The Raymer enterprise., 1918-07-18
orNfENNfAl STATE I7nR

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endar week. and an average OF at least
six hours per day; and calls upon ev.
cry such person to perform this duty
for 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
al the twelfth biennial meeting In
Denver, resulted In the election OF
Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, Buffalo, N. T..
president; Miss Halle @. Brown. VII
berforce. Ohio, vice president at large;
Georgia Nugent, Louisville. KY. chair
man executive committee; Mrs. c. r.
Mcdonald. Kansas City. treasurer;
Mrs Charlotte Hawkins Brown OF
North Carolina, corresponding secrs
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.
t. Fe road. ~ years old. was killed In
lodging house In the center OF Pueb
10. Five shots were fired into his
body. Frank Yeaser. switchman on
the Rio Grande. was arrested. charged
with the killing. Yeager's story b
that he suspected 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. be says. and reached
for his revolver. Yeaser states that be
then fired.
R. W. Corwin OF Pueblo received .
letter from J. A. MacDdarmit It Ash
ton, Ont. stating that his daughter.
Jessie May AacDlarmit, 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 German submarine June
n near the coast Of Ireland. Miss Mao
Darmit left Pueblo seven years ago
to return to her former home.
c. B. Smith, freight auditor OF the
Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad, re-
ceived injuries which caused his death
and James Clez, a lineman Of the Den.
yer & Rio Grande, was badly injured
at STUDY crossing. nine miles south Of
Littleton when q motor hand car In
which they were riding collided with
an automobile which was crossing the
D. Z 3. g. tracks at that point.
Thousands Of dollars in damage and
narrow escapes from death for hun.
dreds Of persons, is the toll Of fire.
bug. believed to be pro-German, who
is plying his dangerous trade along
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
The net result SO far Of his activities
b four destroyed railroad bridges Of
various sizes, three lumber mills and
two lumber yards damaged.
The American Federation Of Human
Rights. an organization composed Of
Masons and women affiliated with
Masonic organizations, held Its second
annual convention at Larkspur with
l76 delegates present from all parts Of
the United States, and several dele
gates from Great Britain. France, Gu
ba and Italy.
Denver. Colorado Springs, Trinidad,
Pueblo and Grand Junction were
placed on a sugar ration basis Mon.
day and the balance Of the state will
be on Aug. ]. according to announce
ment made by the Federal Food Ad.
ministration for Colorado.
Ralph Voorhees,. for thirty-eight
years a 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 q gigantic
Labor day demonstration by the vari.
ous labor organizations Of Denver
which are affiliated with the Denver
Trades and Labor Assembly.
The Cripple Greek & Colorado
Springs railway, which owns all the
lines serving the Cripple Greek dis
trict except the Short Line, on which
II 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 Q |
move made through the District Court
at Brighton to rehabilitate the Moffat
railroad. and has authorized loan Of
u 100000 for that purpose.
An infantry unit Of the senior diyi-
sion, reserve officers training corps,
IL to be established at Colorado col.
lege. Colorado Springs, the War D.
partment announced.
Aug. l. is Colorado day" and It viii
be celebrated with an elaborate cers.
mony to be participated In by the peo.
PIE Of Denver at Washington park In
patriotic manner.
Miss Mayfield Perryman OF Denver
Is the first woman to be appointed 70
q clerkship In the United States rail.
way mail service in the West.
William Holm, worker on the FAN !
River road near Estes Park spent