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Subscribe for the Only Reliable Negro Paper in Colorado, "The Colorado Statesman" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RAGE COUNTRY PARTY BISHOP DEFENDS THE COLORED SOLDIERS Suspend Verdict on Houston Riot Is Plea---Bishop Smith of A. M. E. Church Says Snap Judgment Not Warranted VOL. XXIV. BISHOP DEFEND COLORE Suspend Verdict on House Smith of A. M. E. Judgment No. (Detroit Free Press, Aug. 27, 1917.) To the Editor: The drastic tone of your editorial in Saturday's Free Press, anent the recent disturbance in Houston, Texas, was a painful surprise to me, being quite in contrast with the usual temperate character of your utterances. There are so many currents and counter-currents of a disturbing nature in evidence that this is no time for hasty utterances. Public judgment should be suspended until all the material facts in the unfortunate and regrettable occurrence have been fully investigated and the result made known by the war department. The stories emanating from Houston are one-sided and reflect the prejudices of the dominant element in Houston instead of the facts in the case. A Negro in military uniform is as exasperating to the average Texan as is the face of an enraged bull. When the Titanic disaster was reported, it was said Mr. Andrew Carnegie laconically inquired: "What was she doing up there anyway?" having reference to the extreme northern course the ship had taken. It is equally pertinent to inquire, why were the Negro troops sent to Texas anyway particularly those of the regular army? Has the rememberance of the Brownsville affair entirely faded from public memory? Is it so soon forgotten that but a few days ago Negro troops were in a clash with the authorities of Waco, Texas? Two distinct incidents that occurred during the Spanish American war are still fresh in my memory—the threat to dynamite a trainload of Negro regulars by the dominant element of Texarkana, Ark., and the merciless assault made on a trainload of Negro volunteers at Nashville, Tenn., while en route from Cattanooga to Cincinnati. SUSPEND JUDGMENT, IS PLEA. Hon. Joe H. Eagle, M. C., for the Houston district, in a dispatch to the Secretary of War, said: "Without stating who is to blame, it is clearly a race riot, and is a tragedy sufficient to compel the statement that it is a tragic blunder to send the Negro troops to Southern camps." Who is to blame for this tragic blunder? The Negro troops went to Houston in obedience to the orders of their superiors, whose right it was to direct their movements. A race riot? Yes; and that statement coming from a Congressman on State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc State House the Only Relia COLORA ENDS THE D SOLDIERS Boston Riot Is Plea---Bishop Church Says Snap Not Warranted the ground, and the chosen representative of the dominant element of Houston, ought to be sufficient to induce the public to suspend judgment for the time being. President Wilson made a trenchant statement in a speech in Philadelphia to the effect that "a man may be too proud to fight." With equal force it may be said that a man may be too manly to continually submit to extreme brutal treatments. Even the patient ox may be goaded to desperation. The fact is the white race by precipitating a world-war has turned man's earthly abode into a veritable hell, and there is no telling when the fires of damnation will be extinguished or what elements will be consumed while they are raging. If plain speaking is in order, let both sides be heard. Nothing that I have written is to be construed as indicating the least desire on my part to condone any infraction of discipline by the Negro troops in question. Let no guilty man escape. With a sad heart, C. S. SMITH, Bishop A. M. E. Church. TO INTRODUCE A BILL TO PRESENT LYNCHING. Washington, D. C.—A bill to make lynching and prevention of race migration between states a federal offense in the same class with counterfeiting will soon be introduced in Congress. The measure has been brought to Washington by Mayor Curley of Boston, and is said to have been drawn by William H. Lewis, former assistant United States attorney general. The bill is as follows: An Act to Prevent Lynching or Involuntary Service in the United States or Any State or Territory thereof. Be it enacted; By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: If two or more persons in any State, district or Territory of the United States conspire to lynch, burn, murder or maim any citizen of the United States or to deprive any citizen of the United States of his right to migrate from one State or Territory of the United States to another State or Territory of the United States, or to any foreign State or Territory, and the local authorities of any such State, Territory or district shall within three months from the date of such offense fall and neglect or refuse to bring to justice such persons so conspiring, such persons shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the United States, cognizable in the Federal Court having jurisdic- table Negro Pap ADO E JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SA DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 1917 tion of such State, Territory or district, and each of such persons shall upon conviction of such offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or if loss of life results from such conspiracy shall be punished by imprisonment for life or by death, at the option of the jury. This act shall take effect upon its passage. The drafting of aliens for military action, which former Mayor John Fitzgerald has been agitating for months, placing aliens on an equal basis with American citizens for military duty is said to have found favor with the lawmakers. BOULDER NOTES. The thirty-first session of the Colorado Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church will open in Boulder, Colo., at Allen Chapel, next Wednesday, Sept. 19, and continue until Sunday evening, Sept. 23, 1917. A general reception will be tendered the members and visitors on Wednesday evening with words of greeting from Mayor Klingler, Rev. A. M. Knudsen of the Ministerial Association, and Mr. C. B. Reeves of Allen Chapel. Thursday will be the Mite Missionary Societies day with a missionary sermon at night by Rev. C. A. Williams of Denver. Friday night will be Educational Rally night with an address by Rev. J. B. Isaacs of Colorado Springs. This session will be held in the High School auditorium just across the street from Allen Chapel. The local Mite Missionary Society will tender the visitors a reception at the Colorado Missions House on the Chautauqua grounds, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. All Sunday services will be held in the High School Auditorium. Boulder is making effort to maintain her reputation of genial hospitality, and throws open her hearts and homes. Chas. Austin and Wanzo Thompson have returned from Estes Park. School has opened with two boys and eight girls in High School, and two boys and four girls in the University. Rev. A. W. Ward delivered a special sermon to students on last uSnday evening. A big sendoff is being planned for Messrs. Evans and Buckhalter, who expect to leave on the next call of the draft. Miss Leone Green has returned to Kansas City, while Mrs. Green and Mrs. Janet Ward have gone to Denver to visit relatives. Mrs. A. Flemings is again in charge of A. T. O. House. Mrs. Carrie Williams has charge of the Beta House; Oscar Williams the T. D. T. House, and Ray Williams the Kappa House. There are some places still open. The Maxwell brothers and H. Matthews are in charge of the Co-op Soda fountain at the University. Mr. Alex Brickler of the University is now the violinist with Allen Chapel choir. Yancy Scroggins expects to return to Hot Springs soon. A screaming time was had Thursday night at the residence of Mrs. S. B. Harris at a "Left Hand" social. Many clever actors were found. Harry Stevens is spending his vacation in Missouri. Frank Smith is again the energetic president of the Literary Club. WEALTHY REAL ESTATE DEALER PASSES AWAY New York, N. Y., Sept. 7. Phillip A. Payton, one of the pioneer real estate men of the Race, died suddenly at his summer home, Allenhurst, N. J., Wednesday evening, Aug. 29. Mr. Payton had been in the real estate business for many years, and was very successful. His latest achievement was the securing of the six large apartments in 141st and 142nd streets, involving a transaction of over a million dollars. Mr. Payton created much interest and gained considerable favor some years ago by advertising in the subway and elevated trains for white owners to rent their apartments to members of the Race. The funeral services were held from the St. Marks M. E. church, last Sunday. PROMINENT LEADERS OFFER PROTEST Washington, Aug. 31.—Protest against segregation or distinctly different traetment of Negro troops in training camps was made to President Wilson and Secretary Baker today by a committee of Negro and white educators. After the conference at the war department it was said that a unanimous opinion was manifested and that Secretary Baker shortly would make an announcement concerning treatment of Negro soldiers. Members of the committee expressed the belief that the war department's attitude would be agreeable to them. The Negro leaders promised to co-operate to eliminate as far as possible danger of race riots near Negro concentration camps. They made definite objection to the movement of Negro northern states, where this danger probably would be lessened other than to object generally to different training of treatment of the Negroes. While members of the committee which called on Secretary Baker include; Oswald Garrison Villard and George Foster Peabody of New York, Dr. James H. Villard, trustee of the Jeanes and Slater funds; Prof. E. C. Branson, of the University of North Carolina; Bishop W. P. Thirkield of New Orleans; Dr. H. Paul Douglass, of the American Missionary Association and L. Hollingworth Wood. PAPER SLACKERS, will you kindly take up the slack of your subscription and help us to pull? We have been carrying you since summer before last and now comes your turn. He who gives promptly gives twice as much. RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Washington, D. C.. Sept. 7. Over 2,400 Race men have been ordered to report to the war department to act as stevedores for foreign service to meet the demand for experienced men to handle war supplies for the expeditionary forces in France. Woburn, Mass.. Aug. 28, 1917—Letters are coming to this city from exemption boards in Georgia to Colored men, who have registered in that state and are now working in Woburn, summoning them to appear for examination for the draft with the word "Colored" written beside the name on the envelope. Florence, S. C.-A railroad train heavily loaded with white soldiers from Alabama passed through this city on last Thursday evening on its way North. This armed mob signalized their passage through the city by throwing ice water on a colored news agent, crying- "Come, boys, let us kill this 'nigger' dressed up in his Palm Beach. Come on! Fortunately the agent escaped before their demonstrations became too violent. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 7. How will the white soldiers treat Race officers in the south? That was a question. It has been answered satisfactorily. On every hand the Race men who are officers in the reserves, and stationed in almost every southern city, are treated with great courtesy by young southern white men. The officers are paid every deference due, and are saluted cordially and promptly. If southern newspapers would get religion, half of the ailments in the south, would be cured over night. Philadelphia, Pa.—The big parade Saturday of all the soldiers, just prior to their departure South brought out 40,000 men. It was a gathering of all colors, races and creeds. There were no class distinction shown in the conscipts' part of the parade. A few companies of colored men marched by themselves and received generous applause all along the line. For the most part, however, men of all conceivable national antecedents were mingled together—just as they happened to form in line. It was a truly cosmopolitan turnout and spoke volumes of Philadelphia's efficiency as a "melting pot." NO 4 Washington, Aug. 21. 1917. The soldiers of the 9th Ohio Colored battalion will be required to ride in "Jim Crow" cars and will be quartered by themselves while at Montgomery, Ala., it was learned here today. Otherwise there will be a clash with the townspeople of Montgomery, who have already made up their minds as to the terms on which they will be willing to receive the Colored troopers. It was stated today at the office of Rep. Dent, chairman of the committee of military affairs, whose home is at Montgomery, that there will be no formal protest against receiving the Colored troops from Ohio, but that they must be segregated and must obey the rules of the community, which require Colored people to ride in "Jim Crow" cars. Washington, D. C.