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Subscribe for the Only Reliable People's Paper in Colorado "The Colorado Statesman" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY NEGRO SOLDIERS WIN LASTING FAME DESPITE THE "WHISPERING GALLERY" By Robert R. Moton, Principal of Tuskegee Institute. VOL. XXV. NEGRO SOLDIERS LASTING FAM "WHISP" By Robert R. Moton, Prin DURING the late summer and early fall of 1918, there were a great many rumors in and out of official circles in this country, to the effect that, morally, the Negro soldier in France had failed, and that the statement sometimes made that "the Negro is controlled by brutal instincts' was justified. The report was current in France that the committing of the "unmentionable crime" was very common, and according to the rumors, Negro officers, as well as privates, in all branches and grades of the service, were guilty of this crime. How the Rumor Spread A letter that I saw written by a lady overseas to another lady in the United States, stated that the writer had been told by the colonel of a certain unit, whose guest she was, that he would not feel it safe for her to walk, even with him, through this camp of Negro soldiers. Another letter from a high official in a very important position with the overseas Negro troops, written unofficially, to a very prominent official on this side, stated that, in the 92d Division alone, there had recently been at least thirty cases of the "unmentionable crime." Another rumor, equally, as malignant and damaging, was to the effect that the fighting units which were commanded by Negro officers had been a failure. In other words, the "whispering gallery," which was most active in France on most phases of life overseas, said the 92d Division, in which Negroes in America took special pride, and with good reason, had failed utterly; that, wherever they had been engaged, the Negro officers had gone to pieces; that in some cases the men had to pull themselves together after their officers had "shown the white feather," etc. At the request of the President and Secretary of War, I went to France with authority to go anywhere and get any information from any source, so far as the American Expeditionary Force was concerned. Meets Mr. Dubois It so happened that I went on the steamer assigned to the newspaper correspondents—a steamer which was one of the convoy ships for the Presidents' party—on which Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, editor of the "Crisis," was a passenger. Mr. Lester A. Walton, of the New York Age; Mr. Nathan Hunt, of Tuskegee, together with Mr. Du Bois and myself, in the same very comfortable stateroom. We had many frank but pleasant talks, both on the ship and in Paris, where we had opposite rooms in the same hotel. The subject that we discussed most often was, of course, some phase of the Negro question, always with a view, so far as our judgment went, to help the situation. I purposely planned to have with me on the trips out from Paris, as well as at many interviews in Paris, two colored and two white men—one white newspaper man, Clyde R. Miller of the Cleveland Plaindealer, and Lester A. --- state Ilist. & Nat Ilist Nos. state House Walton, of the New York Age, I also asked to go with me Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, of the United States Bureau of Education and Phelps-Stokes Foundation, and Mr. Nathan Hunt, of Tuskegee Institute. I realized that the mission was a delicate one, and that questions which I might ask, and things which I would say, might probably be misunderstood or misinterpreted. My purpose, however, was to get at the facts and to allay untruthful rumors. In order to ascertain the facts I made extended inquiries of those with whom I came in contact, from the highest officials down. I asked many questions with reference to the conduct and character of the colored soldiers as compared with the white soldiers. When I reached the general headquarters of the American forces, I found that two days before my arrival a young white soldier had been sentenced to be hanged for the "unmentionable crime," but because of his good record in every other way the sentence was finally commuted to life imprisonment. The opinion at general headquarters was that the crime to which I have referred was no more prevalent among Negro soldiers than among white soldiers, or any soldiers. From Chaumont we went immediately to Marbaiche, the headquarters of the 92d Division. I asked the commanding general of the 92d Division about the prevalence of the crime in question. He said it was very prevalent and that there had been a great many cases, over which he was very much disturbed. This statement was substantiated by conversation with two of his white staff officers, who were present. I courteously asked if he would mind having one of his aides get me the record. I said that I thought general statements were often very damaging and that, inasmuch as the reputation of a race was at stake, I was very anxious to get the facts in order to make an accurate report, and, if possible, to stop the rumors which were becoming more and more prevalent in America and which were already prevalent in France, especially in American circles, including army officers, Young Mens Christian Association, Knights of Columbus, Red Cross and other organizations. When the records were brought in and examined, only seven cases charged could be found. Of those three had been finally approved as guilty and convicted, and one of the two convictions had been "turned charged, only two had been found down" by general headquarters. Afterwards I saw the judge advocate of the 92d Division, who told me that there had been eleven cases charged. Two of them were men who did not belong to the 92d Division, but to other organizations. Out of the eleven, only three had been finally approved as guilty by general headquarters, and one sentence out of three had been reduced from life imprisonment to taking half the man's pay for twelve months. In other fighting units, as well as at Bordeaux, St. Nazaire and Brest, People's Pa RADO THE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SATU where many of the Service of Supply troops were located, and at many other places, I made the same investigations. I interviewed American and French commanding officers, I talked, as well, with scores of American and French officials of lower rank. When the records were taken, as was the case with the 92d Division, the number of cases charged were very few. I likewise spent much time with members of the Peace Conference and with Americans engaged in various branches of war activities, in an effort to disprove and set at rest this awful slander upon the Negro race. I spared no pains or effort to do this, and it would appear from subsequent investigations on this side of the water and from reports which have come to me from overseas, that the momentum of these damaging rumors had preceptibly lessened. LET DEMOCRACY CHARITY THOSE who claim that we save the world for democracy leaguee ourselves with perhaps do not understand that franchise in the Japanese empire been established on about the basis of liberality as that prev in the states of the United where the southern Democratic ticians, now nationally dominant full local sway. For instance, 11 old slave states, taken as a under Democratic laws and pra 50 persons out of every 1,000 a gible to vote. In Virginia, the state of Mr. Wilson, under a tition which President Wilson Negro Officers and Their Critics Negro Officers and Their Critics There was apparently no doubt in anybody's mind in France, as far as I was able to find out, among the French or Americans, as to the qualities of the American Negro as a soldier, when led by white officers. There was also little question about the fighting record of the four regiments, the 369th, 370th, 371st and 372d which had been brigaded with French divisions—but when it came to the 92d Division, there was a subtle and persistent rumor in Paris and in other places in France, as far as my travels, observations and investigations went—substantiating the rumor which was also prevalent in America—only in France it was much more generally accepted as true; namely, that the Negro officers "had been practically a failure," and that it was a mistake to have ever attempted to have a division with Negroes as officers. (Continued in next issue.) CAR EMPLOYES' SALARY IS RAISED. Washington, D. C., April 18.—Owing to the continued efforts of the Railroad Men's International Benevolent Association the director general has raised the wages of 12,000 sleeping and parlor car employés. This raise means $25 above the basic minima, which went into effect Jan. 1, 1918. The wages of 10,000 dining car employés was advanced $25 in the same manner. This increase, though tardy in coming, is no doubt welcomed by the thousands of employés over the country. Other applications for higher pay will receive consideration in proportion to what they deserve. Director General Hines has shown a disposition to at least be fair with the employés of the road. The International Railroad Men's Organization, under the leadership of R. L. Mays and Dr. Midian Bousfield of Chicago, has rendered the railroad men exceptional service in obtaining for them their rights. Attorney William Houston of this city represented the organization before the railroad commission. NEGRO IS BURBANK OF POULTRY GAME. Uniontown, Pa., April 15.—John Henry Dickson, a local colored man, is the Luther Burbank of the poultry game. For three years Dickson has been experimenting with feed for his flock in an effort to produce multiple-yoke eggs. Last summer his hens began to lay double-yolk eggs regularly, but the other day the ambition of his life was realized. He got a triple-yoked egg which weighed 7½ ounces, and was pure white in color. The Negro claimed that by 1920 he will have four-yolked eggs regularly. LET DEMOCRACY, LIKE CHARITY, BEGIN AT HOME THOSE who claim that we cannot save the world for democracy by leaguing ourselves with Japan perhaps do not understand that the franchise in the Japanese empire has been established on about the same basis of liberality as that prevailing in the states of the United States where the southern Democratic politicians, now nationally dominant, have full local sway. For instance, in the 11 old slave states, taken as a whole, under Democratic laws and practices, 50 persons out of every 1,000 are eligible to vote. In Virginia, the natal state of Mr. Wilson, under a constitution which President Wilson's secretary of the treasury helped to frame, the state of Washington, Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, there are 150,000 persons eligible to vote out of a total population of two and a third millions. Sixty-five persons out of every thousand are therefore eligible to vote in the state whose green fields lie in sight of the White House windows as President Wilson composes his soulful periods about saving the World for democracy. But at the last general election in Virginia only 50,000 persons actually voted, which puts Virginia somewhat behind Japan in the proportion of voters to population. Of the soldiers sent by Virginia to save the world for democracy, five sixths are ineligible to vote under the laws and practices of President Wilson's associates in Democratic leadership in his home state. The franchise in Japan is exercised by 27 persons in every 1,000. One male of voting age out of every nine is eligible as an elector. But the Japanese democracy is otherwise modeled on the Dixie pattern. In Virginia under the sway of President Wilson's associates in Democratic leadership, and a constitution foisted on the people without giving them a chance to vote on it by a constitutional convention in which Secretary Carter Glass was one of the ruling spirits, counties which have Republican pluralities are given vastly smaller proportionate representation in the legislature than counties having Democratic pluralities. The National Republican recently printed figures showing that the Virginia junkers of the national administration's particular brand, not content with disfranchising four-fifths of the male citizens of the state—100,000 more white men than black—have resorted to the rotten borough system whereby a Democratic vote counts for twice as much as a Republican vote, even when the Republican vote is permitted to be cast. This follows closely the Japanese model of democracy. Osaka sends one member of the lower house for every 233,333 inhabitants, while Yamanahshi sends one for every 123,800 and Kochi one for every 40,000. It is believed that the Virginia Democratic politicians took their cue from Japan in making their legislative apportionment, as well as in their system of restricting the class eligible to the suffrage. Isn't it a bit strange that having put the portion of the country they govern on the level with Japan and several grades below Germany in the matter of excluding the people from participation in government, the southern Democratic politicians are engaged in saving the world for democracy? They are out to rescue the Czecho-Slavs and the Jugo-Slavs, the Mexicans, the Poles and the rest for democracy, but they are not interested in the young Virginians or North Carolinians or Oklahomaans who carried a gun to win the war for the cause, even to the extent of wanting them to have a square deal at the ballot box in their own country. They camouflage their system of wholesale denial of the rights of Americans under the cry of "nigger," though in the solid south states as a whole they have disfranchised twice as many white men as black. That this situation attracts no comment from any of the elements engaged in whooping it up for the Wilsonian brand of world democracy proves just how much people may be self deceived or how far they may travel in political hypocrisy.—National Republican, April 19. BUNDY JUROR IS INSANE. St. Louis, April 15.—Daniel Davis, a farmer living in Prairie du Long, Ill., one of the jurors who convicted and sentenced Dr. Leroy N. Bundy to life imprisonment at Waterloo, March 28, was declared insane on April 7 and ordered committed to the asylum at Anna, Ill. Attorneys for the defense in their motion for a new trial, filed Wednesday, among other grounds set up the insanity of Juror Davis as reason for a new trial; basing their contention upon the fact that he was insane at the time he was a member of the jury that convicted Dr. Bundy. Their contention seems to be borne out by the facts developed by the commission at the time Davis was examined, in that it was found he was suffering with an insanity of a progressive character, and that diseases of this kind developed slowly and extend over a long period of time and are not the result of excitement or shock. The motion for a new trial is being argued in Waterloo today (Friday). After the same is passed on, the attorneys for Dr. Bundy will ask that bail be fixed, but in the meantime Dr. Bundy remains in jail. NEGROES CAUSE BIG STRIKE IN SHIPYARDS OF TOLEDC Toledo, Ohio, April 23.