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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
DENVER TO OBSERVE LABOR LOYALTY WEEK WITH GREAT
PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION ON LINCOLN DAY FEB Il

Loyalty Week were adopted. 1t was decided to
hold the patriotic mass meeting Lincoln 5
birthday and to urge each wage-earner to pur-
chase one or more war savings stamps during the
week beginning Sunday February Io-Loyal:y
Week
This Saturday evening at 8 o'clock members
of the Joint committee will meet at the Building
Trades club rooms, 1881 Arapahoe street, to ar
range details for the big meeting on Lncoln's
birthday This joint committee consists of the
following:
Alliance Tor Labor and Democracy-Otto F
Thuu, president and general chairman; Clint c.
Houston, c. w. Crum and w. E. Secord.
Trades and Labor Assenbly-H. S. Peregrine,
president: William c. Thornton, Thomas P. Rod
gers and Fred Vessel
Building Trades Council-Charles M. Moore,
president and three others to be named at the
meeting Friday night
State Federation OF Labor-Edward Ander-
son.
Railroad Brotherhoods-W. F. Hynes.
This committee tonight will select speakers
and prepare for program OF patriotic music All
labor organizations are urged to cooperate to
ulafe the Lincoln day demonstration a great =
triotic success.
similar meetings are being arranged for bv
the labor organizations Of Pueblo and Colorado
Springs.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES TO MEET
Biennial Convention Called for st,
Louis April 5.

The A. F. of L. railway employees
has issued a call for its
biennial convention TO be held in St.
Louis beginning April S. In urging
full representation of all organized
roads in the United States and Can
ada, President Wharton and Secre-
tary- Treasurer Scott say:
with the railroads under govern
ment control we are entering upon a
new era which looks bright with pos
sibiities. as we believe it will open
the way for the attainment of stand
ards in wages and hours of service
which we have struggled many years
to secure. The future success and
perpetuity of our organization will,
however. depend upon our own activ-
ity and efforts, perhaps more so in
the future than in the past, and we
trust that all trades will appreciate
the Importance of sending a delegate
to represent their interests
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
PACKING PLANT EMPLOYEES PRESENT
GRIEVANCES TO PRESIDENT WILSON

represented the old Twenty-sixth dis
trict, composed of Clear Creek, Gilpin,
Jefferson and Boulder counties, in the
senate during the nineteenth and twen-
tierh general assemblies, and Gilpin
county in the house during the eight
eenth legislature. He is a graduate
Of the University OF Wisconsin. His
salary as commissioner IS $4,000
year.
Mr. Duce is a graduate of the Uni
versity Of Colorado. He was for sew
eral years an instructor at Washing
ton university in mineralogy and geol-
ogy. He worked several summer sea-
sons with the state geological survey,
and at present is an instructor in
geology under Prof. Russell D. George
at the Boulder institution.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
osLER THEORY Is EXPLODED.
Chicago Bureau Secures Jobs for
e,l90 Men Over Is Years

Despite DR.. Osler's theory. men
past middle age demonstrated that
they have not finished their useful
ness. according to the first annual re
port of the employment bureau of
the Employers Association,
During 1917. the first year of its
existence, this bureau procured posi-
tions for 9,190 men over 45. The ag-
gregate salaries paid to the men dur
ing the year amounted to more than
s.. 1000. 900
The bureau is visited daily by more
than / 1000 men above middle age who
are in search of employment. Ninety
per cent of the men sent out to fill
positions during the last month have
been employed at salaries ranging
from S45 to $3.50 month, the report
SAYS.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26

nish coal to union members for the
winter of 1888.
The following officers were re-
elected yesterday afternoon:
President. NJ. Collins. Eaton.
Secretary Treasurer-Louis Roeth-
er, Denver.
Executive Cemmittee-C. B. Coffin.
Rife, chairman; T. E. Howard. Arap-
ahoe; J. A. Hicks, Greeley: H. L.
Luckey. HaNtun: James Jensen, Ber-
thoud
DR.. W. R. Callicott of Carbondale
was reelected president of the Farm
ers' Protective association, the insur-
ance branch of the union, and Louis
Roether was reelected secretary.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
BILL IN SENATE WOULD
DRAFT FOR INDUSTRIES

