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The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
MUST PROTECT
AMERICAN SHIPS
ACCIDENTS" TO VESSELS IN WAR
ZONE WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED.
U. S. WARNS GERMANY Y
TEUToNs ARE RUSHED TO AID
OF AUSTRIA IN EFFORT TO
BLOCK INVADERS.
Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - The United States
government Wednesday sent note to
Great Britain making friendly observa-
tions on the use by British ships OF
neutral flags, and at the same time
dispatched a communication to Ger
many inquiring what steps would be
taken by German naval commanders
to verify the identity of ships flying
neutral flags in the recently pro-
Claimed zones of war around England
and Ireland
The inquiry addressed to Germany
contains yelled warning that the
United States will demand the protec-
ton OF its ships in the submarine war
zone under all circumstances
While the Lusitania incident is not
mentioned, the representations to
Great Britain are based on the state
ment of the British foreign office JUS
tifying the use of neutral flags by her
merchantmen to escape capture.
The American government points
out how frequent and continued use
of this stratagem might cast doubt on
the character of vessels really entitled
to fly the American flag, and produce
dangers to which neutral ships ought
not be subjected on the high seas and
in unblockaded waters.
SlaVs and Teutons in Fierce Fight.
London.-Under midwinter condi.
tions, the Russian and Austro-German
armies are fighting another series of
battles for possession of the Carpathi.
an passes, which will decide whether
the Russian troops will commence an
other invasion of Hungary or be
compelled to evacuate part of Galicia
as they have done Bukowina.
The Russians have issued two of.
ficial reports of the operations, ac.
cording to which they have thus far
had all the better of the fighting
Their right wing, at any rate, has
succeeded in crossing the mountains
for it has been engaged in a battle
near Bartfeld and Svidnik, which are
on the Hungarian side of the Carpa.
| thians and on the edge of the plains
which sweep down to Budapest.
This army, too. threatens the real
| of the Austro-Germans, who, having
entered Lupkow pass, to the east, have
suffered severe losses.
The hardest fighting, however, has
taken place on the Galician side of the
Tukhola pass, where on Sunday the
Austro-Germans captured the heights
in the region of Kosiouwka only to be
driven from them after bayonet fight
which the Russian report describes as
being without precedent in history"
Attack followed counter attack until
the Russians had regained their old
positions, leaving the slopes, accord
ing to their report, Uttered with bod
les of dead Germans
At the other extreme end of the line
in Bukowina-the Russians are fall
ing back before superior Austrian
forces, but still hold the greater part
of that province.
From Rome comes the report that
the Russians have reached Wloclawek,
ON the lower Vistula, thirty-five miles
southeast of Thorn.
There has been little or no fighting
in Flanders, France or Alsace, al
though the artillery and airmen con-
tinue active.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
FOUR STATES TO UNITE
UNIFORM COMPENSATION ACT DE-
cLARED NECESSARY.
Call Conference of Legislative
Committees in Denver.
western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Co-operat between the
Legislatures of Colorado and Wyoming
and the executive officials of the two
states for the establishment of uni
form laws in the two commonwealth
on industrial relations and workmen's
compensation was decided upon during
the visit of Colorado's officials at
Cheyenne.
At meeting of Gov. George A.
Carlson OF Colorado, Gov. John B.
Kendrick of Wyoming and the men,
bers of the industrial relations commit
tees of the Colorado and Wyoming
General Assemblies, it was determined
to hold joint sessions of the commit
tees in Denver. Through the joint
meetings it is hoped that uniform
drafts of industrial laws will be made
for simultaneous enactment in Colo
rado and Wyoming. That the estab-
lishment of such uniform legislation
might be extended to other states, the
Legislatures of Utah and New Mexico
were invited to send committees to the
meetings. Thus it is probable that
four states may cooperate on the
laws. After the conference Governors
Carlson and Kendrick issued the fol-
lowing statement on the subject:
THE four states of Wyoming, Utah.
New Mexico and Colorado, have the
same industrial conditions to meet We
are dependent upon similar markets
for our products. We should have the
same industrial and compensation
laws. The conference between the Of
ficers of the states have this and in
view"
There were 161 members in the Col
rado party which paid it's compliments
to official Wyoming
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

