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Subscribe for the Only Reliable Negro Paper in Colorado, "The Colorado Statesman" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY Announcement Of Candidacy for United States Senator VOL. XXIV. Announ Of Candidacy for Sena To the Citizens of Colorado: Frequent and earnest solicitations of friends, throughout the state, that I publicly declare, at an early date, whether I intend to become a Republican candidate for United States senator, force me either to put aside for all time all ambition for political preferment or to declare promptly my candidacy for the Republican nomination. I have determined to become a Republican candidate for the office of United States senator at the next primary election, and to appeal for support to the law-abiding and patriotic men and women of Colorado who believe in, advocate and maintain the principles and fundamentals of government contained in the following statement: I came to Denver in 1889, and late in that year was admitted to the bar, and early in 1891 became associated with the firm of Wolcott & Vaile, then two of the foremost lawyers of the state, and immediately entered upon the active practice of the law. Thereafter I became a member of that firm and remained such until the death of Senator Wolcott in 1905. I have been in the active practice of the law in Denver, where I have resided, and throughout the state for more than twenty-five years, representing individuals and corporations in many and various matters of some importance. I was born and received my schooling in the state of Vermont, and have at all times been a consistent Republican. I affirm, and shall abide by, the declaration of principles set forth in the Republican platform adopted by the national convention at Chicago in 1916, and also the principles contained in the resolutions adopted by the Republican state convention at Pueblo in the same year. Should I be honored with election to the United States Senate I shall devote my undivided time and energies to the performance of the duties of senator. I have never before solicited the nomination for any political office, nor have I ever held a political office of any kind or character. In 1912 I was, without my solicitation, nominated by the Republicans of this state for the office of United States senator. I accepted the nomination to make the race, merely to serve my political organization and aid in its preservation at a time when its very existence was in jeopardy. There was in that year no hone of election. Since the president of the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany, last February, I have been an ardent supporter of his spoken purposes and policies relating to the prosecution of the war, and shall remain such, whether in or out of office, so long as he maintains such purposes and policies and unflinchingly demands and fights for a peace founded upon a complete and conclusive victory over the kaiser and his barbarous and autocratic war machine, aided by Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the unspeakable Turk. I stand for the prosecution of the war to such a conclusion as will impress upon all the peoples of the world that there is no longer room upon this earth for an autocrat who, because he holds the destiny of one nation in the hollow of his hand, may wreck the peace of the world and shake the structure of civilization to its very foundations. No peace should be considered which does not insure the integrity and the inviolability of all nations, both great and small; which does not guarantee liberty and freedom, everywhere, and a lasting world-wide peace resting securely upon the pledged faith of the liberty-loving democracies of the civilized world. This war is neither a political nor a debatable question. It was thrust upon the peace-loving people of this country by the atrocious and barbarous acts of the greatest military despotism the world has ever seen. We accepted the gage of battle; thus thrown down to us, by an almost unanimous vote of the congress, in which is lodged the power to declare war. This congress was chosen by the free vote of a majority of the people of this country. It is their declaration, and after once made is binding upon every citizen of this great republic. It is the voice of a free people in answer to the voice of an autocrat. We are in this war to make "Democracy safe;" surely in America, and, we hope, throughout the world. We are in it in order that true civilization may not perish from the earth. No sacrifice is too great in such a cause. We should pledge every American dollar, our sacred honor, and the last drop of American blood, to the winning of such a victory as will forever blast the haughty, arrogant and lustful power of German militarism. Every alien who is a German sympathizer should be ferreted out and interned for the period of the war. Opposition to the government's vigorous prosecution of the war by American citizens, native-born or naturalized, should be crushed by the weight of the whole government. In 1914 I voted for prohibition and I have had no occasion to regret it. Moral questions aside, prohibition is an economic and industrial necessity, and I favor an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting, absolutely, the manufacture, importation and sale of any wines or spiritous liquors whatever. I approve and urge the adoption of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution now pending in the congress, and, pending the submission of such an amendment to the several states for their action, I advocate the enactment of as stringent a statute as the Constitution of the United States will now permit, preventing to the uttermost limit possible the importation, manufacture and sale of any wines or spirituous liquors in the United States and the State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc. State House ble Negro Pap ADO E JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SA transportation thereof in interstate commerce. In the event of my election, if no such bill is pending in congress, I pledge myself to introduce a bill for such a statute and to press it for passage to the fullest of my ability. I have always advocated, and still urge, a balanced and definite tariff, sufficient to protect adequately every American industry, and particularly the American wage-scale for American workmen. I shall, no matter whether in or out of office, do my uttermost to secure ample protection for the mining, agricultural and manufacturing interests of this state—protection for its tungsten, lead, zinc, wool, cattle, hides, sugar, wheat and every other product of whatever kind. In 1913 a Democratic congress adopted a tariff scheme—ostensibly for revenue only—which not only removed, at some fixed date, tariff protection from practically every article produced in this state, threw millions of workmen, throughout the country, out of employment and greatly reduced the revenues of the nation, but also forced the levying of war taxes, in times of profound peace, to meet the ordinary expenses of government. CHARLES W. WATERMAN. Every Democratic senator and representative from this state voted for that defenseless scheme. Thereafter, the Democratic party, confessing the error of its blundering action in the premises, under the guise of revenue necessity, restored the tariff upon the production of one single industry and abandoned all the others to destruction by a ruthless and unrestrained competition, only to be saved by the advent of the war, which created a world-wide demand for all our products and manufactures and destroyed the entire competitive power of all the nations at war—the greatest industrial nations of the earth. I shall, at all times, resolutely stand for the unflinching, impartial enforcement of existing law, and the absolute protection of life, property and property rights, everywhere. I shall support labor and labor organizations so long as their activities and purposes are lawful. I shall, however, oppose, as vigorously as I am able, every unlawful act, no matter by whom committed, and shall lend myself to the forcible suppression of violence in any form by any person or combination of persons. I am radically opposed to discriminating and sectional legislation, which fixes a maximum price for the wheat of the Northern farmer, irrespective of its cost of production, and leaves the Southern planter free to push the price of cotton (a war necessity of the highest class, far above the reach of the citizen of ordinary means. This has been done by the Democratic congress. The average price of raw cotton for the year 1914 was about seven and one-half cents per pound, and the market price of raw cotton with in the last few days has exceeded the price of thirty cents per pound. I earnestly urge the constrained coordination of all the departments of government, the industrial, commercial, agricultural, mining and transportation facilities and resources of the country, and, if need be, the conscription of the entire wealth and man power of the country, into industrial and war service, and the commandering of every industrial, transportation and producing agency and unit into the single service of the common country and under the common control and direction of the government. I believe in, and advocate, a centralization of the entire war-directing power of all the nations at war with Germany in a competent, representative war body, for the purpose of coordinating and rendering the entire resources of such nations efficient and effective to the uttermost. While I am in hearty sympathy with revenue legislation which distributes the burden of taxation equitably, upon those able to pay, for the purpose of prosecuting the war effectively and efficiently, I am unalterably opposed to the action of the Congress in exempting the salaries of its members from bearing any part of this patriotic burden. The present Democratic Congress has done that very thing, and it is not only unpatriotic, but it is indecent. This is not the time to grope in the gloom of rhetorical twilight or to act or speak with doubtful purpose or meaning. We are in the midst of a world war, utterly unskilled in the business, and have only just begun effective preparation. The government needs and must have the patient, earnest and patriotic support of every citizen. The war machine cannot be driven with brakes. It must be pushed on to victory by the free, enlightened and unanimous public opinion of Americans and by a quickened public conscience. The burden of the war is upon us, and it must be carried successfully or the world will fall back into the thralldom and servitude of the barbarous and ruthless Huns, and civilization and humane, representative democracy will fall into the abyss of oblivion. Far-seeing and progressive statesmanship must henceforth fashion the aims and purposes of our government; RACENEWS Gathered From Various Sources Asheville, N. C.—Five known dead, with a possibility that the number will be increased to eight or more is the heavy toll claimed by flames which destroyed the Catholic Hill Colored school house Friday morning, Nov. 16, 20 minutes after the children had been put through a fire drill. Three of the bodies have been identified and two more at the morgue cannot be identified as yet, but five more children are missing and it is practically certain that the bodies are those of two of the children missing. In addition to the list of dead, there are seven children in the hospitals suffering from injuries, one of whom, Helen Davis, may die. Washington.—Illiteracy among the Negroes drafted for service with the national army is the lat- est problem referred to the War department for settlement. Plans have been suggested to provide schools at all national army cantonments for the instruction of Colored men in the fundamentals of education. Little hope was expressed by War department officials that Negroes, especially from the Southern states, can be whipped into fighting shape before they first are taught the simplest military terms. At one cantonment it was discovered that among a group of 250 drafted Colored men received from a Southern state only sixty can write. Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 20.—In making up the last quota of this city's drafted men last Saturday twenty-four men were statesmanship able and fearlessly ready to visualize the economic, industrial and social conditions which will follow the close of the war, and methods of readjustment to meet quickly the new conditions at that time must be provided to absorb the shock incident to a complete change of purpose and direction of industrial, productive and war-released energy. The nations of the earth never before approached the productive capacity and efficiency of today, and with the close of the war and the enlistment of that capacity and efficiency in industrial and productive pursuits under conditions of peace, the beggared and poverty-stricken peoples of the world will enter into a rampant and overwhelming competition with American industry and labor which will utterly destroy them unless proper legislative protection is seasonally provided. Meantime, the industrial and productive energy of America must be directed exclusively to the single end of completely destroying the haunting, militaristic power of the German Empire and the preservation of the peace-loving peoples of the world from ruthless destruction or unconscionable despotism. Law and Order must be maintained everywhere, if necessary even by the bayonet, because lawlessness, insurgency and revolution, in times like these, cannot be permitted for a moment to distract the energies of the government and the administration from their well-directed purpose to secure a peace firmly founded upon victory. To such of our citizens who believe in and approve the principles and objects and purposes of government above set forth, or included by reference, and agree with my position, I appeal for support. Respectfully, CHARLES W. WATERMAN. Denver, Dec. 3, 1917. NO 16 est problem referred to the War department for settlement. Plans have been suggested to provide schools at all national army cantonments for the instruction of Colored men in the fundamentals of education. Little hope was expressed by War department officials that Negroes, especially from the Southern states, can be whipped into fighting shape before they first are taught the simplest military terms. At one cantonment it was discovered that among a group of 250 drafted Colored men received from a Southern state only sixty can write. Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 20. In making up the last quota of this city's drafted men last Saturday twenty-four men were called by the board. It was found after examining and passing all twenty-four that only twenty-two were called for the draft. The men were lined up and told that they had two men over. An officer requested that two men who felt they should not go step out of line. Not a man stirred The request was repeated, but there was not a move. Finally the officer was compelled to order two men out, and the other twenty-two were happy. Twenty of the twenty-two were Colored, and it is said to be the best bunch of men from a physical standpoint that left Atlantic City. Washington, D. C.—Brigadier General C. C. Ballou, who had charge of the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, has been designated to command the 92nd Division, to be made up of thirty thousand colored fighting troops. General Ballou was chiefly responsible for the military training of the 1,250 colored officers who attended the training camp at Fort Des Moines, nearly 700 of whom up to this date have received commission in the United States Army, including quite a number who have been commissioned since the closing of the training camp on October 15 1917. General Ballou was at the War Department this week, for conference with officers of the General Staff, and with Emmett J. Scott special assistant to the Secretary of War, who is advising the War Department in matters relating to the colored troops in the National Army, and with regard to the interests of the colored people of the United States generally. 7 7:8 8:9 9:10 10:11 11:12 12:1 1:2 2:3 3:4 4:5 5:6 6 A.M. P.M. Avoiding the Rush Hours The curve in the right-hand corner of the illustration shows approximately the fluctuations of telephone calls at a large central office in a business section of a city. The high spots represent the rush hours for which additional operators and adequate equipment must always be ready. To get easier hauls, the railroad engineer lowers grades and straightens curves, cutting through hills and filling valleys. If the telephone traffic curve could be flattened by distributing a percentage of calls over less busy periods, it would effect a material saving and assist us to meet the extraordinary demands for telephone service. Important business calls cannot be deferred, but there are many calls, social and less urgent, which might be made at other times without loss to the subscriber. By avoiding these high spots in telephone traffic, and by making telephone calls of a social or less urgent nature before or after the rush hours, the telephone user will be cooperating with us in the patriotic service we are rendering the Government and help us to meet the constantly increasing demands for telephone service. The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company THE "OWL" OIL COMPANY Only a few thousand shares of the first offering at 3c per share left. If you want to get in this company send your orders at once while you can buy this stock at 3c. It is the biggest buy on the market today. 