Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY COLORED DELEGATES TO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR MAKE GREAT IMPRESSIONS IN THEIR APPEALS FOR RIGHT AND JUSTICE Resolutions to Eliminate Discriminatory Clause From Labor Constitution, Were Supported by Large Numbers of White Delegates. Visit Scenic Wonders of Colorado, Garden of the Gods, Cave of the Winds and Other Interesting Points Royally Entertained by Denver's Leading Citizens and Given Hearty Welcome to Return Delegates Praise Denver for Beautiful Climate and Great Hospitality. VOL. XXVII. COLORED DELEGATE FEDERATION OF GREAT IMPRESS APPEALS FOR RIG Resolutions to Eliminate Dis bor Constitution, Were S bers of Whi Visit Scenic Wonders of Co Cave of the Winds and C Royally Entertained by zens and Given Heart —Delegates Praise ful Climate and C THE CONVENTION of the American Federation of Labor, just closed, has afforded ample opportunity for those who have misunderstood their platform, misconstrued their expressions, anused their program in the conducting of their affairs, to qualify, so as to have a right conception of what the organization stands for and to arrive at a clear, sane and logical conclusion of the real intent and purpose of this—one of the greatest organizations of the world. Following the proceedings of the sessions for the past two weeks, we cannot help from expressing our charitable feelings towards the members of this organization as a whole, as our views, our opinions and comments become broader and sounder, having taken advantage of this privilege to learn about the fundamental principles and workings of this body. Momentous Questions Discussed. Among the many questions that were presented for discussion were the following ones, which brought out the latent powers and qualities of the delegates, who gave proof of their ability to grasp and reason out the methods to be adopted in the solution of these problems: Equal rights with capital in industries; government ownership of railways; modification of the prohibition amendment; the urging and advocating of world-wide dismantment; the workmen's compensation and accident insurance to be extended to long shoremen and repairmen along shore; the better condition of the Negro laborer and the further indorsement of the act of the Montreal convention to eliminate all discriminations and prejudice from the constitution of the labor organization against the Negro element. Again has the Negro proven that far removed from the consignment to a class of parasites in this country (the same accorded him by a certain group of the other side), he is determined to protest, to show his disapproval of legislation against him, to declare in an intelligent and unmistakable manner wherever he goes, with whatever organizations he is associated, in whatever institutions he enters, that he is a full-fledged citizen of this country, a contributor to the maintenance of its national finance, also its international financial supremacy, an ardent advocate and supporter of peace and harmony and good government, a staunch upholder of world-wide democracy and making the world safe for name—this Negro is continuing the fight for recognition as a man in all walks of life, and whether in federal state government, in organized labor or any other sphere (he being so far away from the actions of a child) will stand by his cause until the cruel hand of prejudice and the shackles of crimination have re- leased him from the tentacles that seem to tighten around him now more than any other time. This is the type and class of Negro that came from all parts of these United States to represent their unions in this convention, and their keenness of vision, soberness in thought and good judgment, depth of intellectuality shown in presenting their grievance by resolutions against discrimination, have brought such results as support among the white delegates and a deep respect and real fellowship and greetings from their fellow citizens in Denver. Surely they can be termed a priceless asset when in their representation they are not only representing the organized portion of our people, but shouldering the burden of the race in their efforts to make things equal and in common for all. Western Hospitality Much in Evidence. Western Hospitality Muen in Evidences The colored delegates took part in and enjoyed all the entertainments provided for members of the convention, visiting the scenic wonders of Colorado, and the famous and historic Garden of the Gods, Cave of the Winds and other interesting points; also the moving picture shows in the ballroom of the Albany hotel, one of the leading hostels of the West, and participating in many of these, they express themselves greatly delighted; but when the opportunity presented itself to be entertained by their own, as they remarked almost in a chorus, "words cannot express our appreciation." This occurred when Delegates E. D. Rhone, Mobile, Alabama; Garrett Rie, Chicago; Frank M. Phaire, Philadelphia; J. W. Chambers, St. Louis; W. A. Moran, Kansas City, Mo.; William Carter, Baltimore, Md.; J. A. Knight, Nashville, Tenn.; S. Burroughs, Mobile, Ala.; W. Shw, Cleveland, Ohio; Jos, N. and Mrs. Anderson, Cincinnati, Ohio; Frank Williams, New Orleans; Wm. Sylvester, Washington, D. C.; Robt. E. Burford, Richmond, D. C.; Boulwair, Columbia, S. C.; James E. Collier, Nashville, Tenn.; D. H. Smart, Fitzgerald, Ga.; F. W. Mallory, Charleston, S. C., were the honored guests of the Colorado Statesman last Monday evening at the fairbanks hotel, Five Points. Invited to meet the guests and to welcome them to our city were the following, including the host, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. D. Rivers; Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Huff; Attorney and Mrs. Thos. A. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Hewetson Watson, Mr. and Mrs. George Gross, Sr. Mr. S. H. Hobson, Dr. Huff was tombmaster and did his part only as the popular physician can do when enjoying a relaxation from his busy and extensive practice. It was a very enjoyable affairs, the guests being offered a hearty welcome to our Land of the West and Queen City of the Plains in brief and witty talks by Messrs. Campbell, Watson and Mrs. Campbell. Replies were made by a number of the guests, and a better DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JUNE 25 1921 conception of the labor movement and our people's connection with it was gathered from the very interesting talks. The Fairbanks hotel added another point to its credit, with its fine cuisine, decorated tables and quick service, and a civility of its employees that is unsurpassed in the serving of this banquet, and the visitors were loud in their praises of the efforts of the management. President Harding Writes Letter Emdorsing N. A. A. C. P. Conference. "June 18, 1921. "My dear Mr. Johnson: Delegates Offer Highest Praise for Climate and Hospitality. On every hand can be heard the expressions of commendation for the reception given the delegates and the acquaintanceship and friendliness formed since their arrival. They visited the various churches and were warmly received. In some cases they gave information from the pulpits and rostrums of conditions in the South land and the good that is being effected by organized labor. Now that the convention is closed, each delegate departs from our city, glad of the experience, the contact, the great lessons learned that while we are in the West, yet our hearts beat with theirs, and the hope is that the time is not far distant when the representation made on behalf of our people in the East, North and West will find the same action in the South, making us a stronger and a greater people. CHARLES S. JOHNSON APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE RESEARCH BUREAU. Associate Director of Chicago Race Relations Commission Now With the League. Charles S. Johnson, who completes this month his services as Associate Executive Secretary of the Chicago Race Relations Commission, appointed by Governor Lowden of Illinois following the Chicago race riots in 1919, has been appointed Director of the Department of Research and Investigation of the National Urban League. He will begin his duties at the headquarters of the League, 127 East Twenty-third Street, New York City, on July 1st. This department under his guidance will accumulate data on Negro progress and achievements which will be placed at the disposal of writers, lecturers and students who desire reliable information on the Negro. Under Mr. Johnson's direction investigations of social conditions in the cities where League branches are being established will be made so that the programs of improvement may be inaugurated on the basis of a thorough knowledge of the social needs of the community. Mr. Johnson will also advise in the collection and classification of facts about social service agencies, and will record statistics on the social condition of the group showing the improvement secured as a result of these social service activities—this to be worked out through the branches of the League throughout the country. Mr. Johnson is a native of Bristol, Virginia, a graduate of Virginia Union University and the University of Chicago. He was a director of the Department of Research and investigation of the Chicago Urban League for three years, having organized this department. He conducted a special investigation of the Negro migration from the South for the Carnegie Foundation and while Associate Executive Secretary of the Chicago Race Relations Commission directed investigations and supervised a large staff of white and colored investigators, compiled material and wrote sections of the report. The most notable feature of this work is the study or public opinion on the Negro prepared by Mr. Johnson for the commission. MEDAL IS AWARDED TO NEGRO ACTOR. New York, June 20.