—Twenty-five hundred men employed in the Toledo Shipbuilding company yards struck today, charging that the company had increased the number of its Negro workers from 15 to 40. The company, which still has 15 vessels to build for the government, is practically closed down, officials stated. It is planned to refer the dispute to the federal shipping board. COLORED PEOPLE WATCHING JAPAN. Chicago, April 15. — The colored people of the country are manifesting the greatest concern in the momentous fight Japan is making before the peace conference on "race discrimination." The recent public utterances of Japan's leaders have received a hearty "amen" from colored people in every section of the country, for the fact is very evident that real color prejudice is at the bottom of the attitude of all the great powers refusing to give the Japanese a square deal. Japan is in a position to talk plainly and frankly, NO.27. and paraphrasing a statement of President Wilson, has declared: "We are not too proud to fight." Japan is demanding a showdown and it is believed that the folly of world-wide color prejudice will get a genuine airing before the subject is finally settled. From every section of the country reports are coming in to the effect that the 12,000,000 colored people of America are watching the developments with the keenest interest. CHEYENNE, WYOMING, NEWS. Easter Sunday at the A. M. E. church proved to be a gala day. A splendid sermon was delivered at the morning service by the pastor; in the afternoon a program delivered by the Sunday school scholars was well received. At night the song service by the choir and the papers, recitations and solos were charmingly rendered. Rev. C. O. Smith, pastor of the Second Baptist church, who was called home to Hutchinson, Kan., March 1 on account of the illness of his wife, has returned. Rev. Smith occupied his pulpit both morning and evening, preaching to a good-sized audience. Mr. A. F. Burris, employed in one of the large tailoring concerns in this city, was in Denver two days last week on business for the company. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Jamison of 1002 West Nineteenth, are the proud parents of a baby girl, born to them on April 12. Rev. J. T. Muse and wife held services at their charge in Eaton, Colo., on Easter. They report a grand time, a large and appreciative audience attending. The following is a clipping from the State Leader on the meeting held April 10 by the Civic League: CALLANT, NEGRO, OFFICER TELLS OF HOT FIGHTING Lieut. John E. Leonard of Cheyenne Cited for Bravery in Capturing First German Taken by His Division. Lieut. John E. Leonard, a colored officer who was cited for capturing the first German prisoner taken by the Ninety-second division, was the principal speaker at an interesting meeting of the Colored People's Civic association which was held last night at the annex of the A. M. E. church. He related reminiscences of the war, refraining with becoming modesty from referring to his own conspicuously gallant service in the final campaign that crushed Prussianism. H. C. Jefferson presided at the meeting. Samuel James illuminatingly discussed the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the constitution of the United States. Mrs. James Smith sang. Lieutenant Leonard enlisted March 6, 1899, and served in troops D, H and G of the Ninth cavalry in the Philippines. His service in the islands continued until 1917, when he returned to the states and enrolled at an officers' training camp at Des Moines, Iowa. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the 368th infantry in October, 1917, and went overseas in June, 1918. He participated in the battle of St. Die Vosges, the Meuse-Argonne offensive and the fighting in the Marbache sector. He was participating in the offensive operations of the second army when the armistice was signed November 11. Lieutenant Leonard arrived from overseas Feb. 15 and was discharged from the army at Camp Meade March 22. With his wife and two children he resides at 1014 West Nineteenth street. 1 FOREIGN sion of Delhi, Sixteen thousand men, women and children died of starvation in Petro- grad in December and January. The total number of deaths from all causes in these two months 1s 20,000, Lieutenant Fontan, who had started from Villa Coublay in an aeroplane for Casablanca, on the west coast of Mo- rocco, as a first step in a flight to Brazil, was forced to return his ma- chine to its hangar owing to engine trouble. American commercial interests plan to lop off twenty-four hours on the New York-Paris journey by financing a railroad from Vigo, just north of Portugal, to Arun and Hendaye, on the Franco-Spanish border, going thence to Bordeaux and Paris, ‘The Italians have demanded a re- duction of Austria’s armed force tn compliance with the armistice, but Austria has replied that the armistice was concluded with the old monarchy and does not bind the present govern- ment of German Austria, Special dispatches from Koren state that members of the Christian mission at Teigonari, near Seoul, clashed with gendarmes during a riot there, the of- ficers firing upon the mob, killing twenty and wounding many of those engaged in the demonstration. A revolution has broken out in Tur- key and a soviet government has been declared. A revolutionary committee has been established at Constantino- ple, according to a telegram received here from Kiev, quoting the Bolshevik representative at Odessa, who says that the Turkish consul there has re- ceived official announcement of the change of government, The Rev. Eli M. Mowry of Mansfield, Ohio, a Prespyterian missionary, was found guilty at Pyeng Fang, Korea, of having permitted Koreans to use his premises for disseminating propagan- da for Korean independence and sen- tenced to six months’ imprisonment. ‘The decision was appealed from by the missionary and he was admitted to bail, SPORT Eddie Fitzsimmons of New York won an easy victory over Charlie White, the Chicago boxer, before the Armory Ath- letic Association in Boston. “Mike” Gibbons of St. Paul was glv- en a decision in San Francisco over “Soldier” Bartfield of Brooklyn, ‘The men fought fast and their four-round bout was close. Carl W. A. Linder of the Hurja A. €. of Quincy won the Boston Athletic As: sociation twenty-five-mile marathon [run in 2 hours, 20 minutes and 13 2-5 seconds. | ‘The annual North and South trap- shooting’ tournament at Pinehurst end- ed with W. N. Boylston, Florida state champton, the winner of the 225-target contest, and H. A. Merson of Charlotte, N.C, the vietor in the North and South handicap. GENERAL ‘Two spectacular fires destroyed buildings in sections of the business district at Pittsburg, entailing a loss of between $150,000 and $200,000. Physicians believe temporary insan- ity caused Frederick Drew, Pacific coast representative of the Interna: tional Harvester Company, to leap to his death from a hospital window in Chicago. Plans for celebrating the first annt- versary of the New York-Philadelphia air mail service May 15 contemplate the use on regular flights the same slx planes which inaugurated the service and which to date hase survived more than eleven months of flying under all sorts of weather conditions. Lieut. J. ©. Edgerton, chief of flying operations, will take mail to New York in the plane he used for the first trip from New York to Washington. Although blind and his only income dimes and nickels that people toss in a tincup as he plays a hand organ, Frank Ritter of Chicago has sub: seribed to every war loan the govern: ment has had. Camp Merritt, Hoboken, the main embarkation camp during the war, dealt with nearly 10,000 cases of ab- sence without leaye between April 1 last year and the signing of the armis- tice. Maj. R. A. Stone told the Amer- ican Bar Association in connection with the discussion of military Justice. General Pershing’s own headquarters band, “the Pride of the A. E. F.” com posed of three officers and 101 men, all recruited from combat troops after the armistice was signed, hus arrived in New York aboard the transport Von Steuben to inspire stay-at-homes with CONDENSATION OF FRESH NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK WESTERN Resolutions directing all Koreans in | the United States, Mexico and Hawalt to boycott Japanese goods until Japan recognizes Korean freedom were being distributed by the Korean National Association at San Francisco to its va- rious branches in the countries af- fected. Action demanding the immediate re- call of Mayor Wallace M. Short be- cause of his alleged friendly attitude toward the L W. W. was taken and the necessary machinery to accomplish that purpose was set in motion at a meeting of 100 Stoux City residents at @ meeting in that clty. Miss Nora Miller, daughter of a rancher near Stockton, Callf., has been sleeping for two months following a severe attack of influenza, She ts re- celving medical care and of late has been growing stronger and has been made to ait up and walk, although fall- ing asleep in that position. Lars Petersen, a well-to-do retired farmer, was found murdered in his home at Sloux City. Petersen, who lived alone, is believed to have been killed by robbers who thought he had @ large sum of money in his home. Petersen apparently was bound hand fund foot and then strangled to death. Miss May Pershing, sister of Gen. John J. Pershing, will leave her home in Lincoln, Neb., within a short time for Mobile, Aln., to act as sponsor in christening a vessel of the merchant marine, which will be named after the city of Lincoln as a reward for the city’s active response to the govern- ment’s appeal for support of the Fourth Liberty loan. A citrus grove and apple orchard merger to be known as the American Fruit Growers, Inc, sald by its spon- sors to involve property worth $100,- 000,000 in the United States and $20, 000,000 in California alone, has been announced at Los Angeles by J. S. Crutchfield of Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Crutchfield is president of the Canta- loupe Shippers’ Association, active in the Northwest Fruit Exchange, and said to be the largest individual grow- er of apples in the United States. WASHINGTON New evidence of America’s purpose to redeem in full the pledges made on entering the war has been asked of the nation by President Wilson, who urged full subscription of the $4,500,000,000 Victory Liberty note issue. Sixty thousand men who gaye their lives in France have redeemed the covenant of blood made two years ago, the Presi- dent said, but the pledge of treasure remains yet to be fulfilled. All bids received by the shipping board for four steel reconstructed lake steamers were rejected as being too low and the steamers again advertised for sale. It was stated that the board, in its sale of the war-bullt merchant fleet, did not intend to sacrifice any vessels merely in order to dispose of them. “The prices offered were about 40 per cent of the appraised value of the vessels, appraisement having been made by the ocean advisory commis- sion.” ‘Three naval seaplanes, the NC-1, NC-8 and NC-4, will attempt'the flight across the Atlantic ocean, ‘They will leave Rockaway Beach early next month but, so far as is known now, no decision has been reached as to whe- ther the route will be direct from New- foundland to Ireland or via the Azores. In announcing that the ninth bi- weekly offering of the treasury cer- tiffcates of indebtedness in anticipa- tion of the Victory Liberty loan had deen oversubseribed by nearly 80 per cent, Secretary Glass disclosed that a subscription of $50,000,000 by the Jap- anese government had been reported by the New York federal reserve Food packages containing more than one-half ounce avoirdupois hereafter must be labeled to show the exact net weight of food they contain under an amended regulation, issued under the federal food and drugs act by the sec- retarles of the treasury, agriculture and commerce. The Department of Agriculture explained that the regula- tion was changed so the consumers might be informed of the quantities of foods sold in small packages and be protected from the receptive practice of slack filling. Army orders published in Washing- ton announce the honorable discharge pf Brig. Gen. John H. Sherburne, ef- zective at once. General Sherburne commanded the Fifty-first field arttl- lery brigade, Twenty-sixth division. Passage of the national woman suf- frage amendment immediately on the convening of the extra session of Con- gress is assured “beyond the shadow of # doubt,” according to Senator Curtis Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado forests In the United States, of which seventeen le wholly and two partly within the limits of Colorado. Mike Stelier, arrested for shooting at John Carson in a mine stockade at Superior, is held under $1,000 bond on a charge of attempted murder. La Junta again went over the top, this time in the old clothes drive. La Junta’s quota was 2,400 pounds, which was shipped to Denver, Swink added to the quota by giving 315 pounds and ‘Timpos twenty pounds, With the death of Saguel Hunt, a cowboy at Colorado Springs, injured in a cattle feud which developed into a battle on the morning of Dec, 20, 1918, four sattlemen are locked up in the El Paso county Jail, on charges of first degree murder, The 16 months’ old son of Ben K, Wood of Syracuse, died from the ef- fects of eating some pills which he found while playing about the house. He was taken to a hospital and despite the strenuous efforts to save his life only lived three hours, Hay in some parts of Colorado has sold this spring as high as $40 a ton, the highest price that has prevailed for a great many years. ‘The high price has been due to a shortage in some sections, but most of this shortage has been supplied by Colorado hay from other sections where there has been no shortage. A big business transfer was made at Meeker when the J. W. Hugus store was turned over to A. Oldiand & Co. ‘The Bank of Meeker, controlled by the Hugus company, has been taken over by the First National Bank and by the consolidation of the two the First Na- tlonal comes close to being a $1,000,000 financial institution. A bomb explosion which tore a hole in a concrete house, blew down trees and fences und shattered windows « block away has given the Pueblo po- lice the deepest mystery the depart- ment was ever asked to solve. Al- though the outrage is attributed to a Black Hand plot, there is not the slightest evidence of a motive or cause, “Victory Road,” one of Pueblo’s memorials to her soldiers, sailors and marines, has been formally dedicated. ‘Two rows of elm trees, extending from Fifth Avenue to Elizabeth street, a distance of five blocks, have been planted, and the name for these, as de- cided upon by the originators of the idea, the Pueblo Chapter, D. A. R,, ia Victory road. ‘The chimes of the midnight bells had not ceased their echoes in Duran- go Sunday night when Durango and La Plata county “went over the top” in subscribing their allotment of $245,- 100, establishing a record for prompt- ness than can be equaled, but cannot be excelled, La Plata is the first coun- ty in Colorado, if not the first In any state, to raise its quota. Among the attractions at the Rocky Ford fair will be a miniature horse show. Attractive purses will be of- fered for a number of events in the fancy class and already the associa- tion is promised a number of fine ani- mals from Pueblo, Colorado Springs and other places. For the past few years there has been some trouble in securing the quality of melons that the association desires to give to pa- trons, but this year some twenty-five acres will be grown in different parts of the valley on the best melon land to be found, from selected seed, and there is reason to believe that the big pile will be the most attractive that has ever been offered. While eating his lunch in the Wolf Park mine, near Cafion City, J. Quin- by Walker leaned against a high power electric wire, was electrocuted and died almost instantly. With the summit of Pike's peak within reach and the tank repaired and ready to continue its trip, the climb of the peak was abandoned by erder of Samuel D. Nicholson, state director of the Vietory Liberty Loan rampalgn. Colorado's quota in the Victory loan has been placed at $28,508,950 by the federal reserve bank of Kansas City. Of this amount Denver will be asked to raise nearly half—$13,433,800— which is $5,000,000 less than was asked of the city in the Fourth Lib- erty Loan drive. ‘That Denyer and Colorado will go over the top in char- acteristic fashion is the firm convic- tion of the members of the Colorado state and Denver committees. In the Jast drive Colorado piled up a total of approximately $40,000,000 for Uncle Sam’s use in one of the most enthus- lastic campaigns waged in the state. The nearly $30,000,000 now asked for will be forthcoming as