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FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION By Julia Bottomley For Wear in Autumn Days An attractive frock of satin and georgette crepe shows a very conserv ative interpretation of the new inode which sometimes leaves the spectator in doubt as to whether the garment Is a coat or a dress. But in this Instance the coat indication is not very strong. An nnderpetticoat of crepe is finished at the bottom with a band of the satin, and a narrower band at the front dec orates the panel effect. The bodice is simply cut and plain, ant it sets close to the figure and but tons at the front, where there is a square cut-out at the neck. This is filled in with a small vestee of crepe, and a wired frill is set about the edge of the opening in the silk. The square opening corresponds with the style of the bodice and saves the day for it. The plain bodi<y> buttoning straight down the front cannot lay claim to becomingness. The sleeves merit a little attention. They are straight and rather full from the shoulder to the cuff. The cuffs Garbed for the Dancing Party When little Marie (lancet* she may wear the very simplest of all frocks, like Jhat shown In the picture. It Is nothing more than a straight piece of hln silk, chllTou or crepe, accordion plaited, and sewed Into a narrow bund of fine embroidered butiste or luce or organdie. The plulted material Is cut out under the arms In u shallow curve, to make room for the arm, and the bodyless skirt Is suspended by shoulder straps of velvet ribbon. A rather wide hern weights the silk u little and gives the dress a pretty “set.” Under this very simple uffalr, which hardly requires that one should think twice about It, an ample petticoat and ■mall bloomers of batiste are trimmed with furbelows of lace und ribbon and disclose much more work In their unking thun is needed for the dress, riliort sox and strap slippers are worn mitb this dancing gurb. are deep and turned to a rounded point on the upper side. They are finished with pipings where the sleeves are gathered into them. The satin skirt is shirred at the top and set on to the bodice, making this portion of the skirt and bodice a single garment to be worn over the crepe underskirt. There are similar designs, made of cloth, in which even less of the crepe underskirt shows, and they are those that leave no doubt as to whether they are coats or dresses. For wear during the fall months, up to the advent of cold weather, they have everything to recommend them. Small separate capes of velvet or crepe and fur, with hats to match, are offered as accessories with these frocks, and no outfit for autumn days bus ever pre sented more style. Distinctive Gown. A very distinctive gown is in a mole gray fine quality gaberdine, the box plaited skirt carried above the high extended waist line in little buttoned patties on a corsage of clfarmeuse and finished with the slightest of white chiffon and lace trimmed back collar. A coat of rose-colored faille provides iin outer garment for the festive occa sion of this little miss. It has a plain body and hox-plnited skirt and fastens at the front with snap fasteners. A row of small pearl buttons set close together make no pretense of being useful, but they please the eye. The little cuffs and collar are of tine eyelet work and embroidery on batiste. The little bonnet Is made of wide ribbon In light rose color. It Is shirred In rows over small cords and has a soft puff for 9 crown. A big rosette of the same ribbon Is posed at the hack, which Is unusual In bonnets for such small ladles. Taffeta Blouses. New taffeta blouses are quaint and novel In design. They may he cut long on the shoulder with a small cir cular flounce set In where the sleeve Joins the shoulder. They have full bishop sleeves, straight panels front uud back, and collurs finished with ■mull frills. WILSON SIGNS EIGHT-HOUR LAW HOUSE PASSED MEASURE BY 239 TO 56 AND SENATE VOTE WAS 43 TO 28. R.R. STRIKE CALLED OFF RAILROADS ACCEPT LAW THEY CLAIM WILL COST MILLIONS ANNUALLY TO PAY MEN. Western Newspaper Union New* Service. Washington, Sept. s.—An order re voking the call lor u country wide Tailroad strike set for Monday was sent out by labor union officials Sat urday night after Congresj had passed the Adamson eight-hour day bill and sent it to the President for his signa ture. The bill was puused by the Senate Saturday without any cliungu from the form in which it passed the House. The vote in the Senate was -13 to 28. Senators Hardwick of Georgia and Clarke of Arkansas were the only Democrats voting against the bill and Senator La Follette the only Republi can voting for it. The Hous ‘ passed the bill Friday by a vote of 239 to 56. Senator Hughes, acting president pro tern of the Senate, and Speaker Clark signed the bill a few minutes after it was passed, and it was sent to the White House, where it was signed by President Wilson Sunday. Passage of the bill followed a day of debate which was conducted under circumstances singularly dramatic. It concluded two weeks of suspense dur ing which the nation