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The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
FOREIGN.

Subscriptions thus far received
have assured the success of the Ger
man war loan plan.
Duke Ernest August of Brunswick,
son-in-law of the German emperor, has
been decorated with the iron cross.
Twenty-Five persons lost their lives
by drowning as a result of the sink
ing of the British steamer Belgian
King near Cape Kureli, in Asia Minor
Italy already haSmore than half a
million men under arms. The best OF
these troops are in camps and bar
racks in the Lombary and Venetian
provinces.
Paul La Vivier. aged IT, attached to
the Twenty-sixth Regiment of Chas-
seurs, is the youngest French volun-
teer. The oldest volunteer is Lieuten-
ant Colonel Royal, who joined as a
private.
The British and French dead are be-
ing buried together where they fall on
the field of battle and the German
dead burned, according to dispatch
to the London Daily Telegraph from
Emeville, south of the Aisne
Brig. Gen. Christian Frederick
Beyers, commandant general of the
union of South Africa's defense forces,
has resigned his post because OF his
disapproval of Great Britains sending
commanders tH. conquer German
Southwest Africa.
England's ambassador, Spring-Rice.
formally apologized and expressed
deep regret for an alleged interview
that Sir Lionel Garden, the retiring
British ambassador TO Mexico, gave
criticising the withdrawal of Ameri-
can troops from Vera Cruz.
President Poincare declared for
NAL protest to all neutral powers
against the destruction of the historic
cathedral of Rheims by the German
artillery. The bombardment is de-
clared to have been conducted for the
sole pleasure of destroying"
Mr.. Georges Berry, one of the few
deputies still in Paris, explained that
he considered his presence necessary
to organize relief for the soldiers
families and the starving population
He estimates that there are 10000
persons without work in Paris. Free
meals have been given and already in
the ninth arrondisement 250,000 have
been served.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
GENERAL.

Three transatlantic liners with 1878
passengers, arrived in New York, and
three more, with 1,107, We're due, maxi
ing the days total $3.50, the majority
Americans.
Organization of a women's peace
congress to help terminate the Euro
pean war was discussed in New York
at meeting OF the women's peace
parade committee.
A national convention for the for
nation of a program to obtain auton-
omy for Lithuania and to raise funds
for war sufferers of that Russian prov
ince, was held in Chicago.
After a desperate struggle with a
squad of police, three men, suspected
of being members of a gang which
stole jewelry valued at 100000 from
Mrs. Nellie Clark of Kankakee, were
arrested in Chicago.
Mrs Henry NJ Flagler at Asheville,
N. c., recovered the $4,000 pearl and
diamond pendant for which the police
had been searching. The officers re-
fused to say where it was found and
no arrests We're made.
Woman suffrage gained another vic
tory in Chicago when Judge owens, in
the County Court, ruled that the new
ly enfranchised voters are entitled to
vote for county commissioners. Their
right to do so has been vigorously op-
posed.
The trial of John j. Dallas, book
keeper, charged with embezzling $780,
900 from wholesale jewelry firm
came to a sudden end at Philadelphia
when Dallas was killed by an elevated
train while on his way to court.
Whether it was accident or suicide 10
not known.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
VOTE FOR STATE WIDE PROHIBITION
is AGAINST LOCAL OPTION
VOTE mo" ON ATEWlDE PROHIBITION
THE COLORADO BUSINESS NEWS HOME RULE LEAGUE

mitted, and consequently the secret
sale of whiskey will follow Moon
shine stills now operated at great
risk in competition with legitimate
distilleries, just for the sake of saving
the revenue tax. will have the entire
field to themselves under prohibition.
Their output. however, will be inferior
to that of the legitimate distilleries,
for the modern distilleries eliminate
the fusel oil and alcohol other than
ethyl alcohol. But this requires a
large plant not easily hidden, as moon
shine stills must be.
On the other hand prohibition will
completely stop the brewing of beet.
Beer such as our public has been ac-
customed to cannot be brewed-on a
small scale. To make a good, whole
some and palatab'e article requires
the best technical appliances of tho
modern brewery.
In other words. all the evils of IN
temperance. far from being banished,
Will be multiplied when people can no
longer obtain the mildest fermented
drinks containing but toN4 per cent
of alcohol. Whiskey with 40 per cent
of alcohol and more will be obtainable
everywhere, but of very deleterious
quality. Brooklyn. July s. f. Jones,
Jr From the New York Sun, July 10,
1914.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
AFRO-AMER|CAN CU[[|NCS

