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The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
SPORTING NEWS

,Baseballs are going to cost more
next season than they have in the
past. according to dealers in sporting
goods.
The annual meeting of the Rocky
Mountain conference will be held in
Denver. Jan. ~, according to word Civ.
en- out by Prof. George c. Manly of
the University of Denver, president of
the conference.
George w. Phellis was high man in
the trap shoot at the Lakewood Coun-
try club, with score of 80 out of 100
This is the first of series of trap
shoots which the Lakewood club will
hold every Wednesday afternoon at
the club grounds in Denver.
Twenty show horses from James Cox
Brady's stable were auctioned off in
New York for the benefit of the Red
Cross for an aggregate of $22.365, of
which s1s.150 was paid for eight hack
neys. Fifteen of the animals were
prize winners and the highest price
was paid for the imported English
hackney team, Pireon and Hamilton
Regal. purchased by John R. Thomp-
son of Chicago for s13,50O.
GENERAL
The American consulate at Odessa
was the object of bomb early in the
morning of the 18th, according to a
state department message.
Stocks scared at the opening of the
New York stock market Dec. 81, denot-
ing the satisfaction of the financial
community with the presidents de-
cision to take over the railroads.
Fire believed to have been of in
cendiary origin destroyed the boxmak-
ing plant of Otto Baker G. Sons, at
Baltimore, Md. engaged in govern,
ment work, with loss of more than
100000.
This year will be the first time since
''mardi gras" was first held in New
Orleans that the day will not be cele-
brated by street maskers. Mayor
Behrman issued an order forbidding
the custom.
In New York the number of licenses
issued for Christmas marriages
showed an increase of nearly 100 per
cent. over 1916. Astotal of 277 H.
censes We're issueG Monday as com.
pared with lG7 on Christmas eve last
year.
New regulations issued by the Fed.
eral Food Administration automatic.
ally reduced the price of flour In car
load lots at the mills by establishing
lower amount of wheat to be used
in the manufacture of barrel of
flour.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Mrs. Bush says She Murdered Two.

Montrose.-After telling the authori
ties several different stories concern
ing the death of her grandson, Otis
Bush, one of which was to the effect
that after her son, John Bush. had
killed the boy and had boiled his body
in lye in big vat. she had, in turn
killed her son. Mrs. Nancy ]. Bush
startled Sheriff Davis of Delta coun
ty and District Attorney Logan by
asserting that she had killed both
John and OTIS Bush and had boiled
their bodies.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
ABOUT THE WAR

Italians attacked by Germans from
another quarter.
German atrocities to Americans re
ported on battle front
Six thousand Korniloff troops were
defeated by Bolsheviki.
Russian reports Indicate steady de-
cline of power of Bolsheviki.
Greece will reward citizens of that
nation who join American army.
Holiday gifts from the American
Red Cross were distributed in the Ital-
ian trenches along the lower Piave.
Col. del Rosso and Monte Val Bella
on the Asiago plateau were recap
tured by Italian forces In a counter
attack Dec. &c. but 1t was found i'm
possible to hold them, the Rome war
office announced.
A British air squadron dropped a
ton of bombs on the great commercial
city of Mannheim, on the Rhine, in
Germany. Numbers of fires were
started. One British plane was
forced to descend.
Eleven AustroGerman aeroplanes
were brought down by the British and
Italian forces in a big aerial battle
which developed when the Teutons
made an unsuccessful attempt to bomb
Treviso. sixteen miles north of Venice
Many were killed and wounded.
The losses to British shipping show
material decrease for the past week.
According to the admiralty report
eleven British merchantmen of 1,600
tons or over were sunk by mine or
submarine, as well as one merchant
man under that tonnage and one fish.
ing vessel.
The Germans made two attacks on
the Verdun front Thursday but were
not able to break through the French
lines, the Paris war office reports Ar.
tillery fighting continues on the Yer.
dun front, whore the French broke up
two German attacks. "The enemy
dead remaining on the ground be
tween the lines and in the wire en-.
tanglements demonstrated the import.
nnce of the losses suffered by the Ger.
mans, who left prisoners in Italian
hands"
While their guns lombard the west
ern front. the Germans are taking
troops from the eastern front for use
elsewhere. despite the provision of
the Russo-German armistice prohibit.
Ing such action. The artillery actiyi.
~ In France has been moderate over
most of the front and more violent
on the right bank of the Meuse, north.
east of Verdun, the scene OF the Ger.
man attack nearly two years ago.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
J. c. Iverson Killed by Mine Gas.

