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OF FRESH NEWS
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PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OP
iVE ITS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WniAfß Nawat «r*r fnloT! T»wi StrrlM
ABOUT THE WAR
Italian steamer sunk by mine and
200 Montenegrin recruits drowned.
I-ast of British and French troops
evacuate remaining positions on Galli
poli peninsula.
The British steamer Clan MacFar
iand of l.s. : tons Uas been sunk In
the Mediterranean
A German division, attempting to
cut the French line in the region of
the Oise, was decimated by cannon
fire
Russian troops control the impor
tant strategic heights about Czerno
witz, Bukowina. Heavy snowstorms
hinder operations.
Storms have put an end. for the
time at least, to the engagements be
tween the Austrians and Russians
along the eastern front.
Turks have trapped 10,000 British
hr Mesopotamia The force which was
left r.» guard tin retreat of the main
*’: . . .
Monl< negro Is being crushed by the
Austrian steam-roller’’ in the same
manner as Serbia was overrun. The
most important of the Montenegrin
forts has fallen.
Japan is now supplying Russia with
arms and ammunition. Berlin reports
bay that arms and supplies recently
taken from the Russians were ail of
Japanese manufacture
WESTERN
Wheal shipments iroin the port of
Galveston established a new record
in 1915, when 31,949,927 bushels were
exported. December shipments were
2,022,240 bushels.
Three persons were killed and
twenty injured, many of them seri
ously, when a freight train on the
Big Four railroad struck a street car
at Springfield, Ohio.
The worst blizzard in >ears was rag
ing Monday, at Missoula, Mont., ac
companied by a fifty-mile gale and a
temperature below* zero. Slight dam
age to property was reported.
Fred Croxtou, state mediator, an
nounced at Youngstown, Ohio, that
the strike of tube workers at the plant
of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company had been declared off.
Two children's banks and their con
tents, aggregating $2". were stolen by
a burglar who entered tin- home of
H. (' Nelson, a traveling salesman of
San Francisco, while the family was
at a party.
The trial of Arthur Hauser, Colora
do fugitive charged with the murder
of \V. R. Smith, national cashier of
the Woodman of the World, came to
hq unexpected end in Omaha when it
was discovered that Hauser is suf
fering from both scarlet fever and
tonsillitis.
WASHINGTON
Representative Hayden of Arizona
spoke against the pending mineral
lands bill.
President Wilson renominated Sur
geon General Blue of the Public
Health Service for another term of
four years.
Flagship of the Atlantic and the Pa
cific fleets were in radio communica
tion across about 2,500 miles of in
tervening land
President Wilson refused to appoint
a colored man recorder of deeds in
the District of Columbia, a place long
held by colored men.
Senator Fall introduced a resolu
tion to exempt from Panama canal
tolls American coastwise ships and
Pan American vessels trading be
tween the Americans .
President Wilson possibly may put
the question of national defense up
to the country in a series of speeches
as one means of getting the neces
sary legislation through Congress.
Great Britain and her allies, it was
announced, have given their consent
to the American Red Cross Society :o
ship its present accumulation of hos
pital supplies means for hospitals In
Germany arid allied countries.
After ten years of legislation and
litigation, the Supreme Court decided
that Congress had enacted finally a
constitutional law regulating state
ments as to the curative effects of
medicines in Interstate Commerce.
The second Pan-American Scientific
congress closed with a declaration by
its president, Ambassador Suarez of
Chile, that the nations of the Amer
icas were “united in the noble desire
of seeking political unity of the con
tlnent so that the nations which com
pose it may thus lend one another
mutual support and afford themselves
better protection against foreign dan
ger." The city of Lima was selected
for the n»‘xt congress.
Administration bill to provide for
640-acre homesteads favorably re
ported by public lands committee.
!FOREIGN
The Prussian Parliament met oa
Jan. 13.
The 191 C session of Parliament
, opened in Paris
Lord Burnham died at London after
■ an illness of more than a month.
It is stated at El Paso. Tex , that
hop*- for Gen Huerta s recovery has
i been abandoned
! A decree will be published prohibit
ing the sale to foreigners of Spanish
ships built within the last fifteen
] years.
Opposition to the British conscript
tion bill has waned. It is expected
to pass without more than nominal
opposition.
Fire destroyed the wheel work
shops of the Krupp gun plant at
Essen, according to advices received
at Amsterdam, and also damaged
other buildings.
