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The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01
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A half century of as noble and effac-
ing sacrifice as was ever given in the
name of Christ by any set of mission
aries. and for any race, has brought
its reward. The Negro is being edu-
Gated and trained into industrial, intel
iectual. moral and spiritual manhood
and womanhood. Thirty-five thou
sand Christian ministers speak to him
the word of life each Lords day. from
as many pulpits, in as many churches
OF his own. Intelligent and trained
men and women in the same
churches, to the number of over hun
dred thousand as Sunday school
teachers, open up this same Bible to
more than 100000 children and
adults. Schools have multiplied un-
til rs out of every 100 over ten years
of age can read and write. Five hun
dred colleges and normal schools are
turning out common school teachers
for the $4,000 or 10000 schools that
house nearly 100000 of his children.
Nearly fourteen millions are expend-
ed annually on his education, of
which he himself. who half century
ago owned nothing, not even himself
contributes one million and a half.
More than that, he is giving a good
account of himself, and is becoming
useful and prosperous citizen. He
owns farms, village homes, banks, and
all manner of business enterprises to
the value of seven hundred millions.
He has physicians, lawyers, and great
leaders of his own race, of which any
race might be proud. In the South
he is an economic necessity. and his
education has immensely increased
his value to the community. All of
which is surely working out vast
change in southern Anglo-Saxon SEN
timent with reference to his training
and education. AS usual Christian
educators and philanthropists first
caught the vision. While politicians
were using the Negro as a scarecrow
to keep modern progress out of the
southern states, and to retain their
places at the public crib. far-seeing
ministers and public educators were
organizing for "a square deal' in the
South for the black man.
The Southern Sociological congress,
composed of leading philanthropists
and educators in the South. organized
for the purpose of studying the eco
nomic, social, educational and re-
ligious conditions of the whole south
ern people. in its annual meeting at
Atlanta, Ca, last year gave the largest
share of its attention to the ques-
tion of the educational. social and re-
-ligious condition and uplift of the Ne
groes. That section of the congress
devoted to this subject proved to be
the most popular and wideawake of
the entire gathering. 1t was particu-
larly notable for the fact that all of
these men recognized the necessity for
a larger recognition on the part of
the southern people of the education
and moral welfare of the Negro
Northern Christian Advocate.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01
CUT IN WATER RATES
REDUCTION ORDERED BY PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Precedent In Corporation Regulation
Established by State Board in
Cripple Creek Case.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-An important precedent
in fixing water rates and otherwise
regulating water corporations in the
cities of the state was established by
the Colorado Public Utilities Commits
sion in a decision of the controversy
between the city council of Cripple
Creek and the Cripple Creek Water
Company.
Immediate 10 per cent horizontal re-
duction of water charges was ordered,
and Is per cent reduction in hy-
drant rentals.
The decision declares the rule re-
quiring consumers to lay and pay for
their own connections to the mains is
unreasonable" and orders the substi-
tuition of rule requiring the company
to make such service connections at
its own expense in the future.
The decision was given after an in
vestigation started at the request of
the city of Cripple Creek, Oct. 5,
1915. The hearings were held there
and the company was ordered to
bring its books from the company's s
offices in Bay City, Mich.
The estimate of c. P. Allen, engi-
neer for the company, of the value OF
the plant at $346,S15, was reduced for
the rate-fixing purposes of the COM
mission to s233,795, on the advice OF
d. S. Hooker, the commissions engi-
neer.
Reductions were made in estimates
for engineering service, contractors
profits, legal services, interest during
construction and for certain pipe
lines, which. owing to the. alleged de-
crease in the city's population. were
no longer FUSED or useful"
The company was finally ordered
to keep its books at its Cripple
Creek offices, that they might easily
be accessible to the commissions in
spectors at any time.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01
Deep Shows Affect Forest Business

Deep Shows Affect Forest Business
The unusually heavy snowfall
which has signalized the past winter
til roughout the West is said to have
materially affected national forest
business. According to Denver fores-
try officials, timber sale receipts
have decreased in some regions, par.
ticularly in the Northwest, because
logging and milling operations have
been hampered by deep SHOWS and
exceptionally cold weather. Similar
conditions have given stockmen using
the forest ranges much concern, al
though no severe losses have yet
been reported. The foresight of stock
men In providing winter feed is be
lieved to have prevented the heavy
losses of former years Damages
caused by SHOWS, slides and floods to
forest service trails, telephone lines
and other improvements are not yet
known, but undoubtedly are heavier
than usual and repairs will make
much spring work for the rangers.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01