—Charles Gilpin, Negro actor, has been awarded the Spingarn medal, given each year to the man or woman of African descent and of American citizenship, who shall have made the highest achievement during the preceding year in any field of elevated or honorable human endeavor. The medal is donated by J. E. Spingarn, treasurer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. President Harding Writes Letter Endorsing N. A. A. C. P. Conference. "June 18, 1921. "My dear Mr. Johnson: "I have been much interested in what you have written me about the forthcoming Twelfth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at Detroit. Of my own interest in behalf of the effort of your association I hardly need to assure you, for your attention will have been called to various public expressions of my views. In my first message to the Congress, on April 12th, of this year, I included the following paragraph: "Somewhat related to the foregoing human problems is the race question. Congress ought to wipe the stain of barbaric lynching from the banners of a free and orderly, representative democracy. We face the fact that many millions of people of African descent are numbered among our population, and that in number of states they constitute a very large proportion of the total population. It is unnecessary to recount the difficulties incident to this condition, nor to emphasize the fact that it is a condition which can not be removed. There has been suggestion, however, that some of its difficulties might be ameliorated by a human and enlightened consideration of it, a study of its many aspects, and an effort to formulate, if not a policy, at least a national attitude of mind calculated to bring about the most satisfactory possible adjustment of relations between the races, and of each race to the national life. One proposal is the creation of a commission embracing representatives of both races, to study and report on the entire subject. The proposal has real merit. I am convinced that in mutual tolerance, understanding, charity, recognition of the interdependence of the races, and the maintenance of the rights of citizenship lies the road to righteous adjustment.' "At this time, I do not feel that I can add anything very significant to the foregoing. I wish your convention to be assured, however, that I design just as early as possible to proceed further along the line of the expression to the Congress. I feel strongly that, there is opportunity for accomplishment of great and lasting good and that whatever measures will enlist -the co-operation of intelligent and broad leaders of both races will serve the most useful purpose. "As evidence of the increasing and gratifying interest throughout the country in this entire set of problems, I am glad to be able to tell you that since the delivery of the address to Congress on April 12th, a great number of commendatory communications have come to me, indicating that in all sections and among all classes and races there is a deep desire for effective achievement along these lines. "I will be glad if you will extend my greetings and best wishes to the convention. I hope the association may enjoy a larger and constantly enlarging usefulness, and that in the near future it may be possible to set up some instrumentalities with which your co-operation will be very much desired. I will be glad to be informed of the transactions of the convention and to receive any suggestions from it that may be helpful in developing a constructive policy. "Very truly yours, (Signed) "WARREN G. HARDING." KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ENDORSES FEDERAL ANTI-LYNCHING BILL The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, today made public a letter from Governor Edwin P. Morrow of Kentucky, in which he endorses a bill introduced in the House of Representatives making lynching a federal offense. "I am in receipt of your letter enclosing House bill No. 13, designed to punish the crime of lynching," says Governor Morrow's letter. "I have not had time to study the bill thoroughly, but I have read enough of it to approve of it and the general scope covered by its provisions." AMERICAN NEGRO'S FUTURE TO BE DISCUSSED IN DETROIT Governor Groesbeck of Michigan to Welcome Twelfth Annual Conference of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, today announced that its twelfth annual conference would be held in Detroit from June 26 to July 1, and would be devoted to a discussion of the future of the American Negro. A thousand colored and white people from all parts of the United States are expected to attend the conference, according to the announcement, and the welcome is to be extended for the state of Michigan by Governor Groesbeck and for Detroit by Mayor Couzens. Moorfield Storey, ex-president of the American Bar Association, and now president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will preside at the opening mass meeting at which Judge Ira W. Jayne of the Wayne county Circuit Court is to speak. Among the subjects which will be discussed at meetings of the conference are "Negro Labor's Part in America's Industrial Future," also "Lynching and Peonage." The subject of the disfranchisement of the American Negro is to receive attention in connection with recent race riots, especially with reference to the Tulsa riot. It is expected that victims of the Tulsa riot will be at the conference to give first-hand testimony of what occurred. Among the speakers at the conference will be: Representative Leonidus C. Dyer of Missouri, who has introduced a federal anti-lynching measure; Harry E. Davis of the Ohio State Legislature, Professor Robert T. Kerlin, author of "The Voice of the Negro;" James H. Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor; George E. Haynes, former director of the Bureau of Negro Economics of the U. S. Department of Labor; Norman H. Thomas and Stenio Vincent, former president of the Haitian Senate and now representative to the American people of the Patriotic Union of Haiti. NO FEAR OF LYNCHING IN NEW JERSEY, SAYS GOVERNOR EDWARDS. Says People and Press Respect Law Trenton, June 16.—Governor Edwards in a statement today complimented the press of the state upon the silent contempt with which rumors of lynching, inspired by the murder of 7-year-old Matilda Russo in Moorestown last week, have been treated. "Jersey justice is too swift and sure to warrant even a suspicion of the possibility of its being supplanted under any circumstances with the barbaric crime of lynching," said the governor, "and I am loath to believe that such a rumor emanated from any responsible source. As a colony and a state the name of New Jersey and respect for our fundamental laws have been synonymous. This is due in no small measure to the loyalty of our citizens, native and adopted, who are always found, when a crisis arises, arrayed with the organized forces to which the enforcement of our laws are entrusted. It is a pleasure to note that this condition is generally recognized by the press at home and abroad, and to find all rumors to the contrary treated with the contempt so richly deserved. With all other loyal Jerseymen I have too much confidence in the ability of our properly constituted authorities, and the judgment of our people as a whole, to entertain for a moment the thought that the perpetrators of any crime will ever be dealt with in our state except in the manner provided by law." NO 37 New York Branch of N. A. A. C. P. Sends Delegation to Governor. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, today announced that largely through the efforts of the New York branch, Mrs. Hattie Dixon, a colored woman, had been saved from death in the electric chair and her sentence commuted to life imprisonment. The New York branch, at the request of Mrs. Dixon's attorney, became active in May, the woman's death having been set for June 16. A petition was obtained representing 42,000 signers among New York state's citizens, and a delegation was sent to call upon Governor Miller in Albany. The delegation was composed of Clifton G. A. French, Rev. Cullen, Rev. Daniel, Rev. Lawton and John E. Nail. Mrs. Dixon had been convicted of a murder in November, 1917, and on appeal of the case, three judges of the Court of Appeals stated their belief that the verdict was the result of a misunderstanding. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announces that the New York branch received a communication from Mrs. Dixon's attorney saying that had the branch not intervened when it did, the woman would probably not have been saved from the electric chair. This is especially fortunate since it has been a tradition for years in New York state that no woman must suffer the death penalty. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, WASHINGTON. Savings of Negro Workers But Slightly Affected by Unemployment During Industrial Depression. The Department of Labor has made a brief canvass regarding the savings accounts of Negro workers in typical industrial centers as affected by the industrial depression during the period December 31, 1920, to April 30, 1921, with the following results: savings, . . . . . . . . $3,809,800 $3,721,474 Amount of Sav- ings per capita. 80 78 Out of approximately 350 savings institutions, in industrial centers, carry- ing accounts of Negro workers, 68 banks reported, furnishing figures showing that the savings of their Negro depositors remained practically unchanged during the four months ending April 30, 1921. The 47,368 Negro depositors as of December 31, 1920, carrying a total amount of $3,809,809, were increased, as of April 30, 1921, to 47,690, with a total savings accumulation of $3,721, 474. These figures show a per capita deposit as of December 31, 1920, of approximately $80, as compared, on April 30, 1921, with a per capita deposit of approximately $78. In other words, Negro depositors withdrew from the sixty-eight (68) banks above-mentioned an amount of $88,315, or an approximate per capita withdrawal of $2, considering the increase in number of depositors. This is certainly an indi- cation of increasing thriftiness of Negro workers. NEGRO MESSENGER DECORATED BY BRITISH EMPIRE. Washington, June 23.—To Charles F. Brown, a messenger for thirty-five years at the British embassy, has the distinction of being, according to official records, the only Negro in the United States to receive the "medal of the British empire." Sir Auckland Geddes himself pinned on the decoration. OVER $12,000,000 The total in the Savings Department of the Colorado National is now very close to $12,250,000. This is by far the largest total ever recorded in the savings department of any bank in the Mountain States. Seventy per cent larger than in any other bank at present. It is an increase of over two million dollars for the year, and of over a million for the past six months. It has been accomplished by system- atic thrift — by depositing REGULARLY. The records show no sudden influx but a steady, constant growth. We repeat what we have so often said before: the way to save successfully is to STICK TO IT! $5 opens an account, and all money deposited by July 7th will earn interest from July 1st. COLORADO National Bank 17th and Champa interest on Savings, Compounded Semi-ann HOWARD & HOWARD GROCERIES AND MEATS 4% Interest on Savings, Compounded Semi-annually. Fresh Vegetables and Fruits Daily WEIS AND TUBES REDUCTION BIG REDUCTION ON ALL STANDARD MAKES. 