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Subscribe for the Only Republican Negro Paper in Colorado, 'The Colorado Statesman' THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY THE AMERICAN NEGRO AS A FIGHTING MAN VOL. XXIV. WRITING of the future of the American Negro, William Dean Howells said that he had permitted himself the "imaginative prophecy that the hostilities and prejudices which had so long constrained his race were destined to vanish in the arts; that these were to be the final proof that God had made of one blood all nations of men." Now the great war promises to accomplish that which he had imagined as the result of the slow accretion of time, in the short space of a few years. It cannot be gainsaid that the Negro comes into his own on the battlefield. The verdict of the white men who have trained and instructed the colored troops is that the American Negro makes as efficient and as brave a soldier as any nation could demand. He has practically all the assets of a good soldier, tractability, amenity to discipline, pride in his uniform, childlike faith in the justice of his cause, and unquestioned physical courage. Colonel James A. Moss, of the 367th (colored) Infantry, 92d Division, writes in the Southern Workman of his satisfaction with the Negro soldier in peace and in war, in garrison and in field. "I commanded colored troops in the Cuban campaign and in the Philippine campaign, having had some of them killed and wounded by my side. At no time did they ever falter at the command to advance, nor hesitate at the command to charge. "I am glad I am to command colored soldiers in this, my third campaign—the greatest war the world has ever known . . . treat and handle the colored man as you would any other human being out of whom you would get the best there is in him, and you will have as good a soldier as history has ever known, a man who will drill well, who will give a good account of himself in battle, and who will conduct and behave himself properly in camp, in garrison, and in other places." Mr. Emmet J. Scott, special Negro assistant to Secretary Baker, said in an interview recently published in the New York Times that the high exploits of the Negroes on the battlefield have thrilled the nation. He gives the details of just what the Negro force amounts to in the field. "Under the first draft there were 737,628 registrants, or close to 8 percent of the total registration of the country. Of these registrants, close to 100,000 have been called into camp for active military service. There have been commissioned in the United States Army as captains, first lieutenants and second lieutenants, about 1,000 colored men, including about 250 colored medical officers in the Medical and Dental Reserve Corps. The 92d Division, and the 93d (Provisional), each finally to consist of approximately 30,000 Negro soldiers, have been organized under the command of Major General C. C. Ballou and Brigadier General Roy C. Hoffman, respectively. "The company units of these arms of service will be in large measure commanded by colored line officers. About 650 commissioned officers were graduated from the first training camp for colored officers at Des Moines, and these officers, according to reports, have for the most part made good and are in command of troops of their race at several camps. State Hist. & Nat Hist goe State House for the Only Republ COLORA AN NEGRO FIGHTING MAN There are thirty-four colored chapains in the various branches of the army." Work Accomplished by Negroes Behind the Lines. One hundred and fifty colored men are with the Negro branches of the Y. M. C. A. at the camps for Negro soldiers and in France. In the purchase of War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds the Negro has made a showing that compares most favorably with that of the whites in the same communities. Old men shuffle to the cashiers' desks in the Southern states and surrender their rolls of savings for bonds, because they remember Abraham Lincoln and the war between the States and want to help Uncle Sam win this war over the Germans.—American Review of Reviews. A TRANSFORMED RACE WHAT the Negro has always needed has been more educational advantages. The government is now alive to the need of the colored race for elementary education and special training in order to fulfill the demands for technical skill in the mechanical war work required of them, and for a proper understanding of the aims and purposes of our government, in order to maintain their morale. Provision has already been made for this special training at Hampion, Tuskegee, Howard University, and other standard colored schools. At the summer and fall sessions there will be instruction in radio-engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, auto-mechanics, carpentry, etc. The nation realizes that the raising to a high level the efficiency of the Negro, physically, morally and spiritually, will prove a large factor in facing and bringing to defeat the most "formidable foe that ever drew sword against democracy and civilization." Among the institutions for Negro education, none is more deserving than the Cheney Training School for Negro teachers at Cheyney, Pa. This school has been largely supported by the Society of Friends, who founded the institution in 1837. It is devoted exclusively to preparing teachers for service in the colored schools throut the United States. Its principal, Mr. Leslie Pinckney Hill, was one of the first educators to realize the enormous educational needs that would arise from the sudden and vast influx of Negroes into the Northern states. Miss L. E. Elliott, editor of Pan-American Magazine, writing in the New York Evening Post, says that over 1,000,000 of these people have left the South since the outbreak of the war. Teachers must be provided to shape this raw human material into the mould of American citizenship. And beyond the needs of the adults are the needs of the children. "In the United States today there are about 3,000,000 colored children of school age; they should have at least 60,000 teachers. "Cheyney has a present capacity for about a hundred students. Fifteen to twenty are graduated yearly, these teachers being eagerly absorbed by schools, chiefly in the North. Construction, to double the capacity, is DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918 under way, but funds are badly wanted. The training of teachers is not the limit of Cheyney's work. This school is an active center of benefit to the neighborhood, with its community service. It reaches out to a radius of twelve miles, all the work being performed voluntarily and freely by Cheyney students, who go out to hundreds of small homes, white as well as colored, helping with farm and house problems, and frequently putting things straight morally as well as physically. Another part of this progressive social service concerns the neighboring town of West Chester, where a five-acre plot of land has just been secured, with the cordial help of all classes of West Chester citizens, to be put into immediate cultivation under food crops. Here, eventually, will be erected a community building for colored people of West Chester, playgrounds for children, and an experimental agricultural station."—American Review of Reviews. THE PRESENT NEEDS OF THE NEGRO HE rapid evolution going on within the colored people is being noted from many different angles. Isobei Field writes for the Vigilantes: There is a personage nearer home that we must be prepared to lose, Mistah Johnston, the Darktown Coon. He is no more. Gradually there has appeared in his place a stern young American trained and alert, musket in hand. There is no hyphen to his name. His forefathers were Africans, but he is loyal United States. When the colored troops marched down Fifth Avenue for the last time before going to France, the newspapers reported that they were given a "tumultuous ovation." As a matter of fact, there was little cheering. The dense masses that lined the sidewalks and filled the windows and hanging balconies looked on in growing wonder. Here and there a pattern of gloved hands or a "bravo" was drowned in the beat of drums and the tramp of many feet. The sight of the long, long line of khaki-clad figures marching like clock-work; the strange grim faces that might have been cast in bronze—eyes straight ahead, with not a side-glance or a gleam of white teeth; company after company led by smart, soldierly colored officers, all on their way to the battle-front, was too awe-inspiring for noise. The crowds gave them the deeper homage of breathless surprised silence. They had come to applaud Mr. Johnston and beheld in his place a bold young warrior who commanded their respect and admiration. The committee on Public Information in Washington has sent out a news item which tells us that: A chance for leadership—one full of immense potentialities—has come to the colored race of this country. It has been given him to lead the native of Africa into the light of the new day that is dawning for him. Max Yergan was the first colored Y. M. C. A. secretary sent to serve with the British troops in South Africa. Before he had been in the field long, General Van de Vanter, Commander of the British forces, wired to ask for more of Yergan's race to help in the work. Already some of these have gone to the front and others are to follow. The loyalty of the African Negro to the colors is touching. As soon as the morale of the service grips him, as soon as he finds himself a part of the great machine moving forward to free the world, his pride and sense of partnership in the business make immediate response. The function of the American Negro in the education of his native brother is partly, at least, to bridge the gap between the African and the white races. The chance is given him to play a potent part in the transformation of the tribes. The African is looking to him for help. It cannot be doubted that the energy and ambition of the American Negro, hitherto at a disadvantage in this country for obvious reasons, will spend themselves largely in this new tremendous field of service thrust upon him by the war. F. H. Jeter in the Baltimore, Md., Manufacturers' Record writes of work among Negro boys and girls of North Carolina: During the years 1916-17, 3,398 members have been enrolled in the various phases of the Negro club work. In the Negro poultry club work the members have reported 9,492 eggs laid, 5,427 set, 4,511 hatched, 4,015 chicks raised. The market value of these at the time reported amounted to $2,293. During the same two years the boys produced 25,934 bushels of corn, valued at approximately $40,000. Nine boys made between 100 and 12$ bushels; 8, between 90 and 100; 12, between 80 and 90; 12, between 75 and 80; 34, between 60 and 75; 60, between 50 and 60, and 36, between 40 and 50 bushels. During the two years the work has been under way the agent has held 198 conferences, wrote 49 circular letters, mailed 58,200 letters, 7,558 of official cards, 8,904 bulletins, wrote 28 articles for the newspapers, 4,984 personal letters, traveled 25,000 miles, held 226 meetings and addressed 94,874 people. For this work the Government has spent about $3,000. Total value of products reported, $42,293. The net income to the State is $39,293 for the two years' work. Only about one-third of the members reported. This does not include the effect upon the adult farmers, who claim that by reason of the club work they have increased their agricultural production along all lines. This is the result of the general stimulus caused by the momentum of this great movement. The Buffalo Times notes a fine, new spirit of courtesy among Negroes: In all the cities where there is a large colored population, this custom seems to prevail among these people, that if a colored man sees a colored woman standing in a street car, he rises and gives her his seat, if he has one. Furthermore, he makes way for her to pass him whenever occasion arises to show her this courtesy and consideration. Invariably the colored woman expresses grateful appreciation in return. All this is very elevating and useful. It not only cultivates finer manners and finer feelings among those of the colored race, but it inspires greater respect for them among people of the white race. This respect is in itself twofold—first, because such course of conduct is eminently worthy of respect; and, secondly, because it suggests certain solidarity of sympathy and mutual interest, to be reckoned with in the human equation. The first is ethical, the second is practical; and in view of the problems confronting the colored people in their struggles upward, the practical feature may have the more immediate utility. The moment any race respects itself, that moment it wins the respect of all other races! And the moment it respects itself, that moment it begins to live up to self-respect. From Danville, Va., comes this plain speech from the editor of a white radical paper, The Battle Ax: To any unprejudiced man or woman RACE NEWS Gathered From Various Sources 147-YEAR-OLD NEGRO DIES IN NEW YORK New York, Aug. 15.—William Masces, a Negro, who said he was 147 years old, is dead in Bellevue hospital today of pneumonia. Washington, Aug. 11.—President Wilson has sent the president of Liberia a message of felicitation on the anniversary of that nation's declaration of war against Germany. The message as made public Friday follows: "On this anniversary of Liberia's associating herself with the countries at war with Germany, may I extend to you and the people of Liberia the sincere felicitation and best wishes of the government and people of the United States and confirm to you the interest which the United States takes in Liberia's welfare?" Omaha, Aug. 8.—Holland Harrold has obtained a verdict for $50 damages from the J. G. McCrorey 10-cent store because of its refusal to serve him with a soft drink at its soda fountain when he applied for it. Harrold, who is colored, formerly was a waiter at the Chamber of Commerce and lately has been leader of a jazz band that has played on the streets at Intervals for Red Cross activities. Attorney W. H. Hattroth pleaded the case before a jury in Judge Baldwin's branch of Municipal Court, the decision being reached yesterday. ____ Tuskegee, Ala., Aug. 6.—"The Negro will follow the American flag wherever it may lead. There are now over 250,000 Negroes in the army. The Negro is intensely loyal and patriotic. By the record he has already made in France he has earned the right of all the benefits of full citizenship—that act of simple justice for which his heart craves more than anything else." that has had an opportunity of even a slight acquaintance it is not necessary for me to tell them that Danville has many intelligent, progressive, worthy colored people who not only try to improve themselves, but are trying to build up their race. In fact, taking all things into consideration, the colored race, if we are to judge by the part of it living in this section, has made wonderful progress. People who do not know this should get acquainted with some of our best colored people, while those who are so blinded by prejudice that they think that intelligence and real worth cannot be found in a man or woman with a dark skin had better look sharp, lest while they are proudly boasting of their superiority they awake from their silly dream to find themselves left in the cold by the colored people who have improved their opportunities and forged ahead. And when we consider the worthiness of the colored people of this city, we would blush with shame were we to blame for the living conditions they have to put up with. Pushed off in the hills and nollows, where even the commonest sanitation is out of the question, while as for improving their streets—why whoever gives a thought to improving a street for the colored people?