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I good cause. And having responded II
| is not merely a question Of a check
! and the use of her name-they are
both forthcoming-bu she works.
Heavens, how she works once she
goes into anything.
While the McCormicks are tremen-
dously wealthy both in fact and in
prospect, they are absolutely demo-
cratic, When they were house hunt
ing in Washington and found nothing
that seemed just what they wanted
they at last hit upon the big idea of
hiring two houses side by side on
New Hampshire avenue and throw
ing them together. 1t worked beauti-
fully, and the resulting establishment
is entirely satisfactory.
Mark Hnnna's Daughter.
Mrs. Mccormick was Ruth Hanna,
daughter of Senator Mark Hanna Of
Ohio, power in the Mckinley regime,
in fact the power of the Mckinley re-
gime. She was brought up in Wash
inSton and met and knew her hus-
band well in their girl and boy days.
She Is absolutely devoted to him-and
handles him beautifully.
Their home in Washington Is the
scene Of some OF the most genuine and
enjoyable hospitality Of any in the ma
tional capital. They don't 60 in for
functions. Mrs. Mccormick has gladly
seized on war conditions as a reason
for dispensing with them, but as a
matter Of fact they don't appeal to her
anyhow. They entertain constantly,
with absolute disregard for who's who
go long as they like them.
Mrs. Mccormick and the two chill
dren have been out on their Illinois
farm for some time, the little boy, Jo-
seph Medill Mccormick, like his father,
named for the latter's grandfather, the
founder OF the Chicago Tribune, and
the little girl. whose name I never can
remember because that family has the
habit of calling its girls Sister" Thus
Eleanor Patterson that was-now the
Countess Gizycka--is most frequently
Sister" or Sissy" to her mother and
brother and cousins. And her little
daughter, Felicia Gizycka- is In turn
SISTER" to all her immediate kin. And
her little cousin, the Medi.l McCor-
micks' little daughter. Is equally Sis
ter to the family.
Word comes from the Mccormick
farm. by the way. that Sister" was re
Gently thrown from a horse and broke
her arm. The accident constituted her
fathers excuse for being late at a po-
litical meeting. That sort Of accident
seems to run in the family. Just be-
fore leaving Washington for the sum-
mer the same thing happened to Fee
licia Gizycka, who is rather older than
her small Mccormick cousin.
1t wasn't that the children don't
know how to ride. Both OF them were
in the saddle almost as soon as they
were abe to walk and are perfectly at
home with horses. But in Felicia's
case the horse slipped on the wet as
phalt and gave its young rider rather
bad shaking up, from which she was
slow In recovering. Her mother finally
has taken her out to the Wyoming
ranch, where she occasionally loves to
bury herself with occasional emery
ings for gay week or so at Newport
or Bar Harbor IL there's anything
worth while on.
OF the little Mccormick girls acct
dent 1 have heard no details, but pre-
sumably something OF the same sort
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President. so constantly was their
time filled.
Thursday. in addition to the lunch
I con at the Metropolitan and the call
at the State Department. they were
taken down to Mount Vernon on the
Mayfower, and they placed the Gus
tomary wreath on Washington's
Tomb; and that evening they were
honor guests OF Mr.. Dawson at the
Willard at dinner and reception al
which they met most Of the leading
lights Of the American Red Cross and
scattering of general officialdom.
Friday they die a little sight seeing
were entertained at luncheon by
Henry White. former Ambassador to
France, and leading luminary of the
Red Cross. At 2:30 were received by
| the President, and at took their
train for New York, probably glad of n
few hours on the train when they
couldn't do anything very strenuous
as there is every indication that their
New York visit will be a repetition
OF their three and a half days at the
national capital
Washington Knew Quentin Roose.
Welt.
They were during their New York
visit to have gone out to Oyster Bay.
But 1t seems probable that their visit
to Col. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay may
be omitted in view Of the family be-
reavement there.
Perhaps it is too much to call the
death of one young man. in these days
when young men are dying by hun
dreds and thousands, a national be-
reavement. but certainly Washington
| felt Lieut.. Quentin's" loss kecnly. II
had watched him grow up, n fine high
spirited younSster. just the sort every
man would like for son and every
woman would wish her boy TO be. He
had come to the White House scarcely
more than a baby, and left it lively
schoolboy. and there was more than a
passing pang for brave young life
gloriously ended. There was the per-
sonal pang that brought a lump "a
many a throat and dimness 10
many an eye when the news came.
| The disagreeable locust that was
noted last week as predicting hot
weather knew whereof he sang. fol-
the newcomers TO Washington have
! had a taste OF muggy WASHINGTON
summer weather. But 1t doesn't seem
to be speeding the summer exodus to
any marked extent. People are going
and coming. And sometimes it seems
that for one that goes there are two
| or three who come.
There seems to be moro general In
terest among those who are not per-
sonally concerned in the Senatorial
campaign in Illinois than in any other
State. With Medill Mccormick after
]. Ham Lewis's place. and the afore-
mentioned j. Ham announcing that al
the Presidents personal request he
| has decided TO run again himself. II
promises to be more than usually In
teresting.
Washington, while It is watching
| for a battle royal, Is playing no favor
| ties. 1t knows and likes both too well
| and will be too genuinely sorry to lose
either one. The Lewises have lived
ever since they have been In Wash
ington at the Shoreham. and Mrs
Lewis. with neither house nor chill
dren to occupy her, is an easy mark
for all the getters up Of benefits.
She IL sympathetic and responds
readily to almost any appeal for a
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SPORT.