Georgetown.-on man is dead, an
other unconscious and third suffer
ing severely as a result of encounter
ing current of gas in the Capitol
mine near here. J. c. Iverson was
overcome and lost his hold on the lad
der and fell distance of 165 feet.
His body was recovered by a rescu-
ing party The three while going on
day shift We're at point about one
and half miles inside the mine when
the air struck them. Richard Allen
der managed to escape to the mouth
of the shaft and gave the alarm. 9th
er miners found Richard Giants un-
conscious. Iverson evidently had been
making an effort to climb to safety
when he fell. He was about forty
eight years of age and married.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04

Denver.-Estimates for the live
stock business at the Denver stock
yards for 1917 show an enormous in
crease in value over the 1916 record.
which was s56.42s.OO0. The figures
for 1917 show gain OF more than
s24.500,000.
The yards received $4,000 less cattle
but they brought sl2,000,O00 more;
hog receipts were 100000 less but
worth s5,OO0.000 more than in the
year 1916.
The number OF sheep received
showed an increase of 33 per cent.
being 100000 as compared with l.
100000 in 1916 worth 12.356,000. The
1917 consignments were worth s24,-
250,000.
The 1916 cattle receipts at the Den
yer stockyards were col, 400. worth
s3O,l66,0O0; the 1917 receipts are ESQ.,
900 head worth s42,000.00O.
The 1916 hog receipts were 466, 6,653
head worth $7.321 900 and the figures
for 1917 indicated $4,000 head worth
$11.25O000.
Nineteen hundred and sixteen far
exceeded 1917 in receipt OF horses and
mules. There were 52,s00 in 1916
worth s6,5S5.O00 and this year only
10000 head worth s2.S40,000.
Denver is now the third largest
sheep market in the United States.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

John E. Williams, fuel administra-
tor of Illinois, was appointed referee
in all labor disputes arising in the
packing house industries of the United
States during the war.
w. w. Blackwell, a decade ago su.
preme chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias and since recognized as an
authority on affairs of the order, died
at his home at Henderson, KY, af-
ter suffering a stroke of paralysis.
A plot to poison Red Cross band
ages and spread wholesale death
among the soldiers of America and
her allies has been exposed and frus.
trated at Cleveland, Ohio.
Viljalmar Stefansson returned from
an exploring trip thru Arctic wilder
ness.
Unless approximately 10000 iron
workers employed in shops at San
Francisco and in Oakland receive i'm
mediately ten per cent. increase in
wages, they will strike, according to
statement by r. W. Burton, presi.
dent of the Iron Trades council.
More than s1,OoO.OOO is said to have
been obtained in operations of three
swindlers under arrest at Chicago. the
biggest haul having been obtained
from Albert A. Charles, wealthy mer.
chant of Kokomo, Ind. who is said to
have lost 100000 in fake mine.
FOREIGN
American steamer Tuscarora dashed
to pieces on rocky Nova Scotian
coast.
A Petrograd dispatch to the Lordon
Times said that Ambassador Francis
in his statement denied that he ana
his staff had interfered with Russian
internal affairs or aided any political
faction.
More than 300 members of the Ger.
man minority Socialist party were ar
rested on Christmas eve by the Ger
man military authorities, according to
Zurich dispatch given out in London
by the Wireless Press.
The ideas of King Ferdinand of Bull
garia about annexations are very diff
ferent from those expounded by Count
Czernin. the stro-Hungarian foreign
minister, at Brest-Litovsk The Nieue
Free Presse (ViennD, quotes him us
saying that Bulgaria would hold what
she had won.
The central powers are ready to
make an immediate general peace
without compulsory annexations and
without contributions. This is their
answer thru Count Czernin the Ans
tro-Hungarian foreign minister, made
on Christmas day at Brest-Litovsk to
Russian proposals.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Minor Mention.

