The Colorado statesman., 1918-03-30
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

ter chairman OF committee OF the
State Council of Defense on American
ization of aliens. The committee Will
cooperate with the federal bureau OF
education and Council of National De-
fense to weld all residents Of foreign
origin into a unified American people
behind the men in the trenches.
Denver pushed John. Mccormack
across the 100000 mark in his race
for 100000 for the Red Cross. The
receipts at the Auditorium were &c.
| 557, all of which went to the fund of
that organization, and, in addition,
Denver beat the country in its bids for
autographed phonograph records by
Mccormack, the proceeds of which go
to the Red Cross. Seven records, one
of which was resold, we're auctioned
for $4,100.
German influence in Turkish polit-
ical affairs is responsible for the great
slaughter and suffering among the
Armenians today, according to the
Rev. Henry H. Riggs of Harpoot. Tur-
key. who spoke at the First Baptist
church in Denver. He took the whole
evening to describe the horrors OF the
exodus of the peace loving and pro-
gressive Armenians before the Mos
lem lash with the Teutonic handle.
G. p. Goodier of Denver, has pur-
chased the Jason lease on Poverty
flats, Leadville, and is now in active
charge of the property. Two large
slopes of high grade manganese
| h.,
the time of the transaction and these
are now being developed with steady
tonnage being shipped. Some OF the
ore assays as high as "a per cent man
ganese.
Mrs. Wilson l.. Burns and Mrs. Wal
ter Shaub, both of Cripple Creek, were
perhaps fatally injured when car
driven by Mr.. Burns went over cliff
on the old Florence & Cripple Creek
roadway and fell a distance of fifty
feet, turning over several times before
coming to a stop. Burns and Walter
Shaub, the other occupants of the car,
received slight injuries.
National plans for the Americaniza-
ton of millions of foreign-born men
many industrial and commercial activ-
tiles of this country are to be consid-
cred April 3, in Washington, under
the auspices of the Department of the
Interior Gov. ]. c. Gunter will attend
on behalf of the commonwealth.
Inability of the heirs of the late Mo-
ritz Geradehand of Castle Rock to ad-
just the affairs of the estate, placed
at $6,93S.72, prompted Denver law
yers to turn the funds through escheat
proceedings into the special fund OF
the state treasury at the suggestion
of the attorney general Mr.. Gerade-
hand died in the spring of 1909.
Three hundred Denver boilermak-
ers, blacksmiths, pattern makers and
sheet metal workers gave notice OF
demand for a 33 1-3 per cent. increase
in wages. The men are employed In
the machine and boiler shops where
the 800 machinists walked out several
days ago, following demands for In
creased wages.
Colorado's part in the campaign to
help win a victory through stimulat-
ing crops to supply our soldiers in
France began in earnest when the
state division of the United States
Boys working reserve at the capitol
sent out the first boy in response to
call from the farm. He went to
farm near Brighton.
The Denver marine recruiting sta
tion has received instructions from
Major General Commandant Barnett
at Washington, to enlist 2,2OO men In
the marine service before May L. Pre-
viously the office has accepted only
four men a week.
Ninety pound samples tested at
Golden School of Mines show the
stratum from which this shale was
taken will average from eleven to fif-
teen feet thick and yields 20 gallons
per ton. The shale is from De Beque.
The State Council of Defense will
finance the Colorado work of the Am
erican Protective League, an organiza-
ton formed by the government to aid
the secret service in apprehending
traitors. Ralph w. Smith of Denver
is Colorado director.
Charles Henkel, one of the most
prominent citizens of Pueblo county
was chosen president of the Southern
Colorado Pioneers Association at the
annual meeting and election of Off
GERS of the organization held in
Pueblo.
To reduce the deaths of babies in
Colorado the Woman's State Council
of Defense has urged all women's
County Councils of Defense to organ
ize child welfare committees where
none have been formed.
Protection of Colorados crops from
prairie dogs, ground squirrels and oth-
l. l.. rod for, hX