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The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
Make Noble Pledge.

Make Noble Pledge.
With this sentiment, as aptfy ex-
pressed by Grand Master of Masons
James W. Witten, imbued in their
hearts more than 5000 Masons Of the
district assembled in Convention Hall
last night threw aside, for the moment.
the mystery veil of their order, and as
an answer to the stirring speeches of
Champ Clark, Speaker Of the House.
Secretary Of the War Baker and Sec
retary OF the Navy Daniels dedicated
In solemn unison a prayer of support
which in years to come may shine in
their, records as one Of the grandest
pledges ever made by their mighty or
ganization.
optismism was the keynste of the
mammoth rally of Masons. and In
accord each Of the speakers made
vigorous and yivifyipg declapations
as to the rosy hue which5fs now
glowing over the international sit
uation.S
I'VE are making a wonder army"
Secretary of War Baker told the
Masons. do not want to make any
comparisons. but I want to take you
in my conidence in this great truth.
U. 8. soldier. Never Famed.
TN the army are the finest se-
lection. of youths which any age
has ever produced.
The American soldier has never
failed to do his duty when freedom
was at stake and liberty in the bal
ance and the aggregation Of men
training in America, mark me, will
kr4a L. g. 1T
try.
"And in conclusion may 1 tell you
that the world will be a more beau
tiful place. a more fertile land to
plant hopes in when this victory Is
won"
THE chief trouble I have as to per-
sonnel.' Secretary of the Navy Dam
iels told his distinguished gathering,
lis that nearly an in the service are
eager to be given assignments where
the peril is greatest and the service
most trying.
Il cannot tell you all that 1 know
now, but must say that when all Is
over you win find that behind the
placing Of our battleships In foreign
waters recently IS a story which will
thrill you and make firm in your mind
the belief that deeds of daring of our
present naval fighters have never be-
fore been surpassed
World, Knows Courage.
The story,of how well hundreds Of
american ships were armed, how the
duty taxed the resource and ingenuity
Of the nsvy, also cannot yet be told.
But all the world knows the spirit
and the courage Of officers sand men
who undertook this new snd DANGER
Gus duty. They realize, too, with q
sense Of sorrow and prids that sonne
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
SSpent $s7s, SOS; Lost Election.

Albany. n. ": Nov. Alt cost the
New York CITY Fusion committee y57s,-
e5 to try to re-elect John Purroy
Mitchell mayor Of New York City. me
committees election expenses were
hlsd today with the secretary or state.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
Masons Pledge All
For United States
Ready to Battle for Undyins Liberty-Notable
Men, Including Secretaries Baker and Dan
iels and Champ Clark, Make Speeches.

femasony was born the of the humanitarian wave
which brought Pilgrim fathers country it has always bad
or human freedom against auocracy and today mould itself
o one grand force to go over the top for unyng eyAmer-
ica's present soaL' ~
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
TEUTONS NOW
ON DEFENSIVE
Berlin Thus Pictures Vene-
tian Campaign-Battle
on Whole Front.

London, Nov. 24.-Italy's lines in the
mountains are still holding firm.
, Fresh attempts by the Teutons to
cross the Piave have been beaten on.
This is the tenth day of the battle
between the Piave and Brenta rivers,
chosen by the Teutons for their at.
tempt to break through. outnumber.
ed and outgunned the Italians are
fighting as on the first day, with in,
describable valor. The losses on both
sides have been terrific. Front dis.
patches agree that the Teuton casual.
ties far exceed the italian.
The weight Of the Austro-German
ionslaughts swung considerabIy to the
westward during the night. and today
the whole eastern Trentino front is
one fire belching cauldron. From the
line between the Pisye and Brenta
rivers the sttackers have switched
the chief momentum of their onslaught
to the front westward from the Brenta
as far as Asiago.
Rome Is JubIlaat.
The Rome war ONCE to the jubila-
ton Of the Italian public and the peo.
piles in all allied countries was again
able to announce today that heavy as
was the Teuton artillery preparation
and stubborn as were the assaults the
assailsnts bit granite everywhere.
Berlin for the first time since the
VenetianNcampaign pictured the situa-
ton as IL the Teutons were on the de-
fensive. All italian attacks failed. the
German war ofice stated.
OflciaI announcement was made
here that Gen. PIumer has been ap.
pointed commander Of the British
troops in Italy. ..
Every message from the front in
Guiding those sent to German and
; Austrian papers by their correspond
ents inspire deep admiration for the
tenacious bravery of the Italians. Like
the French at verdun they have
chosen for their motto the grim re
|. solve, They shall not pass"
The Germans, according 70 one dis
patch, are trying out new typesof
gun In the mountain battle. one OF
large caliber mounted on motors
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
Actor Sued for Divorce

New York. Nov. 24.-Robert Ede-
son. the actor, was sued for divorce
today by George Edeson. Details
of the complaint were not made pub
lie.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
MAKES PROTEST PUBLIC.