promptly, de- ‘clara ‘Tiherty Loan worker. CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMB. ——THE—— COLORADO STATESMAN memory of 1s wife, who died several months ago, and has promised $100 In books each year to the library, Mrs. Pierce was keenly Interested in the welfare of the library. She was the daughter of former Congressman Towner of Corning, Towa, and her mother for a number of years was president of the Towa State Library Board. ‘The present rate of tonnage produe- tion in the San Juan mining region will enable that section to occupy first place during the years to come as the ‘most productive mining section In our ‘great mining state of Colorado, “The rugged San Juan mountains, emorac- ing an area eighty miles long by from twenty-five to forty miles wide, with its hundreds of summits exceeding 18,- 000 feet in elevation, is only Just now beginning to produce the precious met- als on a big scale, One alleged bandit killed and three youths in jail at Aztec, N. M,, closes a “Week of terrorism In the San Juan re gion in which two automobiles an@ a ‘motor driven velocipede were stolen, homes robbed and officers led a chase over two counties and out into the des- jert within fifteen miles of Gallup, N. M., where the alleged band was final- ly captured, The boys range in age ‘from 16 to 20 years, | Corporal John B. Johnson, late of Co. E, Fifth Engineers, Seventh divi: sion, and formerly an officer of the Colorado state penitentiary, returned to Cafion City, having just been dis- charged from the recuperation camp at MacArthur, Okla, Johnson had a thrill- Ing experience in the war. On Oct. 18 in the St. Mihiel drive he was wound- ed and was in the hospital recovering from his wounds for five months. A youthful band of automobile ‘thieves has been broken up by the po- ee in Pueblo through the arrest of four of the gang. The arrest was brought about by the police finding the ‘cap of one of the boys following an exciting chase of two of the gang, ‘when the patrol was forced to speed to Its ability and the police officers took shots at the tires of the car in which the thieves were riding. ‘The government has notified the Colorado Agricultural College that the department of animal husbandry, con- ducted for ten years by the gov- ernment and college in co-operation, is to be transferred to Bute falo, Wyo, before July 1. Of the eighty fine breeding horses owned by the department, the government will take forty and the other forty will be auctioned by the college. ‘The largest class in the history of the Odd Fellows lodge in western Colo- rado was initiated in Grand Junction with big ceremonials, including a ban- quet and fraternal addresses. ‘The class was composed of sixty-eight members and represented every district in the county, Walter M. Merrill, grand pa- triarch of the state, was among the higher officials of the lodge to attend. A Cripple Creek grocer has been ar- rested by Sheriff Von Phul on a charge of having in his possession nearly a ton of Jamaica ginger, which he has been selling as a beverage. His arrest followed that of a woman, on whom four bottles of the ginger was found and who was carrying a quantity Internally. Verner Z. Reed, one of Colorado's wealthiest citizens, an ofl magnate, mining man, philanthropist and author, died ut Coronado Beach, Calif, follow- ing a long period of ill health, Pneu- monia developing caused his death, but not until three hours before the end did his physicians consider his condi- tion serious. ‘A careful examination of the fruit trees of the Arkansas valley reveals the fact that the damage by the late cold snap is not as great as was at first estimated. ‘The work of rehabilitating the once great Cash-in mine in weetern Mont- rose county Is going rapidiy Lereard. James N. McBride of Michigan, gen- eral manager of the company, the Michigan-Colorado Mining Company, was In Norwood and started the work of repairing the roads to the mine. He has Engineer R. P. Hilleary in charge of this work, Heavy machinery is on its way for shipment to the mines, ‘The 100-ton mill will be only a unit of the big series of mills to be erected until 1,000 tons a day Is be- ing treated as the ultimate produc- tion, The ore, rich in silver and cop- per, comes from blocks of ore known to be enormous. The oxy-acetylene method-of mining the chunks of native copper will be a feature of the big proposition. A man giving his name as W. J. 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PHONE MAIN 4843 MAIN 4843 DENVER, CO ADVERTISEMENT Man Denver Needs at City FOR THIRTY YEARS A PUBLIC-SPIRITED UPBUILDER OF DENVER We want a big Commercial City We want a home-owning city We want a city not over-taxed We want to encourage manufacturing We want to increase the dinner-pail brigade O VOTE FOR THE MAN WHO WILL DO ADVERTISEMENT The Man Denver Needs FOR THIRTY YEARS A PUBLIC UPBUILDER OF I We want a big Commercial We want a home-owning c We want a city not over-t We want to encourage man We want to increase the d SO VOTE FOR THE MAN W The Man Denver Needs at City Hall FOR THIRTY YEARS A PUBLIC-SPIRITED UPBUILDER OF DENVER We want a big Commercial City We want a home-owning city We want a city not over-taxed We want to encourage manufacturing We want to increase the dinner-pail brigade SO VOTE FOR THE MAN WHO WILL DO IT! JOHN S. FLOWER For Mayor More Business Less Taxes Poro Hair Dressing Parlour SCIENTIFIC AND SANITARY SCALP AND HAIR TREATMENT MASSAGING, MANICURING, TOILET ARTICLES To Hair Dressing Parf FIC AND SANITARY SCALP AND HAIR TR MASSAGING, MANICURING, TOILET ARTICLE Poro Hair Dressing Parlors SCIENTIFIC AND SANITARY SCALP AND HAIR TREATMENT MASSAGING, MANICURING, TOILET ARTICLES Motto—"Efficiency" Mme. Lexie A. Brooks 2220 OGDEN STREET PHONE YORK 5997W 2220 OGDEN STREET PHONE CHAMPA 575 Universal Tailors a R. G. MARTIN, LADIES AND GENTS SUP Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing Our Car Calls Ever Universal Tailors and Clean R. G. MARTIN, Mgr. LADIES AND GENTS SUITS TO ORDER Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing Our Car Calls Everywhere Universal Tailors and Cleaners R. G. MARTIN, Mgr. LADIES AND GENTS SUITS TO ORDER Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing Our Car Calls Everywhere 2735 WELTON ST. DENVER Do You Keep Chicken —OR— Do Your Chickens Keep You? Simpson's Hen Food.....$3.8 Simpson's Buttermilk Mash.....$3.5 Do You Keep Chickens OR Do Your Chickens Keep You? Simpson's Hen Food.....$3.85 cwt. Simpson's Buttermilk Mash.....$3.50 cwt. SIMPSON SEED & FLORAL CO. Fresh Vegetable and Flower Seeds 1551 CHAMPA ST. at City Hall PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITY city d ructuring per-pail brigade WILL DO IT! More Business Less Taxes ing Parlors D HAIR TREATMENT NET ARTICLES Brooks PHONE YORK 5997W QUICK SERVICE D Cleaners r. TO ORDER d Repairing nere DENVER, COLO. Chickens keep You? DENVER, COLO. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. Symbols of Attenuation for 1918 and 1920 of Certification of Authority. COMMONWEALTH CASUALTY COM- Philadelphia, Pa. Assets ..... $536,549.31 Liabilities ..... 201,695.25 Capital ..... 250,600.00 Surplus ..... 84,354.06 STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF UNIVERSITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEERUARY 29TH, 1920. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is hereby certified that the Commonwealth Casualty Company, a corporation organized by law, has the principal office is located at Philadelphia, has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company, and the company is hereby authorized to transact insurance on condition of acceptance with its charter or articles of incorporation, within the State of Colorado,subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February, ninety-three and twenty-one thousand nine hundred and twenty. In testimony whereof, I, C. W. Fairchild, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this 1st day of March, A. D. 1919. C. W. FAIRCHILD, Commissioner of Insurance Assets ..... $293,894.39 Liabilities ..... 176,633.07 Capital ..... 100,000.00 Surplus ..... 17,261.32 STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29TH, 1920. Office of Commission of Insurance. It is hereby certified that the Bankers Accident Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Iowa, whose principal office is located at Des Moines, has compiled with the requirements of the laws of State applicable to the company, and is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with its charter or articles of incorporation, within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty. In testimony whereof, I, C. W. Fairchild, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Denver this 1st day of March, A. D. 1919. (Seal) C. W. FAIRCHILD, Commissioner of Insurance. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. Symmetry Statement for 1918 and Copy of Certificate of Authority. EMPLOYERS INDEMNITY CORPORA- TION, Kansas City, Mo. Assets ... $932,196.73 Liabilities ... 426,482.82 Capital ... 350,000.00 Surplus ... 155,713.91 STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29TH. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is hereby certified that the Employers Indemnity Corporation, a cor- poration organized under the laws of Missouri whose principal office is loca- ted at Kansas City has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company, and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company to accordance with its char- teristics of incorporation, within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February the day of Lord, one thousand one hundred and twenty. In testimony whereof, I. C. W. Fairchild, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this 1st day of March, A. D. 1919. C. W. FAIRCHILD Commissioner of Insurance Assets ..... $166,886.73 Liabilities ..... 13,582.33 Capital ..... 100,000.00 Surplus ..... 53,304.40 STATE OF COLORADO Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29TH, 1920 Office of Commissioner of Insurance, He is hereby certified that The Union Health and Accident Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Colorado, whose principal office is located at Denver, has compiled with the requirements of the laws of this State appliqué to certify company, and company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with its charter or articles of incorporation, within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and the last day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty. In testimony whereof, I, C. W. Fairchild, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado have hereunto my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this 1st day of March, A. D. 1919. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. Summaries of statement Symopsis of Statement for 1918 and Copy of Certificate of Authority. NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY. New York, N.Y. Assets.....$16,085,372.89 Liabilities.....7,219,473.80 Capital.....4,000,000.00 Surplus.....4,865,899.89 STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29TH, 1920. Office of Commission of Insurance. It is hereby certified of the National Surety Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New York, whose principal office is located at New York, has complied with the laws of New York, and his State applicable to said company, and the company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with the laws of New York, and its corporation within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February, in the hundred and twenty In testimony whereof, I. C. W. Fairchild, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at the City of Denver, this 1st day of March, A. D. 1919. Dr. S. A. Huff, physician and surgeon, 2538 Washington street; office hours 11 to 12 a. m., 3 to 5 p. m. Phone York 2313. Out of office, Main 875. Residence Phone York 4101. Madame Callie Young Sugg begs to announce the opening of her Millinery Parlors at 1003 Twenty-sixth avenue, where she will be pleased to wait on the public. New hats furnished or made from your own material. Hats reblocked. Feathers cleaned, curled and dyed. Regular advertisement will appear later. Phone Champa 4087. FOR RENT—Four-room furnished apartments with modern conveniences for $20; also other furnished rooms. 3016 California street, within easy reach of car line. Mrs. Browning. Phone South 2804. Nicely furnished rooms for rent, all modern. 2344 Curtis street. Phone Champa 5665. For Rent—Nicely furnished rooms; permanent or transient, at 1822 Arapahoe St. Apply at 1834 Arapahoe. Phone Main 8036 Res. Phone York 5774W FRANK D. TAGGART Attorney at Law—Notary Public 205-206 Cooper Building Denver, Colorado E. P. BLAKEMORE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office, Rooms 39 and 40 Arapahoe Bldg., 1622 Arapahoe Street. Phone Champa 5450. For employment see the Industrial Realty Co. Employment Agency, 716 East Twenty-sixth Ave. York 4561. Day and Night Phone Main 2701. DR. C. E. TERRY, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 12 to 2 p. m., 6 to 8 p. m. and appointment. LEAVE CALLS AT ELITE DRUG STORE. 1027 21st St., Denver, Colo. STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. Synopsis of Statement for 1918 and Copy of Certificate of Authority, AMERICAN OLD LINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Lincoln, Nebraska. Assets ..... $275,585.10 Habilities ..... 132,624.95 Capital ..... 100,000.00 Surplus ..... 42,960.15 STATE OF COLORADO. Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29TH, 1920. Office of Commissioner of Insurance. It is hereby certified that the American Old Line Insurance Company, a contract business as under the laws of Nebraska, whose principal office is located at Lincoln, has complied with the requirements of the laws of this State applicable to said company, and the company is business as an insurance company in accordance with its charter or articles of incorporation, within the State of Colorado, subject to the provisions and requirements of the law, until the last day of February in the year of Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty. In testimony whereof, I, C. W. Fairchild, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Colorado, have hereunto signed my affixation my seal office at the City of Denver, this 1st day of March, A. D. 1919. (Seal) C. W. FAIRCHILD, Commissioner of Insurance NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETING. Denver, Colorado, April 12, 1919. To the Stockholm, Sweden, Central Museum, a grant assignment. You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Western Loan and Investment Association, 20, 1919, at the hour of 8 o'clock p.m. of said day, at room 25. Western Newspaper Union Building, 1824 Curry Street, New York, for the election of officers and directors of said association and for the transaction of any and all other business which may properly come before said association. JOSEPH D. D. RIVERS. President Uncle Eben. "Dar's a heap o' selfishness in human nature," said Uncle Eben. "A lot o' men wishes everybody 'Happy New Year' on January first an' takes it all back on January second." Prof. W .M. Mackey FIRST CLASS TONSORIAL WORK Hair Cutting a Specialty Satisfaction Guaranteed Shop remodeled in latest style. 