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EurODe0s, War News


The torpedoing of the Cunard liner
Lusitania aroused i'll feeling against
the Germans at Liverpool to fever
heat and a number of shops owned by
Germana were wrecked. The Deutscher
Verein, H German club, and the Blan-
chard hotel, under German manage
ment, at Victoria. b. c.. were wrecked
by mob
The latest information obtainable in
dicates that LOO men, women and
children perished off the Irish coast
in the destruction of the Lusitania
by German submarine. OF this num-
Der lis were American men, women
and children. Charles Frohman, New
York, c. A. Piamondon, Chicago, are
among the officially identified dead.
Aired G. Vanderbilt is among the
missing.
Dudley Field Malone, collector of
the port, gave an official denial to the
report emanating from Berlin that the
Lusitania had guns mounted from this
port the day she sailed from New
York.
Additional war steps have been TAX
en- by Italy in calling out all infantry
classes from 1876, according to the
Copenhagen correspondent of the Lon
don Exchange Telegraph company. A
dispatch from Geneva says an Italian
army 100000 strong has been concen-
trated at Verona.
Official announcement was made at
the German war office at Berlin that
the city of Libau, in the province OF
Couriand, Russia, has been captured
by the Germans. Libau is an import
ant seaport and Industrial center.
A cablegram to Mrs. Charles T. JEFF
fiery of Kenosha, Wis, announced that
one of the Lusitania's survivors was
her husband. Kenosha automobile
manufacturer and one of Wisconsin's
wealthiest men.
Inc SINKING or the LuSltanla HaUS
little difference in the unmber Of pas
sengers sailing from New York on the
American liner Philadelphia for Liver
pool, and two other liners bound for
European ports.
There were on board the Lusitania
1,251 passengers and crew of SIG.
The liner and cargo were valued at
$4,000, 900, on which there was insur-
ance of $7.500.0O0.
When the Lusitania sailed from New
York she had aboard 1910 passengers.
Some nervousness had been caused be-
cause of an advertisement warning
travellers that state of war existed
between Germany and Great Britain
and her allies and that travellers sail
ing in the war zone do SO at their
own risk The advertisement was
signed Imperial German Embassy"
S. M. Knox, president Of the New
York Shipbuilding company, Camden.
and William Sterling Hodges. Paris
representative of the Baldwin Locomo-
tive works, were among the prominent
Philadelphians who were passengers
on the Lusitania, which was sunk by
a German submarine.
The Londoi. Daily Mails CORE
spondent at Rotterdam says a proc
lamation has been posted in Antwerp
declaring that Germany has annexed
Belgium. The proclamation is dated
May 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Bliss Thompson Of
Seymour. Ind. who were the only
known Indiana people who were on
the Lusitalia, were on business trip
to the old country. Mr. Thompson
is secretary and sales manager Of
the Blish Milling company of Sey-
mour.
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Nine. pepaae Among Dead.

Queenstown, May 1.-THE body Of
Nine. Marie Depage, wife of DR.. An
tome Depage, medical director of the
Belgian Red Cross, is among the iden.
titled dead. Nine. Depage recently
Iectured in the United States on con-
ditions in Belgium and collected funds
for the suffering of her country.
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La Touraine Reaches Port

New York, May 1.-THE steamship
La Touraine of the French line, which
left this port on April q, has arrived
at Bordeaux, according to a cabiegrans
received by the local Offices here.
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Disaster Brinos Political Crisis.

London, May 10.-The sinking OF
the Lusitania has brought about po-
litical crisis in England. 1t already
is certain that the government will
be swamped with pointed inquiries
when parliament reconvenes.
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ALLIES Make STRONG MOVE
OCCUPY GERMAN TRENCHES IN
VICINITY OF cARENcY.
Teutons Plan Attack on New Russian
Positions In Carpathians-itaiy
Ready to Act.