T hope you will make the people
1 of the United Status understand that
I am no more pro-German than your
president," said King Constantine at
Athens to the Associated Press corre
• spondent.
The Swiss mails have transmitted
to prisoners of war during the period
from Aug 19 to Dec. 13. 1915, 13,000,-
000 parcels, 70,090,000 letters and
cards and 2,o<)0,000 money orders for
a total of 3 (i \"ou francs
“According to estimates by compet
ent authorities at Berlin, the entente
powers spent 11,250,000,000 on the
DardonelU ~ expedition, not inclusive
of their losses in warships and trad
ing craft," says the Overseas New 3
Agency
A meeting of the Fri- ads' Mat ting
House Headquarters in Great Brit
ain, tailed to discuss “problems of
the settlement of th*- war. broke up
after an hour of pandemonium, with
the singing of the national anthem
and three < beers for conscription.
I After years of experiment. Director
Klingenberg of the General Electric
1 Company, has announced the perfec
tion of an electric magnetic hand,
with which it is possible to grasp
even the heaviest metal object and
work with them advantageously with
human hands.
j Berlin authorities announce that,
although there is grain on hand in
! sufficient quantities, prudence dic
tates that Berlin shall go bark to tho
early 1915 basis, which means that
I the bulk of the population will be re
| stricted again to 200 grams of bread
l dally instead of 225. and that corn
and other foodstuffs w-ill be put under
i control.
SPORTING NEWS
Chas. P. Taft has sold the Chicago
. Cubs to ( has NVeeghman for $.‘"11,000.
, The Omaha Western leagm- dub an
nounced the purchase of Second Base
man Harold Ireland from the Phila
; delphia National league club.
1 Frankie Murphy of Denver and
j Grover Hayes of Philadelphia fought
fifteen rounds to a draw before the
National Athletic Club in Denver.
' The Boston Braves have been sold
, to Percy D. Haughton, famous Har
vard football coach, and Arthur C.
Wise, a nu mber of a Boston banking
1 firm.
! Clarence Griffin and Ward Dawson,
; California tennis stars, won the
doubles championship of the ‘Far East,
defeating Mikami and Kainagu*:. the
Japanese champions, at Manila
An offer ot SIS,UUO for the cham
pionship go between Freddie* Welsh,
j lightweight titleholder, and Charlie
• White of Chicago, was made White's
j manager at Chicago by Joe Golden.
J who represents San Antonio pro
■ motors.
| Chicago fistic fans figured that
i Jess Willard has something up his
sleeve. The big fellow is putting in
several hours a day hard work at Bill
O Connor’s gym, preparing for action
not later than March 4, according to
■ his own statements.
GENERAL
I Ada Behan, the actress, died in a
New York hospital after an operation
| for arterial affection.
Col James C. Bulger, slayer of
Lloyd F. Nicodemus, in Denver, whose
execution was deferred two months
ago to permit an inquiry into his
sanity, must die the week beginning
Feb. 27.
W. D. Cooper, a druggist, engaged
j in a revolver duel from his window
J with two bandits surprised in the act
, of robbing the postoffice at Algonquin,
; 111 The bandits escaped in an auto
mobile without any loot.
1 A world ship combine is being
j formed by Charles W. Morse, ex
j banker and Wall street speculator,
who was pardoned from the Atlanta
| penitentiary by President Taft in 1912,
i according to reports in New York.
American game preserves will have
i to seek other sources than Mexico for
their stock of quail, according to in
; formation reaching a San Antonio,
Tex., dealer, notifying him that the
de facto government of Mexico had
placed an embargo on the exportation
of such game.
Advices from Springer. N. M., report
thousands of dollars' damage done by
J a wind of almost cyclonic velocity at
Cimarron.
The woman suffrage constitutional
amendment, defeated in the Novem
ber * lection, was again introduced in
both Houses of the Legislature at
Albany, N. Y,
James M. Hopper, California novel
ist, who is in Paris as a magazine cor
respondent, has been ordered to re
port for duty in the French army on
the theory that he is a citizen of
France.
THIS IDAHO BPRINGS SIFTIN'GS-NEWS.
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
'V er.em Newspaper Colon News Service
D.m:« MiR CUKPUi KIKKTS.
Jan. I&.— Sixth Annual Convention o'
Colo. (JooU Roads Ass'n at Denver
Jan 1 L«- Fifth annual convention Col
nido Division l !k- s Peak-Ocean -'
<x-ean Highway Association, at De
ver
Jan :f. -22 Western Li\»- Stock Show
a» Denver.
