The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-22
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100 worth of bonds TO finance roau I'M
provements, carried by more than four
TO one.
Business is practically normal Mt
Butte, following the strike of the min
ers Feb. in protest against reduc-
tion of 81 day in wages. All mines
nre working again and running at
their usual capacity.
Resolutions authorizing a legisla-
tive appropriation of 100000 to probe
the charges of election frauds in Sill
yer Bow county at the last general
election, has been introduced in the
Montana Legislature.
Boats are patrolling the shores of
Juneau, Alaska, to prevent the escape
of Peter Jackson, a native, who shot
and killed Deputy United States Mar
shal Clyde ID. Calhoun OF Craig, who
had arrested Jackson.
Lava in the greatest quantity OBJ
served in forty years is flowing from
Kilauea, the largest active volcano in
the world. The lava Is pouring over
all sides of the central fire pit walls
onto the old crater floor.
Under provisions of bill introduced
in the Washington House of Repre-
sentatives any public employe who
joins a strike movement will lose his
position and face a maximum term of
imprisonment of ten years, or n max
imum fine of $4,000, or both. The bill
is a result of the general strikes at
Seattle and Tacoma. A Senate bill
would make sabotage felony.
Harry A. Wheeler, president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
Washington, told 1000 delegates to the
Transmississippi REIMBURSEMENT con-
gress in Omaha that better railroad
service Is obtainable under private
ownership of the railway lines than
under public ownership. "There has
been sluffing of enthusiasm, ingen-
uity and initiative under government
control" he declared.
Radical changes in Washington
laws governing divorces are provided
in bill introduced by four state SEN
ators in the upper House of the Leg
islature. Absolute and limited forms
of divorce would be granted, if the
bill becomes law. The limited decree
would not permit either party to re-
marry during the lifetime of the other.
Suit for divorce could not be brought
without two years residence in the
state and six months in the county.
WASHINGTON
Senate Democrats again failed to
press their program for holding late
night sessions to expedite appropria-
tion bills.
Under the blue-sky bill introduced
in Congress prospectuses, advertise
ments and literature offering for sale
new shares of stock in enterprises are
required to have the approval of the
secretary of treasury before being is
sued
In message TO Queen Wilhelmina.
King George has expressed the graf
itude of the British empire for the
treatment accorded British soldiers in
termed by the Dutch, advices received
at Washington by the Netherlands le-
cation said.
AS another step toward restoration
of normal pre-war conditions, the rail
road administration has instructed
that freight cars be restored to owner
roads as fast as possible and that
companies be given more authority to
apply their individual standards Of
equipment.
Russia is more downtrodden under
the Bolsheviki than she ever was I'M
der the czar, the Senate propaganda
investigating committee at Washington
was told by Herman Bernstein, an
American writer, who spent some time
in Russia. He said this new slavery
actually was brought about by the
Germans.
Between $4,000 and 100000 aliens of
neutral countries who had started the
machinery to make them citizens of
the United States before this country
entered the world war and who
avoided being drafted into the army
by making affldavits stating that they
had changed their intentions to re-
nounce their native country, will be
forever barred from becoming Ameri
can citizens as the result of country
wide action taken last week by Rich
ard Campbell, commissioner of ma
turalization at Washington.
Resolutions urging the establish
ment of republic in Armenia and
calling upon the Senate to indorse ex-
tension of the Kingdom OF Greece to
include Epirus. southern Albania,
o Thrace, the islands of the Aegean sea
and those parts of Anatolia having a
preponderant Greek population, were
introduced in the Senate by Senator
King of Utah, and referred to the for
eign relations committee.
All plans for considering railroad
legislation at this session of Congress
were abandoned by the House Inter
state Commerce committee.