London, May 12.-In the land CAM
paign in France and Belgium there are
intimations Of strong movement of
the Allies against the Germans with
heavy re-inforcements.
The French war Office reports the
capture OF many prisoners and guns
during the last two days and German
headquarters admit that in the neigh
borhood of Carency the Allies have
succeeded in occupying the foremost
German trenches. The attacks and
counter-attacks are continuous and the
losses on both sides are heavy.
The British line, Notwithstanding q
very strenuous week, remains the
same to the east of Ypres as it was on
the night of May ga, when the Brit
ish troops were obliged to draw back
little.
Move Against Russians.
In the Carpathiaus the Germans are
reported to be making preparations for
further movement against the Rus
SLAMS in their new positions, while in
the Baltic provinces the Russians have
succeeded in infiicting damage upon
their adversaries near Mitau.
While advices indicate that Italy is
ready to take decisive action and that
the time limit fixed for Austria's reply
to the Italian demands has just about
expired, no word has come of break
between the Austrian and the Italian
governments.
The final movements Of both coun-
tries are being yelled in secrecy.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14

The eastern Ohio coal miners strike
Is settled. Miners and operators rep
resentatives who have been in session
at Cleveland, O., the past ten days.
reached an agreement and only the
formal signing of it after ratihcation
by the Operators association and
miners locals in subdistrict No. now
stand in the way of the resumption
of mining operations.
Mrs. Sarah Hays was killed, Hardy
Hays, her son, fatally injured. and
Mrs. Hardy Hays badly hurt in tor
nado that passed over Humboldt.
Tenn.
Miss Marian Farwell, daughter OF
Francis c. Farwell, treasurer OF the
John v. Farwell company Of Chicago.
was killed by fall from concrete vi
aduct connecting the Farwell and Cy-
rus H. Mccormick estates at Lake
Forest. She had been suffering from
an acute attack of jaundice and was
despondent.
One white man and five negroes
were killed and about twenty-five per-
sons injured in a windstorm at Mer-
mention, La. Several buildings were
destroyed.
Mrs. Ella Coppersmith and her two
year-old son, John, were beaten and
slashed to death in their home. 710O
Lowe avenue, Chicago, by mysteri-
Gus slayer, who first pounded their
heads to a pulp with hammer and
then cut their throats. Mrs. Copper
smith was the wife of John L. Copper
smith, commission merchant. Dia-
mond jewelry and $500 In bonds were
stolen from the house.
Three persons were injured and
much property damaged at Ardmore.
Okla, by heavy windstorm. Wilson,
Okla, was hit by tornado. which
blew down 40 buildings.
At least one death and great prop
erty loss are reported at Atlanta, Ca,
as the result of tornado which swept
through the southern section of the
state.
Tom Martin, an employee OF coal
company, who left Rockport with $500
to meet pay roll, was later found
dead On the road with three bullet
wounds in body and the money gone.
Judge Orrin N Carter of Chicago
supreme court at the convention Of
Republicans representing Lake, Will,
Dupage. Kankakee and Cook counties.
District Judge F. A. Geiger ruled
at Milwaukee that marriage nullifies
the governments case against white
slavers. The decision was in the case
of Eugene Kuentzre ani Edward hlop-
ocznski, accused Of bringing Clara
Stigra to Milwaukee from Detroit. 1t
was testified that the girl had married
Kuentzre before there was a federal
warrant issued.
John J. Slomski, private banker at
Chicago, was shot in a daylight hold
up of his bank by five young auto
bandits and died shortly afterward.
The robbers seized $S3 from de-
positor and escaped.
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Washington

Count Won Bernstorff, German am
bassador at Washington, found in his
mail an anonymous letter threatening
the destruction of the embassy.
The net revenue of the United
States for March showed an increase
of more than 100000 compared with
the same month of 1914, according to
the interstate commerce commission
at Washington.
The siege of the White House at
Washington by two Pennsylvania suf-
fragists ended when President Will
son definitely informed them that he
could not meet the votes for women"
delegation when he goes to Philadel-
phia next Monday.
The United States government re-
jects the German suggestion that the
legality of the capt Ire and destruction
of the Frye and the question of the
payment and amount of indemnity be
submitted to a prize court. 1t pro-
poses that the matter be settled by
diplomatic negotiations, liability on
the part of Germany already has been
admitted.
The empress of Germany expressed
her appreciation of the American Red
Cross work in behalf of Germany,
sending her message through the Ger
man ambassador, who sent a letter to
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, at Red
Cross headquarters at Washington.
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The letter-writing murderer who
killed fve-year-oid Elenore Cohn and
foar.year-old Charlie Murray of New
YORK has written to the Murray boys
mother. telling her that he will com.
tcit smother murder.
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Foreign