In response the denial of the German government that was
responsible for the sinking of relief vessels the
mission made public protest the Imperial German government
dated April g. last. ~
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
u. S. Destroyers Capture
U-Boat and As of Crew
Germans Sink Their Submarine After Sur.
- rendering One of Enemy Dies of
~ Wounds on American Ship.

The United States Navy has strafed submarine r an the world
to This time there shadow of doubt Fory6ye German
oeers and aboard destroyer landed at an a.
he'd port under guard 49,
An American destroyer has laid line aboard prize only to
have the prize wred from her and sunk by German treache
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
OF GERMAN PARENTAGE.

He of German paen,ase and indeed his father was in h
German Before he went to the trenches he used dwell
what terrible thing for him be fighting against his ahe
and fatheand and declared he hoped play passive part in tn
war.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
TEUT0NS SHOOT AWAY HYPHEN
AS SOON AS GERMAN-AMERICAN
PEEPS OVER TOP OF TRENCH
One Glance at Home Folks" Transforms Him
e: Into Angry Yankee-Our Boys Quick to
Use eTricks-Captain Growls at General.
By HEYwo0D BRoUN.

Special Cable to The washinsea Tribune
With the American Army in France. Nov. 2-BIood may b
thicker than water but hasn't the consistency of bullets and
doushboy had the hyphen shot away the front.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
Belgium Proves Germany
Sank Boats Before War
Previous to u. S. Entry Into Conflict Vessels
- - .e ~. -

Further proof how Germany just previous the declaration
By the United Sa numbered people At 81 under promise
give them safe nfoIdsd asdsy b for
the Relief of Belsium. - -. -.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
TEN INJURED
IN ACCIDENTS
Street Car and Auto Coils
ions Cause Trouble In
Downtown Section.

"A Comedy in Errors" might have
been the title Of a two-barrelled ae-
cident which occurred late last night
and resulted In minor INJURIES TO ten
persons.
Beginning at Fifth and H streets
northwest. where a street car and
truck collided. the curtain was not
drawn untir two sets Of injured mea.
had been taken to the Casualty Hes
pital
George Murray. trafic policeman at
Fifth and II streets northwest, took
charge Of the three injured men in
the first accident at his point, hall
ing the automobile Of Robert Down
ing to aid him.
When the party. carrying these in
jured. arrived at North Capitol street
ana Massachusetts, avenue. they col
lided with another automobile, re-
sulting In slight injury 70 each one
in the party. From this point the
Casualty Hospital removed them to
the hospital The second sutomobtle
which figured in the collision was
operated by Lee Hoffecker.
Those Injured.
Those injured are Harry stein. n
Carroll Hotel; CorpL Thomas Kerr.
Quantieo. Va scalp wounds: Thomas
Lee. S2 Aitchellsville. Nd. night side
Of face severely bruised: George Nur-
ray. %. no address. abrasions on face
and sprained back; Charies Dodsop.
%. Oxford Hotel knee injured; Lee
Honeckcr. e. Is Girsrd street north
east sprafned back: Paul Rnzher. -.
y MASSACHUSETTS avenue northwest.
sprzined knees: Alexander GreenfeN
=. oushuco. Va, scalp wounds: Wes-
ley Andersen. 3 internal iniuri8
St Elizabcth.s Asylum; Robert Down
ine, 40 III Kent street northwest
internal inturie&
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
POLICE AMONG VICTIMS,
WlTHSEVERALPRIS
MAIN STATION WRECKED
Ten to. Fifteen Persons injured, Perhaps
Fatally, When Internal Device Explodes
As Detectives Inspect 1t. .

