Colorado Statesman

OUR TERRITORY: COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY G.O.P. HAS CHANCE TO HELP RACE VOL. XXVI. G.O.P. HAS CHAN "American Legion Was Recommend fluence for Justice in Says Col. C BOSTON, Mass.—The American Legion was recommended as the most potent influence for justice the Negro can tie to by Charles Young, ranking colored officer in the United States army, in an address before a colored audience that filled Tremont Temple. Col. Young was the main speaker at the open session of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity called to discuss the aspirations of the race and the duties of the race to America. While the other speakers urged that colored people assert their rights of citizenship and abandon reactionary leaders, Col. Young found his theme, America's expectation from the Negro. "The black quota, which we as a group must add to American life, will include the spiritual and cultural things," he said. "While we want every privilege any race has, we cannot get along without the white man. There is enough Americanism in all the races in the country to keep America intact. "I would not have you cringe before any man. But you must have no more bloodshed, no more race riots. No Negro must shed any blood not demanded in the defense of his family and of his citizenship. Human life is sacred. There is nothing in anarchy for the Negro. The ballot and the National Association of the Colored People, Col. Young listed after the American Legion as forces by which race would achieve full equality in America. R. G. Robinson made the opening remarks, in which he spoke of the ideals inculcated by the fraternity, the oldest colored Greek letter fraternity in Boston. He declared that by unity in the race "against which white propaganda has been directed" colored people could be of greatest value to the country. Lieut. Oswela McCain of the 15th New York Infantry, president of the League for Democracy in New York, sounded a radical note that received enthusiastic applause. "The Negro has his greatest work to do in the political field," he said. "And his program must be a radical one. The Negro cause lies with labor, for the same influence that labor seeks to rid itself of oppress the Negro. We would not tear down the Constitution. It is my dearest dream that all the provisions of the Constitution may become effective. In the past thirty years, under Republican direction, the Negro has lost all he gained in the first twenty years after the Civil war. "The Republican party must fight for a square deal for 14,000,000 loyal Americans or the Negro vote will go to its opponents. The Republican, under the guise of Lincoln's principles can no longer win the Negro votes. "It must be part of our program for 1920 to seat a black man in Congress, for no white man, no matter how fair, can interpret the feelings of the black man. We must make another attempt through the party of Lincoln. We cannot afford to try the Socialist party, for the Negro must tie to a winning party. "There must come a revolution in State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc. State House RADO, WYOMI RADO THE JOURNAL DENVER, the Negro church and in Negro educational leadership, for we cannot afford to have our thoughts molded by leaders in the control of rich philanthropists. NEW YORKERS PLAN TO ESTAB LISH BANK. Pioneer Development Corporation Starts Movement to Promote Bank With Capitalization of $1,000,000. New York, N. Y., Jan. 7.—At a meeting of 1,000 Negroes in the Palace Casino, 135th street and Madison avenue, under the auspices of the Pioneer Development Corporation, a movement to promote a bank capitalized at $1,000,000 for the exclusive use of Negroes was inaugurated. Augustus Duncan said that although the Negroes put $17,000,000 annually into banks now they are unable to borrow money for commercial and operated by white men. business purposes from the banks John W. Lewis, the Negro president of the Industrial Savings bank, of Washington, D. C., said his institution has 6,082 depositors, with total deposits of $523,000, affording the Negroes of Washington an opportunity to borrow money with which to compete in business with the whites. CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON LYNCHING AND RACE RIOTS JANUARY 14. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, today announced that a preliminary hearing on the resolution for a federal investigation on lynching and race riots in the United States would be held in Washington on Wednesday, January 14. Information to this effect has been sent to the association by Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas. The members of the senatorial subcommittee which will conduct the hearing are Senators Dillingham 66 Vermont, Walsh of Montana and Kellogg of Minnesota. Among those who will urge federal nation-wide investigation of lynching and race riots are John R. Shillady, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; James Weldon Johnson, field secretary; Archibald H. Grimke, winner of the Spingarn medal in 1919, and James A. Cobb, former special assistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia. SENATE TO HEAR ABOUT LYNCH IN GIN IN THE UNITED STATES. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, today announced that preparations were being made for a congressional hearing which it is expected will be held in January on the resolutions for federal investigation of lynching and mob violence in the United States. Leaders of the Negroes in the United States, as well as prominent --- , WYOMING, MON ADO JE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, S. white men, will be called to testify at the hearing. Officers of the association stated they expected to prove the failure of local government in dealing with the growing menace of lynching and mob violence. Startling evidence, in the form of an affidavit and statement from a white man, will be offered regarding the exploitation of Negro tenant farmers which led to the trouble in Arkansas it was announced. in Chicago to name the Republican candidate for president and vice president. Has a True Ring. The address delivered by Chairman Will Hays of the National Republican Committee before a large gathering of Republicans from the intermountain states last week at Denver rings true. BIG REPUBLICAN GATHERING IN DENVER LAST WEEK BIG REPUBLICAN GATHERING IN DENVER LAST WEEK DENVER, Jan. 17.—The gathering of Republicans at Denver last week practically opened the campaign of 1920. The marked characteristic of that meeting was the unbounded enthusiasm shown and the large number attending, not only from Colorado, but from New Mexico, Wyoming and other intermountain states. The banquet at the Brown Palace the evening of the 5th, at which Chairman Will H. Hays of the Republican National Committee, delivered the keynote speech, was the crowning event of the two days' session. Mr. Hays makes no pretentions of being an orator, but he is a forceful, energetic talker and has a way and a manner that carries convictions. He did not devote time to abuse of the Democratic party, merely pointing to the fact that the return of this nation to sanity depended on the union of all forces opposed to radicalism of all kinds, and that hundreds of thousands of loyal Democrats in this nation were ready to join in this move for national redemption. Among the terse statements made by Mr. Hays were these: "The government must function for all creeds and classes—for the rights of labor, for the rights of capital, for the rights of all. "Republicans shall bring this country back to the limitations of the constitution in times of peace. "With all our powers we shall strive to prevent the further spread of Socialism. "We have promised a forward stepping as well as a forward looking program for labor. "That criminal element called I. W. W. or anything else is a traitor to this country and shall be treated as such. "Taxes which kill initiative must not be levied. "In the great readjustment business must have sympathetic help, not antagonistic curtailment. "We are against that form of predatory paternalism that has developed lately in this country. "The Republican party will never forget the debt we owe to the soldiers who have won the war. "There never will be again in this country any tolerance for a divided loyalty. "The Republican party from its inception has stood against undue federalization of industries and activities. There must be strong federal regulation, but not government ownership." At the meeting of the Republican State Central Committee last week, Pueblo was selected as the place and May 6th as the date for the holding of the convention to select delegates to the national convention to be held in Chicago to name the Republican candidate for president and vice president. Has a True Ring. The address delivered by Chairman Will Hays of the National Republican Committee before a large gathering of Republicans from the intermountain states last week at Denver rings true. Instead of abusing the opposition, instead of making wild, absurd charges which cannot be sustained, he set forth in tense, clear and understandable language the things for which the Republican party stands—and they are all constructive. His address was not filled with criticism and fault-findings. He did not decry the successful or seek by open statement or inuendo to incite the minds of his hearers and cause them to believe one class was in control and had for its whole object and purpose the complete destruction of some other class. His language was pointed and plain. It was the kind of an address that appeals to safe, sane and sensible Americans. It was not partisan, just loyal. And the position he takes that this country must get back to its