504 COLORADO BUILDING, DENVER, COLORADO THOUSANDS DIE IN EXPLOSION --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN FRENCH MUNITIONS SHIP BLOWN UP AFTER COLLISION WITH RELIEF STEAMER AT HALIFAX. SCORES PERISH IN FIRE THOUSANDS INJURED AND BUILD INGS TORN TO BITS AS PARTS OF TOWNS ARE RAZED. Western Newspaper Union News Service. STRIKING FEATURES OF HALI- FAX BLAST. The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West Many thousands injured. Twenty-five wagon loads of bodies. Two miles of freight cars lifted from the rails and scattered over fields. Weather bitterly cold and thousands of homeless people suffer. Numerous vehicles turned on over on their sides and sunk. Every telephone and telegraph wire within thirty miles of Halftax down. A shock rattled houses thirty and forty miles away and was heard more than a hundred miles. Thirty-three men in the crew of forty-two of one steamship killed. More than a hundred persons broke when the train shed of the Canadian Pacific railway station collapsed. The area of devastation is two and one-half square miles. Washington, Dec. 7.—More than 5,000 are believed to have been killed in the explosion in Halifax harbor and the fire which swept North Halifax and Dartmouth, N. S., according to advices from a naval commander reaching the Navy Department. The navy dispatch said these figures had not been verified, however. ARELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 7.—With the toll of dead steadily mounting, it was believed early this morning that more than 2,000 persons perished in the explosion and fire which followed the collision in Halifax harbor between a munitions-laded French ship, the Mont Blanc, and the Imo, another vessel loaded with supplies for the Belgian Relief Commission. The disaster which has plunged the dominion into mourning probably will rank as the most fearful that ever occurred on the American continent. Residents of Halifax and thousands of volunteer relief workers who have come into the city have been almost dazed at the extent of the horror. Temporary morgues have been established in many buildings, to which a steady procession of vehicles of all kinds have been carrying for hours the bodies of men, women and children. Most of them were so charred that they were unrecognizable. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Virtually every building in the city which could be converted into a hospital is filled with wounded, many of them so desperately injured that there is no hope of their recovery. Scores already have died in these temporary hospitals. An ever-increasing number is being taken from the completely devastated Richmond district to the relief station. An army of rescue workers is searching among the ruins for bodies and for those who have survived amidst the wreckage left by the explosion and fire. The city was in darkness Thursday night except for the flames from the fires still burning in the wrecked buildings in the North End. The electric light and gas plants have been virtually destroyed and the only lights available are kerosene lamps. They furnished the illumination by means of which surgeons and doctors toiled heroically throughout the night caring for the injured. Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. Soldiers, sailors and police patrolled the streets and upon them fell the major portion of the burden of searching among the ruins for the dead and wounded. The Canadians were assisted in this work by sailors from an American warship in the harbor. The flame-swept area covers approximately two and one-half square miles. It begins at what is known as the North street bridge, extending north to pier eight on the Richmond waterfront and back to a point running parallel with Gottingen street. Nothing has been left standing in this section of the city. Only a pile of smouldering ruins marks the spot where the great building of the American Sugar Refining Company stood. The drydock and all the buildings which surrounded it were destroyed. The Richmond school that housed hundreds of children was demolished and it is reported only three escaped. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. TWODOLLARSAYEAR Ten-Day Armistice on Russian Fronts. Berlin, Dec. 7.—Suspension of hostilities over the whole Russian front for ten days beginning; at noon today has been arranged, the war office announced. Denver. — After holding up and shooting at J. W. Clark, proprietor of a jewelry store at 705 Eighteenth street, and two minutes later shooting and killing Dr. Henry Mogensen, 40 years old, owner of a drug store next door, at the northeast corner of Eighteenth and California streets, as the latter tried to hold him as he was running across California street to an automobile, the bandit made his escape in an auto. OIL COMPANY The Trade Mark "OWL" Only a few thousand shares of this company send your orders and buy on the market today. O. V Pres. 504 COLORA Into a room full of company rushed Donald, soaking wet from head to feet. "Why, Donald!" exclaimed his astonished mother, "where have you been?" "I been," gulped Donald. 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London says "East Africa has been completely cleared of the enemy." The expected drive of the Austro-Germans in Italy has not begun. America's Rainbow Division is in France, along with other National Guard units. On the Aisne and Meuse fronts the French and Germans are continuing their artillery duels. In Palestine the battle between the British and the Turks for the possession of Jerusalem has not begun. Ten divisions strong, the Belgian army is ready to take its part in the offensive in Flanders whenever the word is given. A forty-eight hour armistice between Russia and Germany was signed at the headquarters of Prince Leopold of Bavaria. The Germans evidently have stopped their tactics of sacrificing men in an effort to break through the British lines near Cambrai. The Germans realize that they cannot much longer endure the strain of trench warfare imposed upon them by the allies. They must attempt to bring the war to a crisis. The Germans claim the capture of 6,000 men and 100 guns around Cambrai, but the British war office says the number of captured prisoners on each side is far in excess of that figure. The Norwegian legation reports that thirteen Norwegian steamers of a gross tonnage of 19,092 were lost in November by causes arising from the war. Forty-one Norwegian lives were lost. The British steamer Apapa has been torpedoed and sunk, according to London advices. Eighty passengers and the crew of the vessel perished. About 120 passengers were saved. It is reported that the submarine fired on women and children in open boats. Thirty-five Mexican bandits were killed and many wounded in a battle at Buena Vista, Tex., between United States cavalrymen and a force of 200 Mexicans which crossed the international line and attempted raids on the cattle ranches. One U. S. soldier and two ranchmen were slain. WESTERN The principal grades of crude oil were advanced by the purchasing agencies at Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. R. H. Treacy of Bismarck, N. D., chief of the animal husbandry division of the department of agriculture, died in a hospital in Chicago. The balloon which broke from its mooring at Fort Sill was brought to the ground safely at Rush Springs, Okla., about thirty miles from Fort Sill. Jacob I. Fulton, 58, a commercial traveler from Lincoln, Neb., was crushed beneath his automobile and killed at a point on the Greeley road fifteen miles south of Cheyenne, Wyo. Butte, Mont., is soon to witness a triple execution, when Sherman A. Powell, colored, Frank Fisher and John O'Neill, all convicted of murder in the first degree, will be put to death. Otis D. Slane, 23 years old, who said he formerly lived at Bonanza, Colo., was found guilty at San Diego, Cal., by a jury in the Superior Court of murder in the first degree for the killing of Israel Botwin, an automobile stage driver, on Oct. 3. WASHINGTON. E. Bishop Grandin, 77, prominently identified with oil and lumber interests, died at his home in Washington from pneumonia. Regulations to restrict the transmission to or from the United States of letters or communications except through the regular course of the mails were issued to customs collectors by the treasury. Increases in freight rates on iron and steel articles ranging as high as 40 per cent were allowed to Western railroads by the interstate commerce commission. The increases, however, were not so great as the railroads asked. Nation-wide prohibition and nationwide woman suffrage constitutional amendments will be voted on in the House judiciary committee. Representative Fitzgerald of New York, chairman of the house appropriations committee, announced his resignation from Congress to take effect Dec. 31. A blacklist of 1,600 firms in twenty Central and South American countries with whom merchants of the United States are forbidden specifically to do business was promulgated by the War Trade Board. FOREIGN The establishment of a Tartar republic in the Crimea is announced. Canada's subscriptions to the Victory loan will exceed $400,000,000. It was announced at a mass meeting in Toronto. The Dublin Evening Mail says the police have seized a large quantity of high explosives which were brought to Ireland from Scotland. The Russian general staff in northern Russia has been captured, General Dukhonin was thrown from a train and killed by Bolsheviki gangsters. The marquis of Lansdowne's letter continues to be commented on by the German press, the concensus being that pacifism is gaining ground in England. Two hundred million dollars is the estimated amount of the actual property loss from the great floods which have swept over North China within the last two months. Field Marshal von Hindenburg is quoted by a correspondent of the Vienna Neue Frie Press as ironically referring to "the American advertising methods." Camille Huysmans, secretary of the Socialist Internationalale, according to an interview printed in the Afton Tidnigen, deplores events in Russia as making the peace outlook darker. The revolutionary movement in Ecuador, it is officially announced, has ended. The rebels suffered defeat wherever they appeared, and their leader, Intriago, has been captured. Definite proof, it is asserted, of the existence of a German U-boat station off the South American coast was obtained by the authorities at Buenos Aires in the discovery of evidence contained among the effects taken from crews of intermed German steamships. Dr. Christopher Addison, minister of reconstruction, according to the London Daily Express, has been appointed minister of public health, and hopes to carry a bill through Parliament before Christmas, forming a new ministry to operate a scheme of "revolutionary character." This scheme is said to aim at the nationalization of the medical profession, involving free medical attendance for everyone without any element of charge. SPORTING NEWS Denver bowlers will compete for the benefit of the Red Cross at the Denver alleys on Wednesday evening, Dec. 12. The basketball team of Creighton university, Omaha, will go to Colorado this winter for a series of games with state colleges and independent teams. Fred Eames defeated Tony Sarconi in a three-cushion billiard game for the benefit of the ambulance fund being raised by the billiardists of the country, played at Denver. Earl Puryear, Denver bantamweight, who lost on a foul to Joe Leopold at the Lakeside Athletic club in Denver left for Tulsa, Okla., where he is matched to meet Nate Jackson. Shellenberger of the Parker Lights did some exceptional pin busting in Denver, his performance netting him a series total of 666. Shell opened with 258, followed with 187, and then closed with 221. His scores helped the Parker Lights romp off with the big score of the evening in the Commercial league—2,739. GENERAL Over 206 persons in United States get income of millions each year. The capture of one of Germany's finest submarines by an American warship was reported unofficially at Newport, R. I., in a story from a French seaport. German has been dropped from the course of study in thirty high schools of California because pupils have discontinued studying the language, it was announced by school authorities. President Wilson's address to Congress was heralded throughout the world by the United States government. The achievement is regarded as probably the greatest publicity feat ever undertaken. Evidence of a plot to poison Mrs. Bertha Hemple, a widow, and her four children, has been unearthed in Hanover township, a pronounced German community, federal officials announced in Chicago. Mrs. Carrie V. Hollister, a sister of Schuyler Colfax, vice president of the United States under President U. S. Grant, and widow of the late Col. Orlando J. Hollister, one of the pioneers of Utah, died at Seattle, Wash., aged 78. She went to Seattle nine years ago from Salt Lake. Miss Harriet A. Varney, a nurse, was placed on trial at Dedham, Mass., accused of the murder of Mrs. Pauline A. Keyes, the bride and former stenographer in the office of her husband, George H. Keyes, a real estate dealer of Boston. Jealousy is the motive alleged. In the cross-examination by the state in the trial of Gaston Means for the alleged murder of Mrs. Maude A. King at Concord, N. H., it was brought out that the state may charge Afton Means with complicity in the murder. President John J. Stanley of the Cleveland Railway Company, announced in Ohio that street car fare in Cleveland will be increased Saturday, Dec. 15, to a 4-cent cash rate, three tickets for a dime and penny transfer, with refund. The present fare is 3 cents. COLORADO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. COMING EVENTS. Jan. 19-26—Live stock show at Denver. Colorado guards are now in France. New Methodist church at Stonington is to be dedicated Dec. 9. The schoolhouse of District 13 near Castle Rock burned with all contents. The one-delivery plan went into effect with the retail grocers and butchers in Pueblo. Two carloads of the municipal organ arrived in Denver and the remaining three cars are expected soon. The Cañon City coal dealers have petitioned the state fuel administration for a raise in retail prices. Henry H. Clark was elected president of the Denver Bar Association at that organization's annual meeting and banquet. W. H. Bartleson harvested about $2,100 worth of honey from 206 hives of bees located in the West orchards, east of Olney. The first allotment of thrift stamps received by the Denver postoffice, amounting to $22,500, was sold in less than two days. The Denver Retail Coal Merchants' Association has petitioned the Colorado fuel administrator for permission to raise the retail price of coal. Henry W. Dutsch, of Hugo, was tarred and feathered and forced to kiss the American flag for alleged pro-German utterances, by one hundred enraged citizens. The body of Dr. Henry C. Watt, son-in-law of the late Gen. William J. Palmer of Colorado Springs, was cremated in Denver and the ashes taken back to the Springs. It is reported that the Yankee Girl Genesee-Vanderbilt and Guston properties, situated in the Red Mountain mining district, near Silverton, have been taken over by the Mary Murphy company. The Colorado Council of Defense, through the markets committee, sent word to the chairmen of the county councils urging them to prevail upon farmers to sort their potatoes before shipping. Fred Holle, recently arrested in Longmont on a charge of having escaped from an interned German merchantman at Boston three years ago, was taken to Denver and placed in the county jail. William Bruno, a Mexican convicted by a jury in the Denver West Side Court Nov. 26 for the murder of his wife June 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Colorado state penitentiary. The receipts of the Denver postoffice for November were $188,556.64, an increase of $55,676.22, or 41.9 per cent over November of 1916, and the biggest month's business in the history of the office. An indignant protest over the high prices being charged by Colorado coal profiteers was officially made to Fuel Administrator H. A. Garfield at Washington, by Congressman Edward Keating of Pueblo. A million new testaments for the American boys in France is the plan of the joint campaign now being waged in every part of the country by the army and navy chaplains and the national war council of the Y. M. C. A. Louis R. Sheldahl, 23 years old, a senior in the University of Colorado, has sacrificed his diploma, which he was to have received next spring, to do his "bit" for democracy by enlisting in the Gas and Flame Thirtieth engineers. President Wilson's recommendation for war with Austria, if carried out by Congress, will materially affect the coal mining industry of Colorado. It is estimated that one-half of the coal miners in this state are Austrian subjects who come here for the sole purpose of working in the mines. While awaiting definite word from Washington, M. B. Tomblin, secretary of the Colorado Metal Mining Association, declared that petty differences had been buried and that the American mining congress and all local Colorado silver organizations were ready to unite to boost the production of silver for the government if the federal purchasing price permitted a fair profit. Maj. C. N. Barney of the Denver army recruiting office is in receipt of instructions from the War Department that any registrant, even though he is called by his local board to report for physical examination may, from Dec. 1 until Dec. 15, enlist on the presentation to the recruiting officer of a certificate from his local board stating that he will not be needed to fill any deferred percentage of the board's quota. The woman's state auxiliary to the Colorado National Guard, which, although the guard has lost its identity in the United States army, still keeps track of its former members, has set itself the task of supplying Christmas boxes from Colorado women to every Colorado man in service. An ordinance aimed at dishonest oil and mining companies, barring such concerns from operating in Denver and prohibiting newspapers or other publications from advertising fraudulent stocks, received first reading by the City Council. TAYLOR SAYS WE'LL WIN CONGRESSMAN RETURNS FROM EUROPEAN BATTLEFRONT. Colorado Legislator Declares Co-operation Is the Big Lesson Americans Must Learn. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—"We've got the money, we've got the men, we've got the supplies, and we've got the right on our side, and we'll win—but, by Godfrey! let no American man or woman think this war is a picnic! And shame on the American man or woman who complains of our little trials today, tiny, insignificant economies and troubles compared to the superhuman sacrifices being made so bravely by heroic France!" This message is one of several brought to the American people by Congressman Edward T. Taylor, one of the ten United States legislators who, as guests of the French, British and Belgian governments, recently spent days and nights in the front line trenches between the Baltic sea and the Alps, obtaining first-hand information of conditions that this country must face in bearing the brunt of an offensive war against Germany. Congressman Taylor arrived in Denver en route to his home in Glenwood Springs, where Mrs. Taylor is recovering from an operation. On his return trip to Washington he will be the guest of the Civic and Commercial Association here, and will speak on war conditions at a public meeting to be held in the Auditorium. "Co-operation is the ibg lesson we must learn," Congressman Taylor declared. "There must be one directing force at the head of the allied armies on the western front. Transportation is our second problem. We must have ships, and at this time we must ignore the cry from France for more men. It would be criminal to send an army of a million men to France unless we are able to send supplies with them. Our men will face famine on the battlefields if we send them over without supply ships accompanying them. Transportation must be supplied—and then we'll send our fighters over to do their part. Vigilantes Surprise Cattle Thieves. Rocky Ford.—So serious is becoming the loss of cattle to the ranchers south of Rocky Ford in the canions that a vigilante committee has been formed and a night guard has been put over the range where most of the stock is grazing. For some time the cattle men have been missing stock in small numbers and have found evidence of cattle having been killed on the range. A few nights ago the stockmen who are doing the night riding succeeded in getting close enough to the thieves that in their hurried departure they left their knives and the carcass they had killed and were working upon. Tse cattlemen are not saying much about their hunt, but they intimate that there will be no public announcement of the funeral when they round up the band. Beats Up Police; Held As Insane. Pueblo.—A man giving the name of Alexander Crunska, arrested here on a charge of vagrancy, became incensed when, upon his release being ordered and a roll of bills amounting to $200 returned him by the officers, he knocked down and severely injured Detective Walton and Police Surgeon Killough, and broke considerable furniture in the wagon room at police headquarters. He is now held at a local hospital, and is being examined as to his sanity. La Junta. The suicide at the county jail of a restaurant man, called by everyone Sunny Jim, but whose real name the officials were unable to ascertain, came as a sequel to the arrests which have been made during the past few days in connection with the robbery of Santa Fe cars containing groceries. Shoot to Kill Car Thieves. Pueblo.—Because of the increasing number of thefts of automobiles, the chief of police of Pueblo has issued an order to the patrolmen to "shoot to kill" if necessary, if persons believed to be driving a stolen car do not stop when ordered to halt. Girl Responsible for Boy's Death. Brighton.—Frances R. Yarborough, 19 years old, is held responsible for the death of John Wagner, 16 years old, by a bullet from a rifle, but a coroner's jury has found that the death was accidental. Elks Hold Exercises. La Junta.—Charles E. Thomas of Colorado Springs was the orator at the annual memorial day exercises of La Junta Lodge No. 701, B. P. O. E. Tommy Baxter Dead at Glenwood. Glenwood Springs.—"Tommy" Baxter, a guide and cattleman, well known, especially to polo players, died here after suffering some time from an abscess. He is survived by a wife, three children and his father and mother. Saturday School Holiday Abolished. Longmont.—The school directors of Longmont have voted to do away with the usual Saturday holiday, and school will be held six days a week. Western Beef Co. Open Daily to 8:30 p. m. ONE OF THE MOST MARKET Fresh Oysters, Chitterling Neck Bones, Spare Fresh and Cured Meats of and I Our Price Free Delivery PHONE 2048 LARIMER STREET Opposite Bolden Bros. 924 NINETEENTH S OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SALE MARKETS IN THE CITY. Butters, Chitterlings, Pig Tails, Snouts, Ears, Rock Bones, Spare Ribs, Received Fresh Dried Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetables and Fancy Groceries. Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Free Delivery to All Parts of the City. PHONE CHAMPA 1641. IMER STREET DENVER Opposite the Three Rules. In Bros. Cafe & Lunch INNETEENTH STREET, DENVER, COD ONE OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SANITARY MARKETS IN THE CITY. Fresh Oysters, Chitterlings, Pig Tails, Snouts, Ears, Pigs Feet, Neck Bones, Spare Ribs, Received Fresh Daily. Fresh and Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetables, Staple and Fancy Groceries. PHONE CHAMPA 1641. 2048 LARIMER STREET DENVER, COLO. Opposite the Three Rules. DINNER 11:30 to 2 p.m. ALL KIND BOLDEN BROAD Baths, I. FIRST- R. B. BOLDEN, Manager The Cham Twentieth Is the DRUGS, CHEMICALS, WE SERVE Prescription Phone us and we will deli JAMES E. PHONE Weather TELEPHON Est PIONEER HA WE MAKE PRACTICE RENOVATORS, BLEAC Of Gents' and Ladies 1624 Cham PHONE MAIN 3028 JOHN I Meats, Fancy a 1864 C ALL KINDS OF SANDWICHES DEN BROS. BARBER Baths, Electric Massage FIRST-CLASS SERVICE DEN, Manager 926 19th Champa Phar- Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your CHEMICALS AND PATENT M WE SERVE DRINKS. Descriptions Our Speci and we will deliver the goods to all parts MES E. THRALL, Ph PHONE MAIN 2425. atherhead Ha TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 BOLDEN BROS. BARBER SHOP Baths, Electric Massage FIRST-CLASS SERVICE R. B. BOLDEN, Manager 926 19th St., Denver 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. Weatherhead Hat Co. TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 Established 1876 PIONEER HATTERS OF THE WEST WE MAKE OLD HATS NEW PRACTICAL HATTERS VETORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FISH Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Descrip- 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. IN 3028 RES. PHONE JOHN K. RETTIGER Fancy and Staple Gro 1864 CURTIS STREET seventh. MARKET COMP E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1 d Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Me RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Description 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. The MARK C. E. SMITH, M Wholesale and Retail Staple Hotels and Re Frees Eastern C 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, --- Corner Nineteenth. Sundays Until 2:00 p. m. E AND SANITARY CITY. Snouts, Ears, Pigs Feet, Fed Fresh Daily. Fresh Vegetables, Staple Dies. Always at of the City. 1641. DENVER, COLO. Rules. Lunch Room DENVER, COLORADO Short Orders at all Hours BARBER SHOP age ICE 926 19th St., Denver Pharmacy Gamma, your CONTENT MEDICINES DRINKS. Specialty. to all parts of the city. LL, PROPR. 226. Hat Co. 3203 THE WEST NEW ATTERS S AND FINISHERS very Description er, Colo. S. PHONE GALLUP 942 TTIG Apple Groceries SEET COMPANY one South 1608 proceries, Fish and Oysters Specialty. ed Meats Denver, Colorado + VINEGAR SUNSHINE Denver, Cola THE COLORADO STATESMAN LABOR GUILLE FREE RACE COURTING POINT SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Three Months ..... 60 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25. Phone Main 7417. Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, 5 cents per line. Display advertising, 50 cents per inch. CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS. ARE GLAD TO STATE that the people, ever ready to give suggestions which save time and money, are purchasing these goods early. As we go along the streets, noticing the rags, the almost overladen arms, the windows packed us to be soon relieved, we begin to think of the wonders and the pleasantness resulting in those who can be readers and their augmented staff of clerks, with their usury, and their efforts to satisfy customers and patrons as measured success. Two more weeks and Christmas good with yesterday; so take advantage of this time that pre-line with the successful ones who PURCHASE EARL goods at the smallest prices. Continue to read the advert reliable firms which appear in this and succeeding issues justice. WE ARE GLAD TO STATE that the people, ever ready to give heed to suggestions which save time and money, are purchasing their Christmas goods early. As we go along the streets, noticing the heavily loaded wagons, the almost overladen arms, the windows packed with toys and notions to be soon relieved, we begin to think of the wonderful power of Reason and the pleasantness resulting in those who can be reasoned with. The managers and their augmented staff of clerks, with their usual civility, are kept busy, and their efforts to satisfy customers and patrons are meeting with unmeasured success. Two more weeks and Christmas goods will have passed with yesterday; so take advantage of this time that presents itself and get in line with the successful ones who PURCHASE EARLY, securing the best goods at the smallest prices. Continue to read the advertisements of the most reliable firms which appear in this and succeeding issues and do yourselves justice. PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, delivered to Congress last Tuesday, may well be termed a message to the world, as not only did it refer to the American phase of the situation, but showed the universal part that must be taken to crush autocracy and set at liberty a people who, though still in bondage, cannot realize the wickedness of their lords and masters. Speaking of the peril that faces the heart of our democracy, the President said: "The purpose of the central powers strike straight at the heart of everything we believe in; their methods of warfare outrage every principle of humanity and of knightly honor; their intrigue has corrupted the very thought and spirit of many of our people; their sinister and secret diplomacy has sought to take our very territory away from us and disrupt the union of the states. Our safety would be at an end, our honor forever sullied and brought into contempt were we to permit their triumph. They are striking at the very existence of democracy and liberty." These words must come home to the individual, as the weight they carry forces us to see the action of the enemy in its naked form. To remove the principles of our democratic institution, to remove the pillars of liberty, so costly to construct, would surely strike at the very foundation of our existence, and our dignity and prestige once lost among the nations of the world would be hard to restore. "The people of Germany are being told," the message continued, "by the men whom they now permit to deceive them and to act as their masters, that they are fighting for the very life and existence of their empire, a war of desperate self-defense against deliberate aggression. Nothing could be more grossly or wantonly false, and we must seek by the utmost openness and candor as to our real aims to convince them of its falseness. We are in fact fighting for their emancipation from fear, along with our men, from the fear as well as from the fact of unjust attack for neighbors or rivals or schemers after world empire. No one is threatening the existence or the independence or the peaceful enterprise of the German empire." This clear and unmistakable proof of our cause in this war should have a telling effect on the people of Germany and her allies, as the President has again told the world the purpose of our country, and in his request for a declaration of war on Austria-Hungary, the most formidable ally of Germany, he shows the power established over this empire by the subtle German lord. Concluding, the President said: "A supreme moment of history has come. The eyes of the people have been opened and they see. The hand of God is laid upon the nations. He will show them favor, I devoutly believe, only if they rise to the clear heights of His own justice and mercy." These last words call for a deeper thought, and if our eyes are opened, then our hearts must be filled with gratitude that we are being privileged to contribute our all in the support we are giving and will give to the administration to prosecute to its fullest this action which will preserve our temple of democracy and rescue the other nations of the world from a disaster so overpowering in its nature as to permanently affect the world's peace for generations. FELLOW CITIZENS! YOUR WHOLE AMERICAN MANHOOD DEMANDS ACTION. MEASURE UP! THE CANDIDACY OF CHARLES W. WATERMAN FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. WHEN A MAN through the frequent solicitations of a number of citizens of this state, resolves to abandon the lucrative practice attending his legal profession in a Colorado environment to serve his country's best interests, especially at a time when strong men are needed in our government, it proves the warm beat of the patriotic heart that is willing to engage all sacrifices for the stability of the nation and country—an American of whom America can be justly proud, and that man is CHARLES W. WATERMAN. In the announcement appearing on the front page of this issue, Mr. Waterman has given a clear-cut view of his party affiliation, he being a consistent Republican for all times; the stand he takes to insure the "democratic safety" of his country and the extension and security of the same to all nations of the world, whether great or small; an ardent supporter of the present war propaganda as long as it demands and fights for a peace founded upon a complete and conclusive victory over our enemies; an advocate of prohibition of the liquor in its entirety, approving the amendment to the Federal Constitution for the non-manufacture, importation and sale of any spirituous beverages; a protector of American industrial, by having a balanced and definite tariff, and particularly the AMERICAN WAGE SCALE FOR AMERICAN WORKMEN; giving support to labor and labor organizations while their activities are lawful, and standing at all times for the unflinching, impartial enforcement of law and absolute protection of life, property and property rights everywhere. His platform also includes opposition to discriminating and sectional legislation, a co-ordination of all the departments of government, the industrial, commercial, agricultural, etc., and, if necessary, the conscription of the entire wealth and man power into industrial and war service; a fair and equitable distribution of taxation on all citizens, there being no exemptions; and this announcement concludes with an earnest plea for the patient, earnest and patriotic support of every citizen towards the administration and for farseeing, progressive, fearless statesmanship which will be necessary to shape the aims and purposes of our government in meeting the new conditions confronting us at the termination of the war. No clearer statement could be made by one who shows to the public that at this time he is qualified to bear the responsibility which the people of Colorado will place on him if they approve of the principles, objects and purposes aforestated, and THE COLORADO STATESMAN in its association with this candidate for nearly thirty years, is glad of the opportunity to express its firm and thorough belief in him as a man, who forgetful of self, champions a cause for the benefit of the masses, delighting in the success that attends his efforts for the good of a people and country. Such a man is worthy of our support and the support of a majority of the electors of this state, and we should interest ourselves now to secure his nomination at the primary election, and in the final give to our Republic in the management of its governmental affairs, a true, noble, loyal son—CHARLES W. WATERMAN in the representative position of UNITED STATES SENATOR. German-Americans Loyal As in Every Crisis of the Nation in Past The heart of our citizens of German stock is entirely sound. It requires only a proper presentation of matters and a firm stand to induce all of them to fall in line. They are Americans first—with but unimportant exceptions. PETER H. BURGESS The assurances of friendship expressed by the president for the German people, his high hopes for democracy, embodied the aspirations of millions of people of German stock, and these millions believe that the present struggle will bring government by the people and for the people to nearly the entire world. The war with Germany is a great