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The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
COAL RATES SUSPENDED
oURANGo-SlLVERT RATE DE
cLARED REASONABLE.
Ctilities Commission Sets Dates for
Hearings on Passenger and Freight
Rates by D. G. S. L. and D. 3. & w.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-The State Public Utilities
Commission has suspended until Dec.
rs, 1917, all tariffs filed by the rail
roads in Colorado providing for an ad-
vance of 10 and Is cents per ton
freight on shipments of coal within
the state.
An order was issued by the commits
sion holding that the rates on coal
from Durango to Silverton are reason
able.
An application has been filed with
the commission by the Denver & Salt
Lake Railroad Company (the Moffat
road) asking that 1t be allowed to in
crease its passenger rates from Az
cents to 5 cents per mile. Up until
July l, 1915, the rates we're cents
per mile, at which time the rate OF
Az cents. which was fixed by the COM
mission. became effective. The rail-
road claims that the present rate is
not reasonable rate and that it re-
suits in large deficit in the passen-
ger service. In order that all persons
or communities interested may have
a chance to be heard, a public hear
ing will be held in the Capitol build
ing at Denver at 10 o'clock a. m, on
Sept IL.
An application has been filed by the
Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad
Company, asking for an increase in
its freight rates. 1t is stated by the
railroad that increased expenses have
resulted in large deficits in income
and that the advances asked are
necessary to enable the company to
continue operations. The commits
sion has set Sept. 18th as the date up
on which a public hearing will be
held.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
COAL OUTPUT SMALLER
Anthracite Production Fell OFF in
1916, Uncle Sam Says.
Quantity Decreased 1.6 Per Cent, But
Value Increased e.4 Per Cent as
Compared With 1915.

The anthracite coal mined In 1916
amounted to 7S,195,0S3 gross tons.
valued mt S2O2 009, ,561, a decrease In
quantity of 1.6 per cent and an In
crease In value of "a per cent com
pared with 1915. The shipments de-
creased II per cent-from 6S,666, 456
gross tons In 1915 to 67,5O1 1863 tons
in 1915. The shipments OF prepared
coal of sizes above pea in 1916 wero
40,747,21 tons, n decrease OF IL per
cent; the shipments of pea size were
1920, ,SO4 tons, a decrease of S.4 pcr
cent; and the shipments of steem
sizes smaller than pea were ,T44
tons, a decrease of but .05 per cent
compared with 1915. There was an
increase of nearly 9 per cent IN the
quantity of anthracite sold locally and
used by employees and decrease OF
"a per cent in the quantity used FOR
mine fuel. The compilation of these
statistics has just been completed by
G. e. Lesher of Uncle SaIu's geologi-
cal survey.
The effect of the extraordinary de-
mand for steam sizes of anthracite
in 1916 and the high price of bitumin-
GUS coal is indicated in the figures
showing the output of washery prod
uct and dredge coal. Although the
freshly mined Goal in the anthracite
region, including Sullivan county,
showed a decrease of 2.6 per cent in
1915 compared with 1915 there was
an Increase of 1915 per cent In the
quantity of anthracite obtained from
the washeries, which operate mainly
on old culm banks, and an increase
of 16 per cent in the quantity of coal
dredged from rivers.
The production in the Lehigh re-
gion was 1O,929,055 gross tons; in the
Schuylkill region, $685. ,44S tons; in
the Wyoming region, 43,111,732 tons;
and in Sullivan county (Bernice ba-
sin) 494, ,S48 tons.
There was a large decrease in the
number of men employed in the pro-
duction of anthracite in 1915, ana the
output was maintained only through
an increase in the number of work.
ing days. The number of men en-
ployed in 1914 was 1859; in 1915,
176, ,552; and in 1915, 159,S69. The
average number of days worked was
245 in 1914, 23O in 1915, and 253 in
1915. The average output per man
per day in 1914 was 1.S4 gross tons !;
in 1915, 1.96 tons, and in 1915, 1.93
tons. The average output per en-
ployee for the year was 451 tons in
1914; 45O tons in 1915; and 4S9 tons
| in 1916.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
State Will Get s1a5,ooo Monthly.