—The Crisis. NO. 43. In this way did Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, recognized leader of the Negroes since the death of Booker T. Washington, answer the question: "What is the Negro doing in the war?" "Isn't it significant," went on Dr. Moton, "that intelligent colored people at first feared that the Negro might be deprived of the citizen's right and privilege to defend his country? "There was general rejoicing at the decision to include Negroes in the draft. There was renewed rejoicing when Secretary Baker, in spite of great opposition, decided to place colored troops in the same cantonments with white troops. "Surely by his loyalty in the war for democracy the Negro will have earned his full share with white people of all those advantages of public education and protection which good governments should provide." CHEYENNE NEWS Bishop H. B. Parks and wife were with us last Monday evening. The bishop preached a wonderful sermon which brought two to the altar. Rev. Endicott of Boulder was also a visitor last Monday. Chaplain T. L. Kate of Colorado occupied the pulpit Sunday morning. A stirring message was given. In the evening his rendition of the old-time revival song, "In the Old Fashioned Way," was enjoyed to the highest. Rev. Kate is soon to leave for France. The date of the assembling of the Baptist denomination in Ogden has been changed from the 15th to the 20th. Rev. C. O. Smith, accompanied by several others, is expecting to leave Monday, Aug. 19, for that place. As usual, a large congregation was enjoyed by the Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Mason of Southerland, Neb., is in the city visiting her brother, Mr. Albert Burris. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Secretary Bell returned last Saturday (the 16th) from Camp Lewis, where he has been sent by the War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A., and the office of the Provost Marshall to the large number of men recently drafted into the service. Mr. Bell, in reporting his trip last Sunday at Shorter A. M. E. Church, said that conditions at the camp were all that a soldier could desire; that our boys were in good spirits, and that the alarming reports which had come back to Denver relative to the boys along the way were absolutely false. Croquet is now in full sway, games being played almost every afternoon. The ground is in good condition, and only the most up-to-date playing is allowed. Some spectacular playing has been done during the past week between King and Blakemore on the one side, and the young Lightner brothers on the other. King and Lightner have generally triumphed over Blakemore and Lightner. The unusual accuracy of the Lightners on balls has been tae surprise of every one, it being not an unusual thing for them to strike balls from the shooting line at the lower end of the ground to that of the other. Large crowds of persons interested in the game usually gather to witness the plays which often continue until it is altogether too dark to discern a ball ten feet away. Next Sunday afternoon at the Y. i. f. C. A. building, Secretary Bell will speak on "The Outlook of the Race in the Far Northwest, as Gleaned by my Recent Trip." The meeting will begin at four o'clock and all will be welcome to attend. LIEUT. JOHN MACARTHUR ’ he rh Ate xy | eS ono | Ae a ) f a ee sa 4 ie Soe i “ty 1 H er ae y 2 . | ee < eee aS Siac | Lieut. John MacArthur, a fermer resident of Wilmington, Del., although flying at the battle front in France for only a short time, has brought down several German planes. He is a Yale graduate and a former electrical en- gineer with the DuPont Powder com- pany. SIX MEN OVERCOME BY FUMES FROM SUBMARINE. British Steamer Penistrone, Swedish Steamer Sydland and Many Fishing Vessels Are Destroyed. t —s Wentern Newspaper Union News Service. Paris, Aug. 14.—Four hundred and forty-two men are missing as @ result of the torpedoing of the French steam- er Djemnah in the Mediterranean the night of July 14-15, while bound from Bizerta to Alexandria with troops on board, according to an official an nouncement last night. Four days later the French steamer Australian also was torpedoed in the Mediterran- ean. Still another steamer was tor- pedoed, but remained afloat. London.—A British torpedo boat de- stroyer was sunk by an enemy sub- marine on Aug. 6, Washington, Aug. 13.—Gas from oil discharged on the water by the Ger- man submarine operating off the mid: dle Atlantic coast, overcame six men in the coast guard station and light: house on Smith’s Island, N. C., Sat- urday evening, the Navy Department was advised Monday by the command. ant of the Sixth naval district. If the gas attack was deliberate, as most officials believe, it constitutes a new and ingenious form of “frightful- ness” and, 60 far as has been reported, was the first direct effort of the Ger- man raiders to harm persons or prop- erty on American shores. Sinking of the British steamer Pen- istrone, of 4,139 gross tons, and the Swedish steamer Sydland, of 3,031 gross tons, in New England waters near where several fishing smacks were destroyed Sunday also was re- ported to the Navy Department. The number of fishing vessels de- stroyed by a German submarine in its raid on the fleet off George's banks last Saturday night was nearer @ score than the ten already reported. $10.00 TAX ON OCCUPATIONS. War Workers, Ministers, Farmers and Teachers Are Excepted. ‘Washington.—Special taxes of $10 year on occupation or profession, ex- cept the war industry trades, farmers, teachers and ministers of the gospel, were written into the $8,000,000,000 war revenue bill by the House ways and means committee, A similar tax was placed upon any business with re- ceipts of $20,000 a year or more, with a levy of $25 a year on wholesale houses with receipts of $200,000 or inore. - Newspapers, press associations and periodicals were exempted from the proposed 10 per cent tax on the amount paid for leased telegraph and telephone wires in the pending $8,000,- 000,000 revenue bill. It was amended ko as to apply only to the stockbrok- ers’ lines. In addition to the ordinary duty of 10 per cent on all jewelry sold at wholesale, the committee put on a 10 per cent tax on retail sales of jew- elry composed wholly or partly of platinum to discourage such use of platinum during the war. Mctushas tales Arinone Bheritt, Phoenix, Ariz—In an attempt by more than thirty prisoners in the county jail to escape, Deputy Sheriff J, E, O'Neil was stabbed in the back and seriously injured, New Blow on Austria by Italy. Geneva, Switzerland—The Austri- ‘ans are reported as moving an !m- mense amount of material and great numbers of troops in the direction of Italy, and are expected shortly to at- tempt another offensive on the Italian tront. More U. S. Soldiers for Italy. Rome.—More American troops will be sent to Italy, Franklin D. Roose- yelt, assistant secretary of the navy, announced here. CONSUL POOLE BURNS BOOKS | AND DEMANDS PASSPORTS AFTER GRAVE INSULTS. | = WARNS THE BOLSHEVIKS TURNS AFFAIRS OF NATION OVER TO SWEDISH REPRESENTA- TIVE AT MOSCOW. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington, Aug. 15.—Official dis- patches Wednesday from American Consul General Poole in Moscow lift: ed the curtain for a moment and re- vealed an amazing train of events in that city. Consul General Poole, after witnessing the violation of the French and British consulates and the arrests of the consuls general and their staffs, destroyed his code book and Papers and turned the affairs of the American consulate over to the Swed- ish consul, at the same time demand Ing safe conduct from the country for himself and his associates. French and British citizens have been arrested and the Bolsheviki have announced they would hold them as hostages because of the attack of the soviet government by British and French troops at Archangel Members of the French and British military missions stationed in Mos: cow were refused permission to leave the country in gpite of a previous promise of safe conduct. It is possible that since the send. ing of Consul General Poole’s tele grams which began July 29 and con: tinued until Aug. 6, the situation may have changed, because it is reported that Lenine and Trotzky, the Bolshe vist leaders, have fled and the soviet government in Moscow may have been overthrown. LUDENDORFF ADMITS FAILURE General Bans Massed Blows on Ac count of Reduced Strength. With the British Army in France, Aug. 14.—A captured enemy secret order signed “Ludendarft” lays stress on the necessity of economizing men. The order asserts that the two ele: ments essential to the future conduct of the war are to “maintain every: where our fighting strength and the spirit of offensive.” ‘The order is frank in explaining that, because of the reduced German strength, it frequently will be impos sible to hold continuous french lines and recommends instead the creation of centers of resistance. ‘The document warns commanders that should the enemy obtain a foot: hold within German lines they must consider carefully whether a counter attack is necessary or worth risking a large number of lives. Another captured order informs the German regiments that they must provide their own defenses against low-flying allied airplanes, as the Ger- man aircraft resources are so low that they cannot be expected to fight off the enemy while they are being en: gaged “on reconnaissance work.” ‘This order adds that complaints trom units harassed by low-flying allied planes will not be forwarded. Wilhelm Ousts Three Hun Generals, London.—Three German generals re- cently commanding near Montdidier haye been cashiered for neglect of duty, according to Belgian reports re- ceived in Amsterdam and transmitted by the Exchange ‘Telegraph Company. A large number of soldiers were court- martialed at St. Quentin Saturday for high treason. The Germans in Bel- gium are showing signs of great un- easiness and the German emperor is reported to have moved to Brussels. Wholesale Massacre of Bolsheviki. Amsterdam.—A wholesale massacre of the Bolsheviki has taken place at Rizlen and Novgorod, said a dispatch received here, The massacre was the work of counter-revolutionists, Spain Ready to Join Allies. London.—Spain is ready to break with Germany and may enter the world war on the side of the allies, ac- cording to information reaching the International News Service. Held for Robbing Crawford Bank. Glenwood Springs.—Two men, John Fred Wellen and Herbert R. Chase, have been arrested by the sheriff of Garfield county as the men who robbed the bank at Crawford. Gallup to Get Army Camp. Gallup, N. M.—An army cantonment is to be established at Fort Wingate, N. M., according to information re- ceived here. Britain Recognizes Czechs as Allies. London.—The British government has issued a declaration formally rec- ognizing the Czecho-Slovak armies as an allied nation and the three Czecho- Slovak armies as an allied force reg- ularly waging warfare against the cen- tral powers. Germans Intend to Occupy Petrograd. London.—The Germans intend to oc- cupy Petrograd, a dispatch to the Co- penhagen Politiken from Helsingfors declares. “MAJOR BILLY” WELLBORN ee ee > z Se fi g a oe | gd Saree ae ee eee ee x ee | eaveven eS “Major Billy” Wellborn, credited “with greater knowledge of the details of the draft system than any other per- ton, drew all but a very few of the 1,200 capsules used in the second draft. She is in charge of the information bureau in the provost marshal gen. eral'e citice. TROTZKY SEEKS SAFETY |LEAVES PETROGRAD FOR KRON. STADT WITH LENINE. annntens Francis Refuses to Stay at Vologda, and Goes to Archangel, Weatern Newspaper Union News Service, London, Aug. 13—Premier Lenine and his chief assistant, Leon Trotzky, have fled to Kronstadt, the naval base near Petrograd, according to a dis- patch sent out by the semi-official Wolff bureau of Berlin and printed in ‘Zurich newspapers, says a Havas re- ‘port from Paris. Vologda, Russia.—Disregarding the insistent demands of the Bolshevik government, American Ambassador Francis and allied diplomats have left here for Archangel. ‘This step was taken after the Bolshevik government seemingly had done everything to hamper the diplomats. Ambassador Francis in a note to the Moscow government said that his of ficial dispatches had been held up and that the Russian press had been for- bidden to explain the diplomats’ side of the controversy, The ambassador reiterated the faith of the allies in the Russian people and their desire to aid them against the common enemy. ‘The position of the soviet govern: ment in Russia is considered very se- rious by the Moscow correspondent of the Tageblatt of Berlin. He announces that the Crecho-Slovak forces have in- creased from 7,500 to 200,000, and are being reinforced by Serbians, Cos sacks and counter revolutionists. U-BOAT SINKS OIL TANKER. Frederick R. Kellogg Sent Down in ntrenca ccf Mew ot tinehar: New York, Aug. 15.—A German sub- marine, approaching the very gates of New York harbor, sank the oil tanker Frederick R. Kellogg off the Ambrose channel Monday night. ‘Thirty-five members of the crew brought here re- ported that seven others are missing. ‘These survivors were picked up by an American steamship. The Frederick R. Kellogg was a new tank steamship of 7,127 tons gross register, valued at more than $1,500,000. Under command of Capt. C, H. White, she was on her way from Tampico, Mexico, to Boston with a cargo of approximately 70,000 barrels of crude oil. ‘Torpedoed without warning, the Kellogg sank in three minutes, said members of her crew on coming ashore. The force of the explosion was terrific, they declared, and the seven missing men who were in the engine room are believed to have been Killed. No submarine was seen, ac: cording to Captain White. Want Italian Pamphlets Given Up. Zurich—The authorities at Vienna have ordered the public to hand over every piece of propaganda literature dropped by Italian airmen and threat- en severe penalties for failure to do so. There was a wild scramble in the streets for the pamphlets when they were dropped. Some sold for as high as 20 crowns, Thrift Stamp Sales Total $500,000,000, Washington.—The American people have bought $500,000,000 of War Sav- ings and Thrift Stamps. Robbers Blow Crawford Bank Safe. Crawford, Colo.—Robbers effected an entrance to the interior of the State Bank of Crawford Monday night and exploded a charge of nitroglycerine in the safe, The inside door of the safe, howeyer, did not yield to the force of the’ explosion and the robbers then directed their energies to the safety deposit boxes, which they broke open with tools. From $7,000 to $10, 000 in Liberty bonds and War Savings and postage stamps were secured by the robbers. GERMANS FLEE FLANDERS LINE Western Beef Co. _ eee eh eRe Open Daily to 8:30 Sundays Until 2:00 Pp. m. p. m. rh —————— ONE OF Tas 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. c Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Free Delivery to All Parts of he City. Set ee PHONE CHAMPA 1641. 