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The Denver star., 1917-02-17
NEGROES MANNING
SWITCH ENGINES

Colored men engineers, fire.
men and brakemen are hand
ling the switch engines and
cars at Scullin Galagher's
Steel Plant of this city.
According to information,
about February 1 the white
crew went on a strike for
higher wages. Their places
were filled temporarily by
Colored men who came from
the South, who had some ex-
perience along these lines.
For fear that the railroad
company would refuse to fur
nish cars, the white men we're
put back on the Job. with con-
tinued dissatisfaction to all
concerned.
A conference was held, and
as soon as the officials of the
steel plant were given assur-
ance from the railroad CON-
panies that there would be no
interference on their part. the
white men were Immediately
dismissed and their places
were filled by Colored men.
These Colored men feel as
sured that their positions are
permanent. as they have this
promise from the official ol
the company. who has always
kept his word.-Kansas City
Sun,
The Denver star., 1917-02-17
Kansas Senator Introduces
Segregation Bill
KILLED IN COMMITTEE

The loyal white and color
ed people of Kansas will be
proud to note that the Senate
committee on Cities Of the
Second Class put a bomb un
der the Sparks House bill No.
50 offered by Sparks of Ga
lena. to segregate colored
children in schools of cities of
the second class. 1t was in
tended to slip the bill through
without the colored people
getting wise as to what was
going on. and as soon as the
news reached us that the mat
ter was before the House we
got busy and though the bill
passed the House with six a
bove a constitutional majority
with a great number of Re-
publlcans voting for it which
was a surprise to us, we knew
that the Senate was safe and
sound, and the matter was tax
en- up Immediately with the
Senate committee and they
submarined the bill IN a quiet
manner.
The Denver star., 1917-02-17
OPPORTUNITY FOR
NEGRO LABOR

Rochester, N. Y.-Roches
ter and neighboring towns are
in need of colored help. The
servant girl question, in partic
ular, is a source of concern,
and seventy five girls are want
ed at once. Suitable arrange
ments can be made as to trans
portation. Many have been
trained and are able so cook
and do general word. The
only obligation on the part of
the housewife is to advance
$14 to pay two thirds of the
girls fare, which the girl a
grees to have deducted from
her wages after she arrives
here.
Domestic help has been one
of the most serious problems
confronting the local branch
of the State Employment
Bureau. The Office has a
large unsatished demand for
girls for factory work, with or
without experience. Power
machine operators. pocket
makers and hand sewers may
procure positions in clothing
factories. Other positions op
en- for women are: Shirt max
ers. bindery girls. laundry
workers. weavers and girls to
learn weaving. sock liner, pas
try cook, mattresses, general
girls. second girls, child S
nurse and laundresses.
Positions are open for men
as follows: Harnessmaker,
boys 1917 years old for fact
ory and errand work, electri
clan (able to do winding), ma
chine operators on pants, bak
ers, hotel cooks. planten press
feeders and platen rressmen /.
Schenectady. N. Y.-The
industrial opportunities here
for Negro labor are particular
ly good. In Troy. Glovers
vile and neighboring towns
there are many openings tor
efficient colored help.
The Denver star., 1917-02-17

al characters as those of our
departed leaders. Women.
the world. our Country, our
State and even Denver is cry
ing for efficiency. brains and
ideals thought out and prac
ticed. The Nation is looking
to Colorado to do her full
duty. Let us make some big.
broad Western Women OF
sterling character and brain.
famous.
The Denver star., 1917-02-17

Over 900 Negroes leaving
the South have come to Peo
ria, Ill. One hundred and
fifty of them have secured
employment at the Keystone
Structural Iron works near
South Bartonville.
The Denver star., 1917-02-17
WHY nor EM|GRA7E
FROM THE SOUTH +?
Will They Stand For 1t?

