Colorado Statesman

MID-HARVEST DANCE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23RD, FERN HALL THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY PRESIDENT WILSON ASKED TO SPEAK PROTEST TO THE PRESIDENT AGAINST RIOTS AND LYNCH INGS. "SOME PUBLIC WORD WANTED," THAT WOULD GIVE HOPE AND COURAGE TO THE NEGROES. VOL. XXIII. PRESIDENT ASKED PROTEST TO THE PRESIDENT INGS. "SOME PUBLIC WOR GIVE HOPE AND COUR The following Special Dispatch from Washington appeared in the New York Evening Post of August 1. Washington, August 1.—Negroes of the nation carried to the White House today their protest against the arrogious attacks made upon them at East St. Louis and other industrial centers recently. They appealed to President Wilson through Secretary Tumulty to speak "Some public word" that would give hope and courage to the Negroes of the United States. Mr. Tumulty listened to the reading of a petition and promised the delegation, which was headed by James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People that "the matter would not be neglected." He told his callers also that the President has been in consultation with department officials concerning better protection for the Negro citizens of the country. The delegation requested a personal interview with the President, which request Mr. Tumulty said he would place before Mr. Wilson. The remarks of Mr. Johnson in addressing Secretary Tumulty were as follows: "We the Committee of the Negro Silent Protest Parade, in which 15,000 colored men, women and children took part last Saturday in New York, come to present you and through you to the President and Congress a petition for redress of certain grievances. We come representing not only the Negro Silent Protest Parade, but the colored people of Greater New York, and the sentiments and aspirations and sorrows, too, of the entire Negro population of the United States. "We come representing twelve million citizens whose devotion and loyalty to the nation have never been questioned—twelve million citizens who, when the present storm broke over our land, took their unqualified stand side by side with the original American stocks that landed at Plymouth Rock and at James-town. "We feel that in coming to you we are well within our rights the right given by birth, the right given by labor, and the right given by loyalty. We feel further, that it is especially fitting that we come at this time when the heart of the nation is so deeply touched by the cause of democracy and of humanity. "We come asking that the President use his great powers to have granted to us some redress for the grievances set forth in our petition, and we come, further, praying that the President may find it in his heart to speak some public word that will give hope and courage to our people, thus using his great personal and moral influence in our behalf. "And to these ends, I have the honor to read and respectfully present the following petition: "To the President and Congress of the United States: "We, the Committee of the Negro Silent Protest Parade, representing the colored people of Greater New York and the sentiment of the people of Negro descent throughout this land, come to you to present a petition for redress of grievances. "In the last thirty-one years 2,867 colored men and women have been lynched by mobs without trial. Less than a half dozen persons out of the tens of thousands involved have received any punishment whatsoever for these crimes and not a single one has been punished for murder. In addition to this mobs have murdered colored citizens time and time again with impunity, culminating in the latest atrocity at East St. Louis where nearly a hundred innocent, hard working citizens were done to death in broad daylight for seeking to earn an honest living. "We believe that this spirit of lawlessness is doing untold injury to our country and we submit that the record proves that the States are either unwilling or unable to put down lynching and mob violence. "We ask therefore, that lynching and mob violence be made a national crime punishable by the laws of the United States and that this be done by Federal enactment, or if necessary by constitutional amendment. We believe that their can be found in recent legislation abundant precedent for action of this sort, and whether this be true or not, no nation that seeks to fight the battle of civilization can afford to march in blood-smeared gar- DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 1917 State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc State House E, THURSD ADO THE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SA ments. "We ask, therefore, immediate action by the Congress and the President of the United States." (Signed) Rev. F. A. Cullen, Chairman, James Weldon Johnson. Vice Chairman, Rev. Chas. D. Martin, John E. Nail, Treasurer, Rev. E. W. Daniel, Rev. Geo. F. Miller, Fred R. Moore, A. B. Cosey, Dr. W. E. B, DuBois, Dr. I. Hoage, I. B. Allen, Mrs. M. C. Lawton, Mrs. C. J. Walker, Rev. A. Clayton Powell, Rev. Wm. P. Hayes, Rev. J. W. Brown. WHITES START RIOTS AT CHESTER, SAY POLICE Chester, Pa. After a secret investigation, with the assistance of a detail of plain clothes men, Chief of Police John Vance claims to have discovered the cause of the outburst of mob violence between the two races at Chester. He claims to have unearthed a chain of evidence that will show that a band of whites in the West End formed an organization to mob the colored people. It is also claimed by the chief that the organizers and agitators were not Southerners, as many believed, but natives of the city. Two of the young men said to have been active in the work of promoting discord in the ranks of the whites were arrested and assigned in Municipal Court Saturday. They gave the names of James Riddle and Selimon Dignacio. The arrests were made on orders of Chief of Police Vance by Hanley Lynch and Cosgrove, patrolmen. Chief Vance testified that the members of a band of whites that started the riots on that fateful Wednesday night returned to the same neighborhood on Thursday and agitated trouble. Hanley, a patrolman, testified that he attempted to arrest Riddles while trying to disperse a mob, but that the ruffian was rescued by friends headed by Dignacio swinging a club. Soon after this occurrence West Third street was a scene of rioting for squares. Chief Vance says Joseph McCann, one of the dead victims of the rioting, was a member of the band that started the disturbance. Police Magistrate Holt fixed the bail in each case at $2,000 and the men were committed for the September term of court, when the police authorities will present further evidence. More arrests are to be made and the cases will be pushed with all vigor. JURY INDICTS 105 Belleville, Ill., Aug. 14. - Sixty eight indictments against 105 persons, the charges including murder, arson, conspiracy, rioting and assault to murder, were returned by the grand jury here today which has been investigating the race riots in East St. Louis July 1 to 3. DR. HOLLIS B. FRISSELL PASSES Hampton, Va., August 6.—Dr. Hollis Burke, Frissel, principal of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, died suddenly yesterday at his summer home in Whitefield, Nt H., according to a message received here from his wife. Sergeant Sidney D. Frissell, a sergeant in Battery D, left this morning to atentd the funeral. Dr. Frissel was fifty-six years of age. He had been connected with the Hampton Institute for the past twenty-five years and was famous throughout the United States as a result of his educational work among the Negroes. He succeeded General S. C. Armstrong, founder of the Hampton school as principal. Dr. Frissell was born in Amenia, N. Y., July 14, 1851, a son of Rev. Amasa Cogswell Frissell and Lavina Barker Frissell. He was a graduate of both Yale and Harvard Universities, and a member of the Southern Educational Board and scores of other educational and religious organizations. Dr. Frissel was a personal friend of both ex-Presidents Taft and Roosevelt, and other men prominent in the civil, social, financial, educational and religious life of the nation. DR. FRISSELL BURIED IN INSTITUTE CEMETERY. MANY PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE ATTEND FUNERAL OF PRINCIPAL OF FAMOUS HAMPTON SCHOOL. Newport News, Va., Aug. 8.—Dr. Hollis Burke Frissell, late principal of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, was buried at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the school cemetery. The body was laid to rest beside that of General Samuel C. Armstrong, founder of the school. Dr. Frissell died last Sunday at his summer home in Whitfield, N. H. The funeral was attended by Mrs. Frissel, wife of the late educator, and his son, Sidney D. Frissell. People of prominence attending the funeral were: Mrs. Alexander Purvis, Mrs. George Crary, Miss Elizabeth Hyde, Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Graham, Charles E. Bigelow and Alexander B. Purvis, Hampton Institute trustees, of New York; Miss Charlotte R. Thorn, Miss Emily K.Herron, Miss J. E. Davis and Frank J. Rogers. Dr. R. R. Morton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, and graduate of the Hampton school, spoke at the funeral. He paid a beautiful tribute to Dr. Frissell, by whom he was educated. Prayer was offered by Herbert B. Turs ner, chaplain of the school. Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, formerly associate chaplain, also took part in the services. Taps were sounded over the grave by the institute battalion of Negroes and Indians. Services at the grave were conducted by Dr. Herbert B. Turner and Rev. Lawrence Fenninger. Three of Dr. Frissell's favorite hymns were sung during the services. AT MOTHER ZION, N. Y. CITY. September 16 to 18, the Racial Get-Together Days. (Special.) New York, N. Y., July 30, 1917. Following the silent parade of Colored school children in this empire city of the nation on Saturday, under the management of an organized Colored committee, as a protest against the public murder of Colored women and children at East St. Louis, comes the announcement that the National get-together of the Colored race to form plans of campaign to combat and resist the fresh crusade of race hate and race prejudice in the U. S. A., will be held in Mother Zion church, West 136th street, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 16, 17 and 18. This get-together of the race is called by Rev. Byron Gunner of Hillburn as president of the National Equal Rights League, the organization which made organized labor declare its position on the St. Louis massacre, thus giving Col. Roosevelt his chance to confuse and confound Samuel Gompers. The three days' convention will consist of two features, the second annual race Congress called by the league, followed by the regular annual meeting of the League. The Colored people of every community are urged to form a citizens' committee to provide for a delegate, and all local branch leagues are requested to get advice to the same end, while all religious, fraternal and civic bodies are also asked to be represented. In America and in every part of Europe all proscribed races and classes are being judged by the manner in which they put forth their own claims as a unit for relief from proscription. This gathering will test our race, and extraordinary unity and activity should be shown in sending delegates. Rev. Byron Gunner of Hillburn, N. Y., as president; Wm. Monroe Trotter, 34 Cornhill, Boston, as corresponding secretary, solicit inquiries and correspondence to make this national get together, while the world is at war for Democracy, an unusual success, will leaders in every community take hold at once. Postage Stamps. There are said to be over 21,000 varieties of postage stamps in circulation throughout the world. NO 52 YOUNG QUITS OHIO REGIMENT. Columbus, O.—The Ohio colored regiment, to which Col. Charles Young was detailed as commander, was short lived. The War Department at Washington, while accepting all the other regiments in Ohio's National Guard, has declined to muster in the colored regiment, which was raised by Col. Young in two weeks. Col. Young is now at Wilberforce with his family awaiting orders. A serious controversy arose relative to the selection of staff and line officers for the Ninth Battalion, and several threatened to resign if Col. Young's recommendations were approved by the Adjutant General. The Adjutant General of Ohio, as well as Ohio's Governor, had authorized the Colonel to select his own officers, and exercising his prerogative picked out a number of men for commissions who actually had seen service in the Spanish-American war, and of whose ability and experience he was familiar. It is said that because of this stand the nucleus from which the regiment was built mutinied and threatened to quit. Practically all of the officers of the Ninth Battalion were active or receptive candidates for commissions of lieutenant colonel, regimental adjutant, majors and captaincies, and it is alleged that political pull was being used by some to secure commissions. Fear is expressed that the rebellious conduct of members of the Ninth Battalion may result in no colored regiment being officered from colonel down to corporal with Negroes as was to have been the case with Col. Young's unit. What to do with the Ninth Battalion is now puzzling the authorities. All the white units of the Ohio National Guard have been ordered to mobilize at Montgomery, but the status of the Ninth Battalion is in doubt. Before leaving for Wilberforce Col. Young let it be known that he did not propose to recommend for officers men of whose ability he knew nothing. He said he did not propose risking the health and lives of his men with incompetent officers. It is said that Young has received his promotion to a colonelcy, and had the Ninth Battalion been mustered into Federal service there is much likelihood that he would have seen active service until after the war. Intimations are now made that he will be retired. RACES TO HOLD FAIR TOGETHER IN VIRGINIA Lawrenceville, Va. -At the St. Pauls Farmers' Conference recently held here, a resolution was unanimously adopted to accept the proposition of the white fair association to co-operate in the movement to hold one fair for both white and colored people instead of giving two separate fairs as heretofore. NEWS TO DATE IN PARAGRAPHS ——THE—== COLORADO STATESMAN CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF WIRES ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD. . RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE, bey B24 BS BAR AIYSS BAY 5 | ; ‘ | The Mouth-Piece | of the People of | ‘ ; Colorado and the | ? e , Entire West | , , ——$— ‘ , ‘ ! | A BELIABLE chronicle of their doings and : progress; a faithful mirror § } of their wants, their hopes, ; their best aspirations. ~ 1 | - ee ; : THE 7 R | COLORADO | | STATESMAN a 4 ‘ 7 » Unequaled as an advertising | medium for the business : of professional men and | women. | a la cea | An excellent family journal | ; Be 2 speaking to and for many | q A ‘ thousand colored citizens. | ee } TWODOLLARSA YEAR | > ‘ > ‘ > TUE CREAT ORGAN | ae ee Another allied warship sunk Tues- day. » Lone English aviator wins fight with three enemy planes. ‘ Hotbed of German propaganda is discovered in Mexico. The American bark Christiane was sunk off the Azores by a German submarine. The crew was landed. Nine hundred find thirty-three Scan- dinavian ships have been destroyed by torpedoes or mines since the begin- ning of the war. Additional Japanese naval units haye joined the allied forces in Euro- pean waters, the Japanese nayal at- tache at London announced. The Russians and Rumanians have checked, for the time being, the of- fensive of Field Marshal von Macken- sen in the region of Fokshani, German air planes raided the Eng- lish coast Sunday, killing twenty-three persons, including nine women and six children, About sixty were injured. ‘The Austro-German drive in south- ern Moldavia has eclipsed all the fighting on the other war fronts. The Russo-Rumanians seem to have lost their hold. The American steamer Campana was sunk by # submarine and five Americans, including the captain, are believed to have been taken prisoners on the diver. French reconnoitering parties have penetrated the German lines near | Rheims in two places. Hlsewhere in Champagne, as well as at Cerny, on the Aisne front and in the Carspach sector, the French repulsed German surprise attacks, Five Americans and fourteen others were killed when the British steamer City of Athens struck a mine near Cape Town, South Africa. Four of the Americans lost were missionaries. Artflur Duckworth, his wife and six children of Denver were among the victims, 1 No great changes took place Tues- day on the battlefields of