From now on, $125,000 monthly
will come into Colorado in the form
OF pay to the National Guardsmen
mustered into federal service. So
long as the boys are encamped in the
state, Colorado will get the benefit of
practically every cent of this money
and will get much of it even after
they leave, in the form of money sent
back to dependents and local mer-
chants. When Colorado's quota is
filled from the draft and from all en-
listments, the state will derive a rev.
enue of nearly s5O0,OOO monthly from
the government, military accountants
at National Guard headquarters say.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
EVERY STATE HAS COUNCIL
All commonweaIths and the District OF
Columbia Cooperating With Uncle
Sans Defense Body.

AS one result of the national de-
fense conference of governors which
convened in Washington, all the states
of the Union and the District of Co.
lumbia have official state councils of
defense cooperating with the national
council. Some of these are called
state councils of defense, others COM
mittees of public safety, or similar
names. "This nationwide co-ordina-
ton of war activity of the state coun-
ellis is an important and significant
work" says Walter S. Clifford, direct
or of the national council. 1.-THE ma
tional council is the parent body. In
each state stands the state council
ready to assist the national council in
the carrying out of its plans and rec
concentrations where these can best be
developed on state lines"
George F. Porter, chief of the sec
ton on cooperation, with states of the
national council, in his report on the
organization and activities of the state
council shows that a number of these
have legislative establishment with
broad powers and adequate appropria-
tions of money for the promotion of
war activities. AS more of the state
legislatures come into session un-
doubtedly more of the state councils
will receive establishment 1t is be-
neved. -
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
Reports From Insurance Companies.

Claude W. Fairchild, state insur-
ance commissioner, has completed the
thirty-fifth annual report of the de-
partment Under the head of gen
eral supervision" it is shown that 373
insurance corporations operated in
Colorado under the supervision of the
insurance department in 1916 The
total insurance premiums collected in
the state was $14,6S3,SS7, an increase
of approximately s55S,36s over 1915.
The cost to the state for supervising
the companies was about $4,000. Fire
insurance protection increased from
$272 2,053,70S in 1915 to s330,612,720 in
1916. Life insurance protection in
creased from. $353,121, 1897 in 1915 to
S369 ,4S9,612 last year.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
High Cost of Blackberry
lam Affects Army Ration.

Owing to the prevailing high
price of blackberry jam, the
war department, on recommen-
dation of the committee on sup
lies of the council of national
defense, is considering the ad-
visibility Of changing the regu-
lation jam ration of the army
from blackberry straight to
jams of alternating kinds, in
Guiding peach, strawberry, and
plum.
at is not difficult to get black
berry jam for $4,000 men," the
committee points out in its rec
ommendation, 'but 1t is not
practical to attempt to get it for
more than 100000 men, par
ticularly when some of the crop
has already been put up In 9TH
er than regulation army tins.
Moreover, other kinds would
prove a pleasant change for the
men,"
The army's estimate of re-
quirements for 100000 men
for one year is 220,642 cases,
each of "a tins.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
To Weed out Exemption Claims.

The United States government, 1t is
announced, will take appeals from the
decisions of local exemption boards in
cases where it thinks the board has
released a -=.an from draft who has
not shown sufficient proof. The mat
ter then will be adjusted by the State
Appeals Exemption Boards. To take
care of such cases, Provost Marshal
John Evans has designated an attor-
nev in each Colorado county and dis
trict to represent the government.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18

AS candy is so liked by the little peo-
pie, the following suggestion may be
used to satisfy that longing without
feeling that the child is being in
jured. Take the stones from soaked
prunes and add an equal quantity of
figs, put them through the meat chop
per, and use the water in which the
prunes were soaked to boil with
sugar, until a heavy sirup that will
make soft ball in water, Is formed,
remove from the heat and stir until
creamy, add the chopped fruit, make
into small balls, roll in powdered
sugar, and set away to harden.
Homemade Soda Water-Take two
pounds of sugar, two ounces of tar
taric acid, three pints of water and
a half-ounce of the essence of winter
green, the whites of two eggs Mix
the sugar and tartaric acid together
with the water, let 1t boil slowly for
two minutes, then set aside to cool
When cool, stir in the wintergreen es-
sence and the beaten whites of the
eggs. Stir all together, put into jars
and keep in the ice chest. When re-
quired for use put two tablespoonfuls
of the sirup in a glass, fill with cold
water, and stir in a quarter of tea
spoonful of soda.
ButtermIIk Pop.-Heat a quart of
buttermilk in double boiler, when
boiling stir in two tablespoonfuls of
flour that has been rubbed smooth in
a little cold milk. Stir and cook un-
til the flour is thoroughly cooked and
serve hot
Frozen beef tea is a novelty which
will appeal to the invalid during the
hot weather. To prepare the beef
juice take thick piece of steak and
broil 1t quickly in a hot pan, then
score it and put it into a vegetable
press to extract all the juice. This
juice will, with a pinch of salt, be Of
much finer flavor than. that which is
cooked a longer time. Serve either
hot or cold.
Turkish Cream Candy.-Put one and
a half cupfuls of sweet cream and
three and three-fourths cupfuls of
sugar. Cook, stirring often until a
very soft ball is formed in cold wa
ter or the candy thermometer reg
listers 23S. Let cool little then turn
out upon a marble slab, add fruit and
nuts and work with a paddle until it
shows signs of turning to cream.
Let stand 15 minutes, then break off
a portion and knead until soft and
smooth throughout, thep press into a
mold lined with oiled paper. This
will fill quart mold. When it is hard
1t may be cut in slices or cubes, dipped
chocolate or wrapped in paper with
out dipping.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
Adjutant General Makes Promotions.