2048 LARIMER STREET DENVER, COLO. Opposite the Three Rules. FOE BEATEN BACK TO NORTH OF SOMME BY BRITISH AND SOUTH BY FRENCH. ALLIES TAKE RIBECOURT ‘ ALPS STRONGHOLDS TAKEN IN SUDDEN BLOW—MORE GAINS AT LYS. | Western Newspaper Union News Service Rome, Aug, 15,—Italian forces have occupied Monte Mantello, Punta Di ‘Matteo and the spur southeast of Cima ‘Zigolon, north of the Adamello re- gion, according to an official state- ‘ment issued by the war office. ‘They have taken 100 prisoners. | North and south of the Somme the Germans have lost further important ground. In the former region they shave evacuated their positions over ‘a fivemile front to the British north of Albert, while in the latter they have been beaten back in the hilly ‘and wooded district just north of the ae river by the French, German front line trenches at Beau- ‘mont Hamel, Serre, Puisieuxau-Mont and Buequoy have been found unten- able by the enemy in the face of the recent activity by the British along ‘the line from Albert to Arras, while ‘the French have persevered in their violent attacks against the Germans on the sector which dominates the lower portion of the Picardy plain and the Oise valley, and have encroached further upon the Lassigny massif and ‘the Thiescourt plateau, and farther south have captured the important town of Ribecourt. Unofficial reports have announced the capture of Lassigny by the French and of all the German positions be- tween the western outskirts of Bray- sur-Somme and Etinehem by the Aus- tralians. From the Somme to the Oise, except in the latter region where the French have made further gains, the Ger- mans seemingly have had further suc- cess in holding back the allied troops and still are in possession of Chaulnes and Roye, upon the capture of which the efforts of the British and French have been centered. ‘The giving up of front line trenches north of Albert may mean that the Germans foresee the ultimate success of the American and British operations along the Somme. In any event the retrograde movement seemingly Indi- cates that the ten-mile salient be- tween Beaumont Hamel and Bray on the Somme, with Albert its apex, must give way in order that the German front here may come into alignment with that in the south across the Somme. Probably the Germans pur- pose to readjust their front from the Somme to Arras. Aerial activity continues intense. Forty-eight German machines were accounted for Monday and seventy- four tons of bombs dropped on mili- tary targets behind the enemy lines. Berlin reports the shooting down of twenty-nine aeroplanes, Along the Vesle the Germans have not repeated their ineffectual attacks, but are bombarding the Franco Amer- ican lines with high explosives and gas shells. It is announced that the American first army, which has just been organized, will hold the western front “south of the Marne,” which probably means from St. Mihiel to Switzerland, where the allied positions are near the German border or be- yond it, Bolden Bros. Cafe & Lunch Room 924 NINETEENTH ees DENVER, COLORADO DINNER pee, Short Orders 11:30 to2 p.m. Faaeers’ — at all Hours ae, ALL KINDS mene BOLDEN BROS. BARBER SHOP Baths, Electric Massage FIRST-CLASS SERVICE R. B. BOLDEN, Manager 926 19th St., Denver The Champa Pharmacy Twenticth and Champa, Is the place to got your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE” ” DRINKS. 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Washington.—The War Department announced additional colleges which have qualified for units of the student army training corps. They include University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; State Training School, Pittsburg, Kaps.; Baylor University, Waco, Tex.; Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.; Clinton College, Clinton, Mo,: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; University of Chicago, Chica go; State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. NEWS and GOSSIP of WASHINGTON WASHINGTON.—It is right early in the season for goldenrod, but there are always ploneers. One blossom, anyhow, must have started in to bloom ahead of official fall weddings, for a motorman had it stuck in his cap as he breezed his car toward the capi-tol the other afternoon. LET'S LOOK YOU SHOULD SEE TH' SWELL POSTCARD LIL SENT ME it there to make her believe his other make 'em jealous, all right. Oh, say, Lil sent me from Colonial Beach? It's penness which implied his right to be g passed around. pockets and then remarked with mad- left it in his other coat. but—take it from dear Mercutio— no other coat. love them, grinned over the show down, unless you have a memory of your a cool spring, with big trees overhead, out across the beach—and dear live- ing in the bushes—and crawling under Upper Name for Grapefruit south in Dixie. And he has a room in ian, who is helping to win the war. one of the reasons that make people wiser, knew better. "Betcher he stuck it there to make her believe his other girl gave it to him. He knows how to make 'em jealous, all right. Oh, say, ole man, did I show you the postcard Lil sent me from Colonial Beach? It's a dandy." wiser, knew better. "Betcher he stuck it there to make girl gave it to him. He knows how to make 'em jealous ole man, did I show you the postcard Lil sent me from a dandy." The other responded with a suddenness which I considered when Lil's favors were being passed around. "Let's look." The younger fellow fumbled in his pockets and the dening nonchalance that he must have left it in his ot "Your other coat—huh." That was every word he uttered, but—take it enough is always enough. There was no other coat. The two foolish youngsters, Lord love them, grinne and that was all there was to it, unless—unless you kn own for goldenrod all fringed around a cool spring, w the old Chesapeake swishing in and out across the things flashing in the air—and chirping in the bushe roots and—everything. Read This and Learn Proper Name HE IS a nice man from 'way down south in Dixie, the home of an equally nice woman, who is he. With a kindly thoughtfulness which is one of the re nice, he brought The other responded with a suddenness which implied his right to be considered when Lil's favors were being passed around. "Let's look." The younger fellow fumbled in his pockets and then remarked with mad-fencing nonchalance that he must have left it in his other coat. "Your other coat—huh." That was every word he uttered, but—take it from dear Mercutio—enough is always enough. There was no other cont. The two foolish youngsters, Lord love them, grinned over the show down, and that was all there was to it, unless—unless you have a memory of your own for goldenrod all fringed around a cool spring, with big trees overhead, the old Chesapeake swishing in and out across the beach—and dear live things flashing in the air—and chirping in the bushes—and crawling under roots and—everything. Read This and Learn Proper Name for Grapefruit HE IS a nice man from 'way down south in Dixie. And he has a room in the home of an equally nice woman, who is helping to win the war. With a kindly thoughtfulness which is one of the reasons that make people nice, he brought the woman a bag of fruit the other day. It was a bulgy bag filled with yellow balls that the woman accepted as grapefruit. But it wasn't grapefruit. The man said so, and he knew. "Down home, where this fruit grows, we call it pomelo, in honor of the man who introduced it into this country from the far East. We have always called it pomelo, and we always shall, because pomelo is its proper name." And you couldn't ask better reason, could you, seeing that pomelo neither grape? If you notice, few discoverers get the immortality of names, whether it be a Columbus, who founded a who provided it with something new in fruit—but one of the little kinks in human nature that will be seen is the well-known millennium comes our way. Mrs. Frank Leslie, formerly of New York and prominent promoter of the popularity of pomelo in conceded her share in renaming the fruit for the real 'the big balls grow in clusters like grapes." In the present wisdom to which she has attained realizes the entire foolishness of robbing a man of wail the fruit of his labor—we have to go to heaven. Also, grapefruit tastes better when you call it por And the Women Simply Couldn't ARE Washington women gallant? Now, I don't question. All I want to do is set forth something street car the other afternoon, and leave it to you to it pomelo neither looks nor tastes like the immortality due them in the matter who founded a continent, or a Pomelo, in fruit—but don't worry. It is just that will be straightened out as soon our way. New York and now of heaven, was a of pomelo in the North, and frankly fruit for the reason, as she explained, apes." She has attained, Mrs. Leslie doubtless ing a man of what you might literally go to heaven to see things like that, a you call it pomelo. Try it once. Couldn't See Him at All Now, I don't propose to answer that at forth something I saw happen on ave it to you to answer the question as - better reason, could you, seeing that pomelo neither looks nor tastes like - grape? If you notice, few discoverers get the immortality due them in the matter of names, whether it be a Columbus, who founded a continent, or a Pomelo, who provided it with something new in fruit—but don't worry. It is just one of the little kinks in human nature that will be straightened out as soon as the well-known millennium comes our way. Mrs. Frank Leslie, formerly of New York and now of heaven, was a prominent promoter of the popularity of pomelo in the North, and frankly conceded her share in renaming the fruit for the reason, as she explained, "the big balls grow in clusters like grapes." In the present wisdom to which she has attained, Mrs. Leslie doubtless realizes the entire foolishness of robbing a man of what you might literally call the fruit of his labor—we have to go to heaven to see things like that. Also, grape fruit tests better when you call it pomelo. Try it once. Also, grapefruit tastes better when you call it pomelo. Try it once. And the Women Simply Couldn't See Him at All And the Women Simply Couldn't See Him at All ARE Washington women gallant? Now, I don't propose to answer that question. All I want to do is set forth something I saw happen on a street car the other afternoon, and leave it to you to answer the question as you will. The car was one of these middoor affairs in which innocent passengers are packed to the tune of "Plenty of room up front." He was an inoffensive-looking man with a large bundle in his arms. The bundle, wrapped in paper and tied with string, had all the seeming of a windmill. In reality it was an electric fan, as was apparent in prying eyes from the fact that a bit of the brass blade had penetrated the wrapper. fured to hold and guard it that leaves And there aren't any straps on these is grab the back of a seat, or let your nt hold you up by mere juxtaposition. d by a woman. ous shopping of the afternoon. nty-some years, he told me afterward, living it to women in the street cars, es would be turned. “will see what difficulty I am having me. Surely one of them will be sport. it.” “sport.” Now an electric fan is pretty heavy. And when two hands are required to hold and guard it that leaves few hands to hang onto straps with. And there aren't any straps on these cars, anyway. The best you can do is grab the back of a seat, or let your closely packed neighbors of the moment hold you up by mere juxtaposition. heavy. And when two hands are required to hold a few hands to hang onto straps with. And there are cars, anyway. The best you can do is grab the back closely packed neighbors of the moment you up you Every seat in that car was occupied by a woman. They were resting from their arduous shopping of The man, who for lo! these twenty-some years, has been rising from his seat and giving it to wo thought that maybe this time the tables would be tur "These kind ladles," he thought, "will see what with this thing and will take pity on me. Surely on enough to get up and offer me her seat." Every seat in that car was occupied by a woman. They were resting from their arduous shopping of the afternoon. The man, who for lo! these twenty-some years, he told me afterward, has been rising from his seat and giving it to women in the street cars, thought that maybe this time the tables would be turned. "These kind ladies," he thought, "will see what difficulty I am having with this thing and will take pity on me. Surely one of them will be sport enough to get up and offer me her seat." He eagerly looked around for the "sport." But all the women were looking out the windows. Zeal May Be Overdone, but the World Needs It Two woman clerks started to walk to work in the early days of car crushes and have kept it up ever since—going and coming without missing a day. Also they have developed the crusading zeal of the reformer, and with the loftiest intentions in the world are but the World Needs It to work in the early days of car crushes ing and coming without missing a day. ing zeal of the reformer, and with the Zeal May Be Overdone, but the World Needs It Zeal May Be Overdone, but the World Needs It TWO woman clerks started to walk to work in the early days of car crushes and have kept it up ever since—going and coming without missing a day. Also they have developed the crusading zeal of the reformer, and with the loftiest intentions in the world are making life raspy for friends who prefer to ride. "It is so much healthier, don't you know, and look at what we save. If you would only take the trouble to rise a bit earlier—all it requires is will power and—all that and more. But there are always others. One of them is a man in the same office, whom the crusaders have known years enough to nag into salvation, regard less of the world-old fact that people— good, honest, everyday people—object to being made their own choosing. For days and weeks growing intully accepted their reformatory raids, but—you know the other morning he settled them with a masculine less considered original, but which Socrates got in shing how many others in eons gone before. "That's the worst of you good women. You never For that time, anyway, the crusaders went down same, brothers, what sort of a world would this be for good women should learn to let go? it to being made over by patterns not of weeks growing into months he has cheered but—you know about that last straw—with a masculine protest which he doubtrates got in ahead of him, and no tell before. men. You never know when to let go.orders went down in defeat, but all the would this be for you and for all of us good, honest, everyday people—object to being made over by patterns abc of their own choosing. For days and weeks growing into months he has cheerfully accepted their reformatory raids, but—you know about that last straw—the other morning he settled them with a masculine protest which he doubtless considered original, but which Socrates got in ahead of him, and no tell how many others in eons gone before. "That's the worst of you good women. You never know when to let go." For that time, anyway, the crusaders went down in defeat, but all the same, brothers, what sort of a world would this be for you and for all of us if good women should learn to let go? The yellow of it caught the interest of an oldish couple, who smiled at each other, the way comrades do when some trifle recalls associations that belong to both. Also, the sprig passed its talk-value on to a couple of young fellows, one of whom must have had experiences to go by: "His girl gave him that." His companion, being a trifle younger and therefore a whole lot W. H. you will. The car was one of these middoor affairs in which innocent passengers are packed to the tune of "Plenty of room up front." He was an inoffensive-looking man with a large bundle in his arms. The bundle, wrapped in paper and tied with string, had all the seeming of a windmill. In reality it was an electric fan, as was apparent to prying eyes from the fact that a bit of the brass blade had penetrated the wrapper. Now an electric fan is pretty SURE IT DOES WALKING MAKES ONE BEAUTIFUL CROWDER MAY CALL SECOND CLASS MEN DEPENDS ON WHETHER ENOUGH RECRUITS CAN BE OBTAINED BY RECLASSIFICATION. LOCAL BOARDS TOLD TO ACT Many Old Line Republicans Want Roosevelt for Presidential Nominee in 1920—Senator Ashurst's Comment on Street Laborers and Wages. By ARTHUR W. DUNN. Washington.