The Dolores star., 1918-05-03
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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COMING EVENTS.
Nay ll-le-Colorado sunday School
Association annual convention at
i cs1s.:s Won't. :efs' s p::;::
Sept ss-ss-coiorado state Fair at
9alids now hasa Home Guard Of $50
members.
Dsuver bid Godspeed to 3es draft
men a. they departed for Camp Fun.
ston. Kan.
An county food administrators win
meet In Denver for general confer.
ence May 9.
The postoffice at Manassa, Cone5os
county, was broken into and the safe
rifled Of $40 in cash.
L. H. Shook. an Interurban motor
man. committed suicide by shooting
himself 1t his home in Denver.
Denver federal building employees
have bought. within the last ninety
days, $4,000 worth Of war saving and
thrift stamp5.
Women's committees to increase
food production and conservation
have now been organized by twenty
five women's county councils OF de-
fense.
Fifty Denver women have already
adopted cots in the new recuperation
hospital which Is to be erected near
Aurora. There are to be 1000 cots In
the new hospital.
Charles H. shaw, for thirty years
president Of pneumatic tool company.
died at his home "a Den IT, aged 80
years. Mr.. Shaw was member Of
Denver lodge No. 8, r. q A. M.
General instructions concern,ng en-
listment for the fourth officers train
ing school May 15 to Sept. were
given out by Adj. Gen. Frank d. Bald
win, following receipt Of word from
the militia bureau Of the War Depart
ment.
War department officials praised
Colorado's splendid record In volun-
tary enlistments, according to advices
from Washington. Colorado has sup
piled 4.422 voluntary recruits to the
regular army since April /, 1917. which
war department officials declare to be
one of the bsst state records In the
nation.
Nearly 5000 people. chiefly Masons
and their families, witnessed the pre-
sentation of Masonic service flag
representing the sacrifice Of 1853
Masons in Colorado, from the Denver
Association Of Masonic Officers to the
Grand lodge. and heard the address Of
DR.. John H. Abernathy Of Okmulgee.
Okla, at the Auditorium in Denver.
Daniel Cronin, who, Il jury in the
district court In Denver decided, sold
bootleg booze containing 80 much
poison it resulted in the death Of Ed
ward +. Hanson, again is made de-
fendant in q $4,000 damage suit
growing out Of the Illicit vending OF
fatal Joy Juice. Della Hasson, minor
daughter Of the victim OF Cronin's
bootleg poison. IL the plaintiff.
Col. H. 8. Graves, chief forester of
the United States, who recently re-
turned from France, where he went
last June to prepare the way and later
to direct the work, Of the tenth and
twentieth forest regiments, was q
visitor at Denver forestry head.
quarters and at luncheon, told the
members of the Denver forest office
that the two "lumberjack regiments
are making name for themselves
and, in keeping with the spirit of the
ALLIES In withstanding the terrific on.
slaught of the enemy. are working
night and day in the French forests
turning out lumber and other con.
struction material needed by the
allied armies at the front.
Tho attorney generals office upheld
the rulings of Judge Harry 8. Class OF
Brighton in resisting an appeal made
by counsel for Philip Cohen in the
Supreme Court for reversal of judg.
ment in the Model roadhouse robbery.
Cohen was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary for taking S3,4OO
worth of diamonds from Mrs. Irene
3NVA0u WAAA0 DIG Whb IL luc COulQ6uy
Of the Rev. Garrett J. Burke. early on
the morning of January 2.
A two-days state war conference is
to be held in Denver ON Tuesday, May
z. and Wednesday. May 8, under the
auspices Of the national and state
councils of defense. DR.. J. A. B.
Scherer and George B. Chandler Of the
Council Of National Defense, DR.. Guy
Stanton Ford of the committee on pub
lie Information and Lieut.. Paul Peri.
sord of the French army will be the
speakers from Washington. There
will be big mass meeting in the Den-
yer Auditorium Tuesday night. On
Wednesday there will be divisional
conferences Of the chairmen of the
county councils of defense, women
state and county leaders Of war work
and of chairmen Of speakers bureaus.