2244 LARIMER ST., DENVER BOYS' DUBBELBILT SUITS $12.75 DO YOUR SHOPPING FOR EASTER AT Michaelson's 15TH & LARIMER STS. About this time o' the year the fisherman gets out his rod, tackle and book of flies— The gardener cons seed catalogs and stocks of hoes and rakes the flat dweller prowls about looking for a cottage in the suburbs— and the winter-weary business man drops in to look at the new Society Brand Suits the flat dweller prowls about looking for a cottage in the suburbs— and the winter-weary business man drops in to look at the new Society Brand Suits $30 to $60 Send for our New Spring Car HEADQUARTERS LABEL WEARING THE MA IN THE HOME OF SOCIETY MOTTO: "Not Slow But Phones—Main 6699 e BEAN AUTO COLE EIGHT, SEVEN-B MODEL C NEW CUT Stand: Night and 1865-1867 CURTIS STREET send for our New Spring Catalog just off the pre- HEADQUARTERS FOR UNION LABEL WEARING APPAREL THE MAY C AND THE HOME OF SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES MOTTO: "Not Slow But Sure." Cash On Phones—Main 6699 or Champa 5431 EAN AUTO LIVEN COLE EIGHT, SEVEN-PASSENGER, LATE MODEL CARS NEW CUT RATES Stand: Night and Day Café 867 CURTIS STREET DENVER, COL Send for our New Spring Catalog just off the press HEADQUARTERS FOR UNION LABEL WEARING APPAREL THE HOME OF SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES MOTTO: "Not Slow But Sure." Cash Only Phones—Main 6699 or Champa 5431 BEAN AUTO LIVERY COLE EIGHT, SEVEN-PASSENGER, LATE MODEL CARS NEW CUT RATES Stand: Night and Day Café 1865-1867 CURTIS STREET DENVER, COLORADO Special Rates Now ON THE ON THE Hoover Electric Suction Sweeper We Are Selling the Hoover at Exactly the Same Price as a Year Ago! The Hoover B and Suction BIG DEMAND — ORDER TOD The Denver Gas Light Co The Hoover Beats, Sweet and Suction Cleans DEMAND — ORDER TODAY — PHONE MA Denver Gas and Elec Light Company The Hoover Beats, Sweets and Suction Cleans BIG DEMAND — ORDER TODAY — PHONE MAIN 4000 The Denver Gas and Electric Light Company dweller about a cottage burbs— inter-weary s man to look new Grand Suits Catalog just off the press ARS FOR UNION ING APPAREL AY CO. TY BRAND CLOTHES But Sure." Cash Only 99 or Champa 5431 TO LIVERY N-PASSENGER, LATE CARS T RATES Grand Day Café DENVER, COLORADO The HOOVER Beats, Sweets on Cleans TODAY — PHONE MAIN 4000 gas and Electric company JOS. D. D. RIVERS.....Proprietor 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25. P. O. Box 116 Phone Main 7417 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.25 Three Months ..... 7 MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE. to plant the one THE COLORADO STATESMAN CABUN BULLS BE FREE HACK COUNTRY PARTY Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the City of Denver, Colo. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1c and 2c stamps taken. Reading notices 10 cents per line. Display advertising, $1.00 per inch for first insertion, 50 cents per inch for additional issues. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper, must reach us Tuesdays, if possible, anyway not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author. No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. All communications of a personating nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. SCHOOL ELECTION OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. ONLY ten days more until the school election, and every lover of educational advancement, every man and woman interested in the welfare of the youth, in the acquisition of that which qualifies him or her to lead and guide the actions of a generation, a country, should feel it a duty to record a vote, Monday, May 5th, for a board of education consisting of men who will serve the common interests of the people and bring about a successful turn in our educational system. As we have stated before, POLITICS MUST BE TAKEN OUT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD; religious controversies must be dropped, and the new elected not fettered by any political or religious influences would be free to exercise to the best of their ability what they consider most advantageous to our children and our city. The Colorado Statesman is particularly interested, having experienced the success and failure of our schools under various governing bodies, and being in a position to know that whenever men of backbone are elected to serve in this capacity the best results are obtained—the schools making great progress, friction being set aside, it becomes therefore our duty to advise a careful weighing of the candidates, which will result in a wise selection, who will represent the interest of all the people. Monday, May 5th, is the time, and the polls are open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Vote early. PERSONAL HABITS AND MORALS. THAT personal habits and morals are closely related no one will deny, but that they are one and the same think no one will affirm. Personal habits may crystalize into character, but character is an individual and not a public property. To be true a number of persons of similar character in a community may give the community the appearance of a certain type or class and thus cause the reputation or standing of the entire locality to be affected. Indeed this seems to be the case in Denver at the present time. If persons of uncertain character predominate, then the reputation of the whole community takes on a certain flexibility, but after all a sharp distinction ought to be made between the habits of a people which are purely personal, and the habits which interfere with the rights of another. While every one would be glad to see the community lifted up in their personal tone, yet no one feels like invoking the Legislature to pass upon our private morals. The wise-acres of Battle Creek may be all right in what they allege against coffee drinking, but when people call coffee drinkers immoral and sinners, they attack the morals of many who up to date have been considered among our noblest and best men and women. To be a crank is not quite the same thing as being moral, although some cranks labor under this delusion. What we need to discern is that right distinctions are necessary to differentiate those customs that offend good society and those that simply affect ourselves and satisfy our own tastes. THE COST OF PLEASURE. NOTWITHSTANDING his unequal measure of hardships, the Negro has more fun, more pleasure, than any other race of people on earth. He doesn't have the same comforts that other people have—the conveniences and privileges of wealth and station—but he apes them or substitutes something else for them, and passes the imitation off with a joke, a laugh and a ready forgetfulness. Light-heartedness is a virtue up to a certain point, but there can be no doubt that it has its limitations, beyond which it becomes an evil and a menace to the welfare of the easy-going and self-indulgent victim. The spirit of the age in which we are living governs the welfare of all people within the world-radius of its irrestible and indiscriminating influence and those who disregard its demands and laugh away its seeming incongruities must pay the cost of their unnatural pleasures some day, no matter how far distant that day may be. But the Negro is not putting off his day of payment so far as his light heart and less-interested and jocund observers would lead him to believe. The Negro is living too much for pleasure and by pleasure and not enough for improvement by hard, patient and sober endeavor. Many of our most important institutions, devoted professionally and fundamentally to the most serious side of our welfare, and being, depend upon the idle pleasure which they provide the public for an important part of the revenue necessary for their financial sustenance. Many individuals and aggregations of individuals among us make their living catering to and encouraging, to the extreme, the already extravagant propensity of the race toward pleasurable pastime and irreparable wastefulness. The cost of it all is the lack of the inculcation of serious ideas and aspirations in the minds of our youth, who are to become the race of the future; the lack of that special and proper education which is necessary and must be acquired before the Negro can ever measure up to the spirit of the age and hold its own with other people. The dependence of the Negro, as a race, upon the white man, his business and his institutions, is becoming more and more out of date, and his independence and self-sustenance is becoming more and more required. The establishment and support of his own business institutions, his own newspapers, his own commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises, is becoming more and more imperative and vital. He can reach these serious and all-important ends only through the sacrifice of his idle and inordinate indulgence in unlimited pleasures, and all true teachers of the race must soon begin to teach these facts. The colored voters of Colorado should not become impatient, and remember that Governor Shoup and the other state officials have been greatly handicapped by Democratic civil service laws and can do practically nothing so far as appointments to office are concerned. A hint to the wise is sufficient. The Colorado Statesman has unbounded faith in the officials we helped to elect to office. Every right-thinking man wants clean politics, but it is not enough for him to think right; he must act right if he expects to accomplish anything. We Must Be Prepared to Meet Organized Wrong With Organized Right We Must Be Prepared to Meet Organized Wrong With Organized Right By GEN. LEONARD WOOD, United States Army M. Wars are coming in the future just as in the past. It's a great deal fairer to tell the probable truths then to deny the probabilities. There will be times when we shall have to break the peace or break the faith. The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church—not their words. If you believe in arbitration remember you arbitrate better when you are strong. Love peace. Love justice. But be ready. The world is as it is. We are going to try to make it a better world, but don't forget organized preparedness. We must be prepared to meet organized wrong with organized right. Verbal massage, no matter how skillfully applied, may keep peace for a time, but not for long. You have the gifts. The talents are yours. You've shown that. If you wrap these talents up and don't use them God pity you. Man will not. We must help ourselves or God will not find us worth helping. You don't know the truth about your own wars. You've never been told it. And then this war! Try to realize what would have happened if you had been compelled to prepare unassisted. You didn't have to. Don't forget England held the seas for you. France held. Our men rendered splendid service. They did what we expected they would do. But God pity us if we had gone in without the help of the allies. It's always been so with us. It's nobody's fault. It's a national habit of mind. But are you going to throw away all the lessons and warnings? Some day you will throw away the last lesson, the last warning. Our soldiers when we send them into battle have a right to a sporting chance—same as the enemy. We've never given them that chance in any of our big wars. To the women: Wars will come again. Your men will have to fight. You'd despise them if they didn't. Your men will die, of course. When the men cease to be willing to die for the flag and the country then it is over with the country. When the "Rainbows" Broke the Prussian Guards—and the Hun Morale By REPRESENTATIVE HORACE M. TOWNER, of Iowa When Foch not only stopped the well-conceived offensive of the Germans, which was to be their final and triumphant march on Paris, but immediately launched a counter-offensive with what seemed reckless abandon against the German lines, he met with unexpected success. By hard and well-directed fighting he forced the Germans to retire on both sides of the Chateau-Thierry triangle. So rapidly was the assault pressed that the Germans, in danger of a disastrous rout, called into action their strongest reserves. It was then that the Germans determined to send the invincible Prussian Guards against the advance. It was the "Rainbow" division that met this onset of the Prussian Guards. The Prussian Guards have been regarded by the German people for more than a century as the ideal of the German army. They have been considered not only as the best that German military science could produce but vastly superior to any other military organization in the world. They were not called into action except upon extraordinary occasions. They were sent against the Americans to demolish them, to put them to shame, to show their lack of training and incompetency. The Fourth, their crack division, the best of the best, hitherto undefeated, led the attack. The guards charged in due form, but, strange to say, the Americans refused to yield. The "Rainbow" boys met the onset calmly and resolutely, and with such a well-directed storm of rifle and machine-gun fire that it blinded and stunned and finally stopped the fierce assault. And then the boys from Camp Creek and Smoky Hollow counter-charged with a swiftness and ferocity that took the breath away from the wondering guards. The Americans simply went through the front ranks of the invincible guards as if it were an everyday diversion. Time and again the officers of the guards rallied the men to stop the American onset. Some say four times, some six, and others say nine times the guards tried to re-form and re-attack, but the Americans pressed them so hard they could not find a chance. The Americans pressed them not only in front but soon attacked their flanks. The Germans were in danger of being surrounded, and so there was nothing to do but retreat in order to prevent surrender or destruction. This they did, with difficulty preserving their organization. It was a glorious victory for the Forty-second division. It was a terrible defeat for the guards. It gave confidence to the allies all along the line. It did more to break the morale of the Germans than any other single action. Trees and Birds a Vital Factor in the Life of Men and of Nations By FRANK O. LOWDEN, Governor of Illinois Trees are a vital factor in the life of nations and the life of men. They pre one of the greatest resources of our wealth, but they are more than that. Without them most of our rivers would run dry. Without them many of our fertile fields would become arid wastes. Without them much of the beauty and the charm of life would disappear. It is hard to think of a real home without trees. He who plants a tree today, under whose shade men and women may rest and children play a hundred years from now, is a benefactor of mankind. You cannot think of trees without thinking also of birds. The birds of the air have been always deep objects of interest to mankind. Their beauty delighted the eye, their songs have cheered the hearts of countless generations of men. It is only recently, however, that we have come to know that they are an indispensable factor in the economy of the fields. Without them the multitudinous insects of summer time would endanger every waving field of grain. The trees and the birds! Let us teach our children in the schools to plant the one and protect the other and to love them both. Given by MOUNTAIN LODGE OF ELKS NO.39,I.B.P.O.E.OF W. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7,1919 AT FERN HALL (TWENTY-SEVENTH & WELTON) MUSIC BY PROF. MORRISON COMMITTEE W. B. Stewart, William Anderson, Burl Moore, J. W. Levell, Duke Conway, Exalted Ruler. Grand March, 10:00 Sharp—Dancing till 12:30 REFRESHMENTS ADMISSION 30 CENTS My Fight For Lower Phone Rates And my fight for the preservation of our street car franchise, which calls for a five-cent car fare and free transfers, brings me into the fight for Mayor of Denver. First, I have always stood for fair wages for the firemen, policemen and all who labor for the city, as well as those who work in factories, mills, professions and trades of all kinds. I stand, as always, against labor when I think they are wrong, and with them when I feel they are right. I was in favor of better wages for tramway men, but against their soliciting on the cars for names to raise the car fare provided for in the franchise, and I am against putting a man in the Mayor's chair who has always been a corporation lawyer and a noted manipulator of labor trouble and a candidate of the Tramway Company, or its exponent. There are but two men in the field to select for Mayor, or at least two considered as principals in the contest—Mr. D. C. Bailey and Mr. Cass E. Herrington. I select Mr. Bailey for the office because he is nearest may kind of a man for the chair, and I ask your consideration for Mr. Bailey because you are as deeply interested in a five-cent street car fare and all matters of interest to Denver as I am. Mr. Herrington is backed up by the Post and News and Times, by Gerald Hughes, attorney for the tramway and all corporate interests, and I do not think he is the man to govern this city in the interest of all, notwithstanding he says he favors a low street car rate and the doing away with all forms of vice. We've always had beautiful platforms before election and many broken planks after. Let's all vote for the man this time—the man who has been tried—the man who has stood in the public eye for twenty years and retained the respect of all. We are not after war heroes who never shot a gun, nor are we after iron crosses, or lawyers of Ludlow fame. I sincerely hope Mr. Dewey C. Bailey may be elected. WAIST LINE SUITS of BRANDEGEE-KINCAID MAKE $30.00 to $60.00 And We Really Want Your Business Fifteenth Jefferay and Stout THE COLORADO STATESMAN Charlie Stewart of Wiggins, Colo., was a visitor in the city this week. Good time for all at Elks' entertainment, Fern Hall, May 7th. Admission 30c. Mrs. Mary Russell, 1621 East Thirtieth avenue, has remodeled her home in the latest style. DATES FOR NEXT BUSINESS LEAGUE MEETING ANNOUNCED Tuskegee Institute, Ala., April 19. After consultation with Dr. Robert Moton, chairman of the executive committee, and Mr. J. C. Napier, president Mr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary of the National Negro Business league, pronounces that the next meeting of the league will be held in St. Louis, M Mr. and Mrs. Serrill of New York have purchased a beautiful modern home at 1623 East Thirtieth avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gentry of 3714 Franklin. street have remodeled their home and purchased a fine player piano. The Elks' committee is making great preparations for their May ball which will be Wednesday evening, May 7th, at Fern Hall. Admission 30c. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Brown of Olney Springs, Colo., are visitors in the city and are stopping at the Barnes hotel. They own a fine ranch which is well supplied with all necessary equipment. Rev. C. O. Smith, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Cheyenne, Wyo., passed through the city last Friday from Hutchinson, Kan., where he was called on account of the illness of his wife, whom he left much improved. Rev. Smith was an interesting caller at our office and spoke very complimentary of the Colorado Statesman. XX Century Art Club in season's best concert, People's Presbyterian Church, Monday, April 28. The Grafonola Store company, 633-35 Sixteenth street, in offering the Columbia double disc records to the public assures them that they cannot be surpassed for quality and durability, and the numerous comments from their patrons as to the satisfaction these records give form a guarantee of this firm's ability to please. Prices within the reach of all, with the most convenient methods of payment, coupled with the courteous treatment of Clarence K. Harris, president and manager, and his staff of clerks should hasten a large number of people to go to this store and purchase machines or records at the small amount of $1 per week. A trial will convince you. A WORTHY INSTITUTION. That the Negro Woman's Day Nursery and Club House is filling a very useful and desirable purpose in our community none can consciently deny, and yet we are not sure that this good institution is getting the support from our own people as it ought to. This home having been purchased through the combined efforts of the several Woman's club of Denver has obligations which each club respectively has guaranteed to maintain, and therefore contributing a certain quota toward the aggregate expense on the purchasing money, etc., they appeal to the public through legitimate ways for assistance. Now comes the Twentieth Century Art club in a concert Monday, April 28, at the People's Presbyterian church, where they will present Mrs. Rhoda Anderson Chambers, pianist, assisted by some of the best city talent to assist them in raising the balance of their contribution to the home. This being a worthy cause a crowded house is expected. Joslin's Dry Goods store, 16th and Curtis streets, that means quality, reasonable prices, quick and uniform courtesy on the part of every employe. One of the largest and daintiest stocks of goods to select from. Their display of spring goods is one of the most gorgeous to be seen in any display of fabrics, etc., in the city. The store has been recently decorated and has a beautiful appearance. SHORTER CHAPEL AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH. Twenty-third and Washington Streets, A. M. Ward, Minister, 220 Twenty- third Street, Phone M5474 The pastor will occupy his pulpit Sunday morning. The Rev. H. W. Jamison, D. D., presiding elder of Illinois conference, supreme G. M. of the U. B. F. will preach at 8 p. m. The Easter day services in Shorter Chapel attracted large crowds throughout the day on Sunday and proved good in every way. There were two additions to the membership of the church and the sacrament of baptism was administered to two children. DATES FOR NEXT BUSINESS LEAGUE MEETING ANNOUNCED. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., April 19. After consultation with Dr. Robert R. Moton, chairman of the executive committee, and Mr. J. C. Napier, president, Mr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary of the National Negro Business league, announces that the next meeting of the league will be held in St. Louis, Missouri. August 13, 14 and 15. Mr. Aaron E. Malone, president of the Poro college and also president of the St. Louis Negro Business league, headed a committee from St. Louis at the last meeting of the league held in Atlantic City, N. J., and brought letters from the Mayor and Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis, urging the business league to hold its annual session there in 1919. This invitation was accepted and Mr. Malone immediately took steps looking forward to the entertainment of the league. COLORED WOMEN WORK FOR THE VICTORY LOAN. The record of the colored women of Denver in the various drives and war activities is worthy of the brilliant showing made by the colored soldiers on the battlefield in France. They have done good work in past loans and the Denver Woman's Liberty Loan committee looks to them for the same effort and loyal support in the coming drive—the Victory Liberty Loan. They have been active workers through the Colored Women's Auxiliary of the National League for Women's Service. The Denver Woman's Liberty Loan committee hopes to see them well represented in the parade Saturday morning. Among the many members of the auxiliary, Mrs. Isabel Stewart, Mrs. R. B. Anderson, Mrs. Ida DePriest, Mrs. Jennie McCullough, Mrs. Isabel Fallings, Mrs. R. B. Anderson, Mrs. Frances Logen, Mrs. Pitts, Mrs. Jennie Smith are mentioned as organizing and doing their part of the work in the various drives and other war activities. SANATITE IS FOOT COMFORT OR YOUR MONEY BACK Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Two junior baseball teams have been formed. The first team is composed of boys from the seventh and eighth grades of the public schools, and the second team from the fourth, fifth and sixth grades. A game last Saturday afternoon was played with a mixed team, being the first of the season. A game is scheduled between the two teams for this (Saturday) afternoon at Thirty-first and Champa, at 1:30 o'clock. In the pocket-billiard contest which was begun last week between the Hi-Y's and the All-Employed boys, the latter are now in the lead, with one-third of the games already played. Special mention should also be made of the lecture group of the All-Employed Boys' club which meets every Monday evening at 8 o'clock to listen to a short talk before going at the sports. The subject of the talk last week was "Customs." The Hi-Y boys at the meeting on Tuesday evening listened to a very interesting talk on "Guns," which was given by Mr. Nugent of the Central association. The Life Problem class had their first meeting Wednesday evening. For the next four weeks the group will study "The Problem of a Livelihood." Secretary Bell will have charge of the group. Messrs. Griffith, Walker, Burl, Pierce and Frye of Cincinnati have been visiting the building during the past week. They are a fine bunch of young men — all members of churches and all members of the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A. They have come to enter the Pullman service. For the next six weeks a lecture on some popular subject will be given, and Friday night will be known as educational night. The course was opened last night with a talk on "Bolshevism, Its Origin, Its Spirft and Its Program." These lectures will be free to the public. The meeting tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon will begin at 4 o'clock. A good program will be rendered, and all are invited. Rhoda Anderson Chambers and quartet Mixed Voices on program, XX Century Art Club, Monday, April 28, Presbyterian Church. CAMPBELL CHAPEL, A. M. E. CHURCH. Corner $ ^{ \mathrm{A}} $ Lawrence and Twenty-third Streets, I. S. Wilson, Pastor. Easter was a great day in Campbell, beginning with our early sunrise prayer meeting, and continuing throughout the day, the Holy Spirit was with us. The pastor preached at 11 o'clock, received two into the church, and baptized two infants at the altar. God made Himself at the service. % 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Commodity Prices Wages Telophone Rates At 3 p. m. another great meeting was enjoyed. The program arranged by the teachers of the Sunday school and the smaller classes was excellent. Each child from the smallest tot to the largest on program did his or her best, and the parents were made proud. 7:45 p. m. the members of the choir quitted themselves nobly and each one on program was covered with praises from the audience. The church was artistically decorated with colors commensurate with the occasion, by what was formerly known as Stewardess Board No. 2, but is now the "What-So-Ever" Club. Much credit is due the president and members for the beautiful church in which we worshiped. Sunday collections, $70.70. Services. Sunday April 27: 10 a. m. Sunday school, Wendell Allen, superintendent. 11 a. m. Preaching by the pastor. 6;30 p. m. A. C. E. League. Mrs. Donaldson, president. 8 p. m. Preaching by Rev. Bell, secretary and manager of the Y. M. C. A. Midweek meetings: SINCE 1913 there has been a steady increase in the price of all commodities and the products of industry, which has not been reflected in a corresponding increase in telephone rates. In order to meet the past and present high cost of telephone operation, a revenue in just proportion to the expense must be secured. 8 p. m., Tuesday. Trustees' meeting. 8 p. m., Wednesday. Prayer and class meeting. The reason is simple. The cost of telephone operation has steadily advanced both because of the increased cost of material and the increased living cost of employés. The consumer has realized the necessity of paying more for rent, for food, for clothing and for transportation. The telephone industry has been affected by the same conditions which have produced higher prices in all of the necessities of life. Mountain Lodge of Elks will entertain at Fern Hall, Wednesday evening, May 7. Good music. Admission 30c. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. East Twenty-third and Washington Street, Presbyter, J. A. Thos. Harell, S. T. B. Between 1913 and 1918, commodity prices advanced $112\%$, wages advanced $72\%$ and Telephone rates the country over advanced only $4\%$. Adequate rates are needed if the service is to be maintained efficiently and on a comprehensive scale, so as to meet the increasing demands of the public. Sermon topics Sunday, April 27: Eleven a. m., "If Christ Had Not Risen" : 5:30 p. m., "His Arien." The services of Holy week have left an ineressable mark of spiritual uplift on the congregation. The two sermons of Dr. Randolph and Rev. A. C. Jackson are daily comment of appreciation by the people. Stainer's crucifixion of Good Friday night under the presentorship of Mr. W. A. Gatewood with Mrs. N. Herrington as companionist was not merely a sacrificing effort on the part of the sponsor, but a veritable successful achievement by all the participants. Mr. Gatewood was not merely the soloist, because of a forced necessity, but conducted the whole cantata with much satisfaction to the audience and credit to himself. Mrs. W. A. Gatewood, Mrs. Nealey, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Rollen accomplished their respective parts well. Messrs. Clark, Rucker and Brickler brothers were invaluable assets, whereas the trio of violins manned by mesdames Hooper, Morrison and Mr. Gatewood proved a compliment to the sacred occasion. The program of Easter day will not easily be forgotten in this church. Beginning with the 5 a.m. services, the people's hearts seemed to be all aglow. The religious ferver registered a high note by the Sunday school scholars at 11 o'clock. The program was faultlessly rendered. The meridian of the forty days of Lent was reached on Easter Sunday evening at 5:30 o'clock when the choir rendered an all-rounded service. The address by Dr. Randolph on a significance of the Resurrection touched the high places of this stupenda fact. Thus ended the days' efforts. This company is operating its telephone property under the direction of the Postmaster General for the United States Government and must secure sufficient revenue to cover the cost of rendering the service. The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. $5.00 $5.00 Five Dollars will place a beautiful Grafonola in your home A Columbia Grafonola in your home will give you all the music of all the world. Yours is the privilege of hearing the world's marvelously gifted artists from the depths of your pet arm chair any evening you choose. The technical problems of sound reproduction are so superbly solved in the Grafonola that comparison leaves no doubt of its supreme fitness for the place of honor among all musical instruments. Grafonolas From $20.00 to $225.00. Decidedly Convenient Terms. "Every Grafonola, Every Record, Every Day." The Grafonola Store Co 633 - 16th St NOTICE. All colored discharged or in service soldiers are requested to report immediately to the War Camp Community Service league, 720 East Twenty-sixth avenue. Business of importance. IDA DePRIEST, Chairman. LUDY ROSE BARBER SHOP —And— SHINING PARLOR. ARTESIAN BATHS. 1226 Eighteenth Street. Denver, Colorado. We take this effort to thank our patrons for the support of our services last Sabbath and in the past. Remember a cordial welcome awaits all who enter the portals of this church. The Easter music will be repeated tomorrow at both services. FUNERAL NOTICES OF DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. Lacey, Harvey Ross, 21 years, nephew of Mrs. D. W. Smith, residence 1018 East Twenty-third avenue, departed this life Friday, April 18. Funeral services were held 2 p. m., Wednesday, April 23, from Shorter's Chapel. Rev. A. M. Ward officiated. Interment, Riverside. Howard, Callie, 50 years, beloved wife of James Howard, mother of Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Haywood, 2215 Curtis street, departed this life April 20. Funeral services 2:30 p. m., Sunday, from Central Baptist Church, under auspices of Progress Court No. 6 Catantha, Rev. J. P. Price officiating. Interment, Fairmount cemetery. It is a pleasure to buy goods at a store that nas reputation of selling only the best at prices to suit present times, and the Denver Dry Goods Co., at 16th and California streets, is just such a place as the Statesman speaks of. This up-to-the-minute store is one of the largest in the West, has an unsurpassed prestige with the general public, and their big display of new spring goods should not fail to attract buyers. HEARD and SEEN at the CAPITAL No Bargain Sales of Your Uncle Sam's War Goods WASHINGTON.