Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12

L
this week by order of the health de-
partment on account of the influenza
epidemic has given the musicians,
stage employees, movie operators and
vaudeville artists a chance to register
new high score of patriotism in Den
yer. Their services were Immediately
volunteered in boosting the Fourth
Liberty bond campaign. Entertain
ments from improvised stages on mo-
tor trucks were given in the down.
town district during the noon hour,
accompanied by four minute men as
speakers, resulting in the sale of
thousands of dollars worth of bonds.
A stage was erected on the west side
of the Capitol lawn for nightly enter
tainments, there being no embargo
against outdoor assemblages. Movie
operators gave exhibits of Liberty loan
films and some of the big shows sched-
uled for the Curtis street houses. Also
the star performers who were to ap-
pear at the Orpheum and Tabor Grand
gave their services cheerfully. Great
crowds gathered on the Capitol
grounds Tuesday and Thursday nights.
These free outdoor performances will
| likely be continued until the health
board decides the "fu" has had its
| final fling in Denver.
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EMPLOYEES OF THE GATES
| Rubber Company plant on South
Broadway conceived a novel method of
"going over the top" in making a
big subscription to the Fourth Liberty
loan. The employees committee placed
an effigy of Kaiser Bill on top of the
big 150-foot smokestack, which has a
ledder of 100 rungs. With the 700
employees grouped about the stack,
Bert Rhodes, an employe, carrying an
American flag, climbed up the ladder,
marking a subscription of $500 for
| every rung. When the top was reached
$4,000 had been subscribed, and
Kaiser Bill was thrown inside the
smokestack and fell into the fiery fur
mace, $50 feet below. On the return
trip the same process of $500 for each
rung of the ladder was scored, so that
when Rhodes stepped to the earth he
had an overplus of $1,000, making
the total bond subscription for the
Gates plant employees of S101 500, and
they had sent Kaiser Bill to the place
designed for him by the American
army. The Gates Rubber plant is rep
resented by 102 employees in the army
service of the United States.
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CONGRESSMAN BENJAMIN c.
Hilliard, who was ignored by the Dem
ocratic county assembly when candi-
dates were designated a few weeks
ago, has filed a petition and enters the
race for reelection as an independent
Opposition to Hilliard in the party
here at home arose principally over
his war record in Congress. In his
campaign for election two years ago
Hilliard pledged himself to vote
J against war and he kept the pledge
This was a popular policy at that
time. Other prominent Congressmer
were against war, including Speaker
Champ Clark and Claude Kitchen
: Democratic floor leader. Whatever
, view we may take of billiards wal
record, he has been true to labor or
every issue presented by the Legisla
tive Committee of the American Fed
, GRAFTON of Labor, and the men wht
represent labor in Washington woult
much prefer to have Hilliard returned
r than his two opponents, Stack ant
Vale. And whether Hilliard is re
elected or not, he is going to poll ;
1 surprisingly large vote as an indie
, pendent candidate.
, JOHN H. MURRAY, AN OLD
: time member of the Denver Stone Cut
ters Union and once prominent dele
l gate in the Trades and Labor Assem-
= bly,, is now manager of the Neviu
, Orchards, near Mobile, Ala, whicl
makes "A speciality of paper shell pc
cans, Satsuma oranges, Kumquats
e etc. He continues to take live in
/ terest in Colorado labor affairs an
keeps informed by reading The Bulle
tin. This week we received a lette
from him giving high testimony o
this fact, in which John says: "En
y closed find my check for $3 to cove
back subscription and one year in ad
vance. If you increase the price, lie