touchstone of our ability to think and act as a great nation. The part of German-Americans in this war must, and I know will, be as fruitful of willing sacrifices, heroic deeds and patriotic devotion as that of any citizen who points to the Pilgrims as his ancestors—yes, even more so, because we know how great is the advantage of America's citizenship and how great the boon that has come to those who fled German conditions of life, both economic and political, to embrace the free institutions of the New World. German-American hearts, brain and brawn are merged with the great forces of the American people in this all-absorbing enterprise. And while thus active in this work of patriotic devotion, our vision rises and looks to a future for our American-born children, whose children and children's children shall live and prosper upon the great work of today when this American credo of ours will find a permanent lodgment with every one of the millions who, while proud of the achievements of the German race, are prouder still of the fact of being one of the new nation that shall bring the world the liberty and democracy which we enjoy. There can be no division. Only one loyalty is possible in the heart and mind of our citizenship, no matter of what stock—the loyalty which we have sworn and which I know the American citizens of German stock will hold sacred as in former days when the German-American leaders of the past, in every crisis of our country, gave their lives for its preservation. The war with Germany is a great touchstone of our ability to think and act as a great nation. The part of German-Americans in this war must, and I know will, be as fruitful of willing sacrifices, heroic deeds and patriotic devotion as that of any citizen who points to the Pilgrims as his ancestors—yes, even more so, because we know how great is the advantage of America's citizenship and how great, the boon that has come to those who fled German conditions of life, both economic and political, to embrace the free institutions of the New World. German-American hearts, brain and brawn are merged with the great forces of the American people in this all-absorbing enterprise. And while thus active in this work of patriotic devotion, our vision rises and looks to a future for our American-born children, whose children and children's children shall live and prosper upon the great work of today when this American credo of ours will find a permanent lodgment with every one of the millions who, while proud of the achievements of the German race, are prouder still of the fact of being one of the new nation that shall bring the world the liberty and democracy which we enjoy. There can be no division. Only one loyalty is possible in the heart and mind of our citizenship, no matter of what stock—the loyalty which we have sworn and which I know the American citizens of German stock will hold sacred as in former days when the German-American leaders of the past, in every crisis of our country, gave their lives for its preservation. Fixed Price for Wheat Protects Farmer From Danger of Overproduction By DR. H.J. WATERS, $ ^{1} $ President of Kansas State Agricultural College Today there is only one side on which any loyal American may be found, and that is the side of the Stars and Stripes. Since we are at war it is necessary for us all to make sacrifices, and the smallest sacrifice anyone can make is the sacrifice of money. Price fixing is a new business to a democracy like ours and it necessarily causes some confusion and some dissatisfaction at first, particularly since it has had to come in a year when the available wheat supply was the lowest in many years and when the demand was perhaps the highest in history. The farmer cannot help feeling that his product under unrestricted sale would bring a much higher price than the government dares to fix. It is to be remembered, however, that the fixed price of $2.20 in Chicago is for the entire 1917 crop and continues in effect until July next, when the guaranty of not less than $2, fixed by congress, becomes operative. Moreover, while the world is short of available wheat, there actually exists a surplus of this crop. Australia has a reserve of 180,000,000 bushels, which is being offered at $1 a bushel, and there is the prospect of an additional surplus of 100,000,000 bushels at the coming harvest in that country. In India there is in sight a surplus of nearly 100,000,000 bushels and in Argentina of approximately 70,000,000 bushels. If active fighting should cease and peace negotiations begin, these supplies, added to what is obtainable in Canada and the United States, would be thrown immediately on the market, depressing the price here, as well as elsewhere, to probably $1 a bushel. This does not take into account the vast resources of wheat in Russia, which cannot be reached in time to affect the sale of the 1917 crop. The government price recently fixed protects the American farmer against any decline in the wheat market. While the present guaranty is based on a small crop and will furnish no subsidy to the farmer but will rather call for a sacrifice on his part, we are likely to have under normal crop conditions a billion and a quarter bushels next year. Under the government guaranty this will be sold for at least $2 a bushel. Today there is only one side on which any loyal American may be found, and that is the side of the Stars and Stripes. Since we are at war it is necessary for us all to make sacrifices, and the smallest sacrifice anyone can make is the sacrifice of money. Price fixing is a new business to a democracy like ours and it necessarily causes some confusion and some dissatisfaction at first, particularly since it has had to come in a year when the available wheat supply was the lowest in many years and when the demand was perhaps the highest in history. The farmer cannot help feeling that his product under unrestricted sale would bring a much higher price than the government dares to fix. It is to be remembered, however, that the fixed price of $2.20 in Chicago is for the entire 1917 crop and continues in effect until July next, when the guaranty of not less than $2, fixed by congress, becomes operative. Moreover, while the world is short of available wheat, there actually exists a surplus of this crop. Australia has a reserve of 180,000,000 bushels, which is being offered at $1 a bushel, and there is the prospect of an additional surplus of 100,000,000 bushels at the coming harvest in that country. In India there is in sight a surplus of nearly 100,000,000 bushels and in Argentina of approximately 70,000,000 bushels. If active fighting should cease and peace negotiations begin, these supplies, added to what is obtainable in Canada and the United States, would be thrown immediately on the market, depressing the price here, as well as elsewhere, to probably $1 a bushel. This does not take into account the vast resources of wheat in Russia, which cannot be reached in time to affect the sale of the 1917 crop. The government price recently fixed protects the American farmer against any decline in the wheat market. While the present guaranty is based on a small crop and will furnish no subsidy to the farmer but will rather call for a sacrifice on his part, we are likely to have under normal crop conditions a billion and a quarter bushels next year. Under the government guaranty this will be sold for at least $2 a bushel. War Marriages, Contracted in Haste Often Bring Regrets By MRS. EDNA B. FUNSTON, Widow of Gen. Frederick B. Funston Moving is the hardest duty of an army man's wife. She has to be ready to shift her household from one place to another in perhaps a few days' time. This means that furniture must be sold, some stored away, some shipped to the new home, other kinds selected, trunks packed, the children outfitted, different kinds of clothing bought, and what not. When I was living in San Antonio, Tex., I had the double problem of keeping one home ready in California and another open on the border. And the income of an army man is not so big that this is a simple matter. But I wouldn't have changed a single day of my life for anything. By MRS. EDNA B. FUNSTON,Widow of Gen. Frederick B. Funston Moving is the hardest duty of an army man's wife. She has to be ready to shift her household from one place to another in perhaps a few days' time. This means that furniture must be sold, some stored away, some shipped to the new home, other kinds selected, trunks packed, the children outfitted, different kinds of clothing bought, and what not. When I was living in San Antonio, Tex., I had the double problem of keeping one home ready in California and another open on the border. And the income of an army man is, not so big that this is a simple matter. But I wouldn't have changed a single day of my life for anything. I do not think that as a general rule war marriages are good things, although circumstances often arise which alter the case. My husband was the kind of a man who was easy to know, so that I felt after my two weeks' engagement to him that I had known him always. On the other hand, I knew a woman who was engaged to a man for ten years before she married him. She knew him too well, was actually tired of him when they married, so of course they did not have a happy life. So you see it isn't the length of time you know your husband—it's in the individuals. I think most young girls who marry during the war in haste often regret their hastiness. They do not think of the responsibilities of marriage. It is hard for a young girl to be left alone when her husband goes to war. It is harder still for her to go on with her life should she be widowed, because no matter how young she is there is a big difference between girlhood and widowhood. In the majority of instances the war bride does not realize what she is doing. Give Them a Victrola--The Ideal Christmas Gift CABINET And We Include a Choice Library of Records of Your Own Selection Please come in and select your VICTROLA early, to your choice—the factory can not supply us enough You'll enjoy shopping at our hospitable store. Please come in and select your VICTROLA early, to insure your choice—the factory can not supply us enough goods. You'll enjoy shopping at our hospitable store. GEORGE BELL, Pres. A. L. SHELLEY, V.-Pres. The George LAPIDARIES AND MFG. JEWELERS. 437 Seventeenth Street. "DO YOU NE We make loans on Watches, Diaries and Hand Bags and CHAS. BOMASE 1755 CURTIS STREET We make loans on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Trunks, Suit Cases and Hand Bags and Clothing of all kinds. CHAS. BOMASH LOAN OFFICE. EATON COLORADO NEWS. Bethel Baptist Mission worshipped with the Seconed Baptist church Cheyenne, Wyo., on Thanksgiving Day. Rev. J. T. Muse, pastor of Bethel Baptist Mission and wife met the train which arrived in Cheyenne at 12:25 p. m. We were escorted to the Second Baptist church where the Pastor, Dr. C. O. Smith and congregation were awaiting our arrival, congregation was dismissed to return for the 3:30 p. m. services. The following named parties that visited and worshipped with the Second Baptist Church of Cheyenne were: Mesdames Sarah Harper, Lulu Marshbanks, Fred Jones, Wm. Dabney, Walter Dabney, James Smith, Annie Reed, Little Misses Dorothy Jones Ida Harper and Master Buster Smith. The above name parties enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving Dinner at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Muse, Mrs. H. Fluker and Mr. Wm. Valentine of Cheyenne were the entertainers while dinner was being prepared. After dinner all returned to the church for the afternoon service. Pastor Smith turned the entire service over to Rev. Muse. A free-will offering was lifted by Mesdames Wm. Dabney and Sarah Harper. The meeting then was turned over to. Pastor Smith, who showed his appreciation in having us present and extended a cordial invitation for our early return. Michaelson's Corner of 15th and Larimer Sts. SAVE MONEY ON YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS. And be sure that you are buying something the recipient will appreciate. Men's and boys' clothing; women's, misses' and children's suits, coats, dresses. Footwear for men, women and children. Men's bath robes and smoking jackets. This store promises to save you money. Come with that expectation. Sale or no sale, this store always undersells. FOR RENT—Cheap, saloon, barber shop and pool room space, in Hotel Idlewild; 50 E. 33rd St. Rare and rich opportunity for right man. Apply or write Idlewild Hotel & Investment Co., 50 E. 33rd St., Chicago, Ill. MALAYSIA CAMEL MUSEUM MALAYSIA CAMEL MUSEUM Because It Makes Your Home at Once the Center of the World's Best Music and Entertainment. The VICTROLA is the choice of an unselfish giver, because it is a perpetual source of pleasure to all the family and the friends who enjoy your hospitality. $2.00 Cash and 50c a Week Puts a Genuine New Victrola In Your Home $2.00 Cash and 50c a Week EAGLE The Challenge We believe we have one of the best oil investments ever offered. We challenge your investigation. Write today for full information. We want you to thoroughly understand this oil offering before you buy stock in any company. FREE TO YOU Oil maps, full information, References, etc. Bald Eagle Oil & Refining Co. 413-414 Denham Building DENVER, COLO. Commerce Oil Company OLIVER NEWMAN President. R. E. NICE, Secretary. L. C. GREENLEE, Treasurer. Company has just acquired one-half interest in lease in Section 2, Township 24 N., Range 16 East, in the famous Chelsea-Nowata Field in Rogers County, Oklahoma. This property adjoins producing wells and will be drilled and developed as soon as a rig can be put on the ground. We expect to get oil in the very near future, and as soon as we produce our stock will advance to a high figure. Get some at once at 2 Cents a Share Also very valuable holdings in Natrona County, Wyoming, near Casper. Write, phone or call Davis & Company 313 Boston Building, Phone Champa 5452. DENVER. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Do your Christmas snopping early and avoid the rush. Keep off the date of Dec. 25th. Big Christmas Ball at Fern Hall. William Sprague, employee of the Stearns Rogers Manufacturing Co., is able to be out again after a brief illness. consists of a large membership, its ficers being: Rev. D. E. Over, president; Rev. H. B. Brown, vice president; Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook, secretary, and L. H. Lightner, treasurer. The Colorado Statesman wishes long and useful career to this organization as it will fill long-felt want this community. PROMINENT WEDDINGS Miss Hattie Maddox left today for Emporia, Kansas, where she expects to remain permanently. Mrs. Albert Williams of 3063 California street, who has been quite ill is improving. Mrs. Maggie Waters returned home last Saturday from Clayton, Mo., where she has been visiting her daughter several months. Mrs. W. L. Kinchelow, who has been on the ranch with her husband in Nebraska, is in the city to spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs. L. Hughes. Christmas Eve a big Christmas Tree and dance given by Columbine Dancing academy at Fern Hall. A present for every one who attends. Admission 25 cents. Theophilus Cameron, recently of Omaha, has been suddenly ill with an attack of Acute Pneumonia. Up to this time he lies dangerously ill. We hope a speedy recovery for him. Mrs. Lottie Doniphan Hall of Kansos City, Kans., the sister of J. H. Doniphan will be in the city December 15th, at the home of Mrs. Anna Snaden, 2333 Glencoe street. Mrs. Hall will remain in the city two or three days. She is en route to San Francisco, California. BEAN'S AUTO LIVERY is offering an accommodation to the public which satisfies the most critical, as with its new and up-to-date cars for city and mountain trips, coupled with the civility and careful driving of the chauffeurs, a demand for service will necessarily follow. Davis and Sample are not to be put in the shade by secondhand dealers who have been in the field before them, as the class of goods nearly new and of the latest fashionable designs, that they handle, compel an attractiveness that make you a sticker. Call and be convinced at 1834 Arapahoe street. M. A. Lattimore of New York arrived in the city this week to recuperate, being on a four months' furlough from Camp Yaphank. Mr. Lattimore was manager of the Manhattan Press New York, when he cheerfully responded to the draft order and joined the ranks of Uncle Sam's army. He was a pleasant visitor to our office in company with Secretary Bell of the Y. M. C. A. Congratulations to Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook, physician and surgeon, our popular home physician who is reappointed on the city and county staff for the third year. Reward is the inevitable result of an efficient record, and we can subscribe our best wishes to future success among the numerous well-spoken sentiments of the community to this physician's official career. THE NIGHT AND DAY CAFE has issued a beautiful calendar with a pictorial scene creating a very striking effect, "End of a Perfect Day." This thought emanating from the minds of Messrs. Bob Carruth and James Gregory, proprietors, shows their ability as business men, as they are always thinking of the pleasure of their patrons along with the success of business, and hence the gift of this calendar to the public—the same making a fine ornamentation for the wall. Nothing succeeds like success and therefore this popular cafe and soft drink parlor is setting the pace for 1918. Abundant success is the wish of THE STATESMAN. The Columbine Dancing academy will give a Grand Cake Walk New Year's Eve at Fern Hall. Beautiful prizes given away. Admission 