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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-14
Engineers
BY c. w. CRUM.

Brother C. w. Wallace, second engi-
neer at the bath house, has fully re-
covered from his recent illness and is
back at his work.
Very sorry to report that Brother
John Ward and Brother Harry Laf-
erty, both engineers at the Hurlbut
grocery store, are confined to their
homes with influenza.
Brother William D. Leonard has ac-
cepted a position at the Oxford hotel
and is already at work on his new job.
Brother C. A. Hanson is now en-,
ployed at the Western Chemical Com
pany's engine room.
Brother Thomas Delaney, who was
injured at the county hospital some
months ago, has so far recovered as
to be able to leave the hospital and is
able to walk around, altho he still has
to use his crutches and probably will
for several weeks.
Brother John E. Halsey is tempor-
arily in charge of the engine room at
the Commonwealth building. He is
taking the place of Brother Barnett,
who is confined to his home with the
''f1u"
George w. Miles, an old and honored
member of No. l., is very i'll at his
home. Brother Miles left his engine
room last spring and purchased farm
and is now living several miles in the
country.
We would urge all members of No. l
to be present, if possible, at the next
two meetings, as very important bust
ness will have to be attended to.
Harry L. Saddler, business agent
for the Steam and Operating Engi-
neers of Pittsburg, Pa, was sent by
the international office to East Liver
pool, Ohio, Monday, November IS,
to assist the engineers employed by
the Potters' Association in getting a
wage increase. He had several siren
uous sessions with Mr. Howell, chair
man of the labor committee of the
Potters' Association, and on Tuesday
afternoon at the final session, Mr.
Howell agreed that the demands of
the Engineers were just and signed a
one-year agreement which gives the
men an increase from $3.50 to Sc
for nine-hour day.
John A. Splaine, president of En-
gineers Union No. l, is a victim of
the "fu." Mr.. Splaine deserves the
sympathy of everyone, as his sickness
was surely contracted from looking
after the wants of other sick members
of the Engineers Union. Last reports
are that he is getting along we'll
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-14
Bakers
(By Ray LOwderback.)

We had visit the other day from
one of our fighting brothers by the
name of Carl Malone. He is sta
toned at Camp Funston and this is
the second visit we have had from
the brother. While he did not get
across the pond, he has not given up
hope yet, and is sure making good as
soldier, as he did as a baker. He
has been promoted to a corporal in
the short time he has been in service.
We also had visit from Brother
Schaefer, who holds down the job as
superintendent in the bakeshop at the
Golden institution. He was showing
Brother Maloney the city. While
Brother Schaefer has only one hand,
he is making good in the institution,
and gets along fine with the boys.
Brother Joseph Lorie has left for a
warmer climate. He writes from Los
Angeles, saying how he would winter
there.
We had letter from Kid Holzer,
who was the first baker to enlist as
sergeant-baker and is now over there
He says that they have whipped the
kaiser and he hoped we had cleaned
up the situation in Denver and would
have a good job awaiting him, which
we sure will do gladly.
Two of our brothers in a certain
shop are down with the "fiu," and we
have another member working in said
shop who is surely afraid of getting
it, as he is SO fat. He says it goes
hard with fat men, so we hope this fat
brother does not get it. 1t is under
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-14

Met YOU" it broke Mack's heart and
he said he knew he would get well.
Say, when one reads the list of sick
and death benefits paid out by our in
ternational in October and some feeble,
weak-minded boss tells his men to
break away from the A. F. of L. and
your Indianapolis bunch, we will take
care of you, his brain should be as
sayed and it would not develop the
brain of a gnat.
Many years ago | met in Denver a
barber and he said his name was Tim
Donohue, and believe me, he need not
be ashamed of his name. Born in
Boston of the real old American stuff
coming to Colorado when a boy. /
knew him, but he is gone. Died of
pneumonia Saturday, December 7. To
the wife and mother of two boys and
one girl, the oldest being in the army,
you need never be ashamed of Tim
Donohue, your husband and father of
your children. A man who would give
you the last dollar he had in the world /;
never saw anyone go in need if he
had it. Peace to his ashes, and God
grant you eternal rest. But if all
men were like Tim Donohue the Bar
bers Union would never come into
existence, because all men would get
what rightly belongs to them-a
square deal.
Don't tumble your nit by going
into barber shop and saying you
did not know they had no card in it.
Now, don't be stupid and then after
you have gone out have the boss say,
"There is gink who did not have
sense enough to look for the cara, and
tehn light another pill and the world
looks brighter, and says, what. fools
these mortals be-"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-14
BARRIERS
BY JOHN CONNELLY.

