Denver labor bulletin., 1915-06-26

krsuitof NOte.-LeO CuthbertsOn IS
member of Denver Typographical Unio
No. 40, a native of this city, and afte
receiving journeyman's card three year
ago decided to take a post gradual
course as travelling printer. He re
turned to Denver last week, and this ar
ticle tells OF his thrilling experiences il
Europe, where he was when the worl
war broke out.)
For the benefit of readers of The La
Dor Bulletin l will give brief descrip
ton of trip through Europe b,
| Clarence s. Breugger and myself, whicl
| differed greatly from the usual tou
abroad, owing to the sudden outbreak o
the terrible European conflict.
Early in June of last year we lef
New York on the S. S. Olympic lat thai
time the third largest boat afloat), sail
ing for Hamburg, Germany. The voyag,
across was without thrills and somewhat
disappointing, as We failed to see any Of
the great ocean storms of which yor
have so often read and which both OF
us were very anxious to encounter. In
fact so calm was the ocean for the first
four days out that some of the ancient
navigators among the crew were at a
loss to understand how such body OF
water could remain as smooth as glass
for four successive days. The slight
storms which arose three days previous
to landing at Southampton, England,
were nothing out of the ordinary.
From Southampton We Travelled by rail
to Grimsby Dock, England, thence over
the North sea in tug that would not
compare favorably with a City park cleo.
trio launch. After having contributed
literally to the maintenance of the North
sea fish for three days and nights We
found ourselves at Hamburg, Germany.
My German education being sadly neg
lected, as was also that of my travelling
mate, we were at great disadvantage
getting around the city. However, with
the aid of my German book, the title
of which was 'Words of Common
Usage We managed TO see the principal
points of interest-hnd also eat three
meals day, although we were unable
to get strawberries and cream. for my
pronunciation of "erdberren und rahm''
Strawberries and creaml was poor in
the extreme.
Making Ready For Big War.
After making thorough tour of Ham
burg we went to Berlin, in the writer's
opinion the most beautiful large city in
the world. 1t was evident after the sec
ond day in town that we could spend
at least three weeks to advantage if
our sightseeing curiosity was to be sat
isfied, which time we exceeded by few
days. There are two things of particular
mention which shall never forget in
this city-landscape gardening and mill
tary training.
While stranger in foreign land is
not accustomed to the general conditions
and practices of the country, neverthe-
less my suspicion was greatly aroused
when l saw some of the daily drilling by
regiments OF the great German army,
which suspicion, as you know now, was
well founded. | will refrain from any
comment on the subject OF warfare, as
this article is not intended to express
an opinion OF the present slaughter OF
human beings" Our sight-seei expe-
dition was not to be forgotten by pass
ing memories, for we We're making good
use OF a camera in our possession.
Before passing over the condensed
news OF Berlin it would be well to refer
to the American colony Independence
Day celebration ian annual affair." at
which outing we spent an enjoyable day
indulging in brief speeches by visiting
Americans, patriotic songs, baseball
game in which Ambassador Gerard made
vain effort to pitch but "blew up" in
the first inning. The grand finale Of
the days celebration was a good old
fashioned dance, followed by an excel
lent American dinner.
As we felt sure we had seen as much
OF Berlin as our limited time would al
,aft t.l l..
many and various brews of beer we had
Cologne in English, where we spent
but one day, as we did not desire to
stay long in the smaller cities.
Historical Cathedral at Bonn.
From Koln we went to town called
Bonn, which was just n short ride on
the electric interurban. II was here ]
had the pleasure OF seeing one Of the
largest cathedrals in the world. But
size was not its principal point of inter-
est. According to it's history, printed
in both German and English in various
parts of the church, it took 800 years to
build this Catholic cathedral. Every
stone was erected by hand, there being
no power hoists for such purposes in
the days of its erection. The archtec-
tural beauty OF thls euiilce Is Deyonu
imagination. We finished our visit In
Bonn by going up the river few miles
where we had an afternoon Of bathing in
the River Rhine.
Our next move was to Amsterdam
Holland, where our visit was completed
in two days. The principal place OF
interest to me in this city was the so
called largest diamond factory in the
x,orId However I was not in n mood IL
purchase diamonds. Did / say moodi
A Visit to Peace Palace.
As The Hague, Holland, was not fai
distant we made it our next stop, visit
ing among other places of interest the