Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-17
make decided change in the class

make decided change in the class
of pictures they are displaying. Mrs.
Ida l. Gregory. chairman OF the Pub
lie Service league committee, said that
II is astonishing to learn what kind
OF pictures are being shown to the
children Of Denver in many of the pic.
ture theaters.
Coal operators In the northern Colo
rado fields have announced to the min.
ers that rather than accede to the de-
mands of the organized miners they
viii be forced TO close. They base
their reply ON the new rate rulings of
the interstate commerce commission,
which they assert. gives advantage to
| Walsenburg district mines, and also on
the fact that many of the nonunion
| mines work their men ten hours a day
for the same wages that the organized
miEe employees get for eight hours
day. This reply was given today
to the 5000 miners whose demands
have been in consideration here for
several days. In fact, the operators
met the miners demand with a coun-
ter proposition that wages, instead of
! being advanced, must he decreased #
the men hope to have work at all.
In order to forestall any adverse
action of the sort which has hindered
his examiners in Prowers county,
State Auditor Kenehan went to Little
ton Saturday morning and secured
from Judge Charles Mccall. of tho
| First judicial district, an order per
mitting him to send his experts into
Arapahoe county to examine the coun-
| ty books. The order was issued In
open court. accompanied by extremely
commendatory remarks from the Judge
or the work Auditor Kenehan Is car
| rying on Il believe the public ex.
aminer act is an excellent thing for
the state" said Judge Mccall. "and
want to see its provisions carried out.
No county officers should want to hin.
der the examiners in their work. They
should be willing at any time to have
the experts from the auditors office
come in and go over their books; in
fact, they ought 10 court such lnves.
iisation.' 1t is reported Auditor Ken
ohan's attention has been called to ar.
ucles appearing in The Herald and will
order his accountants TO investigate
official records In La Plata county.
Chicago ordinance provides a fine of
$50 for women wearing hat pins long
er than the regulation
Alleged heirs to the Swope millions
are looming up by the score. Now the
fight over the dead mans money will
start in earnest.
sudden rise in the Bear creek
river at Cokesville. Wyo.. drowned q.
600 sheep owned by Pete Olson. They
were asleep in a ravine into which a
torrent of water burst and not one
escaped Olson's loss is about SIC, 900.
billy" Sunday, the famous evangel.
list and former baseball star, has been
engaged by the Chicago local option
campaign committee. as the chief
speaker for mass meeting at the
Coliseum Monday night, Mar. 2S. His
subject win be Booze" 1t VIII be
Sundays first public appearance in
Chicago for many years, and the
"drys''' believe he will prove a big
drawing card
More than fifty oleomargarine
| ff,,,AAnsJinn.-
dictment in Chicago, probably will be
given long prison terms. This is the
report that became current following
the action by Judge Kenesaw NJ. Ian.
ldig, who ordered William Broadwell
and Samuel Driesbach taken to the
federal peDitenllary at Leavenworth.
kans, to begin serving terms of six
years each, and Daniel Bortz to the
bridewell. under sentence of eighteen
months
The plan of pensioning superannu.
ated railroad employees has come TO
stay. After years of experiment in
the line of pensioning the railroads OF
this country have accepted II as
beneficial both 10 their employees and
to the corporations. Railroad manage.
ments everywhere have decided to es.
tablish pension systems as rapidly as
possible. According to the latest esti.
mates obtainable, there are GA. 1853
railroad employees in the United States
In line for pensions. This is about
40 per cent of the total number of
railroad employees in this country. Thir.
teen railroads report that 1853 men