ideals and principles of fairness, equity and justice to all will be approved by every loyal citizen, be he Republican or be he Democrat. We believe the time has come when the great bulk of the American people will forget party affiliations for national good. If the Republican party stands for things that are constructional, all loyal citizens will be found in that party; if it stands for things destructive, all loyal citizens will be found shunning it. Former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, who is seeking the nomination for president on the Democratic ticket, pulled a bonehead when he made the statement that the coal companies had been making "shocking" profits. The evidence submitted to the Senate shows that out of 404 companies filing statements but seventeen were in the McAdoo list of "shocking" profit-grabbers. These seventeen produced less than 2 per cent of the total coal of this nation, and the seventeen had a total capital stock of less than $150,000. Seeking votes through deliberate deception may catch a certain class, but it will not catch the sane, reasonable people of this country. There is just one way to reduce the cost of living—that is for everyone to go to work and produce. Let's make supply equal demand. Finding fault, springing new theories and isms, complaining and grouching or passing laws do not reach the disease. Beware of any organization, no matter under how respectable name it may be presented, that seeks to gain your support by decrying and maligning business. Back of every such organization there is the same purpose—the socialization of this nation. The farmers should especially be careful they are not drawn into organization of this kind by clever talkers who are well paid for securing memberships. Under our form of government, in less than 150 years we have grown to be the greatest nation on the face of the globe. With a record like that, do you think it wise to turn about, drop all principles and ideals which made us great, and adopt new, untried and experimental theories? Reason for yourself; don't let others reason for you. RACENEWS Gathered From Various Sources CARTER IS SECRETARY TO LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Harrisburg, Pa.—W. Justin Carter of the Harrisburg bar has just been appointed as private secretary to Lieutenant Governor Biedelman of Pennsylvania in recognition of his splendid services in the political successes which have marked the career of Mr. Biedelman, who was formerly a state senator, and who is a man with a political future. Mr. Carter's most recent court case was winning a verdict of not guilty for a white woman accused of killing her infant child, Mr. Carter proving to the satisfaction of the jury that the mother's mental and physical condition was such at the time of the alleged infanticide as to make her irresponsible. PORTER'S CARGO OF WHISKY SEIZED BY LOCAL OFFICERS. He Paid His Fine With Ease. Americus, Ga., Dec. 26.—In the seizure here today of 125 gallons of rye whiskey, valued at "blindtiger" rates at about $12,000, local officers said they believed they had run into an organized traffic in liquor between Georgia and Illinois cities. Harris Jones, a Pullman porter on the Seninole Limited, a Central of Georgia train, who has been running between Columbus, Ga., and Chicago for some twelve years, pleaded guilty to possession of the liquor and was fined $500. He promptly paid the fine. According to railroad detectives, the porter obtained the whisky here, drank some of it and then in the dark loaded it on the wrong train, which caused him to be apprehended. THE AMERICAN NEGRO ACADEMY. Washington, D. C., January 5, 1920. —The American Negro Academy, an organization of authors, artists, scholars and other distinguished men of African descent, for the promotion of letters, science and art, and to foster as far as possible a form of intellectual taste, convened in this city during the past week, and its four sessions, covering a period of two days, were well attended. For the second time in the course of the organization the Academy gave a place on its program to a nonmember, Mr. A. Philip Randolph, editor of the Messenger Magazine, New York City. The following papers were read: "A New Religion for the Negro," by John R. Clifford, editor of the Pioneer Press, Martinsburg, West Va.; "The Shame of America," President A. H. Grimke; "The Status of the Foreigner Under Various Haitian Constitutions," Bishop John Hurst, Baltimore, Md.; "The New Radicalism and the Negro," was the subject of Mr. Randolph's address. John W. Cromwell of Washington D. C., was elected president. Other officers elected were: Robert T. Browne of New York City; Prof. J. E. K. Aggery of Salisbury, N. C. Bishop John Hurst of Baltimore, Md. and Dr. C. V. Roman of Nashville. Tenn., vice presidents; Robert A. Pel- ham, corresponding secretary; T NO.14 Montgomery Gregory, recording secretary; Lafayette M. Hershaw, treasurer. On the executive committee were named Prof. Kelly Miller, Prof. Geo. M. Lightfoot, F. H. M. Murray, Prof. William Pickens of Baltimore, Md., and John E. Bruce (Bruce Grit) of New York City. SAYS MOB RULE SHAMES STATE N. C. Governor Scores Citizens For Refusing to Protect Prisoner Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 9.—The full power of the state, coupled with outside help, will be exerted to apprehend and bring to justice the white men who lynched Powell Green in Franklinton Saturday night, Dec. 27. Gov. Bickertt was bitter in his statement exorciating the members of the mob which killed Green, and dragged his body through the street, finally leaving it in view of Kittrell college for students to gaze upon. A coroner's jury failed to identify any one with the lynching after examining six witnesses Humiliates State. "The whole state is shocked and humiliated by this horrible outrage on our law," said Gov. Bickett. "Such deeds put to open shame our boasted white civilization and make the name of southern chivalry a by-word and a reproach." Declaring that our people above all others are entitled to the full protection of the law because we have no voice in making it, Gov. Bickett said that the mob denied to Green the right of going before a white man's judge and a white man's body to receive a white man's protection. "The whole truth is," he said, "that the men who did this man to death gave way to the same barbarous and brutish passions that made them shoot down his victim without cause." Detectives Get Busy. In order to collect evidence that will stand the test before the grand jury, citizens here and several in Franklin have engaged the services of the Keystone National Detective agency, 3333 State street, Chicago, Ill., to comb the vicinity in which the lynching occurred with the prospect of apprehending the guilty parties. Operatives of this agency have been dispatched from the Chicago headquarters and branch offices at Charlotte and Greensboro. Already "hints" have been given that within a few weeks several prominent farmers will be made to make known their activities on the day of the lynching. The Man's Store Our Great Winter Clearance Sale Offers Big Savings in all lines of Men's and Young Men's Union Label Wearing Apparel Men's and Young Men's Fancy Winter Suits and O'coats $40 to $45 Values $33.00 $28 to $30 VALUES $23 $35 to $38 VALUES $27 $50 to $55 VALUES $39 $60 to $65 VALUES $44 THE MAY CO. THE HOME OF SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES 16th and Champa Sts., Denver, Colo. HEADQUARTERS FOR UNION LABEL WEARING APPAREL # Z 653 GILBERT E. ZACHARY, 1625 E. 34th Ave. **OMITTED IN TRANSCRIBING.** 654 O. A. HAMITTER, 747 Grant. 655 A. J. WALTON, 3435 Humboldt. 656 MADISON VERNON, No address. 657 LEONARD WHITE, 1415 E. 22nd Ave. The above list is published for two reasons: First, in order that the citizens of Denver may see and know the present membership of the Y. M. C. A., and, second, with the hope that if by any chance any member's name has been omitted, or any member's address is wrongly given, or not given at all, such a member may inform us at once so that the error can be corrected in next week's issue of this paper. The names of members still coming in will be published from time to time for the information of all the people. L. H. LIGHTNER, Chairman. OGLESVIE L. LAWSON, Campaign Manager. THOMAS J. BELL, Branch Secretary. 11:00 a. m.—"A Child's Place in the Kingdom." 7:30 p. m.—"A Drink From the Old Well." The rite of infant baptism will be administered during the morning service. A large appreciative audience enjoyed listening to the beautiful sacred cantata, "Saviour and King," as rendered by the choir last Sunday evening under the directions of the chorister, Mme Jones, who is to be congratulated for her earnest endeavors. Mrs. Ross, the organist, also deserves much credit for the part she took in making the rendition par excellent. Mesdames Zepporah Parks, Denver, and Laura Gains, Kansas City, Mo., were enrolled as members. The thirteenth annual banquet of the ushers board was all that was anticipated. The beautiful decorations, together with the tasteful viands and a happy gathering of members and friends, made an impression that will long be remembered. Sunday, Jan. 25th, will be observed as Western University Day. The Alumni propose to make it a red letter day. Dr. J. R. Ransom, a member of the board of trustees, will preach at the morning hour; the Rev. James A. Beele, Dean of Theology, Denver University, will speak at three in the afternoon and a musical program has been arranged for the evening hour. OURING CARS TAXI SERVICE AND LIMOUSINES AY OR NIGHT BLUE LINE Phone Champa 762 or Res. 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Display advertising 75 cents per inch for first insertion and 50 cents per inch for each additional insertion. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1c and 2c stamps taken. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper, must reach us 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. "WE HAVE TO BE GOOD AMERICANS FIRST BEFORE WE CAN BE GOOD CITIZENS OF THE WORLD." Theodore Roosevelt. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION PROVES ITS WORTH IN THE COMMUNITY. GREATER evidence of the worth or value of the above association and its members could not be given than in the gigantic effort put forward during the past two months and which terminated last Sunday afternoon at the Shorter A. M. E. Church, in the drive for 500 members. With various obstructions resulting from unavoidable causes and uncontrollable circumstances, as the coal strike, etc., an appearance of inability to carry out the plan dawned on the scene, but the determination of the members, supported by the able leadership of the campaign manager. Mr. Ogelsvie Lawson, with the untiring zealous labor of the secretary, Thos. J. Bell, backed by the colored press of our city, brought honors in the grand result of adding 600 new members to the roster of membership. We did our part to the best of our ability and in congratulating the Y. M. C. A. for such a successful action we can only hope that this is the "thin edge of the wedge," and such an inspiration will be given both old and new members as to strengthen their plans for housing accommodations which cannot but result in an imposing structure rising majestically in the heavens to the glory of God and the good of humanity. Well done, Denver Y. M. C. A. We are with you now and will remain with you. A complete list of members appears in this issue. DENVER DISTRICT COURTS AND JUDGES. THE people of Denver in their selection of Judges for the District Courts by ballot in the last state and county election were determined to place on the bench men who are not only lawyers from the mere professional standpoint, but men whose honor, respect for society, God-fearing principles, etc., would dignify the position of the jurist and give to the courts the reputation of an institution of fair play and square dealing to all citizens in accordance with the constitution of the nation, as well as the local laws governing state and city. In exchanging his seat on the civil bench with Judge Greeley Whitford, who has been trying criminal cases for the past year, Judge Henry J. Hersey in his opening statement last Wednesday, his first day in the West Side Court, said to petit and grand jurors summoned for services: "We, you and I, gentlemen of the jury, stand here as the direct ambassadors of God. In fact, we are here for our fellow men as God himself, in so far as the administration of impartial justice in temporal affairs is concerned." This among other remarks will go down in the history of our courts, as we realize that at last men whom the people entrust with judicial powers to judge between the guilty and the guiltless, the wrongdoer and the innocent should feel responsibility placed upon them for righteous decisions, eliminating from their minds any selfish ends, discriminating ideas relative to rank, color, or anything else that would interfere with the wheels of justice. There can be no better instruction to jury-men especially at this time when the wave of unrest in our country is creating much doubt on some of our citizens, and here we may say the same instruction should apply to the jury commissioner who ought to feel that he also has a very important part to play in the selection of men for the jury. Color or race as far as the including of names for the jury, should be ignored, and while we are not attempting a reflection on the gentleman who formerly held the position, yet we hope Mr. Frank Howbert, who has recently succeeded the position, will give the Negro a better representation in numbers than he has had before. We are aware that it is counsel's right to challenge jurymen and therefore cannot compel acceptance in the box of people of color, but we do feel if the duty is sacred as Judge Hersey puts it then the jury commissioner can proportionately give us a better representation. Surely the courts will be held in the highest esteem among the citizens of Denver, and whether it be Police Court, County, District or Supreme, we are confident that the men who preside in the capacity of judge and jury will remember as the learned judge remarked: "THEY ARE GOD'S AMBASSADORS." Mrs. Isabel Howard Stewart of Denver, Colo., has received an appointment from Will, H. Hays, national chairman of the G. O. P., as national organizer of the Negro women of the West, including the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. Mrs. Stewart is truly a western woman in every sense of the word, her father, Mr. Henry Howard, being one of the oldest pioneers of the state. Many complimentary positions have been given Mrs. Stewart. She is a member of the women's executive board of the Republican State Central Committee, a member of the executive committee of the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association, was one of a hundred women that was appointed on the Committee of the United War Work Campaign of this state in 1918, and is one of the vice presidents from this state of the Negro Women's National Republican League of Washington, D. C. In making this selection the colored people of Colorado and the West feel justly proud and extend congratulations not only to Mrs. Stewart, but to the Hon. Will H. Hays for his consideration of the Negro votes throughout the West. The Colorado Statesman is well assured that the old ship has been intrusted in safe, sane and solid hands in the selection of Mrs. Stewart. --- Great Britain Needs Practical National Housekeeping, With No Extravagance. By LADY ASTOR. First Woman Commoner. This is no joy ride. I am fully conscious of the responsibilities resting upon me. I had to contend against the prejudice which undoubtedly exists among many of the opposite sex. I believe it was the wonderful, touching support from the navy lower deck men which steadied and rallied the waverers, overcame the doubters and brought me victory. Photo by Western Newspaper Union I am going to the house of commons to put woman's viewpoint foremost. I have the soundest views on affairs affecting women and children. Women have the qualities needed in the commons and in politics. Their spiritual qualities help to purify politics and will help in the commons. We are more practical than men—we are the first to acknowledge when we are wrong. I am not a political economist and I have the courage to say so, but I number among my friends the very ablest men of all parties, sections, classes and circles in England. In general I am a supporter of the coalition and Lloyd George, but I am not tied to anybody's apron strings. England needs practical national housekeeping. We could not trust the government to Mr. Asquith—the ancient mariner—or his ambitious lieutenants. We must reconstitute our industrial organization, increase our exports, re-establish a sense of security and bring down the cost of living. We must cut down unproductive expenditures. We cannot afford extravagance. I am fully conscious of the high honor and grave responsibility of my position. It is overwhelming to realize that I am the first woman commoner. I realize perfectly that my behavior will be a precedent before which the rest of my sex will be judged. I have got to make good. Obedience the First Great Step in the Training of Little U. S. Citizens. By MARY E. DOZIER, National Kindergarten Association The question of obedience to the laws of the home and to the community confronts each individual. Some pass it lightly by, giving it little thought, and less observance, but not so the thoughtful parent or teacher to whom the care of children is entrusted. Obedience should underlie the life of each of us; it is essential to happiness. Only as we learn to listen and obey are we fitted to take our rightful place in society. We must obey the laws of nature if we would be healthy, the laws of home and community if we would be worthy members of each group, and above all, there must be obedience to the moral law. Since obedience is such an important factor in each life, how can we best teach it to the child without destroying his individuality? Many mothers admit their inability to obtain obedience, and teachers are often asked, "How do you make him obey? He does not mind me at all." A dreadful confession, but since it is made, let us try to help these mothers. First, let us ask a few questions: Do you govern your child by love or by fear? Are you honest with him? Are your demands reasonable and do you explain why you make certain requirements? Do you talk indiscreetly before your child and admit your inability to control him? Do you require prompt obedience or do you tolerate disobedience and belated performance of duty? These questions are all involved in obedience. Obedience is subjection to rightful control at all times and in all places. Yet many parents are satisfied with only occasional obedience. One day a mother expects immediate response to her request, while a little later she waits indefinitely for obedience. The child under such conditions proceeds to decide matters for himself, and his motto becomes, "With mother, obey when it is convenient." Such a child soon demoralizes the children of the whole neighborhood. Last, but perhaps of greatest concern to parents, is the advice to settle with disobedience at the time; tally today's books today, unless some act requires a future opportunity for correction. Return of the Bodies of American Dead From the Cemeteries of France. By REPRESENTATIVE CONNALLY, Oklahoma, Speech