ment or by responsible business peo-
pie in the colony upon entering the
colony to have in his possession 1000
marks ($476), and the Woermann and
other steamship companies require
such passengers to deposit 500 marks
($119) each against return passage to
port of embarkation. While l am not
certain, l think the rule holds true for
French West African possessions.
Thus it will be seen that Liberia is
the only place American negroes can
well attempt to colonize. The impress
sion gained by conversations with va
rious government officials of the diff
ferent colonies is that the American
negro is not desired.
This consulate is informed that
''Chief Sam of the Gold Coast, with
the assistance of some American ne
groes, claims to be at the head Of
colony, or some part of the colony.
My advice is to select some well-in-
formed person to make a thorough in
vestigation, visiting the particular sec
tion in which they intend settling, be
fore they pay any part of their passage
to West Africa. 1t is quite evident
that some of these schemes are in ey-
cry sense fraudulent.
Those who have come to West Afri-
ca suffer untold misery, are for the
most part illiterate farmers who have,
through long struggle, managed to
save enough to pay passage for them
selves and family, with barely enough
to live on through their first certain
attack of African malaria. Many have
expressed the choice of prison life in
America to freedom here. In addition
to the above, now and then mis-
guided Independent missionary comes
suffers and dies.-Consul w. T. Yer
by of Sierra Leone in Daily Consular
Reports.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
SPORT.
,tnndIng of western Lengue Clubs.

Mike Gibbons and Jimmy Clabby
signed for a twenty-round bout at San
Francisco on the afternoon of Thanks
giving day.
Carl Morris, 'the Oklahoma Engi-
neer," is to meet Jim Flynn, the
Fighting Fireman" before members of
the Grand Avenue Athletic Club at
Kansas City the night of Oct. ).
Purses of $500 for a special free-for-
all trot or pace and $500 for the Craw-
ford Derby, open to the world" is
what the Crawford Tri-State fair com
mittee voted through at Crawford,
Neb.
Show Secretary j. H. Hamilton of
the Colorado Kennel Club received
telegram from DR.. j. E. DeNIund OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, stating that he would
come to Denver and judge the dogs at
the tenth annual dog show of that or
ganization, which will be held Oct.
80, 81 and Nov. /.
The Western League season of 1914
is over in Denver. The final games
of the season were played Monday
when the Bears broke even with st.
Joseph III a double-header and while
the club still has several games to be
played they will take place in Kansas.
The final curtain on the local season
will not be rung down, however, until
indianapolis visits Denver for seven
game series with Denver. This play
will begin Oct. 3.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

The Frenchwoman who complained
that it was difficult to grow old grace
fully had evidently not begun early
enough The child is father of the
man." and hence of the patriarch, and
whoever would easily grow old grace
fully must take care and regulate
wisely the earlier stages. A little
artificial tinkering later on will never
compensate for radical defects permit
ted to persist through lifetime. In
one of his letters Huxley remarks:
Somebody started a charming theory
years ago-that as you get older ano
lose volition, primitive evil tendencies,
heretofore mastered, come out and
show themselves" Huxley treated this
theory too lightly; there is more truth
in it than he seemed aware of. Bot
anists tell of defects existing in plants
as sleeping eyes," diseases remain
ing in lethargic state for several
years, and then, with favorable condi'
tions, revealing themselves; while
Psychologists similarly allow that NOR
bid growths in the human body may
remain lethargic for years and then
become disastrously active. There can
be no doubt but that it is much the
same with the moral life. During the
years when criticism and circum.
stance hold us to good behavior, and
in which the will is smost masterful.
tendencies to temper, avarice and self
ishness are checked and disguised,
while they become painfully obtrusive
when the yolitional power declines
and the consideration paid to old age
gives them unrestrained play.-Ex-
change.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
OPINIONS OF EMINENT plvlNEs.