Rurope. Northeast of Ypres, in Flanders, Brit- ish troops forced German posts to re- tire across the Steenbeke river. Field Marshal Haig’s men held their gain and re-established their line on the eastern bank of the river. Elsewhere from the coast to St. Quentin, the ar- tillery firing increased in some sectors and the British carried out a number of successful raids, the most import- ant being in the environs of Lens by the Canadians. WESTERN No disorder occurred when strikers deported 400 strike breakers from Kansas City. Authorities started a search for 447 men who failed to appear before the county examining board at Bisbee, Ari- zona, The records show that only two-thirds of the men called appeared for examination, James Bell, a miner, employed by the Copper Queen company, was, stabbed twice in the back during an altercation in front of his home which peace officers said arose over the re- cegt 1.W.W. troubles in Bisbee, Ariz. ‘The ¢harter of the Anaconda local of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. was torn from the wall in the course of a stormy meeting at Butte, Mont., at which it was announced that a strike vote against the Washoe smelter of ‘the Anaconda Copper Company had failed, WASHINGTON , Herbert C, Hoover, food adminis- trator, announced the plans for the control of wheat, flour and bread, Congress soon will be asked to au thorize another loan of between $3, 000,000,000 and $4,000,000,000 to the al- les, Decisive steps to curb high coal prices are expected from President Wilson and the Federal Trade Com- mission. General debate in the Senate on the $2,006,000,000 war tax bill has virtu- ally ended, and such rapid progress was made on the finance committee amendments to the House bill That leaders predicted the measure’s pass- age next week. Sugar will probably follow wheat in Herbert Hoover's food control. The canning and packing industries yill also soon be under his fire. Official notice of China's declara- tion of war on Germany ang Austria- Hungary was received at the Chinese lJegation in cable dispatches from Pek- king. “American labor will be supplied for harvesting the Canadian grain crop, under an arrangement reached be- tween W. W. Cory, Canadian deputy commissioner of the interior, and the Department of Labor officials. FOREIGN | Barnes succeeds Henderson in Brit ish war cabinet. | @jnn Feiners won another, parita- mentary bye election when they cap- tured the seat from Kilkenny. Reports that Vice Admiral Sir Dayid Beattie may soon become first sea lord persisted in London, ‘A German submarine of the latest and largest type has been towed into Zeébrugge, Belgium, by two torpedo boats. ‘The whole of Spain hes been placed under martial law following disorders resulting from the general strike, which is spreading. Jose Ynez Salazar, former chief of staff to Francisco Villa, was shot and killed at the Nogales ranch, a short distance from Ascencion, Resolutions addressed to President ‘Wilson and demanding complete self- government for Porto Rico were passed by both houses of the insular Legislature, Two French aviators dropped bombs on Frankfort on the Main, on@ of the most important cities of the German empire, having a population of more than 300,000. More than 1,000 persons have been Invited by the government to attend the conference which is to be held at Moscow Aug. 25 to 27, to consider in their broadest aspects the situation of the nation and the plans for the new national government. It was announced in the House of Commons that 9,748 lives were lost on British merchantmen from the open- ing of the war to June 30, 1917, as a result of enemy action. Of these, 3,- 828 were passengers, the remainder being officers or seamen. Peace proposals made by Pope Bene- dict have been delivered to all the bel- ligerent governments. The Pope sug- gests restoration of Belgium, Serbia and Rumania, and peaceful solution of the problems of Alsace-Lorraine,Trent, Trieste and Poland, according to re ports receive from Vatican sources. The strict physical training out of doors which the members of the American expeditionary force are un- dergoing in France is having its re- sults. One turned up when field head- quarters received a letter from a com- pany commander in which he said his men were developing so fast that all their uniforms were getting too small. Some of the uniforms, he wrote, now are four inches too small about the ahaats “ SPORTING NEWS Standing of Western League Clubs. CLUBS, Won, Lost, Pet. Wichita ccs.cccesnos048i. 09) 881 Hutehingon v....c0s. 18. 9 1591 Lincoln ....s+-.0s-. 18 9 <591 Omaha ss s.ccostesose 28 549s 2591 St. Joseph’ .....-.---- 11 11 500 Denver ...csscc0ss05 9 18 1409 POpMNcessteticons stom sO weer. kee yaaeMolhee. ese oT) Cabo) Sauk Edward W. Lucas, widely-known as an all-round athlete twenty years ago, was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant in Conshohocken, near Philadelphia, It was his first night on duty as a member of the Conshohocken police force. Tommie Walsh, a Chicago man, gave to New Orleans another lightweight hope to succeed Joe Mandot, former pride of Chicago, when Red Dolan won from Frankie Russell in twenty rounds before a tremendous crowd at the new Louisiana auditorium. Taking the place of the annual Colo- rado State Tournament and in accord: ance with the wishes af the United States National Lawn Tennis Assoct- ation, a patriotic tennis tourney will be held on the Denver Country Club courts starting Aug. 27. The net pro- ceeds of the event will be turned over to the Red Cross fund. GENERAL Bill to provide insurance for Ameri- can fighting men introduced in Con- gress. Nineteen fishermen were drowned when boats overturned in storm at Cape Cod, Mass. Enemies of the selective draft, through threats made against the Rey. M. Cybulski, pastorsof the Lithuanian Catholic church at Sioux City, lowa, forced him to resign. The price of bar silver again ad- vanced, being quoted at 83%c per ounce, or %c above last week's high record and the highest price for the metal in thirty or forty years. In response to a request from Her- bert C. Hoover, United States food administrator, the Chicago Board of ‘Trade will discontinue all trading in September wheat after Aug. 25. Plans for sending the first National Guard troops to France have been perfected by the War Department with the organization of a division which will include troops from twenty- six states and the District of Colum- bia. The national army will move to cantonments in three increments—of 30 per cent each—Sept. 5, Sept. 16 and Sept. 30—the provost marshal general's office announded. The other 10 per cent will leave soon after Sept. 30. The price of coal to Mlinois con- sumers will be fixed for the next year by Chief Justice 0. N. Carter, of the Supreme Court of Ilinois, who was named by Governor Louden to be di rector of coal and whose services the Ilinois coal operators agreed to ae cept after a four hours conference with the governor. “Beefless days” in Chicago will be- come a reality in September. ‘Thous- ands of Chicago restaurants and ho- tels have agreed to institute beefless ‘Tuesday, beginning the first week of that month. SHOW BIG INCREASE OVER PRO- DUCTION IN 1916. Gain Shown for All Crops, Except Winter Wheat, and State's De- crease Is Small. ‘Western Newspaper Union News Service, Denver.—Colorado has jumped right up iu the front rank with increases in crops, according to the official report of the United States Bureau of Crop Estimgtes in Washington. The state shows an increase in all except win- ter wheat, and here the decrease is es- timated at only 330,000 bushels. There is a big increase in potatoes, and su gar beets show better than for ten years, The statement, which is for ‘August, follows: Corn—9,980,000 bushels; production last year (December estimate), 7,302, 000 bushels. f Winter Wheat—7,730.000' bushels; production last year (December esti: mate), 7,400,000 bushels. Spring Wheat—5,950,000 bushels; production last year (December est! mate), 4,485,000 bushels. Oats—11,090,000 bushels; production last year (December estimate), 9,570, 000 bushels. * Barley—5,850,000 bushels; produc: tion last year (December estimate), 6,120,000 bushels. Potatoes—8,060,000 bushels; produc: | tion last year (December estimate), 6, 900,000 bushels. _ All Hay—3,410,000 tons; production last year (December estimate), 2,411, 000 tons. Apples (Agricultural crop)—1,338, 000 barrels of three bushels; produc ‘tion last year (December estimate), 785,000 barrels, Sugar Beets—Aug. 1 condition 91, compared with the ten-year average o! 90, Prices—The first price given below is the average on Aug. 1 this year, and the second the average on Aug. 1 last year. ‘Wheat, 219 and 97 cents per bushel. Corn, 180 and 75. Oats, 88 and 58. Po: tatoes, 234 and 140. Hay, $13 and $9.80 per ton, Eggs, 33 and 22 cents per dozen, Four Greeley Preachers to War Camps Greeley—Four Greeley ministers who have been in training at the Army Young Men’s Christian Association camp at Estes Park for positions as religious directors, have received their orders to report immediately to the military camps. They are Dr. John W. Findley of the First Presbyterian church, Dr, Paul H. Yourd of the United Presbyterian church, the Rev. ‘3. A. Thompson of the Park Congrega- tional church and the Rev. W. D. Whan of the First Baptist church. Printers Join Armies for Europe. Colorado Springs.—A prosperous or- ganization with its “house in order” was pictured by Marsden J. Scott, president of the International Typo- graphicdl Union, in his address in opening the sixty-sixth annual conyen- tion of the organization here. He said that nearly 600 members of the union had enlisted with the Canadian forces, and that more than 400 mem- berg had joined the armed forces of the United States, with thousands more to follow. ‘ikcenl Rem lshoe Mate cle: Denver,—The funeral of Bishop N. C. Matz of the Roman Catholic diocese of Denver, who died Thursday, was held from the Cathedral of the Immac- ulate Conception here Monday morn- ing. Special services were held Sun- day afternoon and evening. Burial was in Mount Olivet cemetery, Denver. Bishop Matz had been iw ill health for four years and was taken to a hospital about @ week gz when his condition became critical. Tornado Strikes Two Buttes. Two Buttes—Frank Pruett, a print- er, was killed and twenty persons were hurt, one probably fatally, Aug. 10, when a tornado struck Two Buttes. ‘Two store buildings and three resi- “dences were wrecked and many small buildings were demolished. Auto Goes In Ditch; Three Injured. Glenwood Springs.—T. A. Costello, ©. E. Costello and W. Crews, all of Denver, were injured when an auto- mobile in which they were riding went over an embankment near Sho- shone. Peculiar Ground for Exemption. Sterling.—On the ground that he fs solely dependent for support on the rental of his property, L. L. Tippit, a land owner here, filed a claim for ex- emption from the service in the new national army in behalf of a tenant. Hail as Big as Eggs. Fort Morgan.—Hail the size of a hen's egg caused considerable damage in Morgan county to the beet and al- talfa crops. Chang Won to Join U. S. Army. Pueblo,—Pueblo, it is believed here, has supplied the first Chinese to en- ter the United States army, He is Chang Won. Labor Condemns Constabulary. Boulder—The Colorado State Fed- eration of Labor adjourned its annual convention after adopting a resolution condemning the law establishing state fonstabulary to replace the National Guard, and without taking action to change the laws of the Federation gov- erning election of officers. The next convention will be held at Salida. John O'Neill of Trinidad was appointed del- egate to the meeting of the American Federation of Labor and Edward Dayle was named alternate, COLORADO STATE NEWS — PI teville. ae ere atmual Gonvention i. P. ‘Grand Lodge, including | Uniform lank, Pythian Sisters and Knights of Khorasan, at Colorado Springs, Sept. 3-i--brontier Day celebration at ‘ort Morgan, Nov. §-11—Denver Auto Show. County Fatrs, Aug. 28-Sept. 1—Prowers County at La- Aug $0-21—Larimer County at Love- Aug. 29-31—Crowley County at Sugar Aug. Hi-Sept. 1—Farmere’ Fair at Fow- Sept. 4-7—Boulder County at Longmont. us St SE eDeas Valley at Rocky Septvé-8—Sedgwick County mt Jules e fi-14—I al ‘ling. Bebe Tecgt—CnevennetCounty at chey- enne Wells. Sept 18-21—Western Slope at Mont= Sept. 17-22—Colorado State at Pueblo. Sept, 20-22—Phillips County at Hel- Sept. Si-28colorado- New Mexico at Bept 25-29-—Las Animas County at Trinidad, | Sept. 26-28"—E1 Paso County at Calhan, Sept. 27-29—Grand County “at Kremm- Oct, 2-5—Kit Carson County at Bur- ington, | ‘The Crowley county fair will be held Aug. 31. Flour prices dropped 20¢ per 100 pounds Aug. 14 in Denver. Mrs. Julia Quirk, a pioneer Pueb- loan, died at the age of 85 years, Several Colorado men obtain offi- cers’ commissions at training camps. Fourteen Pueblo men were given commissions at officers’ training camps, In various counties the women are | rapidly enlisting in state auxiliary branches of the National Guard. It will take 15,000 refrigerator cars to move the érops of the western slope in 1917, according to G. S. Keleh. Announcement was made of the call- ing off of the Pike’s peak automobile races, scheduled to begin on Sept, 8. The movement started by the retail clerks to have all stores in Denver closed at 7 o'clock was indorsed by the Trades and Labor Assembly. Nineteen employés in the Denver postoffice have already enlisted in the regular army and the draft has taken six more, none of whom will claim ex- emption, The United States Department of Agriculture, in its report states Colo- rado’s sugar beet crop for this year is considerably above the average of the country. El Paso county’s crops may go to waste for want of harvest hands. Farmers are clamoring for men to handle the crops, which are now ready for harvest, Twenty-five thousand Coloradoans, in the greatest patriotic demonstration ever made in Derfver, met the Colo- rado contingent from Fort Riley on its homecoming. Acting under instructions of Attor- ney General Gregory, United States Marshal Burris revoked all commis- sions to employés of industrial con- cerns as United States deputy mar shals. ‘The late Harriet Wolcott Vaile left an estate valued at approximately $25,000, according to preliminary es timates embodied in a petition which accompanied the filing of her will in the County Court in Denver. The officers in charge of the Arkan- sas Valley fair, Wild West carnival and Watermelon day have about com- pleted all arrangements for the annu- al event at Rocky Ford which attracts the attention of everyone in the West. The threatened strike of 250 men in the Harris mine, twenty-two miles west of Steamboat Springs, was avert- ed when the company met substantial- ly all the demands of the miners re- garding the checkweight system and increased wages. Strict enforcement of the several anti-premium ordinances was launched by the City of Denver, and the initial case, directed’ against the United Ci- gar Stores Company, was won when Judge Henry Bray fined that concern $10 in Police Court. More than 6,000 acres of vacant land adjoining the San Isobel forest in southern Colorado have been get aside by the federal government as Stock driveways under the act of Dec. 19, 1916, by Secretary Lane, according to an announcement imade by M. D. Mclnerny, chief of the land office in Denver, The forma! opening of the fourth quadrennial session of the Supreme Camp of American Woodmen, colored, was held in the Auditorium in Denver with more than 2,000 persons present. ‘The delegates were welcomed on be- half of the negro citizens by the Rey. D. E. Over, and on behalf of the city POPE DEMANDS WORLD DISARM Return All Captured Territory. Let World Court Rule Nations, Basis of Pontiff's Peace Plea. ARBITRATE ALL DIFFERENCES Benedict Beseeches Warring Nations, In Name of Prince of Peace, to Cease Conflict and Save Earth From Madness. Western Newspaper Union News Service. To the Leaders of the Belligerent Peoples: Since the beginning of our pontificate, the horrors of a terrible war let loose on Europe, we have in view above everything three things to preserve: Perfect impartiality towards all belligerents as is suitable for Him who is the common Father and loves His children with equal affection. Continually to attempt to do all the good possible and that without exception of person, without distinction of nationality or religion as is dictated to us by the universal law of charity which the supreme spiritual charge has confided to us with Christ. Finally, as our pacific mission also requires, to omit nothing as long as it was in our power which might contribute to hasten the end of this calamity, by trying to lead the peoples and their leaders to more moderate resolution to hasten a serene deliberation