The second oldest American was
Flora Thompson, who died at Harba
Island, Penn, in 1908, at the age of one
hundred and fifty years, writes Willis
Fletcher Johnson in the Philadelphia
Ledger She was, however, a Negro
slave, and l pass her by, as do many
other records of Negroes of great age,
for the reason that in those days the
status of that race in this country was
such that little credence is to be given
to its annals.
Passing by many other less authen-
tic cases, chiefly of Negro slaves,
come to one of this class which seems
to be much more authoritative than
most of them. This is the case of
Wonder Booker, slave who belonged
to George Booker of Prince Edward
county, Va, a family name of the most
eminent American Negro of our time,
DIR. Booker T. Washington. Wonder
was so named because his mother was
fifty-eight years old at the time of his
birth and his birth was therefore
regarded little short of miraculous
He was a man of eXtraordi-
nary physical powers and of consider
able mental gifts, all of which re-
mained unimpaired until within few
years of his death. At the age of one
hundred and sixteen years he was able
to do full measure of work on his
masters plantation, and he died in
1913, at the age of one hundred and
twenty-six. I have found, following
him, records of more than one hun
dred persons of from one hundred and
twenty-five down to one hundred and
ten years of age at death in the Uni
ted States, more than four-fifths of
them dying in the first quarter of the
nineteenth century.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
eaok Resources Increase sse,42s.es.

Denver.-Banks of Colorado gained
500, ,429.6S in resources from Oct. 81 to
Dec. 81, according to an abstract of
reports of the institutions made public
by E. L. Drach, state bank commits
sioner. AT the same time the average
reserve of the banks showed an in
crease from 27.1 to 2S2 per cent. The
total resources of the institutions Dec.
81 were s55,995, ,109.17, in comparison
with 55,s9S,679.49 at the time of the
previous report. The resources of the
149 state and savings banks were $685.
3S7, 10000; those of the thirty-seven
private banks were s2,95S,072.55, and
of the trust companies $29,649,S46.32
The private banks and trust companies
showed gains, the state and savings
banks loss.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
Ask Relief for Strike Damages.

Denver.-A bill providing for the
appropriation of $4,000 for the relief
of the Empire Coal Mining Company
was introduced in the Senate by Sena,
tor Knauss of Denver At the same
time bill appropriating $4,000 for
the relief of the Southwestern Coal
Mining Company was introduced by
Senator Peterson of Pueblo Accord.
ing to their sponsors, the bills are in
tended to compensate the two coal
companies for the destruction of por-
tions of their properties at Aguilar
during the strike riots in the south
ern coal fields last April.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

If q stone wall were built around
the state of Georgia, and communica-
ton with the outside world entirely
shut off, the people of the common
wealth could live and enjoy life for an
indefinite time" said Claude n. Ben
nett, president of the Southern Society
of Washington, at Washington. Mr..
Bennett has Just returned from
months trip through the South, spend
ing most of his time in his native state
of Georgia.
While in Atlanta" he continued, Il
attended Georgia products dinner
This is something new that has been
adopted by the present regime there.
November IS of each year is known
as Georgia Products day. and on that
day, at every important place in the
state, great dinners are given, the
menu of which is entirely made up of
Georgia products. At the one l attend
ed between 1900 and 1000 people were
present, and the food was good enough,
both in quality and variety, to serve
at banquet to the gods.
The possibilities that the state af-
fords for good, wholesome living can
be no better illustrated than by telling
of an experience 1 had one day while
making tour of some Negro farms in
Columbia county. | had visited the
homes of three colored families and
found them all poorly kept and none
of the men able to pay his way out of
debt-in fact they were objects of
charity. The fourth colored man
found working on land exactly like
that occupied by the others, but in
stead of renting his land he had bought
it and paid for it. He rented little
extra land from me adjoining his, but
most of it he owned. l found his house
as neat as pin. comfortably fur
nished, the larder we'll supplied, and
five bales of cotton under the shed. He
had provisions enough to last his fam
lily all winter, plenty of fodder for his
cattle, and his total Indebtedness was
less than $50. 1t was afternoon by the
time my companion and myself reached
his house and we had not had dinner.
so we asked his wife if she could fix
us up snack In less than half an
hour she had prepared a most tempt
ing meal, Which was set on a table
covered with spotless cloth and clean
napkins. The dinner, all of which was
grown on this colored mans farm, con-
sisted of collard green's (Which might
be termed the local spinich). bacon,
corn bread, wheat biscuits, Irish and
sweet potatoes, milk and good butter,
and Georgia cane sirup. That was an
impromptu meal that would have done
credit to any household. Now, if col:
ored family can. on the spur of the mo-
ment, get up dinner as good as that
you can realize what can be done by
the other people in the state"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

