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Evening star., 1915-05-30
Hits Both Ways.

A PROPOS OF our American exports,
~ which have decreased so in the
last nine months, Dudley Field Malone.
collector OF the New York port. said to
a reporter:
The warning natiDns suffer in lives
lost. We suffer In trade lost and, by
consequence, we suffer, too. in all our
little luxurfes and tonveniences.
I'm a word. while ihe fighters trench,
the neutrals retrenSh.'
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countries at war, by voluntary labor.
Most of the laborers are women. Only
the actual sending out of the forms
was placed in professional hands. About
work began early in November ana
went on until late In January. On tho
day after the thing started. the replies
began to pour in. They came by tne
mornings post consisted of 12o huge
mail bags filled to overfiowing. Who
was there available for the herculean
task of opening, examining and record
ing their contents? Isaac believed that
voluntary labor could be had and he
appealed, through their official Journal,
to the school teachers Of London. rs
per cent of whom are women. Tor help.
The teachers responded gallantly.
Hundreds of them volunteered. came as
soon as school was over and worked
until 10. Within few days there were
$50 Of them hard at 1t. To begin with,
the scene of their labors was the big
conference room of the National Lib
eral Club, the largest club in London.
but they soon outgrew that and were
sitting out in the halls. So the work
was transferred to the historic West
minister Hall of the houses of parlia-
ment Built by William Rufus and en-
larged by Richard II. it is 23s feet long
by 671k feet broad. but it soon proved
too small to contain the workers who
were wrestling with the job of sort
ing the willing g-to-enlist forms. SO
still another big place, CaXton Hall on
Victoria street, was taken and the
overflow of workers installed there
At present, now that the job is nearing
completion. the scene of activity Is the
committee room of the houses of par
yard.
Since the beginning of the Job exact
ly 1856 voluntary workers have taken
part in it. The original school teach
ers told their DOMAIN friends that help
was needed, and the latter turned up
by the hundreds, rolled up their
sleeves and went to work. One house.
wife. who lives at Enfield, popped in
one day and. a few days after, arrived
with fifty of her woman friends, who
straightway fell to and did their bit
Among the woman workers, by the
way. was at least one American. She is
Mrs. Chester Bailey Fernald, whose
husband wrote The Cat and the
Cherub." Fernald now lives in Eng
land.
A lot Of men helped in the work Of
recording the results of the house
house canvass, too. When the writer
visited the committee room Of the house
of commons last Tuesday, the males
working there numbered two to per-
haps thirty women This is about the
proportion that has prevailed. Each
worker had a big pile of forms In
front of him. The forms record the
number of male persons between nine
teen and thirty -eight years old resid-
ing in each house willing to enlist for
the war only" There are spaces for
surname. Christian name, age, for
stating IL married or single, with the
number Of children, and for occupation.
II any member of the household al
ready has enlisted, the particulars are
to be given "overleaf."
These forms are first sorted into
three sets, the good" bad" and
queries" The good are those that
Evening star., 1915-05-30
sTALWARTs.
Thomas HenryE
yely,e
lame hey are"
he

same regiment and they wont take me now
again because am a woman instead of man.
God save the king! 1 remain. your humble
servant. -
One of the forms received came from
an alien enemy. The sender had torn
off the Identification number and the
form contained merely these words:
"HOCH DER KAISERi
YOU ENGLISH PI9si'
An amusing plant came from a farm
er in Devonshire. who declared that all
his helpers were deserting him to joint
the colors and wanted the war stop
ped instanter before he was ruined.
Another man used the recruiting form
to record tho previous martial deeds of
members of his family, twenty-seven
of whom. it appeared, had fought either
Evening star., 1915-05-30

let me know what 1 can do for my king and
country. Yours affectionately,
ALBERT EVANS"
Then there was this letter from a
mother evidently an Irish one, ad-
dressed to the prime minister person.
ally:
ITO Mr.. Asquith:
II have four sons who are anxious to avenge
little Belgium, but their ages range from five
to fourteen, / present unable to grant
their desire, though would Willingly let them
do so now that You have given home rule to
Ireland"
Touching in it's brevity is one form,
filled in by feminine hand:
mo man now In this house Ny husband
went down in the Bulwark."
Another woman said that she had
Evening star., 1915-05-30

Mrs: Lahee. who have Joined and are serving
at the 'front.'
Give us wives and other women a
chance, wrote another woman, evil
IDENTIFY, from her notepaper and aris-
tocratic address, member OF the up
per classes. My husband is In the
navy, and / have gun and ammuni-
tion and know how to use them. So do
thousands of others. Why should we
not be used to shoot some of the Ger
mans?"
Perhaps the most curious of the wom-
ems letters was this one, which al
ready has been referred to. 1t came
from the west of England and read:
My husband. color sergeant. served twenty.
one years In the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiers and
is now tsic) dead. l served twelve years in the
Evening star., 1915-05-30
Special Correspondence of The star.