Milwaukee Nov As the result of the accidental discharge of
huge bomb. which had been brought Central police station by
boy. who discovered early the afternoon Italian church.
the police station almost completely wrecked 730 o'clock this
evening and sixteen including detectives and prisoners
killed outright .'
From ten to fifteen seriously fatally injured
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
TONNES SMASH HOLES
IN ENEMY'S RESISTANCE;
KEY TO CAMBRIA TAKEN
Bourbon Wood, Dominating Approaches b
Base, Falls Into British Hands az Flames
Indicate Abandonment of La Eontaine. 4

London. Now n the face Of desperate resistance s6fepe
hourly by General Bns made substantial progress
today its dye Cambria the base the broken ndenburs ne
At last unofficial Bourbon Wood had fallen to the British
La Fontan Noe Dame flames and the village of Moeus
being invested. ...ss sssx,
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
U-BOAT CREW SURRENDERS

The first official bulletin from Secretary Daniels
1t told OF how destroyer. still unnamed sighted perope and
CHARGED the fash
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
ROLL CALL JUST TAKEN.

Roll call had just been called the and of tn
gs best detectives and police officers attendance for
examination Of the bomb which all thought harmless.
After casual examination had been left for thorough npec
Gons roll call
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
IMPORTANT ADVANCES MADE.

Officially in the day bulletin series of important advances were
recorded mainly the northern side of the wedge driven toward
Cambrai
Sir Douglas Hss also announced the of than 100
the drive far. Among them number of heavy field
pieces, up o eight inches IN eaber L.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-25

CONTINUED on PAGE FOUR.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10
Valley viii Break Record

The Arkansas valley hay crop
this year will bring the largest ag-
gregate sum of money into the dis
trict ever realized for any previous
hay crop The first cutting has Just
been harvested and the golden
stream will start shortly. Already
hay buyers are rushing into this
district and bidding for hay One
buyer in Pueblo offered a local hay
contractor SIG a ton for 50 carloads
of the first cutting f. o. b. Pueblo.
1t is estimated that the first cut
ting of alfalfa from the fields Of Pro
wers, Otero, Bent and Pueblo coun-
ties will yield close to 100000 tons.
There are 100000 acres of alfalfa
ready for the mower and the yield
will be close to a ton per acre aver
age. The hay is leafy and succulent
and the finest ever harvested, and
the hay buyers are bidding up the
price. The mills are many of them
Offering $12 a ton delivered at their
doors. At this price the 100000 ton
harvest at the first cutting will
bring the farmers of the four coun.
ties named over S1,OOO,0OO and the
second and third cuttings should
be nearly as valuable.
Last year the Santa Fe railroads
handled out of the four counties 8
total of $4,000 tons of alfalfa meal
and $4,000 tons OF hay. Shipments
this year will be even larger and 9
small portion will be retained BY
the growers for feeding on thu
farms. Pueblo Star-Journal.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10
Estray Advertisement

Notice is hereby given to whom
it may concern that the following
described estray animal was taken
up near Holly, Prowers Co. Colo
on or about July q, 1917. To wit:
One iron grey filley about years
old; weight about 800 pounds, no
visible brand, unbroke. Said ami.
NAL being unknown to this Board
unless claimed by owner on or be
fore August II, 1917 said estray will
be sold by this Board for the bene.
fit of the owner when found.
STATE BOARD OF STOCK IN.
SPECION COMMISSIONERS,
Denver, Colorado
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10
n - - = y : : p l-79- :
The Liberty Loan Cycle

Through the sale OF Liberty Loan
Bonds the United States is barrow
ing large sums of money from its
citizens. it's business men. farmers
bankers, wage ;earners, merchants
manufacturers. The government
collects this money and disburses
it in two ways. Part it expends it.
self and part it loans our allies
The United States and these other
governments spend it for American
products and American labor and
it goes back directly into the hands
of the people. the American bust
ness man, farmer, banker, wage
erner, merchant and manufacturer.
This is the cycle John Smith the
farmer and Thomas Brown the
wage Garner each has purchased a
Liberty Bond paying down the ini-
tial payment Q. ? rer cent. On June
2Sth they made the 1S per cent pay
ment, acpOsitilg the amount in
their banks and sending checks to
\ the Federal Reserve Bank of their
district. The Federal Reserve Bank
collects the check and redeposits
the money with the local banks.
/ Later the Treasury Department
draws against it and the money is
again lodged with the Federal Re
serve Bank. 1t is almost Immediate
\ ly withdrawn from the Federal Re
serve Bank either by the United
States or by some foreign govern
ment engaged in war with Germany
to which the United States has ad-
vanced money and is paid out for
American products or labor. Some
of it is spent for farm products and
raw material, and some Of it for
manufactured products, thus 60
ing back into the hands of Ameri-
can citizens.
Therefore the money paid in by
the above mentioned John Smith
and Thomas Brown on June 2Sth
in part payment off their Liberty
Loan Bonds may have gotten back
into their hands in time to make
up part Of their payments made
July 30th.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10

ments for the big watermelon pile
will be looked after by the citizens
OF Rocky Ford, but the booster"
trips are in charge of the fair as
sociati0n and the dates of the same
were set this week: On Wednesday,
Aug. %. the County Boosters trip
will be pulled off and the boosters
trip to Pueblo will take place a
week later, on Wednesday, Aug. 80.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10
stomach and Liver troubles