Obedience to the law was empha.
sized in a speech at Tuskegee by
Booker T. Washington as. principle
to which members of his race should
conform in their efforts to advance.
Doctor Washington was the chief
speaker at the twentieth annual Tus.
kegee Negro conference.
Carrying concealed weapons, theft,
gambling, visits to illegal liquor estab.
lishments and useless court litigation
were enumerated as evil practices with
which Negroes were often charged
81 know many colored people who
spend more on a pistol every year
than they do on the education of their
children" Doctor Washington said
The pistol, in nine cases out of ten,
not only does not protect the individ
ual, but leads him into trouble"
Resolutions adopted urged the pro.
duction of food crops in the South
1t was declared that there are 100000
farms, mostly tenanted by Negroes,
where there are no hogs on 250.00O no
poultry is raised; 100000 on which
there are no gardens, and 100000 ON
which no corn is grown.
Bankers and planters were asked to
aid the Negro to raise products other
than cotton.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
To Repeal Initiative and Referendum

Denver.-The repeal of the Shafroth
paramounts is to be sought by Sena-
tor George West of Durango, VINO in
troduced bills to repeal the initiative
and referendum, the direct primary
and the recall of judicial decisions.
Senator West also introduced bills to
repeal the recall of officials and the
headless ballot
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
Count Bonl Denied AnnuIment.

Paris.-Tha Rota Tribunal has re-
jected Count Boni de Castellane's suit
for the annulment of his marriage to
Anna Gould, now the Duchess of Tai
leyrand, according to a dispatch from
Rome. Arguments in the third trial
of the case were closed, after which
the court announced it's decision.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

In your issue of December 21 led
itorial page) appears an article enti-
tied Germany Hoping to Get Ii
beria.'
While we do not doubt Germany
would like to get Liberia, if might be
timely to say the American Colonial
ton society, which founded Liberia,
in creating that republic reserved to
itself certain inalienable rights, to
wit: Ownership, in fee, of each alter
nate block of territory in the original
republic for the purpose of colonial
tion by American colored citizens. This
covenant runs with the lands and wa
ters of the republic. we shall oppose
any alienation of property rights or
sovereignty by any of the powers, and
shall expect full protection of our
rights by the United States.
The Liberian constitutional prohibi-
tion against ownership of land by
whites is obviously plain, and a nee
essary protection to a colored nation.
We are not committed to the theory
or belief that the aforementioned ar
ticle is "feeler" in this country ad
vanced by an overactive German af-
fluent press.-H. l.. E. Johnson, Pres
ident American Colonization Society,
in the Washington Post.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

DR.. ]. E. Spingarn, chairman of the
board of directors of the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, is soon to start on a
speaking tour of the middle West in
the interest of the work and ideals of
the association. A year ago he made
a similar tour. His present trip be-
gan at Pittsburgh on January 10, and
will include Columbus, Springfield,
Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio, Spring
field, ILL.,, st. Joseph, Mo-, Des Moines,
Ia, Omaha, Neb., st. Paul and Mime.
apolis, Mimi, Toledo, Ohio, and Buff
falo, N. Y. 1t is intended that sue
ceeding trips will cover other sections
of the country, until all have been Or
ganized in the interest of the advance
ment of the colored people.
The annual meeting of the associa-
tion will be held at the Ethical Culture
hall, West Sixty-fourth street, New
York, on February IL. Governor Whit
man will present the first "Spingarn
medal" gold medallion to be award
ed annually to the colored man or
woman performing the highest or
noblest achievement during the pre-
ceding year. The committee on award,
consisting of William Howard Taft,
Oswald Garrison Willard, Bishop John
Hurst, President John Hope of More
house college, and DR.. James H. Dill
lard of the Slater and Jeanes funds,
will announce the winner at this meet
ing.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