had been con fronted with a strike order that, had it become operative, would have crip pled the entire nation and caused a loss of millions of dollars. The bill incorporated only two of the six measures suggested by Presi dent Wilson to Congress. It provides: (1) An eight-hour day for all em ployes in operating trains on interstate railroads with the same pay as now given for ten hours’ work and pro rata for overtime. (2) A commission to be appointed by President Wilson to investigate and report on the effect of the eight hour day as applied to railroads, in not less than six nor more than nine months. The remainder of the legislative program has been abandoned by this session of Congress at least. Efforts to amend the bill in the Senate were futile, the supreme effort to alter it having been led by Senator Under wood, who sought to provide that the Interstate Commerce Commission should have power to fix railroad wages and hours of service in the fu ture. This amendment was defeated by a vote of 57 to 14. Railroad officials declare that the action of Congress will cost them SGO,- 000,000 a year in increased wages to the trainmen. Brotherhood officials say the enactment will mean not more than an annual increase of $20,000,000. in Congress and among railroad offi cials there has existed Toubt as to the constitutionality of the law, but what steps, if any. may be taken to test this, have not been indicated. The measure embraces virtually all of the President’s original proposals to the employes and the railroad heads, although it is only a part of the legislative program he took to Con gress when his negotiations had failed. Issuunce of the orders of cancella tlon followed a meetiug of the four brotherhood heads and thirteen re maining members of their committee of C4O. JAPAN’S ULTIMATUM TO CHINA Clash Between Soldiers I, Baals ol Toklo Note to Peking. Peking, China. Huron Gonsuke Ha> nshl. the Japanese mlnfuler to China hus presented lo ihe Chinese foreign office four demands for settlement ol tho clash between Chinese nnd Jup nnese troops ut Cheng Ohlatun, eunl em Mongolia, Aug. 13, when fifty Chi neee and (seventeen Jupaneae were killed or wounded. The Japanese demands follow: "First: Dismissal or tho Chinese of fleers In command or the troops. "Second: The withdrawal of Chi nese troops from Ihe district in which ihe trouble arose. “Third: Indemnlflcalion of the fain Hies of the Jupunese killed. "Fourth: The granting to Japanese of police rights In Inner Mongolia." Chinese officials regard the do inanils as virtually an elimination of Chinese authority In Inner Mongolia. Toklo.—Another clush between Chi nose and Japanese troops Is officially reported from Chuoyangpo, Mongolia, ami has led lo the dispatch of heavy Japanese reinforcements. Lincoln Home Given to Nation. Hodgenville, Ky.—The Lincoln farm of lift acres, the little log cabin In which Abraham Lincoln was born, a magnificent memorial hall which sliel tors it and an endowment fund of ssftt ftftft for Its maintenance was presented as a gift to the nation Labor Day by the Lincoln Farm Association. Im pressive ceremonies, at which were present many of the most Important figures or the nation, Including presi dent Wilson and Secretary of War Ba k«r, marked the occasion. THX OXLPIH OBSERVER. STATE CAPITOL NEWS Western Newspaper Union New* Service. GUARDS PAID PROMPTLY. Cover Entire Indebtedness Since Gov ernment Called Out State Militia. Denver—Within twenty-four houia after the payrolls und bills from the state mobilization camp had been received, the state auditor's office is sued vouchers to cover the entire in .debtedness of the stuto since June 18, when the government called out tho state militia. Stale Auditor Mulnix signed the vouchers and tlie Colorado soldiers, some of whom have had no pay since they entered the training camp were paid. The payroll for the men, covering the pay due to all recruits from the time they entered state service until their organizations were mustered .'n by the government, amounted to $6.- 500. Other bills for the expenses of mobilization and establishing the camp at Golden brought the sum total of the state’s indebtedness up to $lB, 000. The payroll voucher for the en tire $6,500 was turned over at once to Major Lee, quartermaster and pay master of the camp. Crop and Weather Bulletin. Moderately cool weather prevailed during the week ending ut 6 a. m. Aug. 29, the day temperatures gener ally being low for tho season, accord ing to tlie Crop and Weather Bulle tin. Showers occurred on one or more days in most places. The heavv rains that fell near the close of the previous week and at the opening ol last week in southeastern counties were of much benefit to ranges, but caused some damage to alfalfa while curing and in the stack in localities. Sufficient moisture and ample sun shine caused continued Improvement in corn and late planted potatoes. Al falfa ulso continues to improve and ranges are now in good condition gen erally throughout the state. In local ities ranges are excellent. Fruit is in good condition, although scarce ill localities. Heavy