No end of misery and actual suf-
fering is caused by disorders Of the
stomach and liver, and may be
avoided by the use Of Chamber
lain's Tablets. Give them a trial.
They only cost quarter
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10

Fly covers. fly screen, fly traps, fly
poison at The Holly Hardware.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10

Ladies and Misses vests TOR ten,
fifteen and twenty-five cents at the
Bargain Store
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10

I have few new cultivators that
| wish to close out for only $25. See
me before they are gone. C. A. Pink
ham.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10

Here's what you have been look
ing for-Men's dress shirts for only
so and Is cents at the Bargain
Store.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-10

Be sure to read the advertise
ments In the Chieftain.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-03
COLORED SAMMIES
GIVEN GRAND RECEPTION
By Denver Red Cross Units and Women
Service League on Their Departure
for Camp Funston.

discipline. Through the kindness
of Secretary Bell of the Y. M.
C. A. the band was in attendance,
discoursing patriotic airs during the
proceedings and at the close led the
tives, friends and well-wishers,
marched to the martial strains that
echoed and re-echoed from the build
ings on the streets and boulevards
along the route to the Union depot.
Gift-boxes and numerous other arti-
cles were given the men by number
'kerchiefs and the expressions of
goodbye, ETC., they departed for their
training ground at Camp Funston,
cheered and encouraged to accomplish
the task that lies before them. The
following telegram sent to Mrs Isa-
bella Stewart last Monday expresses
the appreciation of the men:
Junction City, Kansas, october 20
We, the Colored Drafted Men of Delta,
Lake LaPlata, Mesa, ElPaso, Colorado
Springs, Huerfano, Pueblo, Gilpin,
Morgan, Rout, Boulder, Weld and
Miller counties beg to thank the Den
yer Red Cross and Women Service
League for the royal send-off and en-
tertainment given us there.
]. A. TISNEY,
A. l.. Brandon,
Committee.
Having started in a good cause let
us not stop here, but continue our
good works by keeping in touch with
our men. A card, a line, etc, will
help.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-03
HIGH HONORS TO A
WORTHY MINISTER
AND SOLDIER.
(Topeka Plaindealer)

1t is now Major George w.
Prioleau. Chaplain Prioleau is
we'll known. He is now located
in the Hawaiian Islands, station
ed with the Twenty-fifth United
States infantry at Schofield bar
racks. Born in South Carolina,
educated in Wilberforce Univer-
sity and other institutions of
higher training in Ohio, serving
as professor in Wilberforce
University and as minister of the
gospel, he has advanced steadily
until, by exceptional efficiency
he has attained the highest rank
of any colored man in the active
service of the United States army
at the present time. He is ma
ior in the 25th Infantry, one of
the four regiments of colored
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-03

soldiers in the service of Uncle
Sam.
Chaplain George w. Prioleau
was appointed in 1895 and assign
ed to Special recruiting duty for
the 9th cavalry for service in the
Spanish American war. In 1899
he was sent to the Philippines,
where he remained two years.
In 1907 he was returned to the
Philippines and spent another two
years. When he was returned
to the United States he joined
the 9th cavalry at Fort d. A.
Russell, but was transferred to
the Tenth cavalry in 1911 and
was stationed on the Mexican
border. In June, 1916, he was
assigned to the 25th infantry at
Schofield barracks, Hawaiian Is
lands, where he has served eff
cheney and well, and earned
the nomination for the grade
of major. He was nominated
Augusta, and was confirmed by
congress a few days ago.
The motto of the 25th infantry
is Country, Duty, Honor. In
his work in the army Chaplain
Prioleau has carried out his part
of that motto to the letter. and
that accounts for the lofty posi-
ton.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-03

