Gilpin observer., 1914-09-10

About $500 Denverites registered
for the primaries.
Labor Day was observed in many
cities throughout the state.
The first day of Billy Sundays re-
vival in Denver drew $1,000 persons.
Mrs. Frank Detzel of Boulder was
bound and gagged by a burglar, who
escaped with SIT.
While playing the 2-year old daugh.
ter of Edward Huff of Denver, fell
into barrel filled with water and
drowned
The first car load of Elbert peaches
shipped from Grand Junction this sea
son brought 81 per box on the New
York market
l.. II. Guldman, Denver millionaire,
was arrested as spy in Mannheim,
Germany, just after he had made
preparations to depart.
Albert Adams, 91S East Nineteenth
avenue, arrived in Denver from Eu-
rope, where he witnessed many excit-
ing scenes in Germany, France and
England.
The twelfth annual convention OF
the Colorado Electric Light. Power
and Railway Association was held at
Colorado Springs with w. C. Sterne of
Denver presiding.
John j. Missemer of Limon, and
John r. Beavers of Clifton, have been
appointed receiver and register, re-
spectively, of the land office at Hugo,
by President Wilson.
News was received in Durango that
Fred Helm. a diamond drill man in
the Hesperus mine. who went to Ger
| many in June on a vacation trip, has
been killed in the war
After witnessing many exciting
scenes in Germany, being ordered out
of Freiburg, and sailing to America on
a steamer loaded with lemons, Col E.
| C. Condit of Silverton, reached Den
yer.
Tommy Allard was found dead by
James Doyle between the Ailard prop
critics and the Doyle mines. An au-
| topsy revealed that the dead man had
met death by blow which crushed
| in the skull
| Eighty-one Denver churches we're
/
more than 5000 persons who attended
the dedication of the Rev. Billy Sun
day tabernacle at Tenth avenue and
Lincoln street
Mrs. Ida Mercer, under charges OF
staying her son-in-law, Carl Greger-
son, May 2, was denied her plea for
release from the county Jail on bail
by Judge Perry in the West Side
Court in Denver.
The state monthly session of FL
Jebel temple of the Shriners for Sep
tember, will be held at the shrine
temple in Denver Monday, September
IA. A. p. McGaffey will make a re-
port of the doings of the imperial
council and there will be an initia.
tion of candidates.
G.. L. Hull. a switchman for the Den
yer e. Rio Grande Railroad Company.
had to undergo an operation for the
amputation of three fingers on his
left hand as the result of an ac.
cident in the freight yards in Denver.
He was taken to st. Joseph's hospital.
Hull had his hand mashed between
two freight cars.
Sailing without lights and with no
sign of life aboard, Miss Tula Carpen-
ter of Denver and 1000 other passen-
gers aboard the steamship Grampian
reached New York from Liverpool aft
er having been guarded during the en-
tire voyage by English cruisers. Miss
Carpenter, who has been in London
about two years, arrived in Denver.
Twelve thousand men. the largest
number from labor organizations ever
ranged along a Denver line OF march,
paraded through the downtown streets
in the opening Of the city celebration
of Labor Day, the most elaborate and
pretentious which Denver has ever
been permitted to witness. Between
10000 and 10000 persons visited
Lakeside park during the afternoon
and evening.
Outside Of appointing committees
to investigate the cause of the recent
rise in the price of certain food
stuffs in Colorado, to report to the
association later. and passing resolu-
ticns requesting that the next Legis.
lature pass more workable" anti.
trust law, that will enable the proper
authorities to prevent combinations In
restraint OF trade, the Colorado Dis
trict Attorneys Association, which
held a conference at Colorado Springs.
took no action.
Telegrams received in Denver by
the German consulate from the imper-
ial governments ambassador at Wash
ington announce several successes of
! the kaiser's forces in the European
war during the last few days.
That the oil well at DeBeque has
started TO flow at the rate OF between
10 and 100 barrels OF oil a day. is the
statement OF c. D. Smith. who visited