Fire destroyed the palace of justice
at Madrid, Spain. Judge Amanda per-
ished while endeavoring to save the
court records. Many firemen were in.
jured.
The Japanese government an
nounced at Tokyo that the naval and
military movements in connection with
the Chinese situation had been can
celed.
China's reply to Japan's ultimatum
will be delivered to M. Hioki, the
japanese minister. The Chinese note
win rev:a- Ch.ca'- .av
charges contained in the ultimatum
and accept the demands without quail
ification.
Attaches Of the japanese legation at
Peking are preparing to leave. Re-
ports are in circulation that japan
win begin war without further diplo-
| matte communications.
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The jury in the DR.. Harold A. Ron.
aids case at Mattoon, H.. was instruct
ed by the judge TO return a verdict OF
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Domestic

Snow has fallen in northwestern
Kansas. in a section of the Panhandle
of Texas and at Denver. Killing frosts
prevailed over Nebraska, the Dakotas,
Montana and Wyoming.
Lester Poust. twenty-eight, and
Charles Holes. shirty-two, are dead,
and Celia Sewers is believed to be
dying as a result Of a shooting and
suicide at Jersey Shore, Pa. The trag-
edy took place when Poust found Miss
Sewers and Holes together
Scott Turner, q mining engineer of
Lansing, Mich, whose name was
among the few added to the list of
survivors. cabled to his brother
Charles. who lives at New York. Safe
and we'll"
A call was issued at New York to
suffrage leaders by the national board
Of the National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation for a conference to be held in
Chicago June SO. The purpose of the
conference. it was stated, was ito dis
cuss the Sixty-fourth congress"
The jury in the Dr. Harold A. Ron.
aids case 1T Maftoon III was inst-,,o.
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The Londoi. Daily Mails CORE
spondent at Rotterdam says proc
lamation has been posted in Antwerp
declaring that Germany has annexed
Belgium. The proclamation is dated
May 6.
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MIR. and Mrs. E. Bliss Thompson Of
Seymour. Ind. who were the only
known Indiana people who were on
the Lusitalia, were on a business trip
to the old country. Mr.. Thompson
is secretar, and sales manager Of
the Blish Milling company Of Sey-
mour.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14

Judge Orrin N. Carter of Chicago
was renominated for election to the
supreme court at the convention OF
Republicans representing Lake, Will,
Dupage. Kankakee and Cook counties.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
ED POLLARD FAILS AT SUICIDE
Member of Cooks Union Grows Despond-
ent Over Absence of Wife.

Ed Pollard, 46 years old, a cook and
prominent member of Cooks Union No
Is, and delegate to the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly, cut his throat with
suicidal intent last Sunday afternoon in
his room at ll2l Twenty ninth street,
while brooding over his wife's alleged
elopement with another man.
He left his room door open. The
landlady in passing thru the hall looked
in and saw him holding his head be-
tween his hands. She inquired as to
his health.
Fine, thank you," came the hoarse
response. but I've Just cut my throat.
want to die"
The landlady, seeing that he was
bleeding profusely, called the smbu-
lance
Pollard received word several days
ago. according to the landlady, that his
wife, who was visiting in the East, had
run away with another man. He be-
came morose, she said, and declared he
had nothing to live for.
The wounds from the razor used by
Pollard are on the sides OF the neck.
None OF the large blood vessels was
severed. He was taken to the County
hospital and will recover.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02

III war is hell. as General Sherman
declared during Americas Civil war, let
those who believe in war go to hell"
said Cornelius Lehane, an Irish labor
leader in an address at the Denver
Trades and Labor Assembly meeting
Sunday afternoon. Lehane is an inter
national organizer for the Transport
Workers Union in Dublin, Ireland, and
is visiting the principal industrial GEN.
tiers OF the United States to acquaint
American workers with conditions in Ire
land and the attitude OF Irish and Eng
lish workers toward the war, emphasized
in the quotation given above.
Lehane is a most interesting and witty
speaker, holding the delegates in rapt
attention for one hour and half. He
deserted the great dockers strike in
Dublin two years ago, when the bosses
locked out 10000 men employed on and
about the docks of Dublin. This strike
was won thru compact organization
I've organized a militia of our own,
comprising 400 Irish lads weighing 200
pounds each, and the police did not
bother US after the first battle" said
the speaker. "Over there in Dublin they
preach home industry same as you do
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
CONTRACTORS TO FIGHT LICENSE
Ruling Of City Attorney on New ordi-
nance Arouses Much Opposition,