Feu 11-12 —Annual convention Col
rado Metal Mining Association, at
Denver.
Fell 12 Meeting Republican Stale
*>nrial Committee in Denver.
Feb 14-18—Sports Carnival at Steam
boat Springs.
:.U"Ti Apr;! 2 —-C oior ad o Beta
Merchants' Associations Food and
industrial Exposition at Denver
The estate of Wm. Barth of Denver
will l»e administered by his daughter.
Charlotte
The winter meeting of the Colorado
Editorial Association will be held in
Denver, Jan. 17-18
Transfer companies report three
families coming into Denver to one
going out. since Jan. 1.
The Colorado Stock Growers' A?-o
?iatiou will hold its annual conven
ion in Denver, Jan. 21.
Col. D C. Dodge was elected pr< ?
lent of tin. Colorado Fair Rates A
nation at a meeting in Denver.
Fort Collins dry for nineteen y-arc
irid extra dry for three days, arrette 1
ta first drunk iri 1916, on the sth
Denver retail coal dealers an
nounced an advance of 25 cents a ton
>n the price of coal to consumers
H. W. Atkinson, government travel
jig auditor, was in Denver to audit
he books of the collector of internal
•evenue.
The- Colorado Retail Hardware an i
mplement Association will hold it
fourteenth convention in Den
ver Jan. 18, 19 and 20.
Plans for the remodeling of the old
federal building in Denver will b*
forwarded to Washington by F L
Lacaff superintendent of construe
lion.
Thomas Mathews, aged 15, son of a
prominent mining man of Central
City, died on a train en route to Den
ver, where he was to have been op
'‘rated on for appendicitis.
The assembly of the largest num
ber of high-class horses ever col
lected for a Western exhibit is Unrig
brought together at the stockyards to
be shown in the National Western
Livestock show.
Capt. Harry Holmbt-rg was reelect
ed commander of No. 17, uniform
rank, Knights of Pythias of Denver.
( apt. I H. Merritt was chosen as
first lieutenant, and (.’apt Fred Field
second lieutenant.
The Republican state central com
mittee will meet in Denver Feb. 12
to select a time ami place for the
Mate convention to name delegates to
the Republican National convention,
in Chicago on June 7.
Death may save Claude Maddox,
who the Denver police convinced
the youthful burglar wounded in an
.'change of shots with a mght watch
man in the Du Nan hot- I from ex
‘darning the circumstances under
■\ hich he received a bullet wound in
lie breast about the tin the hotel
iuel took place.
The loss of two brothers in the
Balkan war two years ago which, ht
declared, had embittered iiiin against
Bulgarians, constituted an excuse
which Michael Nimo. a Creek mine*
from Moreland. Utah, cave the Den
ver police for shooting I’- ter Minoff
a Bulgarian miner of Lafa>» tte. Colo,
on Larimer street
As soon as the officials of the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron Company receive
••finite information from the United
States Steel Corporation and othei
torn pet it ors in the East as to their
increase of pay for stm ) .orkera. th«
Colorado firm will meet the advance
and put in effect anotht • scale of
wag* .-, according to Denver reports.
As an aftermath of tin p-ute Indian
uprising in Utah last winter and the
battle that occurred in Bluff City dur
in• the attempted arrest of Tse-Ne-
Gat. recently acquitted in Denver of
the murder of a Mexican sheepherder.
Senator Shafroth introduced a bill for
$5,000 compensation for the widow of
Joseph C. Akin of Dolores, the deputy
marshal killed by a bullet fired by a
member of Old Polk's baud, accord
ing to Washington dispatches.
Members of th. Brewery Workers
Union anti other trades allied with the
late liquor industry marched in a bod>
to the state capitol to present in per
son resolutions passed at a mass
meeting in the Denver Auditorium,
calling upon tho governor to convene
a special session of the Legislature
to provide employment for those
thrown cut of work when the dry law
went into effect. The governor sug
gested the opportunity for employ
ment in the beef, fields.
The State Supreme Court in a de
cision declared that Judge Ben B
Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile Court
erred in reopening a case regarding
the dependency of Catherine Mulertz.
12 years old, in custody of the State
Home for Dependent Children, after
the legal limit for action in such
cases had expired.
Robert W. Speer, E. C. Healy, Fred
crick J. Steinhauer, A. J. Halter and
Dean M. Gillespie have been named
Denver delegates to the Colorado
Good Roads convention, which meet
in Denver. Jan. 19 and 20.