Adjt Gen. Frank d. Baldwin made
the following promotions in the
guard: Second Lieut. Edgar G. Null
berry, Company B, First infantry, was
promoted to first lieutenant; Second
Lieut.. Armada Trujillo to first lieuten-
ant, First infantry; Sergt. Frank M.
Moninger to second lieutenant, Com
pany K, Second infantry and Walter
T. .Waltermeyer from sergeant to sec
ond lieutenant, machine gun company,
First infantry.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18

sprinkle with sugar, and return to the
oven to brown.
Cherry RoIy-PoIy.-Roll out very
thin a rich pie paste, heap on two cup
fuls of drained cherries that have been
pitted. Roll up and place in deep
saucepan. Add a cupful of sugar,
cupful of boiling water, two table
spoonfuls of butter, and bake one hour
in moderate oven. If there Is not
sufficient Juice to serve as sauce, cream
may be used If desired.
- Cherry Sponge..-Put pound and
half of cherries into a saucepan, a
cupful of cold wuter, two cupfuls of
sugar and cook gently until all the
Juice is extracted. Strain, add two
heaping tablespoonfuls of powdered
gelatin with a half cupful of boiling
water and a teaspoonful of almond ex-
tract When nearly cold, add the stiff
ly beaten whites of two eggs.
Pour into wet mold and turn out
firm. Decorate around the base with
ripe stoned cherries.
Cherry cake.-Cream half cup
full of shortening, add one-half cup
full of sugar, little grated nutmeg.
"A
four well-beaten eggs, two cupfuls or
flour, sifted with one teaspoonful of
baking powder, a teaspoonful of va
nilla and half cupful of milk, mix
well, and add a half cupful of pre-
served cherries cut in small pieces.
Pour the mixture into long tins and
bake until nicely brown.
Cherries are an addition to any fruit
salad, and as stewed sauce to be served
with cookies, make most delicious
dessert.
Sandal, Malay chutney.-Peel and
quarter three ounces not wholly ripe,
add one onion, pepper, salt and
green chilli pepper, put all through the
neat grinder and serve with roast
NuA. Nl4t~elQ
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
Lands Restored to Entry.

BY order of the Interior Department,
lands lying within the Rule Creek
reservoir site are restored to home
stead entry. The order recites that
on Aug. 23, 1917, this land will be
subject to homestead entry, and will
become subject to settlement and To-
cation on Sept. 4.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
vauohn on Sailors Home Board.

Gov. ]. C. Gunter appointed H. s.
Vaughn of Denver a commissioner of
the Sailors and Soldiers Home at
Monte Vista, to succeed John Conkie,
who recently resigned to become COM
mandant of the institution.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18

USVP pic pIutV WIFI PHS
try and put into it a
quart of stoned cher
ries, fill the dish with
molasses and sprinkle
over the top four table
spoonfuls of flour, cover
with pastry and bake in
a moderate oven 80 min
utes. Then brush over
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
Troops at Overland in U. S. Service.

All the 1,650 men at Camp Baldwin
are now in federal service. The First
battalion of Engineers go to Camp
Kearny at Linda Vista, Cal, accord
ing to Maj ]. c. Taylor, in command
of the battalion. The final inspection
of the Second regiment of infantry
will be completed at Pueblo.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18

petizing, as well
as easy of diges-
ton. Figs an d
prunes are both
highly nutritious
and good for chill
dren, but they tire
of them, served in
two or three WAYS.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
H2eKITOHEN
GBLNEf94z9

Our greatest glory consists not in
never falling, but in rising every time
we fall.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.

