of now fighting a defensive warfare. Don't go back home and inspire your people with the thought that immediate action can bring this war to an immediate end. You people must look to this year's crop and next year's crop, and the next after that. "We can't afford to fail in this war. Every man in this country is involved in this work and every man in this country is a soldier." Secretary of War Baker told representatives of the state councils that state and federal governments must work in the closest cooperation in the nation's history if the nation is to be successful in the greatest of all wars. The French commissioners were given assurance that the American government is willing to send troops to France—one of the urgent recommendations they brought to this country—when the allies believe they can afford to spare the necessary ships for transporting an army and its equipment across the Atlantic. Eighteen of Vacuum's Crew Safe. Liverpool.—Eighteen survivors of the Vacuum arrived here. MILLION GERMAN WORKERS OUT "Peace and Bread" Is Cry of Socialists Through Vienna Streets London.—Work stopped completely throughout Austria-Hungary on May day, according to wireless dispatches from Berne. All of the Vienna munitions factories were left idle while the workers gathered at sixty mass meetings, where the food question and the need of immediate peace were the chief topics. Identical resolutions were passed at all the meetings demanding peace without annexations or indemnities. One resolution glorified the Russian revolution and appealed to Socialists of Russia to conclude peace with their German and Austrian brothers. In Hungary a holiday was observed in all the towns. Socialists paraded in Budapest, singing labor songs with frequent shouts for peace and bread. A Central News dispatch said thirty women workers were killed by an explosion in a German munitions factory at Troisdorf, near Cologne. Another dispatch gave the number of strikers in Germany at 1,000,000, mostly women and munitions workers. 13 Americans Missing From Vessel. London.—Thirteen men of the crew of the American steamer Rockingham, torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, were missing when a patrol vessel brought in word of the tragedy through testimony of thirty-three survivors. Would Pool War Insurance. Washington.—Pooling of American war risk insurance with the allies is proposed in an administration bill. BRITISH FLANK HINDENBURG LINE FRESNOY AND BULLECOURT ARE TAKEN BY ALLIES IN AN AS- SAULT ON 12-MILE FRONT. 1.000 AVIATOR STOWAR AMERICA DETERMINED TO DRIVE GERMANS FROM AIR ON THE WESTERN BATTLEFRONT. London, May 4.—Following a long and heavy bombardment, the British infantry went into action Thursday morning just before dawn on a front extending from Vimy to Crossillies, southeast of Arras. This third battle of Arras is on a wider front than last Saturday's battle. The British met with brilliant success in sweeping forward on the German lines from the start but they were forced to take exceedingly strong defenses north and south of Oppy. Fourth period of intensive fighting since the spring offensive began has started on the French front, the British reporting important gains on a 12-mile front, including the capture of Bullecourt and Fresnoy, positions at the extreme points of the Hindenburg line. All captured positions held, in the face of withering machine gun fire and desperate counter attacks, according to the British statement. Berlin says attempts of the British to break through the Hindenburg line failed at all points; entente losses described as tremendous. Capture of Fresnoy, which is four miles beyond the Vimy ridge, fell to the Canadians, giving these troops the added distinction of having cut their way through the Hindenburg line. French drive another salient into the German front east of Mont Haut, capturing more than 200 men. German trenches in Avocourt wood, Verdun sector, also invaded. Washington. The vanguard of the American army will be on French soil before the end of the summer. This was the prediction made by a member of the cabinet after discussing with the President the question of dispatching American troops to the firing line as soon as possible and other major problems of the war. Here is the administration's contemplated plan for the initial movement of the army to France: The dispatch within next month of 1,000 American doctors as a medical unit of the regular army. The dispatch by midsummer of 250 aeroplanes and 1,000 aviators and mechanics. The dispatch before the end of the summer of a division of soldiers composed of regulars and picked national guard units. Factories, Plants and Mines Made Subject to U. S. Requisition. Washington.-Absolute authority to regulate in its discretion the production, distribution and prices of food and other necessities during the war was asked of Congress by the administration. In a sweeping bill introduced with administration approval by Chairman Lever of the House agriculture committee, it is proposed to empower the President, under the war clause of the constitution, to take these measures whenever in his opinion the national emergency shall require: To fix maximum and minimum prices for food, clothing, fuel and other necessaries, and the articles required for their production. To prescribe regulations to govern the production of these commodities, and, if necessary, to requisition the producing factories, mines or other establishments. To compel holders of necessaries to release them in amounts insuring equitable distribution. To regulate exchanges in such a way as to eliminate market manipulations. To compel railroads to give preference to the movement of necessaries. To levy such importation 'duties as he finds necessary to prevent excessive "dumping" of foreign products, and to impose limitations or prohibitions upon the 'use of grain in the manufacture of liquor. Munitions Blast Kills 551 Germans. Munitions Blast Kills 551 Germans Basel, Switzerland.—The powder factory at Furth, Germany, exploded, killing 521 persons, and a similar explosion at Troisloorf killed thirty, according to reports received here by wireless. Tragic Details of Vawter Case. Christiansburg, Va.—All the tragic details of a husband offering his wife for money to the man he later killed because he asserted he ruined his home were brought out in the trial of Prof. Charles E. Vawter, charged with the murder of Stockton Heth, Jr. American Sailing Vessel Destroyed. Washington.—The American sailing vessel Margaret was destroyed off the Irish coast on April 27th by a submarine, being set on fire. SCOUTS PLOT THEORY SCOUTS PLOT THEORY GOVERNOR-GUNTER FINDS MINE DISASTER ACCIDENT. Explosion One of Inevitable Happenings to Those Who Mine the Coal of the World. Denver—Gov. Julius C. Gunter disposed of all charges of plots or conspiracy of alien enemies Saturday in connection with the Hastings mine disaster. He had a full report of the casualties before him and said; "In this mine I find 118. or 119 men went to work on the fatal morning. Of these, I find 13 were Mexicans, 12 Americans, 7 negroes, 1 Pole, 36 Greeks, 33 Austrians and 15 Italians. Does it seem reasonable that 33 Austrians might have blown themselves into eternity to carry out a plot against 15 Italians or 12 Americans? I think not, and my opinion is that this disaster is just one of the inevitable happenings of those who mine the coal of the world. "The mine was carefully guarded, there is not an indication of any foul play, and the inspection was rigid. But these mine accidents will happen just so long as coal is mined underground." To Relieve Dependent Soldiers. Orders have been received by Adjt. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin from the Milltia Bureau of the War Department in Washington authorizing the discharge of all enlisted men of the National guard who have families dependent upon them for support, the members of which would be entitled to benefits under recent acts of Congress while the soldiers are in federal service. The men are to be discharged whether they desire it or not. The term "family" as used in the order includes only wife, children or dependent mother. It is announced in that connection that no enlisted men who shall be married in the future shall come under the benefits of the act. Governor Urges Health Conservation. The State Board of Health has sent to Governor Gunter an outlined plan for health conservation in the state to be undertaken in conjunction with the war council which is preparing plans for better crops and a better handling of the foodstuffs of the state in connection with its other work. The letter calls attention to the cry for more men. It says that with the busy preparations for war men will neglect their health and that the state should start an educational campaign for health preparedness in line with its other work. Dalrymple Renamed Mine Inspector. While James Dalrymple, state coal mine inspector, was battling with the flames at the Hastings mine in a vain attempt to rescue alive the 120 men lost there, Gov. Julius C. Gunter placed the seal of approval on the work that Mr. Dalrymple has done for the miners of Colorado by reappointing him to his present position. It is his third term. The governor also named the following to be members of the State Mine Inspection Board: O. F. Nigro, Crested Butte; Frank Smith, Firestone, and E. H. Witzel of Trinidad. Pushing Land Mobilizing Plan. The state ways and means committee is mobilizing in the campaign to increase the output of the farms of the state. The movement is to be carried on through the medium of "agricultural preparedness specials" to be run over the four lines of railroads traversing the state, each carrying a corps of speakers to talk on the necessity of organization, enlisting in the National Guard, conserving the resources of the state, protecting the health of the inhabitants and doing necessary relief work. Governor Names Race Commission. With the appointment by Governor Gunter of a State Racing Commission, it is understood that an attempt will be made to revive the summer race meetings. The members of the commission are Wellington H. Gates and A. L. Simonson of Denver and D. W. Thomas of Longmont. The board will act on applications to conduct race meetings over the state. Daly Named on State Board. Thomas F. Daly of Denver was named to be a member of the board for the State Home for Mental Defectives, to fill a vacancy. White Figures for 1918 Auto Tags. The Colorado automobile tag for 1918 will be of black enamel with numbers and letters in white. Capitol Superintendent Named. James Merrick has been appointed superintendent of the state capitol. A representative of the State Industrial Commission went to the Hastings mine near Trinidad to check up the list of dead and prepare for the adjustment of nearly $300,000 in insurance that was carried in the coal mutual company under the state workmen's compensation act. If of the bodies brought out of the mine are any that cannot be identified there will be a big task before the State Commission. 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 JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY. 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. TELEPHONE YORK 3228. J. H. Biggins GENERAL FURNITURE REPAIRING AND UPHOLSTERING. WORK GUARANTEED. 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Advertising Will Help You We Are Always Ready to serve you with good printing. No matter what the nature of the job may be we are ready to do it at a price that will be Satisfactory THE COLORADO STATESMAN LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months .60 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper, must reach us Tuesday, if possible, anyway not later than Wednesdays, and be 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. Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, 5 cents per line. Display advertising, 50 cents per inch. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 10 and 20 stamps taken. RECOGNIZED BY DENVER QVIC AND COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM OF THE FIRST CLASS. CAUTION TO ELECTORS. TEN DAYS MORE and the electors of Denver will exercise the franchise in selecting nine councilmen, an auditor and an election commissioner to carry on the affairs of the city. About fifty names will appear on the ballot, and the preferential voting system will be used. It is generally said that the politicians love the preferential system, as a number of second-choice votes may secure a winning position where only a few first-choice votes may be gotten. Many candidates for office figure that there being a first, second and third-choice vote, they can line up a majority on two choices, forming a combination that cannot be easily defeated. In former elections voters took advantage of the system, possibly giving it a fair trial as a novelty, voting as many times as there were candidates, but recently they are discovering that when they vote more than once, that is, dividing their choice among different candidates, they defeat their own choice in the end. In this election there is no party tie or political affiliation by which we are bound, and as we have said before, a thorough examination of the candidates should be made, and on our being satisfied as to their fitness to run our city government we should give them our confidence, being certain of the candidates' standing and make a selection creditable to us. The Colorado Statesman advises in this election on Tuesday, May 15th, that voters go to the polls determined on giving candidates their whole choice; in other words, "stand pat," not dividing the choice among the several candidates, but select your names on the ballot for the number of offices and give them your first, second and third choice. This, we think, is about the best way to vote, as with a decision and a definite aim electors will not defeat their purpose or intent in and by themselves. SCHOOL ELECTION OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. BEFORE the next issue of this paper the school election shall have come and passed and every lover of educational advancement, every man and woman interested in the welfare of the youth in the acquisition of that which qualifies him or her to lead and guide the actions of a generation, a country, should feel it a duty to record a vote next Monday, May 7, for a board of education consisting of men who will serve the common interests of the people and bring about a successful turn in our educational system. As we have stated in previous issues, POLITICS MUST BE TAKEN OUT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD; religious controversies must be dropped, and the new elected not fettered by any political or religious influences would be free to exercise to the best of their ability what they consider most advantageous to our children and our city. Special interest in this election is necessary to defeat the return to power of the present officeholders, and electors would be doing a grave injustice to our thousands of pupils, to the staff of teachers, superintendent of schools and all others connected with the machinery of our school system if they refuse to record their votes in favor of candidates whose principle compels them to serve and devote their all to Denver first. The colored electors have been worked up to a high pitch, as with the attempts that are being made to widen the racial breach even in our schools here they are bound to be serious in the selection of men who are broad enough to consider the class of humanity as a whole, and leave it to time, when the development of the mind by education will remove all racial barriers among the citizens of Denver, the people of America and eventually the world at large. The Colorado Statesman is particularly interested, having experienced the success and failure of our schools under various governing bodies, and being in a position to know that whenever men of backbone are elected to serve in this capacity the best results are obtained—the schools making great progress, friction being set aside, it becomes therefore our duty to advise a careful weighing of the candidates, which will result in a wise selection, a better state of affairs in our school matters in Denver and a breathing of an atmosphere that will be a pleasure and a comfort to all. Monday, May 7th, is the time, and the polls are opened from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Vote early. CAMPBELL CHAPEL AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH Twenty-third and Lawrence Streets. A. M. Ward, Minister. Residence, 1218 Twenty-third Street. Phone Main 5474. Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Virgil N. Wolfskill, superintendent. Preaching 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Class meeting 12:30 p. m. Allen Christian Endeavor League meets at 7 p. m. Charles Hegwood, president. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8 p. m. Class meeting Friday, 8 p. m. Holy Communion first Sunday in each month. The public is cordially invited to attend all religious services. We had a splendid quarterly confer- ence on Tuesday evening, with Presiding Elder Pope in the chair. All departments of the church made good showing. The Rev. John Adams of Pueblo was a welcome visitor and made a happy speech in what he pronounced the best quarterly conference he had ever seen. He spoke commendatory of both pastor and people, declaring that all wheels were greased and that the machinery of the church ran perfectly. Extensive preparations are being made for the observance of Mothers' day. Beautiful flowers were furnished for the pulpit by Mrs. E. J. Wise in memory of her husband, the late Brother William J. Wise, and for the altar were furnished by Dr. B. D. Davis, through Mr. Smith, of Omaha on last Sunday. JOHN A. BURNETT CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILMAN District 5 W. H. VOTE FOR JOHN A. BURNETT for councilman from District Five. Serving in the present council with satisfaction to the people, he presents himself for election, assuring the citizens of Denver that their interests will be best served if he is favored with their votes. He always stands for right—a square deal for everyone and the promotion of the city's best interests. On Tuesday, May 15th, go to the polls and record your vote thus: John A. Burnett X ANDREW HORAN Candidate For Councilman, District No. 8. W. H. MR. ANDREW HORAN, popularly known as Andy Horan, is a candidate for councilman of the Eighth district. Having served the people of Denver faithfully for a number of years during the old form of government as representative of the Fourth Ward, he now comes forward and offers his services under the present regime to secure a square deal in municipal affairs for the people of Denver. The council under the present charter must have in its composition men who are experienced in civic advantages to a community, and Mr. Horan, who has given proof of his ability to cope with the situation can be depended upon to assist in promoting and fostering every measure in council that will be beneficial to the people. In addressing himself especially to the electors of the Eighth district he promises not to misuse his position, but engage every effort for advancing their interests and work harmoniously with his colleagues for a better Denver. HENRY SCHOEN WHOLESALE CIGARS Smoke Submarine, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars PHONE SOUTH 4405 W 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO BLUE SERGE SALE EXCEPTIONALLY fortunate woolen contracts placed at prewar prices enables us to offer these guaranteed fast-color, true blue, wire woven Serge Suits at prices away below today's actual market values. Also we guarantee the style, fit and service of every Serge Suit at each price station and make no charge for alterations. $15.00 $16.50 Blue Serge Suits $1150 $18.00 $20.00 Blue Serge Suits $1450 $25.00 $28.00 Blue Serge Suits $1950 $30.00 $35.00 Blue Serge Suits $2350 THE MAY CO. Mrs. Lou Oliver of 2603 South Pennsylvania, returned home Friday from Chicago. Campbell Chapel A. M. E. church will hold its fifth annual trolley ride on Monday evening, May 28th. James Abernathy of 2231 Glenarm place is seriously ill with pneumonia. We wish him a speedy recovery. 30th, at her late residence, 3118 Doving street. The funeral services will hold from the residence Thursday May 3rd, at 2 p. m. Interment Rivside. Cammel & Co. in charge. M'KENZIE—Mrs. Eliza A. McKen departed this life at her late residence 2433 Emerson street, Wednesday, M 2nd. Funeral arrangements not complete. Cammel & Co. in charge. Miss Florence Macklin and Mr. James W. White were quietly married last Monday. The Colorado Statesman extends congratulations. Wade Robinson, employé of Mrs. David Moffat, is suffering from a severe cold. His many friends hope a quick restoration to health. Miss Mattie Cowden, popular hairdresser, has removed to more spacious and accommodating quarters at 1223 Twenty-first street, where she will be pleased to give the same satisfactory services to her patrons and customers. Great interest is being manifested in the coming of Miss Ruby Pettiford of Ohio, who is to make her first appearance in Denver at Campbell chapel on May 22nd. Miss Pettiford has delighted great audiences as a reader and impersonator. Mr. and Mrs. James Gregory of Fort Worth, Texas, arrived in the city to take a part in the Night and Day Cafe. Firm name from now will be known as Night and Day Cafe and Cold Drink Parlor. B. Carruth and J. Gregory, proprietors. Herman Hall received permanent appointment on the postoffice staff this week by Postmaster Stapleton. This young man, who passed his examination four years ago and has always been employed on the extra and substitute staff, has satisfied the authorities of his ability for the position of clerk, and is now installed. We wish him every success. Come out and hear Mr. Thomas Campbell defend Count Bonalook against Mme. Peacherine in a $10,000 breach of promise suit. Mme. Peacherine has engaged the services of the brilliant young lawyer, Mr. Harry Cowell. Tuesday evening, May 8th, at Shorter chapel. Admission 10c. Night and Day Cafe and Cold Drink Parlor is the firm name of which B. Carruth and J. Gregory are proprietors. It is one of the most up-to-the-minute place to eat in the city. The service is first class and the cuisine cannot be excelled. The rest room for ladies has become a real mecca. Messrs. Carruth and Gregory not only deserve the highest commendation of the general public, but its support as well. Call and see them at 919 19th Street. Master Atwell Rose and Miss Cleo Hobson took part in the program last evening at the Woman's Club building, 1437 Glenarm Street, in the vaudeville entertainment in honor of Denver's Baby Welfare celebration. Their rendition on the violin and piano was up to the usual standard of proficiency and they received quite an applause. The two juvenile performers will appear again in the near future at the Tramway building and a school auditorium. These little artists are deserving of the plaudits of music lovers and best wishes of the community as they seem to give a true interpretation of "the soul of music." PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN E. 23rd Ave. and Washington St. Pastor, J. A. Thos.Hazell, S.T.B. Sermon tonics, May 6, 1917— Sermon topics, may be 11 a. m.—"The Eloquence of Silence." 5:30 p. m.—"Fellowship With God." The public and membership are hereby reminded that, beginning to morrow, the time for our evening services will be changed from 5 o'clock to 5:30 o'clock. The services at this hour will hardly exceed an hour's duration. Candidates for membership are hereby reminded of the instruction class in the vestry every Wednesday night at 7:15 o'clock. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. JONES—Mrs. Helen Thrashley Jones departed this life Monday, April 30th, at her late residence, 3118 Downing street. The funeral services were held from the residence Thursday, May 3rd, at 2 p. m. Interment Riverside. Cammel & Co. in charge. M'KENZIE—Mrs. Eliza A. McKenzie departed this life at her late residence, 2433 Emerson street, Wednesday, May 2nd. Funeral arrangements not complete. Cammel & Co. in charge. Vote for Thos. O. Spacey Candidate for Re-Election From District 8 1914 Mr. Spacey was appointed by the Denver Trades and Labor Assembly, May, 1916, to represent that body in the city council pursuant to the charter amendment passed at that time. His record as a member of the council has been good. He has at all times worked for the best interests of the people—an advocate of home industry and higher wages. Councilman Spacey was of material benefit to the colored people, voicing his sentiments openly in the council against the proposed segregation bill. Councilman Spacey deserves the hearty support of all the colored voters in District 8. All colored voters should vote for Councilman Spacey and return a man to the council whom we know is our friend. ELECTION MAY 15, 1917 Mrs. Helen Jones, the beloved daughter of Mrs. Moses Thrashley of 3138 Downing street, died Tuesday after a long illness. Mrs. Jones was a very popular young lady and loved by all who knew her, by her amiable disposition. She leaves to mourn her sad demise