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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-01
THE GREATEST OF ARMIES
By ROBERT LOVE
A LABOR DAY POEM

The greatest of armies that ever marched
Beneath the heavens sublimely arched-
Oh, never to carnage it marches out
With rumble of drums and the battle shout
And banners a-futter and flags unfurled
And yet it conquers the wide round world!
Nor with measured and martial tread
This host advances to deeds of dread,
To razing of palaces spires and domes,
To pillage of cities and sack of homes,
To slaughter of brother who fight
Beneath standard of brutal Might.
This greatest of armies bears
The torch of Ruin that flames and flares,
Nor FURNISHED rifle nor blade of steel,
Nor strains at the heavy cannon wheel,
Nor burrows in earth to crouch and wait
The issue of fortune-or of fate!
This host of sodiery grander far
Than any that marches to MAIN and mar
Oh, not by regiments not by corps,
1t sweeps where the battle thunder
And the shrapnel shreks and the bullets whine
On the hell red front Of the firing line!
And yet these wonderful warriors fight
And some by day and some by night
AS bravely any that charge and wheel
Where the spent battalions break and reel
And the flags go down and the swaths of slain
Are strewn the fields like stricken grain.
For 1 say that the bravest of all brave men
And say it again, again
Are they who enlist for the term of life,
In the struggle for home and BARNS and wife,
In the Army of Labor and fight their way,
And some by night and some by day!
For these are the builders. the makers, this,
The army whose weapons miss.
The hammer the saw, the pick, the drill,
They handle with swift, unerring skill.
In toll and moi they build and make
They fashion and form-for loves sake
All, greatest and bravest of armies, here's
For all of your soldiers thrice three cheers!
With faces forever toward the front,
By day and by night you bear the brunt!
With drum flag unfurled
You march and conquer the wide, round world!
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-01

part of the day to the presentation of
the problems of workingmen. 1t was
further resolved that the various GEN.
trail and local labor bodies be requested
to cooperate in every legitimate way
them to secure as large an audience
of wovkingmen and others as possible.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-01
THE NEW DAY
By JAMES A. EDGERTON

The New Day breaks on a stormy
world,
Jammed with war clouds black and
grim,
And on tattered battlefags unfurled
The morning light shines dim.
But the storm is only for an hour,
And soon its wrath is past,
While the better day, like a golden
flower,
Blooms DER the world at last
| Then Labor comes with the touch of
hands
To heal the wounds of war.
And rebuilds the ruins of all the lands
To beauty and peace once more.
For this is the age of Labor, this
Is the dawn of the Brother World,
And its flags the Futures sun shall
kiss
When the war flags all are furled,
For Labor has been since Time began,
And its works shall last for aye,
While war is banned with the White
Christ's ban
And shall dwindle and fade away
We do not come to destroy in hate,
But to build the worlds increase,
And the deeds triumphant we celebrate
Are the victories Of peace.
! And this is Labor's Day in the land
That invites all men to win,
With the open door and the welcoming
hand
For the lowly to enter in.
We honor her as she honors US,
By the standard of deeds and worth,
Where manhood alone is glorious
And character outranks birth.
We honor her creed of an equal chance
That gives US our hope to climb
And has set the pace for the worlds
advance
In the greatest age of Time.
To the tune of her progress we time
our march,
And its cadence rings and swings
AS we pass beneath her triumphal arch
Thru the gateway of better things,
And this is the story our foot beats
tell
As they sound with rhythmic tread.
And this is the message our banners
spell
As they CLEAN at the columns head,
That mans advancement and mans
success
Are wrought by Labor alone:
| That we build the temples of happiness
And have come to claim our own.
We have come to claim our heritage
OF a share in the commonwealth,
Our need of just and liberal wage,
OF protection to life and health.
| We have come to claim the God given
right
That belongs to all the free;
For the good of our comrades that We
unite
In the bonds of fraternity;
For conditions that make for workers
good
Thruout the realm of toll:
That all may eat in peace the food
Produced by the freemen's soil.
We come from all nations beneath the
sun
And from every race and speech,
And heart and hand we are Joined as
one
For the uplift of all and each.
And unto all peoples of all the lands
We utter this message clear
In the name of Labor that they join
hands
As we are united here:
That they stand for progress and lib
erty
And unite for nobler things
Than to be the puppets of monarchy
And be killed at the whim of kings.
An army with banners are we, but
each fold
Is inscribed with life, not death.
And we come in the spirit of One of
old.
The Toiler of Nazareth:
We come the poor to uplift and bless
In humanity's sacred name;
We come as the builders of happiness
and to all the earth proclaim
The tidings glad of the common good
In letters that each may scan
Make way for the reign of brother
hood:
Make way for the rights of man.
PRAISE FOR THE T II
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-01