—Provost Marshal General Crowder is responsible for the most important part of the man power that must win the war. Under his direction more than 2,000,000 men have been drafted. This is exclusive of those who enlisted in the regular army and the National Guard. These 2,000,000 men make up the vast force that is doing such good work for America and will continue to do it until the end. Class 1 of the draft is about exhausted. It is true that under the law recently passed young men reaching the age of twenty-one are subject to the draft and there are about 400,000 of these, most of them class 1 men. But the draft has a rival among these younger men, in the navy. A large number of them prefer the more fascinating sea service and enlist in the navy or in the marine corps because they prefer the romance of the ocean to the solid, substantial work of the army. This is a very good thing for the navy, for it gets all the men it wants, and of course the very best. Just now General Crowder and his assistants are making every effort to induce the local boards to re-examine and if possible re-classify men who are in the deferred classes. It is not the policy of the secretary of war to reach into the second class if he can avoid it, but in order to obtain sufficient man power of the right kind it may be necessary to go into the deferred classes, unless class 1 be largely increased by re-classifications by the local boards. It is possible that the age limit will be changed if the supply of men cannot be kept up in any other way. There is a very strong desire on the part of many of those in charge of the draft to have the age limit reduced to 20. In fact many army officers think that the very best results in the way of soldiers would be obtained by taking young men of nineteen and twenty instead of waiting until twenty-one, as at present. If an army of four or five million men is raised it will be necessary to reduce the limit below twenty-one years and raise it above thirty-one. Many Republicans were rather hopeful that Colonel Roosevelt would make the race for governor of New York, having no doubt that he would be elected and that it would be a stepping stone to the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. It is rather amazing to observe how many old line Republicans, men who fought Roosevelt so bitterly in 1912, are anxious that he should be a candidate in 1920. Unless conditions change, according to what Republicans around Washington say, Roosevelt's name is sure to go before the convention two years hence, and what is more, he is likely to be the nominee if the Democrats hold their convention first and renominate Woodrow Wilson. Senator Ashurst of Arizona, walking to the capitol one day, became interested in a gang of street laborers who were taking their time. He was especially interested in several colored men who were moving with a slow rhythm that indicated how little they were interested in their jobs. "How much are these men getting?" asked Ashurst. "Each gets $5.10 per day for eight hours," was the answer. "Gee whiz!" exclaimed the Arizona senator. "I used to work ten hours a day for $1.10 a day, and I worked with more speed than those fellows are showing." Senator Fletcher of Florida just before the recess was trying to get through a bill to which Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania made some objection, and after some discussion the Pennsylvania Senator remarked: "With great reluctance I withdraw my objection. I have voted for so many questionable measures in the last six months, perhaps one more will not weigh upon my conscience nor require a greater reckoning on the day of judgment." That which happened in France in the third week of, July—by way of response to the big German offensive that was to end in Paris—was all the more gratifying because it was something that every patriotic American deep down in his heart really expected would happen when soldiers of the United States got into action. The pride in American troops, the confidence that the American soldier was at least the equal of any other soldier on earth, and the belief that American troops would stand up and hold any Germany army, has been a deep-set conviction in the minds of the American people from the time we entered the war. One reason for the great impatience manifested by Americans, or those who spoke for them, over apparent delays in getting American troops to the front was because the people in this country believed American soldiers were essential to stop the Hun, throw him back, and finally drive him beyond the Rhine and to ultimate surrender. The impression became deep-seated among those who have studied the war that the brave Englishmen and Frenchmen, weary of four years' warfare, needed just what the American troops could give them for the necessary dash and hustle to beat back the Germans and to start a movement which means ultimate success for world civilization. Consequently all official Washington, and particularly those who have given close attention to everything pertaining to the war, were very much gratified and really felt that American troops had performed that which was expected of them. Many of the older members of congress are running against this handicap: "He has had it long enough." That is a statement that gets circulated over a district where a member has been in congress eight or ten years. It does not affect the member who represents a constituency which believes in keeping a man in service term after term rather than changing to gratify the ambition of some particular politician. But for the most part congress is made up of men who do not serve on an average of more than four terms, and such men are always beset with the claim that the incumbent "has had it long enough." The average congressional district contains 225,000 people and in that number there are sure to be plenty of men anxious to come to congress. The day that Senator Gore started his remarks on the veto of the $2.40 wheat provision in the agricultural appropriation bill he was just "going good" and due to say some very emphatic things when Senator Ashurst of Arizona raised a point of order and forced an adjournment of the senate. The next time the senate met Gore resumed and remarked that when he was interrupted he was "more or less surcharged with the subject. The senate and the country will never know what an intellectual and rhetorical treat was denied them on account of that interruption." And then he also remarked: "As I was saying when the Ashurst rebellion broke out—" From remarks that were made by the Oklahoma senator previous to the "Ashurst rebellion," his speech upon the second attempt lacked a great deal of the fire and criticism it would have contained if he had not been interrupted and had three days in which to cool off. Food prices in Washington range from 10 to 40 per cent higher on all articles than in other cities of the United States. In some instances it is found that the chief staples cost nearly twice as much at the retail places in Washington as they do in some of the middle Western cities. Even after making allowance for freight, the range of prices is altogether abnormal and shows that there is a concerted effort in the national capital to profiteer in foods. It has reached a point where the complaints are forcing official action and it is altogether likely that in addition to legislation which struck at the rent profiteer in the national capital, there will be some kind of a law passed to save the people who are compelled to live in Washington from paying this tribute to those who handle the food supply of the city. Investigation thus far does not place the blame upon farmers, because the farmers in the vicinity of Washington do not produce enough food to affect the prices. The supply grown in the region surrounding Washington is limited and in many cases absorbed by cities which can be easily reached by water — Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. It was Vice President Marshall who once remarked to a Republican senator after the late Senator Newlands had made an assault upon the actions and policies of the Democratic party, that he (Marshall) believed that "Newlands is the original fat boy who spilled the beans." Probably in these later days the vice president would be willing to transfer his remark to the blind senator from Oklahoma. Early in his speech criticising the veto by the president of the $2.40 wheat proposition Senator Gore remarked: "If the next congress goes Republican it will be due to this veto message." That remark caused a deal of criticism among Senator Gore's party associates. Quite a number of senators and representatives of wheat growing districts have in their minds the possibility that the veto may work some harm, but none of them believe that it was a good idea to advertise the fact. There are states and regions in this country which will have to make a special effort to meet the Fourth Liberty loan to the extent that they did not in regard to the other loans. These states which are producing little or nothing, and are "getting none of it back," as the saying is in regard to money at the present time, will have to make sacrifices to subscribe very heavily for the next loan. As Senator Smoot of Utah remarked, his state has already paid, in Liberty loans, Red Cross and war savings, more than $44,000,000, which is $100 for every man, woman and child in the state. Smoot said that as scarcely anything was being returned to the state on account of the war this money was a drain which could not be replaced. At the same time it is expected that everybody will do his level best to make the next loan a success. Thousands of women are being employed in France to make war balloons. At the Man's Store GREAT SALE MEN'S UNION LABEL TROUSERS $3.45 The best trousers ever offered at this price. In the lot are excellent worsteds, cassimeres and cheviots, in neat, very stylish striped patterns and every pair bears the union label. 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This is the slogan that is being adopted by R our people, and we are glad to state that the benefits being derived are almost incalculable, as from our experience we note the readi- ness to converse on the important issues of the day, the exhibition of deep thinking, the eagerness to interchange ideas engaged in by the masses. No longer are they content with pulpit oratory on the mysteries and marvelous- ness of the GREAT BEYOND, as the pew is demanding a return to the practical teachings of the Man of Men—Christ. Rarely is heard the cus- tomary question, “What's the news?"'.as the signs of the times compel in- dividual interest. The increase in our list of subscribers, the larger pat- ronage of the Denver libraries—these are evidences of preparation to meet the arduous task that will devolve on us after this great world’s conflict. ‘The summer session at the Opportunity School, soon to close, has been taken advantage of, and it is pleasing to hear the commendation of the teachers on the number of pupils attending as well as the progress* made us a whole. Playing our part with all earnestness as any other citizens in prose- cuting the war to a successful result has caused the Chief Executive of our state and other officials to offer many enconiums, and guided by true devo- tion to our country, the one thought in possession of our people is to stand firmly with our government until a righteous peace ensues. This prepara- tion, then, must not be short-lived, and the youth who is tempted by the “greed of gain’ must find some time for study, as our places must be taken by them, and that very soon, the demand now being made for men of such qualifications that will render much service to the nation. If this is one of the products of the war, then it is well worth fighting for, and the sooner we realize the many and great blessings in store for us, the better the opportunity, the greater the achievement. We can only add our pleasure to the timely action and offer the reminder to others—READING MAKETH A READY MAN, SO READ! READ! READ! THE REPUBLICAN PARTY—ITS MISSION TODAY. N MEMBER of the Republican Party—the political party with which we are identified for very many years—ean help from starting out with new hope, renewed vigor and the taking of fresh courage, after carefully reading the article, ‘The Republican Po- sition,’? contributed to the August number of the Forum by Will TL. Hays, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Mr. Hays writes as a man who, studying every phase of the American situa- tion prior to our entry in the war and our present conditions, has a thorough understanding of the part Republicans are taking, and, therefore, in his urgent requests and appeals, emphasizes absolute support to the government in the carrying out of war measures, ete. But in spite of this, Mr. Hays foreibly brings to mind that the use- fulness of the Republican Party will depend on our future fulfilment, having a record of fifty years of achievement which forms the best guarantee to the country of our future action, In outlining the plan of campaign for 1918, the Republican’ Na tional Chairman argues that our essential policies must not be shift ed to meet events, but events must be molded by a dominant Re publicanism to meet the needs of the nation in 1918 as thoroughly as in 1898 or 1861, On showing lits program to be broad and simple, Mr. Mays offers certain suggestions on which our party firmly stands. First, ‘‘to use every possible means to win the war now’; second, ‘‘to secure peace only with vietory,’’ and, third, ‘to begin immediately a sane preparation for the solution of great problems that will come after the war,”’ Referring to the pledges of the Republiean party our chairman wrote as follows: ‘Let me emphasize what our first purpose sig- nifies. It means primarily that at this moment, the greatest of all the crises in our history, when the Republican party finds the con- trol of the government in other hands, it still sinks deeper into the soul of the nation in becoming the dominant war party, pledging ourselves to give the last of owr blood and our treasure, if necessary, to win the war and win it now. We pledge ourselves forever against an inconclusive peace. And at every moment of faltering on the part of those in power, we instantly pick up the guerdon of battle and ery, ‘Carry on!’’ Our party being united for war and reconstruction, William Hays emphatically states that we must not forget the power of the franchise; that even though war is on, it is no time to forget proper political differences, and it being our duty and privilege to have this right we should govern ourselves accordingly by registering this power at the ballot box. In demanding fair political contests, our chairman hopes there may be no allegations from either one side or the other concerning disloyalty in the coming campaign, as a false impression of condi. tions in this country would be given the enemy, and therefore the man, committee or party who should engage such practices would be guilty of the worst kind of disloyalty. A REPUBLICAN VICTORY is the slogan of our campaign, and with a Republican Congress con ducting a vigorous prosecution of the war, our government, our peo ple, our nation will be placed in a better position to combat with th enemy and to permanently put an end to this conflict unprecedente: in history. NUTRITION OFFICERS WHO ARE EXPERTS BEING STATIONED IN THE ARMY CAMPS. EDIBLE WASTE IS REDUCED Navy Department Sends Uniformed Desk Men to Active Service—An- cient Armor Supplies Models for Modern American War Equipment. Nutrition officers are to be stationed in every National army cantonment and in every National Guard camp, a8 well as in every camp where 10,000 or more soldiers are in training, the war department announces. These men are food specialists. Before they Joined the army as members of the division of food and nutrition of the medical department they were connected with colleges and public bodies as physiolo- gists, chemists, economists, food in- Spectors and experts in other spectal- ized work relating to food. Since last October these officers have gone from camp to camp, studied the food served, how it was Inspected, stored and prepared, and made recom- mendations resulting in many advan- tageous changes. They gave instruc- tions in the principles of nutrition, the proper selection of foods and the con- struction of dietaries to mess officers, medical officers and others Interested. ‘They told how to avoid waste, gave methods for judging and storing food, and emphasized the importance of Keeping kitchens and mess halls clean and orderly. At one camp seven companies were selected from various organizations totaling 1185 men with which to try out an anti-waste plan. The ayerage edible waste was found to be 1.12 pounds per man per day. ‘The nutrl- tlon officer gave the mess sergeants and cooks instructions in food and mess economy with the result the aver- age edible waste was reduced to 0.43 pounds per man per day, « saving of 0,69 pounds, ‘Chis saving amounted to $61.75 per day for the seven messes, or | $22,542 per year. | Sixty new officers are to be commis- sloned In the division of food and nu- ‘inition to handle the additional work. All will be food specialists similar to ‘those already In the service, ‘They “will advise about the composition and “nutritive values of all dletaries, make Inspections for adulterations, spoilage and deterioration and co-operate with ‘the mess officials, Armor for the American soldiers, ‘helmets, shields and breastplates, is being modeled In the workshops of the “Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the war department announces. “The best of the types used by the sol- “diers of former days Is being wrought into shapes for present warfare, some pieces on ancient anvils and by ham- mers that were actuully used centuries ago. , In direct charge of the Workshop ‘where the work Is being done is a “French artisn whose skill has been known to armor collectors the world over, and whose forbears for genera- tions buck have kept alive the dying trade of the armorer, This war in Europe has brought back into use many discarded weapons and practices of medieval warfare. There has been the adoption of steel helmeis by all the warring powers, breustplates, armored waistcoats and trench shields. ‘This necessitated an overhauling and new study of ancient armor, With the result that experts de- clure that scarcely a technical idea has been brought forward which was not worked out in elaborate detail by the old-time armor makers, ‘The Metropolitan museum collection ts among the seven grent collections of ancient armor, It is un Incldent to this collection that there was established at the museum an armorer's workshop. So far us known it is unique. In it “were cleaned, repaired und restored pleces that were defective. Daniel Tachaux, a French artist, was In charge, He is working now under the direction of Major Bushford Dean of the ordnance department. Armor models are being turned out there In accordance with the sugges- tions of General Pershing and the ord- nance department. ‘Twenty-five dit: ferent types of armor defenses have been made in various factories in ex- perimental lots, several in many thou- “sands of pleces, which have won fa- /vor at army headquarters. The effi- cacy of armor protection for the sol- | dlers Is Indicated by reports that more than 40 per cent of the hospital cas- ualties suffered were leg wounds and about $3 per cent arm wounds, the legs /and arms of the fighters being free | from armor cover. | While Y. M. C. A. workers In a bat: | tle-torn region of France were carry. | ing delicacies to American soldiers tn | the front line trenches they left thelr | storeliouse deserted. French soldiers | entered the storehouse to xuard the supplies. ‘They found chewing gum, | thought it food, stutfed whole pack- ages into thelr mouths, musticated tt for a time and then tried to swallow it, Some succeeded in getting It down, There were no casualties, but the French soldiers were inspired with a oe cai an se Wea ee oh hid ea The navy department hus released from office and shore duty the regu: lars of the navy and the reservists and has assigned them to active duty with the fleet. Their places as clerks will be taken by women wherever possible. Rear Admiral McGowan, paymaster general of the navy, issued the order pn connection with this change in policy. “Every man released from shore duty, whatever his rank or rating, adds just ‘one more to the fighting force,” says this order, “Every man of every rank and rating desires, of course, to get to the firing line as soon as his services ashore can be spared. “No man in the navy fs willing In war ‘time to do anything that a woman can do as well; whereas no officer can be expected to be content in any part of the shore establishment unless engaged upon supervisory work so important In its nature that it cannot properly be delegated to any person of lesser rat- ing. “Wherefore it is requested and di- rected that the officer in charge of each division of the bureau of supplies and accounts make « careful and criti cal survey of his personnel, both*com- missioned and enlisted, to the end that the paymaster general may know how many and which men can be spared without seriously interfering with the work. These reports will include not alone reservists but regulars as well, and it is to be distinctly understood in this connection that applications from individuals for sea or overseas service will not be necessary—the one and only object being to carry on the work here and at the same time release the maximum number of men for duty at the freat.” STATESMAN R | R | ee | , The Mouth-Piece of the People of | Colorado and the - Entire West A RELIABLE chronicle : ; of their doings and : : progress; a faithful mirror | of their wants, their hopes, | their best aspirations. 7 ie | | THE | ‘ / COLORADO > ‘ | STATESMAN — | : ! Unequaled as an advertising » medium for the business ; of professional men and : women. , ee ! An excellent family journal § speaking to and for many ; thousand colored citizens. ——— ! TWO DOLLARSA YEAR | R —————_—_—_—_—_—_—————————_———_—_——————— ; ‘ the freat.” * The Liberty motor, developed by the department of military aeronautics, is to have a special engine oll which is to be known as the “Liberty aero oll.” It was developed by the lubrication branch while the latter was still a part of the signal corps. It {s a mineral oll and will be used not only on the Liberty motor. but on all stationary cylinder aircraft engines of the army and navy. Its development is due to the energy and skill of # staff of men who worked exclusively on the problem for a year. Capt. O. J. May, who deserves greatest credit for {ts production, so exhausted himself by his labors that he could not recuperate from an illness and died. When the aircraft program was an- nounced in 1917 no one in authority had a definite idea as to the proper kind of lubriention required, ‘There was no uniformity. For every engine there was a specific oil. Some en- gineers insisted on castor oil, others mineral oil, still others castor and mineral oils mixed. It was estimated that 5,000,000 gallons of castor oll, costing $8 per gallon, would be re- quired and that quantity was not avall- able. Captain May and assistants set out to develop u suitable lubricant for the Liberty motor at an average cost of 75 cents a gallon, and also a system for reclaiming of! already used. In 25 days Captain May supervised the run- ning of 87 engine tests In a laboratory where five engine tests a week would be a complete program. ‘These en- gines were run with different kinds of oils and each oll was analyzed and measured before and after tests. ‘The work required ceaseless vigil. Altl- tude tests were made in an airtight building capable of having the air within It partly exhausted. From these tests the Liberty aero oll developed. It will cost about one- fourth the price of castor ofl, saving the government perhaps $11,000,000 # year. A system of reclaiming used oll was developed and at least 50 per cent cun be made fit to use again, ‘The national war labor board has de- cided against establishment at this time of n minimum wage to be applied generally throughout industry. It adopts an attitude firmly opposed both to unjust profits on the part of capital and unreasonable demands on the part of labor, stating that capital should have only such reasonable returns as will assure its use for the world’s and the nation’s cause, and that the physi- cal wellbeing of Inbor and its physical and mental effectiveness, in a comfort reasonable in view of the exigencies of the war, likewise should be assured. ‘The board declares the war vo be an interregnum in which the wheels of Industry should furn onjy In the com- mon cause and for common ends, and neither for unjust profits on the part of capital or unfairly Inflated wages for labor, stressing maximum produc~ tion as the paramount necessity and unselfish co-operation as the prelim! nary essentials to this accomplishment. ‘There is # reaffirmation by the board of the principle that the worker 1s en- titled to a wage sufficient to sustain himself and his family in health and comfort, and a restatement by the board to apply this principle in each of the cases to come before it for de- cision. o American dietitians have made bread by substituting as high as 25 per cent of rice for wheat floc and have obtained a white yeast bread of excellent flavor. ‘The mid-West states are turning to The mid-West states are turning to fa larger use of motortrucks in the de- livery of hogs to the important interior markets. ‘This relieves railroad trans- portation conditions to a considerable extent. ‘The motortruck business is becom- ing so importent that commercial or- ganizations of Omaha are taking active measures to utilize the trucks on re- turn trips to country points for hauling yarlous kinds of freights. Experience has shown that motortruck marketing Is as feasible in winter as in other sea- eine CAVALRY PLAYS A BIG PART NOW MUSTARD GAS WORST General Foch Used French Horsemen to Advantage in Big Drive. PROVE GOOD FIGHTERS AFOOT Rides 80 Miles in Day and Relieves Hard-Pressed British in Flanders —Makes New Place for Self in Warfare. Washington.—Skillful use of French cavalry has marked General Foch's tactics ever since he took over control of the allied armies as supreme commander, according to information reaching military circles here. The horsemen have played an important role in the whole battle of 1918, as the struggle which began March 21 with the first German drive has come to be known. The employment of swift-moving columns in the present counter-stroke from the Alsne-Marne line has been noted in the dispatches. Again General Foch took advantage of the great mobility of the mounted arm to throw it in wherever his advancing infantry units threatened to lose touch with each other in the heat and confusion of the contest. No gaps have been left where the enemy might strike back, for always the horsemen came up to fill the hole until the infantry line could be rectified and connected in a solid front. The same tactics marked the first use of French cavalry in the battle of Picardy, when the French took over 55 miles of front from the British to permit the latter to mass reserves at seriously threatened points of the line farther north. Cavalry Fights Afoot. A French cavalry corps complete with light artillery, armored cars and cyclists arrived first on the scene in Picardy and relieved the British. They fought it out afloat until the heavy French infantry arrived and took over the task. Three days later the horsemen were on the move again, this time hurrying to the front, where the enemy was hitting hard at the Lys line. The cavalry rode hard as the advance guard of the French infantry columns marched toward St. Omar. In the first 24 hours, despite the long strain of fighting in Picardy, they covered 80 miles without losing a man or a horse on the way. In 66 hours they had transferred their whole corps over 125 miles and arrived east of Mont Cassel. "It was a wonderful sight," writes the chief of staff of a division. "The horses were in fine condition; the men were cheerful and went singing, In spite of the sufferings and privations they had to endure. "In truth, our boys looked a little tired, but they were all very proud that such an effort had been asked of them and all were bearing it cheerfully." The cavalry corps stood in support of the British for ten days in April after the enemy had forced the line held by the Portuguese division. It maintained communication between two British armies and organized the ground from Mont Cassel to Mont Kemmel, while the French army moved up behind it. As the French infantry came into line the cavalry was drawn off to the left in the Mont Kemmel region, and for five days the horsemen, fighting afoot with two infantry divisions, withstood the terrific assaults of the Germans who sought to hammer a way through behind Ypres at any cost. They stood steady bombardment for days, and when the infantry was hemed in on top of Mont Kemmel, the cavalry drove forward in counterattack and held off the shock divisions of the enemy while the French gunners got their pieces away. Later, at the battle of Locre, the cavalry also shared fully with the infantry, blocking gaps in the line, and the final definite occupation of the town for the allies was accomplished by a cavalry battalion. A sergeant and a handful of dragoons drove 40 Germans out of the town, and at another point a cavalry officer and 20 Most Horrible Invention Huns Use in War. It Brings Tears and Causes Painful Skin Diseases Among Soldiers. Washington.