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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 MORE ABOUT THE "MOTE" VOL. XXIV. MORE A THE BY JONATHAN COVER IT is suggested in the passage of scripture concerning the "mote" to which the attention of readers of the Statesman was recently called, that it be removed, in order that we may "see clearly which would seem to indicate that those thus afflicted are in possession of a comparative degree of vision only. It is not therefor expected that they will see clearly until the suggestion has been adopted and acted upon. The adaptation of this passage to the attitude of America in its insistent effort to arbitrarily control the civil status of the Negro citizen is justified simply and only because she seems to take a pride in her defective vision and persistently refuses to adopt the only means of correcting it. Yet how can this be otherwise, for has she not realized through all the years of her life as a republic that the "beam" of prejudice has been created by herself and carefully nursed and developed in spite of a most perfect realization of its wrong and injustice? Thus it is, the apparent anomaly is developed of seeing clearly the "mote" that is said to obscure the vision of persons thousands of miles across the waters, while a "beam" of unusual proportions is permitted to shut off a view of the unequaled civic burdens under which the Negro is compelled to stagger and stumble here at home. Now there may come a time in the life of a nation as well as of individuals when the most obdurate are persuaded as to the futility of further effort along a given line. When the unalterable dominance of an all-wise purpose is realized; when it is recognized the irresistible touch of an unfaltering guidance whose behests may not and should not be denied. The inseparable relationship of the Negro with the establishment and growth of our American civilization; his undeniable worth as a supporting stone in the deep-laid foundation of the Republicans greatness; his miraculous transformation from an original pitiful condition and ready assimilation of the duties and as far as permitted the prerogatives of citizenship; his incorruptible loyalty and eager response to every "call to arms" for the defense of his country, form a chain of golden promise that could have only been fashioned in the crucible of the Almighty. That this Power in infinite wisdom has indissolubly linked him as an equal factor in the destinies of the Republic is so obvious that one needs not the wisdom of Solomon to recognize its truth. Nations do not build wisely when they fail to realize how impotent is their might when opposed to decrees that are eternal. With a past that is glorious in achievements and a future that should promise much toward human uplift and development, America should not and must not seek to perpetuate injustice. Should not and must not continue to build up and foster a mighty civic corporation of special privilege, in which 12,000,000 native and dependable, though despised Americans are permitted only an equal share of its burdens. If all signs do not fail the nations are being hastened irresistibly toward adjustments in which expediency will have but little weight in the affairs of men and races. The music of the world, long discordant, is now being pitched in the key of right and justice. No nation should dare to mar its almost sacred harmony. THE NATIONAL NEGRO HEALTH WEEK TO BE OBSERVED APRIL 21ST TO 27TH. Tuskegee Inst., Ala., March 2.—Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and chairman of the executive committee of the National Negro Business League, announced today that NATIONAL NEGROHEALTH WEEK would be observed April 21st to 27th. He has received telegrams from Mr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary of the National Negro Business League, and from Mr. J. C. Napier, president, in which they give their unqualified assurance that they will help in every way possible to make the campaign a success. Dr. Moton has also received a communication from Mr. Allen W. Clark, chairman of the National Clean-up and Paint-up Bureau, St. Louis, Missouri, in which he states that the three silver cups which were given last year for the most efficient clean-up work, will be offered again this year. It may be recalled that last year the three silver cups were awarded to Atlanta, Ga., Salisbury, N. C., and New Madrid, Mo., and were presented to representatives from these states at Chattanooga, Tenn., during the annual meeting of the league. It is hoped that members of the race will again welcome the opportunity to unite their efforts in one great and National Health Movement, and thus gain the benefit of the momentum and enthusiasm that will come from another effort of this character. As the late Dr. Booker T. Washington said in the 1915 call, "Without health, and until we reduce the high DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, MARCH 9 1918 State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc State House able Negro Pa RADO THE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SA death rate, it will be impossible for us to have permanent success in business, in property getting, in acquiring education, or to show other evidences of progress. Without health and long life all else fails. We must reduce our high death rate, dethrone disease and enthrone health and long life. We may differ on other subjects, but there is no room for difference here. Let us make a strong, long, united pull together." It is urged that communities planning to hold Health Week Campaigns, will notify the secretary of the league and also write to Mr. Allen W. Clark, chairman of the National Clean-up and Paint-up Campaign Bureau, Security building, St. Louis, Mo. He will be glad to send such printed matter as is issued by his bureau. A little later, a pamphlet entitled, "The Conservation of Negro Health" will be issued from the Tuskegee Institute. J. C. NAPIER, President, National Negro Business League, Nashville, Tenn. Chairman, Executive Committee, National Negro Business League, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. EMMETT J. SCOTT, Secretary, National Negro Business League, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. CHEYENNE, WYO., NEWS. The A. M. E. Church held their second quarterly conference Sunday. Presiding Elder Pope in charge. A good attendance was reported at each service. The Second Baptist Church had better attendance than they have had for a long time on Communion Sunday. The Sunday school was well attended also. Mrs. W. M. Christian, who recently returned from a two months' visit in Kansas, made a brief talk in regard to the Sunday school work and the good attendance at the various schools she visited. She also congratulated the school upon its work and attendance here. Mrs. Carrie Jones of Laramie, Wyo., was in the city Saturday and Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rhone. Mr. E. Corbon of Eaton, Colo., was a visitor at the Second Baptist Church Sunday. We are glad to see Mrs. E. W. Wright able to be out on the streets again. Mr. I. Scenell of Shreveport, La., was in the city a few days this week stopping at the J. S. Baker's home, 704 W. .20th street. Word has been received from Mrs. Ollie Redd, who left here about two weeks ago accompanied by her mother, Mrs. S. Hopkins, for Oakland, Cal., to attend the funeral of her brother's wife that the funeral had been held and the body was cremated. "Everybody's Joe'.." is dead. It is reported that the white man known in West Cheyenne as "Everybody's Joe" is dead. After having secured a job at the C. & S. R. R. shops about two weeks ago, and after one or two days' work, he accidently received a serious injure which later resulted in his death. He received the name of "Everybody's Joe" by going errands for any one that needed his services. He was very fond of dogs, having from two to three dogs following him everywhere he went. Mr. A. Thompson, known as "big jawed dad," is in the hospital in seri- ous condition from a long standing sore on the jaw and neck. It is now reported that it has turned to a cancer. Dad is liked by everybody, and he has the sympathy of all. Colored Porter Shot Down in Hotel. William Ashford, porter at the Albany hotel, was shot by C. V. Loy (white) an oil operator of Casper, Wyo., on the evening of Feb. 28, after a brief altercation in the lobby of the hotel. Loy drew a revolver from his side pocket and shot Ashford in the chest. His physician announced that his recovery was doubtful. Loy is in the county jail awaiting trial. The real cause of the shooting has not been clearly revealed to the public. It seems that there is something that has not been disclosed. Rev. J. W. Rodgers spent Saturday and Sunday in Boulder, Colo. He returned Monday. Hon. H. C. Jefferson took Dr. C. O. Smith, pastor of the Second Baptist Church out joy riding Sunday in his big fine car. The Colorado Statesman is finding you will not do without it. SECOND SEPARATE STREET CAR BILL INTRODUCED. Louisville, Ky.—The second separate street car bill to be introduced in the Republican City Council in the last month was sprung Tuesday night of last week in the Board of Aldermen by R. S. Hill, who is in the organ-making business. When a similar bill was introduced by W. H. Zeiser about a month ago, colored Louisville thought it had received its greatest shock, for never in the history of the country has an incident been found where such measures were introduced by Republicans. But it received a great shock this week when it learned Hill had proposed a more drastic measure. But colored Louisville is resigned now and nothing the Republicans do will surprise it. This separate car business is becoming monotonous and seems to be a monthly affair. That such proposals and suggestions are bound to cause trouble, start friction and be generally harmful, cannot be denied even though the powers that be assert such a bill will never become a law.—Louisville News. OGDEN, UTAH, NEWS. Mr. Wm. Blakely, O. S. L. waiter, died at the Dee hospital after two weeks' sickness, Feb. 23th, and was burled Saturday, March 2nd. Rev. Marque spoke. Mr. Ed. Vaiton is able to be out again with the boys after a week in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Queen have returned to Ogden after their honeymoon in Portland, Ore. Miss Ruth Preston has gone to Los Angeles to spend a few weeks with friends. Mr. Frank Yeliser is visiting his home at Cañon City, Colo. Mr. Wm. Weakley is anxious to get to fight. Why do they hold me so long? Mr. J. Miller made a trip to Salt Lake to see the Tennessee Ten Sunday night. If you wish to see Bill Smith in Ogden ask a Red Cap. They know every thing in a big town. RACENEWS Gathered From Various Sources Following a decision of the Supreme court, "Chicken Joe" Campbell, sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Odette B. Allen, wife of the former Warden E. M. Allen of the Joilet penitentiary, must hang. His execution has been set for April 2. farming activities, as mentioned in the report are in vegetable gardening poultry raising, butter making; hog raising and the cultivation of crops of fruit and vegetables and harvesting and picking. St. Louis, Mo., March 1.—Due to the fact that George Miller is in the land of the living and his parents had no use for another's corpse, the body of a soldier was shipped by the Jefferson barracks authorities last week to Leavenworth, Kan., was returned. The parents of Miller had been notified that he had died and the body was on the way home. Funeral arrangements had been made and the Leavenworth Home Guards a Race company, was in charge. When the casket was opened it was found the body was not that of Miller. Miller was found well and on duty at the barracks, and there is rejoicing in the Miller family. St. Louis, Mo., March 1.—Lee West, 69 years old of 2347 Scott avenue, boasts of being the father of thirty-four children. The other day his son Tom was arrested for failing to register for the draft. Mr. West went to the United States marshal's office, where he told of his large family. He said he was married the first time in 1873; there was one child by his first wife, who died shortly after. By the second marriage he had sixteen children. The second wife died, and by the present wife he has had seventeen. His wife is forty-nine years old. Only eleven children are living and Tom is the only one who was ever arrested. The authorities released Tom. Expressions of willingness to work on farms have come from women throughout the country, according to a statement issued recently by the Committee on Public Information through the Division on Woman's war work published from Washington. Figures from a late agricultural report are cited showing that there are at present 1,800,000 women in the United States successfully engaged in agriculture. Of that number 750,000 are under twenty years of age and 1,500,000 are Negroes a large percentage of whom are in the Southern Cotton States. The first lines of work in which women will be likely to increase their NO 20 farming activities, as mentioned in the report are in vegetable gardening poultry raising, butter making; hog raising and the cultivation of crops of fruit and vegetables and harvesting and picking. Paris, Texas, March 1.—Seventeen white citizens of Red River County are now lodged in the Lamar County jail charged with conspiring to terrorize industrious farmers in this district by way of the Ku Klux method. The burning of dwellings, churches and school houses has been the prime work of the organization of outlaws. Several farmers were forced to hide in the swamps until the outlaws had devastated the property. A secret movement is said to have been organized among the farmers to combat this foul method of the white mongrels, and every farm house has been amply stored with ammunition and shotguns. This is the first real effort by the Race to vigorously fight southern whites should they again endeavor to destroy valuable property. The wholesale arrest of the white Ku Klux was ordered and thought advisable when news reached town that the farmers were sufficiently prepared to offset subsequently planned attacks. The black man in this state is the most unprotected being that breathes the breath of life. The fish in the waters are protected; the birds of the air are shielded; your horse and your cow are cared for by statutes and no one dares mistreat or abuse them, lest the game laws, or the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or the humane commission will be after him. If either of these were purposely burned to death in a public place, it would arouse such horror and indignation in the minds of the people as that the immediate punishment of the offender would be demanded and he would be forced to pay the penalty that the law prescribes. Yet, public announcement may be made that a human being is to be burned; he is burned and no law can be found to punish the men who burn him.—Extract of J. C. Napier's speech to the Governor of Tennessee, protesting the recent lynching. M. W. H. Moran is now head of the secret service of the United States. W. H. Moran is now head of the secret service of the United States. WAR PARTY IN RUSSIA WAR PARTY IN RUSSIA BOLSHEVIKI SPLIT AND WING JOINS FOES OF LENINE. Launch Plan to Transfer Power to Town Where Opposition to Kaiser Is Stronger. Western Newspaper Union News Service. London, March 6.—The often-reiterated statement of English correspondents that anything may happen in Russia at any time and that nothing need cause surprise may possibly be illustrated by the developments there pending the ratification of the Russo-German peace treaty, according to reports appearing here. "It is said that a section of the Bolshevik is in no wise pleased with the surrender of Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, and is inclined to join the Left Social Revolutionaries, the war spirit of which, according to the Daily Mail's Petrograd correspondent predominates and constitutes a formidable opposition to the peace party. This war party, it is said, advises that the Petrograd governmental institutions be removed into the interior of Russia, from where they can continue the fight against the Germans. Opposition to the Germans is said to be greater in the Moscow and provincial councils than in Petrograd. A Berlin dispatch received in Amsterdam forecasts the early resignation of Lenine and Trotzky, the Bolshevik foreign minister, owing to their increasing unpopularity. Narva, 100 miles southwest of Petrograd, has been captured by the Germans and the enemy is reported to be continuing his advance on Petrograd. Berlin (Via London), March 4.—"By reason of the signing of the peace treaty with Russia," says the official communicator, from headquarters last night, "military operations in Russia have ceased." Petrograd, March 4.—A German airman bombed various parts of the city. Three persons were killed and five wounded. JAPAN TO RAID SIBERIA. America Agrees With Allies on Plan to Protect All Interests. Washington, March 6.—Exchanges regarding the situation in Siberia and the proposed action there by the Japanese are continuing, and apparently have developed the fact that there is no difference in principle between Japan and the allies or between the United States and Japan, although the United States has not given formal assent to any operations which may be undertaken. It is understood there is still a chance that peace and order in Siberia and the elimination of German intrigue and propaganda can be secured by the Japanese without the exhibition of actual force. Francis Safe in Vologda. Washington.