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THE DAY BdOK 398 , 500 SO. PEORIA ST. TEE. MONROE 353 Vol.' 1, No. 6- Chicago, Friday, Dec. 151911 One Cent ONE HUNDRED POLICEMEN FIGliT FOR FOUR HOURS TO TLgRN ASSESSOR OUTOFOFFICE s' Maybe State. Militia Will Be Needed to keep Henry . Arnold, of Denver, Who Soaked Corporations and , "Rehjigged" on Machine, Oat. Denver, Colp., Dec. 15. It took one' hundred policemen four hours yesterday to put Henry J. Arnold," county assessor," out of his ofijce. ." And today 50 policemen are guarding P. E.-liilts, the new in cumbent of tjie office, and Gov ernor "Shafroth Jis considering' the advisability of ordering out state troops to prevent further trouble. , The trouble over the assessor ship" Has arisen out of the consol idation. of the city and county of Denver, and a little difference be tween Arnold, and the Demo cratic machine which elected him. . ,. Arnold Was elected county as sesjsor of ,Denver on the machine 'ticket. .For "which favor, the raa .chiriV expected him to be duly grateful when it came to assess ing time. J But sKortly'after he was elect ed, Arnold put hjs ear' to the 'ground, and thereby heard cer tain mumurs. of popular disap- ,proval "of -the -'Democratic ma chine, of 'which Mayor 'Robert E. Speer isrthe fountainhead. Arnold decided he didn't want to be a machine man any more, and" he also decided- that maybe he would like to . be 'mayor of Denver; on an independent ticket. When assessjng time came, Arnold began to play" hob. He announced that a number of Den ver's " 'corporations which had controlled the city and also its millionaires, were going to be as sessed at just what the actual val ues of their property. When this horrible news was carried to the Democratic ma chine which you will remember, elected Arftold.the members of that 'highminded body of citi zens, raised their hands in hor ror. Peputations wen sent to.sefe Arnold, to argue with him, to plead with him, to threaten him, to do anything that Would make him stop his career of destruction of the-sacred rights of the cor porations. -Arnold-received the deputa-