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The Denver star., 1917-11-24
coLoRED woMEN-ArrENrloN.

Our soldiers have never let the old
flag fall. Will you? Your country
needs you, your men need you, the
National League for Woman's Service
needs you. Come to the Thrift House
next Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
2O4 w. Colfax avenue, and register in
the National League for Woman's 8
Service. We need fifty women just
like you to knit and do surgical dress
ing work. Don't be a Stacker Free
instructions. No fees.
The Denver star., 1917-11-24
THANKSGIVING DINNER AT

THANKSGIVING DINNER AT
HOTEL WEST, 7oe 2sth ST.
Roast Pork and candied Yam Pota-
toes.
Steamed Goose and Chestnut Dress
ing.
Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce.
Fried Spring Chicken and Cream Gra-
vey.
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce and
Oyster Dressing.
Wild Ducks with Potato Dressing.
Gatherings with old fashioned slaw
Pumpkin Pies with Whip Cream.
Mince Branded Pies.
Frozen Eggnog.
Vanilla and Chocolate Ice Cream and
Assorted Cakes
o my! o me! o my! Umph! Umph!
The Denver star., 1917-11-24

Reserve your rooms for the winter
at the Dunbar, 1887 Arapahoe street;
steam heat, baths and up-to-date serv-
ice. Victor Walker, Prop.
The Denver star., 1917-11-24
STAND SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER. 80

Negroes. you know the necessity OF
teamwork in time Of war. Never has,
in the history OF the United States,
organization been so absolutely i'm
perative and recent events in the in
dustrial mining and commercial
world have shown the driving power
of effective organization, intelligently
directed than at the present time.
Many and numerous have the calls
been made for the Negroes by our
government Many more will be
made before this war is over. Get
yourselves ready for the effective
ness of an organization depends abso-
lutely unon the cooperation it re-
ceives from the individual. When all
NEGROES combine and work hand-in-
hand. there is nothing that We can
not do We invite the Negroes to
assist in the providing of an ambu-
lance for the war by the Negroes of
this c'-g The Colored part of the
Woman eervice League will be glad
to reco've your hslp.
IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE ON
THE VAR. GO TO THE FRONT. IF
YOU WANT TO TALK RELIGION,
GO - CHURCH: BUT IF YOU
WANT 80 PRINTING. AOvERTIs.
ING. or TO READ A NEwsY, RACE
PAper riiEN CALL UP THE DEN-
YER aTAs IND IT WILL DO THE
REST
The Denver star., 1917-11-24
LET US GIVE THANKS UNTO THE
LORD.

Our nation, our state, and our city
has been blessed extremely well this
year. We have had bounteous crops,
excellent year for mining and oil de-
velopment, grand year for commercial
and building activities, besides We
have had very little sorrow and not
many labor disputes nor great catas-
trophies. But we have enjoyed some
of Gods choicest blessings. He has
permitted us to send our sons and
daughters to Russia, France, Italy and
England, some on the battle line, while
some are alleviating the cares of the
fever-stricken or brokenhearted. In
Colorado, through the broadness OF
mind and big heartedness of our own
Governor julius C. Gunter, thousands
of dollars have been put into our
hands. men in civil life have been
greatly honored in ranks and in posi-
tions which pay good coin. We have
much to be thankful for. Therefore,
let us reverently spend the day in
silence and meditation, tacitly thank
ing God as we count our many bless
ings which money cannot buy.
The men of Color have, through the
efforts of few aggressive and pro-
gressive leaders, come together and
formed non-profiting civic and COM
mercial body to look more intimately
after the needs of Colorado and her
citizens of color who intend business
ventures later on. The time is very
opportune; the field is promising and
the men at the heads of affairs seem
to appreciate the honors and burdens
cast upon them and are going about
their tasks of more thoroughly per-
fecting the organization with cheer
full hearts and much zest. Rev. D. E.
over was elected president, Father
Brown, vice-president; DR.. ]. H. P.
Westbrook, secretary, and Lawrence
H. Lightner, the treasurer. The di-
rectorate is as follows Rev. Over,
o. T. Jackson, l.. H. Lightner, A. A.
Waller, John Kigh, S. A. Bondurant,
DR.. j. H. P. Westbrook, Walter
Prichette and Father Brown. The
Star thinks the movement Is a good
thing and is asking that the Denver
Negroes get busy and join. Let every
business man and woman join and
help build up Denver from business
standpoint. We shall give you more
information as the meetings prosper.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
KEET BABY POISONED
PiersoI Says PIotters Gave Child
Drug.
Twelve Others Implicated in Abduc-
tion CaseSPIanned to Seize
Banker