A gardener is known by the depth
to which he breaks ground.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02

| of the public utilities hereinbefore mentioned; or who shall cut off or dis continue, or threaten to cut off or discontinue, any of said public utili- ties because of the non-payment there for of greater rate or compensation than hereinbefore set forth, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of $3OO.OO, or by imprison- ment for period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and i'm prisonment; and nothing in this sec tion contained shall be deemed 8 waiver by the City or it's inhabitants of other remedies for the enforcement of this Ordinance.
 Sec. 6. All Ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this Or dinance are hereby repealed.
 Sec, 7.-Whereas, the going into effect of this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of peace and health of the City and it's inhabitants, and it is, therefore, nee essary that it shall become immedi- ately operative, this Ordinance shall become effective immediately
 Passed by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of the City Council of said City, and approved by the Mayor this 27th day of July, 1917.
 Approved: GEO. MICHELSEN.
 Mayor of said City. (SeaD.
 Attest: s. FRANK STANLEY,
 City Recorder of said City.
 10 t.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
All in excess of 3O,6OO cubic feet

All in excess of 3O,6OO cubic feet $1.25 per M. For filtered water: 2,000 gallons, or less, $100. Next 5000 gallons, 35c per M. All in excess of 5000 gallons, 17kc per M.
 For unfiltered water: For domestic purposes, not to ex- ceed 2,O0O gals, 75c per mon. For irrigation, 20 per front foot for
 all lots not exceeding 150 it. deep. Where unfiltered water can be measured by meter or tank measure ment:
 First 10000 gals. 10c per M. Next 50,000 gals, 71sc per M. Next 100000 gals, 5c per M. Next S4O,O0O gals, 4c per M. All in excess of 100000 gals, Sc per M.
 Sec. 2. All of the foregoing rates shall be payable monthly.
 Sec. g. Any public service corpor- ation bound by the terms of the Con- tract of December 6, 1906, entered in- to between the Town of Yuma and Yuma Electric & Water Company, a copy of which is recorded at page n of Book of the Minutes of the pro- ceedings of Common Council of said Town, shall continue to furnish unset tied, or muddy, water sufficient prop erly to irrigate the trees and palms of the City, as provided by said con- tract, free and without charge until May IA, 1922.
 Sec. 4. No public service corpor- ation shall charge or collect a great CT rate or compensation for fire-hy- drant service than $2.00 per month for each hydrant.
 Sec. 5. Any person, firm, or cor poration, or the officer, agent, or em- ploye, of any person, firm or corpora tion, who shall charge or collect, or attempt to charge or collect, any greater rate or compensation for any
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Margaret Susan Hum. phreys, deceased.

Estate of Margaret Susan Hum
 phreys, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the un, dersigned administrator of the es7 tate of Margaret Susan Humphreys deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice to said administrator at the law offices of Peter T. Robertson in the city of Yuma, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in the said County of Yuma, State of Arizona.
 PETER T. ROBERTSON,
 Administrator of the estate of said deceased.
 Dated at Yuma, Arizona, this 30th day of June, 1917.
 July 5 At.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
ALIAS SUM MONS