Ted Johnson was first. Lee umble,
second, and Arthur Nolte. third, In the
marathon run from Littleton to Den.
yer Twenty.one contestants made the
run. The starting gun was fired at
l0:l4:10. Johnson made the distance
In los. umble in l:l0 and Nolte in
1:12.
The Denver Y. NJ. C. A, has turned
s57,S7 over TO the Red Cross war fund,
netted through the good work OF
two Colorado boys. Albert Haule OF
Brighton. and James De Rose, Wilby.
The two lads are privates at Camp Co.
dy. N. NJ, where the money was col
lected.
German proof OF the saying that all
Is not gold that glitters was fortheom.
ing In New York with disclosure that
the magnificent" cup which Emperor
William awarded to the American win
ner Of his ocean yacht race in 1905 was
not gold and was not worth $4,000 as
was announced at that time. II was
made OF pewter with a thin veneer OF
gold and was worth scarcely $40.
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ST ERN.

Governor Keith Neville OF Nebraska
Democrat, announced that he would
enter the August primaries for renom.
ination.
All Colorado and Wyoming men
training for commissions In the navy
aerial service are In future TO be sent
TO Seattle. where new ground school
has been opened.
Twenty-three men are held in the
county jail at Globe, Aris., awaiting In.
duction into the army service. The
men are all that remain from the
roundup conducted last week.
Adelaide Nutting, chairman OF the
committee OF nursing OF the National
Council OF Defense, has sent an appeal
to the trained nurses of the country
TO enter military hospitals and at the
same time is urging the young women
who are anxious to give the best serv.
ice TO their country to become stu.
dents In hospital training schools.
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GEN E RAJ.

Confirmation Of the work OF the Alas
kan railway was virtually assured
when a subcommittee of the House
appropriations committee recommend.
ed additional funds.
Fifty thousand persons are homeless
as the result OF fire at Stamboul. the
Mohammedan section OF Constantine
pie, which devastated the whole east.
en part of the sultan Selim quarter.
News of the German U.boats' oper-
ations on the American coast receives
page headlines in the latest German
newspapers reaching Amsterdam, and
all details available are greedily seized
upon
Employment OF 260 interned enemy
aliens on the roads to nearby aviation
fields is probable. federal authorities
having Offered TO turn them over. sup
plying troops to guard them, at. Tam
pa. Fla.
A new star In the constellation
Aqnilla was discovered at i:20 a. m.
Sunday by DR.. George II. Peters and
Prof. William Conrad of the United
States naval observatory party at Ba-
ker, Ore. TO study the eclipse. II
was discovered while the scientists
were developing Photographic plates
OF the eclipse each seeing II at the
same moment between Affair and ve-
ga. II the new star is what scientists
believe. II is the first OF this type Wis
ible since 1900, when one was seen In
England
One thousand city employees OF the
District OF Columbia who went on
strike and then returned to work after
half days absence. struck again, de.
manding immediate consideration Of
their request for increased pay.
A plan for enlisting carefully select
ed inmates Oh state prisons throughout
the country into the army and navy OF
the United States has been submitted
to President Wilson by Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth. 1t was announced at the
headquarters in New York of the pris.
on league of the Volunteers of Amer.
lea.
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W. N. w., DENVER, NO. 24-1s1s.
That Did II.