in Congress. I have today introduced a joint resolution and asked that it be referred to the committee on foreign affairs, and I believe if it is passed promptly by the two houses it will have a very great effect toward persuading the French republic to lift the present restrictions which prevent the disinterment and return of the bodies of American soldiers to the United States. Pending hostilities, the French government, at the request of the American military authorities, postponed the consideration of any agreement until after all American forces should have left France. Recently the state department and the war department have taken up with the French government the question of arriving at some understanding upon the subject. Up to date the French republic has declined to permit the disinterment and removal of bodies to the United States prior to January 1, 1922. The practical difficulties which present themselves are, first, we must secure the consent of the French government, and so my joint resolution provides in terms that the two houses of congress respectfully request that the French republic repeal, modify, or suspend its laws, ministerial instructions, and regulations so as to permit the United States to bring back to this country the bodies of such soldiers, sailors, and marines where such removal may be requested by the nearest of kin. The second part of the resolution is a direction to the secretary of war to proceed with the disinterment, upon the consent of the French government being obtained, and to bring back to the United States the bodies of those soldiers whose nearest of kin desire and express the wish for that to be done. The war department already has an extensive machinery established for this very purpose. A member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 22 and 23, 8 p. m. IN THE Denver Municipal Auditorium All Are Welcome TAXI SERVICE AYOR NIGHT ```markdown ``` Stand Atlas Drug Store and First-Quality Filling Station 2700 Welton NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW January 18 to 24,1920 Greatest Show Ever Held in the West Admission 50 Cents Horse Show Every Night at 8 o'Clock Matinees Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 2 O'Clock Reserved Seats 50c, 75c and $1.00 Don't Miss It! STAND, GOLDEN WEST CAFE, 2741 WELTON STREET R. L. Norman Miss Edna Freeman of Casper, Wyo., is in the city for a few days visiting her mother and friends. Fred S. Burton arrived in the city Tuesday from a business trip to Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. C. E. Terry left last Friday for his home in Columbus, Ga., on account of the illness of his brother. at 7:30 o'clock. The choir was pre-well balanced and ably supported the organist, Mrs. Gertrude Ross, directed by Madam Jones, who bled the baton with fair experience bringing out good tonal effect and mony from the twenty-five voices of posing the group of singers. We glad to see this choir holding its again and the continuance of good work will insure its leader among our churches and be reckoned A. V. Gardiner, the tailor at 1025 Twenty-first street, is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Alice Kimbrough, who has been suffering with a severe cold several days, is reported much improved. Thomas Dickerson, one of Denver's most respected citizens, is on the sick list. He has many friends who hope for him a speedy recovery. New dances will be introduced at the Smart Set Dancing school this Monday night, Jan. 19. Don't miss that beautiful moonlight waltz. Fern Hull: admission 35 cents. More than 200 people attended the barn dance last Monday night, given by the Smart Set Club at Fern Hall. The dances given by the club are becoming quite popular. The many friends of Mrs. R. J. Von Dickersohn of 2312 Humboldt street, will be sorry to learn that she is quite sick with pneumonia. Miss Rebecca Smith, daughter of George Smith, well known resident of South Denver, returned from Chicago after completing a course in the art of dressmaking. The Ideal Social Pool Parlor of 2540 Washington street, which opened to the public last Monday night, is one of the most up-to-date pleasure resorts in the city, and Mr. John James, the proprietor, promises to make it a mecca for the public to spend leisure hours. Cigars and all kinds of soft drinks will be served. On last Friday night, Mrs. Nellie Hamlett of 2549 Gilpin street, entertained a number of her friends. The evening was spent playing whist and dancing after which the hostess served a delicious supper. It was an enjoyable evening for all present. It is rumored that the Masons are planning for the erection of a Temple to be built in the near future. It is a good move and should meet with the hearty co-operation of all the colored citizens of the city. Robert Peoples, 2445 Stout street, employé of Powers-Behen Merchandise Co., who fell and broke his arm early last month while on duty, is improving and within a few weeks will be himself again. TOM BASS, the famous horse trainer, is here to take part in the fourteenth annual National Western Stock Show to be held Jan. 18-24. With a string of fine animals, among the high-school horse, Belle Beach, Mr. Bass hopes to maintain the reputation which he has established in the West and other places. Miss Frances Russ was hostess at a beautifully appointed luncheon last Sunday evening to 22 young ladies in honor of Mrs. McKnight of Cripple Creek, and Miss Edna Freeman. The table was elaborately decorated with fresh violets and kewpie dolls. Later in the evening the gentlemen were invited to share the pleasure with the ladies. All present spent a very enjoyable afternoon and evening. WILLIAM D. KILPATRICK, C. S. B., of Detroit, Mich., a member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., will lecture on Christian Science next Thursday and Friday evenings, January 22 and 23 in the Denver Municipal Auditorium. Mr. Kilpatrick is a widely known speaker, although he has been in Denver but once before. The lectures are free and the public is welcome. Shorter Church choir, under the leadership of Madam Lillian Hawkins Jones, repeated the rendition of the Christmas cantata, "Saviour and King," to a very large congregation last Sunday evening the the church, ```markdown ``` at 7:30 o'clock. The choir was pretty well balanced and ably supported by the organist, Mrs. Gertrude Ross, and directed by Madam Jones, who handled the baton with fair experience, bringing out good tonal effect and harmony from the twenty-five voices composing the group of singers. We are glad to see this choir holding its own again and the continuance of such good work will insure its leadership among our churches and be reckoned within the general choir work of the city. This second rendition satisfied expectation and we wish all partici pants, as well as leaders, a successful career. PARKER vs. PARKER The divorce suit brought by Geo. B. Parker against his wife, Claribel Buchanan Parker, in August, 1919, and cross filed at that time by Mrs. Parker, came up for trial Thursday, Jan. 8, 1920. The jury rendered the decision in favor of Mrs. Parker, as everyone knew it would be, giving her a complete divorce, the custody of her little daughter, Evelyn Lucie, and alimony. THE DENVER COLORED CIVIC ASSOCIATION. ALARGE and enthusiastic meeting of the Denver Colored Civic Association was held on last Tuesday evening at their hall, and final arrangements made for the grand Lincoln-Douglass celebration and banquet, Feb. 12th at Shorter A. M. E. Church. Mr. W. K. Herndon, chairman of the committee, submitted a program of the best and most gifted talent of Denver Messrs. Thomas Williams and W. K. Russ, committee on banquet, reported a splendid menu by one of Denver's most famous caterers. Admission to the program in the church auditorium is free to the public and all are cordially invited to come out and hear the addresses on Lincoln and Douglass. The public is also welcome to attend the banquet, the tickets to the same are $1.50 per plate and can be secured from any member of the association. DEATH OF LIEUT. JOHN BROWN FORMERLY OF DENVER. John Brown, well known in railroad circles in Denver and Chicago, and who has been residing in Chicago for the past fifteen years, died at his home Wednesday, January 7th. Mr. Brown was in poor health for several months with a complication of diseases, and though his wife and friends were doubtful of his recovery, yet his death was a shock to them. He leaves a wife and many friends in Chicago and a faithful and loyal friend George Banks of 3919 Humboldt street, and a host of friends in this city to mourn his death, to whom the Colorado Statesman offers its sincere condolence. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. After eleven weeks of hard work and tireless effort on the part of the management and the campaign workers of the Y. M. C. A., the great drive for 500 members came to an official close in a wonderful meeting at Shorter Church last Sunday afternoon. Complete figures to date (January 14) show that the drive netted 603 members, which, added to the roll of 52 already on the books at the beginning of one drive, brings the entire roll to 655. Nothing like the above has ever before been accomplished by our people in the city of Denver. Everybody naturally feels happy over the result, and proud of the new record set by the Y. M. C. A. and the good colored people of Denver. The branch officials, through these Notes, send greetings to all the friends of the work, and wish herein to express their thanks and appreciation for their help and assistance, without which the results could never have been obtained. Further mention, individually and collectively, will be made in our Notes next week, when more time will permit the preparation of a more detailed statement. A great meeting will be held in Fern hall tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 4 o'clock, at which letters are expected to be read from Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, Dr. J. E. Morland and Mr. Robert De Frantz of the International Committee at New York, Mr. Ira Lute, General Secretary of the Denver Y. M. C. A., and Mr. William E. Sweet of the Board of Directors. All friends, both men and women, are cordially invited to be present. Nicely furnished rooms for rent at 516 24th street. Plans for Caring for Big Crowd That Will Attend Western National Live Stock Show Plans for Caring for Big Crowd That Will Attend Western National Live Stock Show THERE will be no famine in rooms in Denver during the Western National Stock Show. That has been made certain by the efforts of the Denver Tourists' Bureau and the show management. Co-operating in their plans for caring for the throngs that will fill the city from January 17 to 24, the Tourists' Bureau and the show people have obtained a long list of rooms that will be available for transients that week, and announce they will be able to direct every visitor to clean, comfortable sleeping quarters. Hundreds of private homes scattered throughout the city have been opened to Stock Show visitors. The Tourists' Bureau has a list of these and has taken upon itself the task not only of seeing that home owners desiring to rent rooms are accommodated, but that no Denver guest is inconvenienced in the matter of rooms. In addition to its regular quarters at 505 Seventeenth street, the Tourists' Bureau next Friday will open an office at the Union station, where visitors who have not already made reservations will be able to find listed anything from a hall bedroom to a bridal suite. Although in former years there has been a big discrepency between the entry lists and the actual exhibits, indications are that virtually every animal entered for the 1920 show will be on the job when the big display opens today (Saturday). Apparently the only thing that will draw the blue pencil through the name of any entrant will be a shortage of the right kind of rolling stock available for transportation. Railroads have promised to furnish express cars in plenty of time to bring all the contestants into Denver in time for the opening matinee; but despite this, several breeders report delays in delivery of cars. Already the big barns at Denver Union Stockyards are taxed to their capacity, and it has been found necessary to remove to other quarters many of the work animals regularly used by the company. Care has been taken not to permit the entry list to become so large it would be found impossible to house all the arrivals. New stables have been built during the past few months, and before another season, the show management believes it will be necessary to double the housing facilities. The stockyards stadium, the biggest thing of its kind in the West, also may be enlarged before the opening of the 1921 show. In former years the arena in this great building has been amply large for exhibiting simultaneously all the animals brought to the show. This year, however, it would be impossible to pack the entire "show family" into the center space of the stadium. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. The Cammel Undertaking Co. Brown—Myrtel Bell Brown, the beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Brown, departed this life at home of the parents, 3725 Williams street Thursday, Jan. 8th, 1920. The funeral services were held from the residence Saturday, Jan. 10th. Rev. P. J. Price officiated; interment Riverside Epperson—Edward Griggsy Epperson, the one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Epperson, departed this life Saturday, Jan. 10th, at the home of the parents, 414 Filmore street. The funeral services were held from the residence Monday, Jan. 12th. Rev. P. J. Price officiated. Interment family plot, Riverside. Bueno—Lenora Bueno, the six-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Narcisco Bueno, departed this life at the home of the parents, 1311 Tenth street, Monday, Jan. 12th. Funeral services Wednesday, Jan. 14th. Interment Mt Olivette. Thompson—Mrs. Mary Thompson, the beloved mother of Mrs. Irene Barbee and Mrs. Cohen, departed this life at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Barbee, 2410 Champa street, Tuesday, January 13th. The funeral services were held from her late residence Friday, Jan. 16th, 10 a. m. Rev. W. H. Thomas officiating. Interment Fairmont. Douglass Undertaking Company. Gregory—James, 34 years; beloved husband of Mrs. Julia Gregory, 2344 Court place; brother of Mrs. Ethel Carrath, departed this life Jan. 6th. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 11th, from Douglass chapel under auspices of Dumon Lodge No. 5, K. of P.'s. Rev. I. S. Wilson officiated. Interment Fairmont. Shaw—Elmora H., devoted wife of Eugene Shaw, 519 Twenty-fourth street; sister of Mrs. J. T. Hammond, departed this life Jan. 9th at Park Avenue hospital. Services were held at 2 p. m. Monday, Jan. 12th, from Central Baptist church. Rev. P. J. Price officiated. Interment Fairmont. Brooks—Mary E., 87 years, beloved mother of Mrs. Rosetta Minnis; grandmother of Miss Helen Minnis, 2526 Lafayette street, departed this life Jan. 12th. Services were held at 11 a. m. Wednesday, Jan. 14th, from Douglass chapel. Rev. W. H. Thomas officiated. Interment Fairmont For plain sewing see Mrs. H. Lee Jones, 2215 Clarkson street. York 4347B. E. P. BLAKEMORE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office, Rooms 39 and 40 Arapahoe Bldg., 1622 Arapahoe Street. Phone Champa 5450. SCOTT'S OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR. THE COLORADO STATESMAN, EXCLUSIVE AGENTS, Room 25, 182 Curtis St., Denver, Colo. P. O. Box 116. TELEPHONE FOOD RENT CLOTHING FUEL LIGHT MISCELLANEOUS HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES A Drop in the Bucket A Drop in the Bucket Every householder's expenses are divided into a number of items; food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, house-furnishings, insurance, education and amusements, sickness—and the telephone. Of all these items of expense, the telephone bill is one of the least, being a very small per cent of the total cost. For a trifling sum at most you have constantly at your command millions of dollars worth of property and the service of skilled workers. In business the cost of the telephone is frequently an even smaller proportion of the overhead expense, than in the household. It only needs an emergency to bring it home to any subscriber that the telephone is worth many times its cost. In the face of today's high costs the telephone is a bargain; and a daily economy for every subscriber. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. CAPITOL PETROLEUM (A Producing, Dividend-Paying Company) Submits the following for the information of its friends and stockholders. Dear Sirs:—The Refinery proposition is coming along nicely, and I have arranged with the owners of the Plant to ship oil from our well, and give it a thoro test from a practical standpoint before moving machinery to our ground. This can be easily done as it only takes a barge and my present force to operate same. I hope to get the barge in action and be shipping oil by the time our Directors arrive here. I believe this plan is better than building expensive tanks and pipe lines. Yours truly, H. B. GUTHREY. Dear Sirs: I took yesterday an option on the Smith refinery, and am making all arrangements and fitting pupms and machinery for testing our oil to that plant. I think this refinery, altho small, will be successful, but probably have to be moved to a more favorable location. All these details I will take up with Powell upon his arrival. Dear Sirs:I am leaving again tonight for Panueco, to inspect the work at the well, and the test we are making at the Refinery. We have put on the additional connectione and run the pipe line to the river bank ready for delivering oil into the barge. This is only a small barge, but will carry a sufficient quantity from our well, to make a thoro test of the various products. We will probably be shipping tomorrow or next day, depending the delivery of the pump, and our men promise that they will have steam up, and be putting oil thru the Refinery shortly after the first. I will wire you the results as soon as the chemical contents and proportions are determined, but will leave the question of the purchase of this plant to Powell, Mill and Beasley after their arrival here. Spent two days investigating properties; conditions exceed expectations and filed reports: The refinery tests looks favorable; Capitol No. 2 has put the Company on the map; it is a sure winner. H. A. BEASLEY. THE CAPITOL PETROLEUM COMPANY Fourth Floor Denham Build ng Denver, Colorado Capitol Petroleum Company, Denver, Colo. Dear Sirs:—The Refinery with the owners of the Plant practical standpoint before m as it only takes a barge and m I hope to get the barge in here. I believe this plan is better Capitol Petroleum Company, Denver, Colo. Dear Sirs: I took yesterdo arrangements and fitting pups I think this refinery, although a more favorable location. All these details I will take Merry Xmas and Happy N Capitol Petroleum Company, Denver, Colo. Dear Sirs:I am leaving a and the test we are making at We have put on the additi ready for delivering oil into the This is only a small barge, make a thoro test of the various We will probably be ship pump, and our men promise the Refinery shortly after the first I will wire you the results termined, but will leave the q Beasley after their arrival here I think it will be a success. Capitol Petroleum Company, Denver, Colo. Spent