25 cents. Some of the leading members of the community have organized an association to promote various forms of business in Colorado. The project includes conducting of banks, erection of hotels, establishment of department stores and colonizing of different parts of the state. The association consists of a large membership, its officers being: Rev. D. E. Over, president; Rev. H. B. Brown, vice president; Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook, secretary, and L. H. Lightner, treasurer. The Colorado Statesman wishes a long and useful career to this organization as it will fill long-felt want in this community. PROMINENT WEDDINGS IN SOCIAL CIRCLES The weddings of Felix L. Wofford to Miss Ruth M. Hooper, Roy M. Simpson to Miss Minnie Hoe and Browning Allen to Miss Bernice Buckner were interesting and surprising events of the past week. Rev. A. M. Ward officiated and immediate friends of the contracting parties in each case showered congratulations upon the groom and their best wishes upon the bride respectively. Browning Allen is the son of Presiding Elder and Mrs. J. H. Allen, Colorado conference, a graduate of Western University. His bride was graduated from George R. Smith College last term. ANTHONY FRANK BURNLEY, POP ULAR DENVER CITIZEN, AN SWERS FINAL ROLL-CALL. In the natural order of our creation man seems to respond to an initial roll-call which ushers him into an earthly possession and after an interval he answers a final which passes him thru a transition state, to a future state of reward for the deeds done during his sojourn on earth, and so Anthony Frank Burnley, born in Hartsville, Tenn., February, 1870, removing afterwards to San Francisco, Cal., and twenty years ago to Denver, Colo., answered the last call when he passed from this time to eternity's on Sunday morning, December 2nd at the hour of one o'clock, after an illness of three months of a complication of maladies. He was manager of the Railroad Men and Waiters' Club, an organization which for several years provided healthy recreation for railroad employees—music and literature being among the principal features, and the respect and high esteem in which he was held by the members, their friends and the general community are but small attributes to the unselfish, unassuming life he lived. Charitable in his disposition to more than an ordinary degree, he relieved the distresses of many sufferers, and brought cheer to the homes of many by his kind remembrances on periodical occasions. His annual gift of a Thanksgiving dinner to the members of his association for a number of years was a proof of his generosity, and his timely aid and advices in securing employment and ameliorating conditions of his fellowmen will leave a permanent legacy to his memory. He married the daughter of Alfred Froman, an officer of the Denver Fire Department, and is survived by her and a son five years old. A member of the Masonic fraternity, having achieved some of the highest positions, his funeral was held under the auspices of Centennial Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., from the Church of the Holy Redeemer last Thursday afternoon, Father H. B. Brown officiating, attended by a large concourse of people who paid their last respects to a man who was admired as a citizen, a faithful husband and a true friend. The floral offerings were beautiful and abundant. He leaves to mourn his loss, a wife, son, sister and father-in-law, in Denver; also a mother, two brothers and two sisters in Tennessee. The Colorado Statesman offers its deepest sympathy to the bereaved relatives, commending them to the care of Him Who will protect the fatherless and widow. In the very prime of life he lifted the dark curtain and passed beyond. Because of what he was we know now that he has insured the reward for his good deeds on earth and may his soul rest in peace. Douglass Undertaking Co., funeral directors. JANITORS' MASS MEETING. CLUB BUILDING, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2 P. M. A mass meeting is called for tomorrow afternoon at the Club building, 1731 Arapahoe street, at which all janitors and others of our working people are invited to attend. The meeting will be addressed by Messrs. Lawson, Doyle and Anderson, leading officials of labor unions in Colorado. A full attendance should greet these men as they bring good news to us from the American Federation of Labor. The ladies' are specially invited as a rich treat is in store for them Y. M. C. A. NOTES. the membership campaign opened last Monday, with thirty workers in the field. They have started out for two hundred and fifty men, and it was agreed last Sunday that they would remain on the job until they had secured the required number. Printed matter has been sent to every colored man in the city, so far as it has been possible to secure their addresses. This advertising makes the work of the canvaser easier. The reports turned in Wednesday evening showed Coleman in the lead, having secured 17 units to 15 for Lightner and 13 for Bell. Each of the three claims that he is going to be in the lead at the next report on Saturday evening. The meeting next Sunday afternoon will be held at 4 o'clock as usual. The Rev. J. A. Thomas-Hazell will be the speaker, his subject being. "The Negro Race in the Light of Biblical History." All men will be welcome. HARRY C. RADCLIFF, COLORADO PIONEER, OBEYS THE SUMMONS. Found Dead Last Tuesday Morning in His Shop. NOTHER link in the chain connecting old and new Colorado, snapped last Tuesday morning when Harry C. Radcliff was discovered dead in a chair in his barber shop at Eighteenth and Larimer streets. Having passed the biblical allotment of life, being aged 74 years and 1 month, his physical endurance and spirit of contentment strengthened him in having an appearance of good health, and though at times a falling of Nature's mantle was perceptible, yet his indomitable pluck and courage bore him steadily on, until bent with the weight of years he had to sever connection from the chain which bound him to us. Living in this state for more than forty years he was thoroughly conversant with its growth, and his conversations of the development of the west were thrilling and interesting. Generous to a fault he fostered many individuals, bore the brunt in the upkeep of needy families, and supported every cause in an especial manner that meant race love and race progress. During his career he was lured by his ambition to learn, to travel to the Panama Canal Zone, where, after acquiring a degree of monetary success and experience, he left, returning to Denver. Continuing in the barber's profession he brought the sartorial art in a high plane in the west, laboring in that service to his death. A good counselor, faithful religionist and noble citizen he has seen the result of his sowing by having lived to see the brilliant characters of his race that he cared and helped, and now Death beckons him to a temporary sleep, we pay honor to his memory as a true type of manhood that as stood for something leaving "footprints on the sands of time." Funeral services will be held tomorrow from the Douglass Undertaking Chapel, 2745 Welton street, at 1:30 p. m., under the auspices of Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 1 of Masons, the deceased having attained many of the high positions in the order and a staunch member of the fraternity. He leaves an only daughter to mourn his loss. Rev. C. A. Williams will be the officiating clergyman and interment will be at Riverside cemetery. The heartfelt sympathy of the Colorado Statesman goes out to the daughter in her bereavement, and we can only add that Harry C. Radcliff was a practical supporter of his race, and a possessor of large humanitarian principles. PEACE TO HIS ASHES. DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL NOTICES Anthony Frank Burnley, aged 47, beloved husband of Ella H. Burnley, residence 2234 Clarkson street, departed this life Sunday, December 2nd, at 1:10 a. m. Funeral services were held Thursday, December 6th, 2 p. m. from Church of Redeemer, Father Brown officiating, under auspices of Centennial-Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M Interment in family plot at Fairmount cemetery. H. C. Radcliff, pioneer of Colorado, died December 4th. Funeral services under the auspices of Rocky Mount tain Lodge of Masons at Douglass Under undertaking Chapel tomorrow at 1:30 p. m., Rev. C. A. Williams officiating. Interment Riverside cemetery. IN MEMORIAM. In loving member of MRS LUSINDO HUNTLEY, who departed this life Nov. 26, 1916. A loving wife we truly miss, Gone from us to the land of bliss. Her devoted husband. WALTER E. HUNTLEY, and Relatives. A GOOD XMAS GIFT. AN Investment in Oil Stocks. It brings good cheer, as when the dividends are declared and you become the recipient of a permanent income which enables you to live and that joyously, you can never forget the giver and the most beautiful reminiscences will fill your thoughts. In the numerous advertisements in this paper and succeeding issues are to be seen Oil Companies whose shares are at very low rates, and wise investors can profit immensely by either treating themselves or their friends to a gift that is as strong and sound as an Egyptian pyramid, therefore a little diversion from the usual form, by sending a few shares of some Oil Stock will be more than appreciated, and the receiver will find as much if not more happiness as the giver. "Good things are found in small parcels at many times." "Home Sweet Home!"—the expression of David Strosier after his forty days' trip in the East and Southland and his return to Denver, the city of cities, on meeting our reporter. Mr Strosier, while not in the best of health, spoke freely on his rejoicing that his brother in the South is at last awakening and is no longer thinking but acting, as the scenes that confronted him proved beyond a doubt that the time has come when from his slumber the Negro is aroused and he must be treated as a full-fledged American citizen or a greater menace faces our Republic than the European war. Plantations as far as the eye can see left unplowed, crops not harvested, cattle by the thousands dying, all for want of the usual Negro labor —the fact of better wages to meet the advanced cost of living being the bone of contention coupled with the continuous ill-treatment of his people, and now the light has dawned. Those that can't find the wherewithal for paying-their fares have even resorted to WALKING AND WALKING until they arrive at better habitations. "Oh what a glorious THANKSGIVING and a happy CHRISTMAS will fill the hearts of our people when they behold the glorious freedom by migrating to other parts of this country," said he. Suit Sale $18.50 —Suits of serges, wool velours, gabardines, gunnyburls; all reduced to $18.50. —Any woman who can use a Suit now or soon should not miss this opportunity to get it at far less than its regular price. —Of most of these Suits we have but one or two of a kind. —The savings run from $8.00 to $15.00 on each Suit. Second Floor East Twenty-third avenue and Washington street. Presbyter, J. A. Thos-Hazell, S. T. B. Sermon topics, Sunday, December 9th: 11 a. m., "Paul at Athens." 5 p. m. Post-Thanksgiving Extravaganza. Owing to the observing last Sabbath of the program submitted by the National Service Commission of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., our usual post-Thanksgiving Musical was deferred to tomorrow. The Gatewood orchestra, composed of the following persons will make their debut: Violinists (five) Messrs. Thornton, Smith, Gatewood, Jenkins and Johnson; trombonist, Mrs. M. E. Morrison; cornetists (two) Messrs. Byrd and Brickler; double bass, Mrs. W. Gatewood; mandolinist, Mr. Gaskin; accompanist, Miss Myrtle Smith; drum and traps, Miss D. Gatewood. Thanksgiving music will be rendered. War time hymns will be a feature. The public is cordially invited to be in their seats at five o'clock. Order and decorum must be observed in these services. Program 5 p. m. Sunday. Organ Prelude—Prof. V. Spratlin. Processional hymn 664, "O God of Love, O King of Peace" (Quebec). Love, O. King Invocation and prayer, "For the Navy and Army in War-time," pages 126, 128, D. W. Medley Overture, Selected—Orchestra. Solo and chorus, "Hark! a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding," (J. Farmer) From the Oratorio "Christ and His Soldiers"—Mrs. E. Cowan and choir. Cornet solo, "The Palms"—Cuthbert Byrd. Quintet, "Song to The Evening Star"—Messrs. Thornton, Johnson, Smith, Gaskin and Gatewood. Vocal solo, Selected, with orchestral accompaniment—Mrs. W. Gatewood. Hymn 667, "God. of Our Fathers," National Hymn, trumpets before each verse with full orchestra. Anthem, "The Desert Shall Rejoice" (H. Ernest, Nichol)—Semichorus, Misses Cleo 'Hobson, Virgie Cole, Helen Thompson and choir. Duo of volllins, Selected—Messrs. Johnson and Gatewood. Mandolin Solo, (a) “Nearer My God to Thee,” (b) Selected—Mr. Gaskin. Duet, "So Thou Liftest Thy Divine Petition" (From Stainer's Crucifixion) —Mr. and Miss Gatewood. Offertory, "Handel's Largo"—Stringed instruments. Literary Selection, Selected, Miss Susie Janette Rollins. Septette, "Angels Serenade"—Mrs. Morrison, Messrs. Byrd, Brickler, Thornton, Johnson, Gaskin and Gatewood. Hymn 670, "God the All-Terrible" (Russian hymn.) Anthem, "Hail! Gladdening Light" (second century hymn, H. E. Nichol)—Choir. Benediction. Recessional Hymn, "Eternal Father Strong to Save" (Melita), a prayer for the Allied Fleets. Orchestra Recessional, "Mendels sohn's Wedding March." Foiret Twill 18 50 Sale of I $1 SEVENTY-FIVE SMART STR IN THIS —Half of them come to us in a than market values, which enable figure. —The balance were taken from e to $15.00. —There are Serge Dresses and tion Dresses of these materials. The Dress pictured is a fine F vest of velvet, white satin col of Dresses $15 SMART STREET DRESSES INCLUDED IN THIS SALE e to us in a special purchase at far less which enables us to offer them at this low taken from our regular stock and reduced Dresses and Satin Dresses and Combina- e materials. d is a fine French navy blue serge with white satin collar, fancy Chinese buttons. Sale of Dresses $15 SEVENTY-FIVE SMART STREET DRESSES INCLUDED IN THIS SALE —Half of them come to us in a special purchase at far less than market values, which enables us to offer them at this low figure. —The balance were taken from our regular stock and reduced to $15.00. —There are Serge Dresses and Satin Dresses and Combination Dresses of these materials. The Dress pictured is a fine French navy blue serge with vest of velvet, white satin collar, fancy Chinese buttons. Joslin DRY GOODS CO. MASON'S ENTERTAINMENT HUGE SUCCESS. It is not necessary to "gild refined gold," or "paint the lily" when commenting on the entertainments provided by the Masons for the Denver public, as their order of action seems to please their guests and patrons, who, with unfailing regularity follow wherever they go. Thanksgiving evening, at Manitou Hall, was the most recent event and Nature lent her endorsement to a glorious success when an ideal weather condition prevailed, which caused the attendance to fill the spacious hall to its capacity. Prof. Morgan Jackson's orchestra charmed the trippers as they glided over the specially prepared floor and a continuous round of pleasure was afforded youth as well as advanced years. Wm. Russ, chairman of the committee, and his staff of assistants, came in for much commendation for the able management and the thorough success accompanying their efforts, and the consensus of opinion was that they had not only maintained the Masonic prestige, but that had set a high standard in public entertainments. The public know the Masons—The Masons the public, so what's the use of painting. Eagle Oil Company CAMPBELL CHAPEL AFRICAN A. M. E. CHURCH. Twenty-third and Lawrence Streets. A. M. Ward, minister, phone Main 5474; residence, 1218-23rd street. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Class meeting, 12:30 p. m. Allen Christian Endeavor League, 6:30 p. m. Prayer and class meeting, Wednesday 8 p. m. The Thanksgiving Hand Shake for electric wiring our church and parsonage, with other repairs on the latter, in addition to buying coal for the winter, was observed in Campbell chapel with interesting services on last Sunday which resulted in more than $250. This hand-shake is to conclude on Sunday, December 16th, when the full amount is expected. The choir was greatly assisted in its renditions by Wendell Allen with his violin. At the evening service five men and women came forward to renew their covenant and one young man to seek for Christ. Mrs. Norman and Mrs. Stonewall Bass were added to our church membership. John Donaldson and Roy Brown were baptized. Secretary Bell of the Y. M. C. A. preached in the morning and the pastor in the evening. Eagle Oil COMPANY The newly installed electric lights add greatly to the comfort of our congregation. All people are invited to worship with us at any and all religious services. --- Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Phone Main 3270 New Oil Fields Weld County Colorado Furnishes new oil sensation; geologists reporting favorably on the new fields and big producers watching every move made by the who have 12,000 acres under lease in Weld and Logan counties, Colorado. Derrick now well under way and drilling to begin in a few weeks. Also 400 acres in Lander oil fields, Wyoming. Stock Now Selling for 5c Get a block of this stock before it advances. Write for map showing trend of oil fields across Wyoming and Colorado. Address 215-216 Ideal Building Phone Champa 5015. DENVER, COLO. CHRISTMAS comes on apace, and the usual question confronts every woman, "What shall I give my friends this year?" If the outlay cannot be very much then it is a good idea to make some useful article to serve. Purchase enough white georgette crepe to make a collar and cuff set. Perhaps the collar can follow the outline of a coat difficult to fit with a ready-made collar of white, or a dainty shape may be designed for use with a W. H. fancy waist. The point is to keep the edges straight rather than rounding; for we will have the border machine heststitched, or the edge can be stitched or heststitched with fine white silk and finished with tiny embroidered dots of white silk or French knots of a faintly contrasting color. Or make sister a fetching breakfast jacket of georgette crepe, volle or dimity. Close it on the left side, hand embroider the front and gird it with her favorite shade of satin ribbon. Candle shade patterns may be stamped in a grape design, which could be THE LAMP effectively carried out in cut work, and another design is of an iris pattern. The shade pictured is more conventional, being intended for an electric candle. Fluted paper is neatly pasted together the desired size and decorated with gold or silver gimp. Toddlers and babies always need new dresses. Try the pattern illustrated in either chambray or linen and smock the front in any harmonizing color or a contrast. A dozen or so of homemade crullers wrapped separately in oiled paper and packed in a dainty basket such as can be purchased for from 10 to 25 cents should be an acceptable gift for some man friend who lives in a hotel. For a bachelor friend a gift of similar nature is a homemade cake done up in white paper and placed in a holly trimmed box. Most men have a secret sweet tooth, and Christmas seems to be the time to have it filled. Men as a rule do not like to receive wearing apparel as gifts, especially socks, but embroider a man's monogram on the said socks and you will find him delighted. $1,800,000 FOR ROADS 47 COUNTIES TO SPEND SUM FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS. Farmers Are Prosperous and Amounts Appropriated for Improvements Above Last Year. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—Although the war has seriously affected most county improvements, state highway construction and county road building will be continued through 1918 without abatement, according to proposed improvements contained in the county budgets now being filed with the Colorado Highway Commission. To date forty-seven of the sixty-three counties have signified the intention of expending $1,800,000 for state highways alone. They propose to furnish $700,000, leaving $1,100,000 to be paid out of the state highway fund. The half-mill state tax for highway purposes will total in the sixty-three counties about $800,000, according to an estimate given by James E. Maloney, secretary of the commission. This means that considerable paring must be done to bring the total of proposed improvements within the tax returns. On the basis of proposed improvements in the forty-seven counties, the contemplated expenditures in all the counties will exceed the available funds in 1918 by more than $500,000, it is estimated. Unusual prosperity marks the advancement of the farming counties, for in every instance last year's tax levy for county road purposes has been increased, indicating that the communities are able and ready to forge ahead. Another indication of the prosperity is seen in the increased valuation of land and property. Weld county, for example, gives a valuation of $83,600,000, as against $76,000,000 in 1915. It is next to Denver county in valuation, and proposes to levy a total tax of 3.2 mills to raise $266,000. The county asks for $59,000 from state funds, and agrees to raise $19,000 of that amount. There is proposed also a concrete bridge across the South Platte, between Greeley and Kersey, at an expense of $41,000, to replace a wooden structure. Weld county has 5,000 miles of county roads and 269 miles of state highways. Washington county's valuation is placed at $17,800,000 as against $10,800,000 for 1914, an increase of $7,000,000. The county commissioners ask for a budget allowance of $22,400 for state roads, agreeing to put up $8,500. Logan county has proposed a total tax levy of 4.2 mills. The valuation is given at $27,500,000 as against $18,000,000 in 1914, an increase of about $9,000,000. Yuma county's valuation has increased from $9,900,000 in 1914 to $15,700,000 in 1917. The proposed expenditures for state highways amounts to $14,700, county commissioners pledge themselves to raise $4,900. Cheyenne county has a valuation of $10,700,000 as against $7,700,000 in 1914. Improvements to state highways as proposed amount to $17,800, of which the county will raise $8,900. Prowers county will levy a 2½-mill tax to collect a total of $46,300 for improvements. In the mountain districts, San Juan county will assess a 5-mill levy, Mineral county a 5½-mill levy. Gilpin county a 4-mill levy, Costilla county a 4-mill levy, Ouray county a 4-mill levy, Hinsdale county a 4½-mill levy, and Summit and Eagle counties each a 3-mill levy. The counties still to send in their budget for 1918 road work, with Denver excluded, are Phillips, Kiowa, Bent, Custer, Fremont, Clear Creek, Boulder, Grande, Routt, Garfield, Rio Blanco, Conejos, Rio Grande, Chaffee and Aranahoe. El Paso county has asked for $97,000 for state roads and road building machinery, and proposes to raise $48,000 for this purpose, while Pueblo county asks for $77,700 and agrees to put up $38,800. Liquor Permits Issued to 3,479. The office of the county clerk and recorder in Denver has record of 3,479 "sick" persons in the city during October of which the Health Bureau is given no knowledge. These 3,479 certified to the clerk that they were so ill they required shipments of liquor, and they procured the necessary permits. Galligan Names Local Fuel Boards. The first step in dividing Colorado into local zones was undertaken by Federal Fuel Administrator W. J. Galligan, when he announced local fuel committees in eighty-four cities and towns. These cities will be the official headquarters of the local zones, the boundaries of which are to be designated later. Denver Mint Coins 19,004,000 Pieces. November has been a banner month for the number of coins turned out by the Denver mint, although Supt. Thomas Annear says December bids fair to surpass it. Approximately 19,004,000 pieces were coined, whereas the entire output for 1916 was only 57,108,200 pieces. So far during 1917, 65,309,800 coins were turned out by the Denver mint, as follows: 2,705,400 half dollars; 7,733,600 quarters; 9,402,000 dimes; 9,510,800 nickels and 35,958,000 pennies. They will ask you "What have you done?" No, they were your ancestors?" The famiarly veil in the sanctuary is not reverenced by the faithful Because it came from the silk worm. - Saadl, the Persian Poet. THE MELLOW MARSHMALLOW. Many a common dish is changed into a most tasty one by the addition of a few marshmallows. Drop in the cut-up marshmallows while heating the icing for the cake; they will melt entirely if fresh and make most delicious frosting. To make pudding sauces melt them in a little grape juice if the few marshmallows. Drop in the cut-up marshmallows while heating the icing for the cake; they will melt entirely if fresh and make most delicious frosting. To make pudding sauces melt them in a little grape juice if the sauce is to be served with a fig or plum pudding, a little vanilla if used with prune or date or with gingerbread. Cream pie, chocolate pie or custard is made quite elegant by decorating the top with quartered or whole marshmallows just before putting on the merengue. An apple pie made of thickened apple sauce covered with marshmallows instead of a meringue is both delicious and pleasing to the eye. The pie should be set in the oven to puff and brown the marshmallows before serving. Fudge, cream candy and boiled icing stay moist longer and are creamier if marshmallows are added to them. In any candy they may be dropped in and stirred until dissolved while the candy is cooking. Delightful margarites are made by putting a marshmallow, dented in the center, where a bit of butter, a nut or a bit of dried fruit may be placed, all on a round cracker, browned in the oven. When serving children cocoa, a marshmallow pleases them better than cream for a garnish to the cup of cocoa or chocolate. A boiled custard is improved by adding a handful of marshmallows to the custard when cooking. Gingerbread cut in squares while hot with a fork, the pieces broken open and a marshmallow placed sandwich fashion in each, then set in the oven to melt, served with whipped cream and a cup of tea, makes a most delectable cake for an afternoon tea. Dates and prunes stuffed with marshmallows add variety. Mixed with various fruits, a bit of salted dressing and whipped cream, makes a salad hard to equal for deliciousness. WHOLESOME DISHES. *When roasting mutton, lamb, or in fact any good-sized cut of meat, if one* uses a sharp knife, making soft pockets to insert bits of fat, onion, garlic pepper, or other seasoning, the meat will be much better seasoned than with the usual all- over method which C is too apt to overseason the gravy. Corn Chowder—Take an inch thick slice of fat salt pork, and one small onion, one and a half cupfuls of corn, one and a fourth cupfuls of sliced potatoes, a fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper, one and a half cupfuls of hot milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter and a teaspoonful of salt. Cut the pork in bits and cook in a frying pan until brown and all the fat is tried out, add the onion and cook it until yellow. Pour boiling water over the potatoes and cook five minutes, then drain. Pour a cupful and a half of boiling water on the onion and pork and simmer 20 minutes, strain this water over the potatoes and cook until they are nearly done, then add the corn, milk and butter with seasoning. Serve very hot with crackers that have been soaked in boiling water, then added to the chowder. Codfish may be used in place of the corn, or in fact any fresh cooked fish. Graham Cracker Cake.—Take one and a fourth cupfuls of sugar, one and a half cupfuls of sour milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter, two eggs, a teaspoonful of salt and the same of soda, with 32 graham crackers rolled very fine. Mix and bake in two layers. Use lemon filling. Chicken Croquettes.—Make nice, shapely cakes of well-seasoned mashed potato, cook until brown in hot fat. Remove to a hot platter, make a deep depression in each, fill with hot minced and well seasoned chicken, sprinkle with buttered bread crumbs or riced egg yolks for a garnish. Boiled rice with tomato, chopped green pepper, a little onion added to a very small amount of meat, will make a most filling main dish. Bake in the oven until thoroughly hented through. Creamed Potatoes.—The very best creamed potatoes are prepared from the freshly cooked vegetable. Cut the potatoes in cubes and cook in boiling salted water. While they are cooking prepare a rich white sauce, using four tablespoonfuls of butter and four of flour, cook until thick, then add a pint of milk, the richer the milk the better, the white sauce, season well, then stir in the well-drained potatoes, piping hot. Grated cheese or onion juice may be added if desired. Mixing the hot potatoes in the seasoned sauce, they are better seasoned than the cold potatoes will be when added. $13,500,000,000 BUDGET FOR 1919 ESTIMATES SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS GREATEST IN NATION'S HISTORY. 11 BILLIONS FOR WAR TAXES TO PAY PART AND ISSUE OF LIBERTY BONDS TO COVER PORTION. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington.—Estimates of more than $13,500,000,000—the greatest in the nation's history—for the conduct of the government and prosecution of the war during the fiscal year 1919 were submitted to Congress by the Treasury Department. In round figures, more than $11,000,000,000 of that vast sum is for the war alone. Only part of it will be realized from taxation; the remainder will come from issues of Liberty bonds. Deducting an item of $153,000,000, intended as an annual appropriation toward a sinking fund for the discharge of the old public debt, and some $330,000,000 which will be turned back to the treasury from postal revenues, the estimated sum for which Congress actually is expected to appropriate is $13,018,725,595. No previous estimate ever has exceeded two billions. Here follows a general statement of the estimates by general headings: Legislative ..... $8,026,325 Executive ..... 65,329,369 Judicial ..... 1,396,190 Agriculture ..... 26,458,551 Foreign intercourse ..... 6,535,072 Military (army) ..... 6,615,936,554 Navy ..... 1,014,077,503 Indian ..... 12,255,210 Pensions ..... 157,060,000 Panama canal ..... 23,171,624 Public works (practi- Total (cents omitted here and above).....$13,504,357,940 Deduct sinking fund postal returns ..... 485,632,345 Total ..... $13,018,725,595 Greatest Sums for Army and Navy. The greatest sums, of course, are estimated for the army and navy. Estimates previously submitted in terms of thousands and occasionally millions are now stated in terms of millions and billions. For the signal service, which includes the great army for the air, $1,138,240,315 is estimated. This sum includes the $640,000,000 previously appropriated for the great air fleet. $390,000,000 for Big Shells. A billion dollars is asked for pay and miscellaneous expenses of the army; more than two billion dollars for the quartermaster corps; $157,000,000 for hospital and medicines; $135,000,000 for the equipment of engineer troops and $822,000,000 for the expenses of their operations in the field. Ammunition for the great guns to blast a way through the German fronts is estimated to cost $390,000,000. For machine guns, the deadliest weapons of the war, more than $237,000,000 is asked. For armored motor cars more than $75,000,000 is estimated. No estimate appears for the committee on public information, the expenses of which are being paid out of the President's $100,000,000 war emergency fund. Navy's Estimates. The navy's total of a little more than $1,000,000,000 is distributed principally in this way: Pay of officers and men, $426,000,000; aviation, $94,000,000; improving and equipping navy yards for construction of ships, $4,000,000; pay provisions and clothing for the marine corps, $61,000,000; recruiting, transportation and outfitting recruits, $15,000,000; arming and equipping naval militia, $1,500,000; organizing naval reserve force, $200,000; schools and camps of instruction for naval reserve recruits, $2,600,000; ordnance strictly in the Bureau of Ordnance, $26,500,000; new batteries of guns for ships, $38,000,000; ammunition for ships alone, $32,000,000; torpedoes and torpedo appliances, $1,000,000; extension of the naval gun factory at Washington, $2,500,000; reserve supplies of ordnance, $33,000,000; for a new naval proving grounds, $1,000,000; for experiments, $385,000; maintenance of yards and docks and contingent expenses, $12,000,000; for medicine and surgery, $6,500,000; care of hospital patients alone. $4,000,000; provisions for bluejackets, $64,000,000; transportation charges $4,000,000. Compared with these estimates in billions and hundreds of millions, some of the comparatively minor items stated in simple millions are: For the extension of the military academy, $4,000,000; horses for cavalry, etc., $28,000,000; barracks and quarters, $26,000,000; construction and repair of hospitals, $25,000,000; manufacture of arms, $50,000,000; small arms target practice, $75,000,000; civilian military training camps, $6,000,000; rifle ranges for the instruction of civilians, $1,700,500; equipment of home guard, $500,000 Lankford and McCain, Proprietors STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS WORK Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Remodelling JOIN OUR MONTHLY PRESSING CLUB—$1.50 506 Eighteenth Street Phone Main 7376 THE PEARL BARBER SHOP 1021 19th Street First-Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. solicit your patronage. First-Class work gu Prop. ANK R. TAGGAL nces that he has remov ices to 621 and 622 g. We solicit your patronage. First-Class work guaranteed. FRANK R. 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Washington, Dec. 5.