Records of justice of the peace in
Butler county. Ohio. from more than a
century ago show that the magistrates
fee was then l2h cents in all cases and
that civil actions often were brought
over sums of less than 81. The posses
sor of these records also has a wall
clock known to have been in use for
1870 years. with the weight ropes.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01

American manufacturers of musical
instruments, with an annual output
valued at about 100000 900. export
only 100000 worth annually to for.
eign countries American pianos are
chiefly exported to Canada, where
they constitute about 80 per cent of
the total imports OF that class. tc
Great Britain. for reshipment to other
parts Of the world. and to Central
and South America. Our player pianos
are sent in about equal numbers TO
Australia, England, Italy and Argen-
tina. and in much larger quantities to
Canada.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01

twenty-five Negro societies. repre-
senting about 5000 members. reported
through their chairman, ]. Rosamond
Johnson, to the Shakespeare celebra-
ton. that they would join In the cele-
bration OF the Shakespearean ter
centenary at New York. There will be
a group festival at the Manhattan
Casino. the last week in April This
will be under the auspices of eight
prominent Negro societies: Ye
Friends of Shakespeare. the Beaux
Arts Dramatic club, st. Marks Lyceum,
st. Philips Mems Guild. the Round
Table of the Colored Branch of the
Y. M. C. A., the Ebenezer Literary and
Dramatic association. the Douglas So
cia1 Center, and the Music School Set
tlement for Colored People There
will be scenes from "Othello." THE
Merchant of Venice" and Loves La
boris Lost" A chorus of 200 mixed
voices recruited from the Music School
Settlement. will sing. and an orchestra
of Negro musicians drawn from the
New Amsterdam Musical association.
the Clef club. and the Temple club.
will play the incidental music for
"Othello." written for Beerbohm Trees
London production of the play by Col
eridge-Taylor. the colored composer.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01
Propose Changes In Civil Service.

The Colorado Civil Service Reform
Association will submit a proposed
constitutional amendment to the peo
pie. which will remove the State Civil
Service regulations from Jurisdiction
of the Legislature.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01

If Alaska's erratic coast line was
stretched out In straight line Il
would be longer than the entire coast
line of the remainder of the United
States.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01
scea. 900 From Insurance COMPANIES.

More than $2G3,000 in fees from IL
ronses issued to insurance companies
doing business in Colorado has been
.aken in by the State Insurance De
partment, according to E. r. Harper
state insurance commissioner.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01
Accidents Total 1867; Claims, 1,222

The claim department of the indus
trial commission reports the total
number OF accidents to date 1867
Total number of claims, 1922.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01

Paradoxical as 1t may seem, kero
sene is the best extinguisher known
for fire in baled cotton. Owing to the
fact that the cotton is highly com
presse,- water will penetrate to a
depth of only an inch or so. Fire in
the baled cotton does not blaze. but
smolders. eating it's way into the bale.
Kerosene quickly penetrates to the
center of the mass. Owing to the low
temperature at which the cotton burns.
however. and to the absence of flames
the oil does not take fire. but instead
chokes and smothers the fire already
started. When the fire has been ex-
tinguished the bale is opened. The oil
then. evaporates quickly. leaving the
cotton practically as good as ever.
Treves. which the French airmen
have been visiting. is probably the old
est city in Germany. and contains
more Roman antiquities than any 9th.
er city in northern Europe. but it's
most famous possession is the holy
coat preserved in the cathedral. Ac-
cording to tradition. this is the iden-
tical seamless robe" worn by Jesus
Christ and gambled for by the Roman
soldiers at the foot of the cross
The town of Nottingham. England.
disposes of its sewage on a farm of
about 1000 acres lying short dis
tance away. Rags and coarser mate
rials are screened out and the sewage
is applied to the soil as a fertilizer.
Most OF 1t is given to the soil in a
liquid state by means of bitches This
requires a thorough system of under
drainage This farm not only solves
the problem of disposing of the towns
sewage but 1t also nets good profit;
the income from the sale of its prod
ucts during the last fiscal year was
100000.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-04-01