two days investiga reports: The refinery tests lo map; it is a sure winner. THE CAPITO Tampico, Dec. 20th, 1919. This coming along nicely, and I have arranged from our well, and give it a thoro test from ainery to our ground. This can be easily done due to operate same. shipping oil by the time our Directors arrive ing expensive tanks and pipe lines. Yours truly, H. B. GUTHREY. Tampico, Dec. 24th, 1919. on the Smith refinery, and am making allinery for testing our oil to that plant. successful, but probably have to be moved to well upon his arrival. H. B. GUTHREY. Tampico, Dec. 29th, 1919. For Panueo, to inspect the work at the well, one and run the pipe line to the river bank by a sufficient quantity from our well, to now or next day, depending the delivery of the save steam up, and be putting oil thru the chemical contents and proportions are de-purchase of this plant to Powell, Mill and Yours very truly, H. B. GUTHREY. Tampa, Jan. 9th, 1920. conditions exceed expectations and filed Capitol No. 2 has put the Company on the H. A. BEASLEY. Guarantees Positions to Graduates FOREIGN The United States, because of its failure to ratify the peace treaty, will not be represented on the tribunal of five allied powers to try the former kaiser, it has been learned in Paris. The capture of 25,400 prisoners is claimed in an official statement issued by the soviet government at Moscow, giving details of the results of Bolshevist operations on the southern front between Dec. 21 and Jan. 9. The American Red Cross spent 155,000,000 francs in relief work in 1919, according to a report issued from its headquarters in Paris. Thirty million francs of this sum were spent in Belgium and the remainder on civilian relief in France. The revolutionary movement in Bulgaria is spreading among peasants and working men, according to Belgrade advices received at Geneva. King Boris and the royal family are said to be secluded in the palace, which is under heavy guard. Whether the League of Nations is to be the real thing or an imposture depends upon the attitude of the peoples, and not least the British people, in the opinion of Lord Robert Cecil, who is chairman of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union. The authorities of Barcelona, Spain, surprised sixty-eight syndicalist workers' delegates, and succeeded in arresting all of them, although they fired at the gendarmes. A quantity of money, proclamations, list of employers and other documents were seized by the officers. The Dutch aviator and inventor, Fokker, who gave his services to Germany during the whole of the war, now constructing a new machine capable of carrying sixty passengers. The machine will weight 300,000 kilos, will have six motors and make a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. The French steamer Malte, from Havre and Vigo, with passengers and cargo for Buenos Aires and Rio Janeiro, arrived at Rio Janeiro with five passengers dead, seven dangerously ill and a large number of others suffering from an attack of influenza, which broke out in violent form on the boat. Thirty million men, women and children have died in Russia from violence, famine and disease during the last three years, according to a statement made by Princess Cantacezene-Speransky, granddaughter of Ulysses S. Grant, in an appeal in behalf of the American central committee for Russian relief. The tremendous death toll was exclusive, she said, of 5,000,000 men who had been killed in the war. GENERAL The Oregon Legislature, in special session at Salem, ratified the amendment to the federal constitution granting suffrage to women. Forty-three physicians of the public school staff have been dismissed in Chicago by order of Commissioner of Health John Dill Robertson. Lack of funds was given as the reason. Brooklyn census officials announced that the population of the borough exceeds 2,250,000. Their estimate is based on the census now being taken and which is nearly completed. The state census in 1915 showed 1,825,534. Rembrandt's portrait of Magdalena Van Loo, wife of his son, Titus, considered by many art experts his greatest work, has been bought for $300,000 by Frank Wood of Toronto. The masterpiece is now on exhibition in Toronto. Four armed bandits who attempted to hold up a saloon in New York, were beaten and driven off by Mrs. Ernest Berggren, wife of the saloonkeeper. Mrs. Berggren prevented the robbery of ten patrons and her husband's cash register when the bandits started shooting. She placed herself before the register and fought them off one by one. One man was shot. Thirty-five aliens ordered deported from Detroit were sent to Ellis Island. A thousand friends and sympathizers gave the deportees a noisy sendoff at the station, but there was no disorder. Jack Britton, welterweight champion of America, will accompany Promoter Cochrane to England in order to accept a $12,500 offer to box the winner of the Kid Lewis-Johnny Basham match. Reduction of fine silver in Canadian currency to 800 parts with 200 parts alloy by a government order has been announced in Ottawa, Ont. The former standard was 925 fine silver and 75 alloy. Marrying persons and justices look for a prosperous new year following advice by Attorney General J. J. Blaine that 10,000 Wisconsin couples should be remarried. Blaine's advises followed a ruling in Illinois that marriages contracted in that state by persons desiring to avoid the laws in their own states are invalid. Wisconsin's marriage laws are strict, and lawyers said half the Milwaukee couples married in the last two years took their vows in Illinois. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Payne, 86 years old, first cousin of Abraham Lincoln, was buried in Ogden, Utah. She died of heart trouble. Mrs. Payne, who was a daughter of William Hall, was born in Louisville, Ky. Her features boe a striking resemblance to those of Abraham Lincoln. A threatened strike of teachers in New York public schools was averted when the board of aldermen was authorized to issue revenue bonds to the amount of $20,000 in order to pay teachers' salaries for December. LATEST NEWS EPITOMIZED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS THAT COVER THE WEEK'S EVENTS. OF MOST INTEREST KEEPING THE READER POSTED ON THE IMPORTANT CURRENT TOPICS WESTERN Shrine Auditorium, in recent years the principal convention hall at Los Angeles, has been destroyed by fire. It was the property of Al Malukah temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The property loss was estimated at $200,000. Soon after getting his discharge from the United States marines, Edgar Tiffin Highes, of Fort Scott, Kan., was found dead in his room at Fort Worth, Texas. An empty chloroform bottle was by his side. He is believed to have committed suicide. Major F. M. Scanland, charged with murder as the result of the killing of John Hutchings, a driver in the El Paso-Phoenix road race, early in November, was released from the state penitentiary of New Mexico after he had furnished $25,000 bond. The University of California baseball team has been invited to play Harvard at Cambridge, Mass., this spring. Acceptance of the invitation is expected, as the Californians are scheduled to make an Eastern trip to meet several Middle West college teams. Edward Raymond, 61, assistant general manager of the Santa Fé railroad, died at the Santa Fé hospital in Topeka, Kan. He had been ill more than a month from nervous exhaustion. Mr. Raymond has been with the Santa Fé since 1878, when he started as a day laborer. Lawrence Lackey is under arrest at Alliance, Neb., charged with the murder of his 7-year-old daughter by giving her poisoned candy. It is alleged the child, after eating the candy, complained it was bitter. A post-mortem examination disclosed the presence of strychnine in the stomach. Roy Eifin of New Sharon, Iowa, has been sentenced to ten years in prison by Judge Dan Hamilton, on his p.a. of guilty to arson and conspiracy to destroy property of persons known as "Hollanders" in the vicinity of Oskaloosa. He was alleged to have hired others to set fire to the property. Harry O'Brien, 28 years old, recently discharged from the British army, has been taken to Phoenix from Wickenburg, Ariz., where he was shot and seriously wounded. Dr. Thomas Francis Campbell of Wickenburg, who surrendered to Wickenburg officers after the shooting, which was said to have followed an altercation about a young woman. WASHINGTON Withdrawal of American troops from Siberia will be begun at once, Secretary Baker announced. Some of the 8,000 troops will be removed immediately to ships now in Siberia and the remainder will be withdrawn as the evacuation of the 40,000 Czecho-Slovaks proceed. Forty well-known men and women, speaking for twenty-six great organizations, comprising 20,000,000 members, descended upon the Senate and made a determined effort to break the deadlock on the peace treaty. So far as could be ascertained they did not get any encouragement. Bituminous coal production has come back to normal since the settlement of the strike. Hearing of the government's case against the United Shoe Machinery Company has begun in United States District Court at Little Rock, Ark. The case is said to be important because it will be the first to construe that provision of the Clayton act which amends the federal anti-trust laws. Four new aerial mail routes to link the important cities of the country from coast to coast will be established if Congress grants an appropriation of $3,000,000. Postmaster General Burleson stated. A fifth route is under contemplation but has not yet been given the approval of the Postoffice Department. Only eight cities in the United States showed a decrease in 1919 over 1918 in building activities. A gain of 708 per cent is shown in the amount of construction last year over the previous year, according to reports received by the Building Age from building inspectors of all cities. The report shows that government restrictions were not lifted until Nov. 21, 1919. The extent to which the woman vote will count in the coming presidential election, if the amendment is ratified in time, may be seen in the fact that there are approximately 28,000,000 women of voting age in the United States. Leon Salinas, subsecretary of the Mexican Department of Commerce and Industry, and other Mexican government officials en route to Washington via Laredo, Texas, presumably are going to attend the Pan-American financial conference at Washington. Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado Western Newspaper Union News Service. There are more than 300 eik and deer in Boulder county, according to estimates of Forest Rangers Clark and Ulrich. They are all in fine condition, according to both rangers, and are increasing rapidly. The ice crop for Montrose and nearby cities is reported the best in many years, according to F. B. Bosler, local ice dealer, who has just finished putting up 3,000 tons of ice for local consumption during the summer of 1920. A fortune of between $40,000 and $50,000 is left to the American board of foreign missions, at Boston, Mass., for the furtherance of its work in Armenia, by the will of H. Enfaijian, Armenian rug dealer, who died in Denver Dec. 30. The correspondence of the "State Immigration Department indicates that more than 500 people have come to the state in the past year as a direct result of the work of the department, while many more have been indirectly influenced to make their homes in Colorado. The county commissioners of Routt county have selected the site for a new courthouse. The proposition will be put up to the public next election, when an $80,000 bond issue will be submitted. The location is on the principal street of Steamboat Springs and will be a whole block. After being hounded for four years by authorities in all parts of the United States, Cuba and Mexico, C. E. Wilson, alleged bunco man sought as slayer of George Turner, another confidence man, at a fishing resort in Platte cafton on the night of June 23, 1916, surrendered himself at Denver to a local detective agency. The total circulation of books from the Durango public library during 1919, according to a report filed with the board of trustees, was 12,643 divided as follows: Fiction, 7,207; juvenile, 3,939; class books, 2,102. The number of visitors at the library during the year was 15,880 as compared with 11,225 in 1918. Five men, arrested last summer on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, have been placed on trial in the District Court at Brighton. It is charged that the men sold stock to certain residents of Adams county at a price far in excess of the market value. They are alleged to have secured $20,000 from local farmers in this manner. The Longmont Stave Silo Company has bought a factory site at La Salle with railroad loading facilities and will build a cement stave silo factory there this winter. The company will employ eighteen men and has contracts of $100,000 in 1920 business. The La Salle plant will be the second stave silo factory to be constructed in Weld county this year. Work has been started at Brighton on a new theater building, to be completed by May 1, when it will be opened as a picture show by H. W. James, local capitalist. J. N. Counter, retired business man, is interested with James in erecting the structure. The building is modeled after the Webber theater in Denver and will cost approximately $35,000 when complete. W. C. Harris is rushing work on the erection of the proposed new hotel for Sterling. Work has been started on razing the old buildings standing on the site at the corner of Second and Poplar streets, one block from the Union station. It is not yet determined whether the new hotel will be five or six stories high. It will cost at least $150,000, but more likely the figure will go much higher. King Spud will reign supreme in Denver from January 20 to 23, inclusive. A western potato exposition of seven states will be held in the Denver Auditorium. The annual meeting of the Colorado Potato Growers' Association, at which the reorganization of the association will be perfected and important legislative action on seed certification laws and shipping point inspection service will be discussed. Reports of county assessors for 1919, as tabulated by the State Immigration Department, show that 26,620,094 acres, or 40.13 per cent of the total area of the state, is assessed as agricultural land. This includes a very large area that has never been broken and much that will never be broken, being valuable only for grazing purposes. It includes more than 10,000,000 acres classed as "dry farming" land, most of which ultimately will be cultivated. Reports of county assessors made to the Immigration Department in 1919 showed that there was approximately 5,500,000 acres in cultivation last year, the largest ever cultivated in one year. Boulder county increased its output of silver from 157,000 ounces in 1918 to 203,000 ounces in 1919 from the Yellow Pine at Sugar Loaf, the White Raven at Ward, and from the mines at Caribou. The mines in Gilpin county were not active, and the closing of the Argo mill and its associated Tremont (Gunnell) mine at the end of the Argo adit, reduced the production greatly. This county produced $83,000 in gold and 72,000 ounces of silver. The Becky Sharp mine produced considerable gold ore, and the Gilpin Eureka shipped amalgam Applications for nearly 300,000 trout have been made by Forest Rangers Ray Clark and Ulrich to the United States Forestry Department. Mr. Clark desires to place 20,000 each in the North Fork of Middle Boulder, South Fork of Middle Boulder, Jenny creek, South Boulder creek, Thimb lake, lakes at the head of South Boulder and South Fork of Middle Boulder, Boulder creek, North Boulder Creek, Caribou creek, Echo lake and North Clear creek. Mr. Erich would place 10,000 in the East Fork of James creek, 20,000 in Middle St. Vrain, 10,000 in South St. Vrain and 5,000 in a small lake near timber line northwest of Stapp's. The Colorado State Board of Immigration is making preparations to revise its rainfall map, with a view of showing more accurately and definitely the average rainfall in the agricultural districts of the state. The rainfall map, which has been use for sometime, shows the following variations in average annual rainfall: Ten inches or less, 10 to 15 inches, 15 to 20 inches, 20 to 25 inches, and 25 inches and over. It has been found that these intervals are too large to show accurately the distribution of rainfall in the non-irrigated farming districts of the state, especially in the eastern and northwestern sections. Denver is one of twenty-two cities in the West and Far West which has been placed in the itinerary of a 6,000-mile trade extension tour to be undertaken in February by members of the manufacturers and wholesale merchants' board of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. The party will spend Saturday, March 6, in Denver, meeting with the manufacturers' bureau of the Civic and Commercial Association and various other business men's organizations. With a score of 743 out of a possible 750, Dr. J. B. Ochsner of Durango, at the last meeting of the Rifle Club, scored what is believed to be a world's record when he made seventy-five consecutive bullseyes in shooting offhand from a distance of seventy-five feet at a target with one-half-inch center. He scored twenty consecutive tens and during the seventy-five shots made sixty-eight tens and seven nines. He used a regulation .22 caliber target gun. The local land office at Montrose reports a real "land office" business during the past year, with 630 applications having been filed for homesteads during that period. This is one of the largest number ever filed at this office during a similar period. The records show, however, that due to the holding up of many grazing claims during 1918, that more applications were allowed during 1919 than were filed, the total being 747. Of all the mountain counties in Colorado, San Miguel seems to give out the best report in mining operations for the past year. The mines around Telluride, taken with those deniling in vanadium ores out in the west valley, make an admirable showing. The Tomboy mine alone is sending out fifty cars of concentrates per month, and the Liberty Bell produces three or four hundred tons of ore a day. The rare operation of transfusion of blood was performed upon Thomas Weiss at a local hospital in Alamosa. His brother, Peter Weiss, a mining man of Creede, furnished the blood and several ounces were transferred to the veins of the patient. Weiss suffered a breakdown from overwork and his blood supply was so depleted that physicians say it was only 47 per cent of normal. The operation was entirely successful. Denver's bona fide death rate is said to be lower than almost any other city of its size in the country in a statement issued by William H. Sharpley, commissioner of health. He estimated that one-fifth of all deaths here should not be credited to Denver as the victims come here in search of health, but are in a condition too weak to stand any chance of recovery. There will be no free admissions to the National Western Stock and Horse Shows which open at Denver on January 17th. Even stockmen exhibitors and their employés will have to pay. However a liberal rate is made of $2.50 for a season ticket good at all times. This year the stock show cut loose from the stock yard management, rents its buildings and is standing on its own base. It must be made to pay. Heretofore