—President Wilson delivered to Congress an address Tuesday considered so important in its relation to international affairs, that it had been transmitted in advance by the government to practically every capital in the world. The President spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: Eight months have elapsed since I last had the honor of addressing you. They have been months crowded with events of immense and grave significance for us. I shall not undertake to detail or even to summarize those events. The practical particulars of the part we have played in them will be laid before you in the reports of the executive departments. I shall discuss only our present outlook upon these vast affairs, our present duties and the immediate means of accomplishing the objects we shall hold always in view. I shall not go back to debate the causes of the war. The intolerable wrongs done and planned against us by the sinister masters of Germany have long since become too grossly obvious and odious to every true American to need to be rehearsed. But I shall ask you to consider again and with a very grave scrutiny our objectives and the measures by which we mean to attain them; for the purpose of discussion here in this place is action, and our action must move straight towards definite ends. Our object is, of course, to win the war, and we shall not slacken or suffer ourselves to be diverted until it is won. But it is worth while asking and answering the question, when shall we consider the war won? From one point of view it is not necessary to broach this fundamental matter. I do not doubt that the American people know what the war is about and what sort of an outcome they will regard as a realization or their purpose in it. As a nation we are united in spirit and intention. I pay little heed to those who tell me otherwise. I hear the voices of dissent—who does not? I hear the criticism and the clamor of the noisy, thoughtless and troublesome. I also see men here and there fling themselves in impotent disloyalty against the calm, indomitable power of the nation. I hear men debate peace who understand neither its nature nor the way in which we may attain it with uplifted and unbroken spirits. But I know that none of these speaks for the nation. They do not touch the heart of anything. They may be safely left to strut their uneasy hour and be forgotten. But from another point of view, I believe that it is necessary to say plainly what we here at the seat of action consider the war to be for, and what part we mean to play in the settlement of its searching issues. We are the spokesmen of the American people and they have a right to know whether their purpose is ours. They desire peace by the overcoming of evil, by the defeat once for all of the sinister forces that interrupt peace and render it impossible, and they wish to know how closely our thought runs with theirs and what action we propose. "Ugly Face" Must Be Crushed. They are impatient with those who desire peace by any sort of compromise—deeply and indignantly impatient, but they will be equally impatient with us if we do not make it plain to them what our objectives are and what we are planning for in seeking to make conquest of peace by arms. I believe that I speak for them when I say two things: First, that this intolerable thing of which the masters of Germany have shown us the ugly face, this menace of combined intrigue and force which we now see so clearly as the German power, a thing without conscience or honor or capacity for covenanted peace, must be crushed, and if it be not utterly brought to an end, at least shut out from the friendly intercourse of the nations; and, second, that when this thing and its power are indeed defeated and the time comes that we can discuss peace—when the German people have spokesmen whose word we can believe and when those spokesmen are ready in the name of their people to accept the common judgment of the nations as to what shall henceforth be the bases of law and of covenant for the life of the world —we shall be willing and glad to pay the full price for peace, and pay it ungrudgingly. We know what that price will be. It will be full, impartial justice—justice done at every point and to every nation the final settlement must affect, our enemies as well as our friends. You catch, with me, the voices of humanity that are in the air. They grow dafyf more audible, more articu- late, more persuasive, and they come from the hearts of men everywhere. They insist that the war shall not end in vindictive action of any kind; that no nation or people shall be robbed or punished because the irresponsible rulers of a single country have themselves done deep and abominable wrong. It is this thought that has been expressed in the formula, "No annexations, no contributions, no punitive indemnities." Just because this crude formula expresses the instinctive judgment as to right of plain men everywhere it has been made diligent use of by the masters of German intrigue to lead the people of Russia astray—and the people of every other country their agents could reach—in order that a premature peace might be brought about before autocracy has been taught its final and convincing lesson and the people of the world put in control of their own destinies. But the fact that a wrong use has been made of a just idea is no reason why a right use should not be made of it. It ought to be brought under the patronage of its real friends. Let it be said again that the autocracy must first be shown the utter futility of its claims to power or leadership in the modern world. It is impossible to apply any standard of justice so long as such forces are unchecked and undefeated as the present masters of Germany command. Not until that has been done can right be set up as arbiter and peace maker among the nations. But when that has been done—as God willing it assuredly will be—we shall at last be free to do an unprecedented thing and this is the time to avow our purposes to do it. We shall be free to base peace on generosity and justice, to the exclusion of all selfish claims to advantage even on the part of the victors. Let there be no misunderstanding. Our present and immediate task is to win the war and nothing shall turn us aside from it until it is accomplished. Every power and resource we possess, whether of men, of money or of materials, is being devoted and will continue to be devoted to that purpose until it is achieved. Those who desire to bring peace about before that is achieved, I counsel to carry their advice elsewhere. We will not entertain it. We shall regard the war as won only when the German people say to us, through properly accredited representatives, that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done. They have done a wrong to Belgium which must be repaired. They have established a power over other lands and peoples than their own—over the great empire of Austria-Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan states, over Turkey and within Asia—which must be relinquished. Germany's success by skill, by industry, by knowledge, by enterprise, we did not grudge or oppose, but admired rather. She had built up for herself a real empire of trade and influence, secured by the peace of the world. We were content to abide the rivalries of manufacture, science and commerce that were involved for us in her success and stand or fall as we had or did not have the brains and the initiative to surpass her. But at the moment when she had conspicuously won her triumphs of peace she threw them away to establish in their stead what the world will no longer permit to be established, military and political domination by arms, by which to oust where she could not excel the rivals she most feared and hated. The peace we make must remedy that wrong. It must deliver the once fair lands and happy peoples of Belgium and northern France from the Prussian conquest and the Prussian menace and it must also deliver the peoples of Austria-Hungary, the peoples of the Balkans and the peoples of Turkey, alike in Europe and in Asia, from the impudent and alien domination of the Prussian military and commercial autocracy. We owe it, however, to ourselves to say we do not wish in any way to impair or to rearrange the Austro-Hungary empire. It is no affair of ours what they do with their own life, either industrially or politically. We do not purpose or desire to dictate to them in any way. We only desire to see that their affairs are left in their own hands, in all matters, great or small. We shall hope to secure for the peoples of the Balkan peninsula and for the people of the Turkish empire the right and opportunity to make their own lives safe, their own fortunes secure against oppression or injustice and from the dictation of foreign courts or parties. No Wrong Against German Empire. And our attitude and purpose with regard to Germany herself are of a like kind. We intend no wrong against the German empire, no interference with her internal affairs. We should deem either the one or the other absolutely unjustifiable, absolutely contrary to the principles we have professed to live by and to hold most sacred through our life as a nation. The people of Germany are being told by the men whom they now permit to deceive them and to act as their masters that they are fighting for the very life and existence of their empire, a war of desperate self-defense against deliberate aggression. Nothing could be more grossly or wantonly false, and we must seek by the utmost openness and candor as to our real aims to convince them of its falseness. We are in fact fighting for their emancipation from fear, along with our own, from the fear as well as from the fact of unjust attacks by neighbors or rivals or schemers after world empire. No one is threatening the existence or the independence or the peaceful enterprise of the German empire. The worst that can happen to the detriment of the German people is this, that if they should still, after the war is over, continue to be obliged to live under ambitious and intriguing masters interested to disturb the peace of the world, men or classes of men whom the other peoples of the world could not trust, it would be impossible to admit them to the partnership of nations which must henceforth guarantee the world's peace. That partnership must be a partnership of peoples, not a mere partnership of governments. It might be impossible, also, in such untoward circumstances, to admit Germany to the free economic intercourse which must inevitably spring out of the other partnerships of a real peace. But there would be no aggression in that, and such a situation, inevitable because of distrust, would in the very nature of things sooner o. later cure itself by processes which would assuredly set in. The wrongs, the very deep wrongs, committed in this war will have to be righted. That, of course. But they cannot and must not be righted by the commission of similar wrongs against Germany and her allies. The world will not permit the commission of similar wrongs as a means of reparation and settlement. Statesmen must by this time have learned that the opinion of the world is everywhere wideenake and fully comprehends the issues involved. No representative or any self-governed nation will dare disregard it by attempting any such covenants of selfishness and compromise as were entered into the Congress of Vienna. The thought of the plain people here and everywhere throughout the world, the people who enjoy no privilege and have very simple and unsophisticated standards of right and wrong, is the air all governments must henceforth breathe if they would live. It is in the full disclosing light of that thought that all policies must be conceived and executed in this midday hour of the world's life. German rulers have been able to upset the peace of the world only because the German people were not suffered upon their tutelage to share the comradeship of the other peoples of the world either in thought or in purpose. They were allowed to have no opinion of their own which might be set up as a rule of conduct for those who exercised authority over them. But the congress that concludes this war will feel the full strength of the tides that run now in the hearts and consciences of free men everywhere. Its conclusions will run with those tides. Russian People Poisoned by Lies. All these things have been true from the very beginning of this stupendous war, and I cannot help thinking that if they had been made plain at the very outset the sympathy and enthusiasm of the Russian people might have been once for all enlisted on the side of the allies, suspicion and distrust swept away and a real and lasting union of purpose effected. Had they believed these things at the very moment of their revolution and had they been confirmed in that belief since, the sad reverses which have recently marked the progress of their affairs towards an ordered and stable government of free men might have been avoided. The Russian people have been poisoned by the very same falsehoods that have kept the German people in the dark, and the poison has been administered by the very same hands. The only possible antidote is the truth. It cannot be uttered too plainly or too often. From every point of view, therefore, it has seemed to be my duty to speak these declarations of purpose, to add these specific interpretations to what I took the liberty of saying to the Senate in January. Our entrance into the war has not altered our attitude towards the settlement that must come when it is over. When I said in January that the nations of the world were entitled not only to free pathways upon the sea, but also to assured and unmolested access to those pathways, I was thinking, and I am thinking now, not of the smaller and weaker nations alone, which need our countenance and support, but also of the great and powerful nations, and of our present enemies as well as our present associates in the war. I was thinking, and am thinking now, of Austria herself, among the rest, as well as of Serbia and of Poland. Justice and equality of rights can be had only at a great price. We are seeking - permanent, not temporary, foundations for the peace of the world and must seek them candidly and fearlessly. As always, the right will prove to be expedient. What shall we do, then, to push this great war of freedom and justice to its righteous conclusion? We must clear away with a thorough hand all impediments to success and we must make every adjustment of law that will facilitate the full and free use of our whole capacity and force as a fighting unit. One very embarrassing obstacle that stands in our way is that we are at war with Germany but not with her allies. I, therefore, very earnestly recommend that the Congress immediately declare the United States in a state of war with Austria-Hungary. Does it seem strange to you that this should be the conclusion of the argument I have just addressed to you? It is not. It is, in fact, the inevitable logic of what I have said. Austria-Hungary is for the time being not her own mistress but simply the vassal of the German government. We must face the facts as they are and act upon them without sentiment in this stern business. The government of Austria-Hungary is not acting upon its own initiative or in response to the wishes and feelings of its own peoples but as the instrument of another nation. We must meet its force with our own and regard the central powers as but one. The war can be successfully conducted in no other way. The same logic would lead also to a declaration of war against Turkey and Bulgaria. They also are the tools of Germany. But they are mere tools and do not yet stand in the direct path of our necessary action. We shall go wherever the necessities of this war carry us, but it seems to me that we should go only where immediate and practical considerations lead us and not heed any others. The financial and military measures which must be adopted will suggest themselves as the war and its undertakings develop, but I will take the liberty of proposing to you certain other acts of legislation which seem to me to be needed for the support of the war and for the release of our whole force and energy. It will be necessary to extend in certain particulars the legislation of the last session with regard to alien enemies, and also necessary, 1 believe, to create a very definite and particular control over the entrance and departure of all persons into and from the United States. Legislation should be enacted defining as a criminal offense every wilful violation of the presidential proclamations relating to alien enemies promulgated under section 4067 of the Revised Statutes and providing appropriate punishments, and women as well as men should be included under the terms of the acts placing restraints upon alien enemies. It is likely that as time goes on many alien enemies will be willing to be fed and housed at the expense of the government in the detention camps, and it would be the purpose of the legislation I have suggested to confine offenders among them in penitentiaries and other similar institutions where they could be made to work as other criminals do. Recent experience has convinced me that the Congress must go further in authorizing the government to set limits to prices. The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, has been replaced by the law of unrestrained selfishness. While we have eliminated profiteering in several branches of industry it still runs impudently rampant in others. The farmers, for example, complain with a great deal of justice that, while the regulation of food prices restricts their incomes, no restraints are placed upon the prices of most of the things they must themselves purchase; and similar inquities obtain on all sides. It is imperatively necessary that the consideration of the full use of the water power of the country and also the consideration of the systematic and yet economical development of such of the natural resources of the country as are still under the control of the federal government should be immediately resumed and affirmatively and constructively dealt with at the earliest possible moment. The pressing need of such legislation is daily becoming more obvious. The legislation proposed at the last session with regard to regulated combinations among our exporters, in order to provide for our foreign trade a more effective organization and method of co-operation, ought by all means to be completed at this session. And I beg that the members of the House of Representatives will permit me to express the opinion that it will be impossible to deal in any but a very wasteful and extravagant fashion with the enormous appropriations of the public moneys which must continue to be made if the war is to be properly sustained, unless the House will consent to return to its former practice of initiating and preparing all appropriation bills through a single committee, in order that responsibility may be centered, expenditures standardized and made uniform and waste and duplication as much as