Springfield, Mo-, Dec. 24.-Claude
G. PiersOl convicted kidnaper Of
Baby Lloyd Keet, has confessed to
Sheriff Mackey, asserting the baby
was killed by drug administered by
the mysterious Riley" to keep it
quiet.
The signed confession, made pub
lie, duplicates II other persons, includ-
ing those now under arrest.
Make Adams, seventeen years old,
recently released on a charge of at
tempting to kidnap G. A. Clement, was
rearrested as a result of Piersol's con-
fessiOn. Other warrants have been is
sued.
Piersol, only twenty years old, who
vowed, with a moose around his neck,
that he was innocent, and won mercy
from mob bent on lynching him, re-
vealed a wholesale abduction plot.
]. Holland Keet, the baby's father,
was to have been kidnapped when he
met the kidnapers to deliver the
$4,000 ransom demanded.
Ed. L. Sanford, vice president of
the Holland Banking company and
chairman of the state highway COM
mission, also was marked for abduc-
ton. He was to have been held for
100000 ransom.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
GIFTS
FOR U. S.F.GHTERS
Every Man in the Service Wheth-
er Land or Sea viii Re-
CeiVe Token.
TURKEY FOR PERSHING ARMY
Six Hundred and Fifty Tons of Pres
ents for Expedition Opened To-
day-Preparations Made for
Big Feast.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Every Ameri-
can soldier and sailor, whether at
home, abroad or on the seas, will get a
Christmas token and dinner Of turkey
with "fXings" this year. A statement
issued by the committee on public in
formation telling of the preparations
indicates eXpeditiOnary forces in
France number approximately $4,000
men.
The great consignment of Christmas
gifts, according to advices from Gen
eral Pershing, were received on time.
The statement in part follows:
transports have carried to France
approximately $50 tons of Christmas
gifts for the men Of the expeditionary
forces through special arrangements
made by the governments
Over $4,000 Articles Sent.
'In addition to the gifts, great num-
ber were sent directly through the
mails, and it is estimated that the
Americans in France received in ex-
cess of $4,000 separate Christmas
packages.
"All Of the gift parcels were opened
at an American port and their con-
tents examined to prevent possible
transmission of dangerous articles
which might have been sent by enc
mics. Officials in charge of this work
say that the home folk sent their men
@ wide assortment of remembranceS
most of which were appropriate for
immediate use and ministered to the
comfort of men exposed to camp or
trench life.
''The government shipped abroad for
the Christmas dinner of all American
troops hundreds of thousands of
pounds of turkey of the best quality
purchased in the markets of the East
and refrigerated on the ships, togeth-
er with great quantities of cranber-
rice sweet potatoes and mince meat.
Turkey Arrives Safely.
"These supplies were consigned to
the chief quartermaster of the eXpedi-
tionary forces in France. The last of
the several ships which transported
the Christmas dinner supplies arrived
safely at a port in France early last
week. According to the chief of the
embarkation service at Washington
there was temporary disturbance of
land communication in France during
the past week which delayed the dis
tribution of the supplies to the men.
but they reached their destination in
ample time and the expeditionary
forces will eat turkey and cranberry
sauce on Christmas day."
To-day for the first time in many
years there will be little opportunity
for the bluejackets to obtain leave for
spending their Christmas at home.
On this account extraordinary prepar-
ations have been made to insure the
best Christmas dinner that supplies
from home markets can provide for
the men of all the vessels of the raw.
from the battleships of the fleet to
the smallest submarine chaser in Eu
ropean waters"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
CANADA PUTS BAN ON LIQUOR
No Importations in Dominion After To-
day, Saws Borden,