of a peace just and durable. Whoever has followed our work during those three painful years which have just passed has been able easily to recognize that if we had always remained faithful to our resolve of absolute impartiality and to our attitude of benevolence, we have not ceased to exhort the peoples and the belligerent brothers to again become brethren, although publicity has not been given to all that we have done to attain this verry noble aim. Is World to Be Death Field? Toward the end of the first year of the war, we addressed to the nations in conflict most lively exhortations, and more, we indicated the part to be followed to arrive at a stable and honorable peace for all. Unfortunately, our appeal was not heard and the war continued desperately for another two years, with all its horrors. It became even more cruel, and extended over the earth, over the sea and in the air, and one saw desolation and death descend upon cities without defense, upon peaceful villages and on their innocent populations, and now no one can imagine how the sufferings of all would be increased and aggravated if other months, or, worse still, other years are about to be added to this sanguinary triennium. Is this civilized world to be nothing more than a field of death? And Europe, so glorious and so flourishing, is it going, as if stricken by a universal madness, to run to the abyss and to lend its hand to its own suicide? No Aim Except Love for World. In such a terrible situation as in the presence of menace so serious, we who have no particular political aim, who do not listen to suggestions or to the interests of any of the belligerent parties but are solely compelled by a sentiment of our supreme duty as the common father of the faithful, by the solicitation of our children who implore our intervention and our pacifying work. Through the voice even of humanity and of reason we once more emit the cry of peace and we renew a pressing appeal to those who hold in their hands the destinies of nations. But in order no longer to speak in general terms as the circumstances had counseled us in the past, we now wish to make more concrete and practical proposals and to invite the governments of the belligerent peoples to come to an agreement upon the following points which seem to be a basis of a just and durable peace, leaving to them the task of analyzing and completing them: Moral Forces Against Armies. First of all, the fundamental points must be that the material force of arms be substituted by the moral force of right, from which shall arise a fair agreement by all for the simultaneous and reciprocal diminution of armaments according to the rules and guarantees to be established in a measure necessary and sufficient for the maintenance of public order in each state. Then, in the substitution for armies, the institution of arbitration, with its high pacifying function, according to the rules to be laid down and the pen- Kellogg Speaks on Labor Shortage. Kellogg Speaks on Labor Shortage. Colorado Springs.—Harry N. Kellogg, chairman of the special standing committee of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, was the principal speaker at Wednesday's session of the International Typographical Union convention. His address dealt with the shortage of labor, increased price of commodities, especially of paper, and other economic conditions attending the war. He urged adjustment of all labor disputes and complimented the Typographical alties to be imposed on a state which would refuse either to submit a national question to arbitration or to accept its decision. Once the supremacy of right has thus been established, all obstacles to the means of communication of the peoples would disappear by assuring, by rules to be fixed later, the true liberty and community of the seas which would contribute to end the numerous causes of conflict and also would open to all new sources of prosperity and progress. As to the damages to be repaired, and as to the war expenses, we see no other means of solving the question than by submitting as a general principle the complete and reciprocal condonation which would be justified moreover by the immense benefit to be derived from disarmament, so much so that no one will understand the continuation of a similar carnage solely for reasons of an economic order. If, for certain cases, there exist particular reasons, they would be delivered upon with justice and equity, but these pacific agreements, with the immense advantages to be derived from them are not possible without a reciprocal restitution of the territory at present occupied. All Territory to Be Restored. Consequently on the part of Germany, the complete evacuation of Belgium, with the guarantee of her full political, military and economic independence towards it. The evacuation of French territory. On the part of other belligerent parties, similar restitution of the German colonies. As regards the territorial questions, as for example those which have arisen between Italy and Austria and between Germany and France, there is reason to hope that in consideration of the immense advantages of a durable peace with disarmament, the parties in conflict would wish to examine them with a conciliatory disposition, taking into consideration, as we have said formerly, the aspirations of the peoples and the special interests and the general welfare of the great human society. Demands Justice for Poland. The same spirit of equity and justice ought to be followed in the examination of other territorial and political questions, notably those relative to Armenia and the Balkan states, and territories making a part of the ancient kingdom of Poland whose noble and historical traditions and sufferings which it has endured, especially during the present war, ought to conciliate the sympathies of the nations. Such are the principal bases where on we believe the future reorganization of the peoples ought to be built. They are of a nature to render impossible the return of similar conflicts, and to prepare a solution of the economic question so important for the future and for the material well-being of all belligerent states. Pleads in Name of Prince of Peace. Therefore, in presenting to you, who direct at this hour the destinies of the belligerent nations, we are animated to see them accepted and to see thus the conclusion at an early date of the terrible struggle which more and more appears a useless massacre. The whole world recognizes that the honor of the armies of both sides is safe. Incline your ears therefore to our prayer. Accept the fraternal invitation which we send you in the name of the Divine Redeemer, the Prince of Peace; reflect on your very grave responsibility before God and before man. On your decision depends the repose and the joy of innumerable families, the life of thousands of young people—in a word, the happiness of a people for whom it is your absolute duty to obtain their welfare. May the Lord inspire your decision in conformity to His very holy will. May God grant that while meriting the applause of your contemporaries you will also obtain in the future generations a splendid name of pacifcators. As for us, closely united in prayer and in penitence, with all those faithful souls which sigh for peace, we implore for you the light and counsel of the divine spirit. (Signed): Bar Silver Goes to 86% Cents. New York.—The insistent demand for silver—from abroad, from the United States government for coinage and for domestic purposes—was reflected Aug. 15 in a record jump in the price. Bar silver advanced 3 cents an ounce over the previous day's quotation to 86% cents, which is the highest price since the decade after the Civil War. Rancher Killed in Range Dispute. Carrizozo.—Eli McCarty, rancher, is dead, and Eslavio Carabajal, sheepman, is seriously wounded as the result of a battle which took place near here between five sheepmen and an equal number of ranchers. The battle arose from a dispute over range. Union on the stand its members have taken in the struggle. $60,000 for First Bomb in Berlin. Chicago.—Friends here of Leslie McMurty, aviator and son of L. B. McMurty, California oil operator, received information that if he is the first American aviator to drop a bomb in Berlin he will receive $60,000. It is said that McMurty's father promised to pay his son $25,000 if he achieved this feat, and another member of the family added $35,000 to the pledge. BRITISH SWEEP NINE-MILE FRONT FRIGHTFUL CASUALTIES INFLICT ED ON PRUSSIAN GUARD BY THE CANADIAN6. WHEAT SUPPLY LARGER PREMIER LLOYD - GEORGE ASSETS U-BOAT WAR FAILURE. BRITAIN'S FOOD INCREASED. Western Newspaper Union News Service. London, Aug. 17.—British and French troops, attacking on a nine-mile front east and northeast of Ypres in Flanders gained all their objectives except on the right flank. The French drove the Germans from between the Yser canal and Martjevaart and captured the bridgehead of Dreigrachten. The village of Langemarck was carried by the British after they had taken all their first objectives in the center of the attacking line. The official statement from British headquarters in France adds the Germans fought stubbornly on Field Marshal Haig's right for the possession of the high ground north of the Menin road. The British have made further progress east of Loos in the Lens area, and the total of prisoners captured there now has reached 896. Among the heaviest sufferers were the Fourth Division of the Prussian Guard, sent into the battle late to endeavor to regain lost positions. These famous troops advanced in columns of fours and immediately were met by a concentrated machine-gun fire which mowed them down until virtually the entire division had been annihilated. London.—A message of hope and quiet confidence in the future was given to the British nation in the House of Commons by Premier Lloyd-George. The people of the British isles cannot be starved, notwithstanding the German submarine campaign, and the military situation grows more hopeful. The difficulties of the allies will grow less and their power increase while the troubles of Germany will increase and her power fall away. "This is the supreme hour for patience," the premier declared, in conclusion, "for courage, for endurance, for hope, for unity. Let us go through this hour with a temper that will enable us to destroy a great military despotism. Let us go through this hour with the old temper of our race so that next year we shall begin and the world shall begin to reap the fruits of our valor." The stock of wheat in Great Britain had increased by one-third within a year, and this year's harvest promises well, but economy still is necessary, he said. German claims as to British ship losses, the premier said, were exaggerated, in the hope of cheering up the people of the central powers. Although the submarine losses in April had been 560,000 tons, they had decreased until the average for July and August would be 175,000 tons net each. Shipbuilding had been speeded up, vessels had been purchased abroad and the total tonnage acquired in 1917 would reach nearly 2,000,000 tons. First Guardsman Dies at Fort Logan. First Guardsman Dies at Fort Logan. Denver.-Private William W. Huffman, 18, a member of Company I of the First Colorado infantry, died at the post hospital in Fort Logan from meningitis. He is the first man in the infantry to die. COLORADOANS IN WOOD'S CORPS. Wyoming Guards Will Be in Ninety-first Division. Denver.—Colorado National Guard troops will form a part of the Fortieth division, which will be commanded by Maj. Gen. F. S. Strong, and the Colorado troops in the National Army will be in the Eighty-ninth division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, former chief of staff and now in command of the Southern department, it was announced by the War Department. Wyoming guardsmen will be in the Forty-first division, to which Maj. Gen. H. Liggett has been assigned as commander. Wyoming men drafted for the National Army will form part of the Ninety-first division which will be commanded by Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene. Kansas City Street Car Strike Ends. Kansas City.—The strike of street car motormen and conductors ended when the strikers and the Street Railways Company agreed to a compromise submitted by a delegation of business men and city officials. One Killed, Two Hurt by Train. Denver.—A. J. Cook of Englewood, driver of a taxi between that place and Fort Logan, was almost instantly killed and two women occupants were probably fatally injured when the taxi was hit at Petersburg crossing by an inbound Rio Grande passenger train. Cook died on the way in to Denver. The women are Mrs. Zoe Skelton, 30, of Muskogee, Okla., and Miss Pet Summers, 18, of Henrietta, Okla. They are in the county hospital. WAR APPLE CROP WAR APPLE CROP This Year's Harvest of Fruit Will Help Whip Enemy. SCARCITY OF PICKERS FELT Size of Crop, Equal to Two Bushels for Each Person in Land, Calls for Special Methods of Handling for Market. In a couple of weeks we will begin harvesting all over the United States an apple crop equal to two bushels for every man, woman and child in the country. This is a war crop. The consumers of the United States will be urged to use apples in the food saving campaign by which we are increasing the amount of wheat and other staple foods sent to our fighting allies. "Eat an apple and send a biscuit," is the motto this year. War conditions also confront the apple growers, for there is a scarcity of pickers, and careful preparations must now be made to see that this crop is all safely harvested and put into storage. Now is the time to begin organizing pickling crews in every apple growing section. A survey of the situation shows that the farmer will need co-operation from business men in the towns and cities round about at which he trades, and which have just as great an interest in this crop as the farmer himself. This is emergency organization work to be taken up immediately by chambers of commerce, boards of trade, state and county councils of defense, and business men generally. The labor supply to harvest this crop exists right in the cities adjacent to the apple orchards in most cases, but the draft and demands of factories and railroads for labor have disturbed the normal supply of workers upon which the farmer usually draws, and it is necessary to recruit new kinds of workers. People who have never regarded themselves as apple pickers may this year be asked to go to the orchards and help get in the crop for patriotic reasons. Much is heard about the scarcity of labor, but there is not as great a scarcity as most people imagine. Workers upon whom the farmer depends in ordinary times have simply been shifted into other occupations, and war conditions demand that business men step in, locate other classes of workers who can be shifted to the orchards for this emergency and see that the farmer has plenty of help. There will probably be some difficulty in harvesting the apple crop with these volunteer workers, many of whom have no experience at the work. Perishable fruit must be handled carefully to prevent injury to the skin and bruises. These would later cause decay when the apples go into storage. The principles of careful fruit picking are very simple, and easily understood. If the farmer can start with two or three experienced pickers and spend a little time explaining good picking methods to his volunteers he should get excellent results, for these volunteers, while new to the work, will also be people of good average intelligence, and the war emergency will appeal to their interest so that they will be more than ready to help harvest the crop skillfully. Apple growers are advised to get in touch with the business organizations in their nearest town, ask that help be given in securing pickers and report the number of pickers needed by themselves. One of the greatest difficulties in organizing harvest hands for any crop is that of gathering accurate information as to how many helpers are needed on each farm and in each township. For lack of such information it very often happens that one township will be handicapped because it is without sufficient helpers and a township twenty-five or thirty miles away will have a surplus of workers. By ascertaining in advance just how many workers will be needed in each locality, business organizations will be able to recruit a sufficient force. This year's apple crop calls for special methods of handling. The size of the crop makes it necessary to send only the first-class fruit to market and to see that all seconds and culls are sold in bulk around home or worked up into by-products. There must be great care to see that apples are not exposed to the heat or outdoors after picking, but are properly housed in temporary storage places on the farm and carefully cooled. The scarcity of pickers will probably make it necessary to pick and house the crop first and grade and pack it afterwards. Full directions for handling the fruit will be published later. The great big task immediately ahead is that of securing a picking force, and in this work the business man and the farmer are co-operating to an extent never known before. This is a war crop. It will be harvested with a war organization. Whence Khaki Came. It appears that khaki has been in use in the British army for more than forty years. It was in use at the time of the Jowalki expedition in 1877. All troops, British and native, engaged in the Afghanistan war of 1878-1880 wore khaki. Even the shoes were tan-colored leather, sword belts and saber scuffbards were tan-colored leather, helmets were covered with khaki covers and pigrues. Buttons and buckles were not polished. Khaki is a Hindustani word meaning crusty, earthy. Announces that he has removed his law offices to 621 and 622 Cooper Building. Telephone Main 8036 NOTHING DO BUYS THE 211 Charles Block. Co Phone Main 6699 NG DOWN AND 17 CTS. BUYS A PIANO. SALE NOW ON. THE PIANO EXCHANGE H. A. TRIGGS, Manager Lock. 