possible avoided. Additional legislation may also become necessary before the present Congress again adjourns in order to effect the most efficient co-ordination and operation of the railway and other transportation systems of the country; but to that I shall, if circumstances should demand, call the attention of the Congress upon another occasion. If I have overlooked anything that ought to be done for the more effective conduct of the war, your own counsels will supply the omission. What I am perfectly clear about is that in the present session of the Congress our whole attention and energy should be concentrated on the vigorous, rapid and successful prosecution of the great task of winning the war. We can do this with all the greater zeal and enthusiasm because we know that for us this is a war of high principle, debased by no selfish ambition of conquest or spoliation; because we know, and all the world knows, that we have been forced into it to save the very institutions we live under from corruption and destruction. The purposes of the Central Powers strike straight at the very heart of everything we believe in; their methods of warfare outrage every principle of humanity, and of knightly honor; their intrigue has corrupted the very thought and spirit of many of our people; their sinister and secret diplomacy has sought to take our very territory away from us, and disrupt the union of the states. Our safety would be at an end, our honor forever surlied and brought into contempt were we to permit their triumph. They are striking at the very existence of democracy and liberty. It is because it is for us a war of high, disinterested purpose, in which all the free peoples of the world are banded together for the vindication of right, a war for the preservation of our nation and of all that it held dear of principle and of purpose, that we felt ourselves doubly constrained to propose for its outcome only that which is righteous and of irreproachable intention, for our foes as well as for our friends. The cause being just and holy, the settlement must be of like motive and quality. For this we can fight, but for nothing less noble or less worthy of our traditions. For this cause we entered the war and for this cause will we battle until the last gun is fired. I have spoken plainly because this seems to me the time when we should speak plainly, in order that all the world may know that even in the heat and ardor of the struggle and when our whole thought is of carrying the war through to its end, we have not forgotten any ideal or principle for which the name of America has been held in honor among the nations and for which it has been our glory to contend in the great generations that went before us. A supreme moment of history has come. The eyes of the people have been opened and they see. The hand of God is laid upon the nations. He will show them favor, I devoutly believe, only if they rise to the clear heights of His own justice and mercy. The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fou. and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO The Good Weight Grocery W. T. FLETCHER AND J. W. WILLIAMS, Proprietors. RETAIL STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. CORN FED MEATS. MOTOR DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY. 2549 Washington St. Denver, Colo. Baxter Bldg. J. W. WILLIAMS, Manager PHONE CHAMPA 3022. The WARD AUCTION COMPANY Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO— 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT O.P. BAUR @ CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168. 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Cole. JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY. Phone Main 6544. 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. DON'T FORGET US When you need anything in the line of neat and attractive Printing. The Good Gro W. T. FLETCHER AND J. RETAIL STAPLE AND CORN FED MEATS. I ANY PART OF THE C 2549 Washington S Baxter Bldg. PHONE CHAMPA 3022. Phone Main 6699 NIGHT AND CO B. CARRUT A Full Short Orders 919 NINETEENTH STREET Phone Champa 113 1848 Arapahoe 乐泽轩 Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. All shades of hair matched by sending sample of hair; also combings made up. Cheapest Switches 50 Cents 1223 21st St. Denver, Colo. Phone Champa 3977 DO IT NOW Subscribe for THIS PAPER The MOST of the BEST for the Least ALWAYS --- at the A. Bradshaw 1443-1447 STOUT YARNS Woolen Underwear, All Woolen Goods, Corsets and Ladies' Furnishings at Reduced Prices A. J. STA J. STARK & COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1879 Stark JEWELERS 709 and 711 Sixteenth Japanese C MAKE ART Beautiful Japan Any Foreign Toy in Japanese Toys are part tion at very reasonable We cordially invite store before buying Ch S. B Phone Main S52 2009-11 LARIMER ST. IMPORTERS OF JAPAN THE STAR and 711 Sixteenth Street Denver, Colorado. Japanese Goods, Arts, Curios MAKE ARTISTIC CHRISTMAS GIFTS Beautiful Japanese Silk Kimonos Woven in Japan. JAPANESE TOYS Foreign Toy instantly appeals to the American Child. The Toys are particularly appealing. We have a very large sele very reasonable prices. cordially invite ladies and gentlemen to come and visit ou before buying Christmas goods. It will be worth your while. S. BAN COMPANY Phone Main 8530 LARIMER ST. B. Kashino, Mgr. DENVER, COLORADO ARTERS OF JAPANESE GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. E STAR HAIR GROWER A Wonderful Hair Dressing and Grower Any Foreign Toy instantly appeals to the American Child. The Japanese Toys are particularly appealing. We have a very large selection at very reasonable prices. We cordially invite ladies and gentlemen to come and visit our store. We are proud to offer goods. It will be worth your while. Phone Main 8530 B. Kashino, Mgr. 2000-14 SCIENCE CENTER, FLORIDA. IMPORTERS OF JAPANESE GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. THE STAR HAIR GROWER A THE NEW WAY C. C. DENN Satisfaction Guaranty Phone Main 3737 1855 Champa St. Deni NEW WAY SHOE REPAIRING M. DENNIS, Prop. Inspection Guaranteed. Phone Main 3737. Tampa St. Denver, Colo. THE NEW WAY SHOE REPAIRING C. C. DENNIS, Prop. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Phone Main 3737. 1855 Champa St. Denver, Colo. Taxicab Rates. Depot, 1 or 2 pass...50c Depot, each addi- tional pass ...25c One mile radius...50c Each addition'l mile.25c Motto: "Not slow but sure." Cash only. Rates Per Hour. $1.50 to $2.50. Phone Main 6699 Bean Auto Livery HEATED TAXICAB. TAXICAB LANDULET AND 7-PASSENGER 1918 LATE MODEL CARS. STAND: NIGHT AND DAY CAFE 919 Nineteenth St. Denver, Colorado at the ESTABLISHED 1879 Stark JEWELERS A Wonderful Hair Dressing and Grower. One Thousand Agents Wanted. Good Money Made. We want Agents in every city. We want the Hair Grower AWOWER. This is a wonderful preparation. Can be used with or without straightening irons Sells for 25 cents per box—One 25-cent box will prove its value. Any person that will use a 25-cent box will be convinced. No matter what has failed to grow your hair, just give THE STAR HAIR GROWER a trial and be convinced. Send 25 cents for agent. If we wish, will send 41 cents and we will send you a full supply that you can begin work at once; also agent's terms. Send all money by Money Order to EVANSTON, ILL. GREENSBORO, N.C. NOTE—Persons living in the South can get will order from THE STAR HAIR GROWER M'ER, P. O. BOX 812, GREENSBORO, N.C. What Well Dressed Women Will Wear A Blouse of White and Colored Crepe. The same blouses that are made for wear in the summer weather of the south will cheerfully face the snows of the bleak northern winter. For blouses refuse to acknowledge winter and take none of the responsibility of keeping us warm. Their mission in life is to look pretty and to be becoming, and to add to our joys. They leave it to steam, heat and heavy coats to protect womankind from the cold, and are therefore much at home anywhere. place of a tie. This was fully developed in white. The fair sojourner in tured above, has on a blouse developed in white with a dark overblow darker where it is for square insert of white velling large dots in it in the blouse that are the underblouse. The bordered with the dark Georgette crepe continues at the high tide of favor for dressy blouses and has even appropriated to itself some of the style features that distinguish tailored blouses of crepe de chine—the shirt-bosom front for instance. A very striking tailored blouse called the Red Cross has made its appearance. It is very mannish, with high collar and plaited shirt front. It is in fact very much like a shirt, and is not gathered in at the waistline, but depends upon the skirt belt to keep it in place. At the front of the high turn-over collar a small cross of red satin takes the SILK SILK ROSE BOW This Year's Ribbon Novelties. The great day of ribbons dawns annually about a month before Christmas and the sun of prosperity continues to shine on the ribbon department for a month or more. Up to Christmas eve everybody at the ribbon counter is frantically rushed. Even after the holidays the impetus given business makes itself apparent for some time. Every year many beautiful novelties for personal and household decoration are shown along with the ribbons for making them and they are immensely helpful in smoothing the path of the Christmas shopper. This year there is a furore for bags, with shopping bags and knitting bags made of ribbons, in the front rank of things fashionable. No self-respecting woman of today ignores entirely the call to knitting needles. Even though she never gets beyond knitting squares for quilts, she lends her moral support to the cause that makes her competent sisters so useful. Everywhere the lady goes her knitting bag is sure to go too. Many of the new, fashionable shopping bags are made of metal and satin brocades and they are mounted on French gilt or silver mountings that fasten securely like those used for leather bags. Knitting bags are supported by large rings of celluloid or glass, simulating jade, amber, jet, tortoise-shell and other things. Pretty things for the children are shown in the picture above. The group includes blanket bows for the baby's carriage robe, hair bows for little girls, small garters for supporting the sleeves of infant's dresses and a lingerie bow of narrow ribbon for young girls. The blanket bow at the left is made of wide pink satin place of a tie. This waist is successfully developed in white wash satin. furry developed in white wash satin. The fair sojourner in the South, pictured above, has on a pretty crepe blouse developed in white and a color. An underblouse of white crepe is veiled with a dark overblouse, appearing darker where it is full. There is a square insert of white at the front, velling large dots in the darker color in the blouse that are embroidered on the underblouse. The white collar is bordered with the dark crepe, and the deep cuffs are made of it. So far nearly all the new blouses are open at the throat. The chinese collar, rather higher than when it made its initial appearance, offers variety in neck finishing. The tailored shirt waist is always good style with a high neck. Just at this season designers of blouses are getting ready to make new models. These appearing at winter resorts have a "try-out" and they may usher in a new order of things in blouses. Those that are successful pave the way for spring fashions. ```markdown ``` ribbon and has eight loops, each about six inches deep after it is knotted at the top. The allowance for the knot is three inches so each loop will require nine inches of ribbon. There are two knotted ends about twelve and sixteen inches long after they are knotted and about four inches of ribbon are needed for the knot at the heart of the bow. About three and a quarter yards will be an ample allowance. A larger bow of wider ribbon is shown at the right with loops eight inches deep. At the heart of this bow a rosette is made of short loops each three inches deep. There is one long end. Three and three-quarters yards of pale pink brocaded ribbon will make this handsome bow. The little garters shown at the top of the picture are made by shirring narrow satin ribbon over flat elastic bands and finished with rosettes of baby ribbon. At the right of the picture a hair band for a little girl—shown at the right of the group—is made in the same way. Next it is a pretty lingerie bow of narrow pink satin ribbon with knotted loops and ends and finally a bow for the hair of the young miss who is under the "flapper" age, that is not more than twelve. It is a butterfly bow of brocaded ribbon mounted in a covered band of elastic. Julia Bottomley Watermelons may be kept some time with a fair degree of success by sealing the end of the stem, here it is cut from the vine, with way --- J. R. CONTEE, Pres. and Mgr. Phone Main 6123—Day or Night. Residence Phone York 7992 FRANK S. REED, Licensed Embalmer and Director Lady Assistant. Polite Service to all. Parlors, 2745 Welton Street. ```markdown ``` HENRY WHOLE Smoke Submarine, Ford, Judge CHARLES LAMB 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING A RACE E Just the Place for AWAY FROM THE Idlewil BEAUREGARD F. 33rd Street and CHICAGO South Side Elevate State St. Cars the block of 20 Minutes to B All rooms have he water, Telephone, heat and elevator ALL ROOMS WITH RATES PER DAY RATES PER WEEK 20 ROOMS WITH PHONES: Douglas 4676 The Double & Gas Few Shares 10c S Will Advance to HENRY SCHOEER WHOLESALE CIGARS Tomarine, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omni LES LAMB PHONE SOUTH 441 EDGE BUILDING DENVER, CO A RAGE ENTERPRISE The Place for You to Feel at It WAY FROM THE NOISE OF THE CITY Millewild Hotel BEAUREGARD F. MOSELEY, MANAGER Street and Wabash Avenue CHICAGO ILL. Side Elevated, Indiana Avenue State St. Cars take you within a block of the hotel. Minutes to Principal Theatre rooms have hot, and cold runn er, Telephone, electric lights, st and elevator service day and n ALL ROOMS WITH OUTSIDE EXPOSURE $ PER DAY - : $1.00 TO $ $ PER WEEK - $3.50 TO $ 20 ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHS Douglas 4676 and 4677; Automatic Double Standard & Gas Company Few 10c Share For shares Short Time Advance to 50 Cents or Smoke Submarine, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars CHARLES LAMB PHONE SOUTH 4405 W. 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO ```markdown ``` 33rd Street and Wabash Avenue CHICAGO ILL. South Side Elevated, Indiana Avenue or State St. Cars take you within a block of the hotel. 20 Minutes to Principal Theatres All rooms have hot, and cold running water, Telephone, electric lights, steam heat and elevator service day and night ALL ROOMS WITH OUTSIDE EXPOSURE RATES PER DAY $1.00 TO $3.00 RATES PER WEEK $3.50 TO $12.00 20 ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHS PHONES: Douglas 4676 and 4677; Automatic 74-302 The Double Standard Oil & Gas Company NOW PRODUCING AND SELLING OIL Has just bought 120 acres in N. 1/2 Sec. 32, T. Tulsa County, Oklahoma, with producing oil wells. 44 more wells. Also has 480 acres in Big Muddy and low Dome, Wyoming; 320 acres in Kansas Oil Fields; Magoffin County, Kentucky; also in Electra Oil Texas, where wells produce as high as 10,000 barrel President has gone to negotiate for more oil wells operations. Expect to pay dividends soon. $100 in oil has paid $40,000. Buy now or you m late. G. R. MARKEY, President WM. T. REYNOLDS, Main 3937 501 Boston Building, D Just bought 120 acres in N. 1/2 Sec. 32, T. 2 County, Oklahoma, with producing oil wells. I wells. Also has 480 acres in Big Muddy and Wyoming; 320 acres in Kansas Oil Fields; and County, Kentucky; also in Electra Oil I there wells produce as high as 10,000 barrels has gone to negotiate for more oil wells a s. Expect to pay dividends soon. in oil has paid $40,000. Buy now or you may RKEY, President WM. T. REYNOLDS, S 3937 501 Boston Building, De Has just bought 120 acres in N. 1/2 Sec. 32, T. 20, R. 14, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, with producing oil wells. Room for 44 more wells. Also has 480 acres in Big Muddy and Big Hollow Dome, Wyoming; 320 acres in Kansas Oil Fields; 250 acres Magoffin County, Kentucky; also in Electra Oil Fields of Texas, where wells produce as high as 10,000 barrels a day. President has gone to negotiate for more oil wells and push operations. Expect to pay dividends soon. $100 in oil has paid $40,000. Buy now or you may be too late. G. R. MARKEY, President WM. T. REYNOLDS, Secretary Main 3937 501 Boston Building, Denver OPEN TILL 8 P. M. Will move downstairs in ground floor office at 830 17TH ST., BOSTON BLDG. --- --- CONDUCTION OF THE HIGH COST OF LIVING ently worn Clothes and Shoes and sold. us first and you are sure to be ded. Latest in Suits from $5.00 up. es at prices to meet the smallest book. T. DAVIS and G. C. SAMPLE Second-Hand Dealers 1834 ARAPAHOE STREET. Phone Champa 2571. SCHOEN LE CIGARS wood, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars PHONE SOUTH 4405 W. DENVER, COLORADO ENTERPRISE You to Feel at Home NOISE OF THE CITY d Hotel HOSELEY, MANAGER Wabash Avenue GO ILL. Indiana Avenue or like you within a the hotel. Principal Theatres , and cold running electric lights, steam service day and night OUTSIDE EXPOSURE : $1.00 TO $3.00 - $3.50 TO $12.00 IN PRIVATE BATHS Ed 4677; Automatic 74-302 Standard Oil Company share For Short Time 50 Cents or More in N. 1/2 Sec. 32, T. 20, R. 14, producing oil wells. Room for acres in Big Muddy and Big Hol- in Kansas Oil Fields; 250 acres also in Electra Oil Fields of high as 10,000 barrels a day. ate for more oil wells and push idends soon. 10. Buy now or you may be too WM. T. REYNOLDS, Secretary 1 Boston Building, Denver ---