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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
WELCOME CUARDSHOME
COLORADO TROOPS REACH DEN.
YER FROM THE BORDER.
One Hundred and ThIrty-three Mem
bers Of Battery and Forty-seven
Of Battery c Return.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-Mothers. fathers. sweet
hearts. relatives and friends OF the
members OF Batteries B and c. Colo
rado National Guard. jammed the un-
ion depot and wept and hurraheo
with joy at noon Feb. 2S. when the
train OF eighteen cars. bringing home
from the Mexican border Colorados
artillery quota Of the border Guard,
steamed into the station on their way
TO rehabilitation at Fort Russell. Wy
| oming
In spite of the strict surveillance
at the gates. passes which were at
premium were freely used. and from
the first minute the Colorado soldiers
rolled into the union station, the jubi
lee was on.
The waiting committeeman, friends
and relatives of the soldiers on the
outside platforms cheered with vol
une that drowned out the laundering
of the engine, as the uniformed fig
ures appeared at the windows and on
back. Off came hundreds OF hats, and
the glad-to-getback smile was wide.
One hundred and thirty-three mem.
bers OF Battery B returned on the
train. or that number seventy-five
were from Denver. Capt. G. A. Blan-
chard and First Lieut.. w. H. H. Gran
mer came with the battery. First
Lieut.. Canton O'Donnell. Second Lieut.
E A. Hart and Second Lieut. Hack
tpf did hoin0 dota {nad a
the border as witnesses in q hearing
Forty-seven members OF Battery C
were also In the homecoming contin-
gent. The others were mustered out at
the border The officers OF Battery C
who returned were Capt. Victor C.
Hungerford, First Lieut.. Daniel w.
Knowlton, First Lieut.. William H.
Shade. Second Lieut.. Horace Lunt
and Second Lieut.. Goudy. The staff
officers who arrived with the troops
were Major w. s. Sharp. Capt. H. c.
Nickerson, First Lieut.. Lewis Carpen-
ter and Second Lieut.. H. A. Slayton.
Under the command of Major Sharp
and Battery Capts. G. A. Blanchard
and V. C. Hungerford the batteries
we're Immediately lined up after dis
embarking and marched into the main
waiting room, where their border
songs drew round after round OF ap-
plause from the crowd. A contingent
from the University of Denver re-
sponded to the songs.
At the auditorium the soldiers were
welcomed by the Mothers Club Of
Battery B. who served a dinner that
made the camp rations sink into OBJ
livion.
For the state, Governor Gunter gave
the boys a greeting. while Manager
w. F. r. Mills spoke for the city.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
countie, Ask Funds for Roads.

Denver.-Necessity for an appropri.
alton of $25,00O by the state for the
Fall river road. in Grand county. to
complete the circle route Of scenic
highways through the Rocky Noun
tain National park, was urged upon
the State Highway Commission by the
commissioners Of Grand county, who
In turn agreed to raise $4,000. Other
counties which presented needs for
1917 road work included: Gunnison
county, $4,000; Grand county, $4.065
for the Blue River road. Willow
Creek road and Berthoud pass; Prov
e-s county, $14,500. on condition OF
raising $4,000; Lincoln county. S10..
COO. conditional on the county raising
$4,000: La Plata county, $4,000; San
Juan county, $17,500; Ell Pasc county.
$4,000 for general improvements and
tc complete Ute pass highway; Rio
Grande county. $1,000; Alamosa coun.
ty, $1,000 on the basis of 81 to 81;
Fremont county. $50.000. Of which
$4,000 is for the Arkansas River road
and $4,000 for the Cripple Creek
read; Bent county. $4,000 on the basis
of 50 to 81: Kit Carson county. $12..
900; Cheyenne county. $4,000; Weld
county. $2s,000 for repairs and $25.000
for a bridge over the Platte at Ker.
sey; Saguache county, $4,000 for the
Gunbarrel highway, and Jefferson. Gil
pin and Boulder counties, sufficient
money to complete the Nederland
highway between Denver and Raw
linsville.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
Cuban Regulars Capture Gomez.

Havana-Announcem was made
at the Presidents palace that mes
sage had been received there stating
that Jose Miguel Gomez. former Pres
ident Of Cuba, had been captured with
his entire staff by Col Collazo, COM
More than 5000 men took part in the
engagement, and. although full de-
tails have not yet been received, 1t Is
known that the rebels lost, besides
300 prisoners, over 100 killed and q
great many wounded.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
Hoo Price. Set New U. s. Record.