—Dr. R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, had a twenty minute's conference with President Wilson on Friday of last week, in which the Negro question was discussed. Dr. Moten is said to have told the President that colored Americans were greatly discouraged over the unfriendly attitude of the present administration. The Presidsnt is said to have expressed a desire that more cordial relations be established between the races. It is not known what assurances Mr. Wilson gave that he would soon speak out against lynching and other injustices to which the Negro is subjected. ST. LOUIS MAYOR ARRES- TED AS RESULT OF RIOTS. East St. Louis, Ill., Sept. 10. Mayor Fred W. Mollman and his private secretary, Maurice Ahearn, who were indicted with thirty-seven others Saturday in connection with the recent race riots, were arrested late today in the mayor's office. Mayor Mollman furnished bond of $3,000 to answer to a charge of conspiracy. The third arrest today was that of Joe Brandenbery, a newsboy, charged with rioting. The East St. Louis ministerial union, composed of representatives of all the Protestant churches in the city at a meeting today adopted a resolution urging the mayor and his secretary to resign pending their trials. 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. bY 24 BSA SBADVAV SS 24 X 4 : ——— , | The Mouth-Piece | | of the People of | : | » Colorado and the | : | , Entire West _ 2 : ? A RELIABLE chronicle | : of their doings and | : progress; a faithful mirror | } of their wants, their hopes, | their best aspirations. | , , R =a R R ' THE : , | COLORADO , | | STATESMAN — ee ee | ; Unequaled as an advertising : medium for the business : of professional men and — women. : te An excellent family journal | § speaking to and for many | thousand colored citizens. ! TWODOLLARSA YEAR | a : TOC CREATOARGCAN | | Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR Italians take 30,000 prisoners in re- cent battles. German engineers bridge River Aa in lower Livonia. Two British ships of more than 8, 000 tons have been sunk by subma- rines. From the Belgian coast well down Into Flanders the artillery duels con- tinue of a most violent nature, Casualties in the British ranks re- ported during the week ending Sept. 11 show a total of 26,626 men. Russian batteries have shelled Ger- man ships in the Gulf of Riga, com- pelling them to withdraw. Korniloff has announced himself military dictator. Petrograd has been declared in a state of war by Keren- sky. Germany will shortly be able to pub- lish her peace terms, according to Dr. Georg Michaelis, the German chancel- lor, Italians are holding their positions in spite of violent Austrian attacks. Some infantry fighting is reported in ‘Trentino. Furious fighting continues for the Monte San Gabriele stronghold. ‘The Italian official statement denies the claims made by Austria several days ago of recapturing ground near Her- mada, According to reports from the Pet- rograd Winter Palace, where the Government Council was in session, @ considerable force of supporters of Gen. Korniloft already have passed Luga on the way to Petrograd. German aviators continue their. shelling of allied hospitals behind the lines, Monday night they carried out their latest raid in the region of Dun- kirk, where bombs which fell on a hospital wounded five women. ‘The war commission of fifty prom- inent Chinese, headed by Lu Cheng Halang, has advised the government to join the entente allies, to sign’ the London agreement against a separate peace and sign the Paris economic compact. Around Verdun the fighting be- tween the French and the Germans has died down to intermittent artil- lery duels. In Champagne there has been a resumption of somewhat vio- lent operations in which Gen. Petain’s forces have won successes. The Russians have launched an of- fensive near Riga and temporarily checked the advance of the Germans. A “death battalion” put the Teutons, to rout northeast of the big seaport. Rumanian forces also have assumed an offensive and delivered repeated attacks against the enemy in the Tro- tus and Oituz valleys, WESTERN ‘The most extensive strike in the packing house industries in the his- tery of South Omaha was settled satis- factorily through the efforts of Fred- erick L. Feick, government mediator, and the men all returned to work. Unidentified persons who ap- proached the Crystal lake dam of the Cheyenne-Fort Russell water works system, and who fled when challenged by the military guard, were fired upon by the guard. Six shots were sent after the intruders who escaped. Roderick M. Kennedy, 24, Minne- apolis, Minn,, private in the ‘Third aero squadron, training at Fort Sill, Okla, was probably fatally burned when his machine plunged 200 feet to the ground. Kennedy was injured by the fall, and wreckage of the machine caught fire and the aviator’s eyesight was destroyed. WASHINGTON New government crop report shows increased production. The big war tax bill {s back in the hands of the House, following its pas- sage by the Senate. The measure passed the House May 23 and now 1s in conference. The Senate added more than $50,000,000 to the bill. It will cost the United States ap- proximately $300,000 a year for the up- keep of the Virgin Islands, formerly the Danish West Indies, for which eae paid $25,000,000, according to the first report of Capt. James H. Oliver, the temporary governor, FOREIGN Five women nurses were wounded when German airmen bombarded Dunkirk, damaging a hospital, A London dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Petrograd tells of the commencement of the partial evacu- ation of Petrograd. Baron Lowen, the Swedish minister to Argentina, will not be recalled, ac- cording to a statement made to the press by Admiral Liniman, minister of foreign affairs, Several Swiss newspapers demand that the authorities take the same measures as were adopted recently at Budapest, Hungary, and expel all for- eigners of military age, The American military authorities in France have placed through the Swiss Contracting Association, an or- der for a million francs worth of wooden huts to house troops. Pope Benedict is optimistic in the hope of peace negotiations before Christmas, with an ending of the war by New Year or early in the spring, according to vatican reports at Rome. Gen, Korniloff, commander in chief of the Russian army, has issued an or- der in which he extols the brilliant work of the Russian artillery in the recent fighting, despite the army's lowered morale. The Amsterdam Telegraf says Ger- many has stopped sending coal to Hol- land. The paper expresses the bellet that Germany's attitude 1s intended as pressure on Holland to grant ‘a loan, which thus far has been refused. A warning to Germany not to tempt the anger of the United States any further, but to try to bring about a compromise, if possible, is printed in the newspaper Zeit of Vienna, said a dispatch from that city to Geneva. The Swedish-German revelations are made a feature of Paris newspapers, which in their introductory notes and headlines attach responsibility to the Swedish government and in particu- lar to the minister of foreign affairs. The American colors now fly over Verdun. The flag, which was the gitt of a prominent American Red Cross worker to the city, was hoisted over the ruin of the city after a ceremony attended by the sub-prefect, Jean Gril- Jon. A British jury at London indorsed ‘the plea that a soldier is justified in ‘killing a slacker who remains home and seeks to dishonor the soldier's wife. Lieut, Douglas Malcolm, Royal artillery, was acquitted of blame for the murder of Anton Baumberg, alias “Count de Boreh,” under such condi- ae SPORTING NEWS Standing of Western League Clubs. CLUBS, ‘Won, Lost. Pct. Hutchinson .....-..., 91 20° .608 Lincoln ....cssssss2 28 © 221560 Joplin ......ecctisces 27 281540 Omatia sccscesccssccs 96 2B. BSL Bt, Joseph s.ceececss 24 © 2B 1490 Wichita ..oseecli55 24 26 1480 Des Moines ssceecsss 23 © 27 1460 DERVEE scot owe AT. meee 5 840 Papp, this year’s Futurity winner at Belmont track, will run one more race it, was announced. Then, win or lose, he will be retired, — ‘The Great Western circult races at the opening of the Wisconsin State Fair were featured by the 2:06 pace, which required five heats, Colleen winning. : Pete Hermann, claimant of the world’s bantamweight championship, had Uttle difficulty defending his honors in a ten-round no-decision bout with Har! Puryear of Denver at Tulsa, Okla, Henry Frazee, president of the Bos- ton Americans, announced at Wash- ington that he had promised the members of his team a bonus of $26,- 000 if they overhaul Chicago and win the American League pennant. GENERAL All Socialists in United States are urged to support national government. ‘Two men were shot and several others were bruised and cut at Springfield, Il, when troops of the Ninth Illinois infantry broke up @ pa- rade intended as a demonstration in support of the street car strike. Millions of dollars’ damage was done to the corn crop and to late gar- den truck in Minnesota, North Da- kota, northern lowa and northern ‘Wisconsin by a frost Sept. 10, accord- ing to reports received by the Unit- ed States weather bureau at Minne- apolis. La Lucha, a Mexican daily news- paper published at Juarez, printed a story from Chihuahua City saying Francisco Villa had sent a letter to Gen. Francisco Murguia, commander ot the northeastern military zone, of- fering to surrender if he was given personal guarantee of amnesty. Mayor Fred W. Mollman and his private secretary, Maurice Ahearn, who were indicted with thirty-seven others in connection with the recent race riots, were arrested at East St. Louis, Mi, in the mayor's office. Mayor Moliman furnished bond of $1,- 000 to answer to the charge of mal- feasance in office and Ahearn was re- leased on bond of $8,000 to answer to a charge of conspiracy. Chief of Police Schuettler and First Deputy Superintendent Wesley H. Westbrook, who, acting on direct or- ders from Governor Lowden, and without consulting Mayor Thompson, broke up the pacifist meeting at the West Side auditorium, are slated to lose their jobs, according to reports widely circulated in Chicago. ‘The yote by which the const{tu- tional amendment for women suffrage was defeated in Maine with only a few small towns missing, was 2,121 to 17,132. FIRST BATTALION OF ENGINEERS LEAVE GOLDEN. Other Soldiers Will Depart Soon on Their First Step to Actual Warfare. Wentern Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—Colorado has started her soldiers on their first step to actual warfare. There was little demonstra- tion, because the government has a way of keeping its movements secret, but there was enough known to bring out a showing of mothers, sisters, wives and all that usually attends the departure of a soldier. ‘The first of the troops to leave was the First battalion of engineers, for some time stationed at Golden. Long before the dawn of the day of their departure these boys had been pre- pared to depart for their new camp at Linda Vista, Cal., and they impatient- ly awaited the cars which were to take them, Relatives and friends were at their entrainment point at sunup, and waited until the train pulled out, “some time during the afternoon.” The route will be kept secret until the men reach their new camp. They go to prepare the camp for the other Colo- 'rado troops who are to follow, and are in command of Maj. Joseph C. ‘Taylor, formerly a member of the fac- ulty of the Colorado State School of Mines, At Camp Baldwin the scene attend: ing the departure of the Field Hospi- tal corps was not one which would have attracted attention to the ordi- nary observer, There were a few cheers and. a glad yell as the coaches began to move. Other troops stationed at Camp Baldwin and at Fort Logan expect to be called out within a few days, It is reported that the order to move has been advanced, although nothing is certain in this respect. Reports that the camp at Linda Vista will not re- quire a great deal of work to place it in condition for occupancy are rife, and, if this is true, it may be that Fort Logan and Camp Baldwin will be de- serted within a few weeks. The fact that a final federal inspection was made at Fort Logan, at Camp Bald- win and at Camp J. C. Gunter, Pueblo, lends color to the theory that a move- ment is to be ordered, All the paraphernalia at both Fort Logan and Camp Baldwin that is not absolutely necessary has already been removed, Coloradoan Pays Tax on $1,470,000. Mark Skinner, United States inter- nal revenue collector for the Colora- do