a loving and devoted mother, a little daughter and four sisters. The funeral was held from the family residence Thursday at 2 o'clock. The Colorado Statesman extends sympathy to the bereaved ones. DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. Funeral Notice. Willette L, Crosby, infant of Mr. and Mrs. William Crosby, departed this life April 27th. Residence, 921 21st St. Funeral services were held on Sunday, April 29th, at 1 p.m., from Douglass Chapel. Rev. Sawyer officiated. Interment, Riverside Cementery. The Worthy Life. He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty, or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration and whose memory a benediction—Samuel N. Foss. A Bit of Forestry. "Do you know how to tell a hardwood tree from a softwood tree?" said an old, experienced forester. "Till tell you how to do it, and you will find the rule holds good, not only here among our familiar pines and walnuts, but in the antipodes, among the strangest banyans, baobabs and what-nots. Softwood trees have needle leaves, slim narrow—almost uniform in breadth. If you don't believe me, go out, consult the pine, the spruce or the fir. Hardwood trees have broad leaves of various shapes—witness the oak, the ebony, the walnut, the mahogany, and so on."—Mail. - The New Age. Fond Papa—"Well, son, what did you learn in school today?" Son—"Aw, not much, dad. We hadda couple of two reelers in history, a three reel travelogue in geography, and a split reel nature study. They useta give us a wild West pitcher once in a while but they don't do it no more."—Widow. 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. That I am not a candidate, directly or indirectly, of any political party, or public service corporation or of any person, firm or corporation owning, interested in, or intending to apply for any franchise, license or contract with the City of Denver, State of Colorado, and that I will use every effort to benefit the city, especially District No. 3. CHARLES T. LINTON. Everybody's Doing It! Everybody's Doing It! Get on the Bandwagon and BOOST for AMENDMENT A LIVING FOR POLICE AND This measure has the indorsement of Colored voters should take advantage help their representatives in the ra partments. ENDMENT NO LIVING WAG FOR CE AND FIRE has the indorsement of the laboring class should take advantage of their right o representatives in the ranks of the Fire a AMENDMENT No.1 This measure has the indorsement of the laboring class. Colored voters should take advantage of their right of franchise to help their representatives in the ranks of the Fire and Police departments. M. B. VOTE --- VOTE FOR Frank Gyllensten For Councilman, Councilman, From District N . For Councilman, From District Nine. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie and a pin on his lapel]. RESIDENT and Taxpayer of Denver for over thirty years, he has always associated with institutions for the betterment of the people. His platform "MORE WORK AND BETTER PAY" means help to the working-man and his election will therefore safeguard your interests. VOTE FOR FRANK GYLLENSTEN: X. RESIDENT and Taxpayer of Denver for over thirty years, he has always associated with institutions for the betterment of the people. His platform "MORE WORK AND BETTER PAY" means help to the working-man and his election will therefore safeguard your interests. VOTE FOR FRANK GYLLENSTEN: X. CHARLES T. LINTON. Doing It! ENT No.1 WAGE FIREMEN the laboring class. e of their right of franchise to anks of the Fire and Police de- F. D. STACKHOUSE Certified Public Accountant For City Auditor Twenty-five years a taxpaying resident of Denver ELECTION, MAY 15, 1917 1st 2nd Other F. D. Stackhouse X n District Nine. THIRD CHOICE COUNCILMAN For District No. 2 1910 JOHN MOLLISON Ee-Alderman and Father of West Colfax Viaduct. He is in favor of a Representative form of Government. VOTE FOR HIM ELECTION MAY 15, 1917 HARRY E. MULNIX RRY E. MULNI HARRY E. MULNIX (CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT) PETER H. Place An X After the Mulnix for City Auditor Tuesday, May An X After the Name of Harry for City Auditor, on Election D Tuesday, May 15, 1917. Place An X After the Name of Harry E. Mulnix for City Auditor, on Election Day, Tuesday, May 15, 1917. Walter L. Ennefer A resident of Denver for 30 years. The only Republican candidate for Councilman District No. 8 advocate of National, State and Municipal De and government by the people, economically A resident of Denver for 30 years. The only Republican candidate for And an advocate of National, Stocracy, and government by the ministered. And an advocate of National, State and Municipal Democracy, and government by the people, economically administered. VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE Tuesday, May 15th Your support will be appreciated therefor I will if elected promise administration of affairs. support will be appreciated and in compensation will if elected promise an honest and economi tion of affairs. VOTE FOR Your support will be appreciated and in compensation therefor I will if elected promise an honest and economic administration of affairs. Walter L. Ennefer --- PETER H. Candidate for City Auditor Having served in the positions of State Treasurer and State Auditor for a number of years and a certified public accountant, he is qualified for the office he now seeks. A resident and taxpayer of Colorado for thirty-eight years and always being in touch with our people, he will faithfully discharge his duties with fairness to all. name of Harry E. on Election Day, 5, 1917. over for 30 years. The candidate for District No. 8 e and Municipal Demople, economically ad- and in compensation on honest and economic Copyright Underweed & Underweed The photograph shows men of one of Uncle Sam's training schools for aviators examining instruments on deck and in the cockpit of the machine before making a flight. This inspection is made to insure safety and is repeated every time an ascension is made. Besides receiving instruction in actual flying, the men being trained spend many hours in the shops learning how to repair, take apart and put together their motors and other working machinery. The students are also taught how to construct minor parts of the machine. The photograph shows men of one of Uncle Sam's training schools for aviators examining instruments on deck and in the cockpit of the machine before making a flight. This inspection is made to insure safety and is repeated every time an ascension is made. Besides receiving instruction in actual flying, the men being trained spend many hours in the shops learning how to repair, take apart and put together their motors and other working machinery. The students are also taught how to construct minor parts of the machine. May Be Maintained in Any Degree That the People Desire, Say Experts. CONCERTED ACTION REQUIRED Continued Education of Public Along Sanitary Lines Necessary, Declare Uncle Sam's Inspectors. A very extended and interesting study has been made by Uncle Sam's public-health service on the subject of public-health administration. As the result of this long study, officials of the service have come to the definite conclusion that community health must be understood to be an attainable condition, and then that practically every community may have the degree of healthfulness which it desires to secure and with which it is satisfied. Sanitary regulations, the experts say, often interfere temporarily with individual comfort and family management, and the statement often holds that any interference which tends to protect the health of the community is considered unwarranted interference with vested rights." Individual Effort Ineffective. The old idea, it is pointed out by officials of the service, that one's health is his own business, is based upon false and unfounded premises, and has no standing in the sanitary code of today. In the past, individual effort to protect oneself against infection from without has generally proved ineffective, they say, and the appearance of epidemics called for more concerted action. The earlier efforts in public health work found expression in local communities before being taken up by the state. However, progress in smaller towns and villages has in many instances, the experts say, remained at a standstill. This lack of progress has often been due, it has been found, to a certain civic pride which has defeated any attempt to change the