MISS LAMB WINS PRIZE
landed first place in judg
ING BEEF CATTLE.
!
Team* of Youth* From Cities in State
Pass on Entries at Farm Con
gress at Fort Collins.
/
W wurii Newspaper Union Nrvi SerxUre
Fort Collins, Colo. —The high school
stock judging contest was an interest
ing feature of the Farmers Congress
here. Teams were here from Sterling,
Fort Morgan. Greeley and
The college pure bred stock was used
for the teams to work ou and the
markings were very close.
The only girl in the four teams of
five persons each was Josephine
Lamb of I-aporte, and she not only
-avc lhe boys a bard run, but she
landed first place in judging of beef
cattle.
The points scored by the boys in the
Greeley t*-am won for that high school
the silver cup which Fort Morgan
held last year. Sterling took second
place, Fort Morgan third and La porte
fourth place.
The judges made the following de
cisions on the cards turned in:
George Fitzmorris of Greeley, first
; on hogs and horses and first in gen
eral average on all classes
Josephin* Lamb of Laporte, first on
' beef cattle
Edgar Atkins of Greeley, second on
. beef cattle and third on all classes
Roy Seaman of Greeley, fir3t on
dairy cattle.
Russell Smith of Greeley, second on
dairy cattle.
Harry •Pomeroy of Sterling, first on
| sheep.
Roy Raynor of Sterling, Second on
i sheep.
Willard Chase of Fort Morgan, sec
ond on horses. »
Arthur Turner of Fort Morgan, set
. ond on hogs.
The entire congress of about 250
persons turned out to witness th *
dregs parade of the Agricultural Col
lege battalion and the battalion of
the School of Agriculture.
Avalanche Sweeps Pass; Four Die.
Tolluride. —Five miners flirted w ith
the white death' and four of them
are dead, buried under thousands of
tons of snow. The fifth man, whose
escape from death was little short of
miraculous, is a nervous wreck, and
his hair, which was jet-black, is heav
ily streaked with white. The dead
are John Moser, "Pinkey Joe" Ben
detto. Joe Simoni and Louis Teciui
The man who escaped is Frank Bat
tochi. The five men had been doing
contract work on the Shoo Fly tun
nel of the Carbonero mine a bow
Opbir
Coal Camps Better Than In East.
Trinidad, —Thai working conditions
in the southern Colorado coal mines
are as good if not better than in the
same industry In the Hast, is tlie* opin
ion of members of the federal commis
sion lo aded by Seth Low of N< w York,
who returned to the Trinidad district
after inspecting coal mines in .Huer
fano county. A statement to this ef
fect was given by Patrick Gilday. a
member of the commission
Cases Against Mine Workers Quashed.
Denver— Indictments against John
; P. White, president of the United
Mine Workers; Frank J. Haves, vice
president, and twenty-one other of
ficers and members of the organiza
tion. returned by the federal grand
jury at Pueblo in December, 1913, were
quashed in the federal court upon the
recommendation of United States Dis
trict Attorney Harry B. Tedrow.
Coal Strikers Trial Started.
Castle Rock.- A vacancy in # tbe
jury selected to try four former strik
ing miners on a charge of killing
Major IV P. Lester of the Colorado
national guards' hospital corps, dur
iug the recent strike, was filled by
the selection of August Reuter, a
farmer
Bulger Sane; to Hang Feb. 27.
Denver.—Col. James Bulger, sol
dier of fortune, must hang, the w*eek
of Feb. 27. for tin* slaying of Lloyd
F. Nicodemus the afternoon of May •>.
1914. The jury in the West Side
Court returned a verdict declaring
him sane.
Russians Jailed as Coining Gang.
Pueblo.—Mike Skido. 31, Moak
ShadJer, 2G. and Boris Sokel. 40, Rus
sians, were arrested, suspected of be
ing members of a large gang of coun
terfeiters that has been operating in
this section for-some time More ar
rests are expected.
Congressman Hilliard in Denver.
Denver. — Congressman R. C Hil
liard arrived in Denver Tuesday for
the purpose of lining up sentiment
and support for his measure in Con
gress for federal aid in building the
tunnel through .James peak.
Railroad Rates to Denver Increased.
Denver —Action taken in Washing
ton when fifty Western railroads
filed new passenger tariffs, will af
fect a tremendous volume of passen
ger traffic to and from Denver, by
reason of the fact that the rate ou
interstate business through Kansas
and Nebraska is increased to 2.6
cents a mile. The new tariffs will In-,
crease the fare between Chicago and
Denver from $22.71 to $23.42, and
correspondingly from intermediate
points.