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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 1c and 2c stamps taken. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. 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 Wednesday, upon request of the author. No correspondence 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. RICHMOND PLANET RESUMES PUBLICATION. WE congratulate Editor John Mitchell, Jr., for his success in having the suspension of the Richmond Planet annulled, and we cannot but feel that these incidents have their good turn when they help to prove the grit, the stamina and backbone in our fellow Negro editors. Mr. Mitchell, although a very forcible and fearless writer, exhibited the sense of REAL LEADERSHIP when he submitted to the government's order through the postmaster of Richmond, and employing some of the best legal authorities on constitutional law he gained the glorious victory of continuing his paper in accordance with the law which provides for "the freedom of the press." May abundant success attend the future life of the Richmond Planet, and the people of our race prove themselves worthy of such leaders by their greater support and recognition of this "foeman who is worthy of his steel." DR. H. B. FRISSELL OF HAMPTON INSTITUTE PASSES AWAY. In the death of Dr. Hollis Burke Frissell, late principal of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va., the United States has lost one of its leading educators, and the Negro and Indian races a friend, supporter and backer, whose chief aim in life for nearly four decades was the creation of a friendly feeling between the races in the South. The news of his death caused us very much pain, as while we knew of his ill health for some time, yet we were unprepared to receive the sad intelligence when he breathed his last on Sunday, 5th inst. We especially mourn our loss as the Doctor was the head of our Alma Mater, and we offered every support to him in his numerous efforts to ameliorate the conditions both by our presence and our writings from time to time. He is gone, but the monument that he erected for us to gaze on must be perpetuated, and posterity even in the far years to come will honor and adore his name and bless his memory for the great and good deeds he accomplished in the spirit of renewed hope and energy for the man and the race farthest down. He is survived by a widow, son and sister to whom we offer our deepest sympathy, praying sincerely for them that they may have fortitude to bear their affliction in this sad hour. GET READY FOR THE DAWN. THE DARKNESS IS DISAPPEARING AND THE 12,000,000 OF DARKSKINNED AMERICANS MUST GET READY FOR THE DAWN. Hear ye! Hear ye! Any persons of Negro ancestral order, who feeling proud of the noble lineage from whom they have descended, are determined to champion the cause of equal liberty for all citizens of this great republic, read the following message from the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, to the Japanese mission now in this country on the Pacific coast, en route to Washington for the purpose of discussing the matter of CLOSER RELATIONS between the governments and peoples of the two countries aforementioned. Read this felicitation, commit it to memory, digest it carefully and thoroughly, and in making your deduction see if there does not appear a ray of hope for the ivory, ebony or whatever they may term us, when our vaunted democracy no longer fearful of the "yellow peril," is willing to interweave the national interests of Japan and the United States. The following speaks for itself: As a greeting to the Japanese envoys, Secretary of State Lansing has sent to Viscount Ishii the following message: "The President directs me to welcome your high mission to our country, and to assure you of the cordial reception you will have from the "American people," (quotation ours) who have ever entertained the warmest feeling for your nation and have admired the earnestness with which your people of the FAR EAST have won so honorable a place among nations by DEVOTION TO THEIR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (caps ours). May the ties that bind our nations ever increase in strength through a fraternal community of national aspirations." Race leaders! Race advocates! Preachers, lawyers and other professionals, do you see any corner or foundation stone on which you can erect a superstructure that will endure until the end of time in this cordial and felicitous message? Will you grasp the gravity of the present situation in the words DEVOTION TO THEIR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, and see how the once insignificant, despised immigrant who could not be granted citizenship if he so desired, is being folded into the arms like a bundle of charms? Let us get ready for the reception of the glorious rays of the dawn and take "the oath of devotion to racial development as a whole," as this precedent now established with a dark-skinned foreigner may be the means to our recognition which if it comes even at the last will shake the pillars of gratitude from our hearts and wring the tears of welcome and appreciation from our souls. "Devotion to racial development." Yes, the Negro's need. Stop playing the fast and loose game with our white friends or enemies, whether in politics, business or religion. Stop the false preaching of race pride when our patronage goes last and least to the members of our race. Practice outside the pulpit or off the rostrum the lessons dictatorially given us on Sundays and week-day meetings, and with the great example set us by the Japanese, build, develop, get strong in ourselves until like a thunderbolt from a clear sky o'erhead a recognition comes that wins us a place in the heart of our government, that obliterates the hideous past of mental oppression and deprivation of equal legal rights, resulting in our breathing our American atmosphere with an equanimity of all races, peoples and tongues of our land of the free. The rays of light are beginning to penetrate the gloom, for God sake, GET READY FOR THE DAWN. Members of Cabinet Should Have Privilege of Speech in Congress Members of Cabinet Should Have Privilege of Speech in Congress By Perry Belmont, Member Advisory Board, American Defense Society A bill was introduced in the Sixty-fourth congress by Representative Montague of Virginia, providing that the principal officer of each of the executive departments may occupy a seat on the floor of the senate and house of representatives. The bill confers a privilege at the same time imposing a duty on the heads of departments, who, it must be remembered, are the creations of congress and therefore not mere adjuncts of the president. The privilege is a voluntary attendance to take part in debate under established rules. The duty is to give direct oral information under com- P. M. pulsory attendance. With the enormous growth of the country and the consequent increase in legislative and administrative business, the necessity for the adoption of some such plan becomes daily of more vital importance. It is remarkable that President Wilson wrote an excellent treatise on the subject. The frequent personal appearances and addresses of the president himself furnish strong arguments for the presence of the members of the cabinet. The president cannot well be subjected to interrogatories, nor can it be supposed for an instant that he is sufficiently familiar with the affairs of the executive departments to be able to represent them all upon the floor of congress. A few words spoken by a competent head of a department would place the whole of congress and the country on the same vantage ground as the members of a congressional committee. Direct information from the heads of the departments would enable congress to be more quickly advised by oral communication, rendering legislation much less subject to the present serious delays and constantly repeated extra sessions. High Prices May be Attributed Largely to Psychological Food Panic High Prices May be Attributed Largely to Psychological Food Panic By Representative Dan V. Stephens of Nebraska War conditions invariably produce high prices. A food panic can be caused by the concerted action of a large number of people who have been convinced that a food shortage exists. Whether the shortage is real or fancied makes no difference in the result. Whenever a considerable number of people who deal in foodstuffs believe that prices are going to rise they are certain to be large buyers. The fact that a large number of men who know the market situation are buying certain products starts other men, less informed, to doing the same thing. Legitimate dealers in food products catch the spirit of the environment and whisper to their patrons that a food shortage is imminent and that they had better lay in large stocks while they have an opportunity to do so. This advice is usually followed by those who can afford to, with the result that thousands of people become bidders for available supplies, which inevitably forces up prices. The recent panic in wheat was greatly accentuated by the average citizen purchasing large quantities of flour. This in turn caused the retail dealer to renew his order for additional flour with the wholesaler, and the wholesaler in turn was compelled to place additional orders with the miller. Thousands of people doing this all over the country created in the minds of the millers a fear that they would not be able to obtain supplies of wheat in sufficient quantity to fill their orders. They therefore rushed the wheat market and bought wheat, with the result that the price of wheat greatly advanced. This situation was largely psychological. A few years ago the president of the United States made a statement that has been much commented upon, to the effect that the depressed business condition that appeared to exist at that time was a matter of psychology. Nothing could better illustrate the truth of the president's statement than the present panic prevailing in this country. It is true that the last year's wheat crop was short; but the 1915 crop was excessive, and when the average of the two years is taken we find that it is about the average crop for the five years preceding the war. Therefore if there is not a great shortage then the excessive high price cannot be justified on any other ground than that of public opinion. That is to say, whenever a large number of people believe that prices are going to rise, the very fact that they believe that they are going to rise stimulates buying to such an extent that prices are forced beyond a legitimate level. Whenever the people generally possess such a belief, everyone who can holds to what he has and everyone who has money buys all he can get, with the natural result that usual available supplies at former prices are not to be had. A small panic begins in the minds of those who do not possess a sufficient supply for their needs and they rush pellmell into the market to buy, and the price goes up still higher as the eagerness of the buyers increases. Then more people catch the psychological effect of the mass in action and they, too, begin to buy. The foreign buyer sees the prices climbing and he rushes in, knowing he must have wheat and provisions for his customers, and the price again mounts up. Women Must Aid War Work But Not to Neglect of Home and Community By Mary Roberts Rinehart The women of the United States in their patriotic efforts must realize first and foremost their obligations to the National Red Cross society, which is the authoritative and most direct way in which service can be rendered the men at the front. Women must not only work where the obligation calls in the various departments of the Red Cross, but they must give their part of the actual fund being raised in money. They must give now in the national drive, and after that every woman should so arrange her personal budget—however small it may be—to give from it each month, so long as there is a United States army in war. And I would impress upon the women that while they express their patriotism in the general program of national defense, which includes the Red Cross service, that they in no way cut off the great force they represent in the general scheme of national prosperity. They have still to continue their church work, and that reformative, civic, philanthropic, charitable and social, and more paramount still, they must guard the destinies of the home, and keep it going always as the basis of our civilization. Holdings of The Capitol Petroleum Company In Nowata County, Oklahoma A $600 per day gas well, and a 75-barrel oil well were brought in near these leases a few days ago. WE ARE NOW DRILLING WELL NO. 1 IN NOWATA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. Owing to the recent heavy rains the Drillers for Well No. 2 were delayed a few days but are now moving their machine on our location in Bourbon County, Kansas. Mr. McGee, our Field Manager, is not only a Geologist, but also a practiced Oil Operator, who has had years of experience in these fields, and has been instrumental in opening up some of the best oil and gas wells in this territory, besides locating the Famous Bald Hill Pool. The demand for this stock is increasing by leaps and bounds. 