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United labor bulletin., 1914-07-04
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II IEW AAlVEO
John McFee, Jr.. of Rock Springs
tWyol Miners Union, was in Denver
this week comforting with officers of
District Is.
Organizer S p. Oplinger of the Union
Label league has been commissioned by
President Gompers as an American Fed
GRAFTON of LABOR organizer for the State
of Colorado.
In ordering regalia for Labor Day
consult The Bulletins advertising col
umns, which is safe directory of those
firms desiring patronage of organized
working people. The label, of course.
Jane McCleave, 81, an electrician. was
injured when he fell from a ladder at
Seventeenth and fremont streets Mon
day lie was taken to the County hos
pitaL His back and head are injured.
He will recover.
The Federated Trades Council dele
gates ard members of labor unions in
Colorado Springs attended the Billy
SUNDAY revival meeting in a body last
Saturdsy night. being led by phalanx
of all policemen off duty.
According to information received here,
the United States Commission on Indus
trial Relations will hold hearings in Dem
yer from August 3 to s. going later to
Butte. Seattle. Portland, San Francisco
and Los Angeles.
City Plumbing Inspector james C. Bull
ger j. tine popular man with lady dele
gates at the Trades Assembly meetings
these summer days. He passes around
the ice water. gives them pleasant
smile and buys tickets to their picnic
parties-
President Earl r. Hoage of the Trades
and Labor Assembly was not the man
who had his hair cut short by flash
of lightning. but he gave every evidence
of ii at last Sundays meeting Said he
went to sleep in the barber chair and
the tonsorial artist forgot to use a
speedom.ter.
Organizer William Diamond. in charge
Of the strike for las Animas county.
WAS DO Denver this week to confer with
Natioual Vice President Hayes and
meInbers OF the policy committee He
report the situation quiet. with COM
Plete harmony existing between strik-
ers and federal troops.
4 fireworks display on a more magnifi-
cent scale than ever before is scheduled
for City Park tonight by Commissioner
of Property Thum. The Denver Munich
nal - t.l l... IL Ill
will furnish a program Of patriotic music
and the tnmway has made arrange
ments to handle $1,000 people
Paiterson's cigar store, a popular
place for particular people. especially
when buying blue label smokes. moved
this week from the corner of Seven
tecnth and Cbampa to oil Seventeenth.
just across the street in the Railroad
building. The new Colorado National
Bank building will be erected on the
vacated corner
Commissioner of Property Otto F.
Thum has purchased three motor boats
to be used by the life-saving crews in
Washington Berkeley and City parks.
Recent accidents and drownings have
made this additional protection neces-
sary Crowds at the bathing beaches
this summer are much larger than ever
before and the danger is thereby in
creased
frank A. Bryan. president OF the
Building Trades Club. will have as his
guests after July y Mr.. and Mrs John
Deitx of Rotterdam. Holland who
sailed from that city June 27. Mrs
Deitz and Mrs Bryan are sisters. Mr..
Deitx is large silk merchant of Rot
| ferdam and will make n four mantle
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Portable quarters at the one hotel the
place afforded. Some practice came
to him. He made some speeches dur
ing a political campaign, became a
general faVorite, and, best of all, met
and loved Ada Mills, the favorite
daughter Of wealthy Judge Mills.
No word had come from Ernest
Earle and Robert was glad he had not
found him out.
Robert. was gaining ground fast
and securely. His uncle abroad had
heard of his establishing in the legal
profession and had insisted on his &C
Cepting a check for a thousand dol
lars, 'as surplus capital for eEigen-
cies," as the old man phrased it.
1t was a great, glorious hour of
his life when Robert bade Ada adieu
one lovely June night. He had told
his love to find it deVotedly returned.
So happy was he that when he re-
turned to his hotel he could-not sleep.
He put on a light overcoat and
stroIled to the wooded outskirts of
the pretty town, communing with ma
ture and his hearts own fond
thoughts until long after midnight.
A surprise, a shock, a crisis in his
life greeted him as he entered the
lobby of the hotel to find it a scene of
tumultuous excitement. The local po-
lice were there surrounding an agi-
tated, loud-talkiqg stranger, who as
Robert entered was explaining that
some one had rifled his room an hour
previous. He had awakened in bed to
observe a man disappearing through
the window and down the fire escape
with his pocket book containing two
hundred dollars.