INTERVENTION
IS DEMANDED
UNLESS CARRANZA GUARANTEES
PROTECTION TO U. S. CITIZENS
IN MEXICO.
MUST PUNISH SLAYERS
BENATORSHERMAN INTRODUCES
RESOLUTION PAVING WAY FOR
INVADING ARMY.
We»n*rn NVvriijiaprr Union News Service.
DAY'S DEVELOPMENT IN MEXI
CAN CRISIS.
Gen. Vletoriano Huerta Is dying,
has received last rites of the Catli
ke i hurcb
intervention In Mexico is oe
mamJ.d in Cotigress.
Senators flay “watchful waiting
policy.
, Bodies of massacre victims are on
, t.. k Paso.
.secretary Lansinp asserts Amer*
'..us were warned to leave ••
. • • os
White House to demand protv. -
: -
Washington. The Mexican situa
tion has been brought to the bailing
point again by the execution of the
sixteen or more Americans near Chi
huahua. In Congress, at the White
House and at the State Department
Wednesday it entirely displaced ail
other international affairs.
Secretary Lansing, after sending a
demand for satisfaction to Gen. Car
ranza. issued a statement declaring it
was to be deplored that the Ameri
cans had not followed the State De
partment’s warning against exposing
their lives in the guerrilla warfare re
gion, adding:
“Every step will be taken to see
that the perpetrators of this dastardly
crime are apprehended and punished.”
In the Senate an expected storm
broke as soon as it assembled.
Senator Sherman, Republican, intro
duced a resolution proposing that, un
less Gen. Carranza gives proper pro
tection to foreign life and property,
the United States should invite the
Pan-American nations which Have
been associated in the Mexican nego
tiations to Join in restoring order and
government in Mexico.
Senator Sherman’s resolution was
read to the Senate and without com
ment or discussion of any kind was re
ferred to the foreign relations commit
tee.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Colo
rado/ charged during the Mexican de
bate in the Senate that the Standard
Oil Company on one hand and the
Pearson Oil Syndicate on the other
hand, in rival efforts to obtain a mo
nopoly of the oil industry in Mexico,
were responsible for the revolutions in
that country and had covered it "with
a sea of blood.”
Although the introduction of Sen
ator Sherman’s resolution passed with
out debate, the speech-making broke
out later when Senator Gallinger. Re
publican leader, declared the time for
watchful waiting had passed and that
the United States now must take some
steps to protect the lives of Americans
in Mexico.
Chairman Stone of the foreign rela
tions committee.* said he was in sym
pathy with the general idea expressed
by Senator Gallinger.
"Every one will agree,” said Senatoi
Stone, "that some kind of punishment
will be meted out to the assassins whe
committed this crime.”
Aged Wyoming Man Frozen to Death.
Laramie. —John Green, 74, was fro
zen to death within sight of his ranch
on Little Beaver creek in the Sara
toga valley.
STORM PARALYZES MIDWEST
Trains Delayed by Worst Weather o1
the Winter.
Chicago. Jan. 13. —Sleet and snow
combined early Wednesday in a bliz
zard that crippled wires and transpor
tation in the Middle West. A blinding
snow paralyzed street traffic and
caused many accidents. Weather Bu
reau reports said the sleet storm wat
general.
Kansas City, Mo. —The Southwesl
got its first real blast qf winter
weather Wednesday, and nature’s of
ferings lived up to advance notices ol
the Weather Bureau. The mercury
dropped from 35 to CO degrees in
twenty-four hours in the affected dis
trict, and temperatures ranging from
zero downward prevailed through
Kansas, lowa, Nebraska and this sec
tion of Missouri, Oklahoma and
Texas, too, felt the drop. Snow' fell
in much of the territory.
$45,000 Purse for Willard-Moran Bout.
F-'Y.vw rui as IUI nidi u-inui an BUUb
New York. —Jess Willard and Frank
Moran have been matched to meet
here March 3 for a purse of $45,000.
Coffeys File Suits Against McGill.
Denver. —John F. (“Jack”) Coffey,
former manager of the Denver base
ball team, and his wife, Lorean V.
Coffey, filed two suits against James
C. McGill, owner of the Denver team,
in which Coffey sets forth that Mc
-3111 wrecked his home; and Mrs. Cof
fey alleges that McGill took her on an
an auto ride into the country and
there committed the assault of which
tier husband complains. Each de
mands $20,000.