—A dispatch received by the State Department from Ambassador Francis announces the safe arrival of himself and staff t Vologda Feb. 28, said the German advance on Petrograd and Moscow was continuing when he left the capital Feb. 26. Disloyal Sergeant Given Thirty Years, Ayer, Mass.—William Nimke of Torrington, Conn., a sergeant in Company F, Three Hundred and First engineers, at Camp Devens, was given a thirty-year sentence for unpatriotic utterances. He was tried by a general court-martial Feb. 5. Over 700 Perish in Hongkong Fire. Shanghai.—At least 730 lives were lost in the disaster at the Hongkong Jockey Club's track at Happy Valley, when a stand occupied by Chinese collapsed and then caught fire. That number of charred bodies has been removed from the ruins. U. S. Orders Roundup of Anarchists. Washington.—A vigorous policy for the suppression of anarchists and all who advocate sabotage and other forms of lawlessness was announced by Secretary Wilson in orders to immigration officials in the Northwest to proceed immediately to arrest aliens guilty of spreading such doctrines. Admiral Chen Slain by Assassin. Peking.—Admiral Chen Pih-Kuan, former minister of the navy, was assassinated at Canton. The assassin escaped. ALL SLAVS GIVEN ORDERS TO ARM PEACE PACT ONLY SIGNED TO GIVE TIME TO REASSEMBLE, DECLARE LEADERS. RUMANIANS SIGN PACT RUMANIANS SIGN PACT TRANSPORT OF GERMAN TROOPS TO ODESSA VIA MOLDAVIA TO BE ATTEMPTED. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Petrograd, March 7.—The official news agency announces that a supreme military council has been formed for defense of the country. The commissioner for military affairs has issued a decree ordering that the entire people be armed. Commenting upon the signing of the peace treaty, the Izvestia organ of the soldiers' and workmen's deputies, says the purpose of the Lenine government in agreeing to the German terms was to give a respite to the Socialist revolution so as to enable it to reassemble its forces for the supreme struggle against imperialism, and to assist the proletariat of other European countries to revolt against its oppressors. The Bolshevik leaders are prepared to withdraw even as far as to the Ural mountains rather than submit to the defeat of the revolution, said Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik foreign minister, in an interview. M. Trotzky said that if the Bolshevik could go back to the state of affairs which existed last October, just before they overthrew the Kerensky government, they would repeat the whole program which has been put through since that time. "In October we did not exclude the possibility of a holy war," he declared. "Now we consider such a war possible. The soldiers' and workmen's delegates must now fight for organization and order." Moscow is to be declared the new capital of Russia and the government proposes to publish a statement to this effect immediately. Petrograd will be proclaimed a free port. Notwithstanding the signing of peace the government is determined to transfer all the state institutions to Moscow, Nizni-Novgorod and Kazan. Amsterdam—A preliminary peace treaty between Rumania and the central powers was signed March 5, says a dispatch from Bucharest. Under the terms of the preliminary peace agreement, Rumania cedes the province of Dobrudja as far as the Danube to the central powers. Rumania also undertakes to further the transport of Teutonic troops through Moldavia and Bessarabia to Odessa. BRITISH CRUISER SUNK Forty-eight Lives Lost When U-Boat Hits Calgarian—Twenty-one Lost When Kenmare Goes Down. London, March 7.—Official announcement was made by the admiralty that the British armed mercantile cruiser Calgarian was torpedoed and sunk on March 1. Two officers and forty-six men were lost. The Norwegian steamer Havna of 1,150 tons gross, has been torpedoed without warning. She sank in less than one minute. The crew of eighteen had no time to launch a boat and jumped into the sea. The captain and five survivors were landed. London.—Eighteen British merchantmen were sunk by mine or submarine in the week ending March 5, according to the admiralty report. Of these twelve were vessels of 1,600 tons or over, six being under that tonage. No fishing craft were sunk. Queenstown.—The steamer Kenmare of Cork has been sunk by a submarine. Only five men of the crew of twenty-six were saved. Fifth Anniversary as President. Washington.—President Wilson on March 4 rounded out his fifth year as the nation's executive and the eleventh month of his leadership in the world's war work. The day found him engaged with some of the most perplexing problems that have faced the nation. It found the country passing through the valley of the shadow—the darkest hours—of the war with Germany. It passed, however, without apparent notice by the President. He had an unusually long list of engagements, some of which bore on international questions. Canadian Parliament Meets March 18. Ottawa.—The first session of Parliament under the new government has been called for Monday, March 18. Slide Wrecks Austrian Army Train, Geneva, March 6.—The heaviest snowfall of the present winter in the Swiss Tyrolese Alps has occurred during the last few days. The snow is from three to six feet deep. One avalanche cut an Austrian military train in two south of Botzen. Twenty-six officers and men were killed. Baruch Heads War Industry Board. Washington.—Bernard M. Baruch of New-York was appointed chairman of the war industries board. O. JOHN REDMOND London, March 7.—John E. Redmond, the Irish "Nationalist leader, died at 7:40 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to heart failure, following a recent operation for an intestinal obstruction. This was borne courageously and it relieved the patient, but heart failure intervened Tuesday night. For more than twenty-five years John E. Redmond fought for home rule in Ireland and for a majority of that time he was the recognized leader of Ireland's "struggle for liberty." Redmond was born in 1851, the son of W. A. Redmond, member of Parliament from Ballytrent. He was first elected to Parliament from New Ross, in 1881. In 1885 she was elected from New Wexford and in 1891 from Waterford. He had visited America several times, generally for the purpose of raising funds to push the home rule movement. His son, William Archer Redmond, was elected to Parliament from East Tyrone in 1911. Redmond's brother, Maj. William H. K. Redmond, member of Parliament from Clare, was killed in action on the west front recently. ENDDENVERWATERSUIT CITY LOSES FIGHT TO CUT RATE CHARGED FOR WATER. Value of $13,415,899 Fixed by Special Master Chinn, Held by Court to Be Just. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington.—The city of Denver in the Supreme Court lost its fight of twenty years' duration against the Denver Union Water Company over consumers' rates. Injunctions restraining the city from enforcing an ordinance reducing water rates 20 per cent, alleged to be confiscatory on the ground that it would take the company's property for public use without compensation, were sustained. Justice Holmes, Brandels and Clarke dissented, being of the opinion the proceedings should be dismissed. Lower court valuations of the company's property at $13,415,899 were upheld. Since the proceedings were instituted the city obtained an option to purchase the property on the basis of that valuation. SOLONS CENSURE LA FOLLETTE. Condemns Senator for His Attitude on War Measures by 53 to 32 Vote War Measures By 53 to 32 Vote. Madison, Wis.—The Wisconsin Legislature went on record in condemning United States Senator Robert La Follette's attitude with regard to the war. By a vote of 53 to 32 the Assembly, after a seventeen-hour session, adopted a "loyalty resolution" with an amendment censuring the senator. The Senate adopted the resolution a week ago. The resolution follows: "The people of the state of Wisconsin always have stood and always will stand squarely behind the national government in all things which are essential to bring the present war to a successful end, and we condemn Senator Robert La Follette and all others who have failed to see the righteousness of our nation's cause, who have failed to support our government in matters vital to the winning of the war, and we denounce any attitude or utterance of theirs which has tended to incite sedition among the people of our country and to injure Wisconsin's fair name before the free people of the world." Soldier Held for $6,000,000 Theft. Washington.—On a warrant sworn out by Counselor Bergeron of the French embassy charging larceny of from $3,500,000 to $6,000,000 from the French government by means of truck and automobile contracts, Frank J. Goldsall, formerly a private in the French army, was arrested here, and the federal authorities were asked to return him to France. Burke Returns for Nolan Trial. Denver.—The Rev. Father Garrett J. Burke, deposed priest of the Holy Ghost church, who was the companion of Mrs. Harry T. Nolan at the Model roadhouse early in the morning of Jan. 2, when she was robbed at the point of a revolver of diamonds worth $3,000, returned to Denver to testify in the trial at Brighton. Riggs Named Governor of Alaska. Washington. — President Wilson nominated Thomas Riggs, Jr., to be governor of Alaska. FIRE 2,000 SHELLS INTO U.S. LINES GERMANS CENTER FIERCE AT TACK ON AMERICAN POSI- TIONS NEAR TOUL. U-BOAT PERILCUT DOWN BRAZIL WILL SOON SEND SHIPS TO RELIEF OF ALLIES, DECLARES SIR ERIC GEDDES. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington, March 7.—American troops are now holding over eight miles of trenches on the battle front of France. London, March 6.—"Our allies are making every effort to increase their production of ships," Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, said, "but despite glowing reports in the American press and as great as the effort of that country doubtless is, there is no doubt a considerable time must elapse before the desired output is obtained." Sir Eric, whose address was delivered in the House of Commons, said the naval forces of the allies in European waters would be augmented shortly by a force of Brazilian warships. With the American Army in France, March 6.—Shells have been falling thick and fast within the American lines and upon the enemy positions on the Toul sector. Aside from a big barrage which the enemy placed on the American positions at daylight Monday in this neighborhood, 2,000 projectiles have been dropped in the vicinity of the terrain occupied by the Americans, many of them upon towns. The American casualties, however, have been extremely light. Sunday night the Americans continued to shell the enemy and put down two barrages on his positions. The infantry activity was confined solely to patrol parties. The Americans searched No Mn's Land in the snow for the bodies of enemy killed in the raiding. None was found, but the body of one American was discovered in the American wire in front of a listening post. The man had on his gas mask. A bullet had passed through his head. Only two cartridges remained in his rifle, which was found under his body and there were other indications that he died fighting. The heavy snow is continuing. Later the Americans themselves in the same region took the initiative into their own hands and, sallying forth as a raiding unit, penetrated German positions and brought back a number of prisoners. The Germans, after having heavily bombarded the British lines west of Lens, launched an attack, but the British easily repulsed it, inflicting heavy casualties on the Teutons and taking a number of prisoners. London, March 5.—"A number of successful raids were carried out by us on different parts of the front," says the war office report. "Australian troops entered German trenches near Warneton and after killing at least fifty of the enemy and destroying several dugouts brought back eleven prisoners and a machine gun. "East of the Meuse we carried out a surprise attack at the Calonne trenches and penetrated as far as the fourth German line on a front of 1,200 meters and to a depth of 600 meters," the Paris war office announced. "We captured more than 150 prisoners." British troops operating north of Jerusalem in Palestine have made an advance along a front of twelve miles to a maximum depth of 3,000 yards astride and west of the Jerusalem road. Washington.—Five Americans, including Second Lieut, Harold F. Eadie of Tilton, N. H., were killed, five were severely wounded and four slightly wounded in the fight with the Germans north of Toul, March 1, the War Department announced. Paris, March 5.—Two American officers and four privates who participated in Friday's battle possessed the French Croix de Guerre, conferred personally by Premier Clemenceau. The premier reviewed the American troops and praised them highly for their valorous conduct. Deficiency Bill Reported to Senate. Washington.—Carrying a total of $1, 180,265,355.84 in appropriations and authorizations, the urgent deficiency bill was reported to the Senate by the appropriations committee. It was increased $73,385,000 by the Senate committee over the House bill. Democrats Regain Rule in Congress. New York.—Control of the House of Representatives was regained by the Democrats when they elected their candidates from four districts in Greater New York at special elections called to choose successors to four members of that party who had resigned their seats in Congress. New York women had their first chance to vote since they won the rights at the polls last November. It was significant that they cast 31,558 votes out of a total of 78,192 in the four districts. FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT. FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO 919 NINETEENTH STREET MORRISON'S FAMOUS MORRISON'S FAMOUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND ENTERTAINERS GEO, MORRISON, MANAGER Music Furnished for Phone Main 2707. Res. 2947 Store When You The Heads, Feet, Neckbones or any other part of the squeal, go to East's Mar 2300-6 Lari Night and Day 806 15th St., Two Doors From Store Free Delivery—Ship Notice: Open evenings until NOT In order to get acquainted ag friends, we are going to give awa FF with this ad. a valuable premium Let this INFORMATION, for the b the owner of the NIGHT AND DAY I have been run CANTILE CO. for three years, an co-operation of your trade, which Now I am going to go after your fore by giving you the advantage meat and grocery buying. We bu middleman's profit. We can save order. SO GIVE US A TRIAL MEATS. Furnished for all Occasions 1707. Res. 2947 Stout St. DE When You Wish Heads, Feet Tails, S Jones or Chitlering other part of the hog neal, go to 7's Market 300-6 Larimer Stree and Day Mercant Two Doors From Stout St. Phone Free Delivery—Shipping Orders a Sp Open evenings until 12 o'clock. All NOTICE to get acquainted again with our old are going to give away FREE a valuable premium worth dollars to FORMATION, for the benefit of the per the T AND DAY MERCANT I have been running the NIGH for three years, and my whole suc of your trade, which we wish to th ing to go after your business strong you the advantage of my many y eery buying. We buy direct in carie profit. We can save you from 20 to GIVE US A TRIAL. Music Furnished for all Occasions Phone Main 2707. Res. 2947 Stout St. DENVER, COLO. The Heads, Feet Tails, Snouts Neckbones or Chitlerings, or any other part of the hog except the squeal, go to Night and Day Mercantile Co. 806 15th St., Two Doors From Stout St. Phones Champa 3018-3675. Free Delivery—Shipping Orders a Specialty. Notice: Open evenings until 12 o'clock. All day Sundays. NOTICE In order to get acquainted again with our old customers and their friends, we are going to give away I have been running the NIGHT AND DAY MERCANTILE CO. for many years, my whole success was through the co-operation of your trade, which we have thank you one and all. Now I am going to go after your business stronger than ever, fore by giving you the advantage of my many years of experience of the middleman profit, buying. We buy direct in carload lots and save the middleman profit. We can save you from 20 to 30 per cent on your order. SO GIVE US A TRIAL MEATS. Small Eastern Hams.....26½¢ Dixie Brand Bacon, lb.....37½¢ Fresh Neck Bones, lb.....9¢ Hog Chitterlings, lb.....5½¢ We handle Fresh Pig Tails, Pig's Feet, Spare Ribs, Miltz, Kidneys, Snouts, Ears, Brains and all other offal. Dressed Rabbitts, Chickens, Tur- keys and Ducks. Best Creamery Butter, lb.... 45c Fresh Oysters, pt.... 30c We carry a full line of Fresh Veg Your co-operation of purchasing g sell you right along from 20 to 2 Taxicab Rates. Depot, 1 or 2 pass...50c Depot, each addi- tional pass.....25c One mile radius.....50c Each addition'l mile.25c rate of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits of purchasing goods from us while at along from 20 to 25 per cent less w Rates. Motton- Mass...50c sure." (C addi... 25c us...50c Rate mle.25c 31.5 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 # for all Occasions St. DENVER, COLO. You Want Tails, Snouts Chitlerings, or the hog except Market Phone Main 1461 ner Street Mercantile Co. St. Phones Champa 3018-3078. g Orders a Specialty. 