of skin? A like ratio as to the ma
tional population would give the Unit
ed States nearly million soldiers
right off the bat!
Other northern states have colored
militia, though none in such creditable
proportion as Illinois. There are four
companies in Ohio. constituting two
battalions, with headquarters in Co
lumbus, and one company in the Dis
trict of Columbia. 1t seems odd that
Pennsylvania. from the beginning the
most encouraging northern home of
the freedman, has not yet made a mil.
itiaman of him; neither has New
York.
There is naturally first-class col
ored militia company in Massachu-
setts-company l. of the Sixth regi-
ment. All the remaining eleven COM
panies are white. If memory has not
cation that was stoned in Baltimore
en- route for Washington early in
1861. the first blood of the war.
Now the lovely city at the head of
Chesapeake bay. whence sprang the
soul-thrilling but larynx straining
'Star-Spangled Banner" and in 1861
disloyal but beautiful Maryland, My
Maryland" has an excellent company
of colored state infantry!
At the recent civilian training. of
brief but invaluable experience, at
Fort Sheridan, Col. John r. Mar,'hall.
head of the colored Eighth regiment
Illinois infantry. was one of the regu-
lar students at this useful and inter
esting adult military kindergarten. If
the outlined immediate increase of the
regular army to l25.000 materializes
Colonel Marshall has no doubt that
enlistment of colored men will be in
full and effective proportion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
Edited By Wagner
LARGE CROWD SEES DETROIT
 BEAT TANKS

Detroit, June 124The New York Highlanders' inability to solve the delivery of Henry CoveIeskie and the Tigers violent assault upon the offer ings of Ray Caldwell in the first and third innings, resulted in al defeat for the visitors here yesterday, by score of 4 to T. A crowd of nearly 21.000: fans made ground rules necessary
 CoyeIeskfe was ably assisted b- Robert Veach. whose cudgel knocked in three of the four runs scored by the Detroit team. Cobb and Baker had each strike out to his discredit. Ray Caldwell allowed six of his nine hits in the first three innings.
 The Yankees missed shutout by a very small margin An infeld out in their fourth frame, sandwiched be- tween a couple of hits gave them this lone counter. This was the only in ming in which Coveleskie allowed the visitors more than single blow, the other three New York hits being widely scattered. Bunting was tried upon several occasions by the Yam lSess. but Covey,s heIding of the lay downs soon discouraged the. visitors along that line. After the first four chapters the pitchers were so stingy with their hits and had such excellent control. that only one tourist-Mr. Veach-reached the initial sack.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
Local and Outside
WINNER IN AUTO RAGE
 FOR SI2,OOO

Chicago, June 12.-Dario Resta won the fastest 300 mile race ever driven by automobiles yesterday at Speedway Park in 3 hours, minutes, 31.65 sec onds, a speed of 9s.61 miles an hour.
 Ralph de Palma had the race well in hand and started out to cover the last six miles at a speed never before seen in actual contest when the old time hoodoo which has wrested four other races from him broke a spMing on his motor and took the laurel wreath from off his brow.
 Undaunted he disconnected the cyl finder affected and sped around the course on the other three and won second place and it's SC, 900 prize. a It was a day of superlatiVes. Every winner of a prize, ten in all, drove faster than the fastest time made at Indianapolis on May 30, and the eIev- enth hour withdrawal of the Indian apolis team had no effect on the mer- it's of this race.
 Resta won his SIP, 900 prize, with the two extra $500 prizes for leading at 100 and at 200 miles. He fought Eddie Rickenbacher lap by lap until Eddie had to withdraw at the sixty-frst lap because of a broken engine valve. Then De Palma got on his trail, and they never relaxed the bitterest fight ever seen on an American speedway until disaster overlook De Palma A crowd of 100000 saw the race.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
FINAL CONTEST IN
 YALE PRINCETON SERIES WEDNESDAY