Desserts for children should be
planned with care and may be both
dpIipioua md nm
The Colorado statesman., 1917-08-18
JACK CRAWFORD.

The way they make cherry pie in
India may be interesting to us, and
worth trying. Line a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-11
Chinese SEAMEN
NOT CLASSEDA AS
CONTRACT LABOR

Despite the protests Of labor leaders
at the employment OF Chinese on
American ships, vessels passing
through from the Orient show that ad-
vantage is being taken of a favorable
decision recently given by the federal
court in Washington that their en-
plOyment is not violation OF the con-
tract labor law.
This was a decision handed down
early last month. when the supreme
court held that the contract labor laws
did not apply to seamen.
Paul SCharrenberg. a San Francisco
labor leader, has sued the Dollar
Steamship Co. for penalties, alleging
violation OF the act. ocN"~-"0berg.
who is secretary OF the California
State Federation Of Labor. declared.
after news of the supreme court DO
cisiOn was received. that it would
throw open the doors Of the country
for the shipping companies to import
Chinese by the wholesale to run Amer.
lean ships.
Andrew Furuseth of the Sailors
Union of the Pacific said
IF America is going to employ Chi.
nese, then We will have TO find some.
thing else to do. 1t means that we
will have to look for other jobs"
The attitude taken by labor men
that the decision is going to serve as
stumbling block for the develop
ment of American seamen is a mis-.
taken one" said Captain Dollar. AT
the present time there is need to
bring in foreign seamen only in small
numbers, and these just enough to
fill out short handed crews. The
large number of ships which are be.
ing built in American shipyards and
the high wages which are being paid
seamen Is warrant enough to secure
enough Of young American manhood
for sea duty. After the war Chinese
sailors will be necessary. A drop is
sure to occur in both wages and ship
rates, and 1t will be necessary to en-.
ploy the cheap Chinese labor in order
to carry on competition. AS to Chi.
nese entering the coastwise trade,
that Is absurd. The law prevents
that and there the big field will lie
for American seamen who remain in
the service"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-11
MYSTERY LAUNCH
:SEEADLER'S BOAT,
SYDNEY REPORTS

Sydney, Australia. advices state that
II has been esta blished that the 'mys-
FERROUS launch" which put into THU
TAXI, one Of the Cook islands, early
in September. was identical with the
one in which Count Luckner. comman-
der OF the raider Seeadler and four
companions left the island OF Mopeha,
When the launch called al Titutaki
a fantastic story was told by the
strangers to the natives OF how they
had journeyed to the Cook islands
from Honolulu as the result of a
wager made in a San Francisco club.
The strangers claimed that they had
left San Francisco and gone to Homo
lulu where supplies and the launch
were secured for the South Sea is
lands.
The Sydney advices give the fol-
lowing reasons for believing the
mystery launch" was the one in
which the Seeadler officers were aft,
erwards captured at Tahiti:
Evidently the Seeadler's launch
was identical with the mysterious
craft which put into Titutaki, one Of
the Cook islands. early in September.
This visitor was a launch, with oil en-
CINE, q feet long. with a mast. jib and
mainsail, but flying no flag. When in.
terviewed by the government agent
and other residents, those on the
launch stated that it was the Cecilie
Of Honolulu, chartered by two men on
bOard-Southart, who claimed to be
an American citizen. and Van Houten,
described as the son Of a Norwegian
shipowner in the United States.
AN extraordinary story was told to
account for the cruise. A wager had
been made by the two men In a Dutch
club in San Francisco, that they would
make a voyage from Honolulu to the
Cook islands and return in an open
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-11
SERVICE FIRST