—Ever since the signing of the armistice people have been wondering what the government was going to do with all the war material it couldn't use. Apparently no one has taken the trouble to find out, for rumors of the wildest kind have been circulated. One of these was to the effect that the government would soon sell a large number of its war automobiles and motortrucks at the price of $300 aplece. Another stated that airplanes at $100 aplece were to be offered to the public by the war department. What prices were quoted on such miscellaneous things as typewriters, desks, adding machines, soap, food, automobile tires and mules can only be guessed by the tone of the corre- spondence which is constantly pouring into the l department. The war department hates to disappoint the p insist that there is not the slightest bit of truth department is a dignified institution, and not a junk s work to do that it has plenty of use for all its motors of selling any. It is also unaware that any of its al for sale, at any price at all—certainly not at the rid. The government is taking every precaution to p industry through the unloading of war material. American industries more than tripled their product needs of the army. The government cannot now turn the market to the injury of these industries. It protected. Latest New Thing Is to Be "Due WORD comes from Paris that something new will peace is signed. This new thing will be the fin. The principals because of the fact they are mem ing into the headquarters of the war I appoint the public, but it is forced to at bit of truth in these rumors. The and not a junk shop. It still has so much all its motorcars, and has no intention at any of its airplanes are to be offered not at the ridiculous price of $100. precaution to prevent any disruption to war material. During the war many their production in order to meet the cannot now turn its war surplus back on industries. It must see that they are Be "Duello of the Sky" thing new will happen there as soon as will be the first aerial duel in history. they are members of the French army spondence which is constantly pouring into the headquarters of the war department. The war department hates to disappoint the public, but it is forced to insist that there is not the slightest bit of truth in these rumors. The department is a dignified institution, and not a junk shop. It still has so much work to do that it has plenty of use for all its motorcars, and has no intention of selling any. It is also unaware that any of its airplanes are to be offered for sale, at any price at all—certainly not at the ridiculous price of $100. The government is taking every precaution to prevent any disruption to industry through the unloading of war material. During the war many American industries more than tripled their production in order to meet the needs of the army. The government cannot now turn its war surplus back on the market to the injury of these industries. It must see that they are protected. Latest New Thing Is to Be "Duello of the Sky" WORD comes from Paris that something new will happen there as soon as peace is signed. This new thing will be the first aerial duel in history. The principals, because of the fact they are members of the French army aviation corps, feel they should not lessen their country's aerial force by even one so long as a state of war exists. They insist, however, that they are determined to settle their difficulties in this unique manner as soon as the emergency ceases to exist. The principals are Corp. Leon Vaudecrane, chief editor of the trade paper L'Exportateur Francais, and Capt. Robert Schreiber, chief editor of a competing paper, Echos de Exporta- The Vaudecrane a letter which the latter his seconds' to Schreiber. In plane of 120 horse power, armed with aid. "Both my seconds—Captain Madon,unt Babo—and my adversary's seconds of war, a settlement is impossible until in my desire to bring down M. Schreiber,this machine." And progresses in circles can find basis the French duel. A few centuries ago. As it got tamer it began to go out of the prewar "bloodless duel of Paris."to first principles. Read for Permanent Burial are to be brought home by the governance will permit, subject to the wishes oforal Gregory is at work in France pre- During an editorial war Schreiber wrote Vaudecrane a letter which the latter thought insulting. Vaudecrane sent his seconds to Schreiber. During an editorial war Schreiber wrote Vaudecrane thought insulting. Vaudecrane sent his seconds "I intend to use a Nieuport chasing plane of 120 a Vickers machine gun," Vaudecrane said. "Both my one of the French aces, and Lieutenant Babo—and have decided that owing to the state of war, a settle after peace is signed. But I continue in my desire to putting a few bullets through him and his machine." Bellevers in the theory that mankind progresses for their arguments in the history of the French du a duel was almost always to the death. As it got tur style. The world greeted with a smile the prewar "An airplane duel certainly gets back to first principle A. E. F. Gathering Its Dead for F AMERICA'S soldier dead in France are to be brou ment as soon as conditions after peace will permit their families. Former Attorney General Gregory is paring a repo "I intend to use a Nieuport chasing plane of 120 horse power, armed with a Vickers machine gun," Vaundecrane said. "Both my seconds—Captain Madon, one of the French aces, and Lieutenant Babo—and my adversary's seconds have decided that owing to the state of war, a settlement is impossible until after peace is signed. But I continue in my desire to bring down M. Schreiber, putting a few bullets through him and his machine." Belleivers in the theory that mankind progresses in circles can find basis for their arguments in the history of the French duel. A few centuries ago a duel was almost always to the death. As it got tamer it began to go out of style. The world greeted with a smile the prewar "bloodless duel of Paris." An airplane duel certainly gets back to first principles. A. E. F. Gathering Its Dead for Permanent Burial AMERICA'S soldier dead in France are to be brought home by the government as soon as conditions after peace will permit, subject to the wishes of their families. Former Attorney General Gregory is at work in France preparing a report on legal phases of the matter which must be taken up with the French government. Believing that there will be many Americans who will desire that their soldier dead should rest forever under the battlefields, the adjutant general has prepared a memorandum on the subject for general information. It says in part: "It is not deemed practicable to grant requests for relatives, friends, or undertakers, to go to France to superintend the preparation and shipment of, or to the United States. You will appreciate that there ties abroad. Organizations have been formed overseas tation units, whose duty it is to look after burials, to and to preserve identification records." Concerning the work of the graves registriatic Stars and Stripes, official newspaper of the A. E. F. "The A. E. F. is gathering its dead together, that in life—in serried ranks. From frozen dugouts, from hastily improvised and now sunken openings in the holes and battle graves, from wheat fields and river from all of the thousands of places of isolation and g are being tenderly lifted and borne to take their pla of the army." Regarding rechecking the casualty lists, General war department: "No accurate estimate of unreport There are, however, approximately 5,500 missing to whom have been reported to Washington as missing. British official list of 161,000 missing and the French Port of Missing Ships and Davy GREATEST mystery of the recorded history of men in ships is the disappearance of the U. S. S. Cyc 19,000 tons, she left Rio de Janeiro in January of 19 ment of, or to accompany bodies back state that there were over 69,000 casual- formed overseas known as grave regis- after burials, to care for the cemeteries, lives registration units in France, the of the A. E. F., printed in Paris, says: either, that in death they may be as in dugouts, from old ruins, from those openings in the ground that were shell elds and river bank and meadow knoll, isolation and great loneliness, the dead take their places in the ordered ranks lists, General Pershing has cabled the state of unreported deaths can be given. 000 missing to be accounted for, all of on as missing. This compares with the and the French of 290,000." and Davy Jones' Locker history of men who go down to the sea the U. S. S. Cyclops. A naval collier of January of 1918 for New York with a superintend the preparation and shipment of, or to accompany bodies back to the United States. You will appreciate that there were over 69,000 casualties abroad. Organizations have been formed overseas known as grave registration units, whose duty it is to look after burials, to care for the cemeteries, and to preserve identification records." Concerning the work of the graves registration units in France, the Stars and Stripes, official newspaper of the A. E. F. , printed in Paris, says: "The A. E. F. is gathering its dead together, that in death they may be as in life—in serried ranks. From frozen dugouts, from old ruins, from those hastily improvised and now sunken openings in the ground that were shell holes and battle graves, from wheat fields and river bank and meadow knoll, from all of the thousands of places of isolation and great loneliness, the dead are being tenderly lifted and borne to take their places in the ordered ranks of the army." Regarding rechecking the casualty lists, General Pershing has cabled the war department: "No accurate estimate of unreported deaths can be given. There are, however, approximately 5,500 missing to be accounted for, all of whom have been reported to Washington as missing. This compares with the British official list of 161,000 missing and the French of 290,000." Port of Missing Ships and Davy Jones' Locker Port of Missing Ships and Davy Jones' Locker GREATEST mystery of the recorded history of men who go down to the sea in ships is the disappearance of the U. S. S. Cyclops. A naval collier of 19,000 tons, she left Rio de Janeiro in January of 1918 for New York with a cargo of manganese, 57 passengers, 20 officers and a crew of 213. March 4 she reported at Barbadoes for bunker coal. Since that date there is absolutely no trace of ship, passengers or crew, in spite of persistent and systematic search by the navy department the world over. Did her engines break down and the sea overwhelm her? Did her cargo shift and she turn turtle, going down like a stone? Did she break in two, either on a giant wave with her bow and stern unsupported, or with no support under her center, the wave having "run out from under?" Was there an explosion from gas generated by the manganese? Was there an explosion of her boilers? Was she torpeded by a submarine? Did she strike a mine? Was there an explosion of a set and timed bomb aboard? giant wave with her bow and stern unsupported, or with no support under her center, the wave baving "run out from under?" giant wave with her bow and stern unsupported, or her center, the wave having "run out from under?" Was there an explosion from gas generated by t Was there an explosion of her boilers? Was she torpeded by a submarine? Did she st an explosion of a set and timed bomb aboard? Was there an explosion from gas generated by the manganese? Was there an explosion of her boilers? Was she torpeded by a submarine? Did she strike a mine? Was there an explosion of a set and timed bomb aboard? Was she delivered to the Germans by treachery? Two facts would seem to answer all of these qu. One is that she was equipped with a powerful wirel received from her anywhere. The other is that e waters found no boat, spar, timber, life-belt or oar. the Cyclops is not at Kiel and the German admiralt can throw no light whatever on her fate. Presumably the U. S. S. Cyclops is in the Port o passengers and crew are in Davy Jones' locker. "There has been no more baffling mystery . . her name stricken from the registry."—Secretary Dai all of these questions except the last. powerful wireless and no message was her is that exhaustive search of the belt or oar. As to the last possibility, man admiralty officially states that itate. is in the Port of Missing Ships and heres' locker. mystery . . . given up as lost and Secretary Danjels. Two facts would seem to answer all of these questions except the last. One is that she was equipped with a powerful wireless and no message was received from her anywhere. The other is that exhaustive search of the waters found no boat, spar, timber, life-belt or oar. As to the last possibility, the Cyclops is not at Kiel and the German admiralty officially states that it can throw no light whatever on her fate. Presumably the U. S. S. Cyclops is in the Port of Missing Ships and her passengers and crew are in Davy Jones' locker. "There has been no more baffling mystery . . . given up as lost and her name stricken from the registry."—Secretary Daniels. Happy Birthday Mr. President, I am proud to be a president of the United States. I will work hard to improve the nation. I will work with everyone to make the country a better place. I will work with everyone to make the country a better place. the principals, because of the aviation corps, feel they should not lessen their country's aerial force by even one so long as a state of war exists. They insist, however, that they are determined to settle their difficulties in this unique manner as soon as the emergency ceases to exist. The principals are Corp. Leon Vaudecrane, chief editor of the trade paper L'Exportateur Francais, and Capt. Robert Schreiber, chief editor of a competing paper, Echos de Exportation. Schreiber's father is a German. Temple cargo of manganese, 57 passengers, 20 officers and a crew of 213. March 4 she reported at Barbados for bunker coal. Since that date there is absolutely no trace of ship, passengers or crew, in spite of persistent and systematic search by the navy department the world over. Did her engines break down and the sea overwhelm her? Did her cargo shift and she turn turtle, going down like a stone? Did she break in two either on a CONQUEST OF THE AIR AERIAL SERVICE FOR PASSEN GERS, MAIL AND MERCHANDISE, BIRDMEN MEET NEXT MONTH Big Convention of Pan-American Aeronauts Will Stimulate Enlistments in the U. S. Air Service. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Atlantic City, New Jersey, will be the Mecca for a large gathering of American men, and representatives of foreign countries, who will be attracted by the first Pan-American Aeronautics Convention, which meets there in May. Capt. Charles J. Glidden, of the U. S. Alr Service, Military Aeronautics, now stationed in the administrative department of the United States Flying School, Southerfield, Georgia, says: "The Pan American Aeronautics Convention and exhibition to be held at Atlantic City during the month of May will bring to the attention of the American people the wonderful progress of aviation. The work of aircraft during the war establishes its practicability for commercial uses and insures the creation in this country of a complete aerial service, connecting all cities and towns for the transportation of persons, mail and merchandise. "Before the close of 1920 I confidently predict this service will be in full operation, with extensions to all countries on this hemisphere. In the United States trunk lines will be established across the country which will place every city and town within six hours from some twenty-four distributing points. Once created and in operation our extensive coast line could be put under complete protection from any possible invasion. Thousands of college trained aviators in and out of the service are now waiting to join in the operation of an nerial service. "The government calls for fifteen thousand men to enlist in air service for one or three years' time. This is bound to receive a quick response, as here is an opportunity for men to be immediately assigned to duty in the service and of the number who enlist those who pass certain examinations will be given flying and balloon piloting instruction. This liberal offer is equivalent to a one of three years' college course in aeronautics, and one may became an expert in all branches of aviation, and if qualified a non-commissioned or even a commissioned officer. In addition to regular pay, clothing, quarters and rations, extra pay begins with instructions to operate the aircraft. As the number of men wanted is limited to fifteen thousand for the entire country, quick application to the nearest recruiting officer will be necessary before the privilege is withdrawn. "Everybody directly and indirectly interested in aviation should attend the Atlantic City convention and exhibition in order to keep abreast with the times and become familiar with the development of aircraft for defense and commercial uses and witness the demonstrations of the world's greatest airplane aviators, who will fly, and balloon pilots sail to the Atlantic air ports from all over the country." Gets Congressional Decoration. Salina, Kan.—The congressional medal of honor was conferred upon First Lieut. George R. Robb here by Brig. Gen. W. H. Sage, commandant at Camp Funston. Lumber Will Go Higher Chicago.—Charles S. Keith of Kansas City, president of the Southern Pine Association and widely known as a statistical authority of lumber, told the legislative commission investigating the high prices of building materials that the present price of lumber is lower than it will be at any time in five years. He said the increased cost of production, depletion of raw material in this country and the enormous increased demand from Europe to rebuild the vast areas devastated by war are certain to mean higher prices for lumber for at least five years. To Combat Demonstration. Buenos Aires.—Young Argentinians, including the members of the "January White Guard," are organizing and arming to combat the Maximalist demonstration being prepared for May 1. Two thousand are already under arms and declare their determination to deal vigorously with the expected outbreak. The regular army is now composed of conscripts who have been under the colors less than two months. Agree to Feed Russia. Parls.—The allied and associated powers are prepared to aid in the relief of Russia with foodstuffs, medical supplies and other necessaries, provided there is a cessation of hostilities "within definite lines in the territory of Russia." This fact became known in correspondence which has passed between Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, head of the commission appointed to feed Russia, and President Wilson and Premiers Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Orlando. 100,000 ARE READY TO MARCH AND CRISIS LOOMS NEAR NATION BACKS ORLANDO THE ITALIAN ARMY WILL FIGHT BEFORE WILL GIVE UP Western Newspaper Union News Service. Rome, April 25.—The decision of Premier Orlando to return to Rome from the peace conference was cheered by crowds in the streets here, the people applauding whenever the names of Italy, Flume or Orlando were mentioned by speakers. Telegrams from all the large towns of Italy report great demonstrations and much excitement. There is a universal protest against Mr. Wilson's stand against Italy's claims to the Dalmatian coast. Paris.—The situation in Flume is complicated by the fact that the town, as the headquarters of the allied army of the Orient, contains French and British, as well as Italian, troops. A one-sided Italian occupation of Flume. It is believed, would immediately provoke a diplomatic and military issue with the European allies. Italian military forces will occupy that part of Dalmatia and other Adriatic territory named in the pact of London with about 100,000 men, it was stated by Captain Pozzl of Premier Orlando's staff. A similar force, the captain added, would be sent to the northern region and around Flume. London.—Public opinion in Italy, according to a wireless message from Rome, is much excited against the peace conference for refusing to recognize the Italian claims. Apparently there is a complete truce in party politics, and the newspapers are unanimous in blaming the allies. It is declared that feeling is running so high that it might have a disastrous influence on Anglo-Italian relations. "The Italians consider that they have been betrayed by the allies," the dispatch says. "The whole nation is aroused and has rallied to the support of Orlando and Sonnino. There is a brave army ready to make every sacrifice for the realization of their program. Many popular demonstrations have taken place and the watchword is 'Flume or death'. "If the conference does not accept the Italian point of view, the situation will become extremely serious." Siege at Hamburg. Copenhagen.—A state of siege has been proclaimed in the important German port of Hamburg and the suburbs of Altona and Wandsbeck, according to advices received from Hamburg. In consequence of the disturbances in Hamburg the police have received orders to shoot persons carrying arms, plundering or fighting against the national police. Stop Red Cross Train. Berlin.—The Zeitung am Mittag reports from Lundsberg on the Warthe that German frontier guards stopped an American Red Cross train carrying food to Warsaw and searched it for ammunition. There was no ammunition aboard, but the train was obliged to return to Friedberg, so that it might continue to Warsaw by another route. Killa Wife and Son. Madras, Ore.—A tragedy which resulted in the death of a family of three was revealed when the bodies of Charles Sar, a rancher aged 43; his wife, Mrs. Susie R. Hardwick Sar, aged 41, and her son, David Hardwick, aged 16, were found by her brother. The mother and son had been shot by the husband while asleep in their beds, and he had ended his own life with a 22-caliber rifle. Domestic troubles arising over the conduct of the boy, a son of the wife by a former marriage, is said to have been the cause of the tragedy. Adopt New Flying Service Washington.—A 'machine that enables you to experience all the physical sensations of flying and to test your fitness for aviation without once losing your hold upon the earth, has just been adopted by the War Department for use in training its pilots. It is probable that this device, known as the Ruggles orientator, will be a feature of all flying schools and will enable civilians, as well as soldiers, to determine without risking their lives whether they are fit for flying. Hoover Issues Warning Berlin.—A message to Germany by Herbert Hoover, director general of the interallied relief organization, has been published in Berlin, warning against a continuation of the strikes and disorders, saying they were endangering a continuation of the food supply. The message has brought about serious discussion in the German newspapers, which is best reflected by the Boersenzeltung, which says Mr. Hoover's note is an ultimatum to Germany. POINT ONE—Morrison's Full Orchestra furnishes the music. POINT TWO—Thursday is in the middle of the week. POINT THREE—We don't tolerate anything but decent actions at our dance. POINT FOUR—Dancing is healthy. Science has proven it. POINT FIVE—You can meet the prettiest girls in the whole world at Fern Hall Every Thursday Night FIVE POINTS DANCING CLUB. Weatherhead Hat Co. TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 Established 1876 RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS, DYERS Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Ever 1624 CHAMPA ST., DENVER Phone Champa 5431 NIGHT AND DAY AND COLD DRINK B. CARRUTH, Pro- A Full Line of Fresh Fil- oysters and Lob- Short Orders At All Hours Rese- STREET DENVER S and Strangers o Attention The Sun D Cafe welcome all to good home ties of the seasons, any time 11:30 p. m. Accurate servi- when down town stop, give will guarantee you will leave INKLIN & S. BOWERS, Prop. WILKER'S SCIENTIFIC ART OF By Mrs. Mary Bolden of 2540 Glenarm Place Experience in growing the hair. N customer's hair grows. Full lin- ught. Call for rates. STATE SHINING in the city. Private booths s of Fancy Shoes cleaned, dyed guaranteed. RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS, DYERS AND FINISHERS Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Description 1624 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, COLO. 1865-1867 CURTIS STREET The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWER GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and TELEPHONE, MAIN 1811 To Friends and Str The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO Wishes to welcome all the and dainties of the season. a. m. to 11:30 p. m. A hours; so when down town and we will guarantee y smile. MRS. M. J. FRANKLIN & S. B. MADAM C.J. WALKER'S SCIENT By Mrs. Mary 2540 Glena Eight (8) years experience in growl advertisement. My customer's hair g for sale. System taught. Call for r SILVER STATE S The best in the city. Pr All kinds of Fancy Shoes All work guaranteed. Wishes to welcome all to good home cooking and dainties of the seasons, any time from 6 a. m. to 11:30 p. m. Accurate service at all hours; so when down town stop, give us a trial and we will guarantee you will leave with a smile. MRS. M. J. FRANKLIN & S. BOWERS. Props. 924 19th St. Eight (8) years experience in growing the hair. My own hair is my advertisement. My customer's hair grows. Full line of her hair goods for sale. System taught. Call for rates. SILVER STATE SHINING PARLOR The best in the city. Private booths for ladies. All kinds of Fancy Shoes cleaned, dyed, bronzed. All work guaranteed. TOM BROWN, Proprietor 726 EIGHTEENTH STREET DENV --- ```markdown ``` VINEGAR PIONEER HATTERS OF THE WEST. WE MAKE OLD HATS NEW. WARD AUSTION COMPANY Sales Dally at 2 p.m, Offloe Fur niture a Specialty. : PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE maveeroe 99" 1723-30 GLENARM 8T.-6a PHONE MAIN 1676, teeeeerenee. THE BAST ICE CREAM AND 0.P. BAUR @ CO. 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THE Merchants who advertise in this paper will give you best vaiues for your money. FAMOUS PEACE TREATIES By H. IRVING KING TREATY BETWEEN EMPEROR CHARLES V. AND FRANCIS I. A Treaty of Pence That Was Longer In the Making Than In the Observance, ‘The treaty between the Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France Is an example of a treaty which was longer in its making than it was In its observance. It ts clted by all writers on international law and com- mentators on peace treaties in thelr arguments as to the binding force of treaty signed under duress—though, as a matter of fact, every treaty signed by a defeated nation may be said to be signed under compulsion. It 1s also worthy of note that after the peace conference had lasted six months, the treaty had been signed and the high contracting parties to It had taken their solemn oaths to ob- serve it, the emperor and the king challenged each other to a duel over It. In February, 1525, the armies of France were defeated at Pavia by the armies of Charles V, emperor of Germany and king of Spain. The French king was taken prisoner and sent from the stricken fleld his cele brated message: “All Is lost save hon- or." Francis was taken to Spain and moved about from one strong castle to another, the emperor refusing to see him except once when, Irancls falling 11, Charles went to him and was greeted by the French king with the remark: “So you have come to see your prisoner die.” Opening of Negotiations. As early as July 20, however, nego- tiations were opened at Toledo be- tween the ambassadors ot Francis— for he was still king of France and had his ambassadors—and the em peror and his advisers. The terms proposed by the imperial delegates were harsh In the extreme and amounted to virtual dismemberment of France. Henry VIII sent delegates, being anxious to form an alliance with the emperor and share in the spoils, But the English people, for once, firmly opposed Henry's policy, 80 he switched around to the French side and signed a treaty with the re- gent, Louise of Savoy, for which that astute woman paid Henry 2,000,000 crowns and gave the negotiator, Cardi nal Wolsey, a pension of 100,00 crowns—a crown at that time being worth $1.12. The emperor gradually abated his terms and on January 14, 1526, the treaty was signed at Madrid. By I Charles was to have Burgundy and its dependencies, Francis was restored tc liberty, leaving his two sons as host ages for the fulfillment of the condi. tions of the treaty, and peace was to THE PEACE OF CAMBRAI (THE LADIES’ PEACE) 1525 ‘Two Women Worked to Bring Peace to a War-Weary World. The famous Peace of Gambral, known as “The Ladies’ Peace,” because negotiated by two women, was signed in 1529 at a town famous in the an- nals of the recent war, and put an end to another “world war” which, with an Intermission of 15 months, hud been ravaging Europe for eight years and involved all the principal nutions of Christendom. By the end of 1528 it was felt that Europe was ‘exhausting itself in indecisive war- fare. ‘The French army In the king- dom of Naples was wasting itself in inconclusive engagements. The vast empire of Charles V felt the strain of the prolonged conflict and only the gold and silver which were beginning to flow in from America saved It from financial collapse. On all sides there was a desire for peace. In June of 1529 peace was conclud- ed between the pope and the emperor of Barcelona and it was suggested that delegates be appointed to try and bring about a peace between the two great heads of the war, the emperoc and the king of France. King Fran- cis appointed his mother, Louse of Savoy, and the emperor appointed his aunt, Margaret of Austria. It wilt be seen that the recent appointment of a woman as Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland was not without prece- dent. Experienced in Political Affairs. ‘The two women to whom were now Intrusted the destinies of the civilized world were not without experience in political affairs, Louise havin twice heen regent of France and Margaret having been regent of the Low Coun- tries for her nephew. ‘They were both about fifty years old. Louise, who had been a great beauty in her youth, still retained a portion of her good looks. In character they were the very opposite of each other. Loufse was notorious for her amours, fierce, passionate, unprincipled and brilliant. Margaret was gentle, retir- ing, with a character above reproach and a clear, strong intellect. It might have been expected that the meeting of two such strong and yet opposite characters, especially of the feminine gender, would have been more productive of “rows and ruc- tions” than of a world peace. But such was not the case. The two ladies agreed to meet at Cambral in the lat- ter part of June. They hired adjoin- ing houses and secretly had a pas- sage constructed between __ them. ‘There were a lot of other delegutes ani representatives of various nations gethered at Cambrai, of course, and ‘uccacding to the customs of those daya reign. During the captivity of Fran- cis there had been a cessation of hos- tilities; but no sooner did Francis feel himself once more seated on his throne than he began to organize for a renewal of the war. After waiting three months Charles sent emissaries to Francis, demanding the fulfillment of the treaty of Madrid. ‘The king sald he would have to con- sult the Burgundians, The Burgun- dians refused to be handed over. Francis would pay an Indemnity for Burgundy and keep the rest of the treaty, including the relinquishment