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I enclose herewith the combination subscription price of $2.50. Street and number..... Town.... State..... ..... BECRETARY MELLON IS GIVEN FULL POWER IN REFUNDING MONEY OWED U. 8. TO REFUND ALLIES DEBTS FIRST ADMINISTRATION BILL IS BENT TO CONGRESS BY PRESIDENT. (Western Newspaper Union News Service.) Washington, June 24.—Unrestricted authority for the secretary of the treasury in refunding the approximately $10,000,000,000 owed by the allied nations to this country was asked by President Harding in the first administration bill sent to Congress. The bill, drafted at the Treasury Department, was forwarded by the President to chairman of Senate and House committees with urgent recommendations for enactment. It was introduced immediately in the Senate by Senator Penrose and committee hearings ordered. Complete powers for settling with the allied nations would be vested by Secretary Mellon. With the President's approval, he would be authorized to accept the securities of debtor or other nations in exchange for their notes. The bill also would confer unlimited authority to defer payment of interest or principal, and to settle outstanding claims against the United States. Announcement of the administration refounding plan was made at the White House, and a letter from Secretary Mellon to the President, outlining the bill, presented needs for the blanket powers requested. No plans for disposition of the securities was given by Secretary Mellon. Senator Penrose said he presumed they would be offered to American bankers and the public at times and in quantities without disturbance of finance. The administration bill was received by most Republican leaders with approval. Some Democrats, however, declared they would oppose any grant of unlimited power on the allied debts to the secretary of the treasury, and intimations of a similar position were given by some Republicans. President Harding wrote Chairman Penrose of the Senate finance committee and Chairman Fordney of the House ways and means committee that "all the circumstances suggest the grant of broad powers to the secretary of the treasury to handle this problem in such a manner as best to protect the interests of our government." "I hope your committee and Congress," the letter continued, "will find it consistent promptly to sanction such an act as that which is suggested. If the Congress will promptly sanction such a grant of authority, the secretary may proceed to the prompt exercise of the powers granted to him and we reasonably may expect a satisfactory handling of the obligations due and the laims of our government which are awaiting settlement." Finds Father's Body Through Dreams Dickinson, N. D.—A dream vision in which he saw the spot where his father's body lay led Raymond Everett, 21, to discover the spot, according to searchers and the lad's relatives. Tom Everetts, the father, was one of three men drowned by a flood near Medora. Several years ago the man announced the death of an aunt, according to relatives, several hours before a telegram confirmed his prophecy. Army Planes Crash. Washington.—Two of the leading army fliers, Capt. H. T. Douglas and Lieut. M. J. Plumb, were drowned in Chesapeake bay after a collision of their planes during a bombing raid off Tangier island. Reports to the War Department from Langley field, Va., said the accident was one of the most peculiar on record. Lieutenant Plumb was dropping bombs and Captain Douglas was observing the raid from above. Plumb's plane had just dropped a bomb and was climbing when it struck Captain Douglas' machine, cutting off its tail. Chicago. A bill has been filed in Superior Court here by W. C. Proctor of Cincinnati, former chairman of the Leonard Wood national campaign committee, asking an accounting and money decree to compel eight other organizers to reimburse $745,433 as their share in the $813,200 expenses of the committee in promoting General Wood for Republican candidate for President. Two Sleuths Shot in Chicago Fight. Chicago.—Two of Chicago's most ef ficient detectives were shot and prob ably fatally wounded in a running bat tle with three negro highwaymen. Detectives John Hogan and Thomas Dennis, both crack shots, interrupted three bandits as they were about to hold up a gasoline station. Without warning the bandits opened fire, dropping both Hogan and Dennis. From their pos ition on the ground the detectives opened fire and shot and killed one of the bandits. CAPITOL PETROLEUM Makes the Following Announcement We have just closed a deal for 200 barrels production and 498 acres of proven leases. The production and part of the leases are in the Humble field, and the balance are in the extension of the Humble field, and another proven field northward, in Nacogdoches County. To pay for this production and develop it, and also to finish our Amarillo and Weatherford wells, we are offering for sale part of the Panuco Oil & Transport Company stock which the Capitol Petroleum Company owns. The Return of This Investment Is Absolutely Guaranteed The Return of This Investment Is Absolutely Guaranteed We deliver to the purchasers of this stock in multiples of $100.00 a First Mortgage Certificate, issued by The Guaranty Securities Companies, Mortgage and Bond Bankers—one of the largest and most successful financial organizations in the Middle West—with banking houses in Omaha, Neb., Des Moines, Iowa, Lincoln, Neb., and Denver, Colo. They have a paid-up capital and surplus of more than $1,800,000.00, and assets of more than $4,500,000.00. These Certificates are directly secured by real estate first mortgage securities, such as Farm Mortgages, Municipal Bonds, First Mortgage Bonds, Deeds of Trust, and other evidences of first mortgage liens on improved, income-producing real estate, deposited in trust—under a trust agreement, with the trust officer of the company, to secure the payment of said Certificates, which will mature in ten years. When these Certificates are issued there are no conditions or restrictions in connection therewith, they being the secured obligation of the banking organization, and must be paid in full at maturity. Neither the Guaranty Securities Companies nor any of its officers are interested or associated in any way with the Capitol Petroleum Company or the Panuco Oil & Transport Company, other than in the business transaction of issuing the Certificates to our order, upon receipt of payment in the regular course of business. We have concluded to sell to the first subscribers of this offering a block of 200,000 shares at twenty-five cents (25c) a share, all cash or five equal monthly payments. This stock must be purchased in blocks of $100.00, or any multiple of $100.00, but it can be paid for, if desired, in five equal payments. In the event that any subscriber desires to purchase only one unit of $100.00, and cannot pay all cash conveniently, he can pay for it in five equal payments of $20.00 each. As a further explanation, for instance, you can buy 400 shares of Panuco stock from us for $100.00, and the Guaranty Securities Companies issues a $100.00, First Mortgage Certificate that goes with the stock. These Certificates issued by the Guaranty Securities Companies can be transferred the same as the stock. This Is An Absolutely Safe Investment and at the same time you get the advantage of all the developments of the Panuco Company, and your chance of returns from the company in dividends or increased value of stock remains just the same. Following is a table to guide purchasers: These subscriptions can be paid for in all cash, or five equal monthly payments. stock, and a $100.00 First M es. stock, and a $200.00 First M es. stock, and a $300.00 First M es. stock, and a $400.00 First M es. stock, and a $500.00 First M es. to stock, and a $1,000.00 Fir enies. purchased in any multiple The Capitol Petroleum Co. 834 Cooper Bldg. Denver, Colorado. (as full or part payment) for.....shares of Panuco Oil & Transport Company stock, at 25c a share, said stock being fully paid and non-assessable, it being understood and agreed that I will receive a $100.00 First Mortgage Certificate issued by the Guaranty Securities Companies for every $100.00 I invest with the Capitol Petroleum Company for Panuco Oil & Transport Company stock. Name ..... Street or R. F. D. ..... City or Town. ..... State ..... Use the following order blank: FOREIGN James Francis Bernard, fourth Earl of Bandon, was kidnaped from his residence in Bantry, County Cork, by a band of armed men. Castle Bernard, his home, was set afire. Earl Bandon's whereabouts is unknown. Sixty-eight men were killed and seventy-three others injured through the explosion, due to fire damp, which destroyed the greater part of the Montenis mine, near Herne, Westphalia. Three hundred men were in the mine when the disaster occurred. Only one-third of the Filipino children of school age are enrolled in public schools, according to the report of Luther B. Bewley, director of the Bureau of Education. "Although popular education has made great strides since American occupation, it still has a long way to go before reaching all children," the report says. The Near East issue between Greece and Nationalist Turkey must be settled on the field of battle and not in the peace chamber, according to a Smyrna telegram received in London, quoting Dr. Stratos, an official of the Greek government. Dr. Stratos has just arrived at Smyrna, at the head of a Greek parliamentary committee which is going to the front. Great Britain and France, sitting as a jury, have failed again to determine Germany's fate. The conferences between Lord Curzon and Premier Briand in Paris came to an end with the Upper Silesian situation and the Rhine customs barrier unchanged. Lord Curzon argues strongly for dissolving the customs barrier, declaring Germany has shown her good faith by making the first reparations payment. "Good faith," retorted Briand contemptuously, "hasn't paid us a franc yet." Sulgrave manor, ancestral home of the Washingtonons, was rededicated at Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, with elaborate ceremonies after its restoration, at a cost of £50,000, to the state in which it existed three centuries ago. The marquis of Cambridge, brother of Queen Mary, gave the principal address. He asserted the fundamental solidarity of the peoples of the empire and the republic and declaring the day's event a good augury for the future. The exercises were arranged by the Sulgrave institution, organized to foster friendship between Great Britain and the United States. GENERAL Nelson Kelly, aviator, of Chicago, retains possession of his airplane, but he was forced to summon the police to do it. He made a forced landing on the land of an Evanston farmer, who laid claim to the plane as a "gift from the heavens." One of Uncle Sam's submarine chasers which helped fight enemy craft during the war, is to be used in removing brook trout from Lake Superior and transporting them to various points along the Lake Michigan coast for breeding purposes. Use of dynamite halted a fire at Camp Merritt near Hackensack, N. J., which destroyed 200 empty barracks and threatened residences nearby. The fire was the third at Camp Merritt within the last few months. Originally used as a debarkation base for overseas troops, the camp was abandoned several months ago and the barracks sold to a Chicago contracting firm. Police believe all three of the fires were of incendiary origin. The Pullman Company lost its open shop fight before the United States Railroad Labor Board in Chicago when the board upheld the contention of union labor that the company had not obeyed "the letter and spirit" of the transportation act when it conferred with its employés in mass meetings. The board threw out the company's petition for a cut in the wages of its shop employés and instructed it to go back and meet the "duly elected representatives" of the employés. Seven firemen were killed and fifteen were injured in a collision between fire apparatus and a Jersey Central railroad train at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The accident occurred at the Market street crossing. The fire apparatus had reached the center of the track when the train struck. The fifteen injured were taken to a hospital. John Fallis, Frankfort, Ky., grocer, who shot six persons while resisting arrest for interfering in an altercation between a policeman and Fallis' son, escaped during the night from the combination grocery store and dwellings where it was believed he had barricaded himself. Fallis apparently left the building before the officers had an opportunity to surround it. Two submarines flying the Irish republican flag maintain an undersea passenger service between this country and Ireland for officials and agents of the Irish republic, according to Capt. B. J. Shanley, wounded veteran of the Sixty-ninth regiment of New York. He is also secretary of the New York council of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic. The Porter peace resolution has been sent to conference by the Senate for adjustment of the differences between that measure and the Knox resolution adopted recently by the Senate. The Senate voted formally to disagree with the amendment of the House, which struck out the Knox draft and substituted the Porter draft. Approximately two thousand miners employed by the Oliver Mining Company on the Mesaba range In Minnesota have been laid off. This action is in line with a general curtailment of working forces. NEWS TO DATE IN PARAGRAPHS LAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF WIRES ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD. DURING THE PAST WEEK RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE. (Western Newspaper Union News Service.) WESTERN The steamer Queen, which was reported disabled and drifting off the Oregon coast, was taken in tow by the steamer Johanna Smith, and brought to San Francisco. The Queen, which has about 140 passengers and a crew of fifty, was on her way from Seattle to San Francisco. Capt. Raold Amundson and his band of Arctic explorers have been rescued from the frozen north after a two-month battle with the elements following the disabling of their polar ship, Maude. Amundsen and his men were landed safely at Nome, Alaska, according to messages reaching San Francisco. The Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine in the closing session of its convention at Des Moines appropriated $10,000 for relief of flood sufferers in Pueblo, Colo. Only one member of El Jebel patrol of Denver attended the conclave there after $23,000 that was raised for sending the whole outfit was turned over entirely to flood relief committee in Pueblo. Because, he said, John Schnier, farmer, "couldn't or wouldn't" pay him $115 he claimed was due him, Will Maddox, farm hand, shot and killed the former at his farm near Pender, Neb. Maddox then forced George Koin, Schnier's uncle, who was visiting the farm, to drive him toward West Point, but a posse overtook them near Pender and Maddox surrendered. The Paulsen ranch at Lewiston, the best farm in Trinity county, California, has been sold for $50,000 to Lewis Gardella, an Oroville gold miner, who will turn the alfalfa fields of the ranch upside down to get the $1,500,000 in placer gold which the log of the prospector's drill holes says is there. The farm of 300 acres is split by the Trinity river, which will furnish water for the dredging operations. WASHINGTON The new Volstead bill designated to make the eighteenth amendment airtight, appears to be blocked by an array of opposition composed largely of "dry" congressional leaders who are fearful that prohibition enforcement, if carried to extreme, may defeat its own ends. The bill not only would prohibit the prescription of beer as medicine but would lay down new and drastic regulations for the use of industrial alcohol. The House has passed Representative Mondell's bill to permit equitable apportionment of the water supply of the Colorado river among Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The measure now goes to the Senate. In favorably reporting the bill the judiciary committee said it had been assured "there was no question of navigation or water power involved in the legislation." Provision is made that a compact must be entered into by representatives of the seven states before Jan. 1, 1923, with a representative of the federal government participating in the negotiations. Any agreement reached would not be binding until ratified by the Legislatures of all states and by Congress. Permission to make the first photograph of President Harding seated in his desk in the executive offices has been granted to Benjamin Grey of New York, a wounded soldier, trained in photography by the federal vocational educational system. The appointment was made by Chairman Kahn of the House military committee. The British dominions will not consent to any renewal of the Anglo-Japanese pact which is distasteful to the United States, Mark Sheldon, Australian high commissioner, declared in Washington. Commissioner Sheldon came to Washington for a conference with British Ambassador Geddes before going to England to attend the imperial conference. Differences between Major General Menoho and Brigadier General Mitchell, chief and assistant chief, respectively, of the army air service, have been "satisfactorily" composed by Secretary Weeks. General Menoho has withdrawn his letter requesting the relief of General Mitchell from his assignment, it was said, at the request of Secretary Weeks. Austria has signed the protocol of the permanent court of international justice under the League of Nations. She was the thirty-eighth signatory. Seven have accepted the clause for compulsory jurisdiction of an arbitration of international disputes by the court. Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the army, will retire from active service on Nov. 1. He will be succeeded by General Pershing on July 1 and will go on leave at that time until his retirement takes effect. Secretary Weeks has announced. Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado (Western Newspaper Union News Service.) Thefts from the Denver National Bank said to aggregate several thousand dollars and to have extended over a period of years came to light Thursday, following the arrest of John E. Hanley of 1318 Marion street, veteran bookkeeper employed by the bank. Under the auspices of the American Legion, and backed by every booster in the community, Montrose will this year put on the biggest July 4 celebration ever attempted on the western slope. There will be street parades and street sports, water fight, auto races, baseball and fireworks and—boxing. James T. Monroe, slayer of Albert Snook, has been acquitted of a charge of murder by a jury in the West Side court in Denver. Snook was shot to death by Monroe in Room 503 of the Millard hotel last December as a climax to his alleged interference in the family affairs of Monroe and his wife. Work has started on the Esperanza group of mines near Silver Plume which will be welcome news to those interested in mining in the famous silver district. Brown mountain, on which this property is situated, has been the scene of more excitement, both as to rich strikes and killings over the same than any other mountain in America. Weld county will produce 5,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, judging from present indications. Figures compiled by the field men of the county assessor show that there are 165,000 acres planted to wheat in the county this year. Because of the large amount of moisture the yield will be from thirty to fifty bushels on the non-irrigated land as well as in the irrigated districts. There are 56,000 acres of wheat on the irrigated farms and about 109,000 on the dry land. Coming as a complete surprise to the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Rinn was the "secret" interlocutory divorce decree obtained by Mr. Rinn in the District Court at Boulder. Mrs. Rinn visited Boulder less than two weeks ago, was met at the train by Mr. Rinn and spent the night at their home on Lovers' hill, where her sister, Mrs. Ellen Judy, has been visiting since the alleged escapade of May 9 between Mrs. Rinn and Blaine B. Gibson, former instructor in journalism at the University of Colorado. What promised to be a "murder mystery" of the great flood at Pueblo followed the finding of the skeleton of a woman in a box in an alley off the