LONDON, May %. 1915.
NE of the biggest and most I'M
m N portant jobs of its kind ever
IL undertaken in this country Is
W now nearing completion. The
results of 1t are inspiring. pathetic
md funny The job in question was
The circularizing of every householder
h the United Kingdom with the object
,f learning from him or her how many
men willing to perform military serv-
ce there were under his or her roof
n other words. how many men the
pountry still could put into the nghting
hne II need be, under the voluntary
Estem. ...
This meant the sending out and sub
Rouent sorting and examination Of
he contents of over 100000 forms.
trtnted In English and Welsh. 1t rep
esented one of the many activities of
he parliamentary recruiting committee,
he non-party organization represent
he the houses of lords and commons.
bf this committee the prime minister,
he Right Hon. Bonar Law. leader of
he opposition, and the Hon. Arthur
Henderson, leader of the labor party,
re co-presidents.
This move Of the parliamentary re-
huiting committee was regarded by
many as a possible preliminary to con-
cription The complete list of the
kouseholders Of the country had to be
pmpiied from the parliamentary reg
eters, lie, the list of voters in the
United Kingdom. This was gigantic
Ask in itself. 1t represented. so the
rriter was told yesterday by Walter
eaac, who IN peace times is honorary
ecretary of the London Liberal FEEDER
nion and who bossed this big job, the
rst time in history that the whole
n the electorate ever has been ad
Hessed by any one agency.
The outcome of this monster canvas
nay be described in official language
% highly satisfactory" Exact figures
ind similar details are withheld for
,bvious reasons We have the word of
ord Kitchener. however, that the first
0uple of months of the canvas re-
-ealed the names and whereabouts of
,ver 100000 men who were ready and
Hflling TO serve IL the emergency de-
nands their services. These millions
N millions of carefully filled up forms,
most Of them with letters attached, re-
lect, in the most striking way possible
he spirit of England. They tell of
Louseholds bereft of men because all
lAve gone to the war. In some cases.
n who have gone have been killed.
there are letters by the thousand from
nen long past military age, from gray
,earded veterans in fact, who plead
hat their services may be utilized in
my capacity. Most of them declare
hat they are as good today as many
Youngsters.
There are brave letters from women
vho have sent their husbands and sons
md lost them. and who urge that MEM
'ers of their sex should be allowed to
ght the Germans. One of them makes
he surprising statement that she has
Evening star., 1915-05-30

contain the names of men willing to
serve. the bad those who could or won't.
frankly that they won't. OF them
more anon The queries" are
those forms, numbering thousandh,
that have letters attached to them.
staff was needed Trained women were
necessary. They were found among the
government telegraph workers. Twenty
girls and women there volunteered, and
have worked after hours They have
waded through literally miles OF
queries" aggregating to date 11o.e4s
separate letters.
Boy Scouts have helped. too. At first
the business of cutting open all the
envelopes was done by the ordinary
workers, but it was decided that this
mechanical work only wasted their
time. So squad of twenty Boy Scouts
was enlisted. They have worked from
10 to o'clock every day, just opening
envelopes The other workers have put
In such time as they could, some four
or FIVE hours a day. Some have given
the whole day. AS matter of fact all
the 10000 900 forms are now being
scrutiniZed for the second time. This
is because, when the forms were filled
in, many men said that they would be
glad to serve, but that they were under
the required height. The height has
since been lowered, so it has been nee
essary to look up these men.
The workers have not lacked for
many a hearty laugh. Many of the re-
plies have been highly comic. Mrs. Fer
earthed personally. One old maid wrote:
There is only me and my little dog.
and we must serve in other ways" A
mother wrote that her son would be
Heal III
fit" Another declared that her son was
anxious to join. but has odd legs One
of the most amusing of the letters re-
ceived was the following, which came
from Halifax, in Yorkshire:
Il object to serve for the following reasons:
no married lady has visited except for sub
scriptions. or being relative, or to pay rents;
live In my own house, keeping up a stan of three
servants. ! have lived in this house since 1852
men have their duties SO have the women"
This misogynist deserves an introduc-
ton to the writer of another amusing
letter. She keeps lodgings at Hulme,
near Manchester. She furnished a list
of eight former dodgers. all of military
her money. They all had plenty with
which to buy drink. she declares. but
not enough to pay her. Accordingly. she
furnishes their addresses and appar-
emily hopes, by way OF revenge, that
they will be pounced upon and forced
to fight the Germans.
Quite a surprising number of men
wrote advocating conscription. They
explained that they were ready
and willing to go to fight, but not as
long as "slackers" were allowed to es-
cape service A vastly different tune,
however, was sung by one avowed so
NialiRf" He told the rAcruifinu cam
Evening star., 1915-05-30