Tod Sloan, the famous American
jockey, is at the front with the French
Red Cross, driving motor ambulances.
He was rejected as a soldier, but be.
ing an expert motor driver, was i'm
mediately accepted by the medical
authorities.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
Davis Appointed Cashier by Ramer.

Denver.-Charles Davis, formerly
appointed cashier in the secretary OF
appointed cashier nthe secretary of
states office by John e. Ramer. Mr..
Davis succeeds Carl Albin. Howard
Werley has been made cashier of the
motor vehicle department.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
Brake Denies Ramer charaes.

Denver-Edwin V. Brake denied all
the charges made against him by Sec
retary of State Ramer in the letter in
which Ramer dismissed Brake from Of
flee as deputy state labor commits
sioner.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
Williams Heads Peace Commissioner.

WI1IIdrns Hedds Peace commissioners.
Denver.-The Colorado State Board
of Peace Commissioners held its an
nual meeting in the office of Governor
Carlson and unanimously reelected
the officers who have directed it's ac-
tivities during the last year. The of
ficers are; Wardner Williams, presi-
dent; Lawrence c. Phipps, vice presi-
dent and chairman of the executive
committee; Platt Rogers, vice presi-
dent and chairman of the lecture COM
mittee; Andrew C. Carson, vice presi-
dent and chairman of the publicity
committee; Lucius M. Cuthbert, vice
president and chairman of the refer
endum committee; F. w. Sonborn,
secretary, and e. A. Peters, treasurer.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

Between 5000 and 1000 Boy Scouts
have been specially employed in Lon
don since the war broke out at vari-
Gus government offices, recruiting de-
pots, the headquarters of the prince
of Wales fund and other new organ
izations requiring dispatch carriers
and attendants.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
Appropriations s3e. .537, ,3os.

Washington.-The Senate appropria-
tions committee reported the legisla-
tive. executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill. carrying s39.537. .3o3.50.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

Photography has discovered the
depth to which the suns rays pene-
trate water. Five hundred and thirty
feet below the surface darkness was
much the same as that on the earth
on clear but moonless night.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

DR.. Therbald Won Bethmann- Holl.
veg, imperial German chancellor, was
a lawyer in his earlier life. He is
now fifty-seven years of age. He stud
led law at Gottingen and practiced
for six years, after which he was made
a judge at Potsdam. There he be.
came intimate with and gained the
confidence of the present emperor,
with whom he had formerly been a
fellow-student at Bonn.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

Manchuria is making a new paint
out of the bean oil that is produced
there in tremendous quantities. The
plant is said to be waterproof and
fireproof as well as cheap and durable
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

The letter carriers in Portugal saw
themselves much walking on Sunday
by delivering letters at church.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
D. A. Warren License Inspector.

Denver.-D. A. Warren has been ap
pointed liquor license inspector by
Allison Stocker, state treasurer.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
Measure to Abolish Juvenile Court.

Denver.-Republican Floor Leader
Sabin introduced bill to abolish the
Denver Juvenile Court. The bill bears
an emergency clause.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

The sinews of the kangaroo are
especially desirable for use in sur
gerry. for sewing wounds and binding
broken bones together.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

Electrical apparatus intended for
driving beer watts is used for drying
motion picture films in a studio In
New York City
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13

The widows cap is as old as the
DAYS of julius Caesar. An edict OF
Tiberius commanded all widows to
wear the cap under penalty of heavy
fine and Imprisonment.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-13
government

Japans government forests last
year yielded s5,360,00O in revenue and
consumed S2,327 900 in expenses.
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-05-19
CARROLL TO PREACH
AT COLoRED CHURCH