We learn from the Atlanta
Independent that the Board
of Education of Atlanta a
short while ago abolished the
eighth grade in the colored
public schools of that city.
and that the abolishment of
the seventh grade is now con-
templated. We understand
that the Board proposes to
substitute industrial training
in place of the work of these
two grades. At the same
time it is given out that new
Junior High School for white
children will be provided.
The Independent charges
that this additional grade is
being taken from the colored
schools in order to allow tor
the establishment OF the new
white school.
In Atlanta there are high
schools, technical schools,
and all other kinds Of schools
for white children. The col
ored children have no
high school and now their
grammar schools are being
gradually reduced to mere
primary work. Against this
high-handed action the lnde-
endent comes out in a strong
editorial in which it says:
There is no need Of parley-
ing, no need of yes-sir, boss.
with hat in hand, no need OF
cringing, but like men and
citizens, meet the Board OF
Education and tell the author
tiles what is in our minds.
Not insultingly,n not offensive
ly, but stand upon our rights
as mec, as citizens and as tax
PAYERS and ask that we be CIV
en- that which the law provid-
&c for us. The Board Of Ed
ucation has no authority in
law or morals to withhold
from the Negro child any
rights granted the white child
We ought not to stand tor It,
and we will not stand tor 1t.
This expresses exactly what
the people of Atlanta should
do. i he trouble has been that
in most communities where
we are treated in the manner
in which the Atlanta colored
people are being treated we
have not talked to the white
people who were responsible.
and placed our demands be-
fore them properly. The In
denendent editorial calls up
on the colored people of At
lanta to take precisely the at
t;tude that ought to be taken
in such a case. This is a Sit
nation in which a cringing
supplication would be as de-
grading as a silent submission
It's situation that calls tor a
straightforward statement OF
the two top grades of their
Grammar schools there is no
reason to suppose that the
Board of Education will not
ultimately reduce these
schools down to the three pri
mary grades or abolish gram
mar schools for colored child
rem entirely. Will they stand
for it2-N. Y. Age.
The Denver star., 1917-02-17

"Our Country! In her in
tercourse with foreign nations
may she always be in the
the right: but our country,
right or wrong. Stephen
Decatur.
The Denver star., 1917-02-17
CITY FEDERATION
GAINS VICTORY
Women's Efforts Rewarded
With Success

With Success
Fittingly and very appro-
priately the Frederick Doug
lass Centennial Anniversary
was celebrated at Zion Bap-
tisf Church Sunday afternoon
by the City Federation of Ne
gro Women's Clubs of Den
yer. 1t was an all inspiring
sight to behold and just rs in
structive and entertaining as
it was inspirational. A pro =
gram of women who think in
telligently, act gracefully and
give efficient service helping
humanity as they climb.
Song "Onward' composed
by Federation woman and
sung so Justify and patriotic
ally was closely followed by
Invocation by Mrs. Gatewood.
prominent club and church
worker. The call from the
National was read by our
young and aspiring Mrs.
Theta E. Miller. For fine
music rendered SO soulfully,
the City Federation Quartette
composed of Miss Mable Cole
and Mesdames Dishmap, Will
Jams and Mcclure could not
be excelled as they rendered
"Sweet and Low, Steal A
way" and Swing Low Sweet
Chariot. Mrs. Florence
Smith gracefully yet feelingly
recited our loyal and proud
| Dnnbars "Ode to Douglass
! Dunbar's soul was laid bare
through her interpretations.
Mrs. A. R. Madison sang so
charmingly "Swaunee River
after which Mrs. G. N. Ross
appealed for and raised $25
to be sent for the payment on
the debt of Frederick Doug
lass Home. Before that, a
great injustice would be done
the ladies if proper credit was
not given Mrs. l.. Froman for
her fine presentation of Doug
lass life. No man in Denver
has made a better presenta
ton and brought out with
such telling effect, the vital
and principal points in his life
AS she had spoken so strong
ly of his great character. one
wondered what a delight it
would have been if Douglass,
himself. convert to woman
suffrage, could have heard
one of his own paying such a
glowing tribute to his men,
ory. The women of Denver
do actual things and the more
that they are encouraged and
helped the more that they.
will and can accomplish. The
Denver Star wants to publicly
congratulate the women for
upholding our leaders even
after death. Not a male or
ganization even hinted al
Douglass celebration. 20,
may our women constantly
move on. upward and higher!'
Denver and Colorado want
her women Of Color to take
their places in this Nation be
sides the other women in this
Country and no better way
can be utilized than by giving
inspiring and developing such
noble sentiments and Nation
The Denver star., 1917-02-17
CoLORED wife WINS
N Big WILL CONTEST