Over 1900 joined the Red Cross in
Pueblo
A home guard unit is being organ
lied at Holly.
Broom corn to the amount of $4,000
was sold at Holly recently.
Dark nights now at Colorado
Springs Thursday and Sundays.
Mindeman is the name of new
postoffice in a dry farm region four
miles east of Broom.
Denver has exceeded its quota of
Red Cross members asked by the
headquarters at Washington.
Uniforms of the motormen and con-
ductors on the Denver street cars ad-
vanced $3.50 per suit for 1918.
Sugar cannot be purchased at retail
in Denver at more than so cents
worth at time, in accordance with
rules of the Federal Food Administra-
ton.
On account of the interruption to
operations at the Grand Junction
sugar factory it is now evident that
the campaign will continue until Feb.
l or even later.
Tony Escher, Austrian, aged So.
father of a family and employed in a
greenhouse at Trinidad. swallowed a
large dose of paris green and was
found dead in bed.
The beet-slicing campaign at the
Fort Collins factory of the Great
Western Sugar Company promises to
run beyond the middle of January, and
possibly into February.
Lieut.. Herbert e. Brown, Denver
boy, who was member of company,
157th infantry, died at Camp Kearney,
of wounds received Dec. is when he
was doing hand grenade practice.
Earl w. Pope, the fifth Pueblo boy
TO lose his life in the service of his
country, died at Camp Funston, Kan,
after a short Illness from pneumonia.
His wife was at his bedside when he
died.
The sale of Red Cross Christmas
seals this season far exceeded the
sales of former years, both in Denver
and in the state of Colorado. The pro
ceeds go to the Denver Anti-Tuber-
culosis Society.
An order to limit the sale of flour to
one 9S-pound sack at time to put a
stop to boarding has been issued to
all local retailers by County Food Ad-
ministrator Horace t. DeLong, at
Grand Junction.
The reported boarding of 1000
pounds of flour in his home near Gree
ley led to the apprehension of farm
er of German-Russian descent in Weld
county, according to word received at
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
No Inheritance Tax from Estate.

According to report filed by r. M
Van Deusen of the state Inheritance
TAX department with Attorney Gener-
al Hubbard the state will not receive
cent of inheritance tax from the es.
tate of the late David II. Moffat Mr.
van Deusen has been working on the
matter for the last few months. and
according to his report the Moffat
estate is insolvent, with liabilities
amounting to 100000 and assets
amounting to s7,l5o,oOO, leaving a de.
ficiency of s1.S50,OOo.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Funds for Food Investigation.

Colorado is one of three states in
the union that has provided funds for
investigation and research work in
food production, conservation and
thrift, the Colorado Woman's Council
for Defense has been advised by
representative who attended the cos
ference OF the American Association
OF Agricultural colleges. Only ten
states are organized for such work
and only three have appropriated
funds for the work, Colorado being
one and its appropriations being
largely ones made by the Colorado
Council of Defense.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Red Cross Given s1,4oo, 600.

A report submitted to Governor
Gunter and the Colorado Council of
Defense by John Morey, manager of
the Mountain division of the Red
Cross, shows that the sum of s1,4OO,-
600, including s615.OOO from Denver,
has been contributed in the state;
10000 members in the Denver chap
ter; 100000 articles of clothing and
bandages shipped by the Denver chap
ter alone during the past seven
months and the capacity and output
OF the department are rapidly being
increased.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Tons of Rabbits for christmas.

ing-Approximately ten tons OF
jack rabbits were shipped to Denver
to be distributed among the poor of
that city for their Christmas dinner
The rabbits were killed in county
wide hunt 1t is estimated that at
least 500 men took part in the drive
The Crook team captured the honor
for killing the largest number of ami
mails, 500 carcasses being turned in
by that division.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Slayer Graves Begins Sentence.

Durango-John E. Graves, SEN
fenced to serve term of six and one
half to eight years in the state peni-
tentiary. with one day of solitary con-
finement in that institution, for the
murder of Matt A. Pheney, division
superintendent of the Denver & Rio
Grande, left here to begin serving his
sentence.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Federal Grand jury is Selected

Denver.-Twenty-three men were
selected for the federal grand jury
called at the request of United States
District Attorney Harry b. Tedrow
to investigate offenses relating to
prosecution of the war.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Plan Boys Work on the Farm,

]. s. Jaffa, of Denver, represented
the Colorado Council of Defense at
the national conference of the United
States Boys Working reserve which
will lay out general plans for bows.
work on the farms next summer
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04