of all his Italian possessiows. Francis Set His Army In Motion. The king of France swore that If the treaty was not kept he would re- turn and deliver himself up. “Let him keep his oath,” sald Charles, adding some other remarks about conduct un- becoming a man of honor, which were reported back to Francis. Francis set his army in motion on August 8, and the war between him and the emperor began again after a truce of fifteen months, to last three years longer. Angered at the charge of bad faith ‘made by Charles, Francis sent a her- ‘ald to the emperor with a cartel writ: ten in his own hand, saying: “You have Med in your throat in saying that we have done anything unworthy of a gentleman of honor. Appoint 1 time and place of meeting and we will bring our sword for you to cross.” When Charles received this chal- lenge he consulted the grandees of his kingdom. ‘The duke of Infantado gave the opinion that, whatever might be ‘the popular opinion, kings were bound by the laws of honor as other people. ‘However, he did not think the fulfill: ment of a treaty was a fit subject to be decided by a duel. Charles, never: theless, sent his herald to Francis, ac cepting the challenge and appointing fa time and place for the meeting. He ‘also gave the herald a long written ‘argument on the treaty of Madrid, and treaties in general, with which he was to preface the acceptance of the chal lenge. When the herald began to ‘rend Francis stopped him with: “T will hear nothing but the time and place. Does he accept?” “Permit me to do my office,” sal¢ the herald. “Nay,” cried the king; “you shal not speak before giving me the time and place.” “Sire, then give me my safe conduct home,” said the herald. “Let him have it,” cried the king— ‘and so there was no duel. a lot of squabbling over who should walk first, or ride first, or call first, went on, together with’ attempts at sharp political tricks—all this with feasting and pageants. The two Indies attended strictly to business unsuspected by the others and accred ited with full powers by the emperor and the king. They Signed a Treaty of Peace. After a month of conferring, dur- ing which they passed many times a day through that secret passage of theirs, they announced to an aston- ished world on August 5 that they had signed a treaty of peace between Francis I and Charles V. The Italian princes who were vitally interested, complained that they had not beer consulted and Henry VIII swore 4 string of his favorite oaths that sa Uttle attention had been paid to him But the thing was done. The ladies had arranged the peace on the prin ciple of “give and take,” act: ing frankly and dealing squarely with each other, The treaty was 1 good one—though Venice was rather hardly used and territories disposed of without the consent of their rulers or their people—and it brought peace. for a few years at least, to a war- weary world, ‘The Gorilla’s Thumb. The gorilla and chimpanzee, which belong to the higher order of apes. although having many points of re- semblance to man, cannot twiddle their thumbs. In the gorilla the thumb is short und does not reach much bee yond the bottom of the first joint of the forefinger. It 1s very much re stricted in {ts movements, and the animal can neither twiddle its thumbs hor turn them round so that the tips describe a circle. There are the same number of bones in the hand of the gorilla as in the hand of a man, but the thumbs of the monkey have no separate flexor, or bending muscle. This is why a monkey always keeps the thumb on the same side as the fingers and never bends it round any object that may be grasped. One day in a small camp in France I chanced upon a negro wh» was lond- ing a freight car with Rev Cross ma: terial. This young fellow was work. ing in a lazy fashion and I told him that he was not very ambitious “Man,” he said, “there Is no use hav. ing ambition in this man’s army; Un. cle Sam gives me the same dollar ff I's got ambition or if I ain't got ambi tion.”"—Chicago Tribune. ‘$6tns Ati die i Maa KITCHIE pilin. 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Hot Slaw.—Cut cabbage with a fine slicer or shredder, and bruise with a potato masher, to bring out the Juice. Beat two eggs, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a tablespoonful of butter, a quarter of a teaspoonful of mustard, a dash of cayenne and a cupful of mild vinegar. Cook in a double boll- er until smooth, then stir while hot over the cabbage; and serve at once. New carrots, peas and green ontons make a nice vegetable combination. Cook all together and serve in a thin white sauce. Exnatloped Tomatoes With Cheese.— Put a layer of well-buttered crumbs In a baking dish, cover with seasoned tomato and sprinkle with grated cheese; cover with crumbs and bake until the buttered crumbs are browned. Onions Stuffed With Nuts.—Boll enough onons to suit the appetite of the family, and when half done, drain and remove the centers, chop and mix the centers with nuts, salt, butter, crumbs and pepper; fill them, leaving a spoonful on top. Pour around the onions a little broth or thin cream, and bake until thoroughly cooked. Serve them as a garnish to a platter of pork chops, or they may be served from the dish in which they were baked. Bolled rice, served hot, covered with butter, sugar and dusted with cinna- mon makes a nice supper dish, good for the small folks. Emergency Pudding.—Take two cup- fuls of boiling water, stir in enough graham flour to make a mush; add a half-teaspoonful of salt and a half. cupful of sugar. Cook a half hour, then add a half-cupful of chopped figs dates or raisins, and a few nuts. Serve with cream. WESTERN BEEF CO a ° Open Daily to 880 p. m. One of the Most Up-to- Date and Sanitary Mar- Sundays Until 2:00 p. m. kets 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. Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Free Delivery to All Parts of the City. Phone Champa 1641. 2048 LARIMER STREET DENVER, COLO. Opposite the Three Rules. INDUSTRIALREALTY CO. SHLES, RENTALS, INVESTMENTS & EMPLOYMENT Bolden Barber Shop Baths, Electric Massages FIRST-CLASS SERVICE R. B. BOLDEN, Proprietor 926 19th St., Denver Back of the loaf is the snowy flour ‘And back of the flour is the mill; Back of the mill the wheat and the ‘shower and the sun and the Father’s will. Babcock. SOME OF THE MANY POTATO RECIPES, There are several hundred ways of serving potatoes and there should be SS no monotony in the serv- CR ing of this common vege Ce table. PAX Potato and Nut Saw Wee sage—Take two cupfuls of mashed potatoes, add CF one-half cupful of milk, ee one cupful of finely chopped nuts; salt, pep- ‘S CS ay oat Cy When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails, Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings, or any other part of the hog except the squeal, go to EAST’S MARKET 2300-6 Larimer Street Phone Main 1461 | DOr, CStery Sart And Onlon JUS’ FOr seasoning may be added to sult the taste. Add a beaten egg, form into sausages, flour, put Into a greased pan with a small plece of salt pork on each. Bake until brown in a moderate oven. Potato Souffle.—Take two cupfuls of mashed potato, one tablespoonful of melted fat, two tablespoonfuls of milk, one teaspoonful of salt, and pepper to taste. Mix well and fold in two stiffly beaten whites. Bake in a baking dish until {t puffs and Is brown, Armenian Potatoes.—Take —_one- fourth of a cupful of vegetable oll. Add {t to one quart of diced potatoes in a baking dish with one clove of garlic, one-fourth of a cupful of fresh tomato, one-half cupful of water, one and one- half teaspoonfuls of salt, one bunch of parsley finely chopped. Bake in a slow oven forty minutes. Potato Omelette.—Take one cupful of mashed potato, pepper to taste, one teaspoonful of salt. Add three beaten yolks to the potato and beat till the inmps are removed. Season with onion juice or chopped parsley. Beat the whites of three eggs until stiff and fold Into the mixture. Put Into a well- greased pan and bake in a hot oven until brown, Turn and fold on a hot ta tha THE CHAMPA PHARMACY TWENTIETH AND CHAMPA, Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, Propr. PHONE MAIN 2425. MORRISON'S FAMOUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND ENTERTAINERS GEO, MORRISON, MANAGER Music Furnished for all Occasions Phone Main 2707. Res. 2047 Stout St. DENVER, COLO. | Why He Studied It. " “Guess I'll have to take up ventrilo- quism,” sald the far-sighted, long-head- ed buck. “What's the idea?” asked his com- radein-arms. “Do you want to talk after taps without getting caught?” “paint that,” said the first’ buck. “I want to stay In bed after reveille and yell ‘here’ from my bunk, when my name is called out in front of the bhut"—The Spiker. THE ATLAS DRUG COMPANY COURTEOUS TREATMENT—RIGHT PRICES Leaders in Prescription Full Line of Plough’s Black and White Toilet Articles 2701 WELTON STREET MAIN 875 Early American Statesman. Alexander Hamilton, one of our greatest statesmen, was sometimes called “Alexander the Coppersmith,” because of the copper cents he had made in 1793, when he was secretary of the treasury. These pennies were very unpopular with the people. He was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr. This Is the Season for the Very Best Get Our Garden Manual—Full of Information—and Plan the Garden Now. The Colorado Wall Paper & Paint Company THE LEED WALK PAPER JE PAPER LTD. The COLORADO PAPER JE PAPER LTD. 1454 Welton St. RIALREALTY CO. S, INVESTMENTS A EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIALREA SALES, RENTALS, INVESTMENT Hermione L. Jones Notary Public ANDERSON CHAMBERS RHODA ANDERSC RHODA ANDERSON CHAMBERS A. E. Phone Champa 1174 2431 COURT PLACE ALM PLANTS BY DAY, WEEK OR RATIONS FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES AND BALLS. REENTER OF PALM PLANTS MONTH—DECORATIONS FOR AND BA RENTER OF PALM PLANTS BY DAY, WEEK OR MONTH—DECORATIONS FOR WEDDINGS, PARTIES AND BALLS. Thurston H. U. Smith FLORAL DESIGNS FOR FUNERALS. Residence and Green Houses 2961 LAWRENCE STREET. C. C. DENNIS R. F. LONG The New Way Shoe Repairing Co. AND American Shoe Repairing FIRST-CLASS WORK Best Leather Used—Reasonable Prices 1855 Champa St. Phone Main 3737. 1221 Sixteenth St. Phone Champa 5389. Opp. Golden Eagle. DENVER, COLO. --- --- Chas. Trotter Telephone York 4561 716 East 26 Avenue ```markdown ``` 1 HEADQUARTERS FOR and Paint Sundries INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DECORATING A SPECIALTY. A GOOD PAINT FOR ALL PURPOSES $2.75 Per Gallon Phone M. 871 R. L. Norman DENVER, COLORADO Teacher of Artistic Piano Playing From Elementary to Highest Grades Telephone Main 5386. Say It With Flowers. (Larimer Car Only to 30th St.) T. DENVER, COLORADO STANLEY BROOKS MADISON BLOUSES ACCREDITED FOR SUMMER WEAR UNDERWOOD The long cloak, arriving a little late but in force, finishes up the procession of spring outer garments and is the last word in wraps. It is the very logical result of the liking for capes and the vogue of narrow skirts, for it follows in their wake, being a loose and graceful affair that narrows at the bottom, so as not to interfere with the silhouette which results from the new skirts. These new cloaks are not destined to diminish the vogue of capes but will have the opposite effect; their general capellike appearance is a compliment to the cape. Besides velours and the heavier fabrics, there are capes and cloaks made of tricotine, men's wear serge and other substantial wool materials. For dressy wear satin capes lined with peau de cygne forecast cloaks of the same. The wool capes are usually silk lined. The new, heavy weaves in trade-marked silks are entering the field also and open new vistas to the designer of cloaks. But popular allegiance still makes cloaks of velours and similar cloths, soft and rich looking, the most desirable of the new models. A very good example of such a cloak is shown in the picture. Its fullness BLOUSES ACCREDITED Midsummer blouses are made in such numbers of either georgette or volle, that there is not much else to consider in blouses. There is no room to doubt that these two fabrics are far and away the favorites. They are the loveliest of materials and the most reliable as well, and are made in a wide variety of plain and printed patterns and in embroidered varieties that are to be had wherever there is a dry goods store. The study of midsummer blouses is, therefore, mostly a study of designs to be worked out in either volle or georgette. The present season offers a variety of design that is wonderful in both plain and figured materials, in white, in colors and in color combinations. The blouses pictured here are of the plain fabrics. That at the left is of flesh-colored georgette with vestee set in in white. Fine side plaitings of the white georgette make the daly decoration that distinguishes this from many lace-trimmed models. The soft material is shirred in along the shoulder seams and arranged in a wide plait at each side of the vestee. There are long, flowing sleeves, with two rows of plaiting for a finish and a round collar of the white crepe edged with platted frill. The blouse at the right is a fine example of effective management of plain, fine voile. The material is covered with cross-bar tucks for the body of the pretty garment, while the sleeves are plain with deep cuffs of the tucked voile. Round, covered, or --- is gathered into a yoke that adjusts it nicely at the shoulders and the seams at the sides are overlapped and left open as they near the bottom. Cloth-covered buttons set along them ornament and weight the garment. A long, narrow girdle made of the cloth is looped over at the front and there is the usual ample capecollar that can be rolled up about the throat and deep cuffs turned back. Many of these new cloaks have the effect of being very narrow about the bottom—but this is the result of the way in which they are draped. By the same means frocks are made to look narrower than they are. The cloak must, of course, allow freedom in walking, but its appearance is often misleading in this regard. Yedda Braid for Spring Headwear. Yedda braid is shown for hats, especially in striking two-tone and in plaid effect. Yedda was used in a model from Paulette imported recently. The crown of this model was made in sections which were piped and it was crushed to form two deep ridges which served to give the effect of a brim. In a tricorne from Odette, yedda in green and yellow was employed. FOR SUMMER WEAR crocheted buttons, set along the back of the cuffs are important in the finishing of this model. A front piece set on over the body of the blouse is long enough to extend below the waist-line and it forms a soft girdle about the waist which it is fair to suppose is tied at the back and has short hanging ends. But some of the blouses made in this fashion present the girdle fastening at the back without hanging end. Pipings of the material join the cuffs to the sleeves and finish edges in this model. In the plain waists of other materials pipings are important in the design, especially in the elegant tailored waists of white satin. Julia Bottomley The box coat demands a waistcoat. The waistcoat calls for a collar, so here we are facing the solution of the collar question. And there is a new neck line called the double line. It is achieved by placing one material above the other, as, for instance, a vestee of dark blue brocade has an upper line of blue georgette over the brocade which stops at least four inches under the top line and is edged with a brighter blue across the top. Favorite Color. Terra cotta continues to be the favorite color for brightening the neutral colored Blouse or frock. J. R. CONTEE, Pres. and Mgr. Phone Main 6123—Day or Night. Residence Phone York 7992 THE OLD RELIABLE DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC FRANK S. REED, Licensed Embalmer and Director Lady Assistant. Polite Service to all. Parlors, 2745 Welton Street. 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