district, in a statement forwarded to Washington, reports that collec: tions for his department for the fis: cal year ending with June 30 exceed- ed collections for any previous year by $1,000,000. The total collections were $3,500,000. One Colorado citizen, with an income for the year of $1, 470,000, paid an income tax of $147, 000, the largest single income tax ever paid in Colorado, Two Colorado cit zens reported incomes of more than $500,000 each. Operate Laramie Road Into Elm. Officials of the Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railroad and M. 8. Ra detsky were ordered by the State Public Utilities Commission to con: tinue operation of that road over the three and three-fourths miles from Milliken north to Elm,, in addition to the twenty-three miles from Celery- ville provided for in an earlier order. It is said that this order means that the three and three-fourths miles in question will be sold to the Great Western Railroad Company, which previously had taken over for opera: tion a part of the road. Adams Heads Department of Safety. Hon, Frank Adams of Denver, upon the request of the governor, has ac. cepted the position of superintendent of the State Department of Safety, un. der House Bill No. 28, with the under standing that he 1s to head and organ: ize that department, but after it is organized and in successful operation reserves the right to resign such po sition. State Bonds Sold to School Fund. State bonds, authorized by the ex. traordinary session of the Legislature, amounting to $750,000, were sold by State Treasurer Robert H. Higgins. All but $100,000 worth of the bonds were sold to the state school fund. One hundred thousand dollars’ worth of bonds were sold to a banker in Pueblo. Governor Seeks Manufacturers’ Aid. Governor Gunter issued a proclama. tion calling on all manufacturers of Colorado to meet at the assembly room of the Capitol Sept. 18, to or ganize the manufacturing industries of the state into effective co-opera. tion. Colorado to Give 1.004 More Men. Colorado will contribute 1,904 more men to the Liberty army on Sept. 19 unless plans’ are changed by the War Department. These men will make the 40 per cent of the state’s quota. ‘They will not be delayed in leaving if the camp is ready to receive the incre- ments. The men will be selected in the same manner by the local boards as were the eighteen men who left for Camp Funston. The boards are confi- dent they will have enough men to fill their quota and another draft {s not expected urtil spring. COLORADO STATE NEWS western Newspaper Union News Service. ee County Fairs, Sept. 18-21—Cheyenne County at Chey- Sept i821 Western Slope at Mont Sept, 20-22—Pine River Valley Falr at Sept 20-22—Phinips County at Hol- Sept sb-28—colorado- New Mexico at Bept Yo823—aMeeting State Women's Guy Federation at Boulder, Sept, 26.23—Las Animas” County at Sept. 26-28—Annual Fair at Calhan. Sept 26-28—-Yuma County, at Yuma: Sept, 27028—Lineoln County at uso. Sept 27-29—Grand County “at Kremm- fing. Oct. 2-5—Kit Carson County at Bur- ington. Bey oan. Stock Show at Grand An Olney farmer has a 75-acre bean Held. Trinidad wants an up-to-date pack- ‘ng plant. Denver's vice cleanup campaign {8 ander way. Sugar company commences opera- tion of recently purchased railroad. | Farmers of Durango district appeal to Hoover for assistance in market- Ing crops, | ‘Thieves and “yeggmen” in Denver In one night burglarized a home and a jewelry shop and blew a safe. Beaver Park now has about 75,000 cherry trees, of which it is estimated 60,000 are in various stages of bear- ing. A sugar manufacturer declared in Denver that by Oct. ist there will be a drop in price of $1.50 per cwt., whole- sale, Cornerstone of the courthouse tc be built for Moffat county and which ls to cost $40,000 was laid at Craig by Masonic officials. Plans for a new drive in the cru- sade against disorderly houses and alleged red-light districts in Denver bave been formulated. . ‘The Y. M. C. A. is maintaining @ tull force of workers at Fort Logan, Camp Baldwin, Camp Gunter and at Golden and the rifle range. Mrs, Tinsley Smith of Denver, nas received word that her brother, David G. Allen, a surgeon in the United States navy, has been killed. The first shovelful of dirt was turned by J. H, Thatcher on the site where the new Thatcher fountain will be erected in Denver City Park. The Jewish religious year opens this season on Sept. 16. The day ts called Rosh ha Shana and is observed not as a civil but as a religious fes- tival. Denver will open its department for the sale of lignite coal at a cost to families of moderate means Sept. 15th. The sale price is to be $4.15 a ton delivered. The Royal Highlanders held their seventh national convention at Den: ver. More than 200 delegates from seventeen states represented 30,000 members. The next movement to Fort Riley of part of Colorado's quota for the new national army will comprise 1,904 men, including approximately 144 from Denver, Miss Prudence Sparks, a 16-year-old Denver girl, was found bound and gagged and lying. on the floor in an unconscious state in the home of her sister in Greeley, ‘The Fourth Avenue Congregatiana! Church in Denver has ten of its mer enlisted in the army, among whom it Dr. T. W. Hopkins, captain of one of the ambulance units. Ambulance Company No. 30, com posed of five commissioned officers and 119 men, left Denver for Cam Dodge, near Des Moines, Iowa, Capt 1. M. Hopkins is in command. A. Fields of Springfield, has ninety acres of broom corn that will make twenty tons or more, and fifty acre of maize and other stuff. That will mean anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000. Activity in the Routt county coal fields along the line of the Moffat road has increased so rapidly recent ly that the road is now hauling over 3,500 tons daily over the Corona hill ‘When the manufacturers’ convention called by Governor Gunter convenes in Denver at the state capitol on Sept. 18th, it is hoped that those in attendance will be from every nook and cranny in the state. A Colorado member of the Ameri ean Society of Civil Engineers will be named to confer with the Denve1 Motor Club committee recently ap pointed to investigate why Colorade highways continue to remain in such & deplorable condition. William Bruno, Mexican, who shot and killed his former ‘wife, Mra Santos Romero Bruno, while in @ jealous rage, during the latter pari Men and women show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. The things that are really for thee, gravate to thee. SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS. A general formula for preparing ices or frozen dishes for a company may be found useful. The following will prepare five gallons: Three gallons of water, ten pounds of sugar, a pint of lemon juice, three ounces of gelatin and three beaten egg whites. following will prepare five gallons: Three gallons of water, ten pounds of sugar, a pint of lemon juice, three ounces of gelatin and three beaten egg whites. For cherry sherbet add three pints of pitted cherries to the general formula. Lemon or orange sherbet: Substitute for the pint of lemon juice a quart, or reverse the proportion if orange sherbet is desired. Milk sherbet are made by substituting whole or skim milk for the water called for in the general formula. Grate the rind from a few of the lemons and oranges and mix with the sugar for flavor. Strain the juice to remove all pulp. Bermuda Pudding.—Beat a third of a cupful of butter with a half cupful of sugar, then add two eggs, well beaten, a cupful of flour sifted with a teaspoonful of baking powder and a little salt and a tablespoonful of orange marmalde or raspberry jam. Pour into a buttered mold, cover with buttered paper and steam gently for two hours. Serve hot with a sweet sauce. German Apple Pudding.—Beat an egg until light, add a cupful of milk, two cupfuls of flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little salt and a tablespoonful of melted butter, stir well and pour into a well-buttered pan. Press quartered apples inrows into the mixture, sprinkle with a teaspoonful of cinnamon mixed with half a cupful of brown sugar and bake until the apples are done. Serve hot with cream or cold with coffee or tea. Cauliflower Soup.—Wash and trim one cauliflower and cook with one onion in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and save the water. Rub the cauliflower through a sieve, add two tablespoonfuls of crushed taplaice and a tablespoonful of flour. Simmer half an hour. Add three cupfuls of hot milk, butter, salt and pepper to taste. Add a half cupful of hot cream and serve. One beaten egg may take the place of the cream. Raspberry jam topped with whipped cream makes a most attractive and tasty tart. Cherish your visions, cherish your ideals, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment—Allen. SOME BEST RECIPES. The following is a good punch to serve to a small company: Rose Punch.—Boll together a quart of water and two cupfuls of sugar for eight minutes, then add a cupful of strained honey, a quart each of lemon and orange juice. Pour over shaved ice and add a teaspoonful of rose extract and serve with a few rose petals in each glass. The candied petals gether a and two a for eight add a cup honey, a lemon an Pour over add a tea extract a a few rose glass. The or fresh may be used. Dainty Pudding.—Line a pudding dish with lady fingers or small sponge cakes cut in pieces, put a few spoonfuls of marmalade or stewed fruit of any kind over it. Mix a cupful of sugar with a tablespoonful of flour, add the yolks of four eggs, beaten, with two cupfuls of milk, bring to the boiling point and remove from the fire, add a half teaspoonful of vanilla and pour over the cake. Cover with a meringue made of the whites of the eggs, sprinkle sugar and almonds over the top and brown lightly. Stuffed Liver.—Slice the liver and parboil it in boiling water. Soak six slices of bread in hot water twenty minutes then squeeze dry. Mix the soaked bread with a half teaspoonful of salt, a heaping teaspoonful of powdered sage, two tablespoonfuls of bacon fat and a fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper. Place a spoonful of the stuffing on each slice and fasten with a small wooden tooth pick or a skewer. Place the rolls in a buttered baking dish, add one cupful of hot water and a spoonful of bacon fat and bake, basting occasionally, forty-five minutes. Angel Frappe.—Dissolve a teaspoonful of gelatin in a half cupful of cold water. Boil a half cupful of sugar with three tablespoonfuls of water until it threads then pour gradually upon the whites of two stiffly beaten eggs, add the gelatin and three tablespoonfuls of fruit sirup, then cool and fold in one and one half cupfuls of whipped cream and a half cupful of chopped fruit. Chill and serve. Fish is difficult to keep unless packed in ice during hot weather, and one must be sure that it is natural ice, as ammonia will run the flavor. Fowls may be kept by putting a piece of charcoal in the cavity of the chicken. It should not be left in water or directly on the ice. Carefully cleansed and wiped dry after washing and placed on a plate in the ice chest is its best treatment. Nellie Maxwell SWEDISH ENVOY SENT SECRETS LANSING UNCOVERS PACT SHOW ING ROUTE FOR LEAK FROM UNITED STATES TO GERMANY. THROUGH MEXICO CITY REGARD REVELATIONS AS PROOF THAT STOCKHOLM HAS BEEN TEUTON ACCOMPLICE. Western Newpaper Union News Service. Washington, Sept. 14.