Denver labor bulletin., 1917-06-02
OBSERVANCE of Decoration Day i,

The parade thru the downtown streets
in the morning was the best seen here
in years. Veterans of the Blue and
the Gray, the Spanish-American war,
and youngsters who have enlisted for
service in France, presented thrill
ing spectacle. 1t was a day of patriot
ic enthusiasm, tempered with rever-
ence for those who fought to preserve
democratic government on the North
American continent. The Red Cross
corps and boy scouts were much in evi-
dence and made the pageant perfect
in its typical present day war effect.
Rain in the afternoon interfered with
the program of exercises at City park.
Many went to the Auditorium, think
ing the speaking would be held there.
Thousands of others were deferred
from going either to the park or the
Auditorium because the storm broke
about 2 o'clock. However, the rain
ceased and the sun shone forth at A
o'clock, and the Reverend Charles l..
Mead delivered a stirring address from
the bandstand at City park. Mrs. Bes-
sic Fox Davis sang "The Star Span
gled Banner" and the assemblage
Joined in the refrain, fitting climax
to day of patriotic dedication.
GALE of Liberty Loan Bonds does not
y close until Friday, June 15. Those
who have not yet enlisted under
the slogan, "a Liberty. Bond in Every
Home" still have an opportunity to
fall in line. The Liberty Bond cam
paign week in Denver, which closed
Tuesday of this week, resulted in the
sale of approximately eight million
dollars worth of war bonds. 1t is
confidently believed that when the re-
turns are all in, it will be found that
Colorado has over-subscribed the
amount set for this state, $14,O00,OOO.
Members of organized labor and labor
organizations have done much to make
the bond sale campaign a success in
Denver and in other industrial centers
thruout the state.
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John A. MARTIN of Pueblo, former
member of congress from the Third
district, who still retains active
membership in the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen,
is organizing battalion of organized
labor for war service. He has been
authorized by Adjutant General Bald
win of the Colorado national guard to
form such a unit and is going about
the work in his usual energetic way.
A few nights ago at a mass meeting
held in Pueblo he delivered stirring
address which has aroused the entire
city to height of patriotism. This
battalion will enter service as unit
of the Colorado national guard and
may be called into action before those
enlisted under the selective conscrip-
ton plan. Martin will undoubtedly
be commissioned an officer and lead
the battalion at the front.
IIURRAH for Jimmy Noland, Colo
1 radios aggressive secretary Of
state! He's doing things. First
in Importance is his crusade against
food exploiters. During the past week
holland has had force of men check
ing up food supplies held in Denver.
He found 100 carloads of eggs with
400 cases of eggs in each car, making
total of Ia ,400,0 900 eggs. His inves-
legations have not covered all of the
storage plants in Denver, so that the
number of eggs held for high prices
will probably reach the twenty million
mark. with such a disclosure it is
preposterous that the people of Den
yer should pay forty cents dozen for
eggs | found that as soon as car
load of eggs was disposed of on the
market, another car was placed IN
storage, so that 100 cars would be
held at all times. / am now checking
up the potatoes and will start to in
vestigate the supply of onions imme-
diately following, and continue this
probe until every food product has
been investigated. There is no justice
in the present high prices for food"
Then. again, Jimmie is on the trail of
the blackmailing detectives who ply
upon the fears and fallibilities of Colo
RADIO citizens. He is going to put this
tribe of parasites out of commission
This week he began campaign to
compel every private detective in the
state to take out an annual license of
500 and furnish a personal bond of
$4,000 as required by law. For sew
eral years this class of blood-suckers
in Colorado have been operating with
out hindrance. 1t is claimed they are
responsible for more than half the
divorce cases in the Colorado courts.
These fraudulent private detectives
often obtain large sums of money
from wives and husbands for "work-
ing up" evidence. The better known
detective agencies do not handle
divorce cases or obtain divorce evil
dence. Secretary of State holland has
a list of alleged detectives and his in
spectors will investigate every one.
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WILLIAM E. WOLF, member of the
w city police department who took
prominent part in putting over
the recent charter amendment increas-
ing the pay of policemen and firemen,
is gaining additional honors. He has
just been elected president of the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church choir and is
one of the most active, as well as one
of the most popular, members of that
choir. Officer Wolf, who is patrol
man in the traffic service, also is
very active member of the Marathon