A court battle against the contractors
license ordinance adopted two weeks ago
by the city commissioners, is expected
60 be instituted within the next few days
as a result OF City Attorney Marsh's
opinion given Tuesday, declaring that
contractors of every class will have to
take out the $50 license.
The majority of the contractors of the
CITY who usually sub-contract from gen.
cral contractors thought the new license
ordinance was meant TO apply only to
general contractors. Under the terms OF
City Attorney Marsh's Interpretation OF
the new law, which goes into effect next
Monday, however, some tradesmen who
already pay licenses, such as electricians
and plumbers, will also have to take
out this general contractors liceense.
At the city hall II was freely con-
,,ndod that the new ordinance was UNI
fair and inapplicablc, because 1t places a
double tax upon some tradesmen.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
Lehane, the Irish Labor Apostle,
Predicts a Republic for Ireland
International Representative of the Transport Workers Union
of Dublin Delues Interesting and Witty Address Meet
ing of the Denper Trades and Labor Assembly

here in Denver, but the police used clubs
made of Yorkshire oak, while our boys
had real Tipperary shelalahs. Home in
dustry won. At the close of the strike
we levied war indemnity on the enemy
and made the bosses pay what the strike
had cost u.s."
Predicts Irish Republic.
'My mission in America is to prepare
you for the great social revolution that
is to follow the war in Europe. A
great democracy of the people will arise
in England, France, Germany, Italy,
Austria and Russia Republics in which
the working people will have a leading
part will supplant the rule OF monarchs
and pluocrats. This war is sounding
the death llnell of kings, emperors and
! ezars. ireland will be the first to form
an independent republic because the
working class there is better prepared
for the emergency.
''The working people of Ireland, Eng
land and Scotland will arise in open re-
bellion if the British government at
tempts to enforce eonscription. The Eng
lish military leaders say there are
100000 sons of Ireland in the trenches
fighting with the allies, but this is not
true. The officers of the allies cannot
find more than 900 in the whole Brit
ish army. l know, because I have the
facts and figures.
Rebellion Threatened
@In England the greatest UNION in the
world-the union of all railroad en-
ployes-has asserted that conscription
will mean rebellion, and that none of
that brotherhood will leave England to
fight in any foreign country against
| brother workmen.
In Ireland we have three branches
OF the labor movement, the industrial,
the political, and the military branch,
each under a separate subordinate head,
but all under one general head All
these leaders may be thrown into Jail
some OF these days. as the British gov
ernment has issued manifesto arbi-
trarily suspeuding all rules OF all unions,
but we are not needing that manifesto.
In the military branch we have tens of
| thousands OF men trained and ready TO
take the field In the political branch
we have students ready to point the
way. and in the industrial end We are all
unionists.
Refuse to Fight.
Not only have we refused TO fight,
but we have gone further. We have is
sued manifestos, officially and unoffi-
cially, and every union man. every work
ingman, in ireland has been told and
knows it to be the truth, that if he
Joins any army, whether of the allies or
of the German Austro- Hungarian side,
he at that moment becomes an outcast
and an exparte. If he should be fortu-
nate enough to escape death on the bat
\ tlefield, he will find no welcome in Ire
land upon his return. Every hand viii
be turned against him.
when this war is ended each country
must look to its workingmen for re-
habilitation and the workingmen are 60
| ing to take advantage of that fact and
| get their deserts. Not a single crowned
| head will return to the same power
after the war and the workingmen will
have their innings after the present war
of capitalists is ended"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
Anthracite Miners Make Demand
Upon Operators for NewC Contract