Nashville, Tenn The Su-
preme Court of this state has
affirmed the judgment of the
lower courts which upheld the
will of !. H. Jennings, a white,
man. who died, leaving his
estate, valued at 100000, to
Bette Hicks, his colored com
mon law wife. and their ten
children.
In upholding the validity
of the will, Bette Hicks and
her children will come in pos
session Of an estate consisting
of one thousand acres of val
liable farm land and other
property.
The will was contested by
relatives of Jennings, who. in
the will contest contended
that the signature of an es-
sential witness to the will was
a forgery and had been plac-
ed on the instrument after
the death of the testator.
This contention was over
thrown by the proof, as the
court found. and it was held
that all the evidence to sus-
tain the contention of the
contestants was the result OF
intimidation on the part of
some OF the contestants. 1t
appeared that Bette Hicks,
the chief beneficiary of the
will, had become so intimi- :
dated by the testators broth
er. and was in such fear of
him that she became the chief
witness against the will and
gave false testimony against
her own interest. The Court
stated that the executor,
Paul Barnett. who was the
closest friend of the testator,
had been threatened with an
unjust criminal prosecution
and induced. to agree to a
compromise. which was after
wards overth own.
The cour found that the
testator had recited in the
will that he felt it to be his
moral obligation to leave his
estate to the woman with
whom he had lived and to
their children, and that it was
his strong desire that none of
the property should go to tie
Jennings family. The court
stated that the only decent
thing the testator appeared to
have done in his lifetime was
to provide for his children by
his will and that it would
have been a pity if this action
had been set aside.
The Jennings will was pre-
pared by Paul Evans, a for
mer attorney Of Memphis.
Evans refused to testify to
his signature as a witness to
the will when it was probated
because he had not been paid
a fee Of ST. 900 which he
claimed to be due him from
the estate. and was commit
ed to Jail for short period
for contempt before his con-
sent to testify was procured.
Evidence adduced during
the trial of the case was that
Bette Hicks became len
ninRs' common law wife when
years old.
The Denver star., 1917-02-17

A Chinese restaurant in
Boston has been fined $loo
for discriminating against col
ored people.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12

delivered off the ears without food and water.
 Hogs-(Hard grain fed-125 to 150 lbs., s13.00; 150 to 175 lbs. sl3.50; 175 to 250 lbs. sl4.00.
 Cattle-(On foot, gross weight)- Grass fed, sG5O; heifers, good, s7.50@ 500; fair $7.OO@7.5O; cows fair to good $5.00@5.50; calves 150 lbs. $9.00; 175 to 325 lbs $S.50
 Sheep-Ewes $S50; lambs $13.006 1850.
 Poultry Small broilers $15.00, hrolers. If pound up. flyers 24c; old cocks and hens, 15@17c; large Leg .oIn hens 1O@Z0c; old turkeys, toms, 21c: young turkeys, toms 24c; young ducks, lie; old ducks, 10c: squab pig cons. s2.00@4.00 dozen, young geese, 15c.
 Butter-Receipts, 57,SOO pounds; ex- tras. 43c; firsts Bee. Eggs-Receipts 136 cases; fresh ex- l tras, 3912c; case counts 371Ac; bullets | 37c.
 Sonora Wheat = s3S5 bid; s4OC asked Alfalfa Hay-$1S.OO@2O0 per ton | to producers, fob. Los Angeles. | Barley-Bright feed $261h bid; s2,62h asked.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Aug. II. - Sensational breaks in prices of corn for immediate delivery almost monopolized attention in the grain trade. The fall amounted in some cases to 27 cents bushel, as com pared with "A hours before. Distillers were at least temporarily out of the market. Future deliveries closed ner- vous at the same as yesterdays finish to A cent lower. with December $114A to $l14B and May SLIPS to $1.12A Wheat closed three cents down, but steady at $2.15 for September, and oats off A to F cent. Provisions showed advances of 15 to 30 cents.
 With the competition from distillers eliminated, other industries were not disposed to pay recent high premiums for corn. It was said that many small industries were closing down until SUD- plies could be obtained on a more | reasonable basis. Shorts in corn fu- l lures here took profits on quite lib- eral scale.
 Bearish sentiment regarding wheat became more pronounced in view of an assumed unliklihood of any sus- tained advance in prices.
 Predictions of an enlargement of the | federal estimate of the oat crop tended to ease the oat market
 New record breaking upturns in hog prices were duplicated by provisions.
 Close Wheat-Sept.. $2.15. Corn l Dec, 1.14A; May, SLIPS. Oats Sept. 5Sc; Dec, 57M Pork-Sept
 $43.17. Lard-Sept. s22.72; Oct. $22 S7
 Ribs-Sept., $23.45, Oct, s23.20
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
0he MINES of ARIZONA

