Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-19
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

gates who have already arrived.
Grand Junction wants $25.000. .0l
appropriation by congress for reclaim
tlon purposes. The money is to b
used principally in new projects.
Colorado Springs wants an indors,
ment of the policy of Clifford Pincho
the head OF the governments forestr
bureau.
Oklahoma wants making the Arkar
sas river navigable from New Orlean
to Mnskogee and Tulsa. Okla And tn
expendiluI of s4.oO0.000 in reclaimini
arid land i western Oklahoma.
Ike PI5o, will be next president o
the Trans Mississippi congress. and A
C. Trumbo of Muskogec, okla, wai
advanced from third vice president Il
second vice president OF the congress
San Antonio. Tex, is the next con
vention city.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.--John Fitzger
aid, 1S months old. died yesterday oi
starvation, and his mother. Mrs. Mary
Fitzgerald. is III from the same cause
Three other children all ill from tlt
lack OF food. passed last night in the
care of the police and today were
taken 10 a Juvenile home. These chill
dren are Helen. 10 years old, Lillian
years, and Irene, years old.
Mrs. Fitzgerald and her family wer,
deserted by her husband June 10
For the last few weeks they have haG
nothing to live on except what was con
tribnted by neighbors or obtained BY
pawning articles from the home whicl
was already stripped of its furnishings
to obtain food
BEVERLY, Mass, Aug l6.-In lei
ter addressed today to Secretary Ma
gel of the department of commerce
and labor. President Taft served no
tice that any man engaged In takine
the thirteenth census who engages il
politics IN any way will Immediately
be dismissed.
Outside of casting their votes Tho
president believes that census super
visors and enumeFators should keep
clear of anything that savors of poll
tics, national, state or local
Mr.. Taft says in appointing census
supervisors 1t has been found neces-
sary to select men recommended by
senators and congressman In their dis
tricts. He says he realizes that this
CT ha IN
political purposes and to take the
census out of politics so far as actual
work is concerned and he has explic-
lily expressed his desires regarding
the regulations.
Colorado appointments are-First
district, Albert B. McGaffey. Second
district. Charles F. Hamlin
DUBLIN, n. H., Aug. 16.-With the
gigantic scheme for reformation OF
~ currency, especially paper curren
z scy,> y>Aao. the whaacswss4s7rf'f 'ffhkifh Mac
veagh. Secretary of the treasury, is
busy at his New England summer
home today, studying the details OF
his plan. When he returns to Wash
ington in the fall he intends to make
a great effort to have the representa-
tive financiers and statesmen of the
civilized countries of the globe meet
and discuss for the first time the plan
for a uniform size, color and denomi
nation of the currency.
Money goes everywhere" said Sec
retary McVeagh. Il want America to
follow the model of the French and
pive her best work to her paper money
that the world may know that we
have artists, that we know art, that we
appreciate 1t and that we value 1t. In
my new scheme l recommend new de
signs. That Is, the designs at present
on our bills are, of course. too large
and unwieldy for the more graceful
small bills. That means new designs
For this the country cannot do better
than employ her greatest artists"
BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. 16.-Steps
were taken in New York today fol
the marking out of the lines within
which the monetary commission viii
! draft n new monetary system for the
United States Senator Nelson w. Al
drich of Rhode Island is the chairman
and Representative John w. Weeks o
Massachusetts left Boston last nigh
To attend the session at the st. Regi!
called by Mr. Aldrioh. AT this meet
ing which is likely to extend into Tues
day, 1t is thought the commission
will complete plans after which !
Will work out one of the greatest prob
lens of recent years. This meetini
this afternoon is regarded as the mos
important which the commission ha
yet held. Great interest Is aroused b,
the report that the purpose OF som
members OF the commission are to pre-
pose a central bank.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 10
tenth name was added to the list @
dead In the Denver & Rio Grande co
llsion at Hustled Saturday when c.
McCreary OF Dallas, Texas, succumpe
to his injuries at St. Francis hospit;
yesterday. with this death. in th
opinion of the attending physician
the list of fatalities directly due