The Berlin papers dilate on the i'm.
portance of the Brest-Litovsk peace
negotiations and declare peace offer is
free from lust"
WESTERN
An immediate and radical curtail.
ment of passenger service in the cen.
tral West was predicted by railway
men at Chicago as one of the first re-.
suits of government control of the
roads.
At Globe, Ariz., Barney Scimia, a
miner of Black Warrior, whose home
was dynamited ten days ago by un-
known persons, shot ana severely
wounded four persons in a moving pic.
ture theater whom he suspected of
having had hand in the bomb out.
rage.
Tonopah Mining Co. declared a diyi.
dend of per cent, payable Jan. 1, to
stock of record Dec. 81. This is a re.
duction of 71s per cent from the last
dividend paid in October.
Charges of disorderly conduct
against Prof Charles Aver, instruc.
tor of Spanish and German at the Uni.
versity of Colorado. and prominent In
educational circles in the West, were
dismissed at Chicago.
The food commission of Silver Bow
county, Mont. in which Butte is 10.
Gated, ordered second reduction In
the local prices of foodstuffs, averag.
ing a cut of about per cent in all
products. The first reduction cur
prices 10 per cent.
WASHINGTON
Government uncovers world wide
plot to wreck social orders.
Senate committee urged War De.
partment to provide warmer clothing
for soldiers in cantonments.
Funeral services for Senator New.
lands of Nevada were held In Wash.
ington. President Wilson headed q
distinguished gathering which ct.
tended
Vice Chairman Stevens says labor
trouble has lost more than half mil.
lion days in ship building program,
pu' s''ua'ion Is now improving.
Belated returns brought the total OF
enrollments in the Red Cross Christ.
mas drive for new members up to 49,.
279.000. The goal set when the cam
paign opened Dec. II, was $1,000 900.
With the railroads under govern
ment control. the greatest obstacle to
an adequate American coal supply is
wiped out Congressional investiga.
tors. therefore. turned their attention
to cnal uricaa
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Two wounded in chrlstmas Row

Frederick-Two men were taken TO
the Longmont hospital. both wounded
by shotguns, during a row at the
Grant mine, between this city and
Erie. Albert Munson, wounded in the
abdomen, probably will die, while the
other, John Smith. is reported to be
not dangerously hurt.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
New Raymer Station ordered

The Burlington railroad has been or.
aered to erect new station at New
Raymer on its Sterling Cheyenne
branch by the State Public Utilities
Commission.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Prisoners Cut Through Brick Wall.

Brighton-Breaking jail in broad
daylight by cutting thru the brick wall
with a chisel improvised from piece
of a broken bed, three young men who
were being held for trial at Brighton
on burglary charges gained their lib
erty.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Bank President Held for Murder.

Peoria, HE. A. Strause, the bank
president who killed his cashier,
Berne NJ. Mead, recently was held
without bail on murder charge by
verdict of coroners jury.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
LLOYD GEORGE IS
BACKED BYLAB0R
WIN FIRST, THEN MAKE TERMS,
SAY WoRkMEN, IN LONDON
LABOR CONFERENCE.
sLAvs FORM REPUBLIC
ELEVEN AUSTRIAN PLANES DE.
sTRoYED BY BRITISH AND
ITALIANS ON AsIAGo.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
| London, Dec. 29.-Premier Lloyd
George, in letter which he sent to
| tho special national labor conference,
declared: Achievement of the pur-
poses for which the allies are fighting
is essential TO the future freedom and
peace of mankind" The premier also
asserted that statement on war aims
could be made only in agreement with
Great BritainG allies. The question
of issuing fresh joint declaration, he
added. was being constantly kept in
view by the entente allied govern
ments. The premier's statement is
regarded as the British reply to the
German peace offer.
The labor conference was convened
here by the parliamentary committee
of the Trades Union Congress and the
executive of the labor party in the
central hall at Westminster to con-
slider memorandum on war aims"
A pronounciamento was adopted, with
virtual unanimous show of hands,
declaring that in continuing the war
labor is actuated by determination
hereafter.
No sympathy was expressed in the
text of the statement with attempts
to convert the war into one of con
quest. but it insisted that restitution.
reparation and also certain territorial
readjustments are necessary if the re-
newal of armaments and war is to be
avoided
London.-The establishment of a re-
public in White Russia has been an
nounced, according to Petrograd ad-
vices. a rada, or legislative body for
the territory has been assembled at
Minsk, at which place a decree will
be issued proclaiming the independ-
ence of the state.
London, Dec. 30. - The British
troops in Palestine have repulsed
Turkish attack north and northwest
of Jerusalem and made an advance of
about two and one-half miles on
front of nine miles along the Turkish
right flank, says an official comEuni-
cation. The Turks suffered severe
losses IN tne repulse, wnlcn came al
ter the British pickets had been driven
in.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Dec. 29.-Further reports of the
attempt of Austrian aviators to raid
Treviso, which resulted so disastrous
ly for them. emphasize the brilliant
work done by both Italian and Brit
ish aviators. Although eleven Aus
trian machines were brought down,
only few italian airplanes were dam
aged. Five Italian and one British SOL
diers were killed.
Petrograd.-There are persistent
rumors here that King Ferdinand of
Rumania has abdicated in favor of
Crown Prince Charles.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Commission Pares Highway Budget.