12 o'clock. All day Sundays. ICE in with our old customers and their EE north dollars to you. benefit of the people who don't know MERCANTILE CO. ing the NIGHT AND DAY MER- my whole success was through the business stronger than I ever did be- of my many years of experience of direct in carload lots and save the you from 20 to 30 per cent on your SUGAR, 13 lbs. for ..... $1.00 With every $3.00 purchase Magnetti, pkg. ..... $6 Macaroni, pkg. ..... $6 Reg. 5 cacks sacks ..... $15 Large cans Milk, each ..... $15 Water White Soap, 6 bars for 26c Fresh Eggs, doz.....40c Swift's Laundry Soap, 3 bars...10c 15c cans Milk for, each.....11c Small cans Milk for, each.....6c 10c grade Toilet Paper, roll.....5c ables and Fruits of all kinds. ads from us will enable us to under- per cent less than any other store. Motto: "Not slow but sure." Cash only. Rates Per Hour. 81.50 to 89.50 GROCERIES NINE PAIRS SHOES FOR PERSHING MEN GENERAL ASKS FOR LARGE FOOTGEAR SUPPLY FOR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. AIRPLANE MISHAPS ARE FEW With Hundreds of Men Learning to Fly, War Department Records Show Number of Accidents at Military Aviation Fields Comparatively Small. Washington.—Gen. Pershing has requested shipment of 18,590 pairs of shoes for each 25,000 men monthly, which is approximately nine pairs of shoes per man per year. This quantity is in excess of actual consumption and is being used to build up a reserve for all troops in France. When such a supply is accumulated, the quantities per man will be reduced. The quartermaster general's department now has on hand and due on outstanding contracts, 7,564,000 field shoes and 7,873,000 marching shoes. It will be necessary to secure more than a million additional shoes during the year. Records of the war department show that from the beginning of training in June, 1917, to February 22, 1918, the fatalities at military aviation fields in this country have been 51; 10 officers and 29 cadets killed in training flights, and 12 men killed in unauthorized flights and ground accidents. Since the training began in the United States, student aviators have flown considerably more than 100,000 miles. Hundreds of hitherto inexperienced men have been learning to fly. Their early flights are under the guidance of instructors, and prior to these flights two or more months are spent in preliminary ground work. There comes a time, however, when every student aviator must take his machine up alone, and every precaution has been taken to reduce the number of accidents and safeguard the aviator in his solo flights. The fuel administration is carrying on a series of conferences covering all industries which use large quantities of fuel, with a view to learning the requirements of each line during 1918. The industries themselves are playing a leading part in these discussions. The aim of the fuel administration is to arrive at a percentage of production which, under the circumstances, will be satisfactory to the manufacturers and their workmen, but which will not represent a consumption of fuel for the manufacture of supplies not needed during the current year. The order which has been issued limiting the use of fuel for the production of window glass to 50 per cent of the amount manufactured in 1917 is the result of one of these conferences. A survey of the field indicated that while not more that 5,000,000 boxes of window glass would be used in 1918, competitive conditions were likely to result in an overmanufacture of at least 2,000,000 boxes. It is through this system of limitation, together with large economy in the methods of using fuel, that the fuel administration expects to supplement the production of coal this year. It is hoped, as the railroads strengthen their facilities, that it will be possible to mine and transport a larger quantity of coal this year than last, but it is through these methods of reducing consumption that a repetition of this year's shortage is expected to be prevented. Rifle and cartridge production in the United States has developed in volume and in quality on a scale assuring the satisfactory equipment of the army, according to a statement authorized by the secretary of war. To achieve the rifle and ammunition production program the government has expended or has obligated itself to expend, during 10 months of war, $400,000,000, and 200 officers, 80,000 men, and 10,000 women have been engaged exclusively in the manufacture of rifles and cartridges. Two government plants and three privately owned plants are engaged in making rifles and one government plant and nine privately owned plants are engaged in cartridge manufacture. Ordnance experts in this country and in Europe are in agreement that the United States army is being equipped with two of the best three rifles in the world. "Stars and Stripes" is the name of the weekly newspaper being published in France for American troops, under the direction of the intelligence section. Practically the entire paper is devoted to American news, including a daily radio report of about 1,400 words supplied by the committee on public information to the French government. Exports of corn to Canada for feeding and manufacturing purposes have been limited to those varieties and grades which are not suitable for seed purposes. Divisional athletic directors who have received commissions will accompany their contingents to France, according to the war department commission on training camp activities. Boxing instructors will not be sent with the troops, as at present the need for these men is considered greater on this side. A Swiss 'commercial paper states that there is a great shortage in coal of all kinds, an insufficient supply of wood for fuel, and small reserves in oils and grease throughout Switzerland. Fresh eggs have disappeared from the market. Dry vegetables are becoming more scarce. A project to manufacture flour from potatoes had to be abandoned because sufficient supplies of potatoes could not be secured. In Holland coal and coke prices have been advanced. In American terms, the maximum price for anthracite is about $22 a ton; coke, $10 a ton; coal briquets, $25 a ton. Distribution is carefully regulated by cards, in specified quantities. The amount allowed, especially to residences, is much smaller than in peace times. New French food regulations forbid eating houses to serve of consume fresh or packed butter otherwise than in the preparation of food. Curdled or sour milk is prohibited as well as cream and specified kinds of cheese. The making of pastries, biscuits, and confectionery is prohibited. Only in dining cars, canteens and railroad refreshment stations may fresh or condensed milk or cream be served after 9 in the morning, by itself or mixed with coffee, tea, or other preparation. No solid foods may be served between 9 and 11 in the morning and between 4:30 and 8:30 in the evening. When the price of a meal exceeds $1.20 the customer may be served with not more than two dishes with or without vegetables, or more than one small loaf of ordinary bread. The bread is limited to about $3½ ounces. All grain which may be used for making bread is reserved for human food. At each cantonment in the United States a school has been established where every officer and man receives instruction in gas defense. The American gas mask, similar to the British, is as mechanically perfect as the best experts have been able to produce. The face piece, with glass or celluloid eyepieces, is connected by a flexible tube with a canister carried in a knapsack. The incoming breath comes through the canister, which is filled with several layers of chemicals which neutralize or render harmless the gasladen air. Outgoing breath passes outside the face piece through a small valve. The student in gas defense soon learns to get his mask on in a hurry, six seconds being the standard time when the knapsack containing the mask is hanging at his chest in the "alert" position. After intensive training a gas attack is arranged. The class is put in trenches, and without warning, clouds of smoke and chlorine are liberated by the instructors, masks are hurriedly put on, alarms sounded, and sleeping men in dugouts aroused. When the attack ceases the trenches are cleared of gas, the air is tested, and permission is given to remove masks. Describing the American R Cross as a body authorized to do everything possible for the comfort and welfare of the soldiers, and to make use of such agencies as are authorized and in a position to contribute to that end in addition to the provisions made by the government, a general statement by the war department outlines certain approved activities: To distribute sweaters, mufflers, helmets, socks, comfort kits, etc. To render emergency relief of every kind upon request of an officer in charge. To relieve anxiety and sustain the morale of soldiers who are worried about their families at home, and to promote the comfort and well being of these families. To conduct canteen service stations for furnishing refreshments to soldiers when traveling through the country; to furnish emergency relief to the sick and wounded when en route and to see that they are conveyed to a hospital when necessary and requested by the commanding officer. A representative of the Red Cross may be attached to each base hospital to furnish emergency supplies when called upon, to communicate with families of patients, to render home service to patients and such other assistance as pertains to Red Cross work. When the first Liberty motor was ready to be tested it was taken to Pike's Peak that it might be studied while running under atmospheric conditions obtaining at high altitudes. This difficulty of bringing the motor to the mountain is now overcome at the department of commerce bureau of standards at Washington, by bringing the mountain to the motor. Airplane motors are now tested at the bureau of standards in a laboratory where various conditions corresponding to high altitudes and low temperatures are secured. The engine is placed in an air-tight concrete room, provided among other things with refrigerator coils and a large pump to reduce the pressure of the air. By use of this apparatus motors may be observed under conditions similar to those at different altitudes, which might otherwise be done only by actual airplane flights. Plans of the American Library association include the establishment of book and library service in army and navy hospitals in America and France. The government is today the greatest employer of labor in the United States, not considering railroad employees. In normal times approximately 400,000 civilians are employed, and in the last year the number has increased to 600,000. In comparison one steel corporation employs 300,000 men, and one railroad 250,000. Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado Western Newspaper Union News Service. Loveland is to have a pickle factory. The La Junta Elks lodge service flag has 109 stars. Large shipments of sheep have been made from Fort Collins. Holly Dairy Club and business men are planning for big dairy show. More than 500 Puebloans admitted their liability to pay war income tax. The town of Littleton has completed a new sewer system at a cost of $30,-000. Twenty-five new concrete culverts will be tried out on the roads of Mesa county. The fifty-fifty flour regulation has been changed from a money basis to the pound basis. Mrs. Spencer Penrose will finance the erection of a Catholic church at Colorado Springs. City employés of Pueblo were recently granted a wage increase of from 50 to 65 cents per day. Loveland Masons have postponed building a temple, but later will acquire a site and erect a fine structure. Jesse Hallar of Cortez is endeavoring to interest Denver capital in "Hallarite," which he claims as a new discovery. The Boulder Commercial Club passed a resolution asking members of that organization boycott Germam-made goods. All booze captured by the Weld county officials is being turned over to the city hospital in Greeley for medical purposes. Contracts for the erection of a water stand-pipe at Fourteenth and Lincoln avenue in Loveland will be awarded early in April. Fire, probably started from the sparks from a passing train, burned over 500 acres of pasture and several stacks of hay near Roggen. Ball and banquet of the Ouray County Pioneers' Society held at Ridgway was varied by drawings for a Red Cross steer, hog and turkey. Net proceeds, $348. The $100,000 issue of the city of Golden refunding water bonds will be purchased by the Colorado State Land Board for investment in the permanent school fund of the state. Five carloads of corrugated culverts have been received by the La Plata county commissioners, to be used in road work as soon as the weather permits. Between 100,000 and 150,000 trout will probably be placed in the streams of the Pike National forest in the North and South Pike's Peak districts during the coming summer. Colorado potato growers produced in the season just passed 9,310,000 bushels, of which 5,027,000 bushels are estimated to be still in the hands of the men who raised them. James H. Canary of Denver went to American Lake, Wash., Sept. 18, 1917. After being there two days he was made a corporal and six weeks later was promoted to sergeant. S. E. Gatschett of Montrose is prospecting for the mother vein of a material known as mineral wax, small pieces of which have been discovered in the shale hills near that town. An appropriation has been granted by the Colorado Council of Defense to the State Board of Health to enable the health body to carry on a campaign throughout the state for suppression and prevention of social diseases. The work of the legal aid committees of the State Council of Defense, which will soon be appointed, and of the home relief service of the Red Cross will be co-ordinated in helping and advising soldiers and their families. One thousand volunteer shipbuilders have already been registered in Colorado, W. N. W. Blayney, Colorado director of the U. S. Public Reserve, has reported to Governor Gunter. Governor Gunter delivered a series of patriotic addresses in the San Luis valley. He emphasized Colorado's effective war work and the state's determination to maintain the high standard it has set. The trial of Edward Allison, deputy sheriff of Denver county, accused of the murder of Mrs. Margaret Manning last November in the office of a Denver creamery company on Curtis street, opened in the West Side Court. Coloradoans who are flocking to the national capital to answer the call for war emergency service have completed plans for organization of the Colorado Society of Washington, D.C. Celedone Martinez and Sostenes Espinoza, Mexicans, were arrested in Walsenburg by Deputy United States Marshal Charles E. Goodfriend on warrants charging them with failure to register under the selective service draft. United States Marshal Samuel J. Burris left Denver for Los Angeles, Cal., with Jacob Meinninger, a discharged soldier recently arrested at his home in Globeville, on a warrant issued by federal authorities of California charging him with stealing government property. CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS. "Never before has the demand for increased production in agriculture been so imperative. The operation of the selective service law and enlistments in the various branches of the service have materially reduced the number of employés on the farms," declares Governor Gunter in a proclamation designating the week of March 18-23 as special registration week for the United States Boys' Working Reserve, and urges all abbied young men between the ages of 16 and 21 years, and not regularly employed, to enlist for their summer vacation in this branch of the service. The United States Supreme Court in Washington handed down a final decision in the Denver Union Water Company rate case that definitely ends the water controversy of twenty years. The court sustains the injunction granted by Judge Lewis in the United States District Court of Colorado. This enjoined the city of Denver from enforcing an ordinance declaring a 20 per cent reduction in water rates. The decision sustains the findings of Special Master W. J. Chinn, that the valuation of the water company's plant, May 1, 1914, was $13,415,899. John Diamond, aged 29, is dead, with a bullet wound through the neck, and William I. McDowell is in jail at Leadville charged with the shooting. McDowell, a state agent engaged in securing evidence in prohibition law violations, told the officers he saw Diamond enter his house during the evening, and, on looking through the window, saw his wife sitting on the visitor's lap. He rapped for admission, he said, and his wife opened the door. The shooting followed. Reports received from the potato district around Greeley indicate that there will be a large loss to the growers unless cars be received at a greater rate than now seems possible. Some estimates place the threatened loss at 100,000,000 pounds. One big grower is reported to have dumped 500,000 pounds during the past week, about one-third of the crop he raised last year. Onions also are in danger from lack of cars, and 30,000 pounds were dumped. With testimony divided between suicide and murder as the theory of the death of James C. Houf, engineer in a Denver hotel, a coroner's