shipments of Fil bert a peaches are going forward to market and early apples are being shipped. Sugar beets are in excellent condition. Spring wheat is still being harvested in south-central counties and thrashing progressed generally with but little interruption. Far.n work in general is reported to be well up except in some northwestern coun ties. D. 4. R. G. Earnings Show Increase. Gross revenue of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad for the year ending June 30 totalled $24,890,084, an in crease of $3,060,848 over the previous year, according to official figures made public. The total operating ex penses were $14,739,410, an increase of $449,479. The net operating rev enue totalled $10,150,073, an increase of $2,611,108. Taxes aggregated $1 091,461. Colorado's First War Baby, The Colorado National Guard’s first "war buby,” a nine-pound boy, was born in Denver to Mrs. Sam Bianco whose husband is a cook in Company A of the infantry. Mrs. Blanco and the baby both are doing well. And now Sum Blanco announces with pride that his baby is the only one born to a Colorado soldier since the troops were mobilized at the rifle range. Farm Loan Board to Visit Denver. Official advices from Washington received by the Civic Association stale that the Federal Karin Loan Board will arrive in Denver Sept. 15 and that it will depurt the next day Hearings on Denver’s application lor the location of one of the twelve far n loan hunks will take place on Satur day, at which tin* hoard says It wl’l be glad to meet and hear any repre sentatives of the banking or commer cial organizations. Hamrock in Command at Golden. Commund or the slate mobillzution camp at Golden was turned over by Adjt. Gen. Harry Gamble to Muj. I*. J llamrock, senior major at the cutup. The reason given for the change is thut the camp properly should he in charge of an officer who liuh beuii mustered into the federal service. Gen. Gamble returned to Ills office at the Htatehoiiße. Through an order Is sued, First. Lieut. A. M. Head wuh pro moted to buttulion adjutant of the first separate battalion of artillery. He will fill the vacancy created by the departure of Maj. A. II Williams tor Doming, N. M. Major Williams becomes brigude adjutant of the Thir teenth division on the border. Colorado Mines Produce $80,096,573. The wealtli produced by Colorado mines has been one of the wonders of this country for many years, hut ’t has remuined for a recent compila tion of dividends paid to stockholders issued by the American Reporting Agency to gl\« a more complete idea of the immense fortunes wfclch tinn ing hus produced lor the indi'iduu' investor. This compilation shows that sixty-four mining companies, openr ing in Colorado paid out the enor mous total of $80,096,573 since they begun operation WEDS FRENCHMAN ON HER DEATHBED Pretty Peggie Gillespie Keeps Her Promise to Marry Wealthy Admirer. WAS NOTABLE FIGURE Famous Beauty, Born in Little Penn sylvania City, Set Fashions for World and Shone Among Elite of Europe. Paris. —In Paris a few days ago there died at tin* ago of thirty-four one of the most romantic characters of France —an Amerlcuu girl, Peggie 1411- lespie by nume, who began life in the little Pennsylvania city of Punxsutuw ney. Even her end was spectacular, for on her deathbed she married Hen ry Letelller, one of the wealthiest of Frenchmen. Peggy Gillespie spent most of her early life in Pittsburgh, where she was married to George McClelland. But several years ago she went to France and immediately became a prominent figure in society and on the race courses. For a long time she was the model of fashion and did much to set the styles of women’s dress in Europe and America. Because of her extrava gance and daring eccentricities she was described by a French writer as rank ing with the reckless beauties of the Second empire. But as long ago as 1909 a cloud be gan to shadow her life. When a con donation of physicians was called to consider her heulth, it was found that she was a victim of tuberculosis. She was ordered to the south of France, and at Hycres she lived for a time in a tent with a special kitchen, two motor cars and a train of servants. But she did not stay long away from Paris. A Star in the World of Fashion. For years little Peggie Gillespie, by her wit and charm and the dush with which she dressed, set a pace which the other glittering women of the French capital found difficult to fol low. Wherever there was a gathering of beauty and fashion, Peggy Gillespie was there, outshining the others like a star. Her entertainments in her sump tuous apartments in the Avenue Ilenrl Martin were famous, and she numbered Set Styles for Women’s Dress. among her acquaintances tunny of the highest title und distinction in Kurope. When the war broke (tut she plunged Into charity and relief work. Shortly after she hud consented to marry I.etelller she begun INi yield to the futul disease she had fought for so long. When tint doctors announced Hint deal It was near she tried to break the engagement, but Letelller limtlly persuaded her to become his wife be fore she died. TOT VICTIM OF FAMILY ROW Unwittingly Shot and Killed by Mother Emptying Revolver Under Table. GurilKvllle, Pa. —Following a violent quarrel, Joseph Kunkle, aged thirty three, u minor, rushed upstuirs, seized a revolver and returned to the dining room, threw the weapon on the table und told his wife to use It on him or lie would on her. The slx-yenr-old daughter, Leliu, un nerved, hid under the table. The wife, fearing he would shoot, grabbed the revolver and fired five shots under the table. The husband then knocked his wife to ttie floor, nnd ns lie did so he dis covered the girl there, shot. He took the dying child to u nearby physician, hut site immediately expired as he en tered the office door. Skirt Prevents Suicide. New York.