''Why, there is the theft he shout
ed suddenly, pointing straight at Rob
ert.
'You are madw exclaimed the
hotel owner.
81 would recognize him among a
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by the man who had been robbed was
found unlocked.
THE key has been always in the
door on my side" explained Robert,
but have never turned it.
1t was strange, unheard Of, but the d.
stranger insisted on his Identification.
of Robert. The latter had two hours
time he could not account for in any
reasonable way. He was arrested.
His good character saved him, but
there was now vague insidious stain
upon it.
Slowly distrist began to attach to
the young lawyer. The conservative
ones graYeIy feared they had been
unWise in. bestowing ready confidence
with a comparative. stranger, The
cowardly ones ignored and Stunned
him. Judge Mills forbade an engage
ment with his daughter and insisted
that Robert should not visit Ada until
his name was cleared.
So, weary weeks went on and Rob-
ert became well nigh disheartened.
Ills lOIulCl pOpu4dA4Ly was O4 bA1O
wane, his clients fell away from him.
Only that loyal Ada wrote him Of her
undying love and faith he would have
left the town.
He had been engaged as associate
counsel in a damage suit where a rail-
road passenger had received an injury
in a collision in another part of the
county. Among the witnesses sum-
moned was a surgeon from a neigh
boring town.
- When this person arrived at the
court room he sought out Robert. It
was to regard him in open-eyed be-
Wilderment.
why" he exclaimed" you have
recoVered-so sOon?"
"I do not understand you," said
Robert.
a.
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right to be considered an opponent Of
regicide. He Is only a relative OPP
ponent. Whoever, finally, has sum
moned tho Moscow storm and the yell
low race against German.sm IN the field
has proved himself in the highest de-
gree impractical. Bismarck himself
called into play the moral force when
arriving at his decisions, because ne
felt IL necessary and because lie looked
TO distant consequences. Way must be
made for goodness.
The whole question OF this war turns
upon this point. whether We must learn
that the exclusion OF all that Is moral
from politics Is necessary for us II we
wish To remain supreme, or whether
morality is still valuable in politics
that IL In our dealings with other ma
lions, as II otherwise is in the genera
intercourse of men. We Germans and
together with us are many millions az
nom Germans of all races and religions
agree to the latter of these PROPOSE
tons, and England has made a mistake
which may cost her her existence, or
at least her supreme leadership, II she
continues to cling to non-moral politics
We have a plain proof, free from al
prejudice, in hand that England has
operated under immoral or rather anti
moral politics, and we are driven TO the
conclusion that this Is what underie'
the present war.
| II is not possible unfortunately 10 20
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at the command OF superior officer,
|. with the main post, was TO go back OF
the next hill and remain as long as pos
sible. Strong reenforcements arrived and
soon our artillery was firing. After an
exciting exchange OF firo--I do not know
whether II was OF short duration or con-
tnued for hours--we wanted TO push for
ward but We're showered with bullets, and
again lay low. a corporal OF Il neigh
boring company called
LET us go, lieutenant, our Alpine
sharpshooters cannot be held back They
want to fight
Il arose. and did not even have to givo
| command, We ran about 400 steps and
already could distinguish the faces of our
enemies, Some fed, while Others threw
down their weapons and held up their
| hands as sign OF surrender.
~ sent the prisoners and wounded back
and with the others | Joined the next re-
serves, who were just marching up, with
! them l pushed In n new sllirmishing line
upon the enemy on the next hill When
We arrived the firing had ceased, The
greatest part OF the enemy again re-
treated without lighting We marched on
| but could not ind him.
"Then our ensign pointed 10 what seeuled
| to be Russian cannon ON n ridgc-line nj
some distance, ! was about TO order the
men TO open fire In that direction when
we uls'oNclcu NHit tHc NupP'9'u 'aHH''
were wooden dummies, intended to turn
our fire from the enemy
| "The fight started again ! was look
| ing at the sham batteries ~ the enemy
when felt blow on my right temple
az IL strugN by a stone. SON ! felt
weakness in all my Joints and | do mo-
remember what happened atterWard
Later found myself in bed, q Red Cross
soldier standing at my side.