In the Superior Court of Yuma Coun-
 ty, State of Arizona.
 Nellie Kempton, Plaintiff vs. Bert Kempton, Defendant.
 Action brought in the Superior Court of Iuma County, State of Ari- zona, ano the complaint filed in said County of Yuma, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court.
 In the Name of the State of Ari- zona, to Bert Kempton, defendant. GREETING. You are hereby Sum- moned and required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the Super for Court of Yuma County, State of Arizona, and answer the complaint therein filed with the Clerk of this said Court, at Yuma, in said County, within twenty days after the service upon you of this Summons, if served in this said County, or in all other cases within thirty days thereafter. the time above mentioned being ex- elusive of the day of service, or judg- ment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the Superior Court of Yuma County. State of Arizona this 30th day of June, 1917.
 (SEAL) H. B. FARMER,
 Clerk of said Superior Court. Iulv 5-4t
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
YUMA'S OFFICIAL DRAFT LIST OF 180 NAMES

The Examiner herewith publishes for the first time. in Yuma the official draft list of 180 card numbers of Yu- ma citizens to be examined by the local board and from this number 90 will be called to the colors.
 Remember the card number is not the number placed upon the card when you registered but the fred ink" num- Der which the registration boards gave you when they put all the cards in the registration district in order.
 The numbers are in the identical order in which they were drawn at Washington.
 Read straight across and not down fine column
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
ORDINANCE NO. 150.

FIXING AND DETERMINING THE
 RATES AND COMPENSATION TO
 BE CHARGED AND COLLECTED
 BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORA
 TIONS FOR THE USE OF WATER,
 HEAT, LIGHT AND POWER
 WITHIN THE CITY OF YUMA: =.
 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YUMA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
 Sec 1 That, until otherwise pro vided by Ordinance of the Council or the People, public service corporations furnishing public utilities to the in- habitants of the City of Yuma, and to said City, shall charge and collect the following rates and compensation, and no more, for water, light and power served and used in said City, and the same are hereby fixed and
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
Yuma Daily Examiner,

TOKIO-Thirteen natives of the Trentino, Carso and adjoining districts of Austria who were serving as blue jackets on the Austrian cruiser Kais- ern Elizabeth, which was sunk at Tsingtau, and who were taken prison CTS at the surrender of the fortress. have been released by the Japanese authorities and are to be returned to Italy. Although nominally enemy prisoners all their sympathies were with the entente allies, and their re- lations with the other prisoners were, in consequence, strained. One of the men was discovered attempting to commit suicide, his explanation being that life was unbearable under the conditions of the camp.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
CITY COUNCIL WAS QUICK TO ACT AFTER GIVEN POWER BY VOTERS OF THE CITY OF YUMA.

Realizing that the citizens of Yuma meant exactly what they said the ballot box the city council met in called session the day after the election and passed new public utility rate ordnance-that is they read the ord the first time and then set last Friday morning the date for its final consideration.
 The council met promptly Friday morning and after reading the ordinance for the last time passed unan mousy those present and voting being Aldermen Hghtow er Clark and Downey and His Honor Mayor George Mich esen The ordinance thereupon to the city printer the Yuma Daily Examiner and ordered printed ten times after which it becomes "the law of the land"
 The passing of this much-needed is in direct accord with the resolution adopted by the Commercial Club couple of months ago, when that body DEMANDED the enactment of just such It is in perfect keeping with good judgement and business sense for it is nothing short of rank highway robbery to permit the Big HE Hgh binder of Los Angeles charge the citizens of Yuma SIX teen cents per XVIII for electricity that only costs him TWO cents congratulate the Mayor and city council on this piece of progressive legislation is long step the right direction If the HE Highbinder doesn't like the rates he do the next best thing left for him. and that put decent price his public utility plants and let the city adopt municipal ownership" all along the ne-ight heat gas power and water Appended hereto is the new rate ordinance in full It is bitter pill for the hghbnder to swallow but he had we'll shut his eyes and take it, fact the doctor he peope has ordered taken whether it is sweet or bitter.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02
NOTICE

The quarterly examinations of ap plicants for teachers certificates will be held at the office of County Supt of Schools August 9th. and 7th. Ex aminations begin at 8 a. m. and close at 5:30 p. m.
 NORA E. MORROW,
 County Supt. of Schools. Adv 0f
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02