Very Rev. DR.. D. J. Hartley, Little
Rock, Ark:
Everyone knows that there are
many saloons that are perfectly order
ly and law abiding, where people go
10 drink theiS beer in peace with con-
genial companions, and where drunk
ard is scarcely ever seen. Have /, as
a minister, any more right to interfere
with the business of such place than
the saloon-keeper would have to. dis
turb the peace of my congregation
while Q. Worship"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Building operations in connection
with the construction of a Masonic
temple at Washington for the coloreo
Masonic Temple association, at an ap-
proximate cost of $125,000. will be pe-
gun as soon as the contract has peen
awarded. The plans and specincatlohs
for the edifice, which is to be OF the
Italian renaissance style, are belnS
completed by Claughton West, archi-
tect, of Washington.
The building, which will be an arch1-
tectural and artistic ornament to the
part of the city where it will be locat-
ed, will be five stories high with base
ment. 1t will be fireproof throughout,
steel construction being employed with
reinforced concrete floors and liag
roof
The structure will measure SO feet
on U street and 1874 on Tenth street,
and the main entrance will be on U
street. Brown tapestry brick with In
diana limestone and granite trim, will
be used in its exterior construction,
and the roof will be bordered with
highly ornamental galvanized iron cor
nices. Wrought iron grills will be
used in guarding many of the will
dows. Both facades of the building
Will be treated with a central pavilion
feature. The front on the street
side is to be divided into three bays,
separated by Italian pilasters sur
mounted by ornamental capitals of In
diana limestone and embracing three
stories. There will be seven bays on
Tenth street, all of which will be sur
mounted by a tablature with medal
lion. The fifth story is to be treated
in the form of an attic with openings
in windows and wrought iron grills.
There will be a roof garden laid in
red tile.
The rooming facilities of the struc-
ture are as follows: The basement will
contain a large drill hall, office rooms,
toilet rooms and heating apparatus.
On the first or ground floor will be To-
Gated banquet hall, measuring so by
rs feet, with kitchen and serving room
adjoining. There will be two stores
on the U street side and five stores on
the Tenth street side. A wide stair
way leads from the main entrance on
street to the upper floors.
An auditorium with a seating capac-
ity of 1900 clear-spanned and with no
column support, will be the feature of
the second floor. The auditorium is
to be about 80 by 100 feet in dimen-
sions, and around it will be office
rooms and in the rear promenade
separated from the auditorium by a
panel partition with brass railing. The
auditorium is to have high arched win
dows, guarded by wrought iron grills.
The third floor will be the balcony
floor and will also have offices. The
fourth floor will contain lodge and
anterooms and three smaller halls.
and on the fifth floor will be located
lodge rooms and spacious banquet
hall
The corridors will be of marble, bor-
dered in mosaic design.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

A pertinent suggestion for the
church life has reference to the finan-
cial support of the church. Most negro
churches are constantly overtaxed.
The collection table is used more fre-
quently than any other instrument in
the church. The people are generous,
but the desire is stronger than the
ability. Often the largest influence
of tie church and especially of the
minister, is broken on the rock of con-
stant and necessary exhortation to
give money for the support of the
church.
am told that the minister shoul-
ders the responsibility of getting the
money practically alone. This is un-
Baptistic. l am told that the trustees
are body who spend the money
thus secured. This is un-Baptistic
and unfair. They are at present mere
ly the channels through which the
church expends. They ought to be
cooperating agents in securing church
support. Practical experience has
taught us that the greatest results
come from the widest distribution of
responsibility for securing adequate
support for the current expenses of
the church as well as for its benevo-
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

lences. Increasing responsibility in
securing financial support should be
placed upon the trustees and strong.
est members of the church.
Another suggestion is also along the
same line. There is a tremendous
need OF trained leadership in the fields
of evangelism, education and church
management. Some pastors have ex.
pressed their great desire to secure
such training for the members of
their church. They have expressed
their appreciation of the help given
by the Home Mission society in their
former fields in the South. where the
actual direct assistance given them
In training their workers in special.
lzed felds seems much larger than in
this apparently more favored section
Standard
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Bishop GaiIor, Tennessee:

bTsHop 1dTTor, IehneSSee:
MANY people thought Statewide
prohibition to be the ideal remedy.
Instead of calling to their aid some
experts on the subject and having
laws framed that could be enforced
they forced through the legislature a
measure that has lead to civic degen.
eracy. 1t is impracticable and its VIC
lation is productive of hidden and
shameful evils. You cannot pass laws
that way. The reformers should
leave law making to wise experts, and
be content with educating public ssuti-
ment."
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

The British colonies have enacted
laws holding masters of vessels re-
sponsible for passengers landed in
the colonies, excepting those passen-
gers under contract to engage in serv-
ice either for the government or for
some business firm or company CON
sidered financially responsible by the
government. or those convincing the
government authorities that they have
sufficient money within their posses
sion to pay their return passage from
the colony. The Kamerun government
requires each person not a native of
Africa and not engaged by the govern
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

The man who would reach success
hasn't much time to sit under shade
trees by the wayside.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Ties made of a species of native
ha .dwood have been used on the Pana-
ma railroad without renewal for more
than so years.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
Statewide Prohibition Harmful

Nicholas Murray Butler noted educator author
in address president Columbia University
June 8, 1914, said
Probably the recorded anywhere human his
which has
found harmful If the Of history
would be
saved almost infinite of suffering and of dis
couragement
When this college young the word that oenest and
nsnctively the lips liberty Men then everywhere
seeking throw off tramme which had been
placed upon by institutions long standing but which
side Liberty those days freedom of speech
of freedom about the world to
ones fortune under skies and in foreign lands there
live the life that ones and selected
suitable Liberty thenthe Tatchword
during the
of 1893 Robespere pronounced this definition of liberty which
of its kind Liberty the which of right
belongs to use all his faculties as he choose Its
rule its limits the rights of others; its
from Nature ITSELF its protector is the law Certainly his
from his view of what
There America astonhingy widespread
regulation and restriction only substi
liberty but directly opposition it. That against which
in to
and restriction the watchwords
just driving force engine to be found in
in brake the driving civilization will
restriction 1t worth while
take therefore, that while liberty the
action be long the
,lofn hp1nT
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

what a poor opinion the good lord
would have of himself if he answered
all Of the fool prayers that are sent
up to headquarters,
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Field experiments in Ireland have
shown that liquid manure produces
better crops of hay than any other
fertilizers.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Brass farthings were authorized by
English law in the year 1913. They
were suppressed as worthless about 40
years later.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