—The most dangerous kind of poison gas used by the Germans is "mustard gas," or dichlorodiethysulphide. Mustard gas has a distinctive but not altogether unpleasant smell, more like garlic than mustard. It is heavy and olly as a liquid. It bolls at 217 degrees centigrade, and thus has properties whereby it can be distributed in the form of a spray on the impact of a shell. Mustard gas is a powerful producer of tears. After several hours the eyes begin to swell and blister, causing inpose pain. The nose discharges freely. --- DEFECTS SPELL DEATH INFLYING FRENCH 155 FIRING FROM A COURTYARD FRENCH OFFICIAL PHOTO Photo by Western Newspaper Union This French 155 gun is shown firing from its place of concealment in the courtyard of a country house. men backed up the infantry at a critical moment, the officer waving a pistol in one hand and a shovel in the other as he led the dash which restored the situation. Defend Compeigne. A few days later the same cavalry, after another long ride, met the enemy advance against Villers-Cotterets woods in the Alsne sector, where the fighting today is waging fiercely, and where the horsemen again are engaged. When the Germans drove forward in their effort to get around the forest to Compelgne, the horsemen blocked the road between the wooded region and the River Ourcq. In view of this record for swift and dashing attack afoot, the cavalry appears to have established a new place for itself in modern warfare. They DEFECTS DEATHI New York.—Considerable concern has been expressed at the large number of fatal accidents reported from our American military and naval aviation training camps. Considering the risks the novice necessarily takes and the very special physiological and psychological factors that enter into the science of flying, these fatal accidents are few in proportion to the number of men undergoing training, and they are not more numerous than those on the training fields of Great Britain, France and Italy. A perfect knowledge of all the rules of the game of flying will not save a man who lacks confidence in himself and is inclined to hesitate. A half-second of indecision may be fatal. Initiative, the sporting instinct and a certain irresponsibility, qualities inherent in American youth, have been found of far greater value in the air than the logical, scientific, severely disciplined character of the Germans, and account for the superiority of the allied aviators in general. The most eminent of British scientists have devoted special study to the psychological and physiological aspects of flying. One authority says that good eyesight, normal hearing, good "muscle sense" and equilibration are indispensable qualifications. But most important of all is the right temperament—not an easy thing for a medical board to examine. Of the types—the imaginative and the unimaginative—the imaginative youth is said to make the better pilot if he can keep his imagination under control. Surgical Operations No Bar. In the British air service previous history of wounds and disease is thoroughly investigated. Persistent headaches, vertigo and easily induced fatigue are serious defects. But sometimes even a serious surgical operation is not regarded as important. Thus a doctor recently passed as fit for flying a man who had quite a large piece missing from the frontal region FRENCH 155 FIRING FRENCH OFFICIAL PHOTO This French 155 gun is shown firing courtyard of a country house. GAS WORST and severe coughing and vomiting ensue. Direct contact with the spray causes blistering of the skin, and the vapor penetrates through the clothing. Gas masks, of course, do not protect against this. The symptoms are similar to pneumonia — high fever, heavy breathing and often stupor. The damage done by mustard gas is a slow and insidious development. The breaking down of the affected tissues is slow, the height being reached from five to ten days after the burn is received. The painlessness is also a marked characteristic. Healing is slow. Mustard gas besides being used in direct attack, is also used for "neutralization." For instance, where supplies and ammunition are being brought up, a few mustard gas shells will result in dangerous confusion and delay. A part of the infantry is "neutralized" by having food and ammunition cut FIDO'S BATH AND 3 MEALS ASSURED Spokane, Wash.—One thousand dollars to provide three meals a day, a bath and a bed for her pet dog is a provision of the will of Mrs. Quincy Burgess, recently admitted to probate. When the dog dies the will provides that it shall be buried beside its late owner. A "nice casket" is to be used and the dog's grave is to be properly cared for. --- are the light reserves; the men who are always hurled first into the point of danger to hold until the slow-moving infantry arrives. They have learned trench warfare completely, and General Foch is making use of them in any move that insures them a glorious chance when the day comes for the allies to drive back all along the line. SPELL N FLYING of the skull. It is much more important that a man should have both arms intact than both legs. A clever pilot who was killed on the western front was Lord Lucas, who had an artificial leg. Considerable importance is attached to the respiratory system. In addition to good, healthy lungs and vital capacity, the would-be pilot must pass a breath-holding test. This gives an indication of his capacity to stand the strain of flying at high altitudes, where the air is rarefied and breathing is difficult. No man with a weak heart can hope to pass the tests. Self-balancing is another test. The candidate has to stand on one leg with his eyes shut and his hands on his hips. There is also the old test for sobriety—walking a straight line heel to toe with eyes open and then turning round and walking back without losing balance. The importance of this test can be understood, seeing that an aviator flying in a dark cloud or in a fog becomes unconscious of his position and sometimes the machine is actually upside down. It is essential that he should not lose a second in recovering his balance. The throat, nose and ear are carefully examined, for any defects might seriously handicap a man during the great strain that all flying imposes. With regard to the eyes, it is considered that pilots should have perfect color vision, in order to pick out the color or marking of hostile machines, and in recognizing signal lights and in judging the nature of landing grounds. Air Sickness Rare. A candidate who suffers from seasickness or train sickness would not be rejected on those grounds alone. Air sickness, caused by the rolling and pitching of the airplane, is a very rare complaint, and sickness usually occurs immediately after landing. An unstable nervous system suggested by fidgety movements of the hands, feet or face, or biting the nails is a poor recommendation. FROM A COURTYARD Photo by Western Newspaper Union down. If the shell hurts as well as neutralizes, so much the better. The American mask to fight mustard gas is of the box respirator type. The hood is of rubber. Breathing is through the mouth, pincers shutting off the nostrils. The gas-charged air enters through the bottom of the canisters, where by means of neutralizing chemicals, it is purified. From the top of the canister the air is drawn into the lungs. There is a one-way shutter valve in the hood-through which the air comes out. This mask is designed to last ten hours. For artillerymen the war department has made an oil suit which encloses the soldier bodily. Rob Sewing Machine Bank. Sharon, Pa.—Mrs. James Rascel waited two weeks to report that someone had stolen $1,300 from her sewing machine drawer bank. Mine fatalities in British Columbia for the first quarter of the present year totaled five, compared with seven in the corresponding three months in 1917. 2 1 Photo by Western Newspaper Union 3 1—American, English, Canadian, New Zealand and South American areas examining a map prior to a flight over the German lines in France. 2—Hun prisoners being made useful in carrying wounded British soldiers aboard a hospital ship. 3—Steamer Quisconck, first vessel built at Hog Island yard, being launched, the president being present and Mrs. Wilson christening the ship. 1—American, English, Canadian, New Zealand and South American areas examining a map prior to a flight over the German lines in France. 2—Hun prisoners being made useful in carrying wounded British soldiers aboard a hospital ship. 3—Steamer Quisconck, first vessel built at Hog Island yard, being launched, the president being present and Mrs. Wilson christening the ship. NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Prince Rupprecht's Armies Are Driven From Amiens Salient With Heavy Losses. FOCH'S SECOND GREAT BLOW Allies Force Crossing of the Vesle River er in Face of Strong Resistance— Plans for Siberian Expedition —March States American Army Program. Bv EDWARD W. PICKARD. Having thoroughly whipped the armies of the German crown prince and driven them back beyond the Vestle river, Foch, now a marshal of France, turned his attention in the middle of the week to the forces under the Bavarian crown prince, Rupprecht. At dawn on Thursday the British Fourth army and the French First army, under command of Field Marshal Haig, began an offensive on a wide front in the region east and southeast of Amiens. The front under attack was about twenty-eight miles in length, from Albert south to the vicinity of Montdidier. Within 24 hours the allied forces had penetrated the enemy lines to points from six to seven miles beyond the start, had taken more than 10,000 prisoners and great quantities of material and many guns, and had occupied numerous towns. Their own losses were remarkably light. Tanks led the infantry in the attack and did wonderfully good work. On Friday Halg's forces drove rapidly forward south of the Somme beyond Chaulnes and its very important railway junction. North of the river the Germans put up their stoutest resistance the British, with whom an American division was operating, had a bitter fight. However, they finally smashed through the enemy and took the whole of the Chipilpy spur, driving the Huns toward Bray. In this struggle the Yankees acted with the gallantry that has characterized them in every fight they have had. They had to make a forced march to go over the top at the appointed time, and went into the battle on the run. The day's operations brought the number of prisoners to more than 17,000. By this time the two German armies in the salient were in grave danger of capture or annihilation, and General von Hutier was making every effort to extricate them from the trap. Then, Friday night and Saturday morning, Marshal Foch delivered another great blow. The French First army launched a tremendous attack south of Montdidier and that town, which had been a German base of supplies, was soon enveloped and captured, together with many prisoners and great quantities of material. The First army did not stop there, but, in conjunction with another French army on its right and the British Fourth army on its left, followed closely after the retreating Huns. By Saturday night the Amiens salient had been reversed so that its point was directed toward the Somme south of Peronne, Roye was imperiled if not actually taken, and the armies of Crown Prince Rupprecht were in full flight. Also the fighting had spread northward from Albert almost to Arras, with decided gains there for the allies. In the three days the allies had taken some 35,000 prisoners and quantities of material so vast they had not been estimated, together with more than 400 cannon, and had recovered a large territory and many towns. Perhaps most important of all, they had regained possession of vital lines of communication and had relieved from menace and the Paris-Amiens-Calais railway. An outstanding feature of the offensive was the great use made of tanks and airplanes. Instead of a long bombardment which would give warning of an attack the light, swift tanks in hitherto unequaled numbers led the way, clearing the ground for the ad- vance of the infantry. Thus the invaluable element of suprise was obtained, and the terrain was not torn up by shells in a way to make the progress of the troops difficult. In fact, the allies were able to carry their artillery right along with them, despite the rapidity of their movements. The airmen went into the fight in great numbers and more daringly than ever before. Big squadrons flying low over the retreating Boches continually harassed them with bombs and machine gun fire, throwing them into utter disorder and smashing their transport trains. The aviators also directed the movements of the tanks and often brought them ammunition. The service rendered by them, however, was costly, for in the first three days more than fifty British planes were reported missing, most of them being shot down from the ground. If one may have confidence in the opinion of trained observers, there is every reason to be exultant over the results of the two offensives directed by Marshal Foch. He is following out his policy of hitting continuously and hard and shows no intention of permitting the Huns to have any rest, now that he has them on the defensive. The war isn't over by any means, but the advantage has gone over to the allies and they propose to keep it. To do this requires that our efforts be sustainer and greater than ever. There must be no relaxation at home, as there will be none in the war zone. Shouting over the victories won will not help to win those that are necessary in the future. 一 一 The defeated but not disorganized Huns between Soissons and Relms, as was predicted, gathered their strength for a pause in their retreat between the Vesle and the Aisne. Their guns were brought into play from the plateau in that region which commands the Vesle valley. The Germans, indeed, made strenuous attempts to prevent the French and Americans from crossing the Vesle, especially in the vicinity of Fismes, but numerous relatively small units forced the crossings and held onto their new positions despite furious counter-attacks. These operations were mostly between Braisue and Fismes. Up to the close of the week Marshal Foch had not tried to send any very large forces across the river, probably waiting until his artillery could drive the Huns from the nearer hills to the north. The Germans were using only medium caliber guns, which was taken to mean that their heavier artillery was being placed north of the Aisne to defend that line; for there seemed little doubt that they would be forced that far north before very long. Their position south of the Aisne was said to be really untenable though seemingly strong. At the west end of the line the French and Americans were steadily pushing east along the Aisne, and at the east end immediately north of Relms the French made considerable advance between the railways running to Laon and Rethel. The city of Fismes, which was so gallantly taken by the Americans, was as gallantly held against all attacks, though the Germans deluged it with explosive and gas shells. The machine gun and rifle fire of the Yankees was so accurate as to arouse the admiration of their allies. 