A sturdy tramp went into a subur-
ban garden where the lady Of the
house was occupied In attending to her
bulbs.
He took no notice of her refusal to
give coppers, but continued to worry
her until a small dog appeared. bark.
Ing loudly. The lady seized Its collar
and held 1t, calling out:
You had better go 1t may bite"
You amt got no right to keep a
savage dog" replied the tramp. out
ragged In all his most sacred feelings.
Perhaps ! have not" she answered
coolly. IF you think SO l won't keep
him. III let him co.
The latch Of the gate clicked vio-
lently. and In 20 seconds the tramp had
vanished into space.
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Baby-ExcIudinu Landlords

James +. Cannon. Jr., Jersey City's
commissioner Of revenue. is out after
landlords refusing to rent homes to.
families having babies. To such gem
tiemen he says: III you insist on dis
eliminating against families with chill
dren the city will raise your tax as
sessment to the limit. II you try to
come back we will fight the case out
before the bar Of public opinion. And
you will lose. For Jersey City is on
the side Of the babies. and don't you
forget itw
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FOREIGN.

The third earl Of Camperdown (Rob-
ert Adam Philips Haldane- Duncan
died at his residence at Shipston-on-
Stour. He was born In 1841.
Ansered by the news Of the sinking
Of the Porto Rico liner Carolina by a
German submarine, an antil0erman
demonstration broke out In Ponce.
The Dutch hospital ship Koningen
Resentes was sunk by . mine In the
North sea while bound from an Eng.
lish to q Dutch port. Four firemen
were killed.
Gen. Robert E. l.. Niche OF the
American army died In a railroad
train near Rouen. France. His death
was sudden and unexpected. as he had
not been III.
That battles can be won in the end
only by the army which takes the Of
fensiye Is the significant declaration
made BY General Foch. COMMANDMENTS
chief OF the allies.
A sudden cold wave struck central
Europe, including Germany, Holland
and Scandinavia. There have been 10
cal snowfalls, hail storms and severe
night frosts. Widespread damage to
the grain, fruit and potato crops is re-
ported.
The spirit and morale OF the Amer
icau soldiers wounded In the Cantigny
battle. 80 per cent OF whom will re
cover, is wonderful. The first question
they ask the surgeon Is: Doc, when
will be able to 90 back after the Ger.
man who fixed me?"
The plight OF the Germans at the
Belgian submarine base OF Zeebrugge
in consequence OF the measures taken
by the British navy to blockade the
port. is even more serious than has
been believed heretofore. Photographs
just taken from airplanes show that
the entrance to the harbor Is rapidly
sitting up.
The Belgian legation made public at
Washington the authentic story of the
kidnapping OF Belgian boy l3 years OF
age by the Germans, tagged prisoner
OF war" and compelled. with other
captives his own age, to perform farm
labor. The story was dictated by the
boy himself. who finally escaped over
the frontier into Holland
The bishop OF Scissors, in Paris. de.
scribed the havoc wrought in the bish.
opric OF scissors during the recent Of
fensiye Of the Germans. He said loo
churches had been razed to the ground
by the Germans. and that at least 100
Dthers had been pillaged and partly de
molished. The famous cathedral In
scissors suffered severely.
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GOT TO WHIP THE GERMANS.
Must Go Into Russia and Make East.
ern Front, Says Former Presi.
dent Taft.