there has been a liberal distribution of "paper" but that is all cut off this year. Secretary Johnson announces that there will be no profiteering regarding anything at the show. The general admission is 50 cents, the same as always. The state of Colorado and the counties are paying $98,652 in benefits to blind persons under the provisions of the initiated law adopted at the last general election. The first annual report of the state blind benefit commission shows that 355 blind men and women are receiving aid from the state and the counties. One-half of the benefits are paid by the state and the other half by the counties. Of the 355 beneficiaries, 121 make their home in Denver. A hundred buyers made bidding livey at the public sale of 12,080 acres by the State Land Board in the House of Representatives at the statehouse in Denver. The land was sold for a total of $251,300, or an average of $20.80 per acre, breaking previous records. Bids accepted varied from $10 to $2.75 per acre, the highest price being for land in Prowers county. Pueblo county land also sold at a high figure. The other parcels were in Arapahoe, Baca, Cheyenne, Conejos, Elbert, Klowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Rio Grande and Routt counties. A. HASER, Prop. ARCHIE MARKET ARCHIE MARKET Wholesale and Re Hotels and Fresh and Cuc Fruits, Veg 1950 Larimer Street The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP YOU W CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fo TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 Weather TELEPHONE MAIN 3203 Established 1876 RENOVATORS, BLE Of Gents' and La 1624 CHAM Poro Hair SCIENTIFIC AND SANIT MASSAGING, MA Mme. L 2220 OGDEN STREET wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Grocery Fish and Oysters Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn-Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game FREE DELIVERY Mariner Street Denver DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT FENTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND USES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO atherhead Hat NE MAIN 3203 Checked 1876 PIONEER OF THE W MAKE OF NE VATORS, BLEACHERS, DYERS AND FINISH Of Gents' and Ladies' Hats of Every Description 1624 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, COLO. Ho Hair Dressing Pa IC AND SANITARY SCALP AND HAIR TH MASSAGING, MANICURING, TOILET ARTICL Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries Fish and Oysters Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn-Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game 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 Weatherhead Hat Co. SCIENTIFIC AND SANITARY SCALP AND HAIR TREATMENT MASSAGING, MANICURING, TOILET ARTICLES Mme. Lexie A. Brooks EN STREET PHONE YO 1 C. E. SMITH, M The Man Wholesale and Retail Stap Hotels and Restaurants Eastern Fruits, Veget Telephones 622-636 15TH STREET C. E. SMITH, Manager, Res. Phone South 1604 e Market Compa and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and s and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Eastern Corn Fed Meats Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 5TH STREET DENVER, Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Telephones Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 622-636 15TH STREET DENVER, COLORADO PHONE MAIN 3023 John MEATS, FANCY 180 John K. Rettig EATS, FANCY AND STAPLE GROCER 1864 CURTIS STREET neteenth MEATS, FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES --- Corner Nineteenth Phone Main 6758 Tail Staple and Fancy Groceries Fish and Oysters Restaurants Our Specialty Fed Eastern Corn-Fed Meats Tables, Poultry and Game FEE DELIVERY WHILE WAIT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND Curth and Curtis Streets DENVER, COLO head Hat Co. PIONEER HATTERS OF THE WEST. WE MAKE OLD HATS NEW. CHERS, DYERS AND FINISHERS dies' Hats of Every Description PA ST., DENVER, COLO. Dressing Parlors MARY SCALP AND HAIR TREATMENT NICURING, TOILET ARTICLES Motto—"Efficiency" Lexie A. Brooks PHONE YORK 5997W 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. DENVER, COLO. Manager, Res. Phone South 1608 Market Company Table and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oysters. Ts Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Corn Fed Meats Vegetables, Poultry and Game. Main 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305 DENVER, COLORADO RES. PHONE GALLUP 942 K. Rettig AND STAPLE GROCERIES CURTIS STREET Denver, Colo. Denver, Colo. WHEN SPRING SEWING OCCUPIES YOUR TIME © Western Newspaper Union Coats Stylish and Practical FASHION --- COLORADO STATESMAN The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West Among many other things that absorb the attention of home dressmakers, busy with spring sewing, there are negligees to be provided for hours of leisure. Now is the best time for making these luxurious and inspiring frivolities of the wardrobe. Gay new spring materials are here, and the business of sewing is in hand. January and February ought to see underthings for the family and negligees, housedresses, service clothes for the housewife, about disposed of. Certainly the pretty negligees should not be overlooked. A RELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. Negligees are usually in two garments, that is an underslip and a coat, or trousers and coat. These styles are about equally popular and the trousers are like those worn by Chinese women or patterned after those of India. Sometimes a long skirt is so draped as to suggest trousers and in any case these picturesque suits are fascinating. In the picture trousers of crepe-de-chine have double frills of narrow knife plaiting about the ankles. The coat is much like a short kimono and it is edged with wide lace. A silk THE COLORADO STATESMAN Coats Stylish Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. It used to be that, to call a garment "practical" was about equivalent to calling it "commonplace," but that day has gone by. More and more the intangible element of style is demanded and commands a very tangible and substantial return in money. The two coats shown in the picture above will first catch the eye because of their smart style and then will bear study as thoroughly practical. The suppleness of the season's coatings makes it easy for designers to do unusual things, as in the coat shown at the left of the picture, where odd capellike extensions are set in at the sides and the body of the coat is joined to a deep yoke with many rows of machine stitching. Everything in the model is on a generous scale, even the handsome buttons are extra large. The very wide muffler collar wraps about the throat in the coziest manner possible. In a less flexible material these ideas could not be carried out. TWODOLLARSAYEAR --- cord and tassel is suspended from the coat at each side, falling from a small bow of ribbon. These tassels and cords have no particular reason for being where they are, except to look pretty; they do add to the grace of the coat by weighting it. There is no attempt to follow the style that inspires a negligee with fidelity to the original. The Chinese cord and tassel idea is used along with very pert little ribbon bows having an American flavor, and ribbon rosette with long ends at the front. Such sensible things as the combination undergarment for a little girl, shown in the picture, must share attention with beautiful negligees in the spring sewing. The body and knickers are cut in one, the former gathered into an elastic band at the knee or on a straight band that buttons. Neck and short sleeves are finished with button-hole stitching over the edges of small scallops, and the same garment is made with lower neck and sleeveless for midsummer wear. The weight of the muslins used varies, too, according to the season for which the combinations are made. and Practical At the right of the picture there is a very smart bloused model, cut with kimono body and sleeves joined to a full skirt under a wide, crushed belt. The wide collar is gathered in at the neck and turns over. The cuffs, collar and bottom of the skirt are embellished with large disks, about the size of a silver dollar, which appear to be made of French knots in silk floss, set thickly together. The body blouses considerably and the entire design is novel and chic. Any of the soft coatings will serve for coats like those shown here, the velours, bollivas, silvertones, and similar weaves that have distinguished this season's wraps make garments that are both practical and stylish. MADAM G. J. WALKER. President of the Madam G. J. Walker Manufacturing Co., and the Lelia College, 640 North West Street, Indianapolis, Ind. IS YOUR HAIR SHORT, BR FALLING If so, try Madam C. J. 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Stocks sold on Monthly Payments. Ask for terms. Margin accounts carried. 1935 Goss Street. 437 Seventeenth St FRANK S. REED, Licensed Embalmer and Director Lady Assistant. Polite Service to all. Parlors, 2745 Welton Street. DENVER, COLORADO. THE WONDERFUL ART OF HAIR GROWING THE WONDERFUL ART OF HAIR GROWING 2 Complete Course by Mail or Personal Instruction. The Peerless Walker System, Ready MONEY and the Doorway to Prosperity. A Diploma From Lelia College of Hair Culture is the Magic Key. BREAKING OFF, THIN OR GING OUT? Dr.'s Wonderful Hair Grower. WALKER M'F'GCO. Set, Indianapolis, Ind. MERIAL TREATMENT 0. Make all Money Orders payable to Jump for reply. AGENTS WANTED. DENVER, COLORADO. r Cleaning & g Company guaranteed—Clothes Called for delivered. 678 Boulder. BCKHALTER, Proprietors. N HAIR GROWER Grows hair when other preparations fail. One jar will convince you. Results obtained or money refunded. 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