jury of six brought in a verdict fastening the crime of murder upon some person unknown to the authorities. Houf was found in a furnace of live coals early Friday morning, March 1, by John Cusack, night clerk at the hotel, Twelfth and Larimer streets. For uttering alleged pro-German remarks, casting reflections on President Wilson's war activities and speaking ill of the United States government, after which he is declared to have hit a fellow workman with a hammer, Fritz Seitz a German subject, was beaten, made to kiss the American flag and threatened with hanging by a crowd on Champa street in Denver. Frank H. Mulligan, former Denver city detective, was the first defendant tried on the charge of highway robbery in connection with the hold-up of Mrs. Harry T. Nolan at the Model roadhouse Jan. 2. A venire of forty jurymen was summoned to appear in the District Court at Brighton March 6, when the trial was scheduled to begin. Mike Rossi of Denver, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Sedgwick, near Grover and his automobile and thirty-one cartons of whiskey and a sack filled with bottled beer were confiscated. Rossi was taken to Greeley and placed in jail. Colorado's activities for entertainment and protection of soldiers are to be conducted by a committee on war camp community service operating cooperatively with the State and National Councils of Defense and with the National Commission on Training Camp activities. Farmers in seventeen counties have responded to the patriotic call sent out by the Colorado Immigration Bureau to help crop stimulation by encouraging the tillage of all vacant tracts this summer. As a result of this campaign, instituted early in the winter by Edward D. Foster, immigration commissioner, the bureau completed the first list of available tracts that are to be turned over to the tenants rent free. With growers facing a loss of 3,000 carloads of potatoes by April 1 unless immediate relief is given by railroads, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission telegraphed a statement of the situation to William G. McAdoo, director of railroads, and later received word that the matter is to be given attention. Mrs. J. V. (Fanchon) Rose was taken to the Brighton jail last week and held as a witness in the case, set for March 6, growing out of the Nolan robbery at a road house. Another contingent of 135 men of Colorado's draft left Denver for Camp Funston to take their places in the ranks to fight Prussianism. William Goldsetter, of Denver, was found lying unconscious in the road four miles beyond Watkins by Edwin and C. T. Elder, proprietors of the Elder ranch, ten miles south of Bennett. When he regained consciousness he said he had taken an auto ride with strangers and had lost $167. The final word in the controversy over the Denver Civic Center assessments were given by the Supreme Court, when that tribunal upheld the city's action in assessing the costs against the taxpayers in the East Denver Park District. Western Beef Co. Open Daily to 8:30 p. m. ONE OF THE MOST MARKET Fresh Oysters, Chitterl Neck Bones, Spice Fresh and Cured Meats and Our Pr t Free Deliver PHC 2048 LARIMER STREET Oppo Bolden Bros. 924 NINETEENTH OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SAN MARKETS IN THE CITY. Lers, Chitterlings, Pig Tails, Snouts, Ears, Rock Bones, Spare Ribs, Received Fresh Dairy Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetable 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, COLO 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 KIN BOLDEN BE Baths FIRST R. B. BOLDEN, Manage The Chase Twenty Is DRUGS, CHEMICAL WE SEE Prescripti Phone us and we will do JAMES H PH Weather TEL ALL KINDS OF SANDWICHES DEN BROS. BARBER S Baths, Electric Massage FIRST-CLASS SERVICE DEN, Manager 926 19th S Champa Pharma Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your CHEMICALS AND PATENT M WE SERVE DRINKS. Descriptions Our Special and we will deliver the goods to all parts of MES E. THRALL, PR PHONE MAIN 2425. atherhead Haf 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. Established 1876 PIONEER HATTERS OF THE WEST WE MAKE OLD HATS NEW PRACTICE RENOVATORS, BLEED Of Gents' and L 1624 Ch PHONE MAIN 3023 JOHN Meats, Fancy 1864 PRACTICAL HATTERS ATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FIN Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Descrip 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Description 1624 Champa St., Denver, Colo. JOHN K. RETTIGER Fancy and Staple Gro 1864 CURTIS STREET seventh. MARKET COMP E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 16 d Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Me Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries 1864 CURTIS STREET The MARK C. E. SMITH, N Wholesale and Retail Stap Hotels and Eastern The MARKET COMPANY C. E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1608 Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oystera Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15th Street 15th Street Denver, Corner Nineteenth. Sundays Until 2:00 p. m. ATE AND SANITARY THE CITY. Lips, Snouts, Ears, Pigs Feet, Received Fresh Daily. Fresh Vegetables, Staple Jeceries. Always Rest Parts of the City. A 1641. DENVER, COLO. Rules. & Lunch Room DENVER, COLORADO Short Orders at all Hours BANDWICHES BARBER SHOP Massage SERVICE 926 19th St., Denver Pharmacy Champa, got your PATENT MEDICINE DRINKS. Our Specialty. goods to all parts of the city. ALL, PROPR. 2425. Bad Hat Co. MAIN 3203 HATTERS BUYERS AND FINISHERS of Every Description Denver, Colo. RES. PHONE GALLUP 942 ETTIG taple Groceries STREET COMPANY Phone South 1608 Groceries, Fish and Oysters Our Specialty. red Fed Meats Denver, Colorado ```markdown ``` VINEGAR ```markdown ``` Denver, Colo THE COLORADO STATESMAN LABOR SHALL BE FAIR RACE COUNTRY PARTY SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Three Months ..... .60 JOS. D. D. RIVERS.....Proprietor Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the City of Denver, Colo. 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25. Phone Main 7417. Remittances should be made by the Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draught, same as cash for the fractional part of the pany all orders from parties unknown. No discounts allowed on less than thirty jects, plainly written only upon one of the author. No manuscript returned days, if possible, anyway not later. Company's experts were planted while from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 to give this result. This year the Company repeats instructor for War Gardens; in other any problems in the economic situation the people to raise as much as possible our troops at home and abroad may essential to the winning of the war—coaxings, etc., as having seen the resizing the responsibility resting on us and child physically capable of plan. Denver far ahead of its competitors by the Water Company for this privilege our citizens with the greatness of the LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE TO SUMMETIMES we are so burdened by panies the barbarous actions of better of us and we conclude that it seems hoping against hope, and But time in its flight sometimes exhaving out a proposition that arouses the memory, awakens the dull intellect, stirs the quiescent sympathizer, and such an extent that historians will be to record of vital interest to this act with the LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE, giving white citizens of Nashville, Tennessee MOB RULE and LAWLESSNESS so the country. Among the many object is adopted for the purpose of that will lead to prompt and certain prevention and punishment of crime,ment of whatever new laws may be effective punishment of crime and the DER. Week in, week out, for near themselves in months and years, the EVIL that stains and blots the pristine like an earthquake the very coming impatient, but still the pen a vile accursed gang that had becomions that their influence was being in western states. At last the cry is heard. Grade citizens who, realizing the inconsistent upon acts against constituted author fearlessness of their expression, resc crimes must be punished by and unlaw that the little leaven is permeating RADO STATESMAN heralds to the those of its race, that this Leagueention of every citizen and be suppress is lawlessness, and it has no no the members of our race are among present, someone would relax in the supporting this organization, we can that will make the final solution of a give rise to so many doubtings of the will be more than glad and will taunt the news of the progressiveness of to the cause of fair play and the thin in accordance with the amendments common fraternity, urge every real A to join this movement and help to this saving agency that comes at this of a government and people so long AND RIGHT. or less, 10 cents per line. Paper line. Display advertising. made by Express Money for Bank Draft. Postage stationary part of a dollar. Only less than three months' contests unknown to us. Further prizes receive attention must be newly upon one side of the paper, script returned, unless stamped, not later than Wednesday, personaging nature that are held from the columns of this company and free water. Of this issue an article appoint of water given freely by one of the HOME GARDEN Makers that 30,000 gardens united were planted and a bounty to 15,000,000 gallons of water. Many repeats its offer and adverts; in other words, will be economic situation produced by such as possible for their host abroad may be well supplied of the war—FOOD. This year seen the result of the initial interest on us in this world-crude of planting a garden or competitors both in number and this privilege and will from greatness of the work that is the LEAGUE TO SUPPRESS LYING. Also burdened with the griefs actions of the mob that conclude that Heaven's heart is hope, and myriads of other sometimes exhibits a slow and that arouses the dormant mind, dull intellect, unshackles the pathizer, and in the end the moriors will have matters of rest to this and unborn genius. ORDER LEAGUE organized in Nashville, Tenn., for the suppression so prevalent in the many objects of the League the purpose of developing a system and certain enforcement of crime; to aid in the laws may be necessary for crime and the MAINTENANCE out, for nearly thirty years, and years, have we written plots the principles of our Dept. till the pen wrote on, pour that had become so baneful as he was being extended to some heard. Gradually have some inconsistency of a democ-rituted authority, have compression, resolve that a cessation by and under the provision, permeating the whole of the ards to the millions of Athis League should and must be supported in every place it has no other qualification. Face are among the greatest relief in their efforts oration, we can only remind the solution of this terrible and abruptings of the truism of OLD and will take very much dissatisfaction of this organization and the thorough application of amendments which makes every real American patriot and help to push forwardcomes at this opportune moment people so long blinded to the Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, 5 cents per line. Display advertising, 50 cents per inch. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1c and 2c stamps taken. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper, must reach us Tuesday of the author. Manuscript unpublished unless requested by the author. If possible, anyway not later than Wednesday, and bear the signature. All communications of a personating nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. DENVER WATER COMPANY AND FREE WATER FOR WAR GARDENS N another column of this issue an article appears giving a statistical account of the amount of water given freely by the Denver Union Water Company to those who took advantage of their offer last year in their inauguration of the HOME GARDEN MOVEMENT, and the report furnishes the fact that 30,000 gardens under the direction of the Company's experts were planted and a bountiful harvest was reaped, while from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 gallons of water were required daily to give this result. This year the Company repeats its offer and again provides an expert instructor for War Gardens; in other words, will help the nation to solve any problems in the economic situation produced by the war, and assisting the people to raise as much as possible for their home consumption so that our troops at home and abroad may be well supplied with that which is essential to the winning of the war—FOOD. This year needs no entreaties, coaxings, etc., as having seen the result of the initial effort and fully realizing the responsibility resting on us in this world-crisis, every man, woman and child physically capable of planting a garden should resolve to place Denver far ahead of its competitors both in number and quality. We thank the Water Company for this privilege and will from time to time impress our citizens with the greatness of the work that is being carried on. LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE TO SUPPRESS LYNCHING ORGANIZED SOMETIMES we are so burdened with the grief that generally accompanies the barbarous actions of the mob that our anxieties get the better of us and we conclude that Heaven's help is withheld from us; it seems hoping against hope, and myriads of other dejecting thoughts. But time in its flight sometimes exhibits a slow and sure process in working out a proposition that arouses the dormant mind, resurrects the dead memory, awakens the dull intellect, unshackles the fettered conscience, stirs the quiescent sympathizer, and in the end emblazons the result to such an extent that historians will have matters of paramount importance to record of vital interest to this and unborn generations. And so it is with the LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE organized February 24th by leading white citizens of Nashville, Tenn., for the suppression of LYNCHING, MOB RULE and LAWLESSNESS so prevalent in this and other parts of the country. Among the many objects of the League, a campaign of education is adopted for the purpose of developing a sound public sentiment that will lead to prompt and certain enforcement of existing laws for the prevention and punishment of crime; to aid in the preparation and enactment of whatever new laws may be necessary for securing early and effective punishment of crime and the MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER. Week in, week out, for nearly thirty years, until the weeks lose themselves in months and years, have we written against this ARCH EVIL that stains and blots the principles of our nation, shaking sometimes like an earthquake the very pillars of our Democracy, sometimes becoming impatient, but still the pen wrote on, pouring its denunciation on a vile accursed gang that had become so baneful and barefaced in its actions that their influence was being extended to some of our northern and western states. At last the cry is heard. Gradually have some of our leading white citizens who, realizing the inconsistency of a democracy that remains silent upon acts against constituted authority, have come forward and in the fearlessness of their expression, resolve that a cessation must be, and all crimes must be punished by and under the provisions of the law. Now that the little leaven is permeating the whole of the meal, THE COLORADO STATESMAN heralds to the millions of Americans, especially to those of its race, that this League should and must have the earnest attention of every citizen and be supported in every particular, as lawlessness is lawlessness, and it has no other qualification, so that if because the members of our race are among the greater number of victims at present, someone would relax in their efforts or withhold their aid in supporting this organization, we can only remind them to think of TIME, that will make the final solution of this terrible and gross injustice which give rise to so many doubtings of the truism of our Nation's boast. We will be more than glad and will take very much pleasure in publishing the news of the progressiveness of this organization and being devoted to the cause of fair play and the thorough application of the constitution in accordance with the amendments which makes us all members of a common fraternity, urge every real American patriot of any color or creed to join this movement and help to push forward as rapidly as possible this saving agency that comes at this opportune moment to open the eyes of a government and people so long blinded to the CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND RIGHT. All submarines are operated by electricity, as obviously they could not be operated by steam, when submerged. In addition to its use for propulsion, electricity is utilized on submarines for lighting, for fans, for wireless communications and to cook all meals for the crew. California's Good Roads. The state of California has voted $15,000,000 to be spent in perfecting the state highway system and not a single county failed to give the empowering measure a majority. --- THE FREE WATER FOR WAR GARDENS An article gives a statistical advantage by the Denver Union War Garden Movement, and the rest 100 gardens under the direction of the land and a bountiful harvest was reaped in gallons of