old order of things, or to co-operate with neighboring communities in promoting measures for the betterment of all concerned. Local Boards Weak. Although theoretically responsible for the health of the communities they represent, local boards of health are today, generally speaking, the weakest elements in the public-health machinery that is so slowly being built up for the physical welfare of the nation, according to these experts of Uncle Sam. Aside from certain routine matters, such as the enforcement of old-fashioned quarantine, the placarding of some of the cases of contagious disease that happen to have been reported, and fumigating at the termination of some of them, their activities are too often expended in attempting to abate common nuisances or setting neighborhood disputes over a chicken pen or carting away and burying dead animals—functions more fitting for the police department. The study of the public health service on this subject has shown that the public has been slow, especially in rural communities, in accepting the simple facts of preventable diseases. Continued efforts to educate the individual as well as the public at large, the experts say, must be made, because success in public-health organization and administration depends upon the cooperation as well as the moral and financial support of the community. The same general laws, it is pointed out, govern health and disease in the city and the country. REINDEERMEATCOMING Venison From Alaska May Be Sold in United States Soon. Efforts of Uncle Sam to Promote Industry Have Resulted in Establishing Big Herds. With all the faithful pioneering that has been carried on in Alaska, with all the enterprising development of the past few years, vast stretches of the interior still remain unknown and unexplored. The latitude of Alaska is very nearly that of Norway and Sweden. Fam illes from the Scandinavian country take particular delight in settling there, and similar conditions naturally suggest similar occupations. Stock in this country can feed itself through out the winter months. Large tracts of grassy land with their rich grazing possibilities suggested stock, the long winter demand that the stock be hardy, Scandinavian and other settlers knew that reindeer would stand the gaff. Reindeer were brought. In 1892 Uncle Sam decided to use his influence in the establishment of reindeer breeding as a definitely organized industry, and in the year a herd was imported from Siberia. For ten years annual importation, continued; during that period 1,200 were-brought over. Now 70,000 amal graze the plains and valleys from Nome to the farthest Aleutian island. Of these, 46,000 are owned by the natives and native herds are acquired through a system of apprenticeship. The native whose work is approved by the superintendent in charge of his district is given six deer at the end of his first year. Since its introduction the industry has spread throughout the southwestern portion of the territory, it is carried on with profit on the islands, and each year a large surplus is reported. This surplus will in time develop into one of the most important sources of the meat supply of the United States, it is expected. Secretary Lane is a strong believer in the future of the reindeer industry. He believes that the phenomenal growth of the Alaskan herds will continue in the future as it has in the past, and that with the improved transportation facilities resulting from the completion of the new government railroad, reindeer venison will occupy a conspicuous place on the American dinner table of the future. TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN Uncle Sam's Experts Would Have Country Profit by Experience of Europe in War Time. Thousands of children besides war orphans and refugees have been directly affected by the war, according to reports from belligerent countries which have come to Uncle Sam's children's bureau. Juvenile delinquency has increased, more children have been employed under adverse conditions, special measures have been necessary to protect the health of mothers and babies, and home life has been broken up by the increased employment of mothers. The bureau believes that the experience of other countries should be carefully considered in order that all possible provision may be made to prevent similar harm to children in the United States. A preliminary survey of the foreign conditions emphasizes the importance of a strict enforcement of all child labor and school attendance laws and a generous development of infant welfare work by public and private agencies, it is declared. BLINDNESS WORST IN EARLIER YEARS Government Report Shows Largest Number Lose Sight When Five Years Old. MEANS LIFE OF AFFLICTION Increase in Number of Adults Affected in Recent Years Ascribed in Part to Industrial Growth of Country. A report on the blind in the United States made by Director Sam L. Rogers of Uncle Sam's bureau of the census, indicates that 30.8 per cent, or somewhat less than one-third of the blind population lost their sight when less than twenty years of age (including those born blind); 47.4 per cent, or somewhat less than one-half, during the early or middle years of adult life (from twenty to sixty-four years); and 21.8 per cent, or a little over one-fifth, in old age (after passing their sixty-fifth year). More persons were reported as having lost their sight when less than five years of age than in any other five-year period of life, 16.4 per cent, or about one-sixth, of the total being included in this group; persons reported as born blind formed 6.6 per cent of the total and persons reported as losing sight when less than one year old 5 per cent, these two groups together contributing 11.6 per cent, or more than one-tenth, of those reporting the age when vision was lost. These statistics are based on an enumeration of the blind made in connection with the census of 1910. The blind population enumerated was 57,272, and by sending out special schedules through the mails the bureau obtained data regarding such subjects as the cause of the blindness and the age when it occurred from 29,242 blind persons. Significance of the Statistics. The fact that the 30,000 blind represented in the returns had on the average been blind for 16 years makes plain the gravity of this misfortune, says the report. Although the risk of blindness in infancy, childhood, or youth is relatively small, yet, as shown by these figures, the complete elimination of that risk would reduce the blind population by nearly one-third. Similarly, the elimination of the risk of blindness during the early or middle years of adult life would reduce the population by nearly one-half, while the elimination of the high risk in old age would cause a reduction of only one-fifth in the number of existing cases. Of course, the earlier the age at which the sight is lost, the greater the magnitude of the misfortune; loss of sight in infancy means a life of blindness, while loss of sight in old age ordinarily means only a few years of that affliction. For this reason the increase in individual happiness and the benefits to society in general that would accrue from a successful campaign against blindness in early life would obviously be vastly greater than would result from a corresponding reduction in the blindness occurring in old age. In this connection it is significant that since 1880 there has been a distinct decrease in the proportion of blind who lost their sight in infancy. In 1880 persons who became blind before completing their first year of life formed 15.3 per cent of the total reporting, as compared with only 11.6 per cent in 1910. Increase of Occupational Blindness. The proportion of the blind who lost their sight during the early or middle years of adult life has increased somewhat since 1880. It is probable that this increase is in part the result of the great industrial growth of the United States in the last 30 years, which would naturally bring in its train an increase in the number of cases of blindness due to occupational injury or disease, and hence in the number occurring during the years of economic activity. A much larger proportion of males than of females lost their sight in the early or middle years of adult life (twenty to sixty-four years of age), the percentage for males being 51.4, or more than one-half, as compared with a percentage of 41.8, or about two-fifths, for females. This marked difference with