一 一 Authorities admit that the kalser's strength is still prodigious and that he has large reserves, but all unite in asserting that he has passed beyond the high point of power and efficiency and can never regain numerical supremacy, nor can he ever again have the opportunity to achieve a victory that was his two months ago. Those of his people who know the truth now admit that his ultimate defeat is a certainty. The more fearless papers of Germany and Austria do not hesitate to say this plainly. The military and pan-German leaders are held responsible, and as their only hope lies in administering to the allies the crushing blow so long promised by them, it is reasonable to expect another great Hun offensive before long. That is, if Marshal Foch gives them a chance, which doesn't seem to be a part of his present plans. 一 Arrangements for the American-Japanese expedition to Siberia have been going forward rapidly and the Czecho-Slovak forces over there will soon have the active support of a small but competent body of allied troops. It is announced that two regiments now in the Philippines will form part of the American contingent, and that it will be commanded by Maj. Gen. William S. Graves until recently assistant chief of staff of the army. Later it will be determined whether he will command the entire expedition. At Vladivostok the Americans will be joined by an equal number of Japanese and probably they will first drive from the Amur branch of the trans-Siberian railway the bolshevik and the Teuton war prisoners who were armed to aid them. --- Conditions in northern Russia are very encouraging. The allies have been driving the bolshevik south from Archangel, and a new government has been established in that city embracing half a dozen districts. Volunteer detachments of White guards are assisting the allies. M. I. Terestchenke, minister of foreign affairs in Kerensky's cabinet, has been assassinated in Poltava. --- The submarine pirates continued their depredations in the western Atlantic, torpedoing a number of merchant ships and fishing boats and sinking the Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape Hatteras. This last mentioned exploit may be part of a set plan of destroying important navigation signals in order to hamper shipping. The dolings of the U-boats, however, no longer cause the allies extreme anxiety, for it is evident they are on the decline. Addressing the house of commons, Premier Lloyd George said 150 submarines had been sunk by the British navy, and the British admiralty announces the output of merchant ships by the allies and neutral nations for the three months ending June 30 exceeded the losses from all causes by 296,696 gross tons. The American yards are now turning out vessels with extraordinary rapidity. The launching of the first one from the great government yard at Hog island was attended by President and Mrs. Wilson. --- Our war department's army program was partly revealed to the senate committee on military affairs by General March, chief of staff, when he appeared before it to urge all possible haste in passing the bill extending the draft age limits to eighteen and forty-five years. Concisely stated, the program is as follows: Ninety-eight divisions — 3,920,000 men—to make up troops obtained under existing law. Eighty divisions—3,200,000 men—to be sent to France. Eighteen divisions—720,000 men—to be held in reserve in the United States while additional recruits are being trained. An army when completed of 5,000,000 men, minimum strength. Troop movement to France at the rate of 250,000 men a month until cold weather sets in, meaning over 1,000,000 more men abroad before the first of the year. An expeditionary force of almost 2,500,000 men in France by January 1. General March told the committee the United States can end the war by getting 4,000,000 trained troops, fully equipped, into France, and he intimated that Marshal Foch is only awaiting the arrival of the Americans in full strength to hurl the entire united military strength of the allies at the Huns on the western front. This tremendous blow, he intimated, was due to fall next spring. The chief of staff said he did not believe it would be necessary to send the eighteen-year-old class to the firing line, but that the government wants these young men trained and in readiness. He said it would be satisfactory if the bill were passed immediately after congress resumes the transaction of business on August 26. --- The federal trade commission has recommended that the government take control of all the principal stockyards, cold-storage plants and warehouses and of refrigerator and cattle cars, in order to destroy the monopoly which it declares is exercised by Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris & Co., Wilson & Co., Inc., and the Cudahy Packing company. The commission accuses these concerns of illegally and oppressively controlling and manipulating the meat and other food supplies of the nation, and of profiteering. The Housewife and the War | The Housewife andthe War | WAR TIME BREAD MAKING. BEN GOT . es poe retieesty = WeR ea ee Wet ta bi eeed = Yeree Pree post tarictgt peered 6 Bead ' oo PSS, 2 ee oy Grea: ae One Kind of Bread That Should Not Be Made and Three Kinds That Should. nS I SIU dough at once and place in loaf pan. ATLESS LOAB |i" tcoecioteit sien tx te rise to double the bulk and bake In hot oven for 1% hours. Housekeepers have been serving wheatless bread for months in the lénem af anick hread«. Many house- Satisfactory Yeast Breads With Cereals Other Than Wheat Are Being Baked. SOME OF RESULTS OBTAINED Problem Solved Both for Housekeeper and Professional Baker by Ex- perimental Kitchen of Agri- cultural Department. Housekeepers as well as profession- al bakers have been working on the problem of how to make satisfactory yeast breads with other cereals than wheat. Not all have solved the problem satisfactorily. The office of home economics of the United States department of agriculture has suc- cessfully worked out ways of combin- Ing the various substitutes in making a 50-per-cent-substitution bread, a 75- per-cent-substitution bread, and an en- tirely wheatlesy bread. The first loaf pictured above has gone out of style in America; it Is the all-wheat loaf that we were accus- tomed to using before the war. The other Joaves are the kind that all Americans should use now. In the last three loaves a mixture of barley and rice flour has been used in place of wheat flour; the second loaf has only 50 per cent wheat flour; the third goes a step further and uses onty 25 per cent wheat, while the last boasts of being entirely wheatless. These breads were worked out in the experimental kitchen of the department of agricul- ture, office of home economics and the United States food administration, home conservation section. Increase Volume of Substitutes. The food administration requires that all bread sold must contain 20 per cent wheat substitutes. But, if we can make satisfactory bread using a higher percentage of wheat substl- tutes so much the better. Here is the recipe for a 50-50 bread that is very good. 50.50 Bread. 2% cupfuls liquid. 1 tablespoonful corn % cupful mashed po- sirup, tatoes. 2 teaspoonfuls salt. 1% cupfuls wheat 1% cupfuls barley flour. flour. % cake" yeast, 1% cuptuls rice flour. Make a sponge pf all the ingredients except the rice and barley flour. The potatoes should be freshly mashed with no fat or milk added. The water in which they cooked can be used for the liquid. Let the sponge stand in a warm place until very light. If dry yeast is used, set the sponge the night before, Add the rice and barley flour when the sponge is light. Knead and Jet rise until doubled in bulk. Knead again, form into loaves, place in a loaf pan, and allow to rise until bulk 1s again doubled. Brush over top of loaf with melted fat before putting it to rise. Bake for one hour and a quarter in a hot oven. Other satisfactory 50-50 breads make use of rolled oats (1% cupfals), combined with rice flour (1% cupfuls), or corn flour (1% cupfuls), or tapioca flour (1% cupfuls), in place of the rice and barley flour tn the recipe. Loaves Are Less Elastic. None of the loaves using a high per- centage of substitutes equal the all- wheat loaf in lightness, wheat having a special substance known as gluten, which gives it elastic properties that make it specially valuable for bread- making. None of the other flours, ex- cept rye, contain this substance in any appreciable amount so that when we substitute for the wheat flour large quantities of flours that do not contain gluten, we cannot expect the same elasticity. The loaves are more com- pact and less porous. In the 75-per- cent end 100-per-cent-substitute loaves an egg Is used as binding material and as an additional leavener. A 75-Per-Cent-Substitute Loaf. 1% cupfuls Navid. 1 es. % cupful mashed 2% cupfuls barley ‘potatoes. or 3° cupfuls wheat 2% cupfuls of rolled flour. ‘oats % cake yeast. and 1 enblespoantut corn 1% cupfuls rice flour sirup. or 2 teaspoonfuls salt. 1% cupfuls corn flour. Make a sponge of the first six in- eredients and a third of the mixture of rice and barley flour. Let stand in warm place unti\ light, at least two hours. When the sponge is light, work in the rest of the substitute flours and the egg slightly beaten. Shape the dough at once and place in loaf pan. Brush top of loaf with melted fat. Let rise to double the bulk and bake In hot oven for 1% hours. Housekeepers have been serving wheatless bread for months in the form of quick breads. Many house- wives as well as many hotel-keepers pledged themselves to serve no wheat until next harvest. The need for @ wheatless bread that could be kept in hand and be used for toast or for sandwiches was felt by all who took the pledge. ‘This 100-per-cent bread will help meet this need: 100-Per-Cent Bread. 1% cupfils Nauld. 2% cupfuls ground 1 tablespoonful corn rolled oats sirup. and % cake yeast. 2% cupfuls rice flour 2 teaspoonfuls salt. or 1 ess. 2% cupfuls corn flour, 3% cupfuls barley or Make a sponge of first four ingred{- ents and one-half of mixture of sub- stitutes, Follow the directions for the 75-per-cent loaf. ‘hese breads are real victory breads. Use them for the cause of Ilb- erty. Sete tet tt 7 BREAD WITHOUT WHEAT. 7 It was long thought by most people that bread could not be made lght with yeast unless a large proportion of wheat flour was used in ft. _ That has been found to be, in _ large measure, erroneous. Breads made of cereal ma- terials other than wheat flour - can be made light with yeast. fhe discovery is one of the necessary war-time achleve- " ments of science. - It is avallable to the house- _ keeper and to the professional _ baker. No one who has to do with - bread making can perform his . full patriotic duty without apply- ing it to as great an extent as possible. htt ttt ttt te Food Waste From Rats. In all parts of the country there Is a serious economle drain in the de- struction by rats and mice of mer- chandlse held for sale by dealers. Not only foodstuffs and forage, but tex- tiles, clothing and leather goods are often ruined. This loss is due mainly to the faulty buildings in which the stores are kept. Often it would be a measure of economy to tear down the old structures and replace them by new ones. However, even the old buildings may often be repaired so as to make them practically rat-proof; and foodstuffs, as flour, seeds, and meats, may always be protected in wire cages at slight expense. ‘The public should be protected from in- sanitary stores by a system of rigid inspection. Similar care should be exercised in the home to protect household sup- plies from mice and rats. Little prog- ress in ridding the premises of these animals can be made so long as they have access to supplies of food. Cel- lars, kitchens and pantries often fur- nish subsistence not only to rats that inhabit the dwelling, but to many that come from outside. Food supplies may always be kept from rats and mice if placed in inexpensive rat-proof containers covered with wire netting. Sometimes all that is needed to pre- vent serious waste is the application of concrete to holes in the basement wall or the slight repair of a defective part of the building. ‘The necessity of co-operation and organization in the work of rat de- struction is of the utmost importance. To destroy all the animals on the premises of a single farmer in a com- munity has litle permanent value, since they are soon replaced from nearby farms. If, however, the farm- ers of an entire township or county unite in efforts to get rid ot rats, much more lasting results may be attained. If continued from year to year, such organized efforts are very effective. Ink spots may be removed by sat- urating the spot with lemon juice and rubbing plentifully with table salt. Apply before washing, and in ordl- nary cases no trace of the spot will remain after the wash. If you sprinkle a little salt on your coffee before pouring on the bofling water it will be wonderfully improved. Always warm the coffee pot before making coffee. To prevent cheese from molding ‘wrap in a cloth that has been dipped In vinegar and wrung dry. Keep in a cool place. NEW DRAFT MEN, 18 TO 45, TO BE IN FRANCE IN EIGHTY DIVI- SIONS BY NEXT JUNE. U.S, ARMY OF 4,000,000 EIGHTEEN DIVISONS TO BE LEFT AT HOME AND TRAINED, SAYS GENERAL MARCH. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington.—In reporting the ad- ministration man-power bill extending draft ages Aug. 15, Chairman Cham- berlain disclosed to the Senate that Gen, March had told the military com- mittee It was up to the United States to put enough men in France to win the war on the west front, and had expressed the belief that 4,000,000 Americans under one commander could go through the German lines whenever they pleased. The report also revealed that the new American war program calls for eighty divisions, or something over three million men in France by June 80 next year, with eighteen more divi- sions in training at home. All of the men called for active serv- ice under the proposed new draft ages —18 to 45—Gen, March told the com- mittee, would be in France by next June. Secretary Baker informed the com- mitee, the report said, that the Pres: ident’s policy called for concentration of American forces on the western front, including Italy, and that “the theory of the fighting in the future is that we must force the issue and win on the western front,” Immediate extension of the draft ages was declared by the army repre- sentatives to be imperative in order that the United States might throw its full strength in the struggle and win, If the draft ages are fixed at from 18 to 45, Gen. March said, the system of volunteer enlistment in the United States army automatically disappears. Gen, March told the committee that he was unqualifiedly in favor of hav- ing the army composed of as many young men as possible. Young men between 18 and 20, he said, not only do not have many incumbrances, but they are better fit physically. British Reach Caspian Sea, and Dis- banded Soldiers Flock to Allied © — Standards. Washington, Aug: 16.