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 24-Importation
of Intoxicating liquors into Canada af-
ter Monday next is prohibited and their
manufacture will be prohibited after a
date to be determined later, Premier
Borden officially announced. The pre-
mier said there would be an investiga-
ton and consideration Of the condi-
tions in the liquor industry before the
date for prohibition of manufacture is
decided upon. The ban will remain in
force during the war and for one year
after conclusion Of peace. The action
was taken, the premier stated, by vir-
tue of "the unmistakable mandate"
given the government December II
(the date of the Canadian election) for
the vigorous prosecution of the war
and for "the employment of all the
country's energies and resources neces-
sary to achieve victory. Any liquor or
beverage containing more than 2h per
cent alcohol shall be regarded as in
toxicating liquor and banned under the
new order.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
BLAMES GEN. CROzIER
Col. Lewis, Inventor of Machine
Gun, Testifies.
Declares Ordnance Bureau Has Al
ways Been Hostile to His Weapon
Browning Gun Untried.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Sol Isaac
Lewis, inventor of the machine gun
which bears his name, in testimony be-
fore the senate military affairs commit
tee, blames General CroZier for the
failure to supply guns to the Ameri-
can forces now in France and declared
the war department is "cursed with
Crozierism.'
Preceding Colonel Lewis, E. E. Borie,
president of the Savage Arms COM
pany, which manufactures the Lewis
gun, told the committee that even after
the United States had entered the war
the army ordnance bureau had refused
his offer of thousands of these guns,
which were eagerly snapped up by the
navy.
Colonel Lewis was even more graph
ic in his description of official inepti-
tude in the war department and more
bitter in his denunciation. of it.
."The responsibility for these shame
full conditions rests on the ordnance
bureau" he said, "and General Crozier
is more responsible than any man liv-
ing for the present obsolete and in
adequate equipment of the American
army"
Among other statements made by
Colonel Lewis were these:
''The American forces in Europe
have no guns except those they got
from France.
''The Browning gun, which was
adopted by the war department ex-
lists only on paper and is figment of
the imagination.
1.-THE ordnance bureau has always
been hostile to Lewis guns; it has re-
garded them with suspicion, notwith-
standing thousands are in use in Eu.
rope"
Colonel Lewis said that although his
gun had been offered to the United
States free of royalty and other
charges, the influence of General Gro
zier in the department had been suf-
fcient to cause the offer to be reject
ed. He said he is ready now to end
the controversy and will make further
efforts to have this country adopt the
use of his gun.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24

London, Dec. 24.-The Christian peo-
pie OF the world received Christmas
greeting from the soldiers of General
Allenby. 1t was the first detailed ac-
count of how the British troops wrest-
ed from the dominion of the Turks the
city of Bethlehem, where 1000 years
ago was born the Savior.
The news comes in a dispatch from
reuters correspondent at Jerusalem.
1t says:
"One Of the most brilliant pieces of
work during the recent operations was
the capture of Bethlehem. The Turks
had strong Notifications here with nu-
merous field guns on the outskirts of
the town.
1.-The troops which had been ordered
TO take the town deployed by night
far to the left, threatening the Turkish
line of retreat and compelling the
Turks to withdraw. Welsh troops then
entered Bethlehem at daybreak."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
BANK PRESIDENT
KILLS CASHIER
Fatal Duel With Pistols FOUGHT in
Bank Building at
Peoria, III.
WIFE ARRIVES TOO LATE
Berne M. Mead Slain bY Edward A.
Strause Over Fight for fresiden-
cy of State Trust and Saw
ings Bank.

Peoria, H., Dec. 24.-Berne M.
Mead, cashier of the State Trust and
Savings bank Of Peoria, was shot and
Killed by Edward A. Strause, president
OF the bank, in revolver duel in the
bank building at noon Sunday.
Business jealousy over the honor of
being named president of the bank
at meeting scheduled for next week
Is believed to have been at the bot
tom of the killing. Mead was heavy
stOckholder in the bank, and so is
Strause. There had been bitter feel
ing between them for the last two
months over control of stock.
Hear Three Shots.
At noon pedestrians, hearing loud
talking in the bank, stopped and gath
cred about the windows. A few min
utes later the crowd scattered when
three shots were fired The police were
called
While Doctor We'll was examining
the body Mrs. Mead, having an ap-
pointment with her husband, drove up
in her automobile. She heard specta-
tors say that her husband had been
murdered. The police refused to let
her enter the building. She threat
ened to break through the glass door
and was finally admitted.
Strause Is Locked Up.
Strause was taken to the police sta
ton, where he was locked in the pri-
vate Office of the chief. His lawyers,
Frank Quinn and Joseph We'll, after
a conference, said the banker would
make statement later.
Strause was booked on a charge
of murder. He gave his age as forty
six and his nationality as American.
Mead was about forty-five.
From what was learned by Detec-
tive Clifford, the men must have had
a short, fierce struggle. The men
fought behind closed DOORS One shot
had been fired from Mead's revolver
and two from Strause's.
Coroner Elliott has begun an in
vestigation.
Rivalry for Office.
1t is declared that Strause was
about to be deposed as president of
the bank, and Mead was slated to
take his place. Mead held 100000 of
the bank stock and Strause held $1O,-
900, it is said. Friends believe per-
sonal ambition explains the tragedy.
Directors Issue Statement.
The directors, called together hur-
riedly, issued the following statement:
''The tragedy was, to our knowledge
due solely to a personal grievance be-
tween the two men, which extended
over two or three years.
"The basis was friction. resulting
from the fact that Mr.. Mead, large
stockholder, was serving as cashier I'M
der Mr. Strause, the president, who had
smaller interests"
The statement then says the negotia-
tions had been pending for ten days in
| which Mr.. Mead offered to buy out Mr.
Strause's S1O,0O6 stock for $4,000.
The bank is solvent, the statement
says:
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
SECRET SERVICE HEAD QUITS
J. Flynn May Be Appointed Police
Chief of Gotham.