THE YOUNGEST RECRUIT OFFERED.
John Hunt. aged two and one-half
years. "the only NAM nt his address
willing to serve. His mother attached
this photo of "J0hno wearing khaki
to the recruiting form. She gave his
occupation ms "worrying mother"
necessity for conscription. Read what
is written on only a thousand of those
papers, said he to the writer, "and you
will laugh. too, at the idea that there
is any need to force Englishmen to
fight"
The colossal Job of sorting all these
forms has been done, as so many big
Jobs are being done in each OF the
Evening star., 1915-05-30
Another Gray-Clad Host Joins Great World Conf1i

Bue-Gy Color for Active SNi-Gays and Drabs
Fighting
Head His
by italians.
FootSdies
Equpnent-Unom
Infant and"C
Evening star., 1915-05-30
ALPINE INFANTRY OFFICERS.

that sergeants I'M
attain their rank
may be either pS
they may be pups
who are unit to |
ants. Also, unde1
officers. It WI
therefore. though |
happen often, for,
tenant of a compS
the rank of corr
sergeant was, sd
Point man undl
for commissions q;
Gated at Caserta, !
vacancies occur, !
and examinations
Evening star., 1915-05-30

its various branches
in two ways. They
rmoted corporals, or
5 of military schools
De made sublieuten-
i-ofiicers may become
luld seem possible,
Il perhaps might not
the captain or lieu
i Y to have risen from
oral. while his first
to speak. q West
sr-officers are trained
a special school To-
and are promoted, -
hfter proper courses
Evening star., 1915-05-30

NE of the biggest and most I'M
portant Jobs of it's kind ever
undertaken in this country Is
now nearing completion. The
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
C0ST0F STATE PRINTING.
REDUCED IN TWO.YEAR PERIOD,
ACCORDING TO REPORT.
In 1918 and 1914 State Printing Com.
missioner Spent $61,354, Com
pared With 74,482 in 1et1-t2.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-The cost OF state printing
for the biennial period Just closed was
reduced s42,55l below that of the
period of 1907 and 1908. according to
the report of Harry w. Risley. state
printing commissioner. In 1907 the
cost OF doing state printing was $103,-
sos, while in 1911 and 1912 the total
expenditure was $74,4S2. In 1913 and
1914 the state printing commissioner
spent s61,354.
There was also reduction in print
ing costs in many OF the state offices.
The printing for the attorney general
cost Sl,467 less than the last biennial
period, that Of the secretary of state
1851 less, and in the insurance de-
partment printing was done at a re.
duction in cost of $3.50
In making recommendation for the
next period the printing commissioner
believes that material saving might
be made If he were empowered to pur.
chase all stationery and supplies for
the state in bulk.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
GEN E RAJ.

Mrs, Thomas Middleton stopped in a
trolley car to pick up her purse. Her
false teeth slipped back in her throat
and she choked to death.
Gus Williams, known throughout
the country a generation ago as an
actor, shot himself In the head In a
railroad station at Yonkers, N. Y.
Rear Admiral Morris r. S. Macken.
zie, retired, died at his home at Nor.
rlstown, -. j. His health has been
falling for a year. He was &C years
Old and had been in active service un.
til five years ago.
The flagship Virginia, flying the
pennant of Rear Admiral Dewitt
coffman, commander of the Third
division of the Atlantic fleet, and the
battleships New Jersey and Nebraska
sailed for Guantanamo, Cuba.
Preparation for the defense of the
United States In event of war was ad
vocated by Secretary of War Lindley
W. Garrison. Henry l.. Stimson. for
mer secretary. and William C. Sanger
former assistant secretary, who were
speakers at discussion on the mill.
tary requirements of the country, at
the Republican Club In New York
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
SPORT