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Address.... --- Don't forget the Mid-Harvest dance at Fern Hall Thursday night. Full orchestra. Wm. Sprague is enjoying his vacation. H. F. Chambers of Gano-Downs Clothing Co. has resumed his position after enjoying his usual annual vacation. Rockies and the Centennial State the Union. Clarence Holmes, Jr., arrived spend a few days with his par and is being congratulated on sides by friends and well-wishers his success in his determination complete his scholastic course in ing him the degree Bachelor of Mrs. W. S. Newby of Omaha, Neb. is the guest of Mrs. Wm. Erving of 2818 Glenarm place. Mrs. H. J. Foster of New York City arrived in the city a few days to be at the bedside of her father, who is very ill. Wm. Russ, head waiter of the Uni- versity Club, has returned to his duties after spending a very pleasant vacation. Chester A. Franklin of Kansas City, Mo., is in the city visiting his mother and friends for a month. The American Woodmen took out a large excursion party to Glacier lake Thursday last and an enjoyable time was had by all who went. Charles Burdine, the oldest colored employé in, the postoffice department is taking his annual vacation. Mrs. P. A. Rivers of Wharton, Tex., is visiting in the city, the guest of Mrs. Harris, 2300 Ogden street. Mrs. J. W. Levell of 2546 So. Broadway entertained last Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Thomas Blagburn and Mrs. Geo. Cleggett of Des Moines, la. Ernest J. Hawkins of Fort Scott, Kansas, in company with Rev. D. E. Over, were pleasant callers at our office last Tuesday. Mr. Hawkins is Grand Master of Prince Hall Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Kansas. Three handsome prizes will be given away next Thursday night at the Mid-Harvest Dance at Fern Hall. Gentlemen put on your harvest suit and ladies your calico dress and win one of Billy Knight's famous prizes. Mrs. Jennie De Shatio entertained at a luncheon, Tuesday in honor of her cousin, Miss Ollie Officer of Topeka, Kansas. Her guests were Mrs. George Nichols of Chicago, Mrs. Jennie Coleman, Mrs. Alvin Wright, Mr. and Mrs. William Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stevens. Millard Hammond of Kansas City passed through this city en route to California, where he will visit various points of interest in the El Dorado of the West. Mr. Hammond was the guest of his sister, Miss L. Hammond, who is well known in Denver circles as a mistress of the culinary art, an entertainer of a high standard and an interesting conversationalist. Among the distinguished visitors to our city during this week are Dr. McKinney, Attorney-sat-Law J. Vance Lewis, R. D. Evans and H. L. Billups of the "Lone Star State," Texas; Maj. R. R. Wright, Savannah, Ga. Major Wright received his military title in the Spanish-American war, when he was made paymaster with the rank of major by President McKinley. Fred S. Burton, the famous oil stock agent, is proving himself a man of greater business activities, having invested in a ranch that he bought from Mr. Smith in the Deerfield colony. Mr. Burton is also building a hotel in the Deerfield town site with accommodations for hunters, crop buyers and stockmen who frequent the colony for business. This hostelry, which will be modern in every aspect, will be under the management of Mrs. Lee Ford, who is popularly known as an experienced cateress and hotel woman. The hotel will be known as the Burton House, and will open for business in September next. Welcome! Thrice welcome!! The Colorado Statesman extends a hearty welcome to our visitors of the Masonic Grand Lodge and American Woodmen conventions; also the usual summer visitors, hoping they have tasted delightfully of the Rocky Mountain region, and their stay among us will be inscribed in their book of memory as a very pleasant event in their existence. Our office, Room 25, 1824 Curtis street, Western Newspaper Union building, is open to your visit and inspection, and we trust that you will be the happier for your sojourn of a few days among us. Again we welcome you to the Queen City of the Rockies and the Centennial State of the Union. Clarence Holmes, Jr., arrived to spend a few days with his parents, and is being congratulated on all sides by friends and well-wishers for his success in his determination to complete his scholastic course insuring him the degree Bachelor of Science, which was meritoriously won at the last session of Howard University. Our ambitious and persevering young friend was graciously entertained by Mrs. E. T. McClain and his mother at an informal dancing party last evening where old acquaintances and chums refreshed themselves on beautiful reminiscences of school days. A bright example is set by Master Holmes for our other young men who are now in the studious role, and we hope they will pattern after him. Congratulations from the Statesman. MAJOR R. R. WRIGHT AT SHORTER CHURCH. Major R. R. Wright of the Georgia State Industrial College gave us quite an intellectual treat in his address on "Negro Migration" last Thursday evening at Shorter A. M. E. Church. Scholarly and exhibiting a storehouse of experience among the races of humanity, Major Wright impressed his audience with the necessity of self help, self-protection and race-building in and by ourselves. A fairly large audience greeted the speaker, and the best wishes were offered and support given in planning the home for neglected and homeless Negro children. Major Wright is accredited one of the leaders of our race that means what he says and says what he means, and is earnest in his activities for the betterment of conditions thereby improving his race which will result in our universal acceptance and recognition. ADVERTISING AGENT GOES ON VACATION. Mr. C. A. Tarbell, the energetic and popular advertising agent of the May Clothing Co., leaves the city today on a well-earned vacation. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Tarbell, and intends to make the trip to Chicago in his Pierce-Arrow car in three days. This ever-ready-to-please advertiser of the firm has gained quite a popularity with the large number of patrons, who declare that the unique advertisements of the May Co. create an attractiveness that is absolutely magnetic, and to read a "May ad" is a guarantee of purchase. The Colorado Statesman in certifying this public opinion joins in wishing the gentleman complete rest from his arduous duties, hoping to see him on his return with ability to tackle more vigorously his pleasurable task. A WORD OF THANKS. "A" Company, Sep. Bat. Colored Inf. now in camp at Rifle Range, wishes to thank the public for their attendance at the benefit entertainment donated by Morrison's orchestra and Messrs. Watkins and Barnnett, Monday. Aug. 13, 1917. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN E. 23rd and Washington St. Presbyter, J. A. Thos-Hazell, S. T. B. Presbyter, J. A. Thos-Hazell, S. T. I. Bermon topics, Sunday, Aug. 19th: 11 a. m., "Fighting Giants"; 5:30, p. m., "Giants Conquered." DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Baby Berry, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Berry of 2450 Tremont street, who departed this life on the 8th, was interred at Riverside cemetery Saturday, Aug. 11th. Cammel & Co. in charge. Baby Addison O'Neal, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Addison O'Neal of 2220 Clarkson, departed this life on the 11th. The funeral services were held from the home, Monday, Aug. 13th, Rev. P. J. Price officiating. Interment Fairmount. Cammel & Co. in charge. COLONEL YOUNG RETIRED. On going to press, information from the Army and Navy Journal comes of the retirement of Colonel Young, who is promoted from Lieutenant-Colonelcy to Colonelcy. As soon as we are in receipt of all the facts leading up to his retirement we will published, and then say our "little bit." We pause for a moment and we request our fellow Negroes to think well before making utterances. U. B. F. PAY DEATH CLAIM. The death claim of Dr. C. D. De Frantz, amounting to $175, was payed the widow, Mrs. Mable De Frantz, August 6, 1917, by the Grand Lodge of U. B. F. & S. M. T. J. VANCE LEWIS AT CENTRAL BAPSTIST WEDNESDAY LAST (By a Correspondent.) This famous attorney-at-law from the state of Texas who, it was announced, would talk to us on "The Cause of Negro Exodus From the South," gave a display of his oratorical powers for nearly two hours last Wednesday evening, and was so filled with his wonderful achievements from his youth to the present, also the great accomplishments in his professional sphere, that he expressed himself happy, happier, happiest for being in Denver, poured a stream of polysyllabic words and phrases in our ears in showing himself master of the English language, interspersing his speech with jokes and quotations from the unfortunate occurrences in the Southland, emphatically asserted that he was not a lawyer for TEN-CENT CASES ON MINOR ISSUES, but a Supreme Court champion, would be admitted to the Colorado Bar within a few days, and finally concluded by telling his audience he would address them TWO MONTHS HENCE when he returns for permanent residence on the topic he should have spoken. If this is the same gentleman that I heard at the Auditorium who was not on the regular program, but was permitted to say "a few words," and who took the opportunity to say "a few words and some more" (using a phraseology) his usefulness and help to his race would certainly be to greater advantage in the places where we need such strong men, brave, fearless characters, who can meet the foe single-handed, being garrisoned with the equipments of intellectual experience which makes DISCRETION THE BETTER PART OF VALOR. I regret I cannot say anything on the subject the worthy attorney proposed to speak about, as he gave us "a feint" and postponed it; but can only say he is a great champion and advocate of race rights and privileges, and should certainly be the Moses of our people in the "Egypth of the South." where leaders are needed and badly wanted, than to come to the Canaan of the West just now for calm repose and enjoyment in the "promised land." I hope to have the opportunity of hearing Mr. Vance Lewis on this topic when he returns, as there may be many facts to learn on both sides of the fence. FRATERNAL ORDER OF AMERICAN WOODMEN HOLD FOURTH QUADRENNIAL NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE. The fourth quadrennial session of the order of American Woodmen August 13-18, had its formal opening last Tuesday evening at the city Auditorium, where more than 2,000 persons assembled to witness the proceedings held in Denver for the first time since the founding of the order. Denver, not unlike other cities, extended a hearty welcome to the hundreds of delegates from all parts of the country, but the unique reception manifested itself in giving the visitors a taste of real western hospitality and the genuineness of friendly relationship and good cheer—the prime qualities of the citizens of Denver. At the Auditorium a specially prepared program opened with the audience singing the national anthem, followed by the Rev. C. A. Williams, who invoked Divine guidance and blessing for a successful session and career of the organization. Rev. D. E. Ove made the welcome address on behalf of the colored citizens, while the Hon. Robert W. Speer, Mayor of Denver welcomed the visitors on behalf of the city. H. L. Billups, attorney-at-law of Marshall, Texas, responded to the welcome address in a pleasing and acceptable manner, and the contributions of Mr. Geo. Morrison, our violin virtuoso, the singing of Madame Jenne Hicks-Lenoir, and the Morrison orchestra, furnished another evidence of the efficient standards that our people are achieving gradually in their endeavors to reach the highest possible plane in their surroundings. The singing of "America" by the audience closed an ever-to-be-remembered gathering of representative Negroes in public meeting. The decorations were the national colors in flags and buntings, and the stage curtain gave a panoramic view of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a banner of the American Woodmen suspended from the top. The session continued diem in diem when the Supreme Commander, C. M. White, gave interesting facts about the order and important business transacted. A variety of entertainments, including sight-seeing trips in the city, visit to public buildings, picnic to Glacier Lake and a public installation ceremony of the order concluded a redletter week in the annals of the order and Denver and its citizens will cherish the very pleasant impressions made on them by the delegates, the COLORADO STATESMAN, the people's reliable western journal, joining in the WELCOME AMERICAN WOODMEN and bidding you come again with every wish of success for the ORDER OF AMERICAN WOODMEN. GRAND LODGE OF MASONS HOLD SESSION AUG. The Masonic Grand Lodge of the jurisdiction of Colorado met in session here last Monday and continued to Wednesday. There was quite a representative gathering of Grand officers and brothers, and the important business transacted coupled with that expeditiousness common to Masons who are versed in the order reflected the highest credit on the organization. Visiting brothers and delegates were escorted to Shorter Chapel last Sunday for memorial service by the members of Rocky Mountain No. 1 and Centennial No. 4 lodges of Denver. A number of entertainments was provided for the visitors who appreciated the hospitality of their host. The session closed with a novel entertainment at the East Turner hall, featuring the drill team of the Grand Lodge, with Morgan Jackson's noted orchestra dis coursing such airs as compelled fanci ful artists to give way to terpsichor ean indulgence. A large gathering gave the Masons another proof of the public's belief in the integrity of their order and the ability to foster humanity by "raising the fallen and cheering the faint." The Grand Lodge in turn ever ready to help and defend, contributed $50 to the DEFENSE FUND OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, showing the true spirit and doctrine of the fraternity. This should be very helpful towards the Massalegain's case. A whoop! A holler! for our Masonic Grand Lodge who are not TALKERS BUT DOERS. LONG LIFE TO THE FRATERNITY. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Thomas H. Patton, grand master Colorado Springs, Colo.; L. E. Hernal district grand master, Salt Lake City; S. N. Nelson, senior grand master, Pueblo; George A. Derry, junior grand warden, Denver; J. Lee Williams, grand treasurer, Pueblo; William Sprague, grand secretary, Denver; O. Lawson, grand trustee, Denver. We are asking our subscribers not to take offense at the bills we send them, as the debts are of long standing and the law compels us to file an accurate statement of our income. Your early settlement will be greatly appreciated. COLORADO COLORED BATTALION "Everything is moving on nicely and points to the success of this volunteer organization, and I am proud of them," is the expression of a military leader who being pleased at the progress of our boys in khaki, their general deportment, disciplinary improvement and exceptional sanitary measures in their encampment at Rifle Range, Golden, made the above remark with emphasis. And our civilian population is not slow in taking up the reins and giving some recognition to the undaunted courage of our true blue soldiers as well as to lay plans for their recreation in their spare moments, for Messrs. George Morrison, Watkins and Barnett led the way in a big moonlight excursion last Monday evening from Denver, taking with them a fairly large crowd and netting a neat little sum which goes to the company fund board to provide healthy recreation for our soldiers. This proves our people are thinking, and small as this beginning may appear, yet it goes to show that our young men, professional and otherwise, are beginning to see into the wisdom of originating and producing. With the request that we become specially interested in this battalion by visiting the boys in camp, our feminine citizens making bandages, knickknacks, etc., there is a way in which everyone can contribute to their happiness while they are with and among us, as how soon they may be sent away we know not, and therefore we can delight in helping to make their camp life pleasant. MORE MEN ARE WANTED!!! Let us get this battalion to its maximum strength, and have the name of Colorado Colored Citizenry inscribed in the pages of the archives of the nation as a supporter of right, an opposer of might, with men that will fight whether by day or by night. Below is an information for the benefit of the public, coming officially from the military headquarters: Rifle Range, Golden, Colo. "A" Co., First Sep. Bat. Inf. this morning formed a Company Fund Board and elected officers for the management of same. Captain Fallings was appointed treasurer of the fund and the men by popular vote elected the following: President, Sergt. Alvin Wright. Vice President, Corp. Loyd Robinson. Secretary, Corp. Fred A. Kinney. Each member of the company shall have a voice in the expenditure of the fund by vote. The receipts for the benefit entertainment donated by Prof. Morrison and Messrs. Watkins and Barnett were as follows: Total ticket receipts ..... $16.75 Total punch receipts ..... 6.60 Transportation of orchestra and printing of hand bills and tickets ..... $ 6.35 Total company fund to date ..... $17.00 Eate of Cliff Dwellers. It seems that there can be no doubt that the cliff dwellers were exterminated by their more savage and warlike neighbors, the men being killed and the women being adopted into the tribe of the conquerors, though in some cases migrations may have become necessary as a result of drought or pressure from outside tribes. Moth's Wing Movement The moth has a curious habit, developed during many centuries, when at rest, or crawling slowly about the leaves and stems of plants, of keeping up a constant, gentle, fanning motion of the wings, which when seen from a short distance appears like a snake's head in the act of striking. Lines to Be Remembered: If a great thing can be done at all, it can be done easily. But it is that kind of ease with which a tree blossoms after long years of gathering strength.—Ruskin. Uncle Eben. "Sometimes dat mule bulks," said Uncle Eben, "an' sometimes he runs away. Ef he only could run on gasoline I 'speck he'd be as good as an automobile." The END IS NEAR Of the Summer Season THE MAN WHO LOVED THE WORLD $11 Complete Lines of $15 to $22 Summer Suits THE MAY CO The laundered cuffs attached shirts come in splendid madrases and percales, and the shirts with soft French double cuffs are shown in crepe, soisette and Rep cloths in striped and figured effects. SUMMONS. STATE OF COLORADO. City and County of Denver. lss. In the District Court: No. 64808. Sadie Rolling, Plaintiff, qs. Henry Rolling, Defendant. The People of the State of Colorado to the Defendant above named, Greet- You are hereby required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plantiff in the District Court of New York, in the State of Colorado, and answer the complaint therein within thirty days after the service hereof if you are served within this state; if you are served personally outside the service hereof if served personally outside the State of Colorado; or, if served by publication, within fifty-five days from the date of the last publication; or trial will be held the same as though you are present. This is an action brought to obtain a decree of divorce on the grounds of desertion and non-supplied evidence, and a further relief as may seem to the Court just and equitable from the complaint, a copy of which is hereunto attached, and the court's witness. Witness, J. Sherman Brown, Clerk of our said Court, with the seal thereof hereunto affixed, at office, in the City of Denver, this 21st day of July, A. D. DIRECTORY Oliver Royal House of S. M. T.