main business district. Colorado Rangers estimated that the woman had been dead eight or nine months and an investigation was started to determine the identity of the murdered woman. R. H. Wimmer, manager of the Gallup Saddlery Company, blew the "murder" theory to pieces with the announcement that the "body" was the mummy of a cliff dweller which had been in the store for at least fifteen years. The mummy floated into the alley during the flood. "I'm a bad hombre. During the last year I've handled more than $40,000 token in through robberies. I was one of the men who cracked the Kansas City bank for $50,000 last year." This was the statement made in the Brighton jail by Glenn Stitt, alias Ray Jones, alias Raymond Miller, charged with the murder and robbery of Charles L. Liebers on the Brighton road last September. Police place little credence on Stitt's story of the Kansas City robbery. It is believed he is something of a "professional confessor," who wishes to make himself appear a bold bad bandit to the public. A bandit gang, mounted on swift horses and armed with automatic .45s, raided Crestone, near Saguache, and shot up the three principal stores. The gang raced into the town at breakneck speed and immediately opened fire. Citizens fled to safety before the raiders, though a few of the bolder spirits exchanged shots with the outlaws. No attempt was made to rob the stores, and the bandits soon dashed on out of the town. At a mass meeting held in Pueblo at which seven fraternal and relief organizations, including the American Red Cross, five civic organizations, the commander of the Colorado National Guard, and city and county commissioners, a telegram was formulated and signed by the various bodies, fourteen in all, and sent to John W. Weeks, secretary of war. The message stated that "your published statement given to the Associated Press of June 17, is not only based on misinformation, but is misleading, and has done Pueblo and the Arkansas valley enormous injury." The wire further said that "more than 1,500 persons are drowned or missing; 665 homes have been swept away; more than 3,500 persons are homeless." An offer of the services of the best engineering talent in the state of Colorado to assist in the prevention of a recurrence of the Pueblo flood disaster has been made to Governor Shoup by the Colorado Society of Engineers. In a resolution adopted by the society the engineers offer to give this service to the state free of charge. More than 200 bankers and their families attended the convention held in Boulder of Group 1 of the Colorado State Bankers' Association. The group is composed of the Denver and northern Colorado banks. With her head caught fast between the iron railings of a bed and the mattress, Mary Tennant, 11 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Tennant of Selbert was strangled to death. The infant had been left at home by the parents, and an older child had been instructed to care for the baby. Although in the same room with the Infant, the older child did not notice the baby fell between the railing and the mattress with her body suspended over the edge of the bed until it was too late to save the child's life. Montrose has emerged from the greatest flood that has ever swept that district. The Uncompahgre river has receded, due to the remarkable work of hundreds of citizens and farmers who are fighting night and day, and have built many dikes in an effort to keep the water within its banks. The loss is estimated between $200,000 and $300,000. Long stretches of rich fruit land has been ruined and hundreds of horses and chickens have been killed. Lawrence Lockhart, about 18 years old, of Arvada, is in a critical condition in the county hospital at Greeley as the result of an attempt to commit suicide. Lockhart placed himself across the rails of the Union Pacific tracks, two miles west of La Salle, and permitted his body to be struck by an east-bound train. His skull is severely crushed, the fingers of his right hand severed and his chest lacerated and bruised. Flood waters in mountain streams of Colorado have destroyed thousands of fish, according to reports reaching Roland G. Parvin, state game and fish commissioner. Hardest hit by the flood has been Bear Creek canyon, where mud and slit have brought destruction of hundreds of trout with which the stream was stocked early this spring. In other places the trout have been washed upon the banks of the streams and have died there. Building in Fort Collins is beginning to increase rapidly. While there were comparatively few building permits issued the first of May they have since been steadily increasing in number, and now many homes are being planned and are under process of construction. One group of a half dozen is being built near the Agricultural College at one time. Apparently times are just about back to normal here in the building line. The Harold DeHaan Post No. 19 of the American Legion, Fort Morgan, is fully prepared to handle the biggest crowd of people over the Fourth of July that has ever assembled in Fort Morgan. The occasion is the American Legion round-up, which begins July 4 and ends some time during the night of July 7. All the cowboys of the Rocky Mountain region are expected to come to Fort Morgan for the celebration. The 14-months-old baby of Mrs. William Angerslave was drowned and Mrs. Angerslave narrowly escaped death when both fell into the San Miguel river at Telluride. Mrs. Angerslave was crossing a small footbridge across the river with her baby in her arms when she slipped and fell into the water. Colorado-mined radium worth $120, 000 and measuring one gram, recently purchased by the Belgian Red Cross from the Radium Company of Colorado, a Denver concern, will be shipped early in August, officials of the company have stated. The precious metal will be packed in heavy lead-lined containers. Leo Sprague, 21, a member of the United States naval aviation corps, and son of Albert Sprague of Longmont, wealthy retired farmer, was instantly killed by a passenger train at Wolcott, Wyo. It is believed that Sprague attempted to board the train for Denver and missed the step and fell under the wheels, dying instantly. The school population of El Paso county increased 531 in 1920 over 1919, according to a complete report compiled by Mrs. Inez Johnson Lewis, county superintendent of schools. The census includes persons between the ages of 6 and 21. The school population of the county is 12,025. The increase over the preceding year in the rural districts was 194, and that of District No. 11 was 337. Three men were killed and three rescuers were overcome with gas following an explosion in a mine at Rico. The dead are Joe Stampfel, Louis Stampfel, brothers, and Cameron Stiles. Stiles lost his life when he rushed back into the mine to rescue the two men after summoning aid. Clouds of gas following the explosion caused the death of the three men. Andrew Zurick, 26 years old, mayor of Louisville, sacrificed his life to save a 10-year-old boy from drowning. After rescuing the lad from deep water in a lake of the Western Light and Power Company at Lafayette, Zurick was stricken with what is believed to have been a heart attack, and sank in sight of fifteen companions. His body was recovered fifteen minutes later. Damage to highways and bridges from the unprecedented floods of the past two weeks in the Arkansas valley and other sections of eastern Colorado is estimated at $3,500,000 by L. D. Blauvelt, state highway engineer, and June Johnson, in charge of the Denver branch of the federal bureau of public roads. Knocked down and run over by a heavy automobile as she was waiting for a street car, Mrs. Myra Merrill, 62 years old, wife of G. W. Merrill, a wealthy and prominent retired farmer of Greeley was critically injured. --- COLORADO STATESMAN The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West A RELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. 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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. THE N. A. A. C. P. CONVENTION AT DETROIT, MICH., TOMORROW. THAT the twelfth annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People beginning tomorrow at Detroit, Mich., promises to eclipse all former efforts goes without saying, as so many incidents ponderous in form have forced themselves upon our people in the interval from last meeting to this. Insults, abuses, lynchings, have been increased, and it appears that the Negro of this country is passing through the period of his life, where everything depends upon how and what methods he will adopt to save himself from the wrath, savagery and barbarism of the lawless element of the white man. But whatever he does, he must with fortitude bear his trials, resolving to continue his protest and express his dissatisfaction until by and through the agency of himself, his own energy and with the help of the better class of the white man, he works out his destiny—making it possible for him to dwell in peace and in the pursuit of human happiness. On another page of this issue is published a letter from President Harding replying to Mr. James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the association, in which the following expression is very impressive to us, as while we are not requesting special favors for a people who have been specially classified, so as to be viewed as separate and distinct from other American citizens, by those who make this distinguishing feature to serve their own ends, yet when the head of a nation asserts with a feeling of consideration for citizens of a country from whom opportunity is withheld and which in turn hinders their growth, then there should be no hesitation to publish such expressions, and this we gladly do. Says the President: "I will be glad if you will extend my greetings and best wishes to the convention. I hope the association may enjoy a larger and constantly enlarging usefulness, and that in the near future it may be possible to set up some instrumentalities with which your co-operation will be very much desired. I will be glad to be informed of the transactions of the convention and to receive any suggestions from it that may be helpful in developing a constructive policy." The foregoing expression helps, gives inspiration, offers a very cheerful hope to the convention to start with renewed vigor to combat the stupendous task that lies before it, and THE COLORADO STATESMAN, knowing