Pittsburg, Pa, March s.-Hogs
reached the highest price ever re-
corded in the United States when
they we're quoted on the live stock
market at $15.00@16.10. Live stock
men said that unless unexpected
shipments arrive within a few days
the price will go to S17.0O. During the
Civil War hogs sold at $14.00. Hogs
sold in Chicago for $500; the same
price was reached in East st. Louis,
Kansas City top was 31k76; Omaha
and st. Joseph $14.SO.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
More Troops start Home March is

San Antonio, Tex. March 8.-Or-
ders were received by Southern De-
partment headquarters ito speed up"
the return movement of state troops
from the border SO that all organiza-
tions will be home for muster out by
April L. State troops on the border
approximate 10000 men. New dates
for departure include: First squad
ron Colorado cavalry at Brownsville,
March Is; Colorado field hospital No.
l at Douglas, March Is, and B COM
pany, Colorado signal corps, at FL
Paso March Is.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
state Land Title Gives Ore Rights.

Denver.-The Supreme Court hand
ed down thirty-three decisions Mon
day morning, the most important Of
which was ruling that the purchaser
of state lands acquires title to every
thing in the land from the surface to
the center Of the earth and that the
State Land Board under the present
laws cannot reserve the mineral, oil
and stone rights. The decision was
in the case of N. 8. Walpols against
tn state Land Board
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
Boy Has Scalp Torn OF.

Fort Collins.-Russell Paige, II, the
son of F. E. Paige, a farmer living
near here. had his scalp torn off when
he tried to go under buggy on his
sled after sliding down the roof of a
potato cellar. Surgeons stitched the
scalp back on.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
War Veteran Dies In Ambulance.

Canon City-John Shaw. Sr.. aged
76, we'll known citizen of Ash street,
Lincoln Park, Civil war veteran, and
father-in-law of Mayor D. N. Cooper
of Canon City, died in the ambulance
while being conveyed from his home
to the hospital here to be treated for
acute stomach trouble.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
Lease $40 Acres for Convict Farm.

Lease $40 Acres for Convict Farm.
The Senate by final vote of Fl to
10 passed Senator Lines bill on sec.
ond reading establishing the peniten-
tiary convict farm at Avondale. On
der the bill $40 acres are leased at
81 per acre per year for twenty years.
Senate Measure Passes House.
Many Changes at State House.
Numerous changes tok place at the
state house March / a. a result Of
new appointees going into office.
designations and other shifting OF
forces. The new Industrial board as
sumed office. the new labor commits
sioner, w. L. Morrissey. announced
his appointments and there were
changes In the utilities commission.
Insurance Commissioner Resi0ns.
e. r. Harper, state insurance oom.
missioner, formally handed In his re-
ignation 70 Governor 0untsr.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

March 20.-Auto Show at Denver
Sept; l7-22-Colorado State Fair At Pu-
eblo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
LATEST NEWS
EPITOMIzED
FROM TELEGRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE Weeks
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST lMP o RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
ABOUT THE WAR

