The Raymer enterprise., 1918-05-30
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

80 k0th6 W We Roh w thNo 40 hhN w.
hours between 2 and 4 O'Clock on the
afternoon Of June 28. Those days viii
be known as war savings days and un-
der proclamations by President Wilson
the governor, and the mayors OF all
cities. all patriotic residents will be
called In assemblages In every school
house In the state and there requested
to sign pledges TO save as much a. pos
sible between those two dates, with
$l7 100000 as the goal. The states
quota for war savings stamps and csr-
tifica,es is s20,00o.0 600 To date 33.000.-
600 worth have been sold.
After a big parade through Denver
streets. the Italians held mass meet
ing In the Auditorium to celebrate the
third anniversary Of their native lands
entry into the world war on the 24th.
and great enthusiasm was manifested
when Giuseppe Gentle, royal consul
OF Italy, read from the platform .
news dispatch that Secretary of War
Baker had announced at patriotic
American-Italian meeting In New York
that the American infantry and ma
chine gun and American artillery
units soon would be fighting shoulder
TO shoulder with the Italian forces on
the Italian front.
Frank H. Mulligan, former Denver
city detective. and Philip Cohen, for
mer Denver commission merchant.
who have been held In the Adams
county jail In Brighton since their con.
viction two months ago in the District
Court there on charges OF having held
up and robbed Mrs. Irene Nolan OF
thousands Of dollars worth OF dia-
monds In the Model roadhouse last
January, were released on bonds. The
Supreme Court in granting their ap
plications for supersedeas placed Mul.
ligan's bond at 5000 and Cohen's at
$4,000.
Mayor w. r. R. Mills received a tele-
gram from Madame Ernestine Schu.
mann-Heink. announcing that she will
be glad TO sing In Denver on her re
turn from France next fall. Schumann.
Heink is going to France the latter
part OF July to sing for the American
soldiers behind the lines. She is In
San Francisco.
The state oil Colorado went "over
the top in the third Liberty loan By
more than 50 per cent, II was learned
when 1t was announced by Harry l..
Morgan, state secretary. that the state
outside OF Denver had subscribed a
total OF $19,sl7.200. The final figure
reached for the state is approximately
s3l. 100000.
David William Brunton OF Denver
has been appointed chairman OF the
Federal Committee on War Inventions.
He will be one OF the fifteen men com.
posing the United States War Board,
each member being an expert In some
important line germaine TO the war.
Colorado is spending annually more
than ss.600.000 for support Of its pub
lie school systems, or somewhat more
than SAB annually for each child OF
school age In the state. according %
compilations completed by the State
Board OF immigration.
The action of the Colorado sugar
companies In the matter of the price
to be paid for this years bee, crop is
already producing favorable results,
and the outlook for a larger acreage
than last year can be pronounced
much more encouraging.
The price of ice will not be raised
this year A price OF 50 cents a hun.
dred pounds to the housewife and 9th.
er users OF small quantities has been
fixed by George Fry, chairman OF the
ice division Of the Colorado Federal
Food Administration.
Evan Williams, the Welsh tenor
who sang in Denver at the dedication
Of the Denver municipal organ at the
Auditorium on March 81, died at his
home In Akron. Ohio, after an Illness
OF only one week. Mr.. Williams was
80 years old.
Pneumonia ended the life OF William
S. Adams, Sc, a resident of Colorado
since 1860, at his home near Denver.
Mr.. Adams was one OF the pioneers
who brayed the desert in an ox-cart
when he made the journey from the
Middle West.
Organized labor OF Denver, as rep
resented by the Trades and Labor AS.
sembly, applauded the record of the
late Mayor Robert W. Speer as a con.
sistent friend OF the toilers through
thirty-two years Of official life.
Colorado has contributed to the mill.
tary service 10000 men OF whom H..
500 came under the operation OF the
draft, according to a report submitted
to the Colorado Council of Defense by
Provost Marshal John Evans.
W. ]. Bona and II. A. Stern, Denver
brokers, were the first TO be prosecut.
ed for selling oil stock without a H.
cense, in violation Of the provisions OF
the recent ordinance governing the
oil business In Denver.
President Charles A. Lory OF the
Colorado Agricultural College was
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