The very successful campaign of or.
ganizat in which President White. of
the United Mine Workers has been en-
gagged in in eastern Pennsylvania, ter
minated last week when convention OF
500 delegates representing districts !.
and Q drew up demands for presentation
TO the operators. The list follows.
l. We demand tina; the next contract
be for period of two years, commencing
April /. 1916, and ending March II, 1918,
and that the making of individual agree
ments and contracts in the mining OF
coal shall be prohibited.
.. We demand an increase of 20 per
cent ON all wage rates now being paid in
the anthracite coal fields.
3 We demand an eight hour work day
for all day labor employed in and around
the mines, the present rates TO be the
basis upon which the advance above
demanded shall apply. with time and
one half for overtime and double time
for Sundays and holidays.
L. We demand full and complete rec
ognitiou of the United Mine Workers OF
America in districts | and o. anthra.
cite.
g. We demand more simplificd.
speedy aud satisfactory method of ad-
iusting grievances.
W we thtN NV NNhNAeat
shall be permitted to have more than
one working place.
7. We demand that the selling price
of cosi-raining supplies to miners to be
fixed on more equitable ana uniform
basis.
5. We demand that wherever coal
shall be mined on the car basis, it shall
be weighed and be paid for on mine.
run basis by the ton of 2,24o pounds. and
all refuse cleaned from the coal teither
gobbcd or loadedl shall be paid for on
at least an equal basis as is paid for
the coal.
o. We demand a readjnstmcnt of the
machine mining scale to the extent that
equitable rates and conditions shall OBJ
tain as basis for this systm.
10. We demand that the arrangements
of detailed wnge scales and the settle
mcnt of internal questions, both as re-
CARDS prices and conditions. be referred
to representatives of the operators and
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
CITY FIREMEN TO PERFECT
STATE ASSOCIATION SOON
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION INDoRSED
BY FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Delegate Palmer of Colorado Springs
Outlines Plan in Address Before
Convention For Cooperation.

At the State Federation of Labor con-
yentiou held in Denver last week a prop
ositiou submitted by Delegate Albert n.
Palm.r OF Colorado Springs City Fire
men's Association for Endorsement of n
movement to orgartze all the paid city
firemeu Of Colorado and assist in form
ing a state association was unanimously
approved.
Delegate Palmer Is president Of the
Color DO Springs Association and made
an interesting address before the con
veutiuu IN which he outlined some of
the objects sought to be achieved thru
such organization and forming Of a state
body oi city firemen. Among the bene-
ficial features proposed is a mortuary
payment of not less than 500; en-
dow hospital beds for the care of sick
and injured brothers free of cost; to
secure enactment by the legislature of a
firemen's relief fund. and eventually or
ganizstion of a national association af-
filia,ed with the American Federation of
I.aior and build national home for
INDECENT. sick, or crippled members,
where they may live in comfort and not
he the wards of charity. These can all
be secured at very small expense to in
dividual members. II was pointed out
that the Union Printers Home at Colo
rado Springs, one of the leading insti-
tutions Of its character in the world,
j. maintained at a cost of only Is cents
per month 10 each member.
There are at present four city fire
mems associa tions in Colorado, chartered
direct by the American Federation of
Labor. They are Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo and Trinidad. With
thore organization the city firemen will
be able to make the two-platoon sys-
TEN universal and obtain many needed
improvements in conditions of employ
ment which are now impossible to Sc
cure.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02

miners of each district TO be adjusted
on an equitable basis.
Probably the most important of these
are demands for full recognition. a
speedy system OF settling grievances and
the last demand that detailed matters
shall be worked ont in cath district by
conferences of local operators and
miners.
BY this last clause, President White
has eliminated from the negotiations
with the operators questions of COM
paTatively minor Importance, which in
themselves might interfere with set
tlement, and has instituted a system to
bring operators and miners into a closer
rclstionship for mutual understanding
and voluntary arbitration of matters
peculiar to the districts.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
STEEL ORDERS SWAMP THE MILLS

An idea OF the great volume of bust
ness that recently has come to the steel
concerns of Pennsylvania is to be had
from the announcement made this week
by representatives of all the large COM
panies that they are filled with orders
for the present year, and, from now on,
only will accept orders for the year 1910.
The orders for next year are coming
forward in great rush, they say, and
this shows the boom is by no means
temporary. These are for nails, cars,
locomotives and structural material, in
dependent of those for war materials
II is said the present orders and In
quirics for ordinary stecel are the hcav-
lest known in five years.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-02
HAYES SPEAKS PROTEST MEETING

International Vice President +. j.
Baves of the U. NJ. w of A. was the
principal speaker at a protest. meeting
called Mt Mt. Carmel Pa. the boyhood
home of JOHN r. Lawson, the victim of
the mine owners vengeance in Colorado.
Tue meeting was held Friday of last
week and there was great attendance
as men and women in every walk of
life in that district know and love the
big hearted miners leader whom they
have all known since his childhood