water were required daily. This offer and again provides an expert word, will help the nation to solve the problem produced by the war, and assisting for their home consumption so that it be well supplied with that which is GOOD. This year needs no entreaties, half of the initial effort and fully realized this world-crisis, every man, woman, using a garden should resolve to place with in number and quality. We thank and will from time to time impress work that is being carried on. THE UPPRESS LYNCHING ORGANIZED With the grief that generally accompanies the mob that our anxieties get the Heaven's help is withheld from us; myriads of other dejecting thoughts, joins a slow and sure process in work; the dormant mind, resurrects the dead; unshackles the fettered conscience; in the end emblazons the result to have matters of paramount importance and unborn generations. And so it is organized February 24th by leaders, for the suppression of LYNCHING, prevalent in this and other parts of the League, a campaign of educating a sound public sentiment enforcement of existing laws for the aid in the preparation and enactment for securing early and MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER thirty years, until the weeks lose have we written against this ARCHiciples of our nation, shaking some of our Democracy, sometimes berote to, pouring its denunciation on so beneficial and barefaced in its extended to some of our northern and Finally have some of our leading white liberty of a democracy that remains silent, have come forward and in the face that a cessation must be, and all under the provisions of the law. Now the whole of the meal, THE COLOMBIMillions of Americans, especially to should and must have the earnest attented in every particular, as lawlesser qualification, so that if because the greater number of victims at their efforts or withhold their aid in only remind them to think of TIME, this terrible and gross injustice which the truism of our Nation's boast. We very much pleasure in publishing this organization and being devoted through application of the constitution, which makes us all members of a american patriot of any color or creed push forward as rapidly as possible, opportune moment to open the eyes blinded to the CAUSE OF JUSTICE. At Brule, near St. Etienne, a coal mine has been on fire for ages and has given the district quite a volcanic aspect. All attempts to extinguish it have been futile. It still blazes and smolders. Elizabeth was looking at a fairy book, when she espied some mermaids on a page that big sister had just turned over. She opened her big eyes and said, "Oh, sister, wait a minute. Let me see their beauty uniforms." Coal Mine Ablaze. Mermaids' Uniforms. H, J. M. BROWN, FAITHFUL EM PLOYE OF LARGEST WESTERN JEWELRY CO. RESIGNS AFT- ER 24 YEARS' SERVICE. NO one can have a truer conception or a deeper realization of the relationship existing between master and servant, employer end employé, after nearly a quarter of a century of the most cordial civil and business-like interaction than the parties themselves, and so whatever we may attempt to say in praiseworthiness of Henry J. M. Brown and his former employers will not adequately describe the agreeableness between him and the A. J. Stark Jewelry Company whom he has served with every shine of muscle, power of intellect, honesty of purpose, true manliness and faithfulness until acquiring the business acumen that makes the weak strong the foolish wise, the small great. Mr Brown resigned his position a few days ago to better his pecuniary status by going in business for himself. While this is not the first business venture for him, as he is one of our most enterprising citizens, with a race pride of which he boasts second to none in Denver or elsewhere, he being a large stockholder in the Western Loan and Investment Association, the Elite Drug Store Co., one of the proprietors of the Colored American Realty, and a participant in nearly every race movement or organization, Yet Henry Brown (as some of our other colored citizens in business today) did not think the time ripe to let go the financial as well as the business aid he was obtaining to lead him to permanent success, and hence he plodded arduously and assiduously until, feeling he had reached the goal of service to another, his graduation from the successive years of training, originating in the resolution, "1 now serve, some day some one will, etc." is an established fact, as he goes out to the business world inscribing his name on the roster of business men, illuminating his surroundings as another beacon light of his race, beckoning other sailors in life's vicissitudes to steer clear of the shoals and reach the harbor of success in safety. Nor is this all, as Brown was popular with the clerks, mechanics and patrons of the firm; his geniality and painstaking way in endeavoring to please, with a courtesy and civility which commanded the respect of fellow-employés, gaining for him a respect and appreciation which was demonstrated in the gift of a beautiful jewelled gold watch from the firm, besides the offering of the best wishes and encouragement for success in his future career, even amidst regret and a tinge of sorrow to lose the invaluable services of such a trusted, reliable employé as Mr. Stark and others expressed. Firms like the A. J. Stark Jewelry Co., 709 Sixteenth street, with such men as their heads, besides their staff of employés, with a patent for "ready-to-please every customer or purchaser," must gain the confidence of citizens, as in spite of the many and great advantages to be offered to the major population of this country, yet a berth, a place can always be found by them for a member of the MINORITY, and their readiness to foster and encourage merit is generally to be seen in the length of service of their employés, and the guaranteed public declaration they make as to their satisfactory services during employment. Is it anything to wonder at that these firms go on from generation to generation with almost immeasurable success? THE COLORADO STATESMAN, a long time and old time friend of Mr. Henry Brown, wishes him a superabundance of success in his new business sphere, being assured he learned the great lesson that when one serves with the heart as with the hands, THE REWARD IS WORTHY OF THE TOIL. CANON CITY NEWS. Bv (C. M. B.) The Friendship Club met at Mrs. T. Yieser's residence last Friday afternoon. After a very interesting meeting they enjoyed a delightful two-course luncheon. They are giving a box social at Mt. Olive Baptist Thursday night. The Willing Workers held their monthly debate at the residence of Mrs. Dave Marsh. They were the guests of Miss Hattie Boyer. After two hours of merriment and refreshments they went home with smiles. Mrs. Monroe has been ill, but is much improved at this writing. She is the mother of Mrs. A. Walker. The Colored Burial Association held its monthly meeting at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Everybody is interested in this association and praise it very highly for its progressive methods. They will elect their officers for the year at their next meeting. The Colorado Guards in this section have been mustered out, having only twelve boys among us. Captain Cates is a very busy man now days. Miss Hattie Boyer is employed by the state keeping books for Captain Cates. We hope Miss Boyer much success. Lieutenant Edmenson and Sergeant Lewis gave two splendid talks to the young men at church Sunday. ```markdown ``` PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. East Twenty-third Ave. and Washington ton Street. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Presbyter: J. A. Thos.-Hazell, S.T.B. Sermon topics—Sunday, March 10: 11 a. m., "The Rest from Temptation," followed by "The Ministry of Angels." 5 p. m., "The Beatitude of the Mourner." Last Monday night at the annual Congregational Meeting nearly 75 percent of the resident financial members of the church was present. The present financial policy was lengthily discussed. Arguments were advanced showing that under the present pledging system the least able contributors were actually paying into the treasury of the Lord's work more money than their more favored brethren. To counteract this defect and to even up the financial obligation of every communicant a motion was approved by 98 percent of the persons present and disapproved by 2 per cent of that same number that the tithing system be the financial policy of the People's Presbyterian Church beginning with the first of the ensuing Presbyterian year, April 1, 1918. That members absent at that meeting be interviewed and educated into the superior advantages of the tither as compared to the proportionate amount of the ordinary contributor. The tithing policy eliminates all extra assessments except the Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas special offertories of $1 each. It is hoped that the other 25 per cent of the membership will acquiesce to the wise action of the majority. The meeting was the most democratic ever held in the church. Both pastor and people were enthused for the spirit evinced by a sacrificing people the like of which is not easily to be found in the average church. The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West Special Lenten services in addition to the Wednesday night and Sabbath activities will be observed in the church from Palm Sunday, 24th inst., to Easter Sunday, Saturday night the 30th, excluded. Special musical selections will be a feature for Palm Sunday. Good Friday night Stainer's Crucifixion by a well-trained choir from the very best voices of the city will be sung. Musical directress for this special and appropriate cantata is Miss Dimple Gatewood. There will be no paid admission. To meet the expense of printing the program the worshippers will be asked to make a free-will offering at the door on coming in. Let every Christian in the community memorialize the Great Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross by attending this Meditation Service on Good Friday night, 8:30 o'clock. ARELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. CAMPBELL CHAPEL AFRICAN M F. CHURCH. Phone Main 5474 23 rd and Lawrence Streets. A. M. WARD, Minister, 1218 23rd St. Pastor Ward will occupy his pulpit in Campbell Chapel on Sunday. The Y. W. C. A. Quartette under the leadership of Mrs. Jennie Hicks Lenoir will sing at the evening service. The mid-winter musical given at Campbell Chapel under the management of Mr. Browning C. Allen. Thursday evening, was a great success. An excellent program was rendered by Messrs. Browning C. and Wendell R. Allen (brothers), Mr. George Jones, Mrs. Bernice Buckner Allen, Miss Vera Ward, Mrs. Jennie Hicks Lenoir, Mr. Virgil N. Wolfskill and Miss Orma Brown. Mr. W. R. Allen was the violinist, Miss Vera Ward was the accompanist. Mrs. Lenoir was accompanied by Mrs. James Clemmons. THE COLORADO STATESMAN The steam special offering for repairs of freezing for the trustees department on Sunday was a success. Faithful members responded as they always do nobly collection for the dav was over $100.00. Those who failed to contribute to this fund will have an opportunity to do so within the next ten days so as not to be counted among the slackers. The choir rendered excellent music last Sunday and is making preparation for Palm and Easter Sundays. Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. CHURCH OF THE HOLY RE- DEEMER. Twenty-second Avenue and Humboldt St. Rev. Henry B. Brown, B.D., Vicar. Fourth Sunday in Lent: 9:45 a. m., Sunday School. 11:15 a. m., Choral Matins with sermon. 7:45 p. m., Choral Solem恩 Evensong. Rev. R. L. Harding, special preacher. Three steps to success in every Christian life—each step an appeal to man's nobler nature. I OUGHT; I CAN; I WILL. .1.—To your Conscience, to rouse the sense of duty, "I ought to do it." .2.—To your Ambition, to give you confidence that you are equal to the task, "I can do it." 3.—To your Manliness, to consecrate your talents to your work, "I will do it." An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. This three-fold appeal gives Lent its meaning, and applies its lessons to your needs. The public is cordially invited to worship with us at these services. Seats free. 5, 10, 20 or 50-acre tracts in new colored colony. BEST TITLE, easy terms. Prices, $50 to $130 an acre, according to location. Ten miles from state capitol, two miles from car line. Call Horace Haskin at noon hour each day, or after 7 p. m. Fridays. Phone Enquiries 20381 TWODOLLARSAYEAR Work for the Highest Ends. Work for the Highest Ends. All work should be for the highest ends. Making a living is merely incidental. "But I must live," was the excuse of a man who preyed upon his fellows by his sharp practices. And he deserved the retort of a listener: "Excuse me; I do not see the necessity." We should work for better standards and purer ideals, for happier homes and better living. The humblest task into which we put a high purpose contributes to this end. No dry is commonplace in which we work for that which is uoble and best. Mrs. W. L. Kinchelow left last Monday night to join her husband on his ranch in Nebraska. William R. Rhodes, popular resident of this city, was taken ill on Thursday last. His many friends wish him a speedy recovery. NEGRO COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION. THE Negro Commercial Association the latest in organized work cooperation among our peo promoting, encouraging and deveing along industrial lines, is establ ing itself with marked success, a Mrs. Clint Thomas of 2443 Court Place has a severe attack of acute indigestion last week. She is getting along nicely at this writing. Rev. T. E. Henderson, who has been suffering from an attack of "La Grippe," is now convalescing and will soon resume his duties. Mrs. Josephine McKeether returned home Monday, March 4th, after filling a six months' contract at Cafe Bristol (white), San Diego, Calif., where she met with much success. She will remain on a visit with her husband and mother during the summer at Chapelton, Colo. T. H. Bailey dropped in from Dearfield for a few days and certainly looks a rancher. He reports prosperity for the colonists has knocked and is still knocking, and if the success that has attended their efforts in the past continues, then every family who sacrificed to construct this colony will shortly enjoy the reward of his labor. Harry Elsa of 2731 California street returned from a long trip visiting a number of cities in the Southland. He says the war spirit is normal, the enthusiasm not quite normal, but the "lynching progress" very abnormal. Elsa expresses thus: "The South may be beautiful, but give me Denver, Colorado—the land of peace and plenty." THE LAST GRAND MASK BALL of the season will be given by the Smart Set Club at Fern Hall, Tuesday, March 19. This club, with Billy Knight as its manager, will again delight the public with their special refined entertainment and from the prestige established in the community should score another successful event. Everything free after admission of 30 cents. Mrs. Myrtle Rucker of Oakland, Cal., enroute to Kansas City, Mo., is stopping over for a few days and visiting with her brother, Thomas Williams, who maintains his position as head waiter at the exclusive Denver Club. There was quite a happy meeting between the welcome visitor and her brother's family as they had not met for a very long time, a period of over twenty years. THE LINCOLN CLUB. At their meeting last Monday evening in the ordinary of the Brown Palace hotel, the Lincoln Club transacted business very advantageous to Republican party politics. Pledges were made to bend all efforts to work as a UNIT and to restore the Party to the position where it rightly belongs. Encouraging remarks were made by several speakers, and preliminary arrangements were started for the coming campaigns. THE COLORADO STATESMAN hopes long life and a brilliant career of usefulness for this organization, the patron of whom though he has passed away lives in our memory and is immortalized. THE NEW SHOE REPAIRING FIRM COOPER & BROWN, OPERATORS. The proprietors, H. T. Cooper, H. J. M. Brown. The place, 2640 Welton street. The business, shoe repairing factory, the only one of its KIND in the city. All complaints in men's women's and children's shoes, boots and everything else to fit the feet can be treated satisfactorily. To prove the accuracy of the COLORADO STATESMAN, give this firm a trial and you can not help passing the word by Mouthnogam, the quickest news service in the world. These two men, Henry Cooper and Henry Brown, are well-known citizens, the former an honest, industrious artisan, who served white firms for several years, and is now giving the benefit of his experience to his fellow citizens; the latter, generally called "Henry," is an old resident highly respected, every inch a business man, a race lover, an organizer and a builder. These qualities make success imperative, and with the old reliable COLORADO STATESMAN with its popular influence and support behind it, its proportions will reach the magnitude of the GREAT PEOPLE'S BOOTERY. Remember, only success succeeds. NEGRO COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION. THE Negro Commercial Association, the latest in organized work for cooperation among our people, promoting, encouraging and developing along industrial lines, is establishing itself with marked success, as it now has a monthly publication—THE COLORADO PROGRESS — which speaks for itself, being nicely and neatly gotten up, beginning with the month of March, and to be published every succeeding month of the support which it merits will be given. It contains a number of advertisements, is a four-paged journal and the official bulletin of The Commercial Association. The editors are D. E. Over, pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, and H. B. Brown of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Redeemer, who have entered the field of journalism and whose articles on "The Genesis" of the Association and "the organiazion" itself, form very valuable contributions to the literary and business life among us. Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook is secretary. Surely an organization started under such favorable circumstances with two preachers, a doctor, real estate and other business men experienced along all lines on their directorate, should attract the attention of our people and insure their loyal support. The Colorado Statesman wishes the Commercial Association every success and trusts Coloradoans will show what is in them py proving "the metal of their steel." FREE WATER OFFERS AND WAR GARDENS. When our President called upon the people of the United States for help, the city of Denver was the first to answer and they answered in no uncertain terms. The Denver Union Water Company inaugurated the Garden Movement with the free water offer and the people planted 30,000 gardens under the direction of the Water Company's experts, and the harvest was bountiful. From 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 gallons of water were required daily. The gardens had several significant meanings: 1st. They taught Patriotism in a practical way. 2nd. They gave people a new idea of helping themselves. 3rd. They gave many a tired business man and many a tired society woman, healthful recreation. 4th. They kept children from the street and gave them pleasant and educational occupations. This year the Water Company has obtained the services of a woman garden expert, Mrs. Martha A. Shute, Mrs. Shute is known from coast to coast. She was for sixteen years secretary and member of the Colorado State Board of Horticulture and Commissioner in charge of exhibits at the Chicago World's Fair, the Trans-Mississippi Exhibition and the World's Fair at St. Louis. At these great shows, the State of Colorado carried off the honors and a major portion of the gold and silver medals. This was due, in a gerat measure to the organiatizon and information of the staff in charge, as well as the superiority of the exhibit. The women of Denver cannot show in a better way their patriotism and their love of country than to get out and work in the War Gardens. "This is the month for those who have war gardens to force a few of the vegetables for home consumption," says Mrs. Shute. "The plants can be bought later for field plantings—good ones, too—but it is a great satisfaction to the average person to plant the seed and grow what is needed for a small garden. "Little outside work can be done during the early part of this month, but much can be accomplished in the way of starting plants in flat seed boxes, which may be kept in the house. "For indoor planting, seeds of tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, peppers and egg plant can be started and transplanted to the open as soon as the weather settles. The wooden seed box may be of any convenient size; the depth should be about four inches, with one inch of gravel in the bottom, then filled with rich garden soil, which must be fine. This may be pressed firmly down before the seeds are planted. It is best to plant in rows, two inches apart, and six or eight seeds to the inch. Cover with light sprinkling of soil, then water, not too heavily, and place box in warm, sunny location indoors. For several days before the plants are set in the garden, it is very essential that the boxes be placed out of doors on mild days, thus giving the young plants a chance to "harden." "Before transplanting in the field give a good watering so that plenty of soil remains on the roots. If the work is properly done, the transplanting assists the growth and develops a healthy root system. It will not be necessary to shade plants if the roots are not disturbed and the work is done on a cloudy day. Always set the plants deeper than they were in the boxes. "Time for transplanting to field varies. It may be safe to plant out cabbage, cauliflower, egg plant and lettuce the last week in April; tomatoes and peppers ten or fifteen days later." See Davis & Sample when you have any second-hand clothing to dispose of. Best prices paid. Phone Champa 2571, 1834' Arapahoe street. THE CRIME OF THE TEUTON CHIEFS. the Denver, Colo., Bar. the wild winds blow, ning go, meres round, on bound, sad, the mad. By Rees D. Rees of the Denver, Colo., Bar. Through boundless space the wild winds blow, Weird and sad as they moaning go, Hurtling, shrieking, the spheres round, Upward and onward, Heaven bound, Bearing aloft their burdens sad, The bloody tales of men gone mad. O'er Heaven's great ramparts far and wide, Mount the terrors of battle tide, With crash and din and mighty roar, The angels there ne'er heard before; While mournful, sad, the songs they sing, Tilt time shall better tidings bring. Mad and heartless, souls dead within, Scourged and deluged with mortal sin, The sin of greed for might and power, The Teuton chiefs have sought the hour The world to smite, and lowly lay The rights of men' neath tyrant sway. Seething with pain the tortured world Battles amain with flags unfurled, With mighty tread its soldiers brave Move grandly on its light to save! Red their swords, glitt'ring in the sun! Thee they'll conquer, thou brutal Hun! Fiend incarnate! The hosts of hell Are rampant, wild, as 'neath their spell, Fain wouldst thou now, the world enflood, With murder, intrigue, lust and blood, That thou might'st rule, with evil hate, Though Heaven itself bemoan man's fate. aghast, ing blast, on high, and die, then weep! asleep! Creation shierks and stands aghast, As o'er the earth thy with'ring blast, Profanes the works of Him on high, And millions many bleed and die, While children cry and women weep! Ye Teuton chief! God's not asleep! Eternal God, whose mighty hand Clasps all the spheres as grains of sand, Who loveth mercy, justice, right, Will end fore'er thy cank'ring blight. O blaspheme not His holy name: Nor vaunt He shares thy dreaded shame! Earth's trumpets shall unceasing sound Her sabers gleam, till vict'ry crowned. Useless thy empty cries for peace Until thy menace wholly cease. Crushed thou shalt be! 'Tis Heaven's decree The world wide o'er, man shall be free! No longer servient to thy call, The manhood of thy country all, Will join the world, and (God be praised), Thy tyrant flag to earth be razed; Then soon will dawn the golden day, When Right Not Might the world shall sway. t live! give! ts call! all! "O MEN GOOD WILL!" MAN SHALL FULFILL. Christ liveth yet! Will ever live! His life in vain He did not give! Hark anew! His cross and its call! Down the ages the echoes fall! "ON EARTH BE PEACE, TO MEN GOOD WILL!" GOD'S GREAT PURPOSE MAN SHALL FULFILL. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. attending the meeting at C. A. last Sunday afternoon the hour he spent after lis- the address of Mr. L. H. in description of his recent high Texas. The address was Hours: 11 to 12 a. m. Phone 3 to 5 p. m. York 6191J And by Appointment DR. S. A. HUFF Physician and Surgeon 2538 Washington (5 Points) Res. 1032 E. 24th Ave York 7432R DENVER, COLO The Fraternal Order of Ancient Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem, cordially invites the public to attend their anniversary Monday evening, March 14, 1918. All members are specially requested to be present. Refreshments and intellectual treat to all. Elks' Hall, Washington Street. LULA DRAIN, M. E., Queen. LELA REYNOLDS, M. E., Scribe. For Rent—Neatly furnished and unfurnished rooms, permanent and transient; privilege of kitchen and other convenience; terms reasonable; Curtis and Lawrence street, car passes the door; 2346 Curtis street. Mrs. Katherine Edwards. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the deferred annual meeting of the stockholders of the The Letter Company will be held at the place of business of the Company, No. 2549 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado, on the fourth of June, for the purpose of transacting the following business and passing upon the following amendments to the Articles of incorporation to-wit: The letter is Board of Directors for the ensuing year. (2) To amend the Articles of Incorporation by increasing the number of directors from one to five; and poration by increasing the number of Directors from three to five; and (3) To change the name and objects of the Company so as to authorize the Company to carry on a general mercantile business; and (4) To change the par value of the capital stock of the Company from $10 per share to $5 per share. THE FLETCHER AND WILLIAMS GROUP By WALTER H. PRITCHETTE. (Corporate Seal). Secretary. Michaelson's 15th and LARIMER STREETS. EASTER SALE Men's Clothing Women's Clothing Boy's clothing Men's and Boys Furnishings Men's and Boys hats Millinery Women's Furnishings, and SHOES FOR THE FAMILY Head to foot outfitters for man, woman and child,—that's the story of this store, and always an average 25 per cent less than elsewhere prices. Easy enough to prove it, inspection will convince you, and money saved is money easily made. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. No one attending the meeting at the Y. M. C. A. last Sunday afternoon regretted the hour he spent after listening to the address of Mr. L. H. Lightner in description of his recent trip through Texas. The address was one of the most interesting which has been given in a long while. The speaker told of the progress which was in evidence among the colored people of that state, and which showed itself in the educational and religious life of the people as well as economically. He said he had never seen the people with more money, never so much religious activity among them, neither had he ever seen the schools more crowded. His description of his visit to the army camps was especially interesting. It was inspiring, he said, to see such large numbers of splendid looking men, and the earnestness with which they went about their work. He made the same statement made by all who have visited the camps, namely, that the Y. M. C. A. is the biggest and noblest thing in the camp life of the men. A splendid meeting of the Committee of Management was held Tuesday evening. The reports were good, and every one was in a cheerful and hopeful frame of mind. It was the first meeting since the secretary's decision to remain with the work. He promised a continuation of the vigorous policy recently inaugurated, and every man present pledged his loyal and hearty support. Geo. C. King, William Gatewood, Alfred V. Gardner and A. C. Jackson have recently been added to the committee. A helpful step taken was the organization of the body into different standing committees. This is bound to add to the interest and efficiency of the work. A splendid meeting is promised for next Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. The subject will be: "Can the Denver Negro Improve His Condition—Morally, Economically and in General." The program will begin at four o'clock, and all will be welcome. FUNERAL NOTICE OF THE DOUG- LASS UNDERTAKING CO. Wm. P. Lee, late of 2526 Clarkson street, departed this life Tuesday, March 5th. Funeral notice later. SERGEANT HAYDEN RICHARDS, beloved husband of Edna Richards of 2785 Irvington place, departed this life Thursday, March 7. He was one of Uncle Sam's brave men who took a prominent part in the military circles of our country, being regularly enlisted for several years. Funeral services later. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mazone—Margurite Mazone, the 8 year-old daughter of Mrs. Grace Davies and granddaughter of Mrs. Edith Moore; departed this life Tuesday, March 5th, at 12:30 a. m., from endocarditis after an illness of several weeks; the funeral services were held from the residence of Mrs. Edith Moore, Thursday, March 7th, at 2 p. m., Rev. D. E. Over officiating, Interment Fairmount. Cammel & Co. in charge. Ellis—Robert Ellis, late of twenty-sixth and Clarkson streets, departed this life at a local hospital Tuesday at 8:20 p. m. remains at Cammel & Co. Parlors. Anything you have in the line of wearing apparel for sale. See Davis & Sample, second-hand dealers, 1834 Arapahoe street. NOTICE. MARCH 19 FERN HALL 27th & Welton Sts. Smart Set Club Last Grand Masked Ball of the Season 5--Handsome Prizes--5 FREE CHITTERLINGS FREE ICE CREAM FREE CAKE AND SANDWICHES MORGAN JACKSON'S SIX-PIECE JAZZ ORCHESTRA EVERYBODY WELCOME—A GOOD TIME ASSURED ADMISSION 30c WM. KNIGHT, Manager BUY EAGLE OIL CO. 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THE CABINET A large wooden cabinet with shelves and drawers, designed for storing kitchen utensils and food items. It is equipped with a large mirror on the back panel, allowing the user to see themselves while preparing food. THE CHEST A wooden chest with a flat top and drawers, designed for storing kitchen items such as dishes, glasses, and utensils. It is equipped with a large mirror on the back panel, allowing the user to see themselves while preparing food. A Homemade Cabinet That Is Sanitary, Convenient and Attractive—Not Expensive. KITCHEN HELPER FOR HOUSEWIVES Cabinet Saves Walking To and Fro Necessary in Preparation of Food. WELL-SEASONED WOOD BEST Convenience Especially Suitable Where Space Is Limited—Place Provided for Fireless Cooker When Not in Use. A kitchen cabinet is just as important to the housekeeper as the bench to the workman or the laboratory desk to the chemist. With it the housekeeper can sit down comfortably with her whole kitchen workshop easily within her reach. It saves walking to and fro to gather this thing and that to prepare the food. And every kitchen should have a stool of the right height to enable the worker to sit at her work at the cabinet. The homemade cabinet shown in the illustration is sanitary, convenient, and attractive. It is especially suitable and compact for kitchens in which cabinet space is limited. A home-made cabinet can be built with moderate expense if outside labor need not be employed. If both lumber and labor must be purchased, the cost will equal that of a ready-made cabinet. The cabinet must be made of good wood, well seasoned. That is the most important consideration. Poorly seasoned wood warps and swells and is a constant annoyance in opening and closing doors and drawers. Dimensions of the Cabinet. The cabinet shown in the illustration is 6 feet 3 inches high to the top of the closet, 31 inches high to the top of the table. It is 21 inches deep and 48 inches wide. The part of the cabinet below the table contains the flour bin, large drawer, rack and dough or pastry board. The bin is fastened to the frame with loose-pin hinges. By removing the pins the entire bin can be removed, cleaned, and replaced. The bin can be lined with tin to make --- This is the first of a series of articles which will describe household conveniences. The difference between the tired, over-worked housekeeper and one who has some time and energy left for reading and recreation after the day's work is done, often may be accounted for by the kind of equipment used in the kitchen. Under the direction of the state and county home demonstration agents of the United States Department of Agriculture, home conveniences already have been installed in several thousand country homes. Such conveniences not only effect a real saving in the work of the home, but they help the farm woman to get a greater amount of happiness out of her daily tasks. Many of the improvements that will be described can be used as well in village and city homes. --- It moisture, insect, and mouse proof. The dough board should be made of a wood that is tasteless and odorless and should be fitted well in the opening just below the table. A batten is tongued and grooved on each side of the board to prevent it from warping. The roomy drawer can be used for small utensils. The open space below the drawer can be occupied by the kitchen stool or the home-made fireless cooker when they are not in use. Pie pans, lids, and covers have a most convenient place in the rack be- SAVE A LITTLE SUGAR TO DAY. Candy at Meal Time Only. Candy is a concentrated food, and should be eaten with moderation. Though we like it, it is not a necessity. It is always best to eat candy as a part of the meal to replace some other food. Eating it between meals not only means needless use of sugar, but often causes a loss of appetite for other foods. Apply this suggestion to the children. If they are to eat candy it should be a part of the meal. Between meals let them have bread and butter, a cracker, or fruit. --- low the drawer. A drop table 21 inches wide and 19 inches long increases the table surface. This table is supported by inexpensive folding brackets. Provisions for Many Things. The upper part of the cabinet consists of a closed compartment, three drawers, three open shelves, knife rack, and row of screw hooks for hanging utensils. The closed compartment is for package goods and large utensils. The drawers are for kitchen en linen and other things needed in daily use. The lower shelf is 5 inches in depth, while the upper shelves are $7\frac{1}{2}$ inches. On these shelves are kept coffee, tea, sugar, and spice jars. Three inches below the lower shelf is a strip $1\frac{1}{2}$ inches wide which holds the screw hooks. The knife rack is made by sawing slashes 1 inch deep in a piece of material 2 inches wide. The cabinet is finished with two coats of white paint and one coat of white enamel. It can be easily kept clean and sanitary. Metal or wooden handles may be used. APPLE SCRAPPLE IS GOOD. Fried apples are good with fried scrapple. Yes, answers the healthy appetite, even though it be not acquainted with fried scrapple. Every cook knows how to fry apples, many do not know how to make scrapple—excellent at any meal. Ingredients. Whole hog heads.....pounds.. 