i the Bisbee camp, which is yielding both lead and Zinc-lead ores, as well as considerable manganese ores. Ari- zona produced about 26,000, 600 pounds of lead in 1916.
 Zinc is produced in several other districts in Arizona, especially Walla- pal district in Mohave county, where important shipments are steadily in creasing the output. Arizona mines produced about 20,000,000 pounds of recoverable zinc in 1916. With greater shipments from the Union Basin and Tennessee mines, in Mohave county, and other properties in Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise county, this output may be exceeded in 1917, though the price of zinc has declined. The value of AriZona's output of metals in 1916 was more than $200,000, 900. With the prices of silver, copper and lead high CT, and with an increased copper out put, this total value may be consider ably exceeded.
 The Chino Oil Field
 w. Sheridan Kane, mining finance editor of the New York Morning Tele- graph has recently made a visit to Prescott for the purpose of looking ever the mining district of Yavapai county, before going over the mining field. MT Kane went through the Chino valley and inspected the oil field from a point near the Chino Val ley oil and Mining company's well for a distance several miles in a northerly direction.
 The indications, as he views them, are excellent for a big oil development in the valley. The Chino company's management is preparing to move it's derrick for the purpose of starting a row commercial well. At the well site the overlying formation is limestone, beneath is sandstone at a depth the well passed through shale and the oil sands were entered at about 1900 feet.
 The formation is almost identical with that of many other fields of re- cert development and MT. Kane eX- pressed himself as confident that it would take but little development to demonstrate the value of the entire district as a producing oil field.
 II is only within the last six weeks that New York oil interests learned that oil eXpetrs were taking Chino valley seriously.
 The latest and most active com pany to be incorporated, has heen lsperfected by prominent Phoenix peo- pie, is the Arizona Queen Oil com pany, this company has some of the lest located ground in the entire dis trict and it is reported that they will soon begin active development and they have every reason to believe that they will bring one of the first pro ducing wells in the state.
 The Oatman District OATMAN, Ariz. Following just ten days after the strike in the neighbor-
 ing Telluride, the Sunnyside cut into the ore on the 400foot level during
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
Mid year Statement Of Arizona Metal
 Oufpuf

MId-yeaf statement O! HTIZOHd mctdl
 Output
 All of the mines and smelters in Arizona had been producing at capac- ity with very little interruption other than of the labor strike in the Jerome camp, up to the end Of June, l9l |. If later trouble does not prevent, the copper output in 1917, according to V. c. Hikes of the U. $. Geological Sur vey department of the interior, will be greater than that of 1916, when the output was approximately 70O,OOo,0 pounds. In fact, many of the large copper producers, including the United Verde, Ray United, Verde Extension and Ray have materially increased their monthly shipments of copper bull lion The New Cornelia teaching plant began producing electrolytic copper, and the International smelter at Ml- ami. increased the capacity to the plant.
 An increase is expected in the gold production, due to activities in the San Francisco and Oatman district, where a new mill was operated on ore from the United Eastern mine, but the production of silver, which is influ- enced by the output of copper, will not show any great increase. In 1916 the gold output was nearly S2,000,000 and that of silver nearly 100000 ounces.
 owing to the high price of lead, several old properties are being open ed. One of these is the Mowry in Santa Cruz county, and number of the mines in the vicinity of Chloride in Mohave county are reported to be producing A large increase in the production of lead is expected from
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
LIVESTOCK
At Chicaqo

CHICAGO Aug. 11.-Hogs- Receipts, 1000. Market, unsettled, 10 cents under the opening which was strong and 15 to 20 cents above yesterdays average top $1725, a new high price record; bulk. $16.3O@1690; light, $156O@17.O0; heavy $15.G0@1710; plgs, $11.25@14.40.
 Cattle-Receipts, 600. Market, closed steady; native beef cattle, $7.00@14.45; {; western steers, s7.O0@12.25; stockers and feeders, s5.S0@9.25; cows and heif- CTS, s4.50@12.00; calves. S.75@13.5O
 Sheep = Receipts, 5000. Market, osed steady Wethers, s7.60@11.O0; lambs, s9.75@15.25.
 At Kansas City
 KANSAS CITY, Aug. 11.-Hogs-Re- ceipts, 1,20O. Market was higher Bulk, $16.25@16.90; heavy, $16.70@17.00; packers and butchers, s16.4O@16.sO; light. $15.90@16.60; pigs, $12.50@14.50.
 Cattle-Receipts, 4uO. Market closed steady. Prime fed steers, $13.25@1425; dressed beef steers, $10.00@1275; west ern steers, $900@1S.30; southern steers, $7.0O@1100; cows, $5.75@10.00; heifers. s7.0O@12.50; stockers and feeders, $7.00 @11.5O.
 Sheep - Receipts, none. Market closed steady. Lambs, $13.75@14.75; yearlings, $9.00@11.50; wethers, $900G 1000; ewes, S00@9.50. At Denver DENVER, Aug. .-Cattle-Receipts 200. Market, steady; beef steers. s7.O( @11.00; cows and heifers. $6.00@S.00; stockers and feeders, $5.50@S.25; calves | $1000@12.00.
 Hogs-Receipts, 100. Market closed strong, very common load. Bulk $15.25
 Sheep-Receipts, HOO. Market wa. 15 cents higher. Lambs, s14.50@15.O0; ewes, $S.00m925.
 IOe ANCEIES MARKET
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
FEDERAL REsERvE BANKS

FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-(Bank Statement )-Little, change in the con dition of federal reserve banks during the past week is noted in the state- ment of conditions August g. made public today. The statement shows:
 Resources
 Total gold reserves. S1.370, ,942 ,000 Legal tender notes, silver, etc. $53, 117,000
 Total reserves, $1,424, ,059,0 900. Total bills on hand, $2S4,Ol9.000. United States government long time securities, S41,276,000.
 United States government short term securities, $32, 900.
 Municipal warrants $1,274.000. Total earnings, assets, $359 173. 900. Due from other federal reserve banks net (A). $1,655, 900. '
 Uncollected items, $205, 5,761. 900. Total deductions from gross de- posits, $204, ,106, GOO.
 Five per cent redemption fund against federal reserve bank notes $500, 0OO
 All other resources, $425,O0 Total resources, SS,263,000.
 Liabilities
 Capital paid in. $57,970,00O. Government deposits, Sl4O, AT 900. Due to members, reserve accounts S1, ,101 ,614,000.
 Due to non- members, banks, clearing accounts, $10,274,000.
 Collection items, $122, ,493,000. Total gross deposits, $1,374, ,S2S,000 Federal reserve bank notes in circu. lation, net liabilities, $4,182,000. All other liabilities, including for. eign government credits, $2,039,000 Total liabilities, $1,9S8, 263, 900. Gold reserve against net deposits liabilities, 74.S per cent.
 Gold and lawful money, reserv, against net deposit liabilities, 79.3 pe cent
 Gold reserve against federal reserv, notes in actual circulation, 901 pel cent.
 (A) Net amount due to federal re serve banks
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
NEW YORK MONEY

NEW YORK, Aug. 1l.-Mercantiie paper, 4%c; Sterling 60-day bills, 475; commercial, 60-day bills on banks. 47lh commercial 60-day bills, 471%; demand, 475 9-16. Cables. 476 TIC; rubles demand. s20.90; cables, s21.10; bar silver, S27c; Mexican dollars, GAIA c.
 Government bonds, weak: railroad bonds, irregular
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
CHICAGO PRODUCE

CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-Butter-Un changed. Eggs-Receipts, 9,215 cases; market
 unchanged. Potatoes-Market, unsettled. Re | ceipts, 20 cars; Virginia, barrels, s5.0(
 m5.25; Minnesota, early Ohios, s1.55@ 1.6O; home grown, s1.506160 Poultry-Alive, lower; fowls, 15@ l91Ac; springs, 20@23c.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
The Chloride Queen

P. Buntman has received word that J. NJ. Kellogg has just closed a deal For lot of new machinery for the Chloride Queen at Chloride, Arizona. jlr Kellogg has for some time been on the Chloride property locking after the work that is being done there MT. Kellogg reports the Chloride Queen as doing fine and that with the present installation of new machinery, work will be rushed. Buntman and Kellogg fiscal agents for the Chloride Queen are very enthusiastic of the showing already made and regarding the favor tble indications they have at the mn. for the possible development of g producer. It is said that Mr Kellogg upon his return from the north vii have additional news regarding tn, property.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Cotton fu- lures closed easy Aug $26O0; Oct, s25.02; Dec, $24.77; Jan., $24.7S; March, SABA Spot. quiet; middlngs $26.5O. Cotton closed easy within or points of the lowest with a net loss of 40 to 62 cents.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The copper
 market has been very quiet during the
 week. Quotations for electrolytic this
 morning ranged about $26.50@2700 for September and last quarter deliveries. Iron was unchanged
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12

ket Time rates manifested no pro- nounced change but funds were in much smaller supply.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
CLEARING HOUSES, ETC.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The actual conditions of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $72,O35,3 ,370 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $96, 6,700,510 from last week
Arizona republican., 1917-08-12
cOPPERS

Compiled for The Republican by R. Allyn Lewis, E. F. Hutton & Co.'S leased wire. Hotel Adams building. 119 North Central Ave