STATE CAPITOL
NEWS
We«t#rn Newspaper I'nlon Neirs Service.
PERMITS ISSUED TO DRUGGISTS
Carriers Notified to File Reports o!
Liquor Shipments Promptly.
Denver. —Notices to all common
and special carriers in the state wer«
sent out by the secretary of state’s
department, urging that reports od
liquor brought into Colorado be for
warded immediately upon the close ol
the month's last day of business to
their general offices, and there as
sembled and sent to the secretary of
state for filiDg.
By means of this system, according
to W. B. Slife, flat tax clerk of the
department, officers of the companies
will be able to keep in touch with the
liquor shipments and county clerk’s
■ settlements. The department also has
requested that the reports show tbs
name of the county in which the de
livery station is located. This is not
required under the law which requires
that the carriers shall file their re
, ports within three days after the
, first of the month with the countjt
i clerk and secretary of state.
The department has issued about
! 150 permits to druggists, retail and
. wholesale, to sell liquor, and to twen
| ty-five churches. More than 27,000
| prescription blanks have been furn-
j ished to physicians for patients who
need liquor for medicinal purposes.
Heavy Toll of Colorado Pioneers
The year 1915 demanded a heavy
toll from old Colorado pioneers, ac
cording to the report made by Hugh
R. Steele, secretary of the Society of
Colorado Pioneers, to Harry Rufner,
secretary of the Sons of Colorado.
Forty-two pioneers died, which is the
largest number by far that has ever
passed away before in one year. The
statistics also give a great boost for
the longevity in Colorado. Four of
the pioneers were over 90 and another
was 89. Five came to Colorado In
1S58. The oldest were: Eugene La
Valle, Denver, 98; Thomas Mullins,
Denver, 92; Jared L. Sanderson,
Boulder, 94; Joseph Stepples, Denver,
90, and Captain Green, Denver, 89.
Civil Service Law Case Argued.
The case involving the petition to
refer the state civil service law passed
by the last General Assembly and the
right of the Legislature to place the
safety clause in the law to prevent £
referendum on the measure was ar
gued before the State Supreme Court.
The Civil Service Reform Association,
which brought the suit, contends that
the law is not one “necessary for the
preservation of the public peace,
health and safety,” and that the Gen
eral Assembly improperly used the
safety clause in the law. On this
ground it asks that Secretary of
State Ramer be compelled to accept
nnd file the petition to refer the law.
Forfeits Right to Reclaim Child. m
The authorities of the State Home
for Dependent Children have supreme
control over all of the inmates of their
institution after a lapse of six months. #
No parent, at the expiration of that
time, can reclaim a child, once it is
committed to the institution. This is
the substance of a decision handed
down by the Supreme Cc irt in pass
ing upon what is known as the
Mulertz case. The court leversed the
.Juvenile Court, which ruled more than
I a year ago that a parent has the right
) to reclaim a child or children, even
after six months.
I
Argue Prohibition Penalty Clause.
The reply brief of Attorney John
! W. Helbig in the case pending before
the State Supreme Court regarding
the right of the General Assembly to
put the safety clause in the prohibi
tion penalty filed. In thf,
brief Attorney Helbig answers argu
ments made by Attorney General
Farrar, who represents Secretary of
State Ramer, and contends that the
use of the clause by the Legislature
was legal.
Call Annual Meeting of Tax Board.
The Colorado Tax Commission hat
called the annual meeting of assessors
of the state to consider taxation ques
tions of common interest The meet
ing will be held Jan. 20, 21 and 22.
Because of the time of the
the assessors will be able to take ad
vantage of the special railroad rates
to the Western National Livestock
show' in Denver.
Hearing on Telephone Rate* Begit^.
Denver. —The State Public Utilities
Commission began a bearing in its
rooms at the capitol to determine
whether the rates of the Mountain
States Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany are just and whether its service
is adequate/ The hearing will prob
ably last for several months.
Phone Industry Explained to Board.
In its efforts to study fully and ays-*
tematically every phase of the tele
phone industry in Colorado, so that it
may be equipped to judge whether ex
isting rates are just and the service
adequate, the State Public Utilities
Commission listened to a paper on
‘The Development of the Art of
Telephony From Its Inception,” pro
>ared and read by Robert B. Bonney,
•lectrical expert and equipment engi
leer of the Mountain States Tele
phone & Telegraph Company.