Cornell defeated Dartmouth, % to
10 In a game in the intercollegiate
Basketball League, at Hanover. N. H.
The Denver Horse Show and Mid.
winter Fair opened Monday at the
Denver Stock Yards stadium with a
fine class of exhibits.
Playing in hard luck, according to
reports from Laramie. the University
OF Colorado basketball team was de-
feated by the Wyoming cowboys BY
the score OF 81 to 80.
Rex Barber OF Grand junction. who
has been training to land the anna.
teur middleweight wrestling title of
the state, was injured, while wrestling
with heavy partner, and will be un.
able to attend the big state meet in
Denver.
The Salt Lake City Baseball Club
OF the Pacific Coast League. organ.
lied at Salt Lake with the following
officers President, F. S. Murphy.
vice president, Elmer |. Goshen, sec.
retary, Lawrence Greene; treasurer.
Rodney T. Badger.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
FROM TElEGRApHic REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPORTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union news Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

A Petrograd report received from
Tiflis indicates that $1,000 men have
been lost by the Turks
Nine British, French and Belgian
ayiators dropped bombs on the rail
station and barracks at Ostend, caus,
ing considerable damage.
A message from Constantinople
says. the Turkish official statement
announces that the French submarine
Saphir, while trying to enter the Oar.
danelles, was sunk by Turkish artil'
lery Part of the submarines crew
was rescued
The British losses in France and
Flanders from Jan to Jan. 10 are
estimated by the Nieuwe Rotter-
damsche Courant to number fa0 Off.
GERS and 600 men. according to q
dispatch from Rotterdam to the Ger
man overseas agency.
While the main Russian army has
been busy repelling what Grand Duke
Nicholas In his official report de.
scribes as series OF violent attacks
by Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, to
break his way through to Warsaw,
other Russian forces have stormed
and taken kirlibaba Pass on the bor-
ders OF Pennsylvania
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
WASHINGTON.

President Wilson has selected ], A,
Smizer for United States attorney for
the division of Alaska.
Secretary Bryan entertained at
lunch Ignacio Calderon, Bolivian min.
~. and Manuel v Ballivan. who has
- arrived TO represent Bolivia at
the Panama Pacific Exposition
Commander John NJ. Poyer. U. S. N,
commissioned by President Wilson as
governor OF Samoa. is bearing to the
people OF the islands the personal
thanks Of the President for their OF.
fer of aid to the United States in the
event of war with Mexico.
Secretary McAdoo sent TO Congress
an estimate for an appropriation Of
s5G.000 to defray the expenses of a
Pan-American financial conference in
Washington. Virtually all the govern.
ments OF Central and South America
already have accepted the invitation.
President Wilson was asked by
Brig. Gen. Geo. w. Davis, chairman
of the central committee of the
American National Red Cross. to issue
a proclamation calling on the Ameri
can people to come TO the relief of
the Italian earthquake sufferers, and
it was believed the President favored
.Aas uronosal.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
ARMIES TO RENEW
S0|SSONS BATTLE
FIELD GUNS WAlLOW IN DEEP
SNOW TO KEEP UP FIERCE
DUEL.
FIND 900 TURKS FROZEN
SLAv FORCES CAPTURE 5000
OTHERS PERiSHING FROM
THE COLD.
Western Newspaper linton News Service.

Petrograd, Jan. 19.-Nine hun.
dred Turks were found frozen to
death with their guns still clutched
In their hands by the pursuing Rus.
slams after their recent victory in the
Caucasus. The Slav forces also cap.
tured 5000 others who were perishing
from the cold
London-The omission from the
German official report Of any refer.
ence TO Scissors, the scene of the re-
cent marked German success, and the
French statement that there has been
no change in that region, leads to the
belief that' renewal of the violent
struggle there is impending, the TEN.
porary quiet being due to the fact that
neither side cares to risk an offensive
In the present circumstances.
So fierce has the fighting been
about Scissors that the Germans have
been using the family vaults in the
cemeteries as forts.
At widely separated points else.
where oi the western front there have
been engagements, but the weather
again is playing an important part.
The storm in Belgium prevents oper-
ations, except artillery duels, and
snow In the Vosges at the other ex-
tremity Of the line, makes attacks ex.
ceedingly difficult
In the Argonne, however. fighting is
almost continuous, and each side
claims minor successes. For the time
being the Germans seem to be more
on the offensive than the defensive.
The German reports Of all the east
ern operations are very brief, but
those OF the Russians are more in de-
tail, and ii is believed the Russians
are again menacing East Prussia and
Posen
The Turks. according to reports,
have been dealt another staggering
blow after their determined stand in
the snow at Kara-Urgan, in the Cau-
sasus. They are fighting rear guard
actions, but are being pressed back to-
ward Erzerum in great disorder.
The Turkish garrison at Adrian
ople, the partial withdrawal of which
was previously reported, has now
been completely withdrawn, according
to an Athens dispatch, which gives no
explanation.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
Give Skin to Save Pitchers Arm.