Ross Spindee has just got out from
the ''flu" If there is any disease Ross
has overlooked in the past year let
us know and we will kindly see he is
not, for he has had everything on the
bill of fare from soup to grapejuice.
Brother Harry Kartusky of the
Denver Motion Picture Machine OPP
orators Union writes and tells us his
local has placed fine of S5 on any
of their members shaving in scab
shop. Thanks, brother. Who will be
the next to hand the Bolsheviki a
lemon?
With all due respect to the typos
the kid glove aristocracy of the labor
movement-it would not hurt the bar
bers a bit if you bowed your neck and
looked for the card. We look for
yours.
Say, brother, don't go into any bar
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-14

stood he is contemplating trip to
Cheyenne; medical purposes, he says.
Brother Guse says the people are
beginning to find the Barker bakery
in the loop district, and it is evident
they appreciate the find. as they keep
on coming, which we hope they con-
tinue, as the bread all bears the label.
We are expecting big meeting
next Saturday, as we haven't had a
regular meeting for some time. And
it is understood that Brother Clonch
and Brother Anderson will both make
speeches, which sure will be treat.
All members are requested to be pres
ent Come early so as to get front
seat. Remember the time, p. m.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-14
Street Car Men

Local Division No. TAG of the Anal
gamated Street Railway Employees
held their regular election on Decem-
Der o. About $50 were present and
quite spirited contest existed for
the Office of president. The follow
ing is the vote in full:
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
Introduced the Spider.

The solicitor had been away In the
country calling upon a client, but on
his return there were signs OF loafng
and laziness on the part of the junior
clerk.
"Thomas, that typewriter has not
been touched today !" snapped the man
of law.
"Oh, sir !" calculated the junior.
"Why, / vas using 1t only an hour
agol"
"Then," Numbered the employer,
show comes 1t that there's a spider on
the machine, and that he's woven a web
over the k~eyboard?"
"Sir," remarked the lad, "Tn tell the
truth. There was a fly in the works
of that machine. Rather than waste
my time In e%ntrapping the insect sir,
I-er-introduced the spider. sir !
London Tit-Bits.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
Polite Burglars.

Occasionally the operation OF u
glary is performed by a gentle and
thoughtful thief, says London Tit-Bits.
A boarding house was some years ago
robbed of a handbag and some EGO
belonging to the landlady, a wallet,
containing important documents, the
property of a gentleman guest, and a
few valuables, including a miniature or
the gentleman's wife. The thief had
taken out the landlady's eyeglasses
from the bag and left them on the ia
BILE, and a few days later a parcel
arrived at the boarding house, marked
I'D. to pay" containing the missing
documents and the miniature stripped
OF its frame.
A lady teacher, awakened by a noise
in the night, went on the landing and
saw a man on the stairs. KINDLY let
me out" said the man. He put on
his boots, shook hands with the school
mistress, and, as he went added: mot
a word Go to bed like a good girlF
She did not. She went TO the police,
and the polite burglar was finally
tracked and captured.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09

