The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-07-18
uUax11uNIAL STATE I1yn1D.

DkVCA2A1o S0oA ~ - - u8chO8 wv \
u every ablsbedtsd psrsoa within ~
borders Of the State Of Colorado. ~
tween the ages Of sixteen and slx1y
Tears, to engage In some useful occu-
patton for at least five days each cal
sndar week, and an average Of At least
six hours per day; and calls upon ev.
Dry such person to perform this duty
tor the duration of the war; provided.
that the proclamation does not apply
to students while attending education
al institutions, or to tourists seeking
health and recreation. or to persons
regularly employed who are taking
customary vacations"
The election of officers of the Ma
tional Colored Women's Association
at the twelfth biennial meeting In
Denver, resulted in the election OF
Mrs. Mary B. Talbert. Buffalo. N. Y.
president: Miss Halle @. Brown. Will
berfOrce, Ohio. vice president at large;
Georgia Nugent, Louisville, KY. chair.
man executive committee; Mrs. c. n:
Mcdonald, Kansas City. treasurer:
Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown Of
North Carolina, corresponding secre-
tary; Roberta j. Dunbar. Providence.
r. l., recording secretary; Mrs. Alice
D. Webb. Denver, second secretary;
Mrs. Dorcas Watson, Pueblo. chaplain.
John Beard. switchman on the San
ta Fe road. 40 years old. was killed in
lodging house in the center OF Pueb-
10. Five shots were fired into his
body. Frank Yeager. switchman on
the Rio Grande, was arrested. charged
with the killing Yeager's story II
that he susDeetsd Beard Of intimacy
with his wife and went to the lodging
house to warn Beard to keep away
from his home. Beard ordered him
from the place, he says. and reached
for his revolver, Yeager states that he
then fired.
r. w. Corwin Of Pueblo received .
letter from J. A. MacDiarmit At Ash
ton. Ont, stating that his daughter.
Jessie May MacDiarmit, formerly Of
Pueblo, and . head nurse at the Min.
nequa hospital. was among the
nurses lost when the Canadian hospi-
tai ship Llandovery Castle was tor.
pedoed by Z German submarine June
II near the coast Of Ireland Miss Ma.
Diarmit left Pueblo seven years ago
to return to her former home.
G. B. smith. freight auditor Of the
Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad. 70
osived injuries which caused his death
and James Cles, iinenan OF the Dsa-
ver 4 Rio Grande. was badly injured
at STUDY crossing. nine miles south Of
Littleton whom . motor hand car IN
which they were riding collided with
an automobile which was crossing the
D. 4 r. G. tracks at that point.
Thousands Of dollars in damage and
narrow escapes from death for hum
drsds Of persons. b the toll Of fire
bsg. beloved To b ro-0esman. VIE
= plying his dangerous trade along
~ Dsaver L Rio Grands railroad.
TIE net result 10 far Of his activities
= feur destroyed railroad bridges of
various sisss. three lumber mills ard
two lumber yards damaged.
The American Fsdefatioa Of Human
Rights, N organisatioa coopossd of
Masons aad we0sa affiliated With
Masoaic oreasisatioas. held its ssoosA
aAAnal eoaveatioo at LartDpur with
17e delegates Drsssat frea al yarts oe
the United States, and several dele
eAtos from Great Britain, France, c.
b anl italy.
Denver. Colorado Springs. Trinidaa.
Pueblo and Grand Junction were
D1Aeed On . sugar ration basis 1loa-
day and the balance oe the state win
b On Aug. 1. according to announce
ment made By the FEDERAL Food Ad-
mini6tration for Colorado.
Ralph voorhees,. for thirty-eisht
years . resident Of Denver. and wide
ly known among business men. has
accepted the position of registrar Of
the Federal Land bank at Wichita,
Kan.
Plans are under way for . gigAntio
Labor day denomination BY the vari-
Gus labor organizations of Denver
which are affiliated with the Denver
Trades and Labor Assembly.
The Cripple Creek 4 Colorado
Springs railway, which owns all the
lines serving the Cripple Greek dis
trict except the Short Line. ON which
1t has a lease. has been taken over by
the federal government and will be
operated by officials to be named by
Hale Holden. regional director for the
mountain district.
Secretary McAdoo has approved .
move made through the District Court
At Brighton to rehabilitate the Moffat
railroad, and has authorised q loan Of
q. .soo.o 900 for that purpose.
An infantry unit Of the senior divi.
sion. reserve officers training corps,
70 to be established 1t Colorado col
lsgs. Colorado Springs, the War De-
partmont announced.
Aug. l. is Colorado day" and 1t will
b celebrated with an elaborate core
mooy to be participated In BY the peo-
PIE q Denver at Warrington park In