regard to the period of life when loss of sight occurred is of course the result in the main of the cases of blindness from industrial accidents or occupational diseases. Below the Mountains. Researches of the United States coast and geodetic survey, carried on in recent years, prove beyond doubt that mountains are not held up by the rigidity or strength of the earth's materials, but by the fact that the materials under them (in the outer portion of the earth) are lighter than normal. The higher the mountain or the plateau, the lighter is the material under it. The principle is exactly the same as that which makes an iceberg float. The portion of the iceberg that is above water is held up by the large mass of ice—which has a density lower than that of water—in the submerged portion of the berg. So, in the case of the mountain, the portion above the general level is held up by the lighter material under the mountain, which extends down to a depth of about 60 miles. Youth's Companion. Amendment to the Constitution Not Required, Is Opinion. First President Took Oath of Office on April 30, Says Official in Support of Contention. March 4 is not the date upon which the government of the United States, under the Constitution, was inaugurated, and therefore it is a mistake to have the terms of the president and vice president and of members of congress date from March 4, in the opinion of Samuel Russell, clerk of the senate committee on expenditures in the post office department. Mr. Russell has made a study of the matter and is convinced that a constitutional amendment is not required to change the date of inauguration of the president. In a statement regarding the matter Mr. Russell said: "The designation of March 4 for the quadrennial inauguration of the president was not made by the Constitution. The date was fixed by the act of the old congress, under the articles of confederation, which submitted the new Constitution to the states for ratification. "Although the day set for the inauguration of the government under the new Constitution was the first Wednesday in March, 1789, the new congress did not assemble until April 6, on which day the senate organized by choosing John Langdon as its president, and summoned the house of representatives into joint session to canvass the vote of the electors for president of the United States. The votes were opened and counted by Langdon in the presence of both houses. Every one of the 69 electors, from ten states, had voted for George Washington for president. Washington took the oath as president on the balcony of Federal hall, New York, on April 30, 1789. "As a matter of fact, the inauguration of the government under the Constitution did not take place on March 4, but on April 6, as to the legislative department, and on April 30 as to the executive department. Washington in no event could have qualified prior to April 6, the day upon which the fact of his election to the presidency was found and declared by congress. And so, if Washington had occupied the president's office for the actual tenure of four years as prescribed in the Constitution, the day for succeeding presidential inaugurations would have been April 6, and not March 4, which, in any view of the matter, was not the date upon which the new government was inaugurated or upon which its de jure or de facto existence was initiated, or from which the quadrennial succession in the presidency and congress should have been reckoned. MILITARY DRILL IN SCHOOLS Uncle Sam's Educators Favor It as Embodying Program of Physical, Moral and Civic Teaching. Military training in the public schools of the country conceived as military drilling is undesirable and unavailing; but military training conceived as a comprehensive program of physical, moral and civic education is desirable, and even necessary, according to officials of Uncle Sam's bureau of education, who have looked into this phase of the schoolwork in many cities. It is pointed out by these experts that military training thus conceived offers a possibility of unfying and ennobling the now confused and disjointed activities in the field of physical and moral discipline. The physical and moral values of both gymnastics and athletics are well understood, but both lack comprehensive and unfying motive, according to these officials. It is the opinion of these men who have just completed this study that military training will, in the strict and technical sense, not be grafted upon the schools, but military training in the sense of a comprehensive program for physical, moral and civic education in which some appropriate military affairs may be included is likely to find its way into all schools at no very distant date. "TRADE DIPLOMAT" TO JAPAN Uncle Sam Recognizes Growing Importance of Trade With Orient by Sending Attache to Tokyo. The growing importance of American trade with Japan has induced Uncle Sam to station a commercial attache at Tokyo. Secretary Redfield announced that this important position has been filled by the appointment of Frank R. Rutter, assistant chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the department of commerce. The new attache will be accredited to the American embassy at Tokyo, but will devote his entire time to commercial work in behalf of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. As is the case with the other attaches already in the service, he will be at liberty to leave all routine work in charge of his secretary and give his entire attention to any commercial problem or trade developments that may come to his attention. Such officials have been called the government's "trade diplomats." The service was inaugurated at about the time the war started and since then there have been attaches stationed at London, Paris, Berlin, Petrograd, Peking, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Lima and Santiago, Chile. 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. PHONE CHAMPA 1641. 2048 LARIMER STREET DENVER, COLO. Opposite the Three Rules. 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HARRIS & EWING Representative women from all parts of the country are enrolled in the National League for Women's Service and many of them are undergoing training to enable them to render best aid to the government during the war. In this group of leaders of the league are shown, seated from left to right, Mrs. Edward R. Hewitt, New York; Mrs. William Cummings Story, president general of the D. A. R.; Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, wife of the chief of staff, U. S. army; Miss Maude Wetmore, chairman of the league; Miss Grace Parker, New York, and Mrs. Lidsay Patterson, Winston-Salem, N. C.. Standing behind Mrs. Patterson at the extreme right is Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, who is treasurer of the organization. SOLDIERS OF SEA ALWAYS READY Uncle Sam Has Not Bothered His Head About Preparedness of Marine Corps. OLDEST BRANCH OF SERVICE Has the Distinction of Having Won the First Battle Ever Fought by U. S. Navy in Revolutionary Days. Much has been said and written since the beginning of the international crisis as to the preparedness or unpreparedness of the army and navy of the United States, but what about the United States marine corps, the oldest and one of the most important branches of Uncle Sam's military establishment? Beyond taking steps to increase the force, Washington has bothered its head very little about the marine corps. The reason is simple. There has never been any question as to the preparedness and efficiency of this branch of the service. The marines are always ready for whatever duty they may be called upon to perform. They are usually the first sent to answer the call of war. "Semper Fidelis." That motto translated into English means ever faithful. It is the motto of the United States marine corps, and no body of men ever lived up to traditions handed down for years with greater fidelity than the officers and men comprising this force. On shipboard the marines have a great many duties to perform. They form a part of the regular crew in handling the guns, manning the secondary batteries mostly. They learn a multiplicity of things that would be advantageous afloat and ashore. They can plant mines, as well as build bridges, and for quick landing and operations ashore they have no superiors. On November 10, 1775, before a single vessel of the navy was sent to sea, the marine corps was organized by