Newark, Del.-"We must 20 into
Russia and make an eastern front" de.
clared William II. Taft. former presi.
dent, in an address at the annual COM
mencement Of Delaware College. The
eastern 'front.'" he continued, has been
lost through the treachery of Germany.
They say to establish an eastern front
would be a great task. but there is no
task that is too great for the United
States. We have got to whip the Ger
mans. We have more money and more
munitions and we can and will furnish
more man power than any other coun-
try In the world, for the purpose OF
Kidding the world OF this serpent OF
militarism."
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St., N. z, Canton, Ohja 4
Sometimes there are serious condl.
dons where . hospital operation 3 The
only alternative, but On The other heno
20 many women have been cured By this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia e.
Pinkhsm's Vegetable COMPOUND. aftse
doctors hsvs said that an operation was
necessary-evsry woman who wents
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experience b ct your service
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WASHINGTON.

Fishery products Of Alaska in 1917
were valued at 51,4O5,26o.
The Navy Department has virtually
decided to arm or convoy all merchant
ships engaged In the Atlantic coast.
wise trade as means OF combating
German submarine operations in
American waters.
M. Gerard Corrman, the new pre-.
mier Of Belgium, informally notifying
Secretary lansing Of his appointment.
expressed profound gratefulness OF the
Belgian people for the aid given them
by the United States. and declared
that the fact that American and Bel.
gian soldiers are now fighting side by
side is an "auspicfous harbinger" OF
the fruitful relations of the two coun-
tries when peace somes.
Four members Of the American nav.
al forces have been awarded medals
for heroism In saving life, Secretary
Daniel announced.
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LANSING sAREs LIES OF BERLIN.

Schenectady. N. Y.-"Prussianism
and the idea Of enduring peace among
nations can never be brought into har.
mony; compromise cannot even be
considered" Robert Lansing. secretary
Of state. declared here in an address
as honorary chancellor of Union Col
lege for 1918. Instance after instance
from his own experience at the head
Of Americas foreign office were cited
to prove his point because. he assert
ed. Americans, even those intellectu-
ally equipped. have but vague ideas of
the attitude which made Prussianism
possible.
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THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
h CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EvEnTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANps.
Wsstsra Newspaper Union News ssryics.
ABOUT THE WAR.

British airmen brought down $50
Germans In less than three weeks. up
to June 2. OF which 2s3 were totally
destroyed.
The Italian army Is improving both
In morale and material. according to
MAI. Gen. Eben Swift, head OF the
American military mission to Italy.
German airplanes during recen,
raids on Paris have made use OF an
illuminating device which is a combin
alton Of a rocket and a clock move
ment.
Torpedoing Of the Harpathian
brought the German sinking record
on the Atlantic coast to fourteen-si1
steamers and eight schooners, with a
loss Of thirty lives.
British casualties reported during
the week ending June we're: Officers
Killed or died Of wounds. 20S; men
4.25S; officers wounded or missing
1853; men. 27.425.
Between the Oise and the Marine and
south Of the ourcq the French made
gains, capturing two woods, driving
out Germans. who had penetrated
their lines and taking 200 prisoners
A German attack west Of Rheims
failed.
The fighting Thursday night north
west Of Chateau Thierry ragged with
great fierceness for five hours. The
Americans captured Bouresches and
entered Torcy. twenty-five Americans
In Torcy engaged and drove out zoe
Germans and then withdrew TO the
main line on the outskirts Of the
town.
Attacks by the Germans in the
Marne sector have again been re
pulsed by the Americans, who inflict
ed heavy losses on the enemy. The
French repulsed two attacks against
Hill 204, west OF Chateau Thierry. the
first at 10 O'Clock Saturday night. and
the second at 3 o'clock Sunday morn
Ing. French troops captured wood
south OF BuKziares.
The American steamer Pinar del Ric
was sunk by German submarine sew
enty miles off the coast of Maryland
Saturday morning. One of her boats
with the captain and seventeen mem
bers OF the crew. Is missing, another
with Chief Mate Orkes and fifteen
men. landed at the Manteo life sta,
tion on the North Carolina coast
about fifty,five miles below Norfolk
Va.
In a new thrust, directed at the sec.
tor between Montdidier and Noyon
the Germans have succeeded in gain.
Ing ground along twenty-mile front
10 a depth OF about two and a halt
miles at certain points, according to
the war office announcement at Paris
Sunday night The fighting was heavy
and the French offered a powerful re-
sistance to the multiplied efforts OF
the enemy, and finally succeeded in
checking the advance. particularly on
the two wings
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PInar Del Rio Crew Landed.