the great good that this organization has done, can do and will do, offers its best wishes on behalf of Denver citizens and the West in general for a very successful session, resulting in a bountifulness of good things pregnant with permanent benefits for our people and the establishment of a better relationship between us and other citizens. "WORK FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING"—AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR CONVENTION CLOSES. TWO weeks of labor—hard labor—for the American Federation of Labor convention, in which the mental and physical tests were applied to President Gompers and the large body of delegates from all over the country and from beyond the seas, and to which they nobly responded by being at their post during every session and endeavoring to solve the great question, "What must be done for the amelioration of conditions between LABOR and CAPITAL?" besides other matters of importance affecting the great organization of organized labor. The motto for this event seemed to be after the thought of the old hymn poet, when he gave us the beautiful lines—"Work, for the night is coming, when man's work is done"—as every act of the convention involved work, and working continuously for two weeks with just a break here and there for obtaining the necessary refreshment in obedience to nature's requirements, they accomplished much, and it is to be hoped that sound, wise and judicious characteristic feature of President Gompers may permeate not only the delegates but the whole body of his followers, so that while they possess this great heritage, as the writer expresses, "To speak his thoughts is every free man's right," they will be governed and counselled by the wisdom and judgment of their leader, who gave such a wonderful exhibition during the late war of the power of intellect in the temporary surrendering of all claims of his organization during the time of strife, and throwing the whole support of Labor to the successful termination of the war on the side of the allies, which brought the tyrant to his knees and saved the world from the domination of misrule and absolute power of a government. That Denver and all Colorado gave the convention a right hearty welcome was evidenced by the presence of Governor Oliver H. Shoup, chief executive of the state, and Mayor Dewey C. Bailey, who attended the opening session and offered greetings on behalf of Colorado and wished a successful meeting. Many lessons partially learned from the reading of the "Denver Labor Bulletin," the Denver organ of the organization, published and successfully managed for years as the laborers' beacon light, were fully committed to memory, as proof was given that the labor question was at last being given serious consideration by all the people. Our colored delegates to the convention were given every treatment of courtesy, invited to all entertainments and afforded every facility in going about the city as their white fellow-delegates received. They were also conducted by the proprietor of THE COLORADO STATESMAN to all the leading business men and places of both races and well received, and were the recipients of the usual western hospitality from the members of their race as well as others. Proof undoubtedly is given that the American laborer is thinking, and that deeply, and so the idea of ignoring his request or not giving an ear to his appeal to adjust certain matters pertaining to the economic condition of this country must no longer be, as with his determination to ever present to the public his ability to produce, he is bound to be heard from sooner or later, and being conscious of the fact that he is of more than passing worth to the nation, to the world, he will maintain his cause with zeal and safeguard that which is as dear as life itself to him. On behalf of our citizens we wish this organization every success under the guidance of leaders who reason and can be reasoned with, as the interchange of ideas brings about a mutual understanding, and more is accomplished and better results obtained, as we firmly believe "The pen is mightier than the sword." Good-bye, delegates, and good luck to you and your organization. "Yet It Is a Debt to the Country That Falls Upon All of Us" By GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING, Chief of Staff, U. S. A. Our position and influence in world affairs are not measured by our wealth and population, nor yet by our free and liberal form of government, but by our purpose to maintain the high principles of justice and humanity upon which our institutions are founded. The fulfillment of this purpose in turn depends upon the solidity of the government and our readiness to defend its integrity. P. B. B. B. Our success in the war was not due to forethought in preparedness, but to exceptional circumstances which made it possible to prepare after war had been declared. It is my belief that if America had been adequately prepared, our rights would never have been violated, nor our safety threatened. In discussing preparedness it should be remembered that our traditions are opposed to the maintenance of a large standing army. Our wars have practically all been fought by citizen soldiery. But we have persistently failed to train our citizen-soldier in time of peace, and waited until war was upon us before making any move to that end. While recognizing the principle that every citizen may be called as a soldier, we have never emphasized the obligation of the individual to prepare himself to serve his country. Yet it is a debt to the country that falls upon all of us. From a purely military standpoint our policy should provide first, a permanent military establishment large enough to guard against sudden attack; second, a force sufficient to meet our international obligations, particularly on the American continent; third, such force as may be necessary to meet our internal requirements; fourth, a trained citizen reserve organized to meet the emergency of war. In the preparation of our young manhood for service in defense of their country, there are many personal benefits that the course of training would bring. It would develop the physical vigor and manliness of our youth and sharpen their mentality. It would teach self-discipline and respect for constituted authority. As recent experience has shown, it encourages initiative and gives young men confidence in their abilities. The thought and the act of preparation for service increase their patriotism. Association with men from all walks of life strikingly emphasizes our democracy. The training broadens the views and increases the value of our youth as citizens. It is especially needed among our alien population, a large percentage of whom are illiterate. In considering a reserve, we already have a nucleus in our trained units that have had experience in the war. I refer to the units of the National Guard as well as those of the so-called national army. They have returned with traditions, history, pride of service, and high ideals of citizenship, all of which together constitute a valuable asset in any organization. I should like to see those divisions held together, retaining their officers in so far as their efficiency records show them capable of performing the duties of their respective grades. I would retain the organization of these divisions and utilize them as reserve divisions into which the young men would pass as they come from the army or finish in the training camps. In a reserve army it should be pointed out that there is great necessity for a large number of thoroughly trained officers, not only for the combat troops, but for the various staff corps and departments, including the general staff. These officers should be very carefully tested and, depending upon his qualifications, each should have a definite assignment to some particular unit or headquarters. An especial effort should be made to retain in the reserve those officers, and men as well, who during the war performed their duties efficiently. There is a moral side to the sort of training in question. Our experience in the war proved that in the association of young men together for a common purpose there was developed not only a new sense of patriotic obligation, but a very high moral attribute in the individual. Books broaden the vision of the farmer, increase his success, and give many pleasant hours to his life. The farmer has to deal with more phases of learning than are found in any other occupation. A profound study of soils, live stock raising, rotation of crops, and marketing deals with practically every science. In fact, the subject of agriculture is so vast that the successful farmer is compelled to specialize in grain, some branch of live stock, or one of the many phases of intensive farming. Being somewhat isolated the farmer is compelled to use his own judgment. As he deals with nature in all of her aspects he should know something of the constructive effects of sunshine, rain, heat and cold, and how to take advantage of them; he should know of the destructive effects of floods, bad seasons, insects, and how best to overcome them. With many years of practice it is possible to learn these things, but they are more readily learned from books in connection with farm practices. "Why on Earth Should Japan Abandon the Adoration of the Mikado?" By GILBERT K. CHESTERTON, in "Uses of Adversity" The plain facts, of course, are perfectly simple. Japan has borrowed our guns and telephones, but she has not borrowed our morality; and, morally speaking, I really do not see why she should. Under all, Japan's elaborate armor-plating she is still the same strange, heathen, sinister, and heroic thing: she has still the two deep Oriental habits, prostration before despotism and ferocity of punishment. She still thinks, in the eastern style, that a king is infinitely sublime: the brother of the sun and moon. She still thinks, in the eastern style, that a criminal is infinitely punishable; "something with boiling oil in it." Why on earth should Japan abandon the adoration of the Mikado and the destruction of his enemies, merely because a scientific apparatus has made the Mikado more victorious and the destruction of his enemies more easy? One-Strap Pumps White kid or canvas with Junior Louis heel. Tan, with flat heel. White canvas, medium heel, with tip and strap in white kid or black or tan calf. Other models in black or brown kid or black suede. Smart Hosiery to Match Quick and Careful Mail Order Service Broadhurst B-young Sixteenth and California Call at Headquarters for WALL PAPERING AND PAINTING THE COLORADO WALL PAPER & PAINT CO. Phone M. 871 THE GOLD WASTE MARKET IN CAMDEN The Colorado WELLS WINERY & PAINT CO. Quality the best Service our motto Try our $3.00 Paint and you will come again. W. K. HUNT 2962 WELTON CHAMPA 3522 CORN-FED MEATS Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits and Fresh Vegetables of All Kinds Sure Indication. Marker—"I think the gilt is off the gingerbread as far as the marriage of the Newlyweds is concerned." Quisser—"Why do you say that?" Marker—"Mrs. Newlywed has started eating onions again."