Western Nsw-parer Union news s.rv,ca
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-03-09
PLOTS OF TEUT0N
SPIES REVEALED
MILLIONS REPORTED SPENT IN
EFFORTS TO coERcE MEX
ico INTO WAR ON U.S..
BRITISH NEAR BAGDAD
U-eoATs AND MINES GET q SHIPS
AND 2,52s REACH BRITISH
PORTS IN A WEEK.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York, March S.-Germany
threatened Gen. Carranza with the
most formidable revolution he had
ever known" il he refused to make
war on the United States in accord
ance with Foreign Secretary thinner
| mann's proposals for German-Mexi-
can-Japanese alliance. That fact, to-
gether with other startling develop
ments, were disclosed by federal au-
thorities in the investigation that fol-
| lowed the arrest of DR.. Ernest Mat
this Sckunner, a German, and Dr.
Ckandra Chabiaberty, a Bengalee. for
formulating an East Indian plot
Information obtained by federal au-
thorities from papers seized in the
office Of Wolf Won Igel at the time Of
the Welland Canal plot exposures. to-
gether with other bits of evidence, en-
abled federal authorities here, they
said, to announce these disclosures:
That Robert Fay, lieutenant in the
German army. who escaped from the
federal prison in Atlanta while serv-
ing a term for plotting to destroy al
lied munition ships, went to Mexico
where he is now hiding.
That 100000 has been spent by
the German government in fomentinS
spy plots In the United States within
the last few months.
That thousands" Of German spies
are now engaged in different parts OF
the country in formulating and fur
thering conspiracies.
| That the spy system is headed by
an agent of the kaiser's government
referred to as the master spy" who
still is at large.
Berlin, in spite OF many arrests and
numerous spoiled plots, is apparently
satisfied with the results accom-
plished.
London.-Official reports issued in
London and Petrograd show that the
allies are striking powerful and sue
cessful blows at tho forces Of Turkey
In northwestern Asia. The British
forces which rccaptured the city Of
| Kut- -Amara ere pursuing the defeat
ed enemy and the reports issued
show they are less than thirty miles
from the sacred city" Of Bagdad.
The town Of Lajj, which they reached
Monday, is twenty-eight miles from
Bagdad. Since the capture OF Kut on
Feb. 26, the British have advanced
eighty miles.
London.-An official statement Of
the 7th says that twenty-three mer-
chant vessels were sunk by mine or
submarine in the week ended March
4. or these. fourteen were Of 1000
tons gross or over. and nine were un-
der 1000 tons In the same period
three British fishing vessels were
sunk.
Twelve British merchant vessels
were unsuccessfully attacked by sub
marines during the week. The num-
ber of merchant vessels Of all nation
alities of more than 100 tons net ar
irving at United Kingdom ports during
the week was 2,52s. The number sail
ing was 2,477. These figures are ex-
elusive of fishing and local craft.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
FARMER TO HELP MAINTAIN
 FREEDOM HE HELPED WIN

In the first Liberty Loan Cam country were not reached, and sub scriptions from the rural committees were few.
 There were several reasons for this, the foremost of which was that the loan was put out in the spring. when they were busy with their crops and it was difficult for the canvassers to interview them.
 Then, too they had to borrow mon- ey for their planting. Now their crops in. and at the present high price of food stuffs they should have large sum of money in their hands.
 For a loan of a portion of that money, the Liberty Bond campaigners are now appealing all over the coun- try. The various farm bureaus and societies are cooperating and good re- suits are expected.
 When liberty came to America the farmer helped to bring it. He carried the gun; he contributed unsparingly of his substance; he fed the armies. In the present struggle for universal liberty 1t is certain he will do no less.
 He has already made splendid re sponse to the demand for greater food production. The first loan largely overlooked the farmer - the efforts were concentrated in the cities,
 The second campaign should give every opportunity for farmers as in dividuals and their organizations to support the government in its financial program. It is the highest expression of Americanism that all the people should help carry the common load in this critical hour
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
KULTUR MUST BE ENDED
 NOW FOR ALL TIME

Buy more Liberty Bonds than you can see your way clear to paying for Buy them and cat your expenses and use your savings to meet the pay ments."
 This was the message given to Mis- souri patriots by R. Goodwin Rhett, president of the Chamber of Com merce of the United States, in address ing meeting of Liberty Loan work CTS in St. Louis.
 We must make sacrifice equal to that which our boys are making. Buy ing bonds does not fulfill the first principle of this sacrifice" Rhett said.
 Rhett declared that oratory and publicity will not suffice to make the bond sale a success He advocated a systematic canvass of every city and every precinct in the nation.
 There can be no peace as long as kultur is vital force in the world, Rhett declared It must be ended now and forever"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
THOMAS H. WEST BUYS
 S25O,OO0 IN BONDS
N-c = Assos,is- -as

Declaring he made subscription much larger than he could afford, be. cause he appreciates the great ne cessity for the entire offering being taken. Thomas H. West, chairman of the St. Louis Union Bank, made the largest individual purchase of Liberty Bonds Monday in St Louis, in the sum of $250.000.
 In & statement issued after making the purchase. West declared he had done so because he considered 1t a patriotic duty to support the govern ment and he believed Liberty Bonds were ahead of every other security" and absolutely safe"
 If you oversubscribe you can find a ready market for your surplus bonds, " he said, and if you hold them until after the war you are almost certain of large premium. When we stop to think of what our soldiers will have to so through we should consider that subscribing for good security to sup, port them in the field is a very small thing to do and we should take ad' vantage of the opportunity. even to the point of sacrifice, if necessary"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
JIM DALE
By Ellis Parker Butler.