New York, June 11.-Capt. ]. Mac
kenzie and sixteen members of the
crew OF the American steamship Pinar
Del Rio, who have been missing since
the vessel was sunk by German sub
marine off the coast of Maryland on
June 5, reached here on Norwegian
steamship which rescued them from a
small lifeboat about seventy miles off
the coast Of New Jersey. All the men,
bers OF the crew are thus accounted
for. The chief mate and fifteen men
were landed on the North Carolina
eoas.
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Hun Planes injure s41 in Hosr;.aIs

London.-Nine hundred and forty.
one casualties have been inflicted by
German air raids on allied hospitals
In the last three weeks. J. |. Macpher.
son, under secretary of the admiralty,
announced In the House of Commons.
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GAIN TWo-THIRps OF MILE NEAR
THIERRv IN STRUGGLE FROM
NoYoN TO MoNTDlDIER.
HUNS WIN THREE TOWNS
ENEMY At MERCY OF FRENCH
GUNS FOR SLIGHT ADVANCE
IN CENTER OF LINE.

w e4ttEG SehtHaptf s>sNe erif wv
With the American Army in France.
June 1.-THE United States marines
attacked the Germans after daybreak
Monlay morning and penetrated the
German lines for about two-thirds OF
mile on 6o0-yard front An the Bel
leau wood, northwest bf Chateau
Thierry. The Germans now hold only
the nortehrn fringe OF the wood. The
Americans captured two minewerfer
which are the Ia gest pieces yet taken
by them.
The Germans In the center OF their
new attack on the front between
Montdidier and Noyon have gained
additional ground against the French,
but on both the right and left wings
they are being held. In violent sue.
cessiye attacks Monday they captured
the villages Of Merry. Bclloy and St.
Maure and also pressed forward and
gained a footing in the village OF
Marqueglise, the last named place
representing the deepest point Of pen
etration since the offensive began
between five and six miles. The
French still are exacting heavy toll
in lives from the Germans as they de-
liver their attacks In waves, and ara
giving ground only when forced 10 do
60 under superiority Of numbers No
where has the emery been able to
pierce the front, which has been bent
back in perfect order whenever the
necessity arose.
The battle Is described by CORE
spondents as one OF the most furious
that has been fought since the wal
began. with the enemy unusually reck
less in wasting life to gain his OBJ
jectives.
The latest official communication
from the German war office says add
tional ground has been gained by the
Germans southwest OF Noyon against
newly brought-up French reinforce
ments and that the Germans have
taken about 5000 prisoners and some
guns.
Near Bussiares, northwest OF Cha
teau Thierry. the Americans and
French again have delivered strong at
tacks against the Germans and taker
more ground. They also captured Q
number of prisoners and thirty ma
chine guns. On tie remainder Of the
front In France and Belgium the op
erations have been OF a mirror nature
although south of the somme the Brit
ish near Bouzencourt have carried ouI
an operation which straighten"d ouI
a threatening salient that sagged In
| their line.
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The Reason.

This letter from your son is very
short"
Naturally. So was he when he
wrote It."
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now mrs. BOYD
AVOIDED An
OPERATION

Csntoo. Ohio-"I suffered from .
female trouble which caused me much
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Pithy News Notes
From Al Parts of
Colorado
O
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

WsSteTh NewspHptF Uhton NsWb beTSics
COMING EVENTS.
July 8-i3-Assting National Associa-
tlon OF coiored Women In Denver.
July Metropolitan State Consen-
tion At Colorado Springs.
Aug. 73-3t-colorado State Firemen's
Convention 1T Georgetown.
Sept. 33-is-Colorado State Fair at
Pueblo.
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