10 Hog livers and hearts.....do..... 2½ (A small quantity of beef can be used also if desired.) Corn meal (yellow or mixed)..pounds 6 Buckwheat or rye flour.....do..... ½ Spices, as marjoram, sage, thyme, and pepper in proportion as desired, or omit those not desired.....oz..... 8 Salt.....pounds.. ½ Liquid in which meat is boiled; use a quantity equal to the total weight of the combined solids. The proportion of ingredients may be varied to individual taste. Directions for Preparing: Clean the hog heads thoroughly, removing the eyes and ear tubes. Split the head lengthwise and remove the teeth and the soft bones in and near the nasal cavities. Place the hog heads and other meat into a large kettle or caldron with a liberal quantity of water and cook until the meat falls off the bones. Remove all of the meat and soft tissues from the bones and chop the meat by passing it through a meat grinder. Strain the cooking liquid to remove any small pieces of bone. Place the liquid back into the kettle. Heat to boiling point, at which time slowly add the meal and flour, and stir constantly to prevent the meal from forming into lumps and also to avoid scorching. Boll and stir until the mass becomes thick, and then add the salt, spices, and chopped meat. Boll ten minutes, and while still hot, pour the product into deep wet molds—bread pans will do. Pour two to four large spoonfuls of melted lard over the product in the pans. As soon as the product has cooled it is ready for use. The usual way of serving scrapple is to cut it into slices about one-half inch thick, dust the slices with flour or cracker dust, or dry cornmeal, and fry until the outside is somewhat crisp. Serve hot. MAKE A LITTLE MEAT GO A LONG WAY. Don't think that you must eat a lot of meat to be strong. Meat is good to help build up the body, but so are many other foods. In these dishes part of your building material comes from the more expensive meat and part from the cheaper peas, beans, hominy, and barley. The little meat with the vegetables and cereals will give your body what it needs. Savory Stews and Meat Pies. Do you know how good they are? They may be so varied that you can have a different one every day in the week, and all of them delicious. It needs only a small piece of meat to give flavor to a hearty dish. Try them. They can be a whole meal and a nutritious one. These recipes serve five people. Here is an English stew that is especially good: Hot Pot of Mutton and Barley. One pound mutton. One and a half cupfuls pearled barley. One tablespoonful salt. Four potatoes. Four onions. Celery tops or other seasoning herbs. Cut the mutton in small pieces, and brown with the onion in fat cut from meat. This will help make the meat tender and improves the flavor. Pour this into a covered saucepan. Add two quarts water and the barley. Simmer for one and a half hours. Then add the potatoes cut in quarters, seasoning herbs, and seasoning, and cook one-half hour longer. Beef Stew One pound beef. Four potatoes cut in quarters. Quarter peck peas or one can. One cupful carrots cut up small. One teaspoonful salt. Cut the meat in small pieces and brown in the fat from the meat. Simmer in two quarts of water for one hour. Add the peas and carrots and cook for one-half hour, then add the potatoes. If canned peas are used, add them ten minutes before serving. Serve when potatoes are done. Different Stews. Here is the way you can change the stews to make them different and to suit the season: 1. The meat. This may be any kind and more or less than a pound may be used. Use the cheap cuts, the flank, rump, neck, or brisket. The long, slow cooking makes them tender. Game and poultry are good. 2. Potatoes and barley may be used or barley alone, or rice hominy, or macaroni. 3. Vegetables. — Carrots, turnips, onions, peas, beans, cabbage, tomatoes are good, canned or fresh. Use one or more of these, as you wish. 4. Parsley, celery tops, onion tops, seasoning herbs, or chopped sweet peppers add to the flavor. 5. Many left-overs may be used—not only meat and vegetables, but rice or hominy. How to Cook the Stews. All kinds of stews are cooked in just about the same way. Here are directions which will serve for making almost any kind. Cut the meat in small pieces and brown with the onion in the fat cut from the meat. Add the salt and pepper, seasoning vegetables (onion, celery tops, etc.), two quarts of water, and the rice, or other cereal, if it is to be used. Cook for an hour, then add the vegetables except potatoes. Cook the stew for half an hour, add the potatoes cut in quarters, cook for another half an hour, and serve. The fireless cooker may well be used, the meat and the vegetables being put in at the same time. Left-overs or canned vegetables need only to be heated through. Add them 15 minutes before serving. Dried peas or beans should be soaked overnight and cooked for three hours before adding to the stew; or, better, cook them overnight in a fireless cooker. Meat Pies. Another good way to use a little meat. Have you ever used rice, cornmeal mush, or hominy for a crust? This is less work than a pastry crust and saves wheat. Four cupfuls cooked cornmeal, rice, or hominy. One onion, two cupfuls tomato, eighth teaspoonful pepper. One tablespoonful fat. One pound raw meat or left-over meat cut up small. One-half teaspoonful salt. Melt the fat, add the sliced onion, and if raw meat is used, add it and stir until the red color disappears. Add the tomato and seasoning. If cooked meat is used, add it with the tomato and seasoning, after the onion is browned, and heat through. Grease a baking dish, put in a layer of the cereal, add the meat and gravy, and cover with the cereal dotted with fat. Bake for half an hour. Shepherd's Ple. This is the name of a meat pie with a mashed-potato crust browned in the oven. Try these recipes and cut down your meat bills. USING CORNMEAL means service to your country and nourishing food for you. Try corn bread and see how good it can be. There are many kinds. You will wonder why you didn't use it every day before the war. It is very nourishing, too. A cupful of cornmeal gives even more fuel to your body than a cupful of whet flour. Here is a quick kind of corn bread. Our grandmothers used to bake it on a board before the open fire. You can bake it in your oven. Corn Dodger. Two cupfuls cornmeal, one teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls fat, one and three-fourths cupful boiling water. Pour the boiling water over the other materials. Bent well. When cool, form into thin cakes and bake 30 minutes in a hot oven. Make 14 biscuits. These crisp little biscuits are good with butter or gravy. Eat them with your meat and vegetables. Corn Bread. Corn bread is a good article—is especially good made with sour milk and soda; but sweet milk and baking powder are satisfactory. Eggs improve the flavor and add to the food value, but may be omitted if too expensive. No. 1. Two cupfuls cornmeal, two cupfuls sweet milk (whole or skim), four teaspoonfuls baking powder, one tablespoonful sugar, two tablespoonfuls fat, one teaspoonful salt, one egg (may be omitted). No. 2. Two cupfuls cornmeal, two cupfuls sour milk, one teaspoonful soda, one tablespoonful sugar, two tablespoonfuls fat, one teaspoonful salt, one egg (may be omitted). Mix ingredients. Add milk, well-beaten egg, and melted fat. Beat well. Bake in shallow pan for about 30 minutes. Spoon Bread. An Old Southern Recipe.—Here is an old-fashioned soft spoon bread the Southerners like. With milk or sirup it makes a satisfying meal. Two cupfuls water, one cupful milk (whole or skim), one cupful cornmeal, one tablespoonful fat, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls salt. Mix water and cornmeal and bring to the boiling point and cook five minutes. Beat eggs well and add with other materials to the mush. Beat well and bake in a well-greased pan for 25 minutes in a hot oven. Serve from the same dish with a spoon. Enough for six. Cornmeal and Milk. Do you use cornmeal mush for a breakfast food? It is both cheap and good. Cooked in skimmed milk instead of water it is extra fine, and the food value of the dish is nearly doubled. Here is a delicious cornrueal and milk dessert. Indian Pudding. Four cupfuls milk (whole or skim), one-fourth cupful cornmeal, three-fourths teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful ginger, one-third cupful molasses. Cook milk and meal in a double boiler 20 minutes; add molasses, salt, and ginger. Pour into buttered pudding dish and bake two hours in a slow oven, or use your fireless cooker. Serve with milk. This makes a good and nourishing dessert. Serve six. Cornmeal and Meat. Cornmeal is good combined with meats. Such a dish is a meal in itself. Try this one. Tamale Pie. Two cupfuls cornmeal, six cupfuls water, one tablespoonful fat, one onion, two cupfuls tomatoes, one pound hamburger steak. Make a mush by stirring the cornmeal and one and one-half teaspoonful salt into boiling water. Cook 45 minutes. Brown onion in fat, add hamburger and stir until red color disappears. Add salt, pepper, and tomato. A sweet pepper is an addition. Grease baking dish, put in layer of cornmeal mush, add seasoned meat, and cover with mush. Bake one-half hour. Serve six. Corn Helps Us Feed the World. The more we use the more food can be sent abroad. You need not tire of it, as there are at least 50 ways to use cornmeal to make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch, or breakfast. Here are some suggestions: Hot Breads. Boston brown bread, hoecake, muffins, biscuits, griddle cakes. Waffles. **Desserts.** Cornmeal molasses cake, apple corn bread, dumplings. Gingerbread, fruit gems. **Hearty Dishes.** Cornmeal croquettes, cornmeal fishballs. Meat and cornmeal dumplings. Italian polenta. Tamales. The recipes are in Farmers' Bulletin 565. "Corn Meal as a Food and Ways of Using It." free from the department of agriculture. Cornmeal has become Our Ally! United States Seashore Cities Seashore cities—small and sleepy villages in winter, great, bustling cities in summer—are now so numerous that they can hardly be counted. They dot the coast from Maine to Florida; the gulf coast has any number of pretty, salubrious bathing spots, and the Pacific coast, from Gray's Harbor to San Diego, abounds in ocean resorts. The gulf coast and the lower Pacific coast have the advantage, however, of all-the-year-round bathing; the Atlantic coast season is about three months only. FRANCIS ADVISES RUSSIA TO FIGHT AMBASSADOR PROMISES AID OR U. S. TO REBUILD EMPIRE IF HUN TREATY REJECTED. TEUTONS RENEW DRIVE FINLAND SIGNS TREATY WITH GERMANY—REICHSTAG PRO- TESTS INVASION. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Vologda, Russia, March 8.—In a public statement to the people of Vologda on the international situation as it affects Russia, David R. Francis, the American ambassador, said: "America has no plans or measures for territorial conquest in Russia. While the present government has never been formally recognized by my government or any of the allies, both Premier Lenine and Foreign Minister Trotzky are aware, because I so advised them, that I had recommended to my government that it recognize any government the Russian people might select and would also earnestly urge that material assistance be rendered to such government, provided that it would continue the war against the central powers. "The success of Germany would result in the loss by the Russian people of all the liberties they have gained by the revolution. Consequently the free people of the United States sincerely hope that the severe terms of the separate peace imposed by Germany will not be ratified by the Russian people." Amsterdam.—Official announcement was made in Berlin of the signing of a peace treaty between Germany and Finland and also of trade and shipping agreements and a supplementary protocol. Finland by the conditions of the treaty, agrees to cede no territory nor grant territorial rights to any foreign power without the previous consent of Germany, who undertakes to exert herself to secure the recognition of Finland's independence by all the powers. Each party renounces indemnities. Negotiations will start forthwith for a trade and shipping treaty. Aland islands fortifications will be removed and regulations adopted for their permanent non-fortification. It was agreed that the armistice between Rumania and the central powers should run for fourteen days from midnight on March 5, with a period of three days for denunciation. Intervention by Germany in Finland and the consequent ill feeling against Germany in Sweden is criticized severely by independent Socialists and progressive members of the Reichstag, a Berlin dispatch says. London, March 8.—The Germans have captured Jamburg, east of Narva, while the Turco-German offensive is continuing beyond Trebizond, says a Russian official agency dispatch received here. This action, adds the statement, is despite the official announcement by the German high command that hostilities against Russia have ceased. A later dispatch, sent by Reuter's Petrograd correspondent, says the Germans have evacuated Narva, establishing themselves twelve miles west of that town. Jamburg is on the railway line from Reval to Petrograd and only sixty-eight miles from the Russian capital. SWITZERLAND IS INDIGNANT. Neutrals Are Nearing War Upon Side of the Allies. Washington.—The closing month of America's first year in the war finds many neutrals slowly swinging to the ideals for which this country answered Germany's challenge. Torpedoing of a ship laden with wheat for Switzerland by the Germans caused great indignation in that country. The iron policies of the Teuton masters toward Russia and the continued ruthless sinkings of friendly nations' vessels on the high seas have already broken the ties of friendship between Germany and some South American neutrals, and threaten the bonds with many others. Reports from Holland and Scandinavian countries show them incensed at Germany's action in Russia—particularly at the peace forced upon the deceived people. The Teuton action there, following that in Belgium, northern France, Serbia and other Balkan states—and now threatened against Rumania—is gradually showing the other neutral nations the great danger in German military dominance. U. S. Troops Sailing on Schedule. Washington, March 8.—Troops and supplies for Pershing's forces now are moving to France on schedule time. The French repulsed German raids on the Verdun front. London reports a raid attempted by the enemy east of Epehy, under cover of a heavy artillery barrage, completely repulsed. Rome reports reciprocal firing activity and effective work by Italian airships. Also that a British aviator brought down a hostile machine. Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO— 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT O. P. BAUR & CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY. Phone Main 6544. 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. 1848 Arapahoe Phone Champa 113 乐泽轩 Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. 