Denver labor bulletin., 1915-06-19

by the Rev. Father Edward j. Mannix.
Erastus r. Harper, lieutenant governor
| during the administration of former Gov.
ernor Buehtel, has been appointed state
insurance commissioner by Governor
| Carlson. He took office this week, sue
ceeding Mrs. ID. Nj. Rolph, who has been
acting commissioner for several months.
Secretary Treasurer w. T. Hickey and
Vice President Eli NJ. Gross went down
to Walsenburg Monday to appear in
court to answer indictments of murder"
in connection with the 1856 cases against
striking miners and union officials.
a 20 per cent increase in tourist traf
| fic to Denver this year over last sea-
son is estimated by officials OF the
Union station. They have found it nee
essary to erect an auxiliary baggage room
pending completion of the new addition
to the Union station.
Road work which has been carried on
in Colorado during the past two months
under the Rockefeller foundation funds
ended this week. The sum of 100000
which was put at the disposition of the
Colorado state commission of unemployed
last April has now been practically ex-
hausted.
New rules and regulations of the po-
lice department, compiled at the request
of Chief O'Neill and Commissioner OF
Safety Nisbet by Capt. II. r. Williams
and Sergeant Luke Parslow of the Capt.
tol hill substation, prohibit patrolmen
| from occupying seats in street cars if
| other passengers are standing.
| Grant Hamilton, general representative
of the American Federation of Labor, Wis
tied in Denver for few days this week
Ell route from San Francisco to Wash
ington. Hamilton has been in charge of
the A. F. of l.. exhibit at the Panama
Pacific exposition since the opening of
the fair, but was relieved last week by
Representative c. o. Young of Portland,
Ore.
| At meeting of the city council next
Monday the members are likely to undo
| the work OF week ago when they ap-
pointed w. A. Carpenter, Thomas Duncan
] and Charles J.. Kirk, civil service board
I members at the same time ousting John
| s. Flower, Frederick j. Chamberlin and
| 4. X. Nickery. A plan is on now to
| either name an entirely new board, or at
least to leave out Kirk, naming a Demo-
, crat in his place. -..-I
After having swallowed bichloride OF
mercury tablets, a quantity of lysol and
| strychnine last Saturday afternoon in
an effort to end her life because of dis
| appointment in a love affair, Mrs. Berie
| Revell, 81, was discharged from the
county hospital Monday afternoon as
cured. The anti-toxic effect of the three
| nt bar ha
ans life, the physicians at the hospital
declared.
Have you noticed the Denver traffic Of
ficers standing with arms extended like
semaphore2 It's new system of traf-
fic regulation just adopted by Commits
sioner of Safety Nisbet, which is such an
improvement over the old system of
keeping crossings clear by waving arms
and shouting unintelligible directions,
that there is no comparison between the
two, Nisbet declares. 1t is called the
human semaphore system.
Harry 4. Mulnix, state auditor, has
determined not to honor vouchers for or
issue warrants for the payment of the
, salary of the warden of the state re-
formatory at Buena Vista until the con-
troversy now being waged by Warden
| NJ. p. Capp and r. s. Shaw is settled.
His action probably will force conclu-
sion of the controversy through suit
in court. Shaw was appointed warden by
Governor Carlson over tie protest of the
Democratic members of the state senate.
Capp contends that he holds the office
under the state civil service law.
Beats them all. La Belle SC cigar;
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