Richard Carroll of Columbia, S. c.,
will preach tonight at the Colored
Baptist church on Harrison street
instead of the First Baptist church
(white). Upon hearing that some
objections had been made to the use
of the First Baptist church, Carol
requested that the change be made
to the colored church. Special pro-
vision has been made for all white
people who wish to attend.
Tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 he
will deliver lecture to the young
people and at 500 p. m. give his
lecture on Mastering the Situa-
ton The public is invited to at
tend all the services.
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST
Forecast for the week beginning
Wednesday, May 10:
For the West Gulf States-Show
ers first half of week, followed by
generally fair weather second half
Somewhat cooler about Thursday,
followed by rising temperature FRI
day or Saturday and by moderate
temperature thereafter.
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-05-19
VISITORS ARE HONORED

Prof. and Mrs. Guy A. Simmons
entertained most delightfully."- last
evening at their home on North Cliff
ton street, in honor Of his sisters.
Misses Irene and Mary Simmons Of
Martin, Tenn Games and contests
suggested by each couple were en-
gagged In until a late hour, after which
a delicious salad and sherbert course
was served. Those present were
Misss Irene and Mary Simmons
Laura and Sallie Harton, Louise Hud-
dleston, Pauline Newberp, Mildred
Merrill, Ruth Reynolds, Helen Har-
ton, Allie Hill, and Beulah Norris:
Messrs. Headrick, Winfrey, Shaw,
Johnston, Carter, Holmes, Hill,
Wsems, McCfurkin, Haton and Giles.
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-05-19

olrect to the postmaster at the bank.
ing point for which receipts or certi-
iicates will be issued. He may with
draw all or any part of his postal
savings by mail an don demand to-
gsther with any interest that may be
due him.
The new leafet points out that any
person ten years old or over MAY
pen an account in his or her own
name; that an account may be opened
by a married woman free from con.
troll or interference by her husband !;
that post office officials are forbidden
Io~dlselose to any person, except the
deposltor the amount of any deposits; :;
that Withdrawals may be made with
out previous notice; and that the
Government guarantees to repay all
deposits on demand with accrued in
terest.
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-05-19
POSTAL SAYINGS BANK
SERVICE Is EXTENDED
DEPOSITS MAY BE ACCEPTED
FROM OTHERS THAN PAT
RONS OF A POSTOFFICE.

Every person in the United States
ten years old or over may open an
account in a postal savings bank after
July l, according to an instructive
leaf1et on the postal savings system
just issued by Postmaster General
Burleson. This important extension
o fthe service will be made possible
by permitting persons living in COM
munities so sparsely settled as to not
justify the designation of their local
post Offices as regu1ar postal savings
banks to open accounts by mail
- Governor Dockery, third assistant
postmaster general, who has direct
supervision of postal savings, was so
impressed by appeals from all over
the country to open postal savings ac-
counts by mail that he took up the
task some weeks ago of working out
feasible and safe method for meet
ing this demand.
Under the plan adopted by the
postmaster general for opening ac-
counts by mail an intending depos-
itor, residing where there is no regu-
larly designated postal savings bank,
will apply to his local postmaster who
will see that necessary Identification
data is prepared and forwarded to a
nearby post Office authorized to accept
deposits. The intending depositor
will then be given permission to for
ward his first and subsequent deposits
by money order or registered mail
The log cabin Democrat., 1915-05-19
TENNESSEE N0RMALS
PLAY HERE TOMORROW

The West Tennessee Normal School
baseball aggregation will meet the
Hendrix College Bulldogs on Russell
field tomorrow and Friday afternoon.
and probably Saturday afternoon ,
The Normalites come to this part of
the state with record of winning a
majority Of games played this season.
And they have been up against some
tough propositions, which is evidence
that our boys will have to put up a
classy exhibition of the national pas
time if they emerge with the big end
|of he score.
Hendrix played six games last
week, winning four. This week the
Bulldogs have played two games, get
ting an even break. Coach Bill
Headrick has his charges well tutor
ed for the game with the Tennessee
ans, and expects them to win at least
two or three games.
Each game viii be called promptly
at 4 o'clock.
An admission of 25 cents will be
charged.