—Meets 2nd Monday of each month at 2540 Washington St. Pride of Denver Tabernacle 521—Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 2540 Washington St. Take Your Choice. United States government experts have succeeded in breeding tobacco both stronger in nicotine than normal and weaker, the former for insecticides and the latter for smoking. The laundered cuff attached shirts are shown in sterling madrases and percales, while the soft cuff attached styles are shown in crepe and Rep cloths, all trimmed with ocean pearl buttons; season's newest patterns. AY co SUMMONS IN DIVORCE. STATE OF COLORADO. City and County of Denver. ss. In the County Court. Effie McArdle, Plaintiff, vs. Thomas McArdle, Defendant. The People of the State of Colorado, to Defendant above named, Greet- ing: You are hereby required to appear in an action brought against you by the aboe named plaintiff in the county of the City and County of Denver State of Colorado, so answer the complaint therein within thirty days after the service hereof if you are served within this state, or within sixty days after the service hereof if you are served personally outside the State of Colorado, or if served by publication, within fifty-five days from the date of the last publication, or trial will be had the same as though you were present. This is an action brought on behalf of divorce on the ground of desertion for more than one year last past, and such other and further relief as may seem to the Court justiciable in the complete copy of which is hereunto attached, and the evidence adduced upon the trial. Witness, Thomas L. Bonfils, Clerk of the County Court, in and for the said City and County of Denver, this office in Denver, this 6th day of July, A. D. 1817, and the seal of said Court hereunto affixed. THOMAS L. BONFILS, (Seal) Clerk of the County Court. By IDA L. KEMP, Deputy. Not Speaking of Furniture. It doesn't necessarily foller that because a chap has what is termed a massive brow that his head is made of oak. National Pride Condemned. Of all kinds of pride I hold national pride the most foolish; it ruined Greece; it ruined Juden and Rome.— Herder. GOOD FRUITS FOR PRESERVES AND APPROVED PRESERVING METHODS Not a Difficult Process and the Fruit Keeps Better Than When the Ordinary Canning Process Is Used. A Packing Jams in the Home. (Prepared Specially by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The fruits which are so plentiful in many parts of the country this season may be saved by preserving as well as by canning. Preserves and similar products differ from canned fruit in that much larger proportions of sugar are used in preparing them, in that they are cooked longer, and in that special sterilization in containers is not necessary in all cases. Because of this many of these products may be packed in large-necked bottles and glasses, and sealed with cork, paraffin, etc. Tight-sealing jars thus may be saved for canning. Preserves, jams, marmalades, etc., differ among themselves in the proportion of sugar used, the degree of cooking employed, and the consistency of the finished product. Though less economical to prepare than canned fruit because of the relatively large amounts of sugar used, preserves and similar preparations furnish a variety in the ways of putting up fruits and make valuable additions to the winter ration of sweet foods. When preserves are properly made the fruit keeps its form, is plump, tender, clear, and of good color, the surrounding sirup being also clear and of proper density. In making preserves the object is to have the fruit permeated with the sirup and this can be accomplished only by careful procedure. In order to prevent shrinkage it is necessary to put fruit at first into thin sirup and increase its density slowly by boiling the fruit in the sirup or by alternately cooking and allowing the product to stand immersed in the sirup. If at any time the fruit shrivels or wrinkles the sirup should be made less dense by the addition of water. To make these sirups boll sugar and water together in the proportion given below until sugar is dissolved. Strain all impurities out of the sirup before using; Sirup No. 1—Fourteen ounces sugar to one gallon water. Sirup No. 2—One pound, 14 ounces sugar to one gallon water. Sirup No. 3—Three pounds nine ounces sugar to one gallon water. Sirup No. 4—Five pounds, eight ounces sugar to one gallon water. Sirup No. 5—Six pounds, 13 ounces sugar to one gallon water. If no scales are available, the amounts of sugar may be approximated by measuring, using one pint for each pound and 16 tablespoonfuls to the half-plint. For the recipes which follow all measurements are level and the standard measuring cup holding half-plint is used. For fruits like peaches, pears, watermelon rind, etc., preserving should be begun in sirup not heavier than No. 3. Juicy fruits like berries can be put at the beginning into a heavier sirup, about No. 4, because the abundant juice of the fruit quickly reduces the density of the sirup before shrinking can take place. When the preserves are finished and ready for packing, the density of the sirup should have reached that of No. 4 or No. 5. Sirup made with very acid fruits can be made heavier than pure sugar sirups without danger of crystallization because the acid inverts some of the sugar, changing it to a form which cooking will not crystallize readily. Cooking.-Since long cooking injures the color and flavor of fruits, it is desirable to cook delicate fruits such as berries for as short a time as possible. Cooling rapidly after cooking gives preserves a better color and flavor than can be secured when they are packed hot. Standing immersed in slurp after cooking also helps to plump them. If berry preserves are covered for a brief time before removing from fire and the vessel left covered while cooling, the product will be more plump. For cooling, shallow enamel trays Sirups In Preserving. or pans are desirable. Tin is not desirable because fruits will discolor in it. Pack preserves cold, bring the sirup in which they have stood to boiling, test by observing thickness when poured from a spoon, and if of proper density pour over the packed preserves, paddling with thin wooden paddle or knife blade to remove all air bubbles. If not of the right density for packing, the sirup must be concentrated by boiling. To seal properly and to insure safety from mold it is desirable that all preserves be processed. Tight-sealing jars must be used, therefore, for these products. Since they can be sterilized below the boiling point, processing at simmering (89 degrees C.) for 30 minutes is preferable to boiling, because this temperature will give better color. The general directions given may be applied to practically any fruit to make preserves. For additional convenience, however, the following specific recipes are given for products most likely to be abundant during the remainder of the season. Watermelon Preserves. Cut one pound watermelon rind into inch squares. Allow to stand overnight in clear water. Drain and cover with about No. 3 sirup (2 cupfuls sugar to 1 quart water). Boil for 25 minutes. Let stand overnight immersed in sirup. Next morning add juice of half lemon and three slices of lemon additional for each pound. Cook until transparent (about one hour). Let stand until cold. Pack, add the sirup, garnishing with slices of lemon, cap, and process. Gingered Watermelon Rind. To each pound of rind cut into 1-inch squares, add two quarts of water and one ounce slaked lime. Let stand in lime water overnight. Next morning drain and let stand one to two hours in fresh, cold water. Drain well and boil rapidly in strong ginger tea (one ounce ginger to one quart water) for 15 minutes. Drain, put into No. 3 stirrup made by using one pint strained ginger tea with one quart water and one and a half pounds of sugar. Cook until tender and transparent (about one and a half hours). After boiling a half-hour add half a lemon sliced thin. Place in shallow pans to cool having the rind well covered with stirup. When cool arrange pieces atractively in jars, cover to overflowing with sirup, Cap, clamp, and process The density of the packing suprp for preserved and gingered watermelon rind (also figs and peaches) should be between that of No. 5 and No. 6. Peach Preserves.—Boll three pounds sugar and three quarts water together until sugar is dissolved. Strain out all impurities. Have four pounds peaches well sorted so that all are sound and firm. Peel the fruit after immersing for about one minute (or until the skin slips off easily) into boiling water—then into cold. If desired, cut the fruit into halves, or thinner crescent-shaped slices. Add the peaches to the sirup and cook until clear and transparent. Remove fruit to shallow tray, cover with sirup and let stand over night to plump. Pack the preserves in sterilized jars, cover to overflowing with sirup, which should be further reduced by boiling if not thick enough. Adjust lid and rubber and process. Tomato Preserves.—Make a sirup, using two cupfuls sugar and three cupfuls water; add one lemon sliced thinly, six inches of stick cinnamon, and let boil 15 minutes; then add one pound of small "yellow plums" or "egg tomatoes," which have been pricked with a coarse needle or scaled and skinned, let simmer until tomatoes are clear. Remove tomatoes and spread out in a tray. Cook sirup until proper consistency, pour over the tomatoes and allow to stand over night. Next morning pack into small jars, pour sirup over them, partly seal, and process pint jars 15 minutes. DATA ON SOLDIERS TO BE COLLECTED Uncle Sam Creates Special Division to Gather Information About Fighters. FOR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS Work Will Require Services of About 1,200 Officers and Clerks for an Army of a Mil- A plan to enable friends and relatives of soldiers in France to get information as to their welfare as promptly as possible has been prepared by Uncle Sam through the adjutant general's office. Collecting this data will require for an army of a million men about 1,200 officers, enlisted men, and field clerks, who will be organized and stationed down through general, divisional, and regimental headquarters, and with each organization unit of the forces in France. The service will also extend into the field and base hospitals, to ports of embarkation, and to the camps in this country where the troops are mobilized and trained. Special training is to be given to fit individuals for this work. No system we can devise and operate, unless we used direct cable from France, will get information to friends and relatives of soldiers in France as quickly as a soldier can himself dispatch it by ordinary mail," said Adjunt General McCain in explaining the plan. "The plan we are working out is an extension of the statistical work of this office. It should be understood that it is statistical work performed by a statistical organization and that some time is inevitably consumed in getting information through the channels of the organization. We shall include in the plan the designation of individuals in hospitals to write post cards and letters for soldiers who cannot do so themselves. This will enable every soldier to get word to friends and relatives 'back home' as quickly as possible without cabling. Special Section Necessary. While the adjutant general's department has always maintained complete lists of all officers and enlisted men in the service, it has never been necessary, because of the small size of the army, to have a special statistical division in the adjutant general's office charged with the work of keeping in close touch with all the men so that information as to the health, safety and welfare of individuals might be communicated without delay to their relatives. A special section, known as the statistical division, has now been created and assigned to this work made necessary by the great increase in the size of the army. Officers for this work will be selected, as are other officers for the national army, from men from the various officers' training camps commissioned in the national army and assigned to the adjutant general's office. The statistical division will operate through a main office in Washington and through the organization abroad with sections assigned to each unit of the army down to each company. This will mean that every company of soldiers will be accompanied by one or more men who are regularly stationed with it and part of whose job it will be to know the men of the company. This man will report to the regimental statistical division which will be specially charged with the preparation and forwarding of casualty lists and data as to wounded and seriously ill. Information will likewise be reported as to all civilians accredited with the army. The central division in Washington will keep in touch with all the camps in the United States, both of the National Guard and the national army, and with the regular establishment of the army, in order that it may answer inquiries about any man attached to the army of the United States. Data on War Prisoners. This statistical division is also charged with the work of handling inquiries as to prisoners of war—both prisoners of war held by the United States and Americans who may be held as prisoners in Germany. The organization of the statistical section with each army division will be completed by having a regimental section with each regiment. This will be in charge of the regular adjutant, assisted by the chaplain and detail of enlisted men. From this regimental section, in direct touch with the men, one man will be sent to the statistical section with the division to which the regiment belongs—thus placing in each divisional section a man from each regiment in the division to look after inquiries about men in his regiment. The divisional section will maintain touch with the hospitals and with any detached units serving at divisional headquarters. United States Gets Dividivi. Prior to the European war little dividivi was shipped to the United States, practically all of it going to Germany, where it was utilized by the tanning and the dyeing industries. Since the war the exports to Germany have stopped entirely, and the exports to the United States have increased considerably. Uncle Sam's commerce reports show FOREST RECEIPTS GAIN Uncle Sam's Reserves Now Almost Paying Expenses. Increase Due to More Active Timber Business and Higher Fees Charged for Grazing. Receipts from Uncle Sam's national forests in the last fiscal year exceeded those for 1916, the banner previous year, by more than $600,000, and totaled over $3,450,000. The cost of operating the forests, about $4,000,000, was virtually the same as in 1916. The increase, according to the forestry officials, came chiefly from a more active timber business and from the higher fees charged for grazing, although practically every form of use of the forests was greater than ever before and nearly every revenue-producing activity contributed to the gain. The only exception was that of sales of turpentine privileges, which fell off nearly one-half. Since these sales are made only on the Florida forest the receipts from this source are relatively small. The timber business realized for the government over $1,600,000 and livestock grazing over $1,500,000. Permits for waterpower development brought in over $100,000 and other forms of land occupancy, including leases of land for summer homes, as much more. In this item the gain was 28 per cent. It is pointed out by the forest service that many forms of use of the forests bring in no revenue. Settlers in and near the forests are allowed much free timber for domestic and farm use and are also allowed free grazing up to ten head of milch or work animals. As public recreation grounds the forests are open to all without charge, while their almost inestimable value for water conservation is maintained solely at the cost of the government. Although their administration and protection as public utilities