LIVERPOOL-According to the Journal of Commerce The Holt Line, Ltd, has bought the four steamers, Knight Companion, Knight Templar, Knight of the Garter and Knight of the Thistle, for about s3,5OO,OOO.
Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-02

determined as set forth in the follow ing Schedules, to-wit:
 A For Electrical Energy for Lighting Purposes:
 First four hundred (40O) XVIII. 10c per XVII.
 All in excess of 400 XVII. Sc per XVII.
 For Electrical Energy for Power Purposes:
 First 100 XVIII. Sc per XVII. Next 200 XVII. 71ac per XVII. Next 200 XVII. Sc per XVII. Next 500 XVII. 41sc per XVII. For Gas for Lighting and Heating Purposes:
 First 600 cubic feet, or less, $1.00 Next 10000 cubic feet $1.75 per M. Next 10000 cubic feet $1.50 per M.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-28
TIE NATIONAL COAL BOARD OF THE COUNCIL OF
 NATIONAL DEFENSE AP PEAIS TO THE PEOPLE

WASHINGTON, May 26.--The pound of coal that you, MT. Citizen, may save today may contain the last gasp of en- erey necessary to drive a shell home true to the enemy and spell victory instead of deafeat
 The pounds of coal many Mir. Citi- ems may save today may forge the shells that may decide the war in fla yor of worlds democracy.
 The pounds of coal many MT. Citizens may save on many days may hasten the end of the war anc save thousands of lives.
 This is the statement of Francis s. Peabody, Chairman of the National Coal Board, Council of National De- fense, in an appeal issuel today to all of the people of the country in an ef- fort to have them conserve in the use af fuel so that there may at all times be a sufficient quantity available for battleships, the intuition factories, the railroads, and all enterprises that are making materials for use in the war
 1t is not that we do not have the coal in this country" continued Mr. Peabody. Perhaps no country in the world is so blessed with such a super abundance, but it is a questoin of dig ging it out of the ground fast enough and having prompt deliveries by the railroads at places where it is needed most
 ''The less coal the householder uses, therefore, the more there will be for the essential industries, the men of which in this industrial war are all soldiers as much as the man who wears a uniform and marches to the front.
 "But the householder asks where he comes in. In the first place, in many homes turnout the country he can maintain less number of coal fires. He can even shorten the number of hours they are in operation. He can
 
 soon as the cooking is over. When the weather is cool he can carry low CT temperatures in his house than he has been accustomed to, unless there is illness in the house. A temperature of sixty degrees instead of seventy is sufficient. Then he can operate fewer gas and electrical lights and see that they are turned off when not needed or when he leaves the room.
 And this leads to the suggestion that, if ever there were need for the Introduction of the proposed daylight saving act thruou tthe country, it is now. Begin work an hour earlier and quit an hour earlier. That immediate ly would take an hours burden from the street railways, the electric light companies and the electric power com- panies. The "owl" car would be an hour earlier. People would be sleep ing instead of using lights generated by coal. In compact little England, with daylight saving, they have saved 300,O00 tons of coal in years time.
 Tn time of war the coal wasted ill this manner is 'luxury" coal ,and that leads to the thought that Americans are the greatest advertisers in the world with their brilliantly lighted downtown sections of great cities; the mammoth electric advertising signs blazing for miles, and their elaborate White Cities" their Coney Islands and their "Dreamlands." It is all very well to be up and doing and pushing your product is big way in peace
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-28