CHAPTER I-F1red by the news of the
sinking of the Lusitania by a German
submarine. Arthur Guy Empey. an Ameri-
can. leaves his office in Jersey City and
goes to England where he enlists In the
British army.
CHAPTER H-After a period of train
ing, Empey volunteers for immediate serv-
ice and soon finds himself In rest billets
'somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
ent Coolies"
CHAPTER TI-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while a Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER Iv-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and is under
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER v-Empey learns to adopt
the motto OF the British Tommy, III you
are going to get It, you'll get It, SO never
CHAPTER vI-Back in rest biilets. EN-
pey gets his first experience as a mess
orderly.
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back in the front-line
trench, Empey sees his first friend of the
trenches go West"
CHAPTER Ix-Empey makes his frst
visit to a dugout in Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER x-Empey learns what con-
stitutes a days work" in the front-hne
trench.
CHAPTER xI-Empey goes lover the
top" for the first time in a charge on the
German trenches and is wounde by Q
bayonet thrust.
CHAPTER xII-Empey joins the sui
ecide club as the bombing squad Is called.
CHAPTER XIII-Each Tommy gets an
official bath.
CHAPTER xIV-Empey helps dig an
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER xv-On listening post" in
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER XVI-Two artillerymen "put
one over" on Old Pepper. their regimental
commander.
CHAPTER xvII-Empey has narrow es-
cape. while on patrol duty In NO Mans
Land
CHAPTER xvIII-Back In rest billets
Empey writes AMI stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTER XIx-Soldiers have many
ways to amuse themselves while ION their
own"
CHAPTER xx-Empey volunteers for
machine u service and goes back into
the ~front-line trenches.
CHAPTER xxI-Empey again goes
"over the top" in a charge which cost his
company II killed and 81 wounded.
CHAPTER xxII-Trick with a machine
gun silences one bothersome Fritz.
CHAPTER XxIII-German attack, pre-
coded by gas wave. Is repulsed.
CHAPTER XxIV-Empey is forced to
take part In an execution as a member
of the firing squad.
CHAPTER XXV-British prepare for
the Big Push-the battle of the Somme.
CHAPTER XxVI-In a trench raid.
preceding the Big Push. Empey is des-
perately wounded and lies unconscious IN
No Mans Land for Sc hours.
CHAPTER XxVII-After four months
In a British hospital. Empey is discharged
as physically NIT for further war serv-
Ice"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
BLIND REPAIR WATCHES BEST
sIohtiess Men Known TO Detect De-
fects That other Tradesmen
Failed to Discover.

Blind people-those who have been
born blind-are, as is well known, ex-
ceedingiy clever with their fingers, but
IL is not often that n hears of a
matchmaker who was born blind, aud
yet there have been instances of the
kind.
A famous blind matchmaker lived at
Holbeach, notes an exchange. His
name was Rippin, and, although COM
pletely blind, he could take to pieces
and put together again watches of most
delicate construction with the greatest
ease and in quicker time than most
watchmakers who have the advantage
of good eyesight.
On one occasion some Of the tiny
wheels and screws used In his trade
were stolen from him, but the thief
was captured with the property on his
person, and Rippin identified 1t by his
delicate sense of touch. Another watch
and clockmaker brought up his blind
son to his trade. and he proved so skill
full that on more than one occasion he
detected faults in timepieces which 9TH
err tradesmen had failed to discover.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
p VII.
Rations.

Just doing off Mr.. Lance Corporal
butted in.
In Tommy's eyes a lance corporal is
one degree below a private. In the
corporal's eyes he is one degree above
q general.
He ordered me to go with him and
help him draw the next days r%ations,
also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening, from each platoon or
m~achine-gun section, a lance corporal
and private go to the quartermaster
sergeant at the company stores and
draw rations for the following day.
The quarter" as the quartermaster
sergeant Is called, receives daily from
the orderly room Captains ofice) a
slip showing the number of men en-
titled to rations, so there Is no chance
of putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
quarter" and the platoon noncom, but
the former always wins out. Tommy
says the quarter" got his job because
he was a burglar in civil life.
4hCh Il SpIGuu AAC MulCl pAOO1 cltNCt
on the ground, while the quartermas-
ter's batman dumped the rations or 1t.
The corporal was smoking a flag. I
carried the rations back to the billet.
The corporal was still smoking a flag.
How / envied him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died, and / real
lied that the first requisite of a non-
commissioned officer on active service
is diplomacy. There were 10 men in
our section, and they Don formed a
semicircle around us after the corporal
had called out. "Rations up"
The q-uartermaster sergeant had
given a slip to the corporal on which
was written a list of the rations. Sit
ting on the floor. using a wooden box
as q table, the issue commenced. On
the left of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted of the fol-
lowing:
Six loaves of fresh bread. each loaf
of a different size, perhaps one u Of
the six being as fiat as a pancake. the
result of an army service corps man
placing a box of bully beef on it dur
ing transportation
Three tins OF jam. apple and the
other two plum.
Seventeen Bermuda onions, all diff
ferent sizes.
A piece of cheese in the shape of a
wedge.
Two one-pound tins of butter.
A handful Of raisins.
A tin of biscuits. or as Tommy calls
them "jaw breakers"
A bottle of mustard pickles.
The bully beef" spuds. condensed
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
lover the Top"
Bv An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machine Gunner Seroing In France
%eCopyright, 1911, By Arthur Guy Bmpey)
Machine Gunner Serving In France