- Mrs. Alice Walker’* wide skiit prevented her from com mitting suicide when *he Jumped into the East river. The skirt spread out like a balloon and kept her afloat until houtincti reached her. WESTERN MINING AND OIL NEWS Weatern Newspaper Ur» « n News Service. Metal Market Prices. Spelter, Denver $ 9.23 Copper, castiug 26.37 1 /£ Loud, New York 6.66 Bar silver 06;4 Boulder, Colo. —Tungsten concen trates, 60 per cent, $lB to $23 per uniL Crude ores Sixty per cent, sls to S2O; 25 per cent, $9.40 to $lo.00; 10 per cent. $7.80 to $9.00 per unit Arizona. Oue pound of ore from the Damian tlstrict yielded $9 in gold. The unwatering of the shaft of tht Arkansas & Arizona, at Jerome, U about completed. Encouraging word comes from the Green Monster. Ore is being cut in tho Cliff tunnel. Reports from the Mayer section are to the effect that mines und mills are pushing work successfully. Work Is to be started in a short time on the Paragon group, lying be tween the luizy Boy and Esperunza at Oatman. Various rumors have had it that tho United Eastern magnates, who re cently purchased control of the Sunny side company, have also acquired the Oatman Queen. 3he Lcxington-Arisona seems des tined lo bo the next real mine of Oatman. At a vertical depth of lid feet and 126 in an incline shaft, it has opened thirty inches of ore that averages $13.50 a ton. At Oatman the United Eastern i& completing an ore bin at No. 2 shaft and is still engaged in other prepara tory work in connection with handling the mine output there when the bore shull have reached the 665-foot lev«L Colorado. The Colorado Alunite Mining com pany has been incorporated at Pueblo. The new plant of the Continental Oil Company at Cripple Creek has been completed. A twenty-five ton mill employing the oil flotation process will be erect ed at the Logan mine near Crisman. A report from Ouray states that at a meeting of Ouray and Delta capi talists it was decided to reopen the Ouray smelter. The Black Cloud mill at Salina has been purchased by C. A. Newell and J. G. Blake of Denver and will bo rebuilt into an oil flotation plant. In the Lake City district a 50-ton capacity mill for small or individual mine holders, who are taking on ac tivity In production in und about the district, is being built. From Silverion it is reported that one of the richest lead-silver discov eries over reported in the county was recently made in the Queeti City claim at the head of Ohio gulch. C. A. ltoessler of Mancos received ussay returns from a sample of ore from the Florence W mine which he sent to Durango to be tested. The assay certificate showed a value of $l2O. Operations are to be resumed on the Little Daisy, a Bull hill property located on the eastern slope of that hill, in section 21, due east of the dumps at the mill of the Isabella Mines company. Directors of the Cresson OonsolY dated Gold Mining and Milling com pany voted a regular dividend of 1(1 cents a share per month. This will make dividend payments of $122,000 a month. At Cripple Creek the weekly pro duction from the main shaft of the Modoc Mining and Milling company, In the saddle between Battle moun tain and Bull hill, is now holding at three cars, or about 100 tons. The most important discovery of ore made in the Leadville district since the early ’Bos has been made in the Valley adit in Prospect mountain. At a depth of 150 feet below the adit level, an immense body of oxidized Iron, containing good values in silver and manganese, has been opened. Th« ore is identical with that found in the first contact of Carbonate. Fryer and Breece hills. Wyoming. W. A. Pierce of Chicago has se cured oil leases on several thousand acres of land eight miles west of Meeteetse, and expects to begin drill Ing at once. Excitement at Rawlins, concerning the new Ixjst Soldier oil field con tinues unabated und the striking of a third well has caused another sharp udvunce in selling values. Drilling on the Peuse tract, oast ol Basin, has been started by Scott Mills. The Wyoming Oil and Coal com pany, cupitullzcd at $500,000. filed ar ticles of incorporation for the puriiose of engaging In the oil and coal devel opment of Fremont county, with of fices at Riverton. The Norbeck Nicholson company is Installing a rig on Old Woman creek, in the Lusk section, and will pui down a well for oil. The rig is cap* ble of going down 2,000 feet