Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Slcal director ana SeHeId4ISSlIHO at Ine
informal ball of the Denver l. T. U.
ex-Delegates Association and Others
to be given Thanksgiving eve, Wednes-
day, November %, at the Nichols
Dancing Academy formerly Caldwell
halD, 1247 Broadway. This function
is going to be the real doings of the
year in Typographical circles. The
committee gives assurance that no
wrong font dances are to appear on
the program, all being classic and
spaced out to full column length. Lin
otype operators, floormen, job hands
and ostracised proofreaders will min
gle in complete and almost painful
harmony for this one joyous evening.
President August koester and Secre-
tary John E Collett of the association
may be permitted to appear in dress
suits just to maintain their dignity
and avoid criticism of too much in
formality. Guests will come from
Pueblo. Colorado Springs and Boulder
However, they are expected to fetch
their own dancing mates, so as not to
make wall flowers Of the Denver
typos. The admission fee is so cents
per couple, extra lady 25 cents. Tick
cts are now on sale in all the chapels
and at Secretary BirdsalPs office.
Those who forget to purchase tickets
can pay the gatekeeper. This is the
one social event you cannot afford to
pass up 1t will make history for
Denver printers.
The newspaper scale committee of
D. T. U. No. 49 has sent out letters to
about fifty unions corresponding to
Denver, asking information as to pre-
vailing wages and conditions of work
in daily newspaper offices. With data
thus obtained the committee will be
prepared to present facts and figures
to the newspaper publishers when
conference is held in the near future.
So far the Post, News and Times have
ignored the letter mailed by the COM
mittee incorporating the proposed
scale to become effective January 25.
II is said verv courteous reply was
received from the Denver Express.
Judging from articles appearing in
labor exchanges the anti-administra
tion forces are preparing TO make an
active campaign in thu l. T. L. cleo
ton TO be held next May A full
ticket has been made up, comprising
candidates for each office At the
same time the administration advo-
Gates are getting busy for the re-elec-
tion of Marsden G.. Scott and John W
Hays for president and secretary. 1t
promises to be the livaliest l. T. L.
election in many year..
A big feature the writer was unable
to cover" in person by reason of the
hour, but which we are informed came
thru according to printed program,
Thursday night, was outlined on the
boards as follows:
GET-TOGETHER BREAKFAST.
All members of the News chapel and
other members of d. T. u No. 40 are
requested to be present at a break
fast. Thursday, Nov. p, at 8 a. m, at
the Royal restaurant, l641 Curtis
street.
The occasion will be in the nature
of a get-together meeting of those
who are interested in the scale. Mem
bers of the scale committee will dis
cuss the scale. and the entertainment
committee promises, among other fea-
lures:
My Holdout." J W. Moir
THE Deplorable Sanitary Condition
at City Hail." c Z Martin.
Scientific Pool Playing" o. W.
Williams.
This Is the End of a Wheatless
! Day." News Quartet,
Colonel Cunningham has charge of
arrangements. and he guarantees that
any who fail to be there will miss
something very much worth while.
The following members-twelve in
number-of d. T. U. No. ~. are in
the war service and their union bene-
{ fits are being maintained: T A. Weed.
marine, Mare Island: Fred D. Moore.
apprentice. artillery, Colorado Nation
al guard: George Allen, motor car di-
vision, First regiment, U. S. Guards;
Homer B Morrison. signal corps, Col
orado National guard; Roy Bridge
water. First Separate battalion Colo
RADIO National guard; Charles E.
Schuyler, Hospital corps, Fort Riley;
A. C. Phelps. Officers Reserve corps,
GERS Reserve corps, Fort Sheridan; B.
A. Howard, Troop E. Colorado cav
airy: Gerold F. Barnitz, Camp Funs-
ton; Guy f. Jemison. Camp Funston;
Charles Burris, apprentice, Linda
Vista.
During the vacation of William A
Collins. Jake Wander Perel is man
aging the weekly pool in the Post
chapel. Announcement that Jake has
scored and won the money may cause
"Bill" to hurry home, as it indicates
that his luck has changed for the bet
ter.
Ed C. Davis of the Post chapel and
wife have been entertaining two cous-
ms, Mrs. Gildersleeve and Mrs. Cline
en- route from Columbus. Ohio. and
St Louis, respectively, to spend the
winter in Los Angeles. Mrs. Glider
sleeve stopped at Camp Doniphan in
Oklahoma to visit her son. who is in
training there for service with the
army in France,
There has reached The Bulletin a
beautiful illustrated booklet issued by
the Home Trustees commemorative