necessitate large expenditures which yield no money returns, the narrowing gap between expenditures and receipts holds out the prospect, those in charge of the work feel, that the revenues will in no great time exceed the operating cost. With the demand for timber markedly stimulated by war conditions, the government foresters anticipate a further increase in the national forest cut and the receipts for timber during the current year. On the other hand, they point out that an increase in business will necessarily call for more work and increased costs. Congress provided for this by increasing the funds available this year for national forest administration and protection by about $80,000. Of the grazing receipts cattle furnished approximately $900,000 and sheep $570,000. On account of the food shortage faced by the live-stock industry throughout a great part of the West last spring, and because of the needs of the nation for meat, wool and hide production, the stock were admitted early and up to the full limit of the carrying capacity of the ranges. As a result of regulated grazing the capacity of the ranges has been growing greater for some years, the forest service officials state, and the increase in grazing receipts is in part due to the fact that the herds on the forests this summer are larger than in any previous season. Institution Is Planned To Aid-Maimed Fighters. In preparation for giving crippled soldiers and sailors training in trades and other occupations that will make them self-supporting, an institution is to be established in New York by the American Red Cross. This is to be modeled after the best institutions of the kind in France, England and Canada. Jeremiah Milbank of New York has donated a building, a fund of $50,000 and has guaranteed to pay the expenses of an investigation committee to study other institutions of the kind. BOAT CAN MAKE LONG TRIPS New Vessel Owned by Uncle Sam Able to Remain at Sea Without Making Port for Several Months. Uncle Sam has a new steamer, the Surveyor, for use in the coast and geodetic survey, which is so designed that it will be able to keep at sea without making port for several months at a time. The Surveyor has a storage capacity for 75,000 gallons—enough to carry her 5,000 miles at full speed or 7,500 miles at working speed. The vessel is equipped with water tanks and storerooms sufficient for a period of six months. The refrigerators are exceptionally large, so that the crew may have fresh meats and vegetables while distant from port for considerable periods during the long surveying seasons. The Surveyor will carry a full equipment of surveying instruments, including two sounding machines, one electrically driven and one steam driven. Her boat equipment consists of four motor-driven launches, two whale boats and several dories. The radio equipment was designed, made, and installed by the bureau of standards of the department of commerce. Western Beef Co. Open Daily to 8:30 p. m. ONE OF THE MOST MARRI Fresh and Cured Meats and OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SAL MARKETS IN THE CITY. Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetal and Fancy Groceries. ONE OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SANITARY MARKETS IN THE CITY. Fresh and Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetables, Staple and Fancy Groceries. 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Desserts for children should be planned with care and may be both delicious and appetizing, as well as easy of digestion. Figs and prunes are both highly nutritious and good for children, but they tire of them, served in two or three ways. petizing, as well as easy of digestion. Figs and prunes are both highly nutritious and good for children, but they tire of them, served in two or three ways. As candy is so liked by the little people, the following suggestion may be used to satisfy that longing without feeling that the child is being injured. Take the stones from soaked prunes and add an equal quantity of figs, put them through the meat chopper, and use the water in which the prunes were soaked to boil with sugar, until a heavy sirup that will make a soft ball in water, is formed, remove from the heat and stir until creamy, add the chopped fruit, make into small balls, roll in powdered sugar, and set away to harden. Home-Made Soda Water.—Take two pounds of sugar, two ounces of tartaric acid, three pints of water and a half-ounce of the essence of wintergreen, the whites of two eggs. Mix the sugar and tartaric acid together with the water, let it boil slowly for two minutes, then set aside to cool. When cool, stir in the wintergreen essence and the beaten whites of the eggs. Stir all together, put into jars and keep in the ice chest. When required for use put two tablespoonfuls of the sirup in a glass, fill with cold water, and stir in a quarter of a tea-spoonful of soda. Buttermilk Pop.—Heat a quart of buttermilk in a double boiler, when boiling stir in two tablespoonfuls of flour that has been rubbed smooth in a little cold milk. Stir and cook until the flour is thoroughly cooked and serve hot. Frozen beef tea is a novelty which will appeal to the invalid during the hot weather. To prepare the beef juice take a thick piece of steak and broil it quickly in a hot pan, then score it and put it into a vegetable press to extract all the juice. This juice will, with a pinch of salt, be of much finer flavor than, that which is cooked a longer time. Serve either hot or cold. Turkish Cream Candy.—Put one and a half cupfuls of sweet cream and three and three-fourths cupfuls of sugar. Cook, stirring often until a very soft ball is formed in cold water or the candy thermometer registers 238. Let cool a little then turn up upon a marble slab, add fruit and nuts and work with a paddle until it shows signs of turning to a cream. Let stand 15 minutes, then break off a portion and knead until soft and smooth throughout, then press into a mold lined with oiled paper. This will fill a quart mold. When it is hard it may be cut in slices or cubes, dipped chocolate or wrapped in paper without dipping. JACK CRAWFORD. The way they make cherry pie in India may be interesting to us, and worth trying. Line a deep pie plate with pastry and put into it a quart of stoned cherries, fill the dish with molasses and sprinkle over the top four tablespoonfuls of flour, cover with pastry and bake in a moderate oven 30 minutes. Then brush over with beaten egg, try and put into it a quart of stoned cherries, fill the dish with molasses and sprinkle over the top four tablespoonfuls of flour, cover with pastry and bake in a moderate oven 30 minutes. Then brush over with beaten egg, sprinkle with sugar, and return to the oven to brown. Cherry Roly-Poly.—Roll out very thin a rich pie paste, heap on two cupfuls of drained cherries, that have been pitted. Roll up and place in a deep saucepan. Add a cupful of sugar, a cupful of boiling water, two tablespoonfuls of butter, and bake one hour in a moderate oven. If there is not sufficient juice to serve as sauce, cream may be used if desired. Cherry Sponge.—Put a pound and a half of cherries into a saucepan, a cupful of cold water, two cupfuls of sugar and cook gently until all the juice is extracted. Strain, add two heaping tablespoonfuls of powdered gelatin with a half cupful of boiling water and a teaspoonful of almond extract. When nearly cold, add the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs. Pour into a wet mold and turn out firm. Decorate around the base with ripe stoned cherries. Cherry Cake.—Cream half a cupful of shortening, add one-half cupful of sugar, a little grated nutmeg, four well-beaten eggs, two cupfuls of flour, sifted with one teaspoonful of baking powder, a teaspoonful of vanilla and a half cupful of milk, mix well, and add a half cupful of preserved cherries cut in small pieces. Pour the mixture into long tins and bake until nicely brown. Cherries are an addition to any fruit salad, and as stewed sauce to be served with cookies, make a most delicious dessert. Sambal, Malay Chutney.—Peel and quarter three quinces not wholly ripe, add one onion, pepper, salt and a green chilli pepper, put all through the neat grinder and serve with a roast. Nellie Maxwell COAL RATES SUSPENDED DURANGO-SILVERTON RATE DE CLARED REASONABLE. Utilities Commission Sets Dates for Hearings on Passenger and Freight Rates by D. & S. L. and D. B. & W. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—The State Public Utilities Commission has suspended until Dec. 25, 1917, all tariffs filed by the railroads in Colorado providing for an advance of 10 and 15 cents per ton freight on shipments of coal within the state. An order was issued by the commission holding that the rates on coal from Durango to Silverton are reasonable. An application has been filed with the commission by the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Company (the Moffat road) asking that it be allowed to increase its passenger rates from 4½ cents to 5 cents per mile. Up until July 1, 1915, the rates were 5 cents per mile, at which time the rate of 4½ cents, which was fixed by the commission, became effective. The railroad claims that the present rate is not a reasonable rate and that it results in a large deficit in the passenger service. In order that all persons or communities interested may have a chance to be heard, a public hearing will be held in the Capitol building at Denver at 10 o'clock a. m., on Sept. 11. An application has been filed by the Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad Company, asking for an increase in its freight rates. It is stated by the railroad that increased expenses have resulted in large deficits in income and that the advances asked are necessary to enable the company to continue operations. The commission has set Sept. 13th as the date upon which a public hearing will be held. Reports From Insurance Companies. Claude W. Fairchild, state insurance commissioner, has completed the thirty-fifth annual report of the department. Under the head of "general supervision" it is shown that 373 insurance corporations operated in Colorado under the supervision of the insurance department in 1916. The total insurance premiums collected in the state was $14,683,887, an increase of approximately $558,368 over 1915. The cost to the state for supervising the companies was about $25,000. Fire insurance protection increased from $272,053,708 in 1915 to $300,612,720 in 1916. Fire insurance protection increased from $353,121,997 in 1915 to $369,489,612 last year. State Will Get $125,000 Monthly. From now on, $125,000 monthly will come into Colorado in the form of pay to the National Guardsmen mustered into federal service. So long as the boys are encamped in the state, Colorado will get the benefit of practically every cent of this money and will get much of it even after they leave, in the form of money sent back to dependents and local merchants. When Colorado's quota is filled from the draft and from all enlistments, the state will derive a revenue of nearly $500,000 monthly from the government, military accountants at National Guard headquarters say. Adjutant General Makes Promotions. Adjutant General Makes Promotions. Adj. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin made the following promotions in the guard: Second Lieut. Edgar G. Mulberry, Company B. First infantry, was promoted to first lieutenant; Second Lieut. Armado Trujillo to first lieutenant, First infantry; Sergt. Frank M. Moninger to second lieutenant, Company K. Second infantry, and Walter T. Waltermeyer from sergeant to second lieutenant, machine gun company, First infantry. Troops at Overland in U. S. Service. All the 1,650 men at Camp Baldwin are now in federal service. The First battalion of Engineers go to Camp Kearny at Linda Vista, Cal., according to Maj. J. C. Taylor, in command of the battalion. The final inspection of the Second regiment of infantry will be completed at Pueblo. Lands Restored to Entry. By order of the Interior Department, lands lying within the Rule Creek reservoir site are restored to homestead entry. The order recites that on Aug. 23, 1917, this land will be subject to homestead entry, and will become subject to settlement and location on Sept. 4. Vaughn on Sailors' Home Board. Gov. J. C. Gunter appointed H. S. Vaughn of Denver a commissioner of the Sailors and Soldiers' Home at Monte Vista, to succeed John Conkie, who recently resigned to become commandant of the institution. To Weed Out Exemption Claims. The United States government, it is announced, will take appeals from the decisions of local exemption boards in cases where it thinks the board has released a plan from draft who has not shown sufficient proof. The matter then will be adjusted by the State Appeals Exemption Boards. To take care of such cases, Provost Marshal John Evans has designated an attorney in each Colorado county and district to represent the government. COAL OUTPUT SMALLER Anthracite Production Fell Off in 1916, Uncle Sam Says. Quantity Decreased 1.6 Per Cent, But Value Increased 9.4 Per Cent as Compared With 1915. The anthracite coal mined in 1916 amounted to 78,195,083 gross tons, valued at $202,009,561, a decrease in quantity of 1.6 per cent and an increase in value of 9.4 per cent compared with 1915. The shipments decreased 1.7 per cent—from 68,666,456 gross tons in 1915 to 67,501,363 tons in 1916. The shipments of prepared coal of sizes above pea in 1916 were 40,747,215 tons, a decrease of 1.1 per cent; the shipments of pea size were 7,520,804 tons, a decrease of 8.4 per cent; and the shipments of steam sizes smaller than pea were 19,233,544 tons, a decrease of but .05 per cent compared with 1915. There was an increase of nearly 6 per cent in the quantity of anthracite sold locally and used by employees and a decrease of 2.4 per cent in the quantity used for mine fuel. The compilation of these statistics has just been completed by C. E. Lesher of Uncle Saro's geological survey. The effect of the extraordinary demand for steam sizes of anthracite that followed the industrial activity in 1916 and the high price of bituminous coal is indicated in the figures showing the output of washery product and dredge coal. Although the freshly mined coal in the anthracite region, including Sullivan county, showed a decrease of 2.6 per cent in 1916 compared with 1915 there was an increase of 19.6 per cent in the quantity of anthracite obtained from the wagheries, which operate mainly on old culm banks, and an increase of 16 per cent in the quantity of coal dredged from rivers. The production in the Lehigh region was 10,929,055 gross tons; in the Schuylkill region, 23,650,448 tons; in the Wyoming region, 43,111,732 tons; and in Sullivan county (Bernice basin) 494,848 tons. There was a large decrease in the number of men employed in the production of anthracite in 1916, and the output was maintained only through an increase in the number of working days. The number of men employed in 1914 was 179,679; in 1915, 176,552; and in 1916, 150,869. The average number of days worked was 245 in 1914, 230 in 1915, and 253 in 1916. The average output per man per day in 1914 was 1.84 gross tons; in 1915, 1.96 tons, and in 1916, 1.98 tons. The average output per employee for the year was 451 tons in 1914; 450 tons in 1915; and 480 tons in 1916. High Cost of Blackberry Jam Affects Army Ration. Owing to the prevailing high price of blackberry jam, the war department, on recommendation of the committee on supplies of the council of national defense, is considering the advisability of changing the regulation jam ration of the army from blackberry straight to jams of alternating kinds, including peach, strawberry, and plum. "It is not difficult to get blackberry jam for 75,000 men," the committee points out in its recommendation, "but it is not practical to attempt to get it for more than 1,000,000 men, particularly when some of the crop has already been put up in other than regulation army tins. Moreover, other kinds would prove a pleasant change for the men." The army's estimate of requirements for 1,300,000 men for one year is 220,642 cases, each of 24 tins. EVERY STATE HAS COUNCIL All Commonwealth and the District of Columbia Co-Operating With Uncle Sam's Defense Body. As one result of the national defense conference of governors which convened in Washington, all the states of the Union and the District of Columbia have official state councils of defense co-operating with the national council. Some of these are called state councils of defense, others committees of public safety, or similar names. "This nationwide co-ordination of war activity of the state councils is an important and significant work," says Walter S. Gifford, director of the national council. "The national council is the parent