The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service


"1y l-flrst Congressional District
Springs
May 2.-Republican State and Third
and Fourth Congressional District
convention at Pueblo.
May 18-Democratic State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
aug. S-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
A primary to select a postmaster
for Boulder is opposed by many citi
zens
Edward Scrafford, veteran U. P,
engineer, died suddenly at his home in
Denver.
A forest fire is raging in the tim
ber land thirty miles northwest OF
Pueblo.
lrishmen of Denver celebrated the
anniversary of the birthday of Robert
Emmett, Irish patriot, with an enter
tainment at the Auditorium.
William SAMSON of Denver sued the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany for s2,O51 for $4,000 pounds of
sacked ore, gold and silver.
Asserting damages in collision with
Mrs. Nora Staley's auto while riding
his bicycle in Denver, in August, 1915
James W. Bruce filed suit for So,
911.50.
Work has been started on a swim
ming pool and pavilion in Monument
Valley park which Spencer Penrose
will build for public use in Colorado
Springs
An inheritance tax of $65G3 was
collected by Leslie e. Hubbard, state
inheritance tax appraiser, from the
estate of d. Wilson Moore, who died
in Colorado Springs Jan. 13.
a double funeral was held in Den
yer when Albert Keefer, who was
killed when thrown from horse at
the stockyards, and his wife, who
ended her life the following day,
were buried.
Denver is tenth in list of seventy
six leading cities in the country in
percentage of increase in amount ex-
pended for building in February, 1915,
over the expenditure for February,
1914.
Mrs. Esther Williams, who was
burned to death in prairie fire near
Aurora, was victim of mania for
self-destruction, according to uesti.
timony adduced by Coroner Sherman
Williams of Denver.
A new membership campaign is to
be organized to secure additional
members for the new Denver Civic
and Commercial Association. 1t is ex
pected that this campaign will bring
the membership up to 5000.
The third trial of ]. Lotion David
son, Denver undertaken, charged with
conspiring with Vivally Turley to de-
fraud insurance companies through
taking Turley's death, began in the
District Court at Colorado Springs.
Bishop F. ]. Mcconnell of the Colo
rado Methodist church is safely out
of Mexico and it is believed that he
5ave orders for all of the American
Methodist missionaries in that repub-
lie to leave for this country at once.
Twenty-Five brewery workers EN-.
ployed at Coors' Golden Brewery
walked out following, they allege,
reduction of wages graded from 25
cents to $1.25 a day and a declara-
ion by Adolph Coors for an open
shop.
The contract was awarded by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company to
fitzpatrick Brothers of Denver and
Beatrice, Neb., for the construction
of sixteen miles of second main lins
track in Wyoming, starting at point
fifteen miles west of Evanston and
running toward the Utah line. The
lob will cost between $2,O00,0OO and
i3,O00,000 and will involve some
heavy grading.
Mrs. Rubye Burkhardt De Remer,
ocially prominent and wife of Al.
an De Remer, has chosen stage
areer in preference to matrimony.
few days ago, her husband and her
Dother,- Mrs. Charles Burkhardt. re-
ieived notes from the young woman
announcing she had left Denver
'ecretly to meet the Gus Edward
Foupe at Dayton, Ohio, and embark
IN life behind the footlights.
The complaining witness in the
rial of Arthur Montague, whose story
IT the attack upon her was vindi
ated by the jury's verdict convicting
tontague on the most serious charge
VIII become bride Immediately fol
owing Judge j. w. Sheafor's ruling
pom the defendants motion for a
lew trial, which will be filed and
ubmitted in the West Side Court in
Denver within the next week or ten
lays, The groom-to-be is a success
ul young draughtsman, formerly |
school teacher of South Denver.
The trial of George Reichert OF |
fort Collins, charged with having
caused the death OF Louise Mansfiel |