A bill authorizing the President to
order the registration and drafting of
all men between Is and 60, to be used
in the conduct of industries necessary
for the war, was provided in bill in
troduced this week by Senator Nc
Cumber and referred to the military
committee. Provost Marshal General
Crowder has notified draft boards that
it is contrary to the selective service
regulations for boards to issue per
mitS to men of draft age to go abroad
to enlist in the armies of other ma
tions. Some boards are reported to
have been issuing such permits.
Accidental fires ought to be less fire.
quent. following the enforcement of
the enemy alien regulations.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
DUCE CHIEF CLERK
son OF STATE OIL INSPECTOR
GETS IMPORTANT PLACE.
Leroy J. Williams of Central City
Appointed by Governor as Member
Public Utilities Commission.

Leroy ]. Williams of Central City.
lawyer and former state senator, was
this week appointed by Governor
Gunter as member of the Colorado
public utilities commission to fill the
vacancy created by the resignation on
January - of NJ. II. AyleSworth. The
appointment will run until January,
1921. provided the senate confirms
the action when the legislature meets
next January.
J. Terry Duce of Boulder, instructor
at the University of Colorado, was ap-
pointed by Commissioner Fred Carroll
MS his chief clerk and assistant cura-
tor in the office of the state bureau of
mines.
Duce Succeeds Tombliu.
He is the son of James Duce, state
oil inspector. The appointment viii
run until May 10. 1919, which is also
the date for the expiration of Mr.. Car
rolls term, No senate confirmation
is required.
Mr.. Duce succeeds NJ, B. Tomblin,
who resigned January l to accept the
secretarvship of the Colorado chapter
Of the American Mining congress and
the Colorado Metal Miners Associa-
ton. Mr.. Duce's appointment is of
the date January Is. His salary is
81 800 year.
Williams Salary $4,000.
Mr.. Williams is Republican. He
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
MINERS CONVENTION VOTES DOWN
PROPOSITION TO CHANGE POLICY
OF REACHING WAGE AGREEMENTS

dent subject to approval of the dis
tricts IN which the organizers live.
Delegate John R. Lawson declared
that such organizers had, by fraud
tactics, attempted to defeat his can
didacy for president of the Colorado
State Federation of Labor.
James 7. Moran Of Iowa, acting
president Of the Colorado district.
charged that lawson had committed
the heinous crime Of accepting a job
as employment agent for a union coal
company, but had resigned when he
tMoranl discovered it.
The administration forces opposed
the proposed change In the law and il
was defeated
By "a vote of $50 20 263 the couveu-
uun ratified the action Of the eNccu-
tive board .u increasing the salaries
at International officers - per cent
Friday the convention was cunsII-
grI~r proposition tU drop from the
roll Of membership an miners who
are affiliated with the Industrial
Workers of the World
Mother" Jones on Deck.
During debate uf the question "
raBI shortage. Mother" Jones walked
900 tb, stage uuauu0uuecd and was
minors thnt there was but one Job on
hand today and that was Ito whip
hrN ont af the kaiser
The miners viii work day and
night n the government finds IT neces-
sary." she said Bows, stand By the
notion Foo this hour Of war"
This was upplaudcd Mother Jones
said there was no coal shortage in
this country, but it was a car short
age that was making the trouble
Boys you have n friend in the
White House. Not Washington. not
Lincoln, not any other President ever
WAS up against 1t like our present
President He has recognized the min
rrS. read letter which he sent to
this convention, and this was cyI-
iencc that he had recognized you as
American citizens. For without the
coal miner the nation could not sur
vivc."
Pose for the Movies.
\ motion picture Of the delegates
was taken Saturday noon in Pennsyl-
vania street by an operator for a
news picture concern. which viii show
the films over this country and Eu-
rope About $50 Of the delegates car
ricd the United Mine Workers service
flag. which contains 1895 stars, each
representing n member Of the organi-
Zation who had entered the military
service Of the country. The other dele
gates. numbering over 200, lined up
behind the flag and marched down the
street Several large American flags
headed the parade.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
ENGINEERS FOR PROHIBITION.

