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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
SIX FAMILIES DRIVEN
 OUTDOORS BY FLAMES

Hartford, Jan. 13.-Six families were driven from their homes in the zero cold this afternoon when fire broke out in a tenement block at No so Madison street. Confusion in sending in the alarm resulted in considerable delay and by the time the firemen ar rived the entire rear part of the building, a substantiaI brick struc- ture was ablaze.
 Four children were carried out by the firemen and policemen and the occupants were able to save only a srna4l part of their belongings from damage by fire and by water The fire is believed to have originated from plum ber's torch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
HEAVY IS DAMAGE
 BY WIND Hartford Boat Blown Ashore and Church Steep1e Top
 pied Over INTENSE COLD ALL THROUGHOUT NORTH Lowest Temperature Tn State Reported From Cole brook, 26 Below Zero
 
BIG FEATURES OF
 GALE THROUGH EAST

Colebrook, Ct.-Reports 26 below zero; Winsted, 15 below: NorthheId, Vf., "A below.
 Cape Cod-GaIe of sixty miles an hour.
 Hartford- Spire blown off New Fourth Congregational church.
 Syracuse, N. Y-AM north ern New York state in grip of blizzard.
 New York Cfty-25, 900 peo- pie appeal for relief from szlf- fering caused by storm Ocean traffic halted all along cbast. 500 passengers Sscared, some hurt, when gaIed rives ferry- boat into collision
 PIainfield, Conn. - Mercury drops to 12 below.
 Springfield, Mass-TherznoIra- eters register IA below.
 Pittsfseld, Mass.-2S below zero.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
PORTLAND CHURCHES
 BENEFIT BY WILL

New Haven, Jan. 13.-Under the will of Mrs. Betsy Ritter, w1o died here aboua a year ago, Trinity Episcopal church of Portland is 10 receive S50.- 000 outright and St. Thomas church OF that place g. GOO The remainder of the estate amounting to aoout $351 ,o3A, is divided equally between niece. Addie L. Payne of Portland, and Charles s. Goodrich of G1astonb1ry
 This became known today with the filing of the executors accounting here The inheritance tax to the stats is $15.OO0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
BREATH FROM ARCTIC
 HITS NORTHERN STATES

Boston, Jan. 13-A breath from the Arctic which followed the St. Law renee storm of yesterday brought to New England today the lowest tenn perature in three years, although the extremes were not record breaking. Northf1eld, vt, with a reading of 24 below zero headed the minus list. At Burlington, Vt, it was 22 below; Con cord, N. H., IA below, Portland, Me, below and in this city the minimum was below.
 The cold wave was harder to with
 6Contfnued on Page Two1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
BARGEs1EN FACE DEATH

Nantucket, Jan. 13The I.ehigh barge No. 78S broke adrift from the tug Irvington during the night and drffted on the bar off Great Point early today. An hour after sunrise she was in danger of going to pieces. The Coskata Jifesaving crew launch- ed their surf boat after repeated eff forts and started for the stranded craft but made very slow progress against the 50 mile gale at zero tenn perature.
 No. 788 was one of three 1iglat barges which left Boston for New York on Sunday in tow of the Hvington. When abreast of Cross Rip Lightship, last night, the hawser parted. The tug succeeded in getting a heaving line on board but the gale was so fierce that no one on the barge could stand on deck long enough to haul the haw- sef oyer the side.
 The barge drifted down Nantucket Sound and finally Nfetched up on Great Point Bar as day was breaking.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
NO SIGNS OF LITE

Chatham, Mass. Jan. 13-when dawn broke today after the coldest and most boisterous night in many years, two schooners were anchored under the leeS of Cape Cod with distress signals set. A fifty mile off-shore gale was sweeping the coast and the mercury was down to the zero mark. A long boat was blown from Nan tucket Sound into the bay to the westward of Mone,rnoy Point but could not be reached because Of the thin and treacherous ice that formed about the shore. No sign of life was seen on board
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
CATHEDRAL BURNING.