Longmont-The process of grating
skin on the arm of Ebert Neeley,
Longmont baseball pitcher. who was
so badly injured at the sugar factory
several weeks ago that he later lost
the greater part of his right hand, be-
gan when ten square inches of skin
was taken from the arms of the in
jured mans brothers. Rola and Rob-
ert Neeley. In all, it will be neces-
sary to graft more than seventy square
inches. The process will last for three
weeks or a month Two other broth
ers. Grover and Junior, will next be
called upon, after which volunteers
will be called for from among the
friends Of the young man.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
WESTERN.

Smith Mcpherson. fifteen years
Judge of the Federal Court in the
Southern Iowa District, died at his
home at Red Oak, ID.
The United States should take the
initiative in bringing about world
peace, according to resolutions adopt
ed by the Chicago Peace Society at
its annual meeting
L. V. Harkness, an early associate
OF John ID. Rockefeller in the oil bust.
ness, died on a ranch near Hollister,
Calf. He was rs years old and for
merly made his home in New York
City.
Nebraska, western Iowa and the
Dakotas felt the grip of the first bliz-
zard of the winter Saturday. Train,
telegraph and telephone service was
demoralized, while zero weather pre-.
vailed.
Mrs. G.. S. Crandall, former profess.
or of Modern languages in the Colo
RADIO State Agricultural College, and
wife of Prof. c. S. Crandall of the II.
linois University. died at Phoenix,
Ariz., from tuberculosis,
Judge Olin Wellborn. who has pre-.
sided in the United States Court for
the Southern District of California for
twenty years, resigned under the law
granting judges retirement after the
age of 70. Judge Wellborn is now ".
Application of railroads west of the
Mississippi river for freight rate in,
creases on specific shipments will be
contested at the hearing in Chicago
Feb. 10, before the Interstate Com.
merce Commission by committee
representing the railway commissions
of fifteen of the principal states west
OF the river.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
SHORT APPROPRIATION BILL.
Measure Calling for $397,s56 Intro.
duced by Senator Hasty.

Denver.-The short appropriation
bill carrying s397,s56.40 was intro.
dnced in the State Senate by Senator
Hasty. 1t provides for the running ex.
penses OF the state for December,
1914, and January, February and
March of this year The bill calls for
about $l50,0oO less than in 1912, but
the saving to the state is only $4,000.
This item is found in the expense of
printing initiative and referred bills,
which was $4,000 less than two years
previous. The present appropriation
measure does not carry a defense
fund item q $4,000 which appeared
In the 1912 bill. This will be provided
Tor In the regular appropriation bill
to be introduced later. The $4,000 is
needed to protect Colorado's water
rights from being taken by other
states.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-21
MINE $4,000 IN GOLD
STRIKE OF FREE ORE MADE
NEAR BRECKENRIDGE.
Find Made in Lead Carbonate Vein
500 Feet Below the Surface of
the Dunkin Mine.
Western Newspaper unloa News Service.

western Newspaper Unioh News Service.
Breckenridge, Breaking all
records for this section of the state.
$4,000 in free gold has been taken
from the Dunkin mine near here in
three days.
The end of the strike is not in
sight, according to the statement of
0. X. Gaymon, majority lessee of the
property. He predicted an indefinite
continuance of the run. ~
One hundred pounds of the first.
class ore has been stored and assays
at 100000 a ton, declared Gaymon.
That amount constitutes $4,000 worth
OF the present strike" or one-half
the value.
1t Is pointed out by the lessees OF
the mine that theories OF biologists
and experts have been shattered by
the discovery of this free gold in lead
carbonate GOO feet beneath the sur
face. Those experts had said such
ore could not be found more than 800
feet underground in the Breckenridge
district.
The present run is the third rich
strike made in the Dunkin property
in the last eighteen months and is the
best. although one of its predecessors
totaled $4,000. The present strike, /"
however, should reach an aggregate
of several thousand dollars more at
least. the lessees believe.
Saturday few hours work pro-
duced $4,000 worth of free gold, two
solid chunks together being valued at
$1,000.