Young Jimmy Dale. across our street.
 Is just d gawky lad. He grew so fast. the doctors said,
 His heart was mighty bad; They wouldn't let him do much work
 Or asy hearty play. But. just the same, they drafted sm.
 And Jim has gone away. Jim was a sort of great. big kid.
 And fooling all the while; So. when they ordered him to camp.
 He went ther" with a smile. Jim Dale is in the army now.
 I.ank legs, bum heart and all, To fight like other drafted men
 That got the country's call Cod yes. Jims heart may drop him dead CT he may live to be Shot all to TIeccs over there
 What odds to you or me? By thunder! it's these odds to you,- If kids like Jim can go. With smiles, to fight our wars for us We can put up the dough. + we can buy a bond or two
 And DON'T. while Jim, poor cuss. Goes smiling off to death or wounds Then helrs too good for us.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
ARKANSAS TENANT FARMERS
 TO BUY LIBERTY LOAN BONDS

Tenant farmers of Akansas, who in previous years have found it diff fiCult to make both ends meet, are this year going to be liberal buyers of Liberty Bonds" said II. A. Morrison, cashier of the Bank of Commerce, Earl, Crittenden County, Arkansas
 A ten-million dollar cotton crop in his county alone explains why this is to come about. MT Morrison said that his fellow citizens were showing such enthusiasm in the new bond issue that he came to St. Louis to arrange to supply them with bonds
 Heretofore" said MT Morrison, the proceeds of the annual harvest was not sufficient to maintain the farmers until the next crop could be harvest ed, and it was the custom in April to begin buying food and other necessi- ties on credit. The result was that in the fall it usually took about all the farmer. got for his crop to pay his debts and get through the winter
 This year it is different. The planters are going to get from 30 to 45 cents 8 pound for cotton, whereas before they only got from to 10 cents"
 One fine thing about these bonds is that the farmer can use them as legal tender In case they need money they will find their war bond invest ment readily negotiable"
 Crittenden Countys allotment is $S1,00O, but Mir. Morrison is going to try to dispose of $1350O worth there.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
PURCHASER OF LIBERTY BOND D0UBLY REWARDED

iucnaSers of Government Bonds of ae second Liberty Loan of 1917 will s''"e much comfort from the invest. a a'u'' hrSt' because of the feeling that ass are helping the government. and s''Ond' because of the material bene. a'eiulhg from the interest paid 'eny SIX months on the bonds.
 s 4Ii'l' IS a virtue more honored in @' St Ofeaeh than in the observance in < ts'I VOuntry, and the preacher of thrift E, Aei! to talk to unwilling ears. ho., 'O many years Americans have ,rs ," conscious ot their extravagance tSs. Ss even ~ somewhat proud of it. that s,s.l mn nave a feeling that it would be
 os 'ny Tor them to skimp.
 ns ot the attractive features of ,S..i Liberty Bonds is that the pur. n ths VIII not have to keep them un. nonar ' become due, but can get his dsr I0u'y back by selling the bonds any pu,cb Du' the great comfort that the tn pser ss will have, will be derived. helDad 'Vli 9 the thought that he has Of nooa "'S government in it's hour Nn bo 1's % ana second, that the money and bo,Isng working for him days. nights noptbs 0'yS' :, and that every six cash no tt "iII prove that fact by a
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
U. s. RAILROADS ARE
 BUYING BONDS LITERALLY

The railroads of the country are doing their bit" in response to the governments appeal to the public to raise $5,000,000 ,000 through the Sec ond Liberty Loan.
 The Chicago & Northwestern Rail road announces 1t will subscribe for s5000.000 of the issue. Two million dollars worth is to be purchased by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
 Announcement is made by the board of directors of the Pennsyl vania Railroad that the company will subscribe to $5,000.000 of the loan. This subscription is in addition to the subscriptions of the employees.
 A subscription of $400,00O for the Tenth Federal Reserve District, with headquarters at Kansas City, Is en- nounced by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
MEMBER DECLARES
 'SDy svrey MAN MUST AID IN ,rAelNG NATIONS LOAD.
'vcu.CE IS STALKING ABROAD
,.,. of Conquest Has Poisoned th' 'p," soul of German PeopIe-We '' must Unite Against the
 Common Foe
.ssl4G