II recalled my wounded infantry maj
Of the morning. Was he stlll living"
sent the Red Cross soldier to Inquire ahou
him. Hours afterward the messcnge
brought me the answer My infantryma'
was alive. As soon ~ possible he ha'
been taken 20 "A place OF safety, AM
who had been the good Samaritan NJ!
Russian prisoner"
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any more deeply into this question In
tho present article, but what might be
said is what every reader knows as we'll
as | do. The question may well be
raised how are we best to deal with the
present situation. The simplest would
be- a victory on the sea by the Germans,
but as we could hardly count upon that
without risking too much, another pos
s!b!lity is presented. England must be
weakened AZ much as possible by sea
through attacks from our navy made
when possible, coupled with the impos-
s!hilty of the French and Russians ever
Conquering us.
Hence the duty Of every German is
for each one of US to stand at his post,
whether on land or sea, trying his best
TO realize these hopes. II is a great sat
isfdction to us to know that nothing be
1t Of tn least Importance, is being
neglected. We shall and must conquer
That Is our firm belief
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strong enough. Is this clear, great
politics? Is the statement correct that
We Germans may be able to hold our
own In culture and civilization. but that
in politics we play but poor part or
none at all with England?
We have still long way to go before
we reach the height and purity OF pol
tiles free from all morality which Eng
land and Japan are trying to teach
or has the Guide OF the Fates OF all In
dividuals and nations decided to put
an end to these unspeakable politics.
and make an end of England? Are W"
His instrument?
In this light the present position or
the English fleet may be understood
As this is written IL Is far away from
the scene OF battle in tho lrish Sea or
west Of the Shetland Islands waiting
to see whether England's dear allies
or their enemies will bleed, or both.
And perhaps the aim of England to
set the German fleet aside without
striking blow may he attained. II
not, then her own feet must come up
and accomplish the destruction Of the
| German navy. Whether France, Bel
GUM and Russia sink dead upon the
| field OF battle, or sink into insignih-
canoe IL all immaterial to tho English
politician. Fathfulness to treaties In
politics Is folly to him.
What then shall our navy dor Walt
and keep itself In readiness TO ward Off
an attack2 Perhaps this will come long
after peace has been signed between
Germany and the subdued allies. Ans
wer: No. for that would be very soon
an impossible position for us, as Eng
land controls the sea and we do not. or
should the German navy attack, by
swift blows at the island home or
against It's merchant marine. Possibly
this IL precisely what high English poll
ticlans are looking for II our neet
were 10 attack the English North Sen
fleet, so they reckon. their great super
iority In numbers and power would ut
terly crush our smaller body.
1t is plain therefore that this world
contest Is actually a battle for control
of the sea, which Is in our day the life
element OF every state which believes
that It Is called to be the leader OF man
kind. England contests this call with
us Then we must either give II up o'
fight for II. The raging land war now
prevailing is the first step In this direc'
ton. But the real decision will not take
place on land but on the ocean.
We have now TO investigate whether
this Politics without morality" Is prac
tical: whether It will serve the end
that is bring about final triumph. W.
have already answered no to this pues
ton and base our conclusion upon th'
fact that the prosecution of politics ~
, war free from all morality on one sid'
will bring about n similar policy on tn
part Of the enemy. In this way all con
r ndence and faith among the nations vii
come to an end and this viii lead onl'
t to the multiplication of barbarities an
injuries to each other, but really Wi
: mean no profit on either side.
! Whoever lies so barcfaccdly as IN
|. leading English politicians to-day vii
never be believed for generations 4
: come. Whoever rises az an Indirect pro
!. tector OF the Serbs has put aside IN
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Facsimile of Col. Gordon's statement.

ammunition and being unable to obtain
any definite Information from superior
authority concerning the matter. I put
my revolver ammunition in the ground
four days before Mons (23) engage
ment. which was the first time | met
the German army. At the same time
placed my revolver in my heavy bagga &c
and never carried II again.
THE revolver ammunition was of the
same pattern as issued to me and the
other officers OF the Gordon Highland
ers In June last to fire their annual re-
volver course W. T.. GoRDoN. col.