Montreal, Jan. s13-Notre Dame Cath edra1, famous the world over, caught fire this afternoon from a blaze that originated in the business district. The oss wi l probably exceed $2o0, 1000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
COLD CAUSES RUNAwAYs

A horse attached to a grocer's de- livery wagon, no name or address be- ing inscribed, got away from it's driv- and was stopped by firennen at No. Engine house.
 A team belongi1. .IitcheIi Dairy Co, was stopped at Fairfield avenue and Water street. \ horse attached to one Of James Dillon's wagons ran away on Wood avenue with practically no damage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13

When first sighted from the light house early today. the thirteenth, the steamship Codequid, from the West Indies to Halifax with her passengers and cargo was hard and fast aground. held on by the Temorseleas Sunday tIdes and the gale Her wireless was calling for helps declaring her posi- ton to be one of extreme danger.
 The appeal, flashed to St Jol1nsss was responded to by the marine de- partment, which sent the Canadian government steamer Iansdowne and two tugs speeding on their errn1ld o1 mercy. The terrific storm raging has se far preventad their reaching the island.
 By noon, the wireless of the stIick- en craft had failed to respond to that Of nearby points and from the light house here, where she was at first plainly seen. no glimpse of the steam CT can be obtained. The last report from the ship said her foreward hold was full of water and it is believed she has sunk carrying down all on board.
 The Cobeouid is a packet steamer of 2.974 tons. sailing from the West Indies to Halifax. N- S.
 New York. Jan 1s-At the office of the Royal Mail Steamship Com pany here it was said that the Cobe- quid, on her trips north at this time of year the steamer carried few pas sengerz :.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
HARTFORD CHURCH SPIRE
 BLOWN OFF BY GALE,

Hartford, Jan 13lThe 4o-miIe an hour gale that ragged here throughout the night blew the tall spire off the new Fourth Congregational church in process of erection and scattered 1t about Vine street. The fall occurred about midnight. As the spire was that which was for a half century on the old church now abandoned as a place of worship and much sentiment attaches to it, it will be re-erected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
WIRELESS CALLS FROM LINER COBEQUID STOP
 AS SHIP DISAPPEARS
Watchers From Briar Island Light, In Bay of Fundy Can No Longer See Craft Which Struck
 Today
Struck On January 13 After Sailing Tn 1913 From West Indies Port Owners Deny Passenger
 List Is Large
Especial To The Farmer)

Lighthouse, Bay of Fundy, Jan 13-Saing Grenada in the West ndes for Halifax s. on Dec 30 Cobequd said have 15O souls including the believed to be total wreck al the mouth of the bay
 oer aid failed reach her, she longer her wireless has stepped and small boat It feared that board have been lost
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
WATERBURY, COUPLE
 ACCUSED OF THEFT

New Haven, Jans 13-Nicholas Cav anaugla and his wife, Mary, were bound over to the superior court to- day for trial on a charge of theft of valuable fur coat and other furs from a local dealer. They gave Wa terbury as their home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13
15O Are Believed Dead
 I'm Steamers "PeCE
STORM EFFECT IN
 BRIDGEPORT

No high tide for the first time on record.
 Tugs aground at local docks. Factory condensers fail to op- crate.
 Houses blown over mt Fair field Beach. , Ancient trees uprooted in Stratford.
 Poor and ti1inIy clad seek aid of charity.
 sePark City'' and other ship ping storm-bound. Housatonic River frozen over. Ice dealers look for harvest. Clam diggers richly rewarded. PenfeId Reef trodden at high tide.
 Fires at Fairfield and Milford. TEMPERATURES IN
 BRIDGEPORT Midnight IA degrees above. o'clock this morning de- grees above.
 2 o'clock this afternoon 4 de- grees above.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13

their transfer to the revenue cutter could have been accomplished only with great difficulty and danger. The John Paul ordinarily carried "a crew of six men in command of Captain Hutchinson.
 Early last night the Acushnet sent word that the John Paul was leaking badly and that the cutter had taken her in tow for Vineyard Haven The .Acushnet had not arrived here early this fprenoon. The John Paul regis tered 352 tons net and was built at Franklin, Me.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13

Following his physician,s advice to take a course of manual labor, Elm peror William sawed wood on his es- tate near Potsdam.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-13

Here Is the advertisement thaL aD-
 econtinned on Page Twoy
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
Representative Evans Gathers
Information at Fist
r. Hand
Visits Ludlow Tent CsIelJ
and Discusses Wrongs
With Men
Copper Nine Committee Lead
er Opens Record 10
" heallfsay