body. In each state stands the state council ready to assist the national council in the carrying out of its plans and recommendations where these can best be developed on state lines." George F. Porter, chief of the section on co-operation, with states of the national council, in his report on the organization and activities of the state council shows that a number of these have legislative establishment with broad powers and adequate appropriations of money for the promotion of war activities. As more of the state legislatures come into session undoubtedly more of the state councils will receive establishment, it is believed. UNITS PRESERVE LOCAL IDENTITY Uncle Sam Works Out New System of Numbering Regiments in His Armies. STATES TO BE GIVEN CREDIT Commonwealths From Which the Varlous Organizations Are Recruited Will Be Designated in Parentheses. A plan which will simplify the numbering of regiments in Uncle Sam's armies has been approved by the chief of staff, the adjutant general and secretary of war. Following out this plan regiments will be numbered according to the arm of the service they represent, without reference to the fact that a particular regiment belongs to regular army, National Guard, or National army. This decision leads the adjutant General to withdraw a former recommendation made in this connection and to indorse the new plan as the most direct method available. According to this ruling units will go into the service designated as "Twelfth cavalry," "Sixty-sixth infantry," "Ninth artillery," etc. But to avoid confusion each National Guard regiment will retain its present designation in parentheses. Thus, taking the Porto Rico regiment, for instance, it will be designated as the "Sixty-fifth infantry (P. R.)," and the First Maine infantry as the "Sixty-sixth infantry (First Maine)." Conforming with this policy the National Guard infantry regiments would be numbered serially in accordance with the plan for the complete expansion of that branch of the service. National Army Regiments. "The numbers of the National Army regiments would begin where the National Guard regiments left off," the adjutant general's report reads, "to enable National Army organizations also to indicate their locality in parenthesis, a system could be adopted as shown by the following examples: "Regular Army—No change. "National Guard—Sixty-sixth infantry (First Me). Eighty-Eighth infantry (Seventh N. Y.). Thirty-fifth field artillery (Second Pa.). Tenth Engineers (Twenty-second N. Y.). "National Army—Two Hundred and Fifth Infantry (W. Va.). Sixty-fifth field artillery (Minn.). "The system suggested above contemplates that the designation in parentheses would ordinarily be omitted in orders, dispatches, or correspondence, but would be authorized, when desired, for the purpose of local identification and to preserve traditions and local pride. The National Guard organizations would show in parentheses their present state designations The National Army organizations would show in parenthesis the state from which the organization, or the bulk of it, was drawn." No parenthesis implies regular army. An ordinal number and state abbreviation implies National Guard. A simple state abbreviation implies National Army. It is believed it is advisable to localize organizations if practicable. The assignment of state designations for National Army organizations under the above system would be somewhat arbitrary in some cases, but on the whole the system could be worked out quite accurately and with suitable credit to all states. Single Series of Numbers. "In the interests of simplicity, therefore, and to avoid many errors and much confusion in administrative and other matters, it is believed to be essential that a single series of numbers be used for each class of organization—divisions, brigades, infantry regiments, engineer regiments, etc. But on mature thought, and in view of the uncertainty with respect to what may from time to time constitute the best combinations, or the most convenient organizations, I now believe it must be impracticable to organize divisions and brigades permanently on a basis that will enable one to deduce from the regimental number the number of the division and brigade, to which that regiment belongs. The regularity should be approximated as closely as possible in the initial organization, but strict adherence to the rule should not be insisted upon. "This office is of the opinion that the formation of provisional divisions is a mistake. Our tables of organization provide for divisions organized in a specific manner. To break up this organization and form a new one at the very last moment will result in endless and needless confusion due to the transfer of men and officers. The resultant shifting and changing of records will be stupendous, and cannot be made to fit tactical requirements. On the whole it is believed to be far better to continue with our present statutory organization, and devise a plan for removing our difficulty in a manner that would best fit the special conditions that may confront us. The assignment of artillery to subdivisions for special purposes is not a difficult task. It is done in every deployment of large units. It does not need permanent organization. Our division could be treated as a corps if brought into service alongside of foreign troops and compelled to adjust its dispositions to established local features or trench system." 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GREENBORO, N.C. THE NEW WAY SHOE REPAIRING C. C. DENNIS, Prop. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Phone Main 3737. 1855 Champa St. Denver, Colo. HENRY SCHOEN WHOLESALE CIGARS Smoke Submarine, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars CHARLES LAMB 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING PHONE SOUTH 4405 W. DENVER, COLORADO THE NEW WAY SHOE REPAIRING C. C. DENNIS, Prop. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Phone Main 3737. 1855 Champa St. Denver, Colo. Smoke Submarine, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars CHARLES LAMB PHONE SOUTH 4405 W. 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY North-West Oil & Refining Co. Drilling Has Started Active drilling on our Powder River holdings is under way. A vigorous development campaign has started. Producing wells and big profits will quickly follow. North-West Oil & Refining Co. Drilling Has Started Active drilling on our Powder River holdings is under way. A vigorous development campaign has started. Producing wells and big profits will quickly follow. BIG PROFITS SUB-LEASING We hold nearly 8,000 acres in Powder River Dome and Salt Creek field. With such large acreage we will make big profits from sub-leasing and lease selling, as well as producing. In fact, we have already closed some valuable sub-leasing contracts. These sub-leesees must drill for oil within a reasonable time and must pay us one-eighth of oil they produce as royalties. MAKE MONEY WITH US. Stock is now selling for 37½ cents, but with drilling under way it’s bound to advance. Next price will be $1 per share—175 per cent advance. A good, big well will cause the price to jump to $3 or $4 over night. Don’t wait for this to happen, for then your chance will be gone forever. Better buy a block of Northwest now while you can still get a dollar’s worth for 37½ cents. THE PEARL BARBER SHOP 1021 19th Street THE PEARL BARBER SHOP 1021 19th Street First-Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. We solicit your patronage. First-Class work guaranteed BUY YOUR CHILDREN'S School Suits and School Shoes AT Michaelson's CORNER 15TH AND LARIMER STS. Here you will save a dollar or two and perhaps more, on your boy's suit; and here you will save 50c or 75c or $1 on the boy's or girl's school footwear. On the second floor you will find girl's genteel dresses, most moderately priced. Cut down the cost of living by trading at Michaelson's. Here you will save a dollar or two and perhaps more, on your boy's suit; and here you will save 50c or 75c or $1 on the boy's or girl's school footwear. On the second floor you will find girl's genteel dresses, most moderately priced. Cut down the cost of living by trading at Michaelson's. Lady Assistant. Polite Service to all. Parlors, 2745 Welton Street. A We hold nearly 8,000 acres in Powder River Dome and Salt Creek field. With such large acreage we will make big profits from sub-leasing and lease selling, as well as producing. In fact, we have already closed some valuable sub-leasing contracts. These sub-leeses must be paid for or with reasonable time and must pay us one-eighth of oil they produce as royalties. 1026-G FOSTER BUILDING HARRY JONES, Prop DENVER, COLORADO DENVER, COLO What Well Dressed Women Will Wear Here is a new, separate skirt for all which shows no very radical departure from the styles in skirts that prevail now. It would be difficult to improve upon the simple, well adjusted skirt of today, with their good hues and interesting vagaries in pockets and belts. The material in the skirt pictured is a novelty, with moderately wide stripes in a darker shade of the color in the skirt, set far apart on a cross-bar surface. The belt and flat pockets are cut in one piece and stitched to the skirt. THE FIELD O THE WEEKLY PRESS SIMPLE, WELL-ADJUSTED SKIRTS. puts provide the openings for the pockets, but their practical use is open to debate. They are capacious, however, and might carry a handkerchief or coin purse without spoiling the line of the skirt. The belt is shaped to fit the figure, and this is the characteristic of belts in general. They are not mere bands about the waist, but are so cut and placed as to give a graceful definition of the waistline. The business of supporting the skirt is not theirs, but is taken care of by a webbing belt on the under side, which fastens with books and eyes. A single large bone button at the front of the cloth belt books more than equal to its responsi- FOR WEAR AT FOR WEAR AT WATER SPORTS. Copyright Osprey and Superman bilities, which are to fasten through a buttonhole and give the skirt a well finished look. The new skirts are cut about six or eight inches above the ground and finished with three-inch hems. Beautiful tailoring is required in them, and is their chief charm. A grateful humanity betakes itself to the water in the burning days of August, and thereby makes life bearable. And the feminine half of it goes clad in better looking garments than ever before within the memory of man. Not so long ago bathing suits were about all alike, and longer ago a bathing suit was not a necessity in the wardrobe; people played in the --- --- water in any old clothes. Now that everybody swims or takes part in water sports, beach clothes have become as important as any other part of the wardrobe. It is the bathing suit that applies the acid test to the comely woman's attractions. The newest arrival is an inspiration of the chimise dress. It is made of taffeta and worn over short bloomers. It has a sailor collar and two small pockets on the body and the straight line of the skirt portion is broken with larger pockets at each side. I Chain-stitching has the effect of embroidery on collar and pockets. A cap to match adds to the distinction of this modish water-dress. It is of white rubberized satin. A band of black taffeta converts it into a small, roomy turban with coronet cut in scallops at the top. The girdle is made of the silk and slips through a silk-covered buckle at the front. The second suit is much less simple, but a delight to the girl with a Venus de Milo figure, which it will set off to the best advantage. It has a bodice and short skirt, gathered to give trim waistlines. Bands of white rubberized satin are stitched to this girdle, each band terminating in a WATER SPORTS. small white button at the front. The collar is of the same sutin. Short puffed sleeves are gathered with five rows of shirring, finished with a narrow ruffle about the arm. The smart cap is made of the satin and the upstanding satin ends at the front are probably wired. White cloth sleeves, faced with black, and black silk stockings, striped with white, bring this suit to a charming end. Although so many of the season's models are made of silk, the virtues of mohair for water sports should not be lost sight of. Julia Bottomley --- Mid-Harvest DANCE 2711 WELTON STREET Three Hand THE HALL WILL BE TATE A MINIATURE FIELD. COME, OUT L GENTLEMEN, PUT ON LADIES, PUT ON YOU Three Handsome Prize IN HALL WILL BE DECORATED TO BE A MINIATURE WHEAT AND O D. COME OUT LOOKING YOUR WO TLEMEN, PUT ON YOUR LINEN DUST ES, PUT ON YOUR CALICO GOWNS. THE HALL WILL BE DECORATED TO IMI TATE A MINIATURE WHEAT AND CORN FIELD. COME OUT LOOKING YOUR WORST. GENTLEMEN, PUT ON YOUR LINEN DUSTERS. LADIES, PUT ON YOUR CALICO GOWNS. Full Orchestra BILLY KNIGHT, Mgr. Here you may see ings in the Chele All These Black Dots Rep MI Is the ONLY company we know price of its stock until actual WE HAVE ALMOST REAL We are now drilling on the above, on the right. We shall commence to drip Chelsea lease shown by the ind We shall drill on our Kane Chelsea, Okla., in the Mid-Com Negotiations for a 1,000-ac ville district will soon be comp THE MILO OIL COMPAN of its leases, nor any other bill the treasury for present drilling tend these operations. The moral is plain: Get while you can. We warn you this is as legitimate and genu profit by an oil investment as y The Milo O O. T. BOULTON, President 504 Colorado Built Phone M you may see the MILO in the Chelea, Okla., Oil These Black Dots Represent Producing Oil MILO LY company we know that will not ad stock until actual production of oil is WE ALMOST REACHED PRODUCTION we now drilling on the Milo Chelsea lease, the right. all commence to drill within two weeks of use shown by the index on the left. all drill on our Kansas lease, 40 miles dula., in the Mid-Continent field, within 30 stations for a 1,000-acre lease in the famous will soon be completed. MILO OIL COMPANY owes not one dollar, nor any other bills. There is plenty of pay for present drilling operations. We will operations. oral is plain: Get your "Milo" stock can. We warn you not to wait. Be as legitimate and genuine an opportunity for oil investment as you will meet in a lifet Milo Oil Company HILTON, President F. R. KNIGHT, 504 Colorado Building, Denver, Colo. Phone Main 1682 Admission - - - 25c Here you may see the MILO holdings in the Chelea, Okla., Oil Fields All These Black Dots Represent Producing Oil Wells All These Black Dots Represent Producing Oil Wells MILO Is the ONLY company we know that will not advance the price of its stock until actual production of oil is obtained. WE HAVE ALMOST REACHED PRODUCTION NOW We are now drilling on the Milo Chelsea lease indicated above, on the right. We shall commence to drill within two weeks on the Milo Chelsea lease shown by the index on the left. We shall drill on our Kansas lease, 40 miles due north of Chelsea, Okla., in the Mid-Continent field, within 30 days. Negotiations for a 1,000-acre lease in the famous Bartlesville district will soon be completed. THE MILO OIL COMPANY owes not one dollar for any of its leases, nor any other bills. There is plenty of money in the treasury for present drilling operations. We want to extend these operations. The moral is plain: Get your "Milo" stock at 2 cents while you can. We warn you not to wait. Be assured that this is as legitimate and genuine an opportunity for you to profit by an oil investment as you will meet in a lifetime. Act! O. T. BOULTON, President F. R. KNIGHT, Secretary 504 Colorado Building, Denver, Colo. Phone Main 1682 The Indians along the Columbia river make a kind of bread from a moss that grows on the spruce fir-tree. This moss is prepared by placing in heaps, sprinkling it with water, and permitting it to ferment. Then it is rolled into balls as big as a man's head, and these are baked in pits. --- some Prizes DECORATED TO IMI- WHEAT AND CORN LOOKING YOUR WORST. YOUR LINEN DUSTERS. CALICO GOWNS. the MILO hold- a, Okla., Oil Fields Present Producing Oil Wells now that will not advance the production of oil is obtained. HED PRODUCTION NOW the Milo Chelsea lease indicated within two weeks on the Milo ex on the left. has lease, 40 miles due north of ment field, within 30 days. are lease in the famous Bartles- seted. Y owes not one dollar for any . There is plenty of money in g operations. We want to ex- your "Milo" stock at 2 cents not to wait. Be assured that me an opportunity for you to you will meet in a lifetime. Act! Oil Company F. R. KNIGHT, Secretary ing, Denver, Colo. tain 1682 Daily Thought. Friendship is the warp and wool of human oneness; love is the dye and pattern which makes the fabric splendid.—Richard Wightman. Singular, isn't it? When a fellow gets a ducking in cold water gooseflesh stands out on him.