The company sergeant major sorts
the rations and sends them In.
+. Tommy's trench rations consist of all
the bully beef he can eat, biscuits.
cheese, timed butter sometimes IL
men TO a TIM. jam or marmalade, and
loaf). When 1t is possible he gets tea
and stew.
When things are quiet, and Fritz Is
behaving like a gentleman, which sell
dom happens, Tommy has the opportu-
nifty of making dessert. This is
trench pudding" 1t is made from
broken biscuits, condensed milk, jam
a little water added, slightly favored
with mud-put into a canteen and
cooked over a little spirit stove known
as 'Tommy's cooker"
"a firm in Blighty widely advertises
these cookers as a necessity for the
men In the trenches. Gullible people
buy them-ship them to the Tommies,
who, Immediately upon receipt of same
throw them ove the parapet. Some
times a Tommy falls for the ad. and
uses the cooker In a dugout Il the dis
gust and discomfort of the other oc-
cupants.)
This mess is stirred up in a tin and
allowed to simmer over the flames
from the cooker until Tommy decides
that 1t has reached sufficient (gluelike)
consistency. He takes his bayonet and
by mean of the handle carries the
mess up in the front trench to cool.
After 1t has cooled off he tries TO eat IL.
Generally one or two Tommies in a
section have cast-iron stomachs and
the tin is soon emptied. Once l tasted
trench pudding, but only once.
In addition to the regular ration Is
sue Tommy uses another channel to
enlarge his menu.
In the English papers a Lonely
Soldier column is run. This is for
the soldiers at the front who are sup
posed TO be without friends or rela-
tives. They write to the papers and
their names are published. Girls and
women in England answer them, and
send out parcels of foodstuffs. ciga-
rettes. candy. etc. I have known a
'lonely' soldier to receive as many as
FIVE parcels and eleven letters In one
week.
Ito Be Continued)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
SUMMER CAPITAL OF INDIA
simIa, the Most English City From
London to Melbourne, Increases In
Population During Year.

The British empire never gives the
sun a chance to set on II, but of all the
cities from London to Melbourne that
fly the Union jack, the most English
is Simla. summer capital of India. II
is more English than anything In Eng
land, as though the English In India
were stirred to a more aggressive
Anglicism by their distance from
home.
Simla has been pictured to all the
world in Klpling's "Plain Tales" states
a writer, but II has changed a good
deal since the era set forth In those
sketches. The railroad from Kalka
was completed years ago and the long
journey from the rail head to Simla
In the tonga, or native cart, which
was one of the unforgettable expert
ences of the visitor In the early days,
is hardly a memory now. The sailing
time from the Indian ports to Europe
has been cut In half since Kipling
wrote and, altogether, Simla is much
more a part of the world. Yet 1t
keeps its Characteristic flavor in spite
of modern improvements.
1t is a summer city. In winter there
are perhaps $4,000 people there, most
of them natives. In the hot weather
the population goes up to 10000 or
more. Most of the newcomers are
officers of some Importance In the In
dian world-men on leave from a hun
dred scattered districts, men from
lonely frontier posts and fever smitten
southern provinces, men who act as
official advisers to the kings Of semi
Independent native states, meeting
their own people In numbers for the
first time In a twelvemonth.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09

When the late President Cleveland's
daughter was quite young her father
once telephoned TO the White House
from Chicago and asked Mrs. Cleveland
to bring the child to the phone. Lift
ing the little one up TO the instrument
Mrs. Cleveland watched her expression
change from bewilderment to wonder
and then to fear.
1t was surely her fathers voice-yet
she looked at the telephone incredu-
lousy. After examining the tiny open
ing In the receiver, The little girl sud
denly burst into tears. "Oh, mamma !
she sobbed, "how can we ever get papa
out of that little holeT'-London TIT
Bitss
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09

Paradise and Willow Point Line
Leaves Winnemucca land opposite
points, daily, except Sunday, at z a
M. for Paradise, Willow Point and
way stations. rs lbs. baggage allow
ed: &c Id. for excess.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
WOMEN Drawer THAN MEN !