Trinidad, Feb. l7.-Representative
Evans Of Montana, last night was
possessor of a pass signed by a lieu.
tenant of the Colorado, national guard.
certifying taat he was free to leave
the. Berwind mining camp. os,s
The lieutenant was unaware that he
wrote the pass for representative.
Evans visited the Ludlow. tent coll
ony of strikers and talked incoGnito.
with participants in the various arm.
ed clashes, who fought him a casual
stranger. . t@.E r %a
Hancock.-Chairman Taylor, DEM
ocrat, refused to grant the motion OF
Representative Switzer, republican,
than the hearsay testimony presented
by the striking miners regarding the
alleged violations Of the constitutional
rights Of citizens should be expunged
from the record.
The debate was acrimonious. Tay.
lor charged SWttzer with sttsmpeing
to discredit the work OF the committee
BY taking the position that It had no
authority to- make q full Investigation.
switzer denied objections to the IN.
vestigation but insisted that some
limited must be fixed on the evidence
so that everything offered would not
be admitted. Taylor said as chairman
of comm.. lee, representing the dem.
ocratic majority in the house. Il, say
that anything that goes into the re-
cord goes hack to congress. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
hlIlfle!sslve Ceremonies leh
h Sellte Climber; 1lfk
II le3peet
ngl0Illlellls 4 ;! : Of United States
q foflga Diplomats
1llk|e. illft
Dody Removed 10 Train lld
Unl Lie. h State Il
Atlanta

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE last
tribute to the late Senator Bacon,
Georgia, was paid by representatives
here Of the American people, and for
eign nations Friday. E
The funeral services were held n
the senate chamber, an unusual hon
or. to the dead statesman. Joining
congress in tribute we're justices OF
the supreme court, members OF the
presidents cabinet, the diplomatic
c6ps. officers Of the army, navy and
other officials.
The solemn and impressive sery.
ices were; brief; within 80 minutes
after Vice President Marshall opened
the ceremonies the senate adjourn
ed as q further mark of respect Then
the body was horne away and placed
on the train for Atlanta, where 1t will
lie IN state today at the Georgia
capitol.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
FUEL FRAUD
:. CASE GIVEN
TO ,|..| JuRYMEN
Evidence Completed 10 Trial
Of San Francisco
company ll|l -.
Special Prosecutors RoaadIy
flayed 10 Closing Of
Defense r

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 1.-THE
cases Of four officers and employees
Of the Western Fuel company, on
trial for alleged frauds against the
government in obtaining customs re-
bates, was given to the jury Tuesday,
The men are j. B. Smith, General
manager; Supt. Mills, Chief Weigher
Mayor Il. J. Smith, checker brother of
the general manager.
Special Prosecutors Sullivan and
Roche, appointed by the president af-
ter the resignation of District Attor-
ney McNab, were castigated by L. J.
McCutcheon, in the closing argument
for the defense. He said "These gen.
tlemen do not represent the majesty
of the law; they are here simply for
a fee.'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
SAY AMERICANS
Have | Captured !. C|:' !. | ! ! !:
MEXICAN BANDIT
Robber Who Caused Cumbfe
Tunnel Disaster IN Hands
Of bluejaCkets
Believe Rumor False Thai
Rebels Executed Maxine
Castillo

Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. 17.-Maximo
Castillo, the Mexican bandit charged
with responsibility for tho Cumbre
tunnel disaster, in which ten Ameri.
cans and forty-one others lost their
lives was captured thirty eight miles
south of Hachita, New Mexico Tues
day by American troops. ...a&n.
This Information was conveyed to
General Scott, commandant at Fort
Bliss, in an official telegram from
CAPTAIN White, Of the ninth United
States cavalry.
With the bandit were six followers.
According to Whites brief dispatch
they surrendered without fight and
will be brought here.
Whether the prisoners will be sur.
rendered to the rebels is a legal Ques-
tiOn that remains to be settled. If
this is done, there is no doubt but that
he will be executed for the Cumbre
disaster.
He is not charged With any crime
on this side. White, receiving the
information that Castillo was in the
vicinity. had telegraphed Scott for
and was ordered to arrest
the, bandit if he put foot on American
soil.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
UPPER HOUSE
0bEYS. WILSON
ON TOLL Plan
Senator's VI|I Go Ahead lnl
Cat Exemption clllse
L Is Sid
>s4t Ss 4 m ---'-.--- h .l,-i 4 l:,tsl
President Confident opDea.
tiol ID; beeu we'll
Overcome