times. reflecting much enterprise upon American methods of doing business. But in war time doesn't all this tre- mendous expenditure of energy from coal mean the use of luxury" coal which ought to be stopped from pure spirit of patriotism?
 For the time being. let's save this luxury" coal that goes into amuse- ments and extravagances and frivol- ities Some American merchants may call this sacrifice, but to my mind 1t isn't sacrifice at all when we think of the Washington widow whose brave son, member of the United States Navy crew, gave up his life when his vessel was torpedoed by the Germans, the first navy victim of the war. Anyhow
 we all have to make sacrifices in times like these, and as soon as the country fully realizes this spirit, that moment we go forward to decisive and prompt victory.
 { the United States expressed himself as entirely puzzled at the present sit uatiOn of soaring prices in anthracite coal. He knows that the production is as great as it has ever been and can only explain the present situation by saying that it is probably due to the national extravaganza of the Amer ican householder Coal he says, is being stored by over-anxious and sell movement of this necessary commodity and unduly increasing the price. Not only does it do this, but it is taking the necessary supply away from the in dustries that need the coal in the manufacture of material essential to the successful prosecution of the war. In this, too, we must be patriotic and sunselfish, with the reward that prices will reach a lower level and we will have enough coal for the proper con- duet of the war.
 "To the manufacturer I would say that it is the time to pay little more attention to your boiler room and see what your firemen are doing with the coal. Time was in this country that coal was so cheap and entered so lit tie into the cost of manufacture that few cared how the coal was burned. Since that time we have made tremen- dous progress in the science of com bustion, until today, black smoke pour ing out of a factory chimney is not badge of prosperity but badge of inefficiency and of waste. To get pow CT out of coal you have to burn it, and letting it go up the stack in smoke is not burning it. Any mechanical en- gineer today can show how
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-05-28
TO ALL CONCERNED

The Atlas Junk Co.,, of Seattle de- sires to purchase the following metals and offers the following prices: Cast n.....-.......................$2 per ton Wrought Iron .......-........... IS per ton Copper ..-..-..-...................... 26 per ton Brass ....-........................... IS per ton Lead ........................S12 pound Rubber .-.-...........................71a pound Quart Beer Bottles 27 cents dozen. Pint Beer Bottles F cents dozen. Rags $2.50 for 100 pounds.
 Paper S1. for 100 pounds.
 ATLAS JUNK co.
 1043 Railroad Ave, So., Seattle, Wn adv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-15
PURPLE TO TAKE NO
CHANCES WITH IOWA

Chicago. Nov. 15.-Coach Murphy
drove his Purple charges in hard
scri image yesterday, using the phos-
phorescent bail and the arc lights. to
leug hen the practice period. The same
lineup that started the Michigan Aggie
game was sent against the freshmen
in an effort to polish up an o6ense for
the Hawkey0g Iowa's showing against
South Dakota leads the Purple crew
10 believe that the Hawkeyes viii he
a much more formidable team than the
Iowans early games showed, Captain
Davis is player always to be feared,
and il Coach Jones has been able to
whip his team into form it is likely
thar the Purple will have a good fight
10 win.
Mush Underhill is still acting as
pilot of the Purple, and it is prob
able that he will continue until the
end Of the season. Brightmire has re
covered the use of his leg, but he is
not As spright,y on it as he was be-
fore the accident AS speed is
"Brighty's great asset, Coach Murphy
is not likely to use him regularly UNI
less he Tecains his former agility.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-15
BOXERS OF NEW YORK
GIVING UP THE GHOST

New York. Nov. 15-At midnight last
night the Frawley law, which for over
six years permitted l0-round boxing
bouts 10 be held at licensed clubs ev-
erywhere in New York state became
obsolete. After being on the statute
books since July 1911, the Frawley
measure succumbed to the Slater bill
abolishiHg legalized bouts throughout
the state. which was passed during the
closing hours of the 1917 legislative
session at Albany.
In future. or until such time as some
other measure may permit a revival OF
the sport in places where public adj
mission fees can be charged, glove con
tests in Greater New York or else
where in this state will be confined
10 chartered clubs under the mem
bership plan" which was in vogue here
during the interim between the lapse
of the Horton law and the advent OF
the Frawiey measure.
According to the annual reports OF
the New York State athletic commits.
sion patrons of the sport In the last
six years have paid about S5,000,000 in
admissions 10 ring contests and exhi-
billions held under the Frawley law
The state tax Of per cent and later
AK per cent. on these gate receipts
which has ben paid into the state
treasury, amounted to about $500 600
The banner year under the Frawley
regime was 1915. when the receipts
including the big gate for the Willard
Moran bout at Madison Square Gar
den. amounted TO S1,066,46S and TIT
state tax 1855.