—The march of events in Russia from news re- ceived Thursday seems to be rapidly assuming the proportions of a rout of the Bolsheviki and of a nature to bring dismay to Germany. With allied troops rapidly moving south from Archangel, forces of British, French, Japanese and American troops at Vladivostok and operating to the west- ward, and a British force at Baku, Czecho-Slovaks have taken new heart in their heroic fight against the Ger- mans and Austrians. Late dispatches recorded the ad- vance of the allied troops from Arch- angel to Pabereshskaiia, 100 miles south on the road to Vologda. ‘The Bolsheviki are retreating and were reported committing every known atrocity upon the civilian pop- ulation which openly has espoused the cause of the allies. ALLIES GAIN IN TWO SECTORS. French Gain From Oise to Matz. London, Aug. 16.—The British and French again have been able to gain ground on two important sectors—the British a short distance northwest of Roye, where the Canadians took the village of Damery and Parvillers and the French on the southern wing of the battle front, where they have cap- tured two farms in the process of clearing the hilly and wooded district around Lassigny of the enemy. North of the Somme between Albert and Arras the Germans are continuing to fall back and the British are keeping in close contact with them. Thus far the Germans have definitely given up the towns of Beaumont-Hamel, Serre, Buequoy and Puisieux-au-Mont, and at several points have crossed the Ancre river, with the British following close- ly on their trail. American Schooner Sunk by U-Boat. Washington.—The American schoon- er Dorothy Barrett was sunk by shell fire from a German submarine near Cape May, N. J. U. S. and Britain Protest Oi! Decree. Washington.—The United States and Great Britain has joined in diplo: matic representations to the Mexican government against the ofl land de- crees of President Carranza, which {t is contended amount practically to confiscation. France Loaned $200,000,000 More. Washington.—France was given a Ioan of $260,000,000 by the treasury, bringing the total credits to France to $2,065,000,000. Pithy News Notes Colorado Bes SEIOTARO) ey, me ee Deita. Sept. 4-5—Shoe Dealers’ Association inéeting in Denver, Sept. 3-6-— Arkansas Valley Falr at Rdcky Ford. Sept. 19—Beaver Park fair at Penrose. Sept. 2a-28—-Colorudy State Fair at tiebio. Sept 26-28—Lincoln County Fair at Teo. Denvers’ public debt is $1.50 per capita. August 19, Arvada will be host to 260 Fort Logan soldiers. F. B, Schorr, a Denver carpenter, was shot by a holdup on Stout street. Water rates at Boulder have been advanced 25 per cent. by the City Couneil, Holly's new Methodist Episcopal church will be dedicated Sunday, August 18. : - Colorado will get $19,273 of the fed- eral fund of $2,307,460 for vocational education 1918-19. | Dr, Nelson Drew Wells of Fort Mor- ‘gan was commissioned a captain in the medical corps. Mrs, Katheryne Waters, deputy dis- trict clerk, died at Fort Morgan fol- lowing an operation for appendiictis. There will be a convention of the National Insurance Underwriters Com- mission in Denver from September 10 to 18, | Adjutant General McCain conferred ‘upon seven Denver men and one Cen- tral City resident officers’ commis- sions. Charles E, Smith, known as Booster ‘Smith thruout northern Colorado, and 61 years old, died of heart disease at Longmont. Bruce Rutherford, 17 years old, son of R, C, Rutherford, survived a shock of 6,600 volts from a live wire at Cripple Creek. Members of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltermen in ses- sion in Denver decided to hold all of their conventions in the future in | Denver. ‘A Japanese funeral service was con- ducted in true Oriental fashion at the Buddhist church, in Denver. The services were conducted for Mrs. Suoe Jitajima, wife of a Sedgwick farmer. Albert A. Oakley, 22, son of J. H. Oakley, 2 farmer living two miles ‘west of Rye, died in France July 29, from wounds received in action, ac- cording to a telegram from Washing- ton. ‘The Salvation Army has been given the hearty approval of the State Coun- cil of Defense in Its plans for raising | $50,000 in Colorado for the Salvation war work among the soldiers in France. Camp Lewis, Washington, will re- ceive eighty-six Denver men, who leave Denver August 26 in the last draft that will be made from class A-1 prior to some new draft order from Congress. The Vernon property, Ironton dis- trict, on the equipment and develop- ment of which $250,000 was expended during 1916-1917, is now idle as a re- sult of war conditions and financial contraction. A. E, Bauer, manager of the Walsh- Hidden Treasure group, Imogene ba- sin, sent out a twenty-two-ton ship- ment of ore that shows an absence of the zinc content that characterized the early-day shipments. Kern H, Copeland of Grand Junction was awarded a commission as a sec- ond lieutenant in the sanitary corps. A double funeral for Mrs. George Tush of Denver, who committed sui- cide, and for her husband, who died following an attack of appendicitis at La Junta, while en route from Daw- son, N, M., was held at the Globeville hall. Mrs. B, J, Randall sustained a frac- ture at the base of her skull and a shattered left arm as the result of an automobile accident on the Rye road, twenty-eight miles from Pueblo. A woman, who was driving the car, suf- fered a broken collar bone. The driver was trying to turn around in the road and backed off a 40-foct embankment. | All properly qualified youths of Col- orado are urged by Governor Gunter land the State Council of Defense to go ‘to college this fall and enlist in the Students’ Army Training Corps, organ- ized by the War Department. ‘Then hiner will be called upon to serve the government in the capacities in which they are the most valuable whenever wanted by the government. While go- ‘ing to college they will be soldiers, drilling daily. With four of her sons already in'the ‘service of their country, Mrs, Clara Eagan of Boulder only smiled when ES sereahiing “ean. Tahun (0 Waesn: CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS. ualty Hst of the marines Includes the names of Mearl C. Rockwell, son of Mr, and Mrs, William Rockwell ot Holly, and Leo 1. Hill of Steamboat Springs, as killed in action. Dewey E, Nulph, who is reported as being wounded, is a resident of Cameron. He is 20 years of age, and the son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Nulph, Nulph jcined the army May 6, 1917, and has been in France several months, Earl ©, Decher of Apache is among the marine severely wounded in action. | Reports from the War Saving Stamp ‘selling agencies show that in most in- stances those who pledged to purchase stamps in July purchased more than the amount pledged. ‘This is a healthy Indication, so far as finances in the state are concerned, People of the state will be glad to know that Colo- |rado stands first in the number of pledges acoerding to population. Of ‘our 1,000,000 people, 397,000 pledged, | or about 100 out of every 290 people pledged to purchase stamps. The next nearest state is Missouri which had one out of every four, | The production of winter wheat in | Colorado this year, according to esti- mates made on Aug. 1, will be only 7,095,000 bushels, as against an esti- | mate of 7,728,000 bushels on July 1. ‘The loss ot 623,000 bushels, however, has been practically balanced by an | increase in the estimated production | ot spring wheat of 600,000 bushels. | The above figures are compiled from the government crop report covering Colorado, issued by the field agent at Denver, A presidential warrant was issued for the rearrest at Pueblo of twenty- four Austrians who have served a year’s sentence in the county jail, im- posed by Judge Lewis for their refusal to register in the selective draft. The ‘The warrant commits the prisoners to a designated internment camp for the duration of the war. All gf the twenty- four were arrested In Aine, 1917, at Leadville and had just completed their sentence when again taken in. The largest number of automobile J chattel mortgages, representing auto- mobile deliveries for the day or so preceding, is eighty-six, as recorded in the county cierk’s office. This strongly refutes the rumor that automobile pur- chases would be curtailed by the ad- vance in price of all supplies and the more stringent government regula- tions. A letter received from R. K. Fell, who has been in the front line trenches in France, was received by his uncle, John C, Ferril, county assessor at Cripple Creek. Fell states that he has seen Belgian children crippled for lite by the German soldiers. He adds that the noise of the guns is constant at the front, indicating one of the great- est movements of the war. With a “win the war first” slogan the twenty-third annual convention of the State Federation of Labor con- yened in the Elks’ hall at Salida, with 100 delegates present, representing 191 unions in the state and nearly 12, 000 laboring people, to discuss and propose state labor laws and amend- ments to be put before the next legis- lature. In order to make possible the con- tinied monthly production of about 3,500 tons of coal, and to open certain sections in Pitkin county that were isolated when the Midland railroad ceased operations, the Rio Grande railroad agreed to operate the Milll- | nee, Newman tunnel and La Salle Mining Company’s spurs out of Aspen. When the Colorado Legislature con- | venes next winter it will be asked by | representatives of the War Depart. | ment and the National Council of De- | fense to pass legislation for the es- | tablishment of a state quarantine | headquarters to care for those who are victims of social diseases. Robert B. Reed, whose name ap- pears in Gen, Pershing’s casualty lst | as being among the missing, is the son | of Mrs. B. W. Christner of Willard. | Young Reed never lived in Colorado. | He enlisted in the infantry from Penn- | sylvania, his native state. | ©. H. Shoup of Colorado Springs, candidate for the Republican nomina- | tion for Governor, has received word | of the appointment of his son, Oliver | H. Shoup, Jr, to a first Heutenancy in an ambulance corps on the American front in France. Enos A. Mills, naturalist and author, and Miss Esther A, Burnell, the first mountain guide to receive a license from the United States government, were married at the Mills cabin in Estes Park, Colorado manufacturers of soft ac ES ree Ree a Raa meal ta pr Rg ae Ghe t r ? , > - + . + ; 3 . 3 . . : Bales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Fur ; ; niture a Specialty. 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Each issue of this paper gives to you just what you will consider oe The Right Kind of Reading Matter DR.C.E. TERRY - Japanese Superstition. The Japanese have many curious g || among which is their beliet in the su- |pernatural power of foxes, Paris Achieves Lovely Afternoon Gowns . yt nae) co ait = pl) cae, I : oar Re tbe x “i x gh Among the Blouses for Fall cig = | ee es Oe ey 1 * wy Wey NS OU yy c “WV oe | Now that women feel it a duty to nake afternoon gowns do service for evening wear, the ingenuity of costum- ers is put to the test. From one of the great Paris designers comes the lovely gown pictured above and it Is a triumph of French discernment and good taste; for it Is quiet enough for daytime wear and _ distinguished enough for evening. It is of black satin with embroidery In silver thread. This combination appears also in French millinery from the most au- thoritative sources, but in hats black frame velvet is used Instead of satin. We may accept this gown as a crite- cfon in hues and general make up of styles for the coming season. It has 4 narrow, plain underskirt of moderate iength and a straight hanging over-gar- ment vaguely contined to the figure by un easy girdle terminating In sash ends, The girdle is made of satin and that portion that encircles the waist is embroidered while the sash onds are plain. The skirt portion of There is really an endless assort- mont of blouses all ready for women who look to the blouse more than ever to provide them variety in thelr ap- purel, Sinee we may not haye so many frocks, what with the searelty of wool and labor and everything, we nust turn to the blouses made of cot- tons or those of silk to add the spice of variety to skirts and sults that are serving overtime. Blouses are of two characters— those that are moderate In price—any- where from about three dollars to eight or ten—and those that employ lavish or difficult handwork that brings their value up to two or three times the outside price of those in the sther class.- It seems inconsistent to jalk of war-time economy in the same breath with these extravagantly priced affairs, but it is not always so; some of them are remarkably durable, ‘The Dlouses that most women will buy, however, are the moderately priced models that are new and siart In de- sign. French volle, fine batiste and georgette crepe are the materials to select—no matter what the price—for It is not in the materials but In the laces and other decorative features that take much time to make, that the high value les. Women who know how to do exquisite’ needlework have the advantage because they can do this exacting handwork for themselves. Fine organdie is another material that Helps solve the problem of dainty blouses at moderate prices, Georgette remains a great favorite and the two new models shown in the picture for tmu are of this delicate and beautiful material. They are among the considerable number that the overdress 1s as long as the under skirt at the back and considerably shorter in front. ‘This is a new de- velopment of the tunie skirt which 4s destined to reappear in winter gowns. ‘The embroidered band on the back portion is not so wide as it 1s on the front. ‘The sleeves and collar are especial- ly interesting because they are both new departures, Both are as plain as possible but each is original. The sleeves are cut full length and flaring but are trimmed away at the wrist un- til the upper portion extends only a few inches below the elbow. ‘The up- standing collar 1s of black crepe georg- ette and is supported by a few very small, unnoticeable wires. Satin in black and in dark colors, promises to be of all fabrics the most used for afternoon gowns. New drap- ed skirts and new tunte skirts appear and silver tinsel in embroidered bands is sure to be followed by silver lace in conjunction with them, jelther slip on over the head or fasten long: one shoulder. In the blouse at the left two colors are used—a panel at the front in color joined to the white of the blouse by beadwork. pane D is used in volle or other cottons and in silks to introduce a be- coming touch of color by Joining it to white blouses. This blouse has the round neck finished with a frill and the bands of ribbon laid over the cuffs, which are among new style features. ‘The blouse at the right 18 of geor- gette In a pale color, braided with sou- tache In the same shade. It fastens on the shoulder under a collar that 1s ornamented with two small silk cov- ered balls. When You Put Lace On. We are not doing much in the way of fancy avork nowadays. 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