Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-16

| Six hundred men are on strike on
| the Chicago Belt Line railroad. OBJ
ject to spending two hours daily walk
ing to their work.
Yesterday we gave the total
amount paid to the u. S. thru the
income agency. OF the amount con-
tributed, Colorado put up S560,4l9.
The unexpected has happened. A
deposed Chicago detective named Hal
pin has been convicted of accepting
brides. Who would have thought
this possible of an official, especially
living in Chicago,
There are ia persons in the
United States whose annual income
is over 100000.
The middle western states came
in for their first rain sleet and snow
storm of any consequence Saturday.
The insanity dodge has hit Wyo-
ming where a murderer is seeking
new trial in the supreme court on
the insanity plea.
Prosperity is here with leaps and
bounds. Who says so? The fifty
thousand dollar a year presidents of
the big insurance companies.
1t is said Hungary is determined to
secure peace regardless of the ac-
ton of Germony and Austria. The
Huns are wondering what they are
fighting for.
Tall, Of great railroad strike if
necessary to enforce a demand for an
eight-hour day is without authoritive
foundation Warren S. Stone, head of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, said Sunday.
There is grief ahead for many emf
ployes of New York state as a COM
mission has just decided one thous-
and can be dispensed with and not
injure the cause, in fact, the remain
ing 1000 employees will not be
overworked.
The best thing about the Wilson
Gait wedding is the fact that the in
vitations are strictly limited to the
members of the two families. After
all, there would be no sense in making
it an international occasion, with "a
thousand spectators.
President K. r. Ripley of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
road has recently had his pay raised
from $4,000 to $l00,0 900 a year Won
der If the section men viii have their
pittance reduced in order to make up
the increase, or it may be clipped
off the clerks.
Death decreased the governments
civil war pension roll nearly 10 per
cent during the last fiscal year A
total of 2g3,370 Union veterans re-
manned on the roll July /, or 1926
less than year ago. Payments to
civil war pensioners during the year
totaled S156, 66s,771, compared with
S172,417564 in 1914.
The Democrats have called nation.
al convention but many people are at
a loss to know what for as there will
be only one man mentioned and that
man is the present executive, altho
he signed pledge formulated by
the Baltimore convention stating he
would accept only one term.
William Wing, Santa Fe passen-
ger engineer and his son, William
Wing, freight train fireman, were
killed at Stockton. Cal, Sunday
when their respective trains crashed
together. The engineer of the freight
train and the fireman of the passen-
ger jumped in time to escape in
jury. Many passengers were shaken
up but none escaped injury,
Baron Erich Zweidinek-oh, what a
name-says the discriminating cor
rcspondence which might have resulted
| in strained relations with Austria,
was written while Dumba was in
charge and at his direction.
In looking for a candidate for
| postmaster of the City of New York,
| Senator O'Gorman, who was recon-
mended, says the man must possess
| tire qualities-be efficient, be a
Democrat and be of political signifi-
canoe. The last two essentials pre-
| dominate. Mr. Wilson wants the aid
of Republicans to pass his measures
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