The Dolores star., 1918-02-15
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

was formerly Miss Evelyn Adams, a
operator OF Oakland. Cal,
committed suicide by swallowing poi
son. and when the news Of her death
was telegraphed to her sister. Miss
Gladys Adams at Santa Cruz. the lat
ter dropped dead from the shock. Mrs.
Conley swallowed the poison after she
had seen her husband and another
woman enter and leave a restaurant
and then 90 to . rooming house.
J. Lotion Davidson. Denver under
taker. was freed from charges Of con
spiracy arising out OF the insurance
scandal wherein another man played
dead" when the Colorado Supreme
Court reversed the trial court finding
and ordered the case dismissed. vival-
ly Turley, who faxed the death In
order to obtain $4,000 insurance. It
is alleged 10 serving . term In the
penitentiary.
Harry Hartman. sentenced to the
penitentiary from Denver as q degen-
crate. and having fifteen years yet to
serve, has confessed to the murder of
. boy at Sioux City. Iowa. in 1919.
Word from Sioux City gives the name
Of the boy as Lovenger. son Of Mrs.
Esther Lovenger. The decomposed
body was found in . barn and was
recognized about three weeks later BY
the clothes.
The drainage of 6O0. 900 acres Of Va
ter logged land in the San Luis valley
Is one Of the works that Director
Arthur P. Davis OF the reclamation
service has in mind in the prepared.
ness for peace campaign. Mr.. Davis
means to utilize the engineers and re-
sources Of his organization in mapping
out works which will not only give en-
homes for them, II Congress sees fit
to authorize such work.
Mrs. Henry B. Teller. who has in
charge the Denver registration of
women for war service. reported that
81 900 registration cards have been is
sued, and that more than one-half
have been returned to headquarters,
filled out for indexing.
Arthur Edgar Gerald Collins. son of
George e. Collins of Denver. has been
recommended for the award Of the
military cross, one of the highest
awards conferred in the British army,
with which he has been serving since
the beginning Of the war.
The annual winter outing Of the
Colorado Mountain Club will be held
at Fern Lake. Rocky Mountain Nation
al park. from Friday. Feb. 20. to Mon
day. Feb. 25. Skating, tobogganing
and snow shoeing are on the program.
Mrs. J. v. (Fanchon) Rose. princi-
pal witt ss Id the prosecution against
Frank H. Mulligan and Philip Cohen.
the two men indicted by the Adams
county grand jury, disappeared. It was
reported in Denver.
American Beet Sugar Company de-
clared a dividend Of per cent on COM
mon stock for the year, payable In
quarterly installments Of per cent.
the first payable April 80 to stock of
record April IA.
Announcement is plade by the food
administration Of the appointment of
Judge John C. Bell of Montrose to be
a member Of the commission that will
investigate the cost of producing
sugar beets.
w. L. Cunningham Of Colorado
Springs, who enlisted in the coast ar
tillery, suffered a shattered knee In
an accident and Is confined in the base
hospital at the Preside, San Fran
cisco.
The date of holding Johnstown's an
nual dairy day has not yet been de-
cided upon, though a committee has
taken up the matter of raising funds
and considering program.
Pueblo has probably furnished the
youngest soldier with the American
expeditionary forces in France. name
iy Bybee Baird, IA years old.
Alvah L. Carper, Il years old, must
pay his 19-year-old bride, Ruth Jones
Carper, temporary alimony to the
amount Of SIS a month, in addition to
attorneys fees and court costs. by
order of Judge Butler in the Denver
District Court.
Elmer Richardson, who a few days
ago at La Junta killed his wife and
then shot himself near the heart, is
dead, after lingering in hospital and
apparently improving.
Adjutant General Frank D. Baldwin
received a telegram from the War De-
partment saying there were no Colo
RADIO troops aboard the transport Tus-
cania.
VIM. e. Sweet and Lieut. Paul C.
Hurlburt Of Denver have arrived
"somewhere in France" according to
messages received by Denver rela-