launch. Coming from San Francisco
10 Honolulu. so the tale ran. by me
steamer Vancouver, they left there IN
the launch. called at Papeete, Tahiti
under the escort Of French torpedo
boat" then sailed 70 Mopeha, which
has coconut plantations on il and Is
leased BY an Auckland, New Zealand
firm. Afterward they passed Raro
tonga and came on 10 Titutaki. The
log book had been blown overheard.
there were no passports and no flag
and the launch had no name. Win
read Wit they explained their posses
sion Of the log book OF the K. {
Slade." Smith, master, on the voyage
from Eureka, Cal, TO Sydney, y. S
W. by stating that it had been given
to them in Honolulu as a guide for
their voyage.
When asked for proof Of their bona
fides, the two men in command emp
tied about $500 in gold into a kero-
sene tin on the wharf At the end OF
six hours the launch left. inquiries
having first been made whether there
was wireless at Titutaki or Raro'
tonga. Although it was known that
there were revolvers on the launch
and the natives were quick to sus
pect the crew to be German spies, the
fact that there was no direct proof OF
guilt, and that a Norwegian on the
island was satisfied from converse
ton that the visitors were really Nor
wegians, seems to have Counter-oal
anced the highly-colored romance
and no attempt, as far as is known
was made to detain them"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-11
BRITISH SEIZE
Morse ship With
Mines IN CARGO

Aforwegian ships and their com.
are under suspicion in Aus
tralian waters since a vessel Of that
country was overhauled less than two
months ago by a British cruiser and
discovered to have mines concealed in
her forward hold. says one OF the Off.
GERS OF an Oceanic steamer in port to-
day.
The purported Norwegian vessel
had been to Melbourne and discharged
a cargo, after which she was over
taken by a cruiser between that port
and Adelaide. A search Of the vessel
revealed the mines slowed away in
the forward hold.
1t has never been made clear in
Australia whether the Norwegian YES
sci was discovered sowing the mines
or whether the vessel was searched
as the result Of information received
from a Melbourne stevedore.
One story was that the Norwegian
vessel was discovered in the unneutral
act by the cruiser crew. Another that
a steVedore's suspicion was aroused by
the care shown by the Norwegian Off.
GERS in guarding a portion Of the for
ward hold cargo and that HIS informa-
ton given TO the authorities led to the
seizure 81 the vessel.
Since the capture of Commander
Lucknor and two other officers OF the
Seeadler and the ascertaining that the
German raider had succeeded in pass
ing the British blockade in the Allan.
tic disguised as a Norwegian vessel,
IL is thoI chit the ,ipPrjeodI1, Noruooton
ship captured between Melbourne and
Adelaide may have been pretending a
NATURAL nationality.
EHowever. this IL not generally be-
neved because the vessel delivered
her cargo to Melbourne. which it is
thought no German ship would have
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-11
BEGIN HOT WATER
DRINKING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out polsons.

If you wake up with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; if your
head is dull or aching; If what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stom
ach, or you are bilious, constipated
nervous, salIow and can't get feeling
Just right, begin inside bathing. Drink
before breakfast, a glass Of real hot
water with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it. This will flush the
poisons and toxins from stomach, liV'
er, kidneys and bowels and cleanse,
sweeten and purify the entire alimen,
tary tract. Do your inside bathing i'm.
mediately upon arising in the morning
to wash out of the system all the pre-
vious days poisonous waste, gases and
sour bile before putting more food
into the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves
and muscles became loaded with body
impurities, get from your pharmacist
a quarter pound of limestone phos-
plate which is inexpensive and al,
most tasteless, except for a sourish
twinge which is not unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so hot water and limestone
phosphate act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. Men and women
who are usually constipated. bilious,
headachy or have any stomach dis,
order should begin this inside bathing
before breakfast. They are assured
they will become real cranks on the
subject shortly.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-11
SHIPPING &WKTFRFRONT News
OCEANIC Liner
TO TAKE OUT 100

Departure Of an Oceanic steamer
which is in port will take away today
about 100 cabin passengers, many -
Wnon have been delayed here for over
week by the requisitioning OF the
three Matson steamers last week by
thu government This number is all
that can be accommodated - the first
cabin. and will provide transportation
for nearly all who want TO travel first
class.
But the ship is able to supply trans
portation for only a small portion Of
the F1lipinos and Spaniards who wish
TO leave the islands now that they
have received their bonus money
from the plantations. Most OF the
applicants OF these nationalities for
passage wish 10 60 in the steerage and
the Oceanic liner has room for only
20 persons.
In the second cabin 80 could be &C.
commodated. although there is small
demand for passage in this class.
The Oceanic liner had two cabin
passengers for Honolulu, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Roberts. They came TO Honolulu
TO spend the winter and made voy-
age to Page Page as a diversion.
Two other arrivals were Mr.. and
Mrs Moore, a colored theatrical
couple.
The cargo for Honolulu consisted of
half a ton Of Australian butter. There
will be cargo space to the coast for
about 500 punches Of bananas ard 40
tons of general cargo.