New York, June 12.-,At Newark on Wednesday afternoon Yale and Prince ton will play the third and deciding game of their baseball series. There is considerable interest in these games, not that they will decide anything that even resembles a championship, but because of the traditional rivalry.
 Last Saturday Princeton defeated the Ellis by to 5, and on May 27 the Tigers. lost by a score of 5 to 2. Yale is favored to win the series. The Blue has pretty dependable staff of hurl- CTS in Garfield, Walsh and Watrous, while Princeton appears to rely solely on Link.
 The game between Harvard and Princeton scheduled for Friday will not be played, as the Crimson took two straight from the Tigers-9 to 5 and 5 to 1. Yale and Harvard will play their first game on the 2Oth, the second the day following, and the third, if necessary, on the 24th, the day after their rowing regatta on the Thames. With Mahan and Garritt go- ing well, Harvard is a strong favorite
 Even if Harvard does defeat Yale it will have no tangible claim on the Eastern championship. The one team which appears to merit the mythical season. Its pitchers, Krepps and Whitaker, signed by the Athletics, are said to excel Mahan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
GIANTS TO MAKE
 TRADE WITH CUBS
 OR ST. LOUIS SOON

New York, June 12-There are per sistent rumors which will not down that the Giants, Cardinals and Cubs will negotiate a big trade in the next couple of days. The Cardinals are the guests of the Robins in a. fOur-game series at Ebbets Field. while the Cubs are on the Polo Grounds for a stay of similar duration. McGraw, Tinker and Huggins are to hold a conference shortly, and the details will be ar ranged.
 McGraw wants another pitcher of ability. Schuyler Br1tton, president of the Cardinals, does not deny that Slim Sallee, the lanl1y left handler is on the market-at a, price. The Car dinals would welcome a high grade out fielder, for although Smith is going fairly well he is not the best man in the league by a long howl.
 McGraw might be able to arrange a trade for Eddie Rousch, or George Kelly, and one of the catchers. He has four maskmen at present, and as a. rule, three are sufficient Both Rousch and Kelly are capable outheIders, and the latter is a fairly good first base man as well. The only crack in the jade so far as Kelly is concerned is his
 inability to hit major league pitching- To effect a trade with the Cubs will require not a little diplomacy, and Joe
 Tinker is not fhe man to be talked out
 of a bargain. He is somewhat of a David Harum himself Still, it is be-
 Iieved that he would part with Heinie
 Zimmerman, the slugger from the Bronx, were the inducements sufficient But Tinker wants infielders, good in
 feldeFs, before he will trade the only Zim, the originator of the phantom
 force. Tinker wants a second baseme.n and how sorely he needs one is proved 1 by the fact that he recently signed Otto 1 Knabe, erstwhile manager of the Bal 1 timore Feds.
 It is beyond the pale or reason to be | lieve that McGraw will tear down his present inf1eld when Larry Doyle and Artie Fletcher are going along so well. There is Herbert Hunter, the young 1 ster but there is comparatively little chance of McGraw letting that sensa- tional youngster get away. Still, the needs of the present are pressing, and 1 if the sacrifice of Hunter were neces- sarysto the good of the Giants McGraw would not hesitate.
 It is a strong inheId that Tinker seeks, and there is where the trade may fall through. This may happen.
 The Giants may make a trade with some other club for an inhelder, and hand him over to Chicago with cash or one of the catchers, or Hunter or
 Kelly. c
 If by any chance a deal could be made which would bring Sal1ee and Zimmerman to the Giants, the pennant
 would be won beyond a question = | reasonable doubt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
DUNDEE TACKLES
 BENNY LEONARD IN NEW YORK TONIGHT

New York. June 12-The postponed bout between Benny Leonard and Johnny Dundee, which will take place at Madison Square Garden tonight, is the most-talked-of event among this weeks boxing bouts. When these two Hghtweights met before, the big crowd saw a s1ashing fast mill. While a majority of the spectators regarded Leonard as the winner by a slight margin, there were many who were just as determined that Dundee was the winner
 Since Leonard won a decisive vic tory, over Champion Freddy Welsh his stock has gone soaring, and Dun dee realizes that it will be a large plum in his cap if he can outpoint the Harlem boxer tonight. There has been a big advance sale for the bout, and as both of the boxers have large following, there will be a, great crowd on hand to watch the game of hsti- cuffs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
UNCERTAINTY OF CAME SHOWN
 BY SLUMP OF BATTING STARS
Poor Averages of Baker, Lee Magee and Eddie
 Collins Surprise Fans.