—Secretary of State Lansing touched off another international mine illuminating still more graphically the secret working agreement between Germany and Sweden and a possible, if not probable, avenue for the communication of American military information by Prussian agents to Berlin. Mr. Lansing made public the text of a letter dated March 8, 1916, from German Minister Von Eckhardt at Mexico City to the Imperial German chancellor, strongly urging that Emperor William confer the decoration of Order of the Crown, second-class, upon Herr Folke Cronholm, Swedish charge d'affaires in Mexico, in recognition of the Swedish envoy's invaluable services, in forwarding Von Eckhardt's secret reports to Berlin through the Stockholm foreign official Swedish cipher. Von Eckhardt said that Cronholm was the "only diplomat through whom information from a hostile camp can be obtained," and that he "acts as intermediary for official diplomatic intercourse between this legation and your excellency," the German chancellor, who at that time was von Bethmann-Hollweg. The German minister described Cronholm's faithful service, which included trips to the telegraph office, frequently "quite late at night." The most damaging incrimination of the Swedish government is contributed by Von Eckhardt's recommendation that the decoration be conferred upon Cronholm secretly, in order not to arouse the suspicions of the entente allies concerning so valuable a means of secret communication and that the gracious action of the kaiser be confided to "no one but the recipient and his government." Mr. Lansing's revelation is accepted generally here as proof that Sweden almost since the beginning of the war has been the secret accomplice of Germany in affording secret means of communication between Berlin and German envoys and agents promoting plots against neutral American republics. Von Eckhardt is the same German minister to Mexico to whom German Foreign Minister Zimmerman sent the instructions to draw Mexico and Japan into a war alliance against the United States which were exposed by President Wilson shortly after the rupture in diplomatic relations between Germany and the United States last February. Although Secretary Lansing is carefully concealing the manner in which he obtained the documents which he has been making public with such startling effect, the general belief in official circles is that the Eckhardt and Zimmerman letters came from the same source. Americans Asked to Conserve Coal, Washington.Through the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Dr H. A. Gartfield, fuel administrator, has appealed to American business to assist in the conservation of coal. KORNILOFF'S ARMY SURRENDERS Kerenaky Tightens Grip and Russian Military Revolt Believed Ended. London, Sept. 14.—M. Skobeleff, minister of labor in the Kerensky cabinet and a member of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, announced through the Russian official news agency that Gen. Korniloff's adventure had collapsed and that the army at his headquarters had surrendered. Gen. Korniloff also communicated to the government his intention to surrender on the arrival of Gen. Alexieff, commander in chief of the Russian armies, at Mohllev. According to an official statement, Gen. Korniloff's attempt has collapsed and there is no longer any reason to fear a collision between the two forces. Senate Gets Bond Bill. Washington.—After only two days' consideration, which resulted in a few minor changes, the $11,000,000,000 war bond bill was reported to the Senate with the unanimous endorsement of the finance committee. Ousted Envoy Dodges Argentine Mob. Buenos Aires, Sept. 14.—Count Von Luxburg, German minister, whose passports were sent to the German legation by the Argentine government because of his objectionable messages to Berlin through the Swedish foreign office, dodged threatening crowds which were waiting for him on his arrival at Buenos Aires from the interior. Miners' Wages Increased. Salt Lake City, Utah.—Coal miners in Utah have been granted an increase COLORADOCROP REPORT SHOWS BIG GAIN OVER PRODUCTION LAST YEAR. Federal Bureau of Estimates Gives Out Comparative Figures for Month of September. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—A summary of the September crop report for Colorado, as compiled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates and transmitted through the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, is as follows: Award Frontier Days' Championships. Fort Morgan.—The Frontiers Days' celebration here this year was largely attended, the register at the grounds showing that 25,000 persons were present during the shows. There were several contests that ran through the whole five days of the show, and awards were made of the winners in these as follows: Builddogging steers—Fred Cox first, Judge Huyler second, Lafe Newman third. Men's relay—Ed McCarty first, Terry Walker, second, B. Zediker third. Women's bucking contest—Mrs. Helena Fancy and trick riding—Harry Walters first, Tom Prime second, William Brown third. Kane and trick roping—Gene McKay first, Buffalo Vernon second, Ed McCarty third. Steer roping for world's championship steer roping, Will Hull, third. J. L. Miller scraping, Will Hull, third. Wild horse race—F. A. Campbell first, Fred Cox second, Judge Wheatley third. Bucking contest for world's championship—William Baker first, John Powell second, W. H. King third. Bucking contest for Morgan county championship—A. J. Fenfold, first, J. L. Cardwell second. Oil Fields Promise Good Yields Oil Fields Promise Good Fields. Steamboat Springs.—Drilling for oil at Axial basin is being carried steadily forward, and the material brought to the surface by the machines is evidence of a vast underground lake of the much-sought petroleum. At the Iles, Hulett and Shaffer ranches, twenty miles south of Craig, the borings are showing good oil contents every day. At the Tow creek and Little Butcher-knife Creek fields, ten miles west of Steamboat Springs, three wells have been put down. Two of them are late nineties, and these wells were at late nineties, and these walls were at that time capped and left with guards who were instructed to allow no one to investigate them. Colorado Couple Burned to Death. Grand Junction.—Mystery surrounds the death of J. C. Jackson and his wife whose charred bodies were found in the burned ruins of their fine ranch home seven miles west of here. The bodies, almost consumed by fire, were taken in charge of Coroner Taylor, who is conducting an investigation. A son of the couple says their lives had been threatened several weeks ago by two tramps who had been refused food at the Jackson home. Eighting Frenchmen Visit Denver Denver.—Veterans of the most historic battles of the world's greatest war, although still young in years, clad in the steel-blue service uniforms of the fighting Frenchmen at the front, and thick-soled boots that tramped the blood-stained fields at Verdun, the Marne and Aisne, two members of the French High Commission to the United States arrived to visit Denver. Boy Shoots Sister. Pueblo.—Rico De Julio, 10 years old, playfully pointed a shotgun at his sister, Frances, 18 years old, and, saying he would shoot her, pulled the trigger. An explosion followed and Miss Frances fell with a load of shot piercing her stomach. Accidentally Shoots Daughter. Denver.—Amy Cornell, aged 14, died of injuries received when she was accidentally shot by a small rifle in the hands of her father, R. Lee Cornell, while engaged in target practice. La Junta.—Fred P. Demming, a sailor from the Fort Lyon military sanitarium, was drowned in a ditch on the side of the road about eight miles east of La Junta. He and his wife were going from La Junta to Fort Lyon in an automobile when the car skidded and turned over in the ditch, which was only about four feet wide and two feet deep. Demming was pinned under the car and drowned. His wife escaped with a few bruises. Tourists lifted the car off the body. SENATE PASSES RECORD TAX BILL SENATE PASSES RECORD TAX BILL REVENUE MEASURE BREAKING ALL WORLD RECORDS GOES TO CONFERENCE. RAISE $2,411,670,000 CONSUMPTION TAXES ON SUGAR, TEA, COFFEE AND MOLASSES KNOCKED OUT. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington.—The war revenue bill—proposing the greatest single levy on taxes in the history of the world—was passed by the Senate. The measure provides revenue totaling $2,411,670,000, an increase of $542,750,000 over the amount proposed in the bill as it was passed by the House. The difference between the House and Senate provisions will be compromised by the conference committee of the two houses. The Senate adopted, 40 to 34, Senator Smoot's motion to strike out the McKellar amendment providing a zone increase in second-class postage rates beyond 300 miles and designed to secure $12,000,000. After knocking out the consumption taxes on tea, coffee, sugar and molasses, proposed in the House bill, the Senate passed the measure by a vote of 69 to 4. Here are some of the things the bill will do: Raise approximately $2,500,000,000 revenue in addition to the $1,330,000,000 raised by existing law. Compel profiters to pay $1,000,000,000 out of their estimated $4,100,000,000 excess profits this year. Take approximately $842,000,000 from incomes. Impose liquor, tobacco, stamp and consumption taxes to the extent of about $40,000,000. Levy income taxes upon the earnings of single men over $1,000, and of married men over $2,000. Draft approximately $183,000,000 of the steel trust's war profits. Proposes levies upon passenger travel, freight, telegraph and long distance telephone messages. LUXBURG DENIAL NOT ACCEPTED U. S. to Demand New Swedish Rule to Oust Pro-Germans. Washington.—So serious does President Wilson regard Sweden's violation of neutrality in the Argentine affair that he will be satisfied with no action shore of a change in the personnel of the Stockholm government which will eliminate the pro-German officials who have made their country the accomplice of the Prussian autocracy in war plots against American states. This disclosure was made in connection with information that the three messages made public by Secretary of State Lansing constitute only a small part of the evidence that the Swedish government has been acting regularly as the channel of secret communication between Berlin and German envoys and agents in neutral countries. The people of Sweden generally are not pro-German but it is believed here that the ruling element would rush the country into the Teutonic camp if they dared to do so without some tangible reasons that it would satisfy the people. Fifty Joliet Convicts in Riot. Joliet, Ill.—A riot occurred in the state prison here during which one convict was shot and three guards stabbed. Status Quo Peace Plea by Germany. London.—Throughout official London the belief is held that a very definite peace offer will come from Germany before winter and that the offer will suggest immediate cessation of hostilities on a status quo basis. Entente statesmen have fully indicated that they will refuse such terms and no doubt Germany is aware of this. But German leaders regard a status quo offer as an indispensable step in the preparation of German public opinion for further concessions. Berkman Gives $25,000 Bail; Rearrest New York.—Alexander Berkman, anarchist, succeeded in raising $25,000 cash ball to gain his liberty pending appeal from his conviction for participation in anti-draft conspiracies, and was promptly rearrested when he stepped from the Tombs. Central office detectives took him in custody on request of the San Francisco authorities, who want him to explain his alleged connection with the bomb explosion on preparedness day, in July, 1916, when seven persons were killed there. Government Controls Wheat Market. Chicago.—The government wheat corporation assumed full charge of wheat coming into this market Sept. 10. Millers were permitted last week to buy in the open market at the prices fixed by the government, but henceforth they must deal with agents of the food administration. Local agents intend to allow outside as well as local millers to buy wheat here. Silver. 97%c; Highest Since 1891. New York.—Silver was quoted at Western Beef Co. ```markdown ``` Open Daily to 8:30 p. m. ONE OF THE MOST UP MARKETS Fresh and Cured Meats of All and Fancy OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SAN MARKETS IN THE CITY. Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetable and Fancy Groceries. ONE OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SANITARY MARKETS IN THE CITY. Fresh and Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetables, Staple and Fancy Groceries. Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Free Delivery to All Parts of the City. PHONE CHAMPA 2048 LARIMER STREET Opposite the The Good Gro W. T. FLETCHER AND J. RETAIL STAPLE AND CORN FED MEATS. ANY PART OF THE C 2549 Washington St. Baxter Bldg. PHONE CHAMPA 3022. J. R. 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The farmer looked at the merchant a moment and then said: "Why don't you patronize your home paper and advertise? I read it and didn't know that you had the stuff I have here." MORAL—ADVERTISE --- --- Sundays Until 2:00 p. m. NO-DATE AND SANITARY IN THE CITY. inds. Fresh Vegetables, Staple Groceries. AMPA 1641. DENVER, COLO. Three Rules. Hard Weight Grocery W. WILLIAMS, Proprietors. FANCY GROCERIES. MOTOR DELIVERY TO CITY. St. Denver, Colo. J. W. WILLIAMS, Manager CE CLOW n 315J A. B. CLOW South 4243J Paper and Paint Co. Uses for Colors, Paints and Varnishes. Glass, Interior and Exterior ators PAINTING n 871. DENVER, COLO. INK Benz Cleaners Tailors Cain, Proprietors T-CLASS WORK Being and Remodelling PRESSING CLUB—$1.50 Phone Main 7376 RNER CO. Phone Champa 223 AGENTS GORIES TIRES D Service Eng Ford car a pleasure. or no obligation to buy. TOURING, $360 F. O. B. Detroit Patronize Our Advertisers They are all boosters and deserve your business. Spend Your Money with your home merchants. They help pay the taxes, keep up the schools, build roads, and make this a community worth while. You will find the advertising of the best ones in this paper. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Mrs. Hattie Morris of 2358 Tremont place is on the sick list this week. Miss Madie Nelson left Wednesday for Rochester, N. Y., to visit with her sister. Among the many visitors in the city last week were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Graves of Boulder. Campbell and his staff for the completion of their work in raising the battalion, and the council was glad for the association and help from the speaker. NICK CHILES, the veteran editor and proprietor of the Topeka Plain dealer, returned home after a successful business trip to Colorado. As i Clarence Holmes, who sprained his ankle several days ago, is able to be at work. Mrs. William Gibson of 3230 Gilpin street, who met with a serious accident last week, is improving slowly. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. H. Pratt, 2232 Washington street, Wednesday, Sept. 5th, an eight-pound girl. Mother and daughter doing nicely. Mrs. Jennie De Shattio left Thursday morning for a five weeks' visit in the East. William Morris of 2953 Stout Street, popular townsman and employé of the Union Depot Railway Company, is on the sick list for two weeks. We wish him a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dempsey will leave tomorrow for Detroit, Mich., where they expect to locate permanently. Mrs. J. E. Crichlow of Boston, Mass., and Mrs. Charles Bouki of Colorado Springs are the house guests of Mrs. Mabel Chinn Fallings for a few weeks. Mme. Davis, Neff College of Oratory, Philadelphia, at People's Presbyterian, Tuesday night, Oct. 9. Admission, 25 cents. Mrs. Ed. Greer left last Saturday for Topeka and Kansas City. She will attend the Grand Session of the U. B. F., and S. M. T. at Pittsburg, Kansas, Sept. 18th. H. L. Billups, L.E.D., of Marshall, Texas, newly elected Vice Supreme Commander of the American Woodmen, who has been a guest in our city several weeks, left Thursday for Louisville, Ky. Mrs. H. J. Foster, who has been the guest of her father and sisters for six weeks, will leave for her home in New York City, next Wednesday. Many social affairs have been given in honor of Mrs. Foster while here. Mrs. Fannie Brown of 1182 South Pearl Street received the sad news, Wednesday, of the death or her only brother, Benjamin Burton, who died in Rouse, Colo. Mrs. Brown has the sympathy of her many friends. Mrs. W. B. Townsend, wife of the late attorney at law, will leave this city tomorrow for an indefinite stay in Tacoma, Wash., where she will be the guest of her sister. She will be accompanied by her brother, George Wallingford. Among the many visitors who visited Denver last month was W. P. Pigford of Wheelock, Texas. Mr. Pigford is a very prosperous farmer and give us much information concerning the conditions in the South. He visited a few days with his son Abraham Lincoln, who was drafted in the United States army. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Nelson of 1320 Fox street graciously entertained a large number of friends last Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. Laura Harris of Chicago. Whist and dancing was enjoyed by the guests. Mrs. Harris left Friday to join her husband in Chicago. IN CONJUNCTION with the dance given by the Smart Set Club at Fern Hall September 26, 1917, Billy Knight will celebrate his birthday, which happens to fall on the same date. He promises to have plenty to eat for everybody. Punch is the only thing that will be sold. BEAUREGARD F. MOSELY, AT-TORNEY-AT-LAW, Chicago, Ill., gave a most interesting and impressive address to the Colored War Council at Shorter Church last Sunday afternoon. Quite an inspiration was given Majo: --- Campbell and his staff for the completion of their work in raising the battalion, and the council was glad for the association and help from the speaker. NICK CHILES, the veteran editor and proprietor of the Topeka Plaindealer, returned home after a successful business trip to Colorado. As is usual, his presence is always an inspiration to The Colorado Statesman, as his timely suggestions and weighty talks on the journalistic field encourage us to continue in the work which, though it has its ungrateful sides, presents its reward in the good that we can do for our race, our country and humanity at large. We hope a long life and every success now and in the future for this fearless champion of our cause and may the Plaindealer, have many more milestones along its journey. Mme. Davis as elocutionist and pianiste, People's Presbyterian, Oct. 9. Admission, 25 cents. EVERYBODY is getting ready for the biggest event of the summer, the Grand Military Reception and Drill at the Denver Auditorium, Thursday evening, September 20, 1917. The drill contest will be between the Eastern Star Drill Team, Uniform Rank Ætna Company No. 1, K. of P., and the First Platoon of "A" Company, Colorado Colored Battalion. Music by Queen City Brass Band and Morrison's Famous Jazz Orchestra. Admission 50 cents. PAY DAY FOR COLORED SAMMIES Who says the Colored Battalion is not a reality? Why Wednesday last was PAY DAY, the first for our boys—and like all soldiers they circulated the coin. This proves that it will be only a matter of time when our battalion will reach its maximum strength and the possibility of seeing service in the federal army abroad will establish itself. INTENDING RECRUITS SHOULD HURRY UP and demonstrate their willingness to defend home, country and flag. NOTED CHICAGO LAWYER VISITS DENVER COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT IN THE STATE VS. WILLIAM BRUNO FOR WIFE MURDER. B. F. MOSELY, attornuey-at-law, Chicago, Ill., arrived in Denver last week to conduct the case on behalf of the defendant in the State vs. William Bruno, charged with the murder of his wife during the latter part of June. Mr. Mosely is accredited one of the leading members of the Illinois bar, a famous practitioner, a legal luminary of a very high order and a most invaluable asset to our race as leader and builder. He is of such material service to the state and municipal governments of Illinois and Chicago, as well as a champion of American democracy—right and liberty for all the people, that his name is a household word among the people of his race, and his fame, a terror to evil-doers and those who trample on the principles of our constitution. After the setting of the trial day, November 19, for his case, he visited a number of the public buildings and business places of the city, honoring our office with his presence and offering encouragement to our efforts in the community. Time being in the nature of "precious stones" with him, having such a large practice to look after, he departed for his home last Wednesday, carrying with him the best wishes of the people of Denver for a further career of usefulness. THE COLORADO STATESMAN adds its quota of appreciation of such a worthy member of our race. CAMPBELL CHAPEL, AFRICAN M E, CHURCH. Twenty-Third and Lawrence Streets. A. M. Ward. minister. A. M. Ward, minister Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Preaching, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. General Class, 12:30 p.m. Allen C. E. League meeting, 7 p. m. Sunday, Sept. 16, will mark the close of our conference year. The pastor will deliver his parting sermon at 8 p. m. At 11 a. m. service Mrs. Pearl Rose will be the special soloist. The Senior choir renders special music at 8 p. m. A conference of church members and friends will be held on Monday evening when reports will be rendered for the year following the general winding up. We had a great service last Sunday evening when Prof. H. L. Billups, LLD., delivered an able address upon "The Mastery." He was greeted by a large and representative audience. LOUIS CHESTERFIELD CONNELL NUMBERED WITH THE DEAD. NOTHER link in the chain of old and new Denver is broken, and sorrowing hearts could not help from pouring out their feelings in the shedding of tears when the news of the death of Chester Connell (as he was generally called) reached the ears of those who, in their association of years with him in all walks of life, reflected on the life of service he gave to the promotion of the best interests for the advancement of a people and the upbuilding of a community. After a few months of illness he surrendered to the summons which sooner or later comes to all mankind and peacefully passed away on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 8, at his late residence, 729 Elati street. A brief sketch of his life and character gives the following information: Born in Mansco Creek, Tennessee, Sept. 28, 1844, he came to Colorado in 1879 and located in Denver. He was married to Eliza Kenny May 23, 1882, and lived a life of happiness for more than thirty-five years. He was the first letter carrier of color in Denver and the state, and according to the records gave every satisfaction and was highly commended by P. O. officials as well as beloved by the entire staff of clerks. A member of Rocky Mountain Lodge, No. 1. Free and Accepted Masons, his unswerving devotion to its cause for 34 years materially helped to insure its standards and high ideals, and for such services he was rewarded with the highest honors the fraternity could bestow. Unostentatious and unassuming in his action he endeared himself to his fellow townsmen, and his ability as a businessmen and one who delighted in constructive methods for the benefit of his race and the community in which he lived exhibited itself in the formation of THE WESTERN LOAN and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION, an organization of long standing, he being president for years until the time of his death. He served the Union Depot Railway Co. as one of its most reliable employees and earned the respect of both officials and fellow employees. He closed a beautiful life, leaving a legacy to us which is appreciated and which must serve successfully an extraordinary usefulness to ourselves and our country. Funeral services were held Tuesday, last, 2 p.m., at Shorter church, under the auspices of the Knight Templars, the Rev. Williams, pastor of the church, officiating. The floral offerings were numerous and of the rarest designs, while resolutions attesting to his life and character in the different organizations lent consolation to the sorrowing widow and other relatives who assembled to pay their last respects. The postoffice department was represented by the superintendent of mail carriers' department, and many persons of both races, visibly affected, paid their last tribute to a man who, though he was priviled to live the allotted span of life, will be missed by many. THE COLORADO STATESMAN has lost a real friend and staunch supporter in his death, and offers its heartfelt and deepest sympathy to the bereaved family. Interment at Fairmount cemetery. Douglass Undertaking Co., in charge. FRANCIS T. BRUCE BIDS HIS LAST FAREWELL. "DUST Thou Art, and unto dust shalt thou return" finds fulfillment in the death of an old and highly-respected citizen, Francis T. Bruce, who bade his last farewell to relatives and friends at noon Saturday, September 8th, at his late residence, 2221 Glen-arm place. Father Bruce, as he was popularly styled, came to Denver very many years ago from Washington, D. C., in the service of John L. Routt, who became Mayor of Denver and subsequently Governor of Colorado. The deceased was appointed bailiff of the Court under the Mayor, and was his messenger and immediate bodyguard when he became Governor. He was an employé of the state for twenty-five years, the latter part of which he occupied the position of filing clerk in the Auditor's department during two administrations. One of the members of the Rocky Mountain Lodge, No. 2320, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, he devoted his time and energy to its success, resulting in its being one of the strongest institutions in the West. He was also a member of the Masonic organization and received the highest honors these fraternities could give during his lifetime. An ardent Christian worker, a zealous member of Shorter A. M. E. church for a period of years, his name was a household word in the community, and high and low, rich and poor, had always a cheering word to give Father Bruce, who never failed to exchange his smile. His 75 years of existence fill another page in the history of our city, offers another lesson of the Scriptural teaching, "Man goes from whence he came and his spirit to the God Who gave it." Associated with him for over thirty years, The Colorado Statesman feels deeply his demise and joins with the throng of sympathizers in extending a word of consolation to his bereaved widow and other relatives. Funeral services will be held tomorrow, 1:30 o'clock, from Shorter church, under the auspices of the Odd Fellows and other fraternal organizations, when the Rev. Williams, pastor of the church and other ministers of the city of long acquaintanceship with the deceased will take part. He leaves a sorrowing widow, two nieces and a host of friends to mourn their irreparable loss. Interment, Fairmount Cemetery. FUNERAL NOTICE. Douglass Undertaking Co. Isaac Miles Ledbedder, 55 years, devoted brother of Mrs. Nancy Smith, Parsons, Kansas, departed this life Sept. 7th. Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 13th, 2 p. m. from Douglass Undertaking Chapel, under auspices of Pythias Lodge No. 11, K. of P. Rev. A. M. Ward officiated. Interment, Riverside. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. East Twenty-third Avenue and Washington Street. Presbyter: J. A. Thos-Hazell, S. T.B. Sunday, Sept. 16th: 11 a. m., "Caleb, an Arrarat in Israel." 5:30 p. m., "Sacred Concert." Last Sabbath morning Mr. Gatewood ably assisted the chorus work of the choir, "Go Forward Christian Soldier," by his rendition of the solo feature, At 5:30 p. m. Miss Frankie Buchanan was at her best as she vocally recited "O Lord Rebuke Me Not," by Brown. The choir feelingly sang the anthem, "I Will Save My Flock." Miss Minnie M. Albritton, California's mocking-bird, supported by Mrs. M. E. Morrison, trombonist; Miss T. Gatewood and Mr. V. Spratlin, pianists; Mr. Morgan Jackson, violinist, ably sustained her reputation as a vocalist of matured experience and ability. Her wonderful impression made Tuesday night before a choice audience will ever be a live wire in the hearts of Denver citizens. The artist will ever find an open door and a ready crowd to welcome her return to the Queen City of the Plains. Her contemporaries on the night's program faultlessly performed their respective citations. The Presbyter of the church and officers are under obligation to the patrons for their support. A Sacred concert tomorrow afternoon, composed of the singing of ancient hymns, anthems and other musical and literary selections will be a feature. Misses Albritton will participate on the program. There will be no paid admission, but a liberal silver offering will be asked for, part of which will be donated to the Albritton Sisters to help them pursue their musical studies in Boston. Let everybody come and help. Oct. 9th, Tuesday night, will provide a rare opportunity to hear a rare elocationist and pianiste, Mme. Lillian Jeter Davis of Neff College of Oratory, Philadelphia, Pa. One of the leading clergymen of the country in speaking of her ability says: "She is indeed a great character for a great age. The old as well as young should be given an opportunity to come into touch and contact with this master mind." Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Secretary Thomas J. Bell, who has been away on a vacation of three weeks, returned to the city last Friday evening, greatly refreshed and renewed in strength. He spent the entire time with his family in New York City. Asked how New York is he replied, "Full of people, as usual—always full of people; and more work than there is reliable help to do the work. Good wages. High cost of living general. War talk a-pleasure." With the regular meeting of the Committee of Management last Monday evening the work of the Fall season was formally opened. A successor to our late chairman, Dr. De Frantz, will be appointed very shortly by the Board of Directors which alone has the power to appoint a chairman. Rehearsals of the "Messiah" under the direction of Mrs. De Frantz, temporarily suspended after the death of her husband, will shortly be resumed. Next Tuesday evening a special meeting of the Committee of Management will be held to consider definite plans for the financial and membership campaign which will probably be held the latter part of October. The time of the opening of the regular Sunday afternoon meetings will be announced next week Sims and King opened up the croquet season last Saturday afternoon. It has been a long while since more brilliant playing was done than was put up by the two men. In a nine game series the score stood 5 to 4 in favor of Sims. The season is very short, and other players expect to show their skill before it closes. E. A. Bromley, president of the Gibraltar Oil Company is known to us for over twenty years as a man who never presents anything to the public without the accompanying assurance of success, and now he comes forward with this oil company, we have the same faith in him as in the former years and advise investment in this company means SAFETY FIRST. SEE ADVERTISEMENT in this issue of paper. In Public Life. "To look at me now, mum, you wouldn't think that I used to be in public life," said the tattered visitor, "Dear me!" exclaimed the sympathetic housewife. "Were you a member of congress, or something like that?" "No, mum. I was a train announcer in one of the largest railroad stations in the country." SUMMARY. STATE OF COOPER, O. } City and County of Denver, ss. In the District Court. No. 64808. Sadie Rolling, Plaintiff, vs. Henry Rolling, Defendant. Harry Rolling, Defendant. The People of the State of Colorado to the Defendant above named, Greeting: You are hereby required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the District Court of the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, and any swer commission that threw you down after the service hereof if you are served within this state; or within fifty days after 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 to the date that the same as though you are present. This is an action brought to obtain a decree of divorce on the grounds of desertion and such other and further relief as may seem to the Court just and equitable from the complaint, a copy of the decree and the evidence adduced upon the trial. 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. 1917. (Seal.) J. SHERMAN BROWN, Clerk. By C. E. FINLEY, Deputy Clerk. First Dance of the Season GIVEN BY THE Smart Set Club Fern Hall, 27th & Welton Sept. 26th, 1917 THE DANCES GIVEN BY THIS CLUB ARE THE SWELLEST OF THE SEASON. THE HALL WILL BE BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH FLOWERS. TWELVE OF DENVER'S SOCIETY BUDS AND MATRONS WILL ACT AS HOSTESSES OF THE EVENING. Ice Cream, Cake, Sandwiches, Coffee, Chitterlings ALL YOU CAN EAT, FREE. Full Orchestra Admission, - - 25 Tom Gross, Floor Mgr. C. Lafayette Anders William Knight, Gen. Mgr. - 25 cents afayette Anderson, Sec.-Treas. , Gen. Mgr. Admission, - - 25 cents Tom Gross, Floor Mgr. C. Lafayette Anderson, Sec.-Treas. William Knight, Gen. Mgr. The Gibraltar Oil Company is no longer a prospect, in fact it never wa pect. We are producing 75 barrels per day, three wells contracted, and we own 3,280 acre worth $100 per acre; we have $150,000 in assets on our 280 acre leases in section 18-1 ship 24 North, Range 17 East, and we have tenths of our incorporation stock in the five million reserved. Our by-laws and cem provide for one-half of the production to be a fund for the benefit of the stockholders on a few days only, this stock will be sold at the per share, or until such times as our wells It will positively advance before the week Make your order at once for the three-cen Make all orders to O. W. LOVAN, Gen. Sales Agt., 504 Colorado Bldg. act it never was a pros- barrels per day, we have we own 3,280 acre leases have $150,000 in cashable in section 18-19, Town- lest, and we have seven- stock in the treasury; by-laws and certificates production to be held in stockholders only. For will be sold at three cents less as our wells come in. before the week is out. for the three-cent stock. en. Sales Agt., Main 1862. rought In for LO NOTHOUT BEING SHOT. FIFTH WILL BE IN BY THE TIME THIS IS PRINTED or share. Better buy now at 5c share NOW to $1 by New Year's Day. WHY: is no longer a prospect, in fact it never was a prospect. We are producing 75 barrels per day, we have three wells contracted, and we own 3,280 acre leases worth $100 per acre; we have $150,000 in cashable assets on our 280 acre leases in section 18-19, Township 24 North, Range 17 East, and we have seventhhs of our incorporation stock in the treasury; five million reserved. Our by-laws and certificates provide for one-half of the production to be held in a fund for the benefit of the stockholders only. For a few days only, this stock will be sold at three cents per share, or until such times as our wells come in. It will positively advance before the week is out. Make your order at once for the three-cent stock. Make all orders to O. W. LOVAN, Gen. Sales Agt., 504 Colorado Bldg. Main 1862. Fourth Well Brought MIL FLOWING THIRTY BARRELS WITHOUT BEING WELL EXPECTED HOURLY—SHOULD BE IN BY T ADVERTISEMENT IS PRINTED Only a small allotment at 5c per share. Better while you can. 5 cents per share But Watch Milo Stock Advance to $1 by New HERE IS WHY: Fourth Well Brought In for MILO FLOWING THIRTY BARREL& WITHOUT BEING SHOT. FIFTH WELL EXPECTED HOURLY—SHOULD BE IN BY THE TIME THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS PRINTED Only a small allotment at 5c per share. Better buy now at 5c while you can. Came in last Saturday on Douglas lease with 20 barrels production. Now flowing 40 barrels per day. as brought in this week, there the pump. Production not yet in and is now flowing 30 barrels BE MORE WILL BE PLACED ON ACRE LEASE AT ONCE. Mid-Continent lease, where the dated, on September 15th. LE TO KEEP "MILO" STOCK IN RAPIDLY. THE STOCK 00 AS MILO PRODUCTION INS AND PROFIT BY THE BIG WELL NO. 3. On Abrams lease, as brought in to has been a little delay in connecting the pump. Pro- estimated. WELL NO. 4. Has been brought in and is now floc- per day. TWO RIGS NOW WORKING. THREE MORE WILL E OUR BARTLESVILLE 1,000-ACRE LEASE AT Drilling will commence on our Mid-Continent lea Trapshooter 20,000-barrel well is located, on September IT IS MANIFESTLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP "DOWN WITH THE WELLS COMING IN RAPIDLY, MUST SIMPLY ADVANCE TO $1.00 AS MILO PRO CREASES, BUY NOW AT 5 CENTS AND PROFIT ADVANCE THAT IS COMING WELL NO. 3. On Abrams lease, as brought in this week, there has been a little delay in connecting the pump. Production not yet estimated. WELL NO. 4. Has been brought in and is now flowing 30 barrels per day. TWO RIGS NOW WORKING. THREE MORE WILL BE PLACED ON OUR BARTLESVILLE 1,000-ACRE LEASE AT ONCE. Drilling will commence on our Mid-Continent lease, where the Trapshooter 20,000-barrel well is located, on September 15th. IT IS MANIFESTLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP "MILO" STOCK DOWN WITH THE WELLS COMING IN RAPIDLY. THE STOCK MUST SIMPLY ADVANCE TO $1.00 AS MILO PRODUCTION INCREASES. BUY NOW AT 5 CENTS AND PROFIT BY THE BIG ADVANCE THAT IS COMING. The Milo Oil Company O. T. BOULTON, President. F. R. KNIGHT, Secy. PHONE CHAMPA 4125—212 COLORADO BLDG., DENVER, COLO. E. A. Bromley, Pres. J. W. Orvis, Sec. WELL NO. 1 Came in August 25 on Abrams lease. Production estimated 130 barrels per day; 100,000 cubic Fads And Fancies Of Fashion DOROTHY Distinctive One-Piece Frock. Among the many new one-piece frocks of wool for winter, there are a few that contrive to be as simple as fashion demands, and as original and clever as the most exacting of careful dressers could ask. These two attributes—simplicity and originality—have no rivals when it comes to conferring distinction on any sort of apparel. They are the hallmarks of genius in a designer. The neat and spirited frock above is an example of fine draping in an otherwise plain dress, with a clever new management of the skirt and beautiful adjustment to the figure. Any of the reliable wool fabrics, as serge, gaberdine, broadcloth, velours, serve equally well to make it, and it is to be recommended to those who intend to remodel a last year's suit into this year's frock. The bodice is long on the shoulder, where a plait extends over the top of the sleeves, and a shaped panel is sloped to the waistline. Three buttons, set on at each THE LADY OF THE ROOM L Important in the Fall Wardrobe. Within her own four walls the earnest and busy woman of today may forget to be strenuous and throw aside her new responsibilities for a while. Along with a cup of tea she will be able to gather refreshment from a negligee as simple and pretty and altogether adorable as that shown in the picture, and she is a wise woman who will indulge herself in this kind of relaxation. Many of the new negligees are pretentious and really splendid, but this particular example is simple and sweet. The richer ones are of satin, elaborately draped with lace and look more showy than comfortable. The negligee printed might be of colored vole, of crepe or thin silk, in plain or figured patterns. It is made with a plain, loose-fitting bodice, opening surplice fashion at the front, joined to a skirt shirred on two cords below the waistline and open down the front. The opening at the front of the bodice is bordered