resolution of the Continental congress. On December 13, 1776, congress directed that 13 ships of war be built. On the 22d day of the same month congress passed a resolution declaring Esk Hopkins commander in chief and appointed officers for all the vessels then in service. This was the first step taken toward the creation of the naval establishment which has won imperishable fame for the United States, and upon which is based the claim of the marine corps to be "the oldest in the service." Win First Battle for Navy. In the early part of 1777 a battalion of 300 marines and landsmen, under the command of MaJ. Samuel Nichols, landed from the fleet under command of Commodore Hopkins at the Island of New Providence, in the Bahamas, assaulted and captured the English forts protecting the island, taking a large quantity of cannon and military stores. This, the first battle of the American navy, was fought and won by the marines. Throughout the Revolution the marines were at work proving their patriotism and devotion to the cause. In the troubles with Tripoli they played a conspicuous part. Again, in the war of 1812 the marines distinguished themselves by the gallantry of their conduct and their work in battle. In the years that followed they saw active service in the Florida war, in Sumatra and in the West Indies. From 1846 to 1848 the corps was engaged in the war with Mexico, where it figured in every quarter, and made a most excellent record. Import More Goatskins. The shipments of goatskins from the Karachi (India) district for the United States increased in value from $1,825,564 for 1915 to $5,595,238 for 1916, according to invoices certified at the Karachi consulate. SHEEP RAISING URGED Uncle Sam's Experts Decry Continued Decline in Industry. United States Could Easily Produce the 300,000,000 Pounds of Wool Now Imported, It Is Said. Normally, the United States imports from about two-fifths to more than one-half of the wool required for domestic consumption, according to Uncle Sam's experts at the department of agriculture. During the past three years importations have ranged from nearly 250,000,000 to more than 500,000,000 pounds each year, the average being over 300,000,000 pounds. It has been found that in some sections of the United States there has been a steady decline in sheep production since the earliest statistical reports of the department of agriculture. This has been true also in every other settled country except Great Britain. The explanation undoubtedly is an economic one, say the department's experts. In general, the primary purposes of sheep growers has been to produce wool. This cannot be attained profitably on high-priced land. Naturally, therefore, it is pointed out, that with the increase in land values there is a rapid decline in the number of sheep. In Great Britain meat has been the principal product and wool the by-product, and the sheep industry has flourished. After studying the problem, officials say that if American farmers will follow the British custom the industry can be put on a profitable and permanent basis. The greater number of sheep in Great Britain are raised in the hills and on land comparable to much of the waste land of American farms. The areas in this country, especially in the East and in parts of the South, now relatively little used, can be profitably devoted, the men point out, to sheep production if the farmers will secure the proper breed of sheep. Sheep also can be made profitable on high-priced land, it is said, as British experience shows. They compare favorably with other-animal in economy of production. They require a minimum of expensive concentrated feeds. They exceed the larger animals in the rate of maturity; lambs can be made ready for market at from four to six months. They make possible the economical and fuller use of labor. They are of assistance in keeping the farm free from weeds. The sheep farm is usually a weedless farm. A census shows that in the United States only one in seven farms of over twenty acres now support sheep, with an average of one sheep of shearing age to three acres of land. The 300,000,000 pounds of wool now imported annually could be secured, it is said, from 50,000,000 sheep, and this number could be added to our stock if a fourth of the remaining farms sustained one sheep for each three acres. Not so long ago the department canvassed crop reporters in 36 states in reference to sheep on farms. The replies indicated, it is said, that the number could be increased 150 per cent without displacing other animals. American Toilet Articles Popular. There seems to be a rapidly growing demand throughout the Far East and Australasia for American toilet articles, All through China, eastern Siberia, Japan, the Philippines, Straits Settlements, Malay States, and the Dutch East Indies, and in Australia I have found American toilet articles on sale, and a demand for a larger supply, writes one of Uncle Sam's commercial agents. The war has practically stopped the shipment of such articles from two main sources (France and England), and the products of a third leading supplier (Japan) meet their readiest sale in Japanese and Korean cities. This field could be worked up to a far greater extent than it is at present, and offers, indeed, one of the best opportunities for the American exporter. Let us question the thinkers and doers, And hear what they honestly say, And you'll find they believe, like bold woers! In "where there's a will, there's a way." ECONOMY IN CAKE MAKING. We are slowly coming to realize that other fats besides butter may be used and result in a successful cake. Another idea seems to prevail that milk is another essential; water, coffee, fruit may all be used to take the place of milk. Of course where milk cessful cake. Another idea seems to prevail that milk is another essential; water, coffee, fruit may all be used to take the place of milk. Of course where milk is abundant there is no excuse for the economy, but with milk ten and even fifteen cents a quart the expense may be saved. The tedious process of creaming the butter and sugar is not necessary for an every-day cake; the fat may be warmed not melted, then it mixes quickly; the eggs beaten and added first, the whites folded in at the last. Another and still shorter cut is performed in the following manner—beat the eggs with the sugar, add flour and other ingredients used and stir in the melted butter or fat at the last, then give the cake a good beating and see what a tasty fine-grained cake you have with little time expended. When using any fat instead of butter, salt must be added to bring out the flavor. Pastry flour is smoother in texture than bread flour and cakes and pastry made from it are fine-grained and better texture. It does not need the many siftings which bread flour seems to require. Fats skimmed from the tops of soups is vegetables have not been cooked in it, drippings from roasts and chicken fat are all good fats to use in cake making. When the fat is melted and added last, the cake should not be stirred much until after the fat is added, then give it a good beating, by stirring before, it seems to toughen the texture. **Prune Cake.**—Three eggs, one cupful of powdered sugar, three tablespoonfuls of sour cream, two cupfuls of flour, (two tablespoonfuls or less if you use bread flour), one teaspoonful of allspice, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, a cupful of cooked, finely cut prunes, half a teaspoonful of soda and three-fourths of a cupful of melted butter added at the last, then give a good beating. To do our own thinking, listening quietly to the opinions of others, but to be sufficiently men and women, to be able to make convictions. —Creed of the Open Road. A FEW LOW COST DISHES To reduce the meat bill combine vegetables with meat and cook them together in various ways, this saves the meat as a small portion with a generous helping of vegetables supplies a good main dish. TEA CUP Hungarian Goulash.