Gordon Highlanders.
"A. ID. G. TO the King.
september 10, 1914
written in my presence:
"Geschricheu in me!ner gegenwort.
Baron vOS LERsNER
Lieut.. Of the Reserve, eth Hussars.
Baron voN RERCKHEIM
Lieut.. OF the Reserve, End Guard
Dragons"
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Parts Reported Occupied.

Of course the correspondence Bureau
supplies news to the papers as well and
wonderful semi ofiiCisl reports are spread
about the German occupation OF Paris. the
destruction OF the british fleet the death
of Lord Kitchener. the revolution In Lon
don, whore the Germans defeated the ter
riturisl army, and last but not least the
imprisonment Of King Peter Of Servia In
a Berlin fortress
As foreign newspapers are not allowed
to enter Austria the renorts or the Cor
respOndence Bureau, however wild they are.
are never denied. Italian newspapers are
occasionally smuggled into Trieste and
sold for a dollar II copy. II Is risky
undertaking to read such newspapers.
however. the police arrest those found
with newspapers concealed on their per-
SONS, and poor Triestine was sent to
prison simply because his boots were not
wat"rtight and he had snles cut out from
an Italian newspaper put inside them TO
keep on the damp. The Austrian police
display an extraordinary activity and the
number Of political prisoners Is 80 great
that two sO-called repression camps" had
20 be SGT W for their detention as the or
binary prisons cannot hold them all
The Russian advance In Galica ard its
uCress was In part due 10 the zeal and
cooperation ~ the peasants
An eyewitness rccnunts tho following
episodes. An Austrian division of cavalry
had to stop In front Of \ marsh which
could not be crossed As the water was
deep and the soil was So soft that horses
and riders We're Drowned when an attempt
TO ford &, was made. Hardly had the
Austriaus glllopcd Off skirting the treach-
eruus ground when "A squadron ~ Cossacks
, guided by peasant on horseback crossed
| the marsh ON q strip OF hard ground rum
, Ming through IL and attacked tire enemy
| In favorable position. There are hun
| dr.ds OF such Instances showing the de-
| votiuu and loyalty of the peasants Tor
| their Russian brethren They signall.d
! the positions of the enemy. acted as
| guides. directed the artillery fire bv dis
4 covering the masked positions ~ the
AustriaHs, supplied food To- the Russians,
| helped them over broken ground and
! showed them short cuts
The Austriaus, despite their optimism
| and their efforts to hide the truth, failed
! to convince the inhabitants of many large
! cities that they have been successful
| In the neld. The hospitals ~ Vienna
! budapest and Trieste, not To- mention
many others IN the principal cities. are
hllod with wounded At Trieste the
| wounded soldiers were at first allowed t.
he visited hy their families and they
| naturally talked. They We're men belong.
ing To- the two infantry regiments OF
! Trieste, tho Ninety-seventh and IN,
Twenty seventh. which two months age
/ marched out ~ the city bound to Galicia
their bands Tor tle first time. play nj
Italian national hymns. and the men lef
with the conviction that Italy was tight
ing side by side with Austria. The few
who returned wounded were disappointed
because no Italian soldiers were hghtlnI
with them.
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ITALIAN SRFcEs AT FRONT
Urotbers-in-iaw Of Austrian Heir
tnd.r French Banner.

BEnrIN. via London, oct. l6.--Ainons
~ goo italians who, under the leadership
Bcppluo Garibaldi, have gone to nsht
~ the French banner are Prince slNtuS
.. 'arma and Prluco Navler or IrWh
d.. ding 10 the Turin correspondent OF
tns RorIiner Tagebldtt. The two princes
are brothers. n-law OF Archduk" FRANCIS
Charles, heir D. the Austrian throne
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CENSORSHIP ON LECTURES,

BERLIN, via London, Oct. 1s.-The Gov
crnment has Issued a decree providing
that any one desiring To give "a public
lecture On matters pertaining TO the Ger
man army or navy must submit his
manuscript TO tho Government censorship
aud must apply for a permit forty-elght
hours prior to the time OF tho proposed
lecture.