New York, Dec. 24.-After it had
been announced that William J. Flynn,
chief of the United States secret serv-
ice. was considered by Mayor-elect
Hylan for police commissioner, and
his appointment, it was learned that
he rendered his resignation to the
treasury department a month ago.
Overwork in running down German
spies, enemy aliens, and counterfeiters
was the reason he gave for asking to
be relieved of his duties.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
SHIP TORPEDOED; 1O1 PERISH

British Steamer Stephen Furness Sunk
in the Irish Sea.
London, Dec. 24.-One hundred and
one lives were lost when the British
armed steamship Stephen Furness was
sunk by German submarine in the
Irish channel, according to official an
nouncement here. Six officers and 95
men were drowned The Stephen
Furness was of 1,721 gross tons, and
owned by the Tyne Tees Shipping COM
pany, Ltd, of New Castle. She was
one of the many merchantmen that
have been refitted by the admiralty
for naval uses. She was built in 1910.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
GERMANS GAIN IN FLANDERS
British Advanced Posts Driven Back
700 Yards

London, Dec. 24.-An attack in force
by the Germans in Flanders was an
nounced in a dispatch from Field Mar
shall Haig. The Teutons struck the
British front in the neighborhood of
the Ypres-Staden railroad.
Field Marshal Haig admits his ad-
vanced posts were driven in over a
front of 700 yards.
The German onslaught came after
terrific bombardment, AMI was made
under cover Of thick and deadly bar
rage fire.
Marshal Haig's message adds that
great artillery activity was kept up all
throughout the night between Ghela-
voli and Polecappelle, on the ridge east
of Ypres.
The Paris war office reported a flare
up of large scale raiding activity on
the part of the Germans. All these en-
terprises were repulsed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
GOTHA DOWNED BY BRITISH
Three Germans Captured During Raid
on Enqland.

London Dec. PA German air
plane was brought down and its crew
of three captured in one of two Ger
man raids, announced by Viscount
French, commander in chief of home
defense forces.
The first attempted raid was over
the Kentish coast, the enemy flyers
OF this party of aerial bomb-drOppers
one machine, Gotha, was downed
The second raid occurred at 9:30 o.
m. A few bombs were dropped over
the Isle of Thanet.
mo casualties and no damages were
said.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
2 SOLDIERS PERISH AT SEA
Pershing Says U. S. Men Were Swept
Off Transport.

Washington, Dec. "a. General
Pershing reported the loss of two SOL
diers swept overheard and drowned
from a transport at sea December II.
and the death of two others from
gunShot wounds.
The men lost at sea were:
Samuei II. Kehl, corporal, engi-
neers; mother, Mrs. Lefty Andrews,
Shenandoah, Pa.
William F. Smith, private, engineers:
aunt, Mrs Amanda Taylor, Chicago.
Those who died of wounds were:
Grover Goodall, sergeant, headuuar-
tiers train, December 10; mother, Mrs.
Ellen Goodall <kahron, Pa.
William Fauntleroy, stevedore regi-
ment, December 20; father, George
Fauntleyroy, Kingsdale, Va.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
BuIlet-Proof Tires.

Experiments made at the North
western Military and Naval academy
apparently show that our best pneu-
matte automobile tires are fairly i'm
mune from injury from rifle bullets,
and it would be interesting to know
how much trouble has been expert
pean front, says the Scientific Ameri
can. 1t is probable, however, that this
is the least of the causes of trouble,
and that punctures resulting from
running over rough ground, and the
debris of battle wrecked villages are
far more serious
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
Friends in Need,

Gov. Thomas E. Campbell, in an
argument in favor of an excess profit
tax said in Phoenix:
"These fellows are great friends
of the government, but when it comes
to being taxed, why, then-then
they're like Murphy.
"'Cheer up, man!' said Murphy to
DoOley. 'Yez look as if yez didn't
have a friend in the whole wurrld.'
"'Oi haven't, nayther,' Dooley
groaned.
"'G'wanr cried Murphy heartily.
If it amt money yez want to borry,
ON as good a frind as ever yez had
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
LATINS CONTINUE TO GAIN
Italians Take More Ground From Teu-
tons in Counter Drive.