Washington, D. c., Feb. 17.-That
the senate may not wait for initiative
action in the house before undertake
ing serious consideration of the mat
ter Of repeating the tolls exemption
section of the Panama canal act, was
apparent Tuesday.
1t was stated by several senators
that action toward the solution Of the
question was probably within few
days.
The president, it was learned Tues
day, was confident that formidable
opposition in the senate to his toll
policy had already been overcome.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
CONGRESSMAN SLEU1H
TALKS NCOGN|T0 WITH
COLORADO STRIKERS

gineered the suit, were scored by the
two attorneys for the plaintiff and the
defense. @
The summing up began after Judge
Clark had read his instructions to the
jury at the opening of court, counsel
for Mrs. Bond announced that they
would present any additional testi.
mony in reouttal.
Attorneys on both sides expressed
themselves as satisfied with the
courts Instructions to the jury. The
defense will have four hours for argu.
ment and the plaintiffs counsel two.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
NATION PAYS last
Ig|R|gIL 70 SENATOR
BACON Of GEORGIA
Chi|d's Tears Fail
o Move Governor
From Death EdiCt

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 17.-An ex.
ecution by electricity will be carried
out, for the first time, in Indiana.
Friday. when Steve Cherka, Gary.
and Harry Aasico, Terre Haute, both
convicted of wife murder, viii be call
ed upon to pay the penalty for their
crimes, at the state prison. in Michi.
gan City. 9
With much feeling, Governor Rails.
ton rebuked two men and two women
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
DH|NbCRA1S STAGE HUGE
POW.W0W At Magic CITY.
Gore And Woman
ACCuSer Riddled
By Two Lawyers

Oklahoma City, Feb. 17.-With six
of the twelve hours allotted for argu.
ment in the fifty thousand dollar dam
age suit brought by Mrs. Minnie Bond
against United States Senator Thomas
Gore, consumed, it is expected that
the case will be submitted to a jury
late today. ....,
Both Gore and Mrs. Bond, as we'll
as those characterized by Gore as
"disgruntled politicians whose plead
ings for pie was unanswered" ana
who in defense OF their charges en-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
SUED BECAUSE her
!. COWS ate FLOWERS

Spokane, Wash, Feb. 17.-Because
her cows had taste for flowers.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mckenzie, living, 3
few miles out of Spokane, has been
sued for 1910. The COWS broke out
Of their enclosure ana raided the
greenhouses of the Spokane Green.
house company, consuming roses val
led at $100; carnations valued at =
like sum, dahlias worth SIS and 9th.
er flowers valued at $95, according to
the complaint of the company. fled
in superior court.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
increase TINE
LIMIT TO farm
MACHINERY CO,

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-THE investi.
CATION Of the finances of the Avery
company, manufacturing farm imple.
ments at Peoria, ILL.,, resulted in a
report of the creditors committee ex-
tending. the credit one year with q
privilege of further extension for a
similar, period.
The report asserts the company sol.
vent, but owing to certain mistakes
by officials, enable to obtain credit to
tide over temporary embarrassment.
The extension notes which will be
issued exceeding two million, bear s
per cent interest, payable quarterly.
The A6dndttees will keep in close
touch With the Operations Of the COM
pany, maintaining representative on
the ground.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
VETO PROSPECT
THROWS SENATE
near PANIC A !
sOl0ls Gall Emergency Meet
Ing On Litefacy Test
Measure
bewlldered At Presidents
AV0wed lntention TO
:. XII Bill

Washington. D. c., Feb. 1.-THE
information that the president would
veto the immigration bill If It was
sent to him from congress, with the
literacy test provision, amazed mem
bers Of the senate immigration com.
mittee. f..
Many of them confessed last night
that they were bewildered in as much
as they had determined to retain the
literacy test, under the impression
that the president would accept the
bill il 1t passed the senate. An inter-
esting session of the committee IS
expected today.
Senator Smith, chairman, appoint
ed by the committee to interview the
president recentlp regarding the mea-
sure, reported that while the presi-
dent did not look upon the literacy
test with favor, he would sign the bill
IL it passed the senate.
4 The committee had been working
on that basis.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
GIRL MORDGREO,
Her BODY LEFT
IN A CEMETERY

Aurora, ILL.,, Feb. 17-Cowering in
his cell, Anthony Petras, charged
with clubbing to death his former
sweetheart, Theresa Hollander, still
maintained his innocence last night.
The girl was found in cemetery
after her parents followed foot prints
in the snoy from street corner
near their home to the lonely grave
over which the body was thrown.
A coroners jury is investigating.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
DAYLIGHT YEGG
HOLDS Up ADAMS
EXPRESS BRANCH