with lace and lace borders all the edges of the skirt. Elbow sleeves are finished with a frill of the material edged with lace. A lace petiçoat is essential to the --- side, from the bust to waistline, tack the panel to the lining or under bodice. The sleeves are set in the under bodice, and the chances are that the dress fastens along the under-arm and shoulder. The panel in the waist is met by a panel in the skirt stitched down about six inches below the waist and falling free from there. Two cascades in the material terminate at the knee and below this drapery the skirt is buttoned along the seams with the front caught up a little at the hem. The sleeves are plain, with cuffs of organdle that are detachable. One of the new ruffled collars of organdle is worn at the neck. These collar and cuff sets are made in light colors and white, and are the forerunners of a variety of sets that will be worn on plain, one-piece frocks this winter. They will take the place of the shirt-waist in freshening the dress that is worn day in and out. L success of the negligence, and it should play its gay role supported by pretty slippers and silk stockings. A cap of net and lace and ribbon belongs in this dainty company. One may spend much or little money on an outfit for restful hours at home, with good results either way. Fine colored volles or thin wash silks will make lovely negligees at small cost if pretty colors are chosen and volle is very durable. There are some new boudou caps, inspired by the Chinese hat, made of satin ribbon and lace. The Dutch cap is also a candidate for the favor of those who are looking for something new, but none of them are an improvement upon the plain caps. A band of white ribbon edged with lace and finished with a small bow and a cluster of flowers is a successful substitute for a cap. Julia Bottomley A new gasoline stove folds up into a tiny box for transportation. Uncle Sam Is Biggest Factor in World Affairs. This Country Is Main "Operator" in the Greatest Business in History. Uncle Sam and "Big Business" are synonymous these days. Since the war started, that is, since the United States "enlisted" the world has seen the pendulum of its affairs, business and otherwise, swing gradually toward the capital of the country. The United States is the main "operator" in the biggest business deal the world has ever seen—war. From London the keyboard which handled the war now has an extension run to Washington, and America has entered the market on a scale which in Wall street parlance is decidedly "bullish." Millions in gold, millions in men and millions in supplies, ships and munitions are what America is throwing into the market. These millions must be secured exactly as any trust must secure its capital. The government has had to combine, organize and gird itself the same way a corporation might on entering a fight to a finish with its fierce rivals. As an example of what one phase of activity has meant, take the ship-building enterprise. The United States has had to enter the market first for steel and other materials. Firms' must be secured to build the ships. Then the ships must be fitted out when completed. One detail of this alone again illustrates the enormity of business. Each ship must have refrigerating plants. Even when the whole plan was still "in the air" scores of experts in this line were conferring or seeking conferences with the idea of efficiently carrying out just this one detail. And the refrigerating plant of a ship is only one of hundreds of other equally important parts. All of this has led to hundreds of the keenest technical and business men of the country being called in. Shipbuilding is only one part of the country's business, however. Taking every phase of the government's activity since entering the war and comparing it with the one item of shipbuilding, the layman can get some idea as to just how much of a "big business corporation" Uncle Sam has organized. BIGGEST CHECK IS PAID Was for $200,000,000 and Was First Loan of United States to Great Britain. The largest check ever issued in the world has been returned to the United States treasury, paid and canceled. The check was for $200,000,000, was signed by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, and represented the first payment on the loan of the United States to Great Britain. Other large checks which have been signed by Secretary McAdoo within the last six months are one for $100,-000,000 to France and one for $100,000,-000 to Italy. Numerous other smaller checks ranging from $1,000,000 to $75,-000,000 have been signed as loans to allies. Previous to January, 1917, the largest check that had ever been signed by a secretary of the treasury of the United States was one for $40,-000,000 in payment for the rights of the French Panama Canal company. The next largest was for $25,000,000 in payment for the Danish West Indies. Increase In Imports. The increase in the value of imports into the United States during the fiscal year 1917 is attributed in large part to increased receipts of noncompetitive raw materials and foods, in a statement issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The total value of imports during the year ended June 30, 1917, is placed at $2,659,355,185, as compared with $2,198,000,000 in 1916; $1,674,000,000 in 1915, and $1,894,000,000 in 1914, the last normal year before the war. A PEOPLE'S WAR "The great fact that stands out above all the rest is that this is a people's war, a war for freedom and justice and self-government amongst all the nations of the world, a war to make the world safe for the peoples who live upon it and have made it their own, the German people themselves included; and that with us rests the choice to break through all these hypocrisies and patent cheats and masks of brute force and help set the world free, or else stand aside and let it be dominated a long age through by sheer weight of arms and the arbitrary choices of self-constituted masters, by the nation which can maintain the biggest armies and the most irresistible armaments—a power to which the world has afforded no parallel and in the face of which political freedom must wither and perish."—Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. SAVE ON COAL TO BUYLIBERTYBOND Unique Method for Financing the Next Loan Is Outlined. MUCH FUEL NOW IS WASTED Director of Bureau of Mines Says Average Citizen Can Save From $50 to $100 on Next Winter's Coal Bill. Washington.—A unique method for financing a big slice of the next Liberty bond issue practically without cost to several millions of citizens was outlined by Van H. Manning, director of the bureau of mines, department of the interior, in a statement to the public on how to save coal bills. His proposition, which is a startling one and which he claims will result in the average citizen saving this next winter from $50 to $100, is as follows: "Americans are proverbially very wasteful. While it is a figure of speech that they light their cigars with ten-dollar bills, in reality it comes to be almost true. The average citizen in the past has thrown coal into his furnace with little or no idea of the cost, of the wastefulness and of his carelessness as to whether he was burning his coal or choking his furnace. He has paid no attention to his furnace; it has never entered his thoughts that the combustion of coal is a chemical process requiring exact conditions and a certain amount of care; the only sane realization he has had has been the payment of his coal bill. In the past even that hasn't troubled him much, for until comparatively recently coal was a very cheap product. "Now it is much different. With coal costs mounting, he is beginning to look into the question with much earnestness. And here is where the bureau of mines may do him much good; help him to serve his country by buying a Liberty bond; and save enough coal to insure not only ample supplies for ourselves, but also to our suffering allies. "In the bureaual's search for the truth as to just what can be done by a household furnace in heating a house and supplying it with plenty of warmth, a professor at Yale university was asked by the bureaual to keep exact costs of heating his ten-room house in New Haven, Conn., and to endeavor to show the best possible results. This was in the winter of 1912-1913, when coal was yet comparatively cheap. He kept that house at an average temperature of 69 degrees for seven months and ten days at a cost of $40 for coal and $8 for cord wood that was used in a grate more for cheerfulness than anything else. He used nine and two-fifths tons of coal at a cost of $4.25 a ton. "That man's cost of heating was from $50 to $100 less than what was expended by a large number of householders living in the same locality and having the same heating requirements. And it was that much less than thousands of other citizens throughout the United States. Problem for the Citizen. "The problem now is that if the Yale professor by a careful, intelligent firing of his furnace can save from $50 to $100 a year over his neighbors when the cost of coal was low, how much can he and other citizens who care to try, save with coal costing in many instances twice as much and more? I am going to leave that to the average citizen to actually work out himself. All I can say is that the Yale professor's record was a true one and that it can be duplicated by anyone who wishes to give his furnace the same intelligent consideration. "Since that time the bureau has many times duplicated the performance of the Yale professor and knows that it can be done. In our investigations we have worked out some rules that must be followed if success is to be achieved. These have been formulated into a series of cardinal principles and printed for the benefit of the people. The bureau will be glad to give a copy of these rules to any citizen of the country and to help him to this saving of $50 or $100, or perhaps more. The citizen will not only save the cost of one, two, three, or four Liberty bonds, but he will also be saving coal at a time we need it most. Here is a chance to be three kinds of a patriot, one who saves money, one who buys a Liberty bond and one who saves coal." Enough Interpreters. The war college division of the general staff announces that applications for positions as interpreters have been so numerous that the war department's present needs for such service can be readily met by the list on file. The war college is gratified at the spirit in which its appeal for such assistance has been met, but desires to advise that it is not worth the while of individuals desiring such positions to make further applications for the time being. A firm in Zanzibar, Africa, desires to get in touch with American manufacturers of umbrellas, canes, wrist watches, notions, cotton goods and tobaccos. FRANK R. TAGGART Announces that he has removed his law offices to 621 and 622 Cooper Building. Telephone Main 8036 NOTHING DOWN AND 17 CTS. A DAY BUYS A PIANO. SALE NOW ON. THE PIANO EXCHANGE H. A. TRIGGS, Manager 211 Charles Block. Cor. 15th and Curtis Streets. Phone Champa 3742. The Champa Pharmacy Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. Prescriptions Our Specialty. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, PROPR. PHONE MAIN 2425. BOLDEN BROS. BARBER SHOP Baths, Electric Massage FIRST-CLASS SERVICE R. B. BOLDEN, Manager 926 19th St., Denver RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Description 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. PHONE MAIN 3028 RES. PHONE GATTE JOHN K. RETTIG Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries 1864 CURTIS STREET Corner Nineteenth. Denver, Colo The MARKET COMPANY C. E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1608 Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oysters Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15th Street Denver, olorado Phone Main 6699 919 NINETEENTH ST. The Cha- Tween Is RUGS, CHEMICAL WE S Prescript Phone us and we will JAMES Bolden Bros. 924 NINETEENTH DINNER 11:30 to 2 p.m. ALL H BOLDEN B VINEGAR KINDS OF SANDW BROS. BAR Ths, Electric Massage IRST-CLASS SERVICE manager erhead TELEPHONE MAIN 3 Short Orders at all Hours THE FLOWER GARDEN Continue With the Old Favorites, the Peonies. THE PEONY AND ITS CULTURE. Bv E VAN BENTHUYSEN By E. VAN BENTHUYSEN. Among all our herbaceous plants, there is probably not one that stands higher in popular favor than the peony. And it richly deserves its popularity, because of its great hardiness, its ease of culture, its magnificent range of rich and delicate colors, its wonderful profusion of bloom and its tenacity of life. The writer knows many specimens of the old variety, cultivated by our grandmothers, extensively, that have been growing in the same place in the old gardens for more than a century, and, without exception, those that received good care are as vigorous and healthy today as any young plants, and year after year they give a glorious crop of fine flowers. Many of these old plants have grown to be clumps five and six feet across, and one can often count hundreds of blossoms and buds in various stages of development on each plant. Such plants as these are what is needed to make the attractions of a garden permanent. There is no other hardy herbaceous plant that can be used with such fine effect in the border. Scattered here and there among the shrubbery, it produces a most satisfactory show of color at a time when most shrubs are not in bloom. Probably, however, it is most strikingly effective when planted in large beds. If it can be given a background of evergreens its rich colors show up to great advantage. Shrubbery of any kind as a background, brings its colors Anto strong relief, and one should always plant, if possible, with that aim in view. If partially shaded, all the better. The culture of the peony is simple in the extreme. It does best in a rather stiff loam, or almost any soil, preferring it to a lighter soil, because it likes to feel the earth firm about its roots. While it prefers such a soil, it will do very well indeed in sandy loam, or almost any soil, provided it is rich in the elements of plant development. To grow good peonies, one must make liberal use of fertilizers, preferably old, well-rotted manure. Unless this is done you cannot expect a vigorous growth of stalks and foliage, or generous crops of large, richly colored flowers. It is hardly possible to use too much manure about it, if it is old enough to be black and crumbles easily under the application of the hoe. It should be dug into the soil about the roots of the plants, taking care, however, not to dig too close or deep enough to disturb them. There is no plant that resents a disturbance of its roots more. Dig into a clump to secure a "toe" for a neighbor, and very often the parent plant will refuse to bloom the second season. International Film Service Historic Photo From Series A Beautiful Garden Entrance. So hardy is the peony that it is not necessary to give it winter protection at the extreme north, if its roots are put deep into the ground. If given shallow planting, the frost will often heave them badly unless covered with coarse manure or mulch of some kind. The roots should be at least six inches below the surface. While winter protection is not necessary, it is advisable, because it prevents taxing the vitality of the plant excessively, in its efforts to withstand a severe winter. GARDEN WORKING NOTES By E. VAN BENTHUYSEN. Propagate rubber plants this month. Pack a handful or two of moss around the stem and keep it well soaked. In a short time roots will appear. Saw a flower pot in half and bind the plants or rooting portion of the stem. Fill with a very light soil with plenty of sand and keep thoroughly watered. During the winter the roots will take good hold and in the spring the stem may be cut off level with the bottom of the pot. The outdoor carnations may be potted up this month. Cuttings from geraniums may be made early in September in most climates. Watch the tender greenhouse plants that are in the open and take them up before the last days of summer are passed. Have the pots ready for the bulbs which must be taken up soon. Sow mignonettes seeds in pots or boxes for the window garden. Water frequently but not too much. The dahlias, gladioli and other rankgrowing plants are apt to be blown down by the strong winds of fall. Stake them up. Unless the chrysanthemum have been shaded during the hot months they will not come up to expectations this fall. Drench the ground around the tea roses but do not spray the bush. Rosee or all kinds should be thoroughly manured with well rotted cow manure and mulched with lawn cuttings and leaves. Liquid manure should be applied only when the ground is moist enough to absorb it. It is fatal to some plants to fertilize them with rich manures when the ground is dry. Never allow roses to remain on the bush until the petals begin to fall. All plants that are intended for winter bloomers should have the buds pinched off now. Pick the pansies and nasturtiums every day if you want to have plenty of bloom. The best way to kill weeds now is to pull them up by hand. The red bug and other enemies of the rose if not killed off last month should be effectually removed now. THE TRAIN --- VARIED WORK OF DEFENSE BOARD Many Activities Connected With Industrial Organization for War. DEFINITE RESULTS ACHIEVED Organized as a Producing Machine This Country Will Win the War, Declares W. S. Gifford, Director of the Council. Of the many activities in which the Council of National Defense and its advisory commission have been engaged during the last two months in the course of the council's work of industrial organization for war, are these: The active direction and adaptation of the nation's railway facilities for war purposes. The further development of sources of supply for all kinds of war munitions and their component parts, from artillery and machine guns to various forms of motor transport. Unusual progress on a comprehensive aviation program. Every material assistance to the war department in the construction of the new army cantonments. The adaptation and augmentation of electric communication lines, both telegraph and telephone. The procuring of leather and textile supplies of all kinds for the new armies. The co-operative development of lumber, copper, aluminum, steel and other raw material sources for the war needs of the government. Notable progress on many phases of the difficult labor problem. Extensive assistance in the consumption of the medical preparations for the care of the military forces of the country. Definite accomplishments in the adjustment of commercial conditions and methods to war needs. Work Is Outlined. The work of the council is outlined in a statement authorized by W. S. Gifford, director of the council and its advisory commission. The statement covers the accomplishments of the organization between May 28, the date of the last report, up to the recent appointment of the new war industries board of the council. Mr. Gifford says: "It is difficult to place on paper an adequate statement of the work of an organization like the council because so much of its most valuable and important work is accomplished through its functions of adjustment. It is easy to point to the definite, concrete results obtained by the aircraft production board, for example, at certain stages of its program for expediting the construction of the government's great air fleet; or to point out the saving effected by the committee on supplies in securing from a group of manufacturers a price on government clothing below that paid by the private wholesaler. Such accomplishments as these are comparatively easy to make clear. "It is not possible, however, to picture in black and white the personal equation; the accomplishment of a conference, for instance, which may result in smoothing out serious kinks in the war machinery, and whose effects may reach eventually through the whole governmental and industrial system alike. "Much of the work of the council and the advisory commission has necessarily been of the latter character, and its full value can be known only to those immediately in touch with it. "Yet there have been many very concrete and definite results of the council's work during the last two months." Will Win the War. After summarizing the work of the several founders of the organization, Mr. Glifford's statement continues: "Our nation possesses more producing resources than any other two nations in the world. Organized as a producing machine, we shall win the war. Individual initiative and self-reliance are normally developed in a democracy to a higher degree than in any other form of government. People and institutions have grown under the spur of competition and freedom of action so that we are noted for our individual efficiency and enterprise. "An army obviously must be highly organized and subject to discipline. Individual efforts, no matter how great, must be organized so as to work for a common purpose if they are to be effective. "Not alone team work but a voluntary acceptance of discipline in the cause of national defense is imperative. We do not wish to Prussianize America, but each of us must voluntarily submit to the rules and regulations of organization in order that we may build up fighting industries which, with their voluntary discipline, will stand side by side in efficiency with our fighting armies. "The time has come when we must sink the individual in an organization of which the keynote will be the highest efficiency, the spirit will be patriotic unselfishness and self-sacrifice, and the accomplishment will be the realization of democracy in the speedy termination of the war." MORE COUNTY AGENTS MORE COUNTY AGENTS Co-operation Extension Work to Be Expanded. Technical Training in Agriculture and Home Economics Feature of the Service. Plans have been made to expand immediately the co-operative extension work of the United States department of agriculture and the state agriculture colleges, by a large increase in the number of county agricultural agents and home demonstration agents. Women agents will be placed for the first time in the larger towns and cities. More or less technical training in agriculture and home economics will be required in this service. The appointments are to be made on the recommendation of the director of extension work at the state college. Approximately 1,400 men agents and 500 women agents are at present employed. The plans formulated contemplate the extension of the men county agent work to all the rural counties of the Union in which there is a need for the work and the placing of an additional agent in some of the larger counties already organized. They also contemplate a considerable increase in the number of women agents engaged in extension activities. The number to be employed will depend upon the number of trained men and women available. Proved ability in leadership as well as technical training will be required. The use of city agents in the conduct of the extension work of the department is a new departure made desirable by the importance attached in the present food crisis of the world to the conservation and efficient utilization of foods. The city demonstration work will be carried on by women agents who will work in co-operation with the existing organizations of women. The aim of the extension work is to carry directly to as many people as possible information in regard to proved methods of agricultural production and home economics. Economy in the purchase and use of food, and methods of food conservation by canning, drying, etc., will be emphasized. The men county agents are concerned chiefly with agricultural production, while the women are employed in demonstration work in home economics. With funds furnished in the food production bill the States Relations service also will seek greatly to enlarge the enrollment of young people in the boys' and girls' clubs which are devoted to increasing agricultural production and conserving the food supply through canning, drying, and other means. The service also will work out problems in the efficient utilization of various foods and will aid institutions devoted to agricultural education to plan and conduct courses of instruction especially suited to the present emergency. IRON ORE RECORDS BROKEN United States Production in 1916 Is 75,167,672 Tons, the Figures Show. All records for iron ore production in the United States were broken in 1916 when the output reached a total of 75,167,672 gross tons, valued at approximately $180,000,000, according to figures issued by the geological survey. This was an increase in quantity of 19,600,000 gross tons and of 40 per cent in value over 1915. Minnesota, Michigan and Alabama, as usual, were the greatest producers. AMERICA MUST FEED EUROPE FOR A YEAR "Wake up before it is too late," is the warning to the public sounded by Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the national emergency food garden commission. "Do you people realize," he continued, "what it will mean to the food productive power of the country to have 2,000,000 men under ams? "There has been a boom in peace talk, but that is dying away, and we must conserve food. "The commission is offering $5,000 in prizes for the best canned vegetables grown in war gardens, in conjunction with our nation-wide garden planting and drying and canning campaigns. We must work as never before, even if peace should be declared tomorrow. "Why? Because we will be called upon to feed parts of Europe next year, war or no war. 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