London, Dec 24.-The Italian forces
between the Brenta and Piave rivers
in northern Italy continued their coun-
ter drive in the Monte Asolone re-
gion and wrested from the enemy fur
ther ground, Rome announced. Picked
troops from General Diaz's army corps
were sent against the positions recent
ly won by the invaders and achieved
remarkable success in the face of ad-
verse atmospheric conditions. The
newly won ground was held against a
strong AustroGerman counter stroke,
the italian statement says.
The Berlin war office, while acknowl-
edging that the Teuton forces are still
confined to the defensive, asserts that
the Italian assaults broke down before
heavy battery fire.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
FLEEING GERMAN is KILLED
c. n. Feige Slain by U. S. Troops
on Mexican Bor2er

El Paso, Tex, Dee. 24-CharleS Ii.
Feige, the German who was shot and
killed by Il United States army patrol
While attempting to elude the patrols
and escape to Mexico, was a graduate
of the. University of Wisconsin's cleo
trical engineering school in 1906, ac-
rOrding to statement found on his
person. A bank book showing deposits
in a savings bank of New York was
also found, as were other papers and
diagrams which were withheld by the
army authorities.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
"GERMANS TAKE NEW YORK"
Story Told to kaiser's Soldiers, Says
American.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 24.-JOhn A.
Clarke, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
j. Clarke of Baltimore, now with the
American troops in France, in letter
dated November 81, writes:
"The other day crowd of us were
talking some of the German prison
ers. One expressed great surprise on
being told that the American arms
were meeting with success The poor
fellow had been told that the German
army had invaded the United States,
captured New York, and was march
ing VIGOROUSLY on to Washington"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
PEACE CONFERENCE OPENED
BY CENTRAL POWERS TODAY

Brest-Lftovsk if the diplomats arrive
at an agreement, in which case he will
endeavor to assemble all the sover-
eigns and regents of Europe in a peace
conference, as was done after the Ma
poleonic wars.
"'The emperor is credited with hav-
ing declared that everybody wants
peace, and that the future offers so
many great tasks that all states must
cooperate in them"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
u S. MEN TO WAR ON SPIES
Federal Officials Meet to Map Out
Campaign Against Foes.

New York, Dec. pas the result
of revelations within the last "a hours
of the greatest drive of German propa-
gandists and spies yet known in this
country, four federal officials here
have been called to meet today to map
out new and wider campaign against
enemy agents.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
National Committee to Meet.

Washington, Dec. 24.-It was an
nounced at Republican national COM
mittee headquarters that Chairman
Wilcox has called a meeting of the
committee in st. Louis on February
12. 1t is understood Chairman Wilcox
recently has told friends pressure Of
other business makes it desirable for
him to retire.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
PlOTTERS SENT TO PRISON
A. c. kaltschmidt and Four Others
Sentenced for Conspiracy,

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 24-Albert G.
Kaltschmidt and four accomplices. who
were found guilty of conspiracy in
connection with German dynamite
plots, have been sentenced by Judge
Tuttle as follows:
Kaltschmidt, four years in Leaven-
worth penitentiary and $4,000 fine;
Fritz Neef, two years in Leavenworth
penitentiary and $4,000 fine, Ida
Kaltschmidt Neef, three years in De-
troit house of correction, $4,000 fine !;
Carl Schmidt, two years in Leaven-
worth, $4,000 fine; Maria Schmidt,
two years in Detroit house of correc-
ton, $4,000 fine.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
FIRE DESTROYS ARMS PLANTS
Spy Blamed for $5Oo,ooo Blaze at Bos-
ton-TWo Watchmen Die.

Boston, Dec. PA fire destroyed
two munitiOn plants. The damage is
set at s5OO,OOO. Officials expressed the
belief that a spy started the fire in an
effort to destroy not only the munition
plants but the naval training station
near by. An investigation is under
way. The fire destroyed the plant Of
the Crucible Steel Company of Ameri-
ca, where shells were manufactured,
the plant of the Boston Scale Machine
company and spread to other struc-
lures. Two watchmen are believed to
have periShed.