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Their main point of interest, so far as novelty is concerned, lies in the collars, or in the management of occasional collarless neck openings. White French volle, fine white batiste, with organdie collars, cuffs or frills, and georgette continue the means to the end of utmost elegance and daintiness in blouses. Collars and cuffs, or frills of organdie are added to blouses of fine volle to give them crispness. Occasionally light colors in collars of organdie are used on white blouses; a Saxe blue appears to be the favorite choice of designers, and it is generally becom- ing to either blonde or brunette. For hand-run tucks, narrow filet edgins and hand-drawn work are the best marks of elegance in washable blouses. It is comforting to know that they are the things which work can do for themselves, since they are the main item of expense in real made waists. A collarless blouse of georgette shown in the picture, with the row neck finished with a soft fold of material. It is plaited in at the shoulder seams and has long sleeves isished with a turned-back fold. In brodery in two colors on the frie and along the back of the sleeve deems it from being entirely plié. The embroidery silk chosen in the or of the blouse and in a darker or trasting color is characteristic of a season. Cotton Clothes for Little Folks ```markdown ``` Show windows have been filled with cotton clothes for little girls that are about as refreshing and pleasing to look at as a spring garden. They start out with the advantage of lovely colors and carry on with the simple lines that belong to little girlhood. The dresses are beautifully designed and the designs carried out with appropriate and exquisite finishing touches, in accessories and in purely decorative details. There are wonderfully fine tones of yellow, which appear to be favorites, and the usual good assortment of blues, light green, rose and buff. Designers like to use white with all these colors in collars, cuffs, pockets and in yokes and set-in pieces. Dotted swiss, set in in short panels, and white pliplings are among the new developments in decorations. When yellow, rose and pink are used with white, needle-work in simple stitches and figures, and French knots are done Satin hats have appeared here and there. A soothsayer might almost venture the remark that they will be extremely good for spring wear. And these satin hats are simply and only satin hats. They have satin trimming, if there is any trimming at all. They are all one color. Lines, lines, lines—that is the tune of their lay. ing to either blonde or brunette. Fine, hand-run tucks, narrow filet edgings and hand-drawn work are the hallmarks of elegance in washable blouses. It is comforting to know that they are the things which women can do for themselves, since they are the main item of expense in ready-made waists. A collarless blouse of georgette is shown in the picture, with the round neck finished with a soft fold of the material. It is plaited in at the shoulder seams and has long sleeves finished with a turned-back fold. Embroidery in two colors on the front and along the back of the sleeve redeems it from being entirely plain. The embroidery silk chosen in the color of the blouse and in a darker contrasting color is characteristic of the season. THE FASHION WEEK in black and white. With blue and green dresses touched with white in narrow cluny edgings or pipings, gayer colors are used, like rose and green, in prim little flower forms. Dutch blue and the copenhagen and delft shades look well with narrow edgings of cluny lace and embellishment of pearl buttons. A dress made in a yellow shade somewhat deeper than maize is shown in the picture. It is of plain gingham, and no one can hope to improve upon its style for a little miss anywhere from four or five to eleven years old. The skirt is set on to the yoke with four plaits at the back and front, the collar, cuffs and pocket all of white kindergarten cloth, or other substantial weaves and the embroidery is in white and black cotton. Julia Bottomly Capes are to have run of popularity during the coming spring and summer seasons. Some are cut on military lines, but inasmuch as the military note has been sounded by designers of every type and class of apparel for women during the past nine months, the best dressed women are not going in very seriously for the military garment this spring. WASHINGTON SIDELIGHTS Washington Sentries Have Many Amusing Encou WASHINGTON.—Contrary to general belief, the sentries guardingington's military establishments, bridges and public buildings automatons. They can and do saunter, talk, laugh and otherwise Many Amusing Encounters I belief, the sentries guarding Washbridges and public buildings are not, talk, laugh and otherwise act like Washington Sentries Have Many Amusing Encounters Washington Sentries Have Many Amusing Encounters WASHINGTON.—Contrary to general belief, the sentries guarding Washington's military establishments, bridges and public buildings are not automatons. They can and do saunter, talk, laugh and otherwise act like human beings. But not on duty. But if you can chum up with the chap in khaki at an opportune time, you may be told some funny things—all about strange prowlers seen on the midnight trick, sinister-seeming contrivances discovered under culverts, officers whose identity is mistaken and other things. A few nights since a half-frozen sentry before the side gate of a big military establishment here beheld a 1. This kept up several minutes, and interfere. He approached the suspect. "He asked after the sad-eyed personly. "woman ish waitin'," forlornly replied friend," replied the sentry, seeing he with the "merry mucilage." "C'n tell along and eying the portal dubiously. This kept up several minutes, and finally the guard thought it time to interfere. He approached the suspect. "What do you want around here?" he asked after the sad-eyed person had balted, as directed, swaying slightly. along and eying the portal dubiously. This kept up several minutes finally the guard thought it time to interfere. He approached the "What do you want around here?" he asked after the sad-eyed bad halted, as directed, swaying slightly. "Wanna go on in house, but the ol' woman ish waltin'," forlornly the "suspect." "That' Uncle Sam's house, my friend," replied the sentry, se had a "stew" and not a spy. "Sh my house," insisted the one with the "merry mucilage." "It by front gate." "Wanna go on in house, but the ol' woman ish waitin'," forlornly replied the "suspect." "That' Uncle Sam's house, my friend," replied the sentry, seeing he had a "stew" and not a spy. "'Sh my house," insisted the one with the "merry mucillage." "C'n tell it by front gate." It took ten minutes to persuade him that he was wrong. There is a famous bridge near Washington where several months ago a man leaped down to his death. It is closely guarded, for it carries a big winter main. Not long after the tragic occurrence, a night wanderer on the bridge came near losing his liberty when a guard saw him stop and commence searching carefully on the sidewalk. There is a famous bridge near Washington where several month man leaped down to his death. It is closely guarded, for it carries a big main. Not long after the tragic occurrence, a night wanderer on the came near losing his liberty when a guard saw him stop and commenced carefully on the sidewalk. "Whaddye want, a good place to jump from or to put a bum?" queen man in uniform. "I want my fountain pen I dropped; got a match?" was the answer. The pen was found soon, but remembering tales of explosive pcovered in abandoned German trenches, the guard nearly wrecked spiller before satisfied it was not full of T. N. T. New Rules for Stenographers in One War ONE office of the war department doesn't believe in instructions of red tape. So regulations have been evolved for stenographers. Increased efficiency is expected to result. Here are the rules to be f washington where several months ago a losely guarded, for it carries a big water prence, a night wanderer on the bridge d saw him stop and commence search- mp from or to put a bum?" queried the 1; got a match?" was the answer. membering tales of explosive pens dises, the guard nearly wrecked the ink- of T. N. T. Phers in One War Office doesn't believe in instructions savoring been evolved for stenographers. Greatly lt. Here are the rules to be followed: "Whaddye want, a good place to jump from or to put a bum?" queried the man in uniform. "I want my fountain pen I dropped; got a match?" was the answer. The pen was found soon, but remembering tales of explosive pens discovered in abandoned German trenches, the guard nearly wrecked the ink-spiller before satisfied it was not full of T. N. T. New Rules for Stenographers in One War Office ONE office of the war department doesn't believe in instructions savoring of red tape. So regulations have been evolved for stenographers. Greatly increased efficiency is expected to result. Here are the rules to be followed: 1—Conserve air by eliminating some of the unnecessary conversation. 2—Conserve shoe leather by remaining at your desk; remember you are supposed to be a stenographer, not a floorwalker. 3—If you're hungry, go out and get something to eat; don't hang around chewing the rag. 4—We have wheatless and meatless days; let's have feetless days. Keep your feet on the floor, not on your desk. 5—Don't acquire the saving habit to such an extent that you fill with your pockets full of paper clips every night. Just because you shorthand, don't think you have got to be light-fingered. 6—If you feel that you must whistle during office hours, please something German, so that the rest of the office will have an excuse fping a typewriter on your head. 7—Any person or persons having as a part of their lunch life cheese will kindly adjourn to the roof until the ordeal is over. The strong reason for this. 8—If you feel that you must take home a typewriter now and then leave the desk. We can get new typewriters, but desks are hard to get. 9—Just because they are using a lot of ammunition in Europe, don't that you have to powder your nose every ten minutes. 10—Make the world safe for democracy; stop throwing milk box of the windows. to such an extent that you go home every night. Just because you write to be light-fingered. Stille during office hours, please whistle the office will have an excuse for drop; as a part of their lunch limburger until the ordeal is over. There is a home a typewriter now and then, please writers, but desks are hard to get. lot of ammunition in Europe, don't think very ten minutes.ocracy; stop throwing milk bottles out 5—Don't acquire the saving habit to such an extent that you go home with your pockets full of paper clips every night. Just because you write shorthand, don't think you have got to be light-fingered. 6—If you feel that you must whistle during office hours, please whistle something German, so that the rest of the office will have an excuse for dropping a typewriter on your head. 7—Any person or persons having as a part of their lunch limburger cheese will kindly adjourn to the roof until the ordeal is over. There is a strong reason for this. 8—If you feel that you must take home a typewriter now and then, please leave the desk. We can get new typewriters, but desks are hard to get. 9—Just because they are using a lot of ammunition in Europe don't think 9—Just because they are using a lot of ammunition in Europe, don't think that you have to powder your nose every ten minutes. 10—Make the world safe for democracy; stop throwing milk bottles out of the windows. 11—As Abraham Lincoln said in his famous Gettysburg speech: "Eight Hours a day for the man who works. Seven hours a day for the government clerks." 12—Save a loaf a week. Just because you have a crust, don't can loaf around this office, even if you are well bred. Don't come with a bun on, either. Her Darling Boy Was Only a "Mexican Fish Her "O H, THERE'S my darling boy!" Fairly yelping these words, a standing on Tenth street, just north of F street, made for the thoroughfare as fast as her feet would carry her. She had a company her, and this woman, too, set a hot because you have a crust, don't say you you are well bred. Don't come in here by a "Mexican Fish Hound" Fairly yelping these words, a woman north of F street, made for the latter carry her. She had a companion with 12—Save a loaf a week. Just because you have a crust, don't say you can loaf around this office, even if you are well bred. Don't come in here with a bun on, either. Her Darling Boy Was Only a "Mexican Fish Hound" "OH, THERE'S my darling boy!" Fairly yelping these words, a woman standing on Tenth street, just north of F street, made for the latter thoroughfare as fast as her feet would carry her. She had a companion with her, and this woman, too, set a hot pace in the direction of the afternoon promenade. pace in the direction of the afternoon promenade. When a woman suddenly yells out on a crowded thoroughfare, "Oh, there's my darling boy," you sort o' get interested in the darling one. When the two women got to F street they stepped across the sidewalk to the curb. There was an automobile standing there, with a young man and a dog on the front seat. The woman in search of her darling boy threw her arms around the neck of the dog and said: "Oh, you darling thing! You're the prettiest dog in town." The woman had a good eye for dogs. "What kind of a dog is he?" asked the woman. The chauffeur winked at the dog and replied calmly: "Mexican fish hound." Mrs. Hoover's Cook Becomes an Ardent Hoover N ALL the land no housewife follows more closely the rullings of the States food administration than does Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, wif food administrator. The Hoover cook, who has a wide reputation and replied calmly: James an Ardent Hooverizer more closely the rullings of the United Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, wife of the t, who has a wide reputation in most Mrs. Hoover's Cook Becomes an Ardent Hooverizer IN ALL the land no housewife follows more closely the rulings of the United States food administration than does Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, wife of the food administrator. The Hoover cook, who has a wide reputation in most exclusive circles of Washington, was one of the first converts to the conservation of food, and one of the most ardent. A prominent Washington woman remarked soon after the Hoover household was established in the national capital: "You needn't tell me the Hoovers save food. I know the cook, and she couldn't be induced to economize." Nevertheless, after a time of sorrow and of stress of wounded professional pride the cook became under the direction and persuasion of Mrs. Hoover, as enthusiastic over pr delicious meals with the least possible outlay of wheat, meat sugar a as the strictest "Hooverite" could wish. Almost every day is meatless day with the Hoovers, poultry, sea occasionally game replacing the beef or other meats that may be across the sea. The servants, of course, have to have meat ofter, the family perhaps once a week, generally less frequently, there is a r dinner and what is left over is carefully utilized in some form for lunch next day. Sometimes a chop is provided at that meal for the tens son, who is recovering from a recent illness. Meat is never bought for which are made from vegetables or the parts of poultry not served—t tips, feet, neck and gizzard. Not only are Tuesdays and Saturdays porkless days, but the ot days of the week as well, despite the confessed fondness of the food lstrator for his breakfast bacon. Pork, either as ham, bacon, sausa or in other forms, never enters the big red brick house on Massachusetts nue, where the Hoovers are domiciled. For cooking various vegeta or other substitutes are used for lard and butter. Hoover, as enthusiastic over producing outlay of wheat, meat sugar and fats sh. with the Hoovers, poultry, sea food or or other meats that may be shipped use, have to have meat oftener, but forally less frequently, there is a roast for utilized in some form for luncheon theided at that meal for the ten-year old illness. Meat is never bought for soups, parts of poultry not served—the wing days porkkess days, but the other five confessed fondness of the food adminik, either as ham, bacon, sausage, lard red brick house on Massachusetts ave.1. For cooking various vegetable oils and butter. the direction and persuasion of Mrs. Hoover, as enthusiastic over producing delicious meals with the least possible outlay of wheat, meat sugar and fats as the strictest "Hooverite" could wish. Almost every day is meatless day with the Hoovers, poultry, sea food or occasionally game replacing the beef or other meats that may be shipped across the sea. The servants, of course, have to have meat ofter, but for the family perhaps once a week, generally less frequently, there is a roast for dinner and what is left over is carefully utilized in some form for luncheon the next day. Sometimes a chop is provided at that meal for the ten-year old son, who is recovering from a recent illness. Meat is never bought for soups, which are made from vegetables or the parts of poultry not served—the wing tips, feet, neck and gizzard. Not only are Tuesdays and Saturdays porkkills days, but the other five days of the week as well, despite the confessed fondness of the food administrator for his breakfast bacon. Pork, either as ham, bacon, sausage, lard or in other forms, never enters the big red brick house on Massachusetts avenue, where the Hoovers are domiciled. For cooking various vegetable oils or other substitutes are used for lard and butter. P human beings. But not on duty. But if you can chum up with the chap in khaki at an opportune time, you may be told some funny things—all about strange prowlers seen on the midnight trick, sinister-seeming contrivances discovered under culverts, officers whose identity is mistaken and other things. A few nights since a half-frozen sentry before the side gate of a big military establishment here beheld a solitary and stooping figure creeping RULES FOR STENOGRAPHERS KEEP YOUR FEET OFF THE DESK DON'T POWDER YOUR NOSE EVERY 10 MINUTES DON'T TAKE When a woman suddenly yells out on a crowded thoroughfare, "Oh, there's my darling boy," you sort o' get interested in the darling one. When the two women got to F street they stepped across the sidewalk to the curb. There was an automobile standing there, with a young man and a dog on the front seat. I SPOSE ILL HAVE TO DO AS MISTER HOOVER SAYS DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC F FRANK S. 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