Peorio, ILL.,, Feb. 17.-While crowds
filled the streets, bandit robbed the
office of the Adams Express company
at Pennington OF a package contain
ing sixty-four hundred dollars and
escaped after probably fatally injur-
ing Agent Brown, late Tuesday after
noon.
Bloodhounds were sent for and sur
rounding cities notified, in the search
for the robber.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
WILSON DENIES
ANY Greed bias

Washington, D. c., Feb. 17.-1n a
letter to W. w. Prescott, editor of the
protestant magazine published here,
President Wilson had denied emphati
cally that his correspondence was
handled with religious prejudice by
his secretary, Joseph Tumulty. This
was made known by the publication
both of a letter to the president and
his reply.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
OF,
BUCKEYE STATE
:. TRY MANLY ART

Columbus, o., Feb. l1.-scenes Of
tumult that at times bordered on riot,
marked the end OF the special ses-
sion of the legislature, which adjourn
ed sine de-
An alteration in the house between
the democratic floor leader and re-
publican representative was prevent
ed by members separating them dur
ing a quarrel over certain measures.
NIGHT COURSES At NEW YORK
COLLEGE.
New York, Feb. 1.-THE College of
the City of New York will inaugurate
q course of night study tonight for
the benefit OF qualified men and WON.
en who work in the day and wish to
tAate np higher, courses including
art, chemistry, English, history, lat
in, mathematics, natural history.
philosophy, political science and the
languages.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
WHAT SHALL COLLEGE WOMEN
DO?

New York, Feb. 17.-At the confer
ence on vocational occupation for
women here today the spheres Of the
college woman is literary work forms
the. chief theme of discussion. The
bureau is managed by New YORK
Alumnae associations, Bryn Mawr,
vassar, Smith, Wellesley and other
women's colleges. The speakers are
Miss Ida Tarbell, George A. Plimp-
ton and Miss Rose Young.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18

who brought the two Cherka chill
dren, Mary, z; Philip, 5; to his Office
to make final plea for clemency.
The little girl kissed the governors
hand and pleaded, oh, you will save
my papa, won't you?"
H, The governor was angered at the
attempt to play on his sympathy In
an effort to induce him to depart
from what he regarded as his sworn
duty.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
CONSUL NAMED
FOR NORTHWEST

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 17.-C. =.
'Wallerstadt, Swedish Consul here, has
been advanced to the full rank OF
Consul by King Gustave. The juris.
diction of the new Consul includes
Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
JOBLESS STORM
ST. LOUIS CITY
HALL FOR WORK

St. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 17.-Carrying
banners reading "We Want Work.
No:A. Aims" and singing Throw Out
The Life Line" five hundred home.
less men marched on the city hall,
met the mayor in his Office, then at
tended meeting of the city council,
where they asked appropriations for
the relief of the poor.
The parade was led by James f.
Howe, the millionaire hobo"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
CHILD LOSES
=. DEATH RACE.
TO HOSPITAL |;

Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 17.-Bonnie.
the siX-year-old daughter Of Mrs.
Lilly Holtz, Bowman, N. D.. died
aboard the Milwaukee flyer Olympian.
Tuesday afternoon while being rushed
to Aberdeen for an operation for ap-.
pendicitis. ,-.s :, ,,1
The death occurred near Ipswich. 90
the body is being brought to Aberdeen
for shipment back after embalmt1g.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
PRESIDENT SENDS
YACHT TO MEXICO

Washington, D. c., Feb. 17.-After
conference with the President, Sec.
retary Daniels ordered the presiden.
tial yacht, Mayhower, to the Mexican
waters to relieve one of the battle
ships at Vera Cruz. The President
has had no use for the yacht lately,
and boats of the gunboat class are
regarded as particularly useful in
the Mexican waters on account of
their light draft.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-18
CALL AlRMEN
PEACE DOVES

New York, Feb. 17.-''".Messengers
Of the world peace" contestants in
the 1915 round the globe aeroplane
race from San Francisco will be call
ed If the plans Of the Aero Club Of
America announced Tuesday, are con.
sumated. The club sent a telegram to
the Panama Pacific exposition man.
agement urging that the air contest
be made ofiicially an expedition of
peace.
TO VOTE ON 5000 900 TUNNEL.
Denver, COL, Feb. 17.-Voters Of
Denver are voting today on the ques-
ton of approving a $3,0O0,0 900 bond is-
sue for the Moffat tunnel Under James
peak, to be built in conjunction with
the Denver and Salt Lake railroad
company.
The amendment to the city charter
calling for twice-a.month payment
for the 1900 men and women who
work for the city Is also being voted
upon.