— 'Seven people may be well served with this recipe: Take a pound of lean veal, half a pound of lean beef, three table- spoonfuls of drippings or olive oil, one large onion, three cupfuls of boiling water, one teaspoonful of paprika, 12 potato balls, six small button onions, six carrot balls, six turnip balls, one teaspoonful of salt, one bay leaf, one clove, four tablespoonfuls of flour, half a pint of water, and one chopped chili pepper. Slice the onion and brown it in the fat, remove the onion and add the meat cut in small pieces, brown these well, remove the meat to a casserole, add paprika and water, cover the dish and place in the oven. Fry the potato, carrot, turnip and onion balls in hot fat, add them to the meat after it has simmered an hour and a half. Add salt, pepper, cloves, bay leaf and flour mixed with cold water, pour this into the casserole and stir until smooth, add the pepper with a cupful of boiling water. Cover and let simmer for another hour and a half. Serve from the casserole. Cornish Pasties.—Cut half a pound of mutton into small pieces; add half a pound of peeled diced potatoes, one chopped onion, one teaspoonful of chopped parsley, half a teaspoonful of salt and a quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper and two tablespoonfuls of water. Roll out thin a plain pastry, cut it in large rounds and place a heap of the mixture in the center, wet the edges, press together and crimp with the fingers. Brush each over with a beaten egg and bake in a hot oven for three-quarters of an hour. Serve hot. Spanish Codfish—Parboil a cupful of shredded codfish; melt two tablespoonfuls of butter, add a chopped onion and two cupfuls of tomatoes, fry for five minutes. Stir in one tablespoonful of flour, then add a cupful of water or stock, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and a little pepper. Cook slowly for ten minutes, add the codfish and simmer for thirty minutes. Serve hot on buttered toast. Any mixture of meat rolled up and tied in cabbage leaves, then cooked for an hour or more makes a delicious dish and adds variety. Sour milk which has been allowed to sour unskimmed, if sprinkled with nutmeg and brown sugar makes a most palatable dessert. Nellie Maxwell STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. UNION HEALTH AND ACCIDENT COMPANY of Denver, Colorado. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department, CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE STATE OF COLORADO ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified, That the UNION HEALTH AND ACCIDENT COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws 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 hereby authorized to transact business is an insurance company in accordance with which Chicago is incorporated 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 one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. In Testimony Whereof, I, E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have here- unto set my hand and affixed my seal at the City of Chicago, this day of March, A. D. 1917. [Seal.] E. R. HARPER, Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1516 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF CENTRAL BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION of Chicago, Illinois. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRU- ARY 2017. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified, That the office is located at Chicago, the city embodies 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 Insurance 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. I. Estimony Whareof, 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. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1116 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. THE BANKERS' INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY of Denver, Colorado. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FERU- ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of County Insurance. It is Hersey Certified, That the BANKER'S INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of County Arkansas, the principal office is located at Denver. Located in Denver, has issued 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 with the State or Articles 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 Lady, the thousand nine hundred and eighteen. In Testimony Whereof, I, E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have here- unto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of March, A. D. 1917. [Seal.] E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. THE CAPTOL LIFE INSURANCE COMMISSION DENVER, Colorado. Assets: $2,127,576.1 STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 2017. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified. That THE CAPITOL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of Colorado, whose purpose offices are located at barns has compiled 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 and 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 thousand nine hundred and eighteen. In Testimony Whereof, I. E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have here- seen, at the time of Award, my seal of office, at the Old Judge, this first day of March, A. E. R. 1917. [Seal.] E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY of New York, N. Y. Assets—$12,813,590.12. Liabilities—$4,394,816.82. Capital—$4,000,000.00. Surplus—$4,418,773.30. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENGING FEBRUARY laws of New York, whose principal office is located at New York, has compiled 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. H. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have 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. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance John W. Masury & Sons Coach Colors, Paints and Varnishes. Wall Paper, Paints, Oils and Glass, Interior and Exterior Decorators 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 LIABILITY. UNITED STATES GUARANTEE COMPANY of New York, N. Y. Assets—$1,124,953.71. Liabilities—$223,201.74. Capital—$250,606.00. Surplus—$651,751.97. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRU- ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified. That the UNITED STATES GUARANTEE COMPANY, 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 laws of Arizona 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. *Stimony 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. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE ON AUTHORITY. MISSOURI STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF St. Louis, Missouri. Assets—$14,142,963.80. Liabilities—$12,056,436.03. Capital—$1,000,000.00. Surplus—$1,086,527.77. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBU- Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified. That the MISSOURI STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri, whose principal office is located at St. Louis, has complied with the requirements of the law of Missouri and has said company and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accord- ance with its Charter or Articles of Incorporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last 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 here- unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this first day of March, A. D. 1817. [Seal.] E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance. J. R. DRESSOR WALLA York 1327J Sou The Colorado Wall Ager STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS: PENDENT FOR 1916 AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY, MERCHANT AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF Minneapolis, Minnesota, Assets—$245,398.40. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR OF MAYURU- ARY 28TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is Hereby Certified, That the MERCHANTS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of Minnesota, whose principal office is located at Minne- has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company and the company is hereby authorized to maintain business in the said company in accordance with its Charter or Articles of Incorporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and limitations set forth last day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. *Estimony 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. [Signed] E. R. HARPER, Commissioner of Insurance. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETING. Denver, Colorado, April 7, 1917. To the Stockholders of the Western You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the 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, 1834 Curtis Street, Denver, Colorado, for the election of officers and directors 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 community worth while. You will find the advertising of the best ones in this paper.