—Answers, London. Geese Noted for Longevity. Man has been striving to attain ever since his inception what the goose and gander have long attained, namely, long life. Geese live to be 100 years old as a matter of course, and there are cases on record of geese laying eggs and hatching them after they were 100. 2244 LARIMER ST., DENVER MICHAELSON'S buy the stock of George W. Daier, Clothiers, Cheyenne, yoyo, George W. Daier re-remaining stock and Macy's remaining stock at about one-half cost. Hirsh, Wickwire & Co. and Schloss Bros. Clothing; Stetson and Schliee Hats; Nettleton, J. P. Smith and Phenom Underwear; Arrow Collars; Earl & Wilson and Bates Street Shirts; Pownes Gloves, and all such superior merchandise, now in a sale sale at an enormous sacrifice. No Sextant Required No Sextant Required. "A farmer does not need to study navigation to get the bearings of his fruit trees," remarks a funny paper. No, and his neighbors' boys don't either. Must Be Unlimited. "You say this doctor has a large practice?" "Why, it's so large that when a patient has nothing the matter with him, the doctor tells him so."—San Francisco News. Michaelson's Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Taylor of Kansas City arrived in Denver Thursday for a months' visit. A. W. Wilson, 2947 California street, left Friday to visit relatives and friends in Kentucky. will be easy for others in the futu One of the surprises of the clinic is one conducted by Dr. Holmes leukokeritosis buccalis or smok tongue. This is a very rare disc and many of the dentists present the convention had never seen W. A. Stephens and family arrived in the city Sunday from Little Rock, Ark. They are contemplating locating in our city. Mrs. Lela Davis and son, Ralph, of 1009 East Twenty-sixth avenue are very much improved from their recent illness. Father Rahming of the Church of the Redeemer has arrived and will preach Sunday a. m. at 11. The new altar will be blessed at this service. Don't forget big carnival of fun and district convention of women by Guild of St. Perpetua, at Old Colony Hall, June 30. T. G. Granberry of the Granberry Taxi Co. of 2741 Welton street, has purchased a new Cadillac touring car. This makes the fifth car owned by Mr. Granberry. Major Thos. Campbell, attorney-at-law, spent Tuesday in Pueblo looking into the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, respected colored residents who were drowned in the flood. Maj. Campbell represents the heirs of the estate. Mrs. Georgia Turner secured a divorce from her husband, Ira Turner, Wednesday morning in Division 1 of the District Court before Judge Moore. A lump sum was agreed upon by the parties in settlement of alimony. Mrs. C. M. Waite of 3127 California street returned home last Saturday from a two months' visit in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles, Calif. She reports a delightful visit. Arrivals at the Fairbanks hotel: William Shaw, Cleveland, O.; Madam Burden, New York city; W. Scott, Chicago, Ill.; J. J. Elington, Boston, Mass.; K. C. Miller, Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Cora Overton of Los Angeles, Calif., arrived in the city this week to visit a few weeks with relatives and friends. She is the guest of her mother, who will accompany her back to Los Angeles. MME. Crummer Davis, formerly of this city but now of Galesburg, Ill., arrived in the city Saturday of last week on business, as well as pleasure. She has a host of friends here who were glad to greet her back in the Queen City, and wish her stay in our midst a pleasant one. THE MALLARD ICE CREAM parlor at 2425 Washington street is one of the latest enterprises just launched. It is open from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m., and is a little palace for serving ice cream, soft drinks, cigars, etc. Call and give it a sanction in the business world by a share of your support. Major Thos. Campbell, attorney-at-law, left Thursday noon for Springfield, Mo., to defend an important damage suit. He will return to Denver about the first of July. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Fenner of 1385 Osceola street entertained at dinner a number of delegates of the labor convention and some of the officers and members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association at their beautiful home last evening. The decorations were rare and beautiful, and after enjoying the sumptuous repast, dancing was engaged in with music from the piano and victrola. The guests expressed their appreciation and delight and departed with reluctance. The Colorado Statesman congratulates our progressive young dentist upon his foresight in availing himself of the opportunity to take post graduate work at the state dental convention held last week in Colorado Springs. Dr. Holmes has a very beautiful removable bridge which he constructed during the course. This work is the very latest thing in dental restorations, being even a head of text book literature. The management was somewhat skeptical about a colored man taking post-graduate work, but now that Dr. Holmes has broken the ice it will be easy for others in the future. One of the surprises of the clinicis was one conducted by Dr. Holmes of leukokeritosis buccalis or smoker's tongue. This is a very rare disease and many of the dentists present at the convention had never seen a similar condition. As a result of his studies the doctor has installed several hundred dollars worth of laboratory machinery. Again we congratulate our wide-awake product of Denver. JULY 7, SHIRT WAIST BALL, ELKSY HALL, TWENTY-EIGHTH AND DOWNING. Another of the Elks' enjoyable entertainments on Thursday, July 7, at Elks' Hall, Old Colony, where this Shirt Waist Ball will be the most novel feature ever presented in Denver, as a variety of waists from cotton to silk will be festooned in the decorations. Denver's popular orchestra—Morrison. WATCH THIS DATE. Grand Ball, Syrian Court No. 40, of Daughters of Isis, annual entertainment, Thursday, July 7th, at Fern Hall, Morrison's Orchestra. Admission 50c. DENVER DIVISION NO. 18, U. N. I. A., HOLDS VERY ENTHUSIAS TIC MEETING—LABOR DELEGATES PRESENT. A very interesting and enthusiastic meeting was held on Tuesday evening last, the presence of a number of delegates from the labor convention and the inspiring talks made by them, also the able address delivered by Mr. A. W. Pendley, formerly of Boston and New York, who in a firm but deliberative manner, gave a splendid talk on "His Impression of the Universal Negro Improvement Association," besides stating what it has done for the people of Boston and New York. Mr. Pendley is well educated and is a very convincing speaker, and his remarks offered much of encouragement and hope. He figuratively described the U. N. I. A. as a mighty tornado sweeping onward and clearing the way for something that will be of sound construction, bringing about lasting benefits for all the people as they will be in a position to withstand the storms and tempestuous assaults that come to each individual, to organization when they are endeavoring to demonstrate their ability to do for themselves. Messrs. Rhone, Rice, Carter, Knight, Johnson, Collier gave very interesting information on the labor question and labor organizations, also some echoes from the convention. A large gathering was present to hear Mr. Pendley and the delegates, among them out-of-town visitors and a number of residents of advanced years. The office at 2626 Welton street fills a very desirable end and a long felt want, and all business connected with the organization will be transacted daily from 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE SENDS AGENT TO TULSA. George W. Buckner of St. Louis Selected. The National Urban League, as following the East St. Louis riot, has sent a representative to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in interest of the formation of an inter-racial committee which will remain as a permanent activity to work for larger opportunity and a square deal for the Negro along social lines in Tulsa. George W. Buckner, Executive Secretary of the St. Louis Urban League, who immediately after the East St. Louis riot and for two years thereafter worked as executive secretary of the East St. Louis Urban League, was dispatched immediately after the Tulsa incident to the scene of the riot. He has reported in part as follows: "The whole colored area has been wiped out with only a few homes here and there remaining—these owned mostly by white people. Several thousand and have left, and the M. K. & T. railroad is offering half fare to all who wish to leave. The situation here is black beyond description. I am staying on a cot in the basement of the Tulsa Hotel. I will stay here until the situation has been worked out. In the meantime, I will be working along, heading to an organization. The city is still guarded and I had to show my telegrams in order to get a permit to remain here." It is Mr. Buckner's purpose to inaugurate a social welfare program in Tulsa which will tend to remove the causes of friction, enlarge the Negro's industrial opportunity and secure for him a square deal in all phases of community life. If you are looking for a nice room, or if you have one for rent, see T. G. Granberry, 2741 Welton street. FOR SALE—Must have some cash, will sacrifice my 4-room brick for $1,800; in desirable location, close in. Terms. See owner, 2718 South Sherman. OFF TO DETROIT. THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN MR. GEO. W. GROSS, President of the Denver Branch N. A. A. C. P., accompanied by Mrs. Gross, left Wednesday morning for Detroit, Michigan, to be on hand at the opening of the big N. A. A. C. P. convention next Sunday. They plan on spending several days in Chicago en route. At the close of the convention they will take the boat for Niagara Falls and Buffalo, then to New York City, Washington, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Lawrence, Kansas. This will be the first trip Mr. and Mrs. Gross have taken together in their thirty-five years of married life, and their many friends earnestly wish them the fullest possible enjoyment. Mr. Gross has been president of the Denver branch ever since it was founded and has worked faithfully and energetically in behalf of the high principles for which the association stands. The Denver branch is stronger today than ever before. The report sent to Detroit was one commanding the just pride of all. THE COLORADO STATESMA' feels that our president will ably represent Denver and offers congratulations to himself and estimable wife on this splendid opportunity for SERVICE. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Things have taken on a lively pace around the "Y" building during the past month or six weeks. As usual, the boys are leading in their activities. Since the close of school the grounds have been fairly alive with them. Baseball every day, croquet every day, indoor, outdoor baseball every day, swimming every Thursday evening, with several things planned for the weeks that are just on before. The drum corps is getting to the point where it can fairly make their drums talk. It is a delight to hear them go through their different exercises as they march up and down the streets every Tuesday evening. The so-called "Highlanders"—there is nothing like them! The way they do grow in numbers is a caution. Beginning with twenty-one the first meeting five weeks ago, their number has now grown to eighty-four. Mr. Olinger is as pleased as we are ourselves. Their instruments will be here in a few days, and the band will then be formed. They will begin with thirty-five pieces. Mr. Davis will have charge of them. Within the past two weeks great improvements have been made at the building. The main hall has been repapered and the walls and woodwork freshly cleaned, and the back room kalsomined, so that things are now looking bright and sweet. New screens have also been placed on the back and front doors, and also on the bay windows. Our chairman, Mr. L. H. Lightner, who has been away for a month, will return today (Saturday). Secretary Thomas J. Bell went to Colorado Springs last Saturday to speak for the Rev. Wayman Ward, who is on an eastern tour. He will speak again toorrow (Sunday) morning and evening, and will also speak at the M. E. Church for the Rev. G. Sterling Sawyer in the afternoon. Secretary Harry W. Townsend also went to the Springs on Tuesday, where he visited the State Sunday School convention. In the notes of next week the standing of the different croquet players will be written up for the season. Interesting times have been going on on the ground of late. Look out for the notes next week. FOLLOW THE CROWD. Odd Fellows and Ruthites Picnic Rocky Mountain Lake, July 4th. Music 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. THEY ARE "FUNCTIONING." Troop 53 of the Church of the Redeemer has the honor of being the first Scout troop in the Booker Washington district to become registered. Scoutmaster George C. King and Assistant Scoutmaster George Smith are justly proud of their troop. W. H. CHESTER STELL, Chairman of Troop Committee. OGLESVIE L. LAWSON, Publicity Chairman. NOTICE The regular meetings of the Universal Improvement Association and African Communities League will be held at the Mason's new hall, 2800 Welton street, beginning Tuesday, May 3, at 8 o'clock. All persons are requested to note the change of meeting place. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER, COLORADO Seventeenth Street at Stout CHRONIC GROVCHES. by Hendrix. HELLO GEORGE— CONGRATULATE ME— THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY! NEVER SHAKE HANDS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY—IT'S BAD LUCK— STEW BAD—'STEW BAD THE SCORPION IS IN CONTACT WITH THE ZODIAC—THAT ALWAYS MEANS TROUBLE—YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFUL THIS YEAR— YOU WILL DIE YOUNG— YOUR FAMILY IS IN DANGER-YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PROPERTY—AND REMEMBER JOE, THAT I'M AN UNDERTAKER— AND WHEN ANY OF YOUR FAMILY DIE— I CAN MAKE 'EM LOOK NATURAL! @U.S.FEATURES.INC.N.Y.C. FIRST NATIONAL BANK A well-thumbed First National savings passbook is the best business reference or credential of character we know of. Carry one and feel your self-respect grow. THE FIR Four Percent Interest on Savings Henderson—Mrs. Julia Henderson, beloved wife of Mr. A. H. Henderson and mother of Mrs. V. E. Lankford of 2344 Ogden street, departed this life June 17, 1921. Funeral services from Shorters A. M. E. Church, Rev. Wm. H. Thomas officiating, assisted by Rev. I. S. Wilson. Interment at Fairmount cemetery. The Cammel Undertaking Co. in charge. Murphy—Mrs. Emily Murphy of 4427 Filmore street, beloved wife of Rev. Murphy and mother of Mrs. LaCress Mitchell, departed this life June 20, 1921. Funeral services from the Cammel Chapel June 23rd, 1921. The Cammel Undertaking Co. in charge. A. E. HARVEY G. WEBSTER PATRIOTIC SHOE SHINING PARLOR 1526 Welton St Phone Main 2196 CHALLENGE anyone living to produce, invent or manufacture a preparation EQUAL to Hughes' Invincible "Hurler," a capsule for rheumatism. Manufactured and sold (price $1.04) by M. O'R. Hughes. The Metropolitan Pharmacy, 1201 Broadway, Denver, Colo. CHRONIC G HELLO GEORGE CONGRATULATE ME THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY! Bring in Your Passbook's Monday June 27 It will be worth your while. Semi-annual interest, due July 1, will be credited to our SAVINGS DEPOSITORS next Monday. If you have a savings account here, bring in your book and have your interest entered. If you do not have an account with us, NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN ONE, in order that it may draw interest from July 1. Your regularity and our reliability will do the rest. There is no force in the world can disturb the dollar you place on deposit here except your own desire. AND ONE DOLLAR OPENS AN ACCOUNT. For Sale—House in Park Hill, five-room modern except heat. For sale by owner. Call York 1779. CHEYENNE, WYO. NEWS Mrs. Wm. Roebinet is convalescing at Thermopolis Sanitorium. Mrs. Wm. Smith departed for Denver for a brief visit and fall shopping. Messrs. E. W. Wright and Albert J. Taylor were deputy sheriffs at the carnival. Mrs. Hugh Hopkins and her brother, Wm. Majors, have met again after a separation since childhood. Mr. Cotton of Tulsa is in our city fresh from the front trenches. Western Star Lodge No. 6 held annual services at Allen Chapel on Sunday. Rev. J. M. Endicott accepted for his text I King, 8 chapter. Mr. Jackson Lewis and family moved to their new home, 221 West Tenth street. ? ? Why do I spend as much for one car as my competitors do for two or three? ask some one who has rode in one of my new cars. A few months ago I bought a new Holmes Air-Cooled car, the first one ever put in taxi service, at a cost of $4,250. The first car was so popular that I bought a second Holmes, an open touring car for $3,700. I have ordered a third Holmes, a Sedan, for $5,000, to be delivered later. Add up the figures, put them with the figures of the cars I already had, then compare my cars with my competitors. We have more cars, better cars, better service; it costs no more to ride in the best, and it is a great deal safer. Call us up. Sight seeing, and cars for all occasions. The easiest riding cars in the city. BEAN AUTO LIVERY, Champa 2, Champa 575, or Main 6699. ROVCHES.. NEVER SHAKE HANDS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY-IT'S BAD STEW BAD THE SCORPIO WITH THE ZOOM MEANS TROUBLE VERY CARDY Largest, Strongest Safety Vaults in the West PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S SALE. No. 2116. Whereas, Mattie J. Welch, by deed of trust, dated the 30th day of September, 1907, which is recorded in book 1995, page 75, of the records in the the City and County of Denver, Colorado, duly conveyed to the Public Trustee in and for the City and County of Denver, Colorado, the following deed: the City and County of Denver, Colorado, to-wit: All of lot number one (1) to six (6), both inclusive, in block numbered twenty-two (22). Evanston, which deed the property, received the payment of one promissory note, the date with said deed of trust, for the sum of four hundred and fifty and no100ths ($450.00) dollars, payable to the City and County of Denver, after the date thereof, with interest thereon at seven per cent per annum until maturity, interest payable quarterly, as is more particularly set forth in said deed of trust, reference thereby made for greater certainty, and Whereas, The said Mattie J. Welch and all persons claiming by, through or under, having defaulted in the payment of both principal and interest due on said note and the legal holder of said note, have been deposited on account of said default to declare said note unpaid, due and payable. Now, Therefore, At the written request of Mary M. Walker, the legal holder of said note, pursuant to law, I, the undersigned, Public Trustee in and for the City and County of Denver, holded at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forepon of TUESDAY, JULY 26TH, 1921, at the Tremont street front door of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said described premises, and all the right, title and interest of the said Mattie J. Welch, and her heirs and assigns therein, for the sale of the property, due on said note in the sum of four hundred and fifty and no'100th ($450.00) dollars and accrued interest on said note amounting on June 15, 1921, to the sum of one hundred forty-two and being the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, and the cost and expenses of executing this trust, and will deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale as provided by law. Dated at Denver, Colorado, June 22, 1921. EDWARD M. SABIN, Public Trustee in and for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. First publication, June 25, 1921. Last publication, July 23, 1921. The Life Immortal. We are born for a higher destiny than earth; there is a realm where the rainbow never fades, where the stars will be spread before us like islands that slumber on the ocean and where the beings that pass before us like shadows will stay in our presence forever.—Bulwer-Lytton.