The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-08-30
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

III reply 10 q Tooolok1Oo ADOPTED Dy
the Colorado Medical womsn's War
Service league relative to the Susan
B. Anthony suffrage amendment TO
the constitution, United States Senator
C s. Thomas has written to the
league: Il am and have been at all
times ready and willing to consider
and vote upon the pending suffrage
amendment whenever the national as
sociation requests US to do 50. II the
so-called National Womans' party rep
resentatives in Washington persist in
their foolish and indefensible assaults
upon the integrity OF the President,
and aspersions OF the motives OF those
senators opposed to the amendment,
there is every probability Of its de-
feat"
The Colorado Firemen's Association,
at its meeting in Georgetown. elected
the following officers: President. E.
A. Ransom of Edgewater; vice presi-
dent. w s. Walton of Colorado
Springs: second vice president, Chief
Glaze of Fowler; third vice president.
John Oben of Englewood; fourth vice
president, E. A Wier of Sterling;
treasurer. Ray Chamberlin of Boulder;
secretary, Julius Pearse OF Denver
historian. H NJ. Siwash Of Denver;
sergeant-at-arms. William Crowley.
The convention next year will be held
In Ordway.
A meeting OF the shorthand report
ers Of Colorado was held in the court
house at Colorado Springs Represen-
tatives from all over the state were
present. and the meeting resulted in
hand Reporters Association. with the
following officers: President, c. A.
Frederickson, Canon City; vice presi-
dents. J. Howard Carpenter and NJ. S.
Atwood Of Denver and Trinidad. re-
spectively; secretary, Mrs Bertha NJ.
Thompson. Colorado Springs; treasur-
er, NJ. C. Marks. Denver.
W. F. Thiehoff will be put in charge
temporarily OF the Denver & Salt
Lake railroad as acting general man
ager, according to an order issued by
the railroad administration pending
the final disposition of the negotia-
tions as to a final agreement with the
national railroad administration. MI
Thiehoff has been for some time as
sistant general manager of the Bur
lington in charge Of lines west OF the
Missouri river.
A monster athletic carnival for the
benefit OF wounded soldiers will take
place shortly In Colorado Springs II
present plans mature. Spencer Pen
rose held conference with Jess Viii
lard, champion heavyweight Of the
world, and the latter consented to do
nate his services free for the great
cause
Colorados allotment OF sugar for
September will be 3O12 900 pounds, or
$4,000 pounds under the amount ex-
pected. The allotment for August was
3,137.oOo pounds. This was the word
given out by the federal food admins
traitor for Colorado. The growing
shortage Of sugar is assigned as the
reason.
The ordinance raising Tramway
fares in Denver to 6 cents was in
itiated at meeting Of the City Coun-
Gil on petition signed by 1882 voters,
and after being read was ordered pub
iished
Hugh L. MacWhirter, veteran en-
ploye OF the Denver Dry Goods Com
pany, was appointed vice president
and general manager OF the concern,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death OF w. R. Owen
Lieut. Edward Evans, captain of
University Of Colorado football team
of 1916. was killed in action in France
on July 13, last, according to a short
note from a Lieutenant Grimm to Miss
Hattie Kistler of Longmont
The Oheb Zadek congregation has
engaged the Ell Jebel temple in Den.
yer to hold services during the ap-
preaching holidays, kosh Hashona
Sept Z and 8, and Yom Kippur, Sept
16
Gilbert l. Miller of Rocky Ford was
instantly killed and two OF his sons
SO seriously injured that they died,
when the car driven by Miller went off
bridge into ditch near Wolhurst.
Harold Kountze, state chairman of
the Fourth Liberty Loan committee,
has enlisted in the naval reserve fly
ing corps.
R. Boylette Of Colorado Springs, and
A. NJ. Scott of Denver are reported
wounded in the Canadian casualty list.
Mrs. Edna Mawhorter. age SO years,
was killed by lightning At her ranch
home twenty miles north of Pueblo.
The name Of A. NJ. Scott, Emma,
Colo, wounded, appeared on the Can
adian overseas casualty list
A. G. Mason, reported wounded in
France, is the son Of John Mason, food