Women often do their daily tasks in
home, Office or factory while suffering
pain and misery that would put a man
in bed. However, much of women's
suffering can be alleviated. Backache,
sore muscles, stiff joints. rheumatic
pains, dizziness and like symptoms
ase caused by ~disordered kidneys and
bladder. Mrs. Thos. Davis, Montgom-
cry, Ind, writes: 81 doctored several
months without relief. when I COM
menced using Foley Kidney Pills, and
got relief. Eight bottles cured me-
Safe, harmless; quick results. For
sale in Winnemueca by Eagle Drug
Company.-GAdvertisement.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

George w. Summerfeld has purchased a fine sorrel buggy team
from l. v. Button. The horses are very large. weighing 400 pounds
each.
Dave Cordano is down from Willow Greek.
A binding snowstorm has ragged all day today.
Nevada spuds m in brisk deman nd at $50 pei ton,
Miss Fannie Muller returned yesterday from a visit ito the coast.
Frank and Charles Boskowitz, the cigar men, were in town today.
Miss Annie Owens. popular teacher, returned yesterday from a trip
to the coast.
Q o Q Q . o o o o
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
McDermitt.N National Line

Leaves Winnemucca land opposite
points, daily, except Sunday, at 2 a
M, for McDermitt, National and way
stations.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-09
STAGE LINES

Office and Garage, Sixth and Melar-
key SITS. Winnemucca. Phone 46.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-15
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD, TAKE SALTS
Says Backache Is Sign You Have
Been Eeating Too Much
Meat.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region il
generally means you have been eating
too much meat, says a wcll-known au-
thority. Meat forms uric acid, which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they
become sort of paralyzcd and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them, like You
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body'S urnouS waste, else YOU have
Iackache, sick headache, dizzy spells,
your stomach sourS, tongue is coated,
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twingeS. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment, channels Oft
en- get sore, water ScaldS and YOU are
obliged to Scckc relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult a good, reliable ply
siclan at once or get from your phar-
macist about four OUNCES of lad Salts
take . tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast for a few days
aud your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, com
blned with lithia, and has beeu used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralze
acids in the urine SO it. no longer ir-
rltates, thus ending bladder weakness.
lad Salts Is . life saver for regular
meat eaters. It is inexpensive, can
not iniurs snd makes a deIightful ef-
feryescent lithia-water drink.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-15
GIVES ITALIANS
MUCH CREDIT
-W.S.S.-
(By Associated Press)


Philadelphia, July 12.-Willam Pot
ter, former ambassador to Italy and
now federal fuel administrator for
Pennsylvania, says it is time to give
the Italian nation credit for the great
part she has played in the war.
"Just consider" said Mr.. Potter
what might have been the fate of
the Alliese, had Italy, with her army
and navy, gone with the Central Pow
ers. France at the outbreak of the
war would have had to divide her ar
my to protect her Italian frontier.
"The small but brave little British
army would have been powerless to
assist Frencc both ON the western and
Italian fronts. Italy remained neu-
tral until her weakened army was
strengthen, cast her lot with the AL
lies and helped to hold the Huns un-
til America came into the war
"Lct the American people show
their gratitude to Italy by placing
everywhere the Itaion flag amcng the
Old Glory, the Union Jack, tie 1ri-
color Of France and the flag o. brave
little Belgium"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-15
tEy Associated PresS)

Amsterdam, July t2.-An rvarag,
.of thousand packets Of mail are now
being carried regularly every cay be.
tween Vienna and kiev by aicplanc
The distance between the tive cities
$50 miles aud the claim is ms,lc that
this is The longest regular ar ex-
press mail route now being orcraGcd
IN any part Of The world
The lrip takes from ten to Twelve
houre, compared to forty hours by
train, It is made in four stages, The
intermediate stops being Cracow, Lem
berg and Proskurow.