Just at this point it would be in
teresting to trace the origin and de-
velopment of ragtime, but that we
must pass over. l go straight to the
statement that ragtime is the one ar
tistic production by which America is
known the world over. 1t has been all
conquering, and is everywhere hailed
as American music
"Of course, there are those who will
deny that it is an artistic production.
American musicians, especially, in
stead of investigating ragtime, dismiss
it with a contemptuous word. But
that has always been the course of
scholasticism in every branch of art.
Whatever new thing the people like
is pooh-poohed; whatever is popular
is spoken Of as not worth while. The
fact is, nothing great or enduring,
especially in music, has ever sprung
full-fledged and unprecedented from
the brain of any master; the best that
he gives to the world he gathers from
the hearts of the people, and runs it
through the alembic of his genius.
"In spite of the bans which musi-
clans and teachers have placed upon
it, the people still demand and enjoy
ragtime. One thing can not be de-
MED: it is music which possesses at
least one strong element of greatness;
it appeals universally; not only the
American, but the English, the French
and even the German people, find de-
light in it.
"In fact, there is not corner of
the civilized world in which it is not
known, and this proves its originality,
for il it were an imitation, the people
of Europe at least would not have
found it a novelty. And it is proof of
a more important thing; it is proof
that ragtime possesses the vital spark,
without which any artistic production,
no matter how approved its form may
be, is dead"
In spite of the amount of worth
less, vicious imitation" Mr.. Johnson
contends that there is enough that is
genuine, mentioning "The Memphis
Blues" where he thinks "the musician
will find not only great melodic
beauty, but a. polyphonic structure
that is amazing" Continuing:
81 have spoken of The Memphis
Blues as composition. Strictly
speaking, it is not a composition. The.
name of the composer printed on the
copies is Handy, who is a Negro mu-
sician of Memphis; but The Memphis
Blues is one of those Negro songs
which. like 'Topsy, jest grew How
ever, that is another story.
1--WE are all familiar with the great
influence that ragtime has had on
music in America. Most people will
recognize that influence on the musi-
cal comedy stage, but not many know
that ragtime has even influenced our
religious music. l do not know how
many of us here are familiar with
Gospel hymns, but if you are, you can
at once see the great difference be-
tween the songs of thirty years ago.
such as In the Sweet Bye and Bye,
The Ninety and Nine etc, and the
up-to-date, syncopated tunes that are
sung in Sunday-schools and like meet
ings today.
Now, these dances which l have re-
ferred to in passing and ragtime music
may be lower forms of art, but they
give evidence of power that will
some day be applied to the higher
forms. Even now we need not stop at
The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-03

~R u E HEARTED, wholehearted
loyalty, resulting in an action in
Il common was evidenced last Sat
urday evening at Shorter A. M. E.
church when more than fifty of our
Colorado young men sat down to
real and rare treat in the form of
dinner given under the auspices of
the Red Cross Society and Women
Service League "And a dinner it
was" as the specially prepared sump-
tuous repast under the management
of Denver's notable chef, Jerry b.
Chisolm, appealed in no uncertain
manner to the appetites of the guests
who were about to depart for Camp
Funston to bear our portion of the ma
tion's burden and which appeal met
a generous response by the expression
of satisfaction on the faces of our
Colored Sammies, and their apprecia-
ton of such thoughtful actions, dem
onstrating the keen attachment and
the mutually existing among those
called to the front and those who re-
main at home.
The table was in the shape OF
cross while decorations of white and
yellow chrysanthemums in profusion
lent an appetizer to the meal
to be served and the service
which was rendered by members
of the above societies, white and
colored, brought home vividly the
oneness of purpose, the unuify-
ing of forces, the common ground,
that must be taken if our arms are to
be victorious in this World Conflict.
Among those who rendered valuable
services were Mrs. Thomas Kelley,
Mrs. w. w. Grant and others repre-
senting the white branches of the Red
Cross and Service League, while Mrs.
Isabella Stewart and her faithful
corps of workers maintained the usual
representation of doing in an unself-
ish manner all in their power to prove
our devotion to our country at all
times and under all circumstances,
creating a greater impression of Ne
gro support to their fellowmen in
times of stress and peril.
Revs. C. A. Williams and D. E. Over
pastors of Shorter and Zion churches
respectively, gave encouraging patri-
otic speeches with touch of military
vim. and Major Campbell, of the State
Guards stirred an enthusiasm in the
hearts of all present by emphasizing
our responsibility to the nation and
our duty to ourselves. Commander
walter Vernell, on behalf of the Span
ish-American War Veterans, gave
every encouragement in offering
adyices in obedience to military