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T WD English OUCerS VINO are NOW
German prisoners spoke al re-
cent Official examination OF Inc
use Of dumdum bullets in the
British army. They are Col. Gordon OF
the Gordon Highianders. aide -de-camp
to the King OF England, ana l.ieut-Col.
Neish ot the FRS, Battalion, Gordon
Highldndcrs.
The confessions. as the Germans call
them, of these officers are reprinted be-
low, together with a fac-simile made
from photograph Of Col Gordon's
statement. 1t is pointed out tina, these
statements show that both men were
furnished by the English Government
with soft nosed revolver bullets.
Bulles OF this kind, the German au-
thorlt.es declare, can have no other pur-
pose whatever excepting that of causing
the most cruel possible wounds. The
officers admit tina, they themselves
doubted the pern!ss.bilbty OF the use OF
such bullets under the law OF nations,
and that they had therefore buried
them. Other members Of the English
army, however. are alleged to have used
in battle bullets OF this type. Proof OF
this. the Germans charge, - offered by
the ammunition found In captured Eng
lish guns.
The statements Of the two British
officers are az follows:
statement Of Licut.-Col. Welsh.
AS to the revolver ammunition, the
| bullets furnished were soft nosed.
| saw This bullet the iirs; time this sum-
mer at the annual target practice.
AT the instance of Baron Won Lers-
| ner ! am giving the following written
summary answer 70 oral questions
| which he has asked me.
"F. II. MESH. Lt.-Col.
! "lst Gordon H!ghlandera
"ToRGAr. Sept. 10, 1914.
written in my presence:
Baron Won LERsNER
1"Li~ut. Of the Reserve eth Hussar Reg't.
| "Baron vow BERcKHEIM
Lieut. OF the Reserve, md Guard
| Dragons.
when I was captured on August ~
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RUSSIAN PRISONER
SAVES WOUNDED FOE
Helps Carry Him From Ditch
and Summons Medical
Assistance.
DUMMY CANNON IN RUSSIA
NJ DIR. BELA sZEkELy.

BUDAPEST, Sept. iS.--A Viennese officer
who fought with tho army Of Won Auffen-
berg at Tomaszow and has returned home
wounded has given an interesting account
of his experiences on the battlefield.
TT was the afternoon OF August 20
that, amid cries Of hurrah.' he said, I've
crossed the Russian frontier. We went
on until night. the march being always
tedious, owing to the deep sand.
The field kitchens had followed us and
after darkness had set IN we had our meal
Even had we been less hungry It would
have tasted good on the open held,
dresss I'd az we were we lay down to sleep,
but only for a short time. for on that very
night the attack WAS to begin. In the
twilight ] awoke. did not have TO
awaken my soldiers. for they stood already
equipped for fighting. We moved noise
lessly forward In a wide front over
ploughed fields.
up TO that time We had not heard "a
shot in this war Suddenly, AS We
crossed a green meadow, we heard a ter
rible roar above us and saw flash ~
lightning and white cloud-thc first
schrapnel. \ second. a third ana fourth
shot followed rapidly. Forward l shout
ed. then hurried ahead. my soldiers fol
lowing.
"As we marched the ground seemed t.
slip from under our feet. ] saw that we
we're going through DOGGY soil. The Rus
slams must have explored the land and
measured the distance They evidently
wanted to attack US on bottomlcss ground.
on the other side OF the bog, under good
cover, we took breath The attack had
come too late and had failed. Behind US
few projectiles splashed In the mOrass,
but We only laughed at them
I'VE had marched some distance when
from the rear bullets came whizzing.
Without waiting for an order. without a
word my men turned. In moment ou'
rapid fire guns cracked. the windows In
the neighboring village clattered. W.
heard the bullets hit the walls and doors
Late at night we caught up with the troop'
and the rear guard was relieved.
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AUSTRIANS FAIL TO SHARE OPTIMISM OF OFFICIALS

come organs Of the Government and print
nothing but official statements. A board
Of censors, consisting OF three stan OIL
GERS. sits permanently at Trieste to read
carefully every newspaper before II Ia
published. Anything unofficial Is removed.
SO that the newspapers print nothing but
the statements issued by the Genera,
stan, which invariably announce victories