New York, June 12-This uncer- tainty in baseball has by some been interpreted unwisely. Some critics who evidently do not know the war is over are pointing to Lee Magee's rather anaemic batting average. of .218 as an index to the real calibre of the Federal LeagueS They regard Benny Kauff's inability to bat better than .275 as another piece of incon- trovertib1e evidence that the late la mented circuit ranked with the Three-I League.
 This is no defense of the Federal League. The quicker that in-advised project is forgotten the better. Yet we are forced to query: What testi- mony may we gather regarding the class of the American League from the fact that Eddie Collins is batting .24s. Jack Barry is down to .217, Stuffy McInniss is having a hard time staying at even .182 and Frank Baker cannot attain the .27O mark
 The answer Ns that same old p1ati- tude:i It's the uncertainty of baseball Nobody would have suspected . last winter that June Il was going to see Schang hitting only 200. while Bill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
JACK DELL WILL PLAY
 FIRST FOR BRIDGEPORT

With the addition of a first class catcher, who will probably be on hand in a few days, the Bridgeport manage ment is about ready to stand pat on the present lineup. Out of the bunch of new pitchers signed recently it ought to be possible to get good staff.
 Jack Dell, who belongs to Louis vile of the American association, will replace We're on first. Dell, who was on hand yesterday, has been play ing first for Scranton of the New York State league and is in good condition Dell was with Waterbury and Spring field in the old Eastern association, but was an outfe1der then. He is very fast.
 Howie Baker has been going fine at third so with the addition of Dell the local infie1d looks strong. The out field with Deintnger, Manning and Curry in the garden, also looms up in promising fashion. Danny Hoffman decided yesterday to retire from the game. His legs were unable to stand the. strain of steady playing and he informed the local management that he wanted to quit Hoffman was popular with the crowd and all hands will be sorry to hear he is not to re- main with the club.
 Wha1en, the Springfield college first baseman, has written that he will re- port in a few days. Lang, another Springfield col1egian, denies the re- port that he signed with Hartford. He says he may be delayed in report ing because of illness in his family, but will be here next week at the lat est.
 The Bridgeport management was the only club that was able to stage games Saturday. In spite of the fact that the sun did not shine on either
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12

The Rem-Arms ran away with the Ho1mes-Edwards team Saturday, win ming easily. 12 to 4. The intuition makers found G. Trelease for 10 safe hits, while Mcclure allowed the sil- yer shop team four hits. White and Gilmartin put up a good game for the Arms Co.,, while Davis and Case were the shining lights of the Fl. & B. at tack.
 In slugging contest in which both sides played a prominent part, the Burns & Bassick team secured the breaks and won from the Remington Yost, ' to 3. The Yost bunch secured seven hits while the B. & B. team got six. Casper made a circuit c1out, Haviland a three-bagger while Hayes, Wha11ey, Smalling, Casper and Clark connected for doubles. Yuhas pitched for the winners while Clark was in the box for the losers.
 The Electric Cable team forfeited to the Bullard team g to o by not showing up at Yost field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-12
PRESS, WHO BEAT LOCALS, WAS PICKED UP BY MATHEWSON
OBy Wagner.)


 Christy Mathewson discovered Char ley, Press but Bridgeport couldn't dis cover Charley at all yesterday. They hits and Lawrence added more gloom to the Sabbath by a, to whitewash Several years ago Mathewson saw Press twirl for a New York seni-pro club and he induced McGraw to take the youngster to Marlin for training. Press was sent to the Lawrence club for more seasoning. He has a fine curve ball, which bothered the locals yesterday. Only one hit was clean That was Otto Deininger's single through shortstop in the first Man ming beat out a slow tap in the eighth. Press gave seven passes but the home boys couldn't take advantage of the free tickets.
 Mu1rennan pitched a fair game for Bridgeport. The second and sixth were the only rounds in which Law renee was able to score. The visitors were lucky in getting their first run, as Manning fell down while chasing the fly, which went for a triple. There were two out when Lawrence sewed up the game in the sixth. A pass to Oster- gren, O'Connells single and Murphy s double did the damage.
 Howie Baker did some snappy field ing for Bridgeport and Whalen was also lively. Otto -Deininger aroused applause by his running catch of Mo Ginnis' fly in the third.
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