Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-13
TOLD IN A
FEW LINES

The Union Label League ball at Mar
bic hall Wednesday night was well at
tended. 1t was a social and financial
success.
james McDowd, chief clerk in the
state labor commissioners office. ten
dered his resignation to Secretary of
State Ramer and it was accepted. The
resignation became effective last Mon
day.
John r. Lawson and Ed L. Doyle OF
the United Mine Workers returned to
Denver Wednesday from New York,
where they attended the hearings of the
federal commission on industrial rela-
tions-
Edward Charles Schmidt, formerly of
Pocatello. Idaho, member of the Broth
erhood OF Locomotive Engineers, died in
Denver last Saturday. Funeral services
were held Tuesday and the remains were
interred at Fairmount cemetery.
A. ID. Weber has purchased the Clay
ton barber shop at ll3l Seventeenth
street, where he will be pleased to meet
his friends and patrons. 1t is union, of
course, and has all the latest sanitary
appliances.
perhaps in the far distant future the
Denver postoffice will be completed. A
dispatch from Washington this week
announces that the House has appro-
priated another S2O0.OOO to finish the
building.
Only 220 out of 5000 heads of fam
lies in Denver refused to properly sup.
port their wives and children in 1914.
according to Assistant District Attorney
William. That number of complaints on
non-snpport charges We're filed by the
district attorneys office in the year.
Regular semi mi-monthly meeting of the
Trades and Labor Assembly tomorrow
Afternoon at 2 o'clock in Painters Union
hall. Eighteenth and Champa streets
President Houston will announce the
standing committees for the term. All
delegates are urged to be present.
The case of Jesse Fleming. chairman
of the board OF Capitol managers, who
is charged with letting contracts 10 con-
Germs in which he was financially In
terested, contrary 10 the state laws,
was coutinued in the West Side Court
Monday until February %.
Over 500 Denver people and visitors
left Monday and Tuesday for California,
when the san Diego and san Francisco
exposition rates went into effect for
the first time. Trains running from
Denver increased the number OF Pull
mans to accommodate the traffic. and
one special train was run.
Alleging he suffered fracture of the
left hip in a fall while unloading coal,
J. NJ. Smith started suit in the District
Court against the Louisville Coal Com
pany for damages amounting to $40, ,Oou
Smith complains that he was I'm the
bosrftai for II days. is permanently in
jured and only able to get around ON
crutehes.
More than II 600. 900 have been ex-
pended in Denver by the British gov
ernment during the last three months
in the purchase of Colorado bred horses
for use in the army. according to ]. 4.
Burnett. president of the Colorado state
racing commission. The organization has
jus, issued its biennial report bearing
on this phase of the Colorado horse rails
ing industry.
Robert s. Smyley. member of the Col
orado National Guard. was arrested Sat
urday on warrant from the United
States marsha1s office. charging him
with stealing two rifles from the lockers
of Troop G in the armory. He was
brought to the United States district
attorneys office by Capt Edward A.
Smith. His case will be brought before
the grand jury, which is now in session.
The total number of bills introduced
at the present session of the Colorado
General Assembly when the time for
their introduction expired Thursday at
midnight was l,092. OF which 626 were
in the House and i66 in the Senate.
Two years ago the total number was
l,9s5. A great majority of the pro-
posed laws never will be reported out
by the committees to which they We're
referred.
Denver fans will have peep at ono
of tine greatest ball players who ever
trod spiked shoe. Eddie Collins, for
mcr second baseman of the champion
Philadelphia Athletics, will show here
April ; and with the Chicago White
SoN Collins was sold to Comfskey's
team a few weeks ago for sum rang
ing all the way from SIS. 900 to $50. .00O.
degrading upon the Imagination of the
man who wrote the story.