The Colorado Highway Commission
began the task of pairing sixty-two
county budgets to meet total net reve-
nues of $sS5,Ss9 expected in 1918. The
budgets call for an expenditure of s2,-
05S,ooO on state roads. The pairing,
however. will necessitate the increase
in budget appropriations of only $685.
III, for the reason that the counties
have agreed to raise an additional
s754,5O0 looking to these improve
ments. This, according to tentative
plans, will give the commission a fl
nancial working basis of 1880. 1888 for
state roads in 1918. For 1917 there
was available s1,54O,OS5. of which
s99O,OS5 came through the commits
sion. and s55o.ooo was raised by the
counties.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
PLANS FOR PURE SEED WORK
Outlined by Or. Lory Of State Council
Of Defense.


Of Defense.
Denver.-Pure seed work and the
control of animal diseases are both
to be undertaken systematically by
the committee on food production and
conservation OFT Colorado Council
of Defense of which Charles A. Lory
is chairman. Both lines of work are
to be based upon practical co-opera-
tion with the producers.
Plans for the pure seed work have
been outlined. In the protection of
the farmers from the sale of impure
seed large share of the success will
depend upon assistance from the
farmers themselves. The councils
committee is confident of cooperation
as it is confident of cooperation by
the farmers and live stock growers in
controlling animal diseases. Govern
or Gunter regards these lines of work
as of fundamental and invaluable
character and will encourage them as
much as possible.
The home gardening work in Colo
rado during the coming year is also
to be supervised Systematically. The
councils food production and conser-
walton. committee is now laying its
plans on home gardening and proba-
bly, will announce them soon.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
State euardsmen Receive Promotions.

State Guardsmen Receive Promotions.
Christmas presents in the form of
appointments and promotions were
handed out to men of the Colorado
National guard as follows: Mai. Jo-
seph c. Taylor, to be lieutenant colon
ell; Captain Ivan C.. Crawford and
Archibald F. Livingston, to be mai
ors; Lieutenants George H. Knutzen
and Willard w. Rusk, to be captains;
Second Lieutenants Glenn |. Harvi-
son, Albert b. Thomas, William B.
Merchant. Robert b. Magee, Glenn L.
DAILY, Harris j. Stockdor, Clifford l..
Sorrows, Alphonse p. Ardourel. Neil
Davenport. Walter V. Lomax, Joseph
c. Manuel, Osborne B. Kalbough and
William G. Simmons, to be first lieu
tenants; Sergeants James C. Peabody,
James G. Knight, William NJ. James
and Morris d. Cliggett, Sergeant Maj
or James C. Lang and Master En-
gineers Royce j. Tipton and Harry j.
Phillip, to be second lieutenants.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS
DENVER STOCK YARDS GAIN s24,-
SOC, 1000 OVER 1916 RETURNS.
Number Of Sheep Received Showed
An Increase Of 80 Per Cent, Worth
Double 1916 Supply.

western Newspaper Union New. Service.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04

Petrograd.-There are persistent
rumors here that King Ferdinand OF
Rumania has abdicated in favor OF
Crown Prince Charles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-11

from some way on Aonzo hoisted his.
too, In answer, to us. They were
safe as well.
II don't think we were within four
miles Of our port when my lads. I'M
der the delusion that they could be
heard, kept shouting out landward
Two viribus Units! We've sunk two
Viribus Units I
"You won't succeed in persuading
the enemy that they weren't the VIC
tins OF spies. But I assure you that
there was. neither spying nor treach-
cry in the whole thing. The Prince
Eugene, which Aonzo torpedoed,
sunk on her way home and lies near
the Austrian coast, as onr hydroplanes
soon afterward found out. The st.
stephen sunk where, she was torpe-
Gdoed. Those dogs won't venture out
again now. All they've left 10 do IL
to carry their dreadnauChts' c;,rcasses
of and send them to Lubiana.
"The greatest enemy our torpedo
boats have is the moon" concluded
the commandant. Had it been .
moonlight night, We should oil have
gone to the bottom without doing them
any .hsrm."
Ancona is doub.y grtteful to Rizzo.
for there. fsaapNioabt h fl.e minds OF