Shears with their handles extended
eo one side have been invented to en-.
able person to follow pattern more
closely.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26

ana the man who publicly boasts
Oh MS honesty may secretly pride
himself on his ability to escape de-
lection u0
AN AFRICAN frog sounds call un
der water that can be heard for 1ona
distances. -oi iohs
NO man can be really happy unless
he Is on good terms with his stomach
for every 1000 males employed in
New Jersey there are 276 femaIes
Alma record., 1914-10-29
Dave Sullivan of st. Louis
Victim of Man Slaughter
SUSPECTED MAN DISAPPEARS
Skull Fractured in Several Places
Brain Pulpified Face and Body
Bruised

Manslaughtter was the result of blind
pig brawl in St. Lotus Saturday night
Dave Sullivan aged about fifty years
was the victim. He was found about mid
night at the bottom of stairway on main
street. right in the business part of the
city. His head was bleeding until the
blood formed a rivulet TO the gutter and
his face was pounded until 1t was black.
He was taken to his room and cared
for by a doctor until Monday evening
when he was brought to Braiuerd Hos
pital Alma, He died there at 20 Thurs
day aftern oon.
At his death Wilbur Eunis court
sheriff Newell Smith Justice OF the Peace
acting as corner, Ezekie Arnold Poor
Commissinor. DR.. Bralnard removed the
skin from the skull and showed the con-
tie coup fracture and then removed the
skull and allowed the pulpified brain to
be viewed
The apinion of the doctors that 1t was
merical that he lived five minutes. he
was not conscious at all from tine time
that he was found TO his dea. IA, although
several sentences were mumbled. DIR.
Bristow asked him Who struck him and
he answered, II wont go back on my
friends, but if live through this that
d-fool will have one more glass eye.
The suspected man wearinga glass eye
has disappeared since the murder. He al
so mumbled something about someone
having his money. The blow that caused
his death was one that required strength
enough to fracture the skull and cause
the brain to be mashed.
Alma record., 1914-10-29

faithfulness are recognized by all his
townspeople. He does not ask that the
people of the county vote for him for
clerk just on his own say so but invites
them to ask any one who knows him.
There are several III every township
who have served on the board % super
visors with him. Ask them, be they
Democrats or Republicans, whether
Bernie Case is honest, competent, or
whether or not he would make a good
county clerk. and see what they say. He
is willing to abide by their verdict.
He is a man in middle life. in the futl
prime of manhood. He was born III 1872
He will come to the office fully equipped
by his education and experience for this
important office.
Vote to elect Bernie Case and you will
never regret it. No party in tins county
has ever presented better man.
Alma record., 1914-10-29

prophet is not without honor. save in
his own county"
Mr.. Bradford has always stood for the
best things in community life which go
to make up good citizenship. wishes to
say to the voters of Gratiot county that
he has never been approached by any
man in the county asking an appoint
ment as Deputy Shereff, and that-if
elected-will go into office owing no
political debt 70 any man, and that all
appointments will be made upon the
basis Of efficiency.
Mr.. Bradford has made a vigorous
and clean campaign, and has met nearly
all the voters of the county, and asks in
an honest straight forward manner the
support of all who favor All economic
and impartial administration of the
county affairs at the desposal of the
sheriff
A vote for Newell NJ. Bradford means
a vote for efficiency, economy and good
citizenship.
Alma record., 1914-10-29
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Lee Meyers Drives Into Quick Sand
Corner of Bridge and Michigan

An accident occurred at the corner
of Michigan avenue and Bridge street
during the small hours of the night
Sunday last. Lee Myers and several
friends from Breckenridge were driv-
ing in the formers Oakland touring
car, from st. Louis to Alma by way
of the Angling road. They arrived
safely to the intersection of Michigan
avenue and Bridge street, and there
the mishap occurred. A sewer is being
put in at this point and a large hole
in the quicksand has been eXcavated.
It contained quite lot of water and
mud. The red lanterns which were
stationed at the crossing had gone out
and it was for that reason that the
car was steered into the hole. The
driver, Mr.. Myers, was thrown out and
struck in the mud, sinking to his waist.
No one was seriously injured; the
windshield of the car was smashed,
the front lights broken and the steer
ing gear bent out Of shape.
The city team was called out and by
the aid of a derrick, blocks and tackle,
the car was hoisted into the road and
hauled to a garage.