The Ordway new era., 1918-05-10
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


with a statutory offense against the
17-year-old sister of his wife, has been
found guilty, and faces penitenuary
sentence. Benton eloped with Ora
Peterson from a small town near Colo
RADIO Springs. They came to Denver
and were married. They were arrest
ed a few days later on charge OF
passing worthless checks. While In
the matron's quarters at the city jail
Mrs. Peterson attempted suicide Her
young sister, hearing of her plight,
sold her saddle pony and brought the
proceeds of the sale to Denver in or
der to help. Mrs. Peterson, in the
meantime. had been taken to the
county hospital. 1t was while she was
recovering that Benton is said to have
committed his offense.
Louis Seeley, who was arrested in
Denver by Patrolman Gently, In the
presence OF Chief of Police Armstrong.
r. L. Euler Of Boulder, sheriff; w. w.
Stretcher, undersheriff of Boulder;
George Pomeroy, deputy district at
torney of Boulder county, and United
States Postal Inspector c. l.. Booth.
made confession in which he says
he killed Fred E. Bill, postmaster at
Crescent the night Of Feb. 16.
Something new In the way of an at
tempted tailbreak was discovered at
Pueblo when Undersheriff Samuel
Thomas found, on one of the prisoners,
a written agreement, signed by the
twenty inmates, promising to stand
together and escape, whatever may be
the cost" A search of the cells re-
suited in the finding of two saws and
seven hack saws which were. to have
been used in the break.
Several promotions. with corre-
spending Increases in salary, were an.
nounced by State Auditor Charles H.
Leckerby, following the departure of
Willard d. Peck. chief public ex-
aminer, who has enlisted in the
United States army. Those advanced
were James Kirwan, Roy Parr and
Herbert b. Gee. Auditor Leckenby
also appointed Mrs. Peck member
of his force OF examiners.
Publishers of Republican newspa-
pers of Colorado. meeting at Denver.
passed resolutions pledging hearty
support of the government in the
prosecution of the war and calling for
the most liberal treatment of the
Western lands and resources as neces-
sary in meeting the economic prob
lens that will be presented to the
country after the war is won.
At meeting of tungsten producers
at Boulder. preparations were made
for a commission to go to Washington
to be created by the minerals control
bill for the fixing of prices on minor
metals.
Majority of the country schools of
Colorado and those of many of the
larger towns closed during the past
week for the season. Literary and
patriotic exercises marked the last
days in many Of the schools.
Not satisfied with going "over the
top" in the third Liberty Loan cam
paign Romeo, with 200 Inhabitants, de,
cided to hold Red Cross day, when
an auction was held and $500 was
raised for the Red Cross.
A jury in the District Court at Boul-
der awarded Mrs. Elsie Oldfather a
judgment of $4,000 against w. w. Lin
niger Of Denver, damages because of
the death Of her father in an auto &C.
cident in Boulder canon.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Colorado Woman's Council of De-
tense was postponed in order to pre-
pare for the state conference of war
workers, which will be held In Den
yer May Z and 8.
Major w. ]. Cameron, sent by Col.
r. c. Marshall, Jr., chief OF the
quartermaster's building staff at
Washington, arrived in Denver to be-
gin the construction of the $1.700,000
recuperation camp.
The petition of Charles Songer. SEN
fenced in 1914 to from 80 to 100 years
in the penitentiary. for a writ of
habeas corpus was denied in the West
Side Court of Denver by Judge john
l. Mullins.
R. E. SPECIAL. 80 years old, travelling
salesman for a shoe company of St.
Louis, killed himself on the levee of
the Arkansas river. in view of num-
ber who were crossing the bridge at
Pueblo.
Fred E. Britt of Pueblo. for the past
several years clerk to the board of
county commissioners. was appointed
sheriff of Pueblo county to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of John
NJ. Mckee.
Denver federal officers were in
formed that the United States Trade
Commission will meet in Denver to
consider important Western business
for three days nommancinp Mau LIZ