The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-09-20
COLORADO NEWS Horn.

scion Of . wealthy French-Italian fam
lily Of New Orleans. anA one Of three
heirs to the 5000. 900 estate Of bis
father. ended when Roy o. Samson.
district superintendent OF the United
States Department Of Justice, discoy-
cred the fugitive living ~ hermit In
. tent In Platte caAon. traced him to
Denver and placed him under arrest
while he was Longing in the lobby OF
. Denver hotel. Monteleone IN wanted
by the United States marshal OF Lou
isiana on . charge OF violating the
Mann white slave act.
IF ever had the opportunity 70
again meet my, father I surely would
kill him." This was the declaration
made by Frank Lewis, one Of the al
legged automobile bandits and bank
robbers. who Is held In the Pueblo
county jail following his arrest at
Palmer Lake by Colorado Springs Of
ficers, who took him to the Pueblo
county jail for safe keeping. Lewis
and other members of the gang are
charged with having murdered po-
liceman at Colorado Springs and seri-
ously wounding another.
Work OF filling out the question
naires. filing exemption claims and
classifying those who registered for
the draft Sept. IL may begin any day.
The blanks are In Denver and have
been distributed to the various advis-
ory boards. That the work will follow
much sooner after this draft than It
did year ago. that It may begin even
in September. possibly in a day or
two. is the present expectation.
Reprimanded by her mother be-
cause OF quarrel with her sister at
the supper table. Alice Wright. 10.
went to her bedroom on the second
floor of the Wright home In Denver.
and swallowed a quantity OF poison.
Police Surgeon Campbell administered
county, hospital for further treatment.
but she lapsed into Inconsistencies
and died two hours later.
Non.essential industries in Colorado
and other Western states should be
allowed to operate their plants with
slack coal because Of the surplus Of
this commodity. according to resolu-
tions passed by fuel administrators Of
states of the Rocky Mountain region
who met In Denver to discuss the coal
question. ..-..
Col. F. J. Hammock. commanding
the 18th regiment, Colorado infantry.
recently arrived In France, according
to information received by his wife in
Denver. For almost year the colonel
and his men have been at the train.
ing camp at linda Vista, Cal. and
left only . few weeks ago for the
East and for France.
The executive staff OF the Colorado
state women's Liberty loan commit.
tee is being made up OF experts from
different parts of the country. in
keeping with Chairman Helen Ring
Robinson's efficiency program for
every department of the organization.
both in Denver and In every county
throughout the state.
Word has been received In Denver
that Herman A. Anderson, one of the
Denver boys who left Camp Kearny
with the 18th infantry. has arrived
safely in France. Mr.. Anderson Ia an
Idaho Springs boy who enlisted from
Boulder and was stationed at the rifle
range in Golden during the summer
Of 1917. -...
Miss Mildred Waco Gates OF Dallas.
Tex, held up and taken a prisoner by
the bandits Sept 13, has had an ex-
perience that few girls would care for.
but in her rooms in q Denver hotel
she said she was thankful that she
had escaped with her life. The same
was the expression of w. d. Otter, her
companion.
William J. Murray, one OF the best
known mining men Of Colorado, died
in La .Jolla, Cal. Mr.. Murray lived in
Colorado nearly forty years and had
been connected with coal mining In
every occupation known to the indus.
try.
Tribute to COlorado's resources and
ance commissioners of thirty-eight
states In the closing session OF the
National Association of State Insur-
ance Commissioners convention At
Denver. This expression came after
several trips made by the visitors
through the financial and business
districts and into the hills, including
Denyer's mountain parks. Claude W.
Fairchild, insurance commissioner OF
Colorado. is the neY president of the
association.
The vault Of the Colorado constab-
ulary used for storing bootleg whisky
copascated when making arrests CON
tains 800 bottles more than 1t did.
Four persons who were bringing the
liquor into Colorado from Wyoming
escaped, after Q chase that extended
more thah 100 miles and ended at the
Wyoming line.
Three Colorado boys are among the
dead m the casualty lists made public
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