,..rotarv Redfeld in the strongest
 ,',sr s he has written since the be
 r .irs of the second Liberty Bono
 no;on has sent to the employees
 '. ,be Department of Commerce 6
 '.,or bointing out the absolute ne
 ,.sstv for making almost any sacri
 ~. in order to purchase a Liberty
 Bond o,,,,,n c., .,o,sce It ought to be that. It is
 as essence a sacred thing laid upon ,hs altar of your country" Secretary psdfield says in his note.
 of can hardly be the mere lending Ia tbe government of that which you s,ve to spare. Your own loyal sup mrt so generously given to the first IBerty Loan, may well make it impos ,no now to make the second subscrip fors which are at once available. II sa real sacrifice for which the coun r calls" Mir Redfeld continues. He then reminds employees that a menace has arisen in the world which threatens all humnity. It has poi Yred the very soul of the German ,eOpe and made the power which now assesses them one whose rule is in consistent with the peace of the world That evil power has shown itself and k true nature in the deeds which make the rape of Belgium a world hor. nr
 The hideous record left behind by German hand in their retreat in northern Franc speaks eloquently of the nature of the thing we fight This evil thing opposes every ideal in which Americans have been bred. It is hos tle to the spirit of free people; it seeks to dominate them: it would by force impose it's will upon them. 1t b a cruel. ruthless force, and it will get us if We do not destroy it." the Secretary's letter continues.
 Secretary Redfeld then reminds the workers that Americans stand today beside the men of all races and all hlns in a common contest against a Toe that threatens all.
 It is to take part, therefore. in a great human,wide struggle that you are called. It will require sacrifice, S l have said The cause of the sacrifice is worthy one, and it will A0l be made in vain" the Secretary ays in closing his letter, which be. 'aase Of its touching appeal and gen, olle good sense will be given wide. spread publicity throughout the United States.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
SPIRIT OF ISRAEL. PUTNAM IS NEEDED IN ALL RURAL COM.
 MUNlTIES.
LIBERTY CALLED AND HE WENT
Same Spirit of Freedom is Calling 10 American People Today-Are You Responding Like
 Putnam?

The spirit which actuated Israel Putnam more than century ago is what is needed in America today ac- cording to men who are in close touch with the war conditions and the affairs of the United States.
 Putnam was blowing his none-too- productive New England field when horseman dashed up and told him the | tale of the British raid on Lexington. It was seeding time and Putnam's | field demanded immediate care. Did he falter or hesitate? Did he procrastinate? No. He left his team in the field still hitched to the blow and hurried away to answer the call of his country He did not stop to con- sider the cost of leaving. Liberty was at stake and he was off 10 the rescue. Liberty is at stake again Your | liberty and the liberty of the rest of the civilized world. Every day the rural mail brings the story with all it's dread warning along the winding country road to the Israel Putnams of today,
 But they are not in the fields. They are storing their $2 and $3 wheat, their g potatoes and their $2 corn and their $3 onions. They, better than anyone else, know how we'll they are respond ing to the call of liberty.
 But it is time that these men, as we'll as their city brothers awake. Do your bit in placing the second issue of Uncle Sans Liberty Bonds. Uncle Sam is your friend. But he can do only what you assist him accomplish. ing with all your might Get busy, | today. Be an Israel Putnam In your | community.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
POWERFUL ARGUMENT.

In all discussiOns of the liquor Ques, tion there is one powerful argument on the side of those who favor the prohibition of the liquor traffic, wheth- CT the prohibition is applied to a large area or small one, namely, that the man who opposes the sale of liquor is asking nothing for himself except re- lief from injury at the hands of the others, while the man who insists up- on the sale of liquor is asking some thing for himself which cannot be granted without injury to others.-- Kentucky White-Ribbon.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
SUCCESS OF LOAN VITAL
 TO U. S., DECLARES M'AD00

Failure of the present or any sub seuuent issue of bonds during the war with Germany would impair the credit of this country. with disastrous re suits. is the warning being voiced by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in his speaking tour of the country in the interest of the Second Liberty Loan.
 If the credit of the United States is undermined" the Secretary. de clares. what is property worth to the rich man; what is life worth 10 She free nanf'
The Prescott daily news., 1917-10-26
,tAD SIGNED THE PLEDGE.

The artist was ainting-sunset, red, with blue streaks and green dots. The old rustic, at a respectful dis tance. was watching.
 An said the artist, looking up suddenly. perhaps to you, too, na- ture has opened her sky-pictures page by page? Have you seen the lambent flame of dawn leaping across the livid east; the red-stained, sulfurous islets floating in the lake of fire in the west the ragged clouds at midnight, black as a ravens wing, plotting out the shuddering moonP"
 No replied the rustic, shortly; not since l signed the pledge"