Without opposition, members of
the legislative committee of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Engineers,
representing $4,000 Illinois locomotive
engineers, in session at Springfield
Wednesday endorsed nationwide pro-
hibition A resolution fayorinC the
approval by the Illinois general as
sembly Of the proposed prohibition
amendment TO the constitution Of the
United States was adopted unani-
mously.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
MEAT PACKERS PROFIT LARGE.

Clear profits far surprising all pre-
vious records are recorded by Swift &
Company. meat packers, for the fiscal
year ending September, 1917. The
profits are equivalent to 34.64 per cent
on the company's SlOO, ,O00, 600 capital
stock. and compare with net profits
of 500, ,i65 900 in 1916, which We're
equal to 27.29 per cent on the S75,-
100000 stock then outstanding.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
PUT BAN OF WIDESPREAD
ADVERTISING FOR LABOR

Peremptory directions to many
large individual concerns to cease
widespread advertising for help which
was thought to be unsettling the labor
supply and working hardships on in
dividuals who answered the advertise
ments. have been sent out by the
United States department of labor.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
Pose for the Movies.
REPORT THIS TO HERB HOOVER

Here is the latest one; Indiana
Farmers say they are feeding thou
sands Of pounds Of frozen fish to the
hogs. The fish leap from holes cut in
the ice and are scooped up by the
waEonload
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
GOMPERS MAKES ADDRESS
ADVOCATING A SEVEN
HOUR DAY.

Penalty Clause of the Washington
Agreement Finally Approved;
Colorado Trouble Gets Into
Convention, Lawson Tells
Tactics Tried by Moran.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
CHICAGO LABOR DELEGA-
TION VISITS WASHING
TON THIS WEEK.

Assert Packers Have Violated
Agreement Made With Federal
Commission; All Employees
Would Welcome Govern
ment Ownership Plants.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-26
Colorado Trouble Aired.

The Colorado miners trouble was
debated Thursday when proposition
came up to make appointment of or
ganizcrs by the International presi-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-14
POTATO WEEK STARTS
MOST AUSP|CI0USLY
Hotels and Restaurants 20 Feature
the Spud Until supply Has
Been Diminished.
Richmond is to have "spuds'

Richmond is to have "spuds' a6
the principal delicacy all this month.
Potato week" Will run ali through
the month, and the initial week, be
ginning today, will be the starter for
a great drive on the potato. There
are more potatoes available than any
other one vegetable product, and this
drive is two-fold IN its significance.
First, it is designed to help get rid
of the vast quantity of potatoes. be-
fore they spoil and. second, II is to
minimize the consum ption of wheat
and other cereals In so much demand
for the soldiers and the allies.
Seldom has any public movement
been so fully planned in advance.
Mrs. John q. Munce, chairman Of
the campaign, has ass ociated with her
number of committees made up of
earnest, interested women, who have
accom- plished wonders in perfecting
plans for the potato drive. Mrs. NJ
c. Patterson is chairman of the COM
mittee on recipes Mrs l. A. Whit
lock, chairman of the committee on
store window displays and Mrs. Stew
art Michaux and Mrs. Horace Well
ford Jones are the committee on
demonstration in conjunction with
Miss Mary T'rayser, United States gov
eminent home demonstration agent
for this city.
The leading hotels and restaurants
OF the city will feature potato dishes
and will report on the most success
full potato recipes when these will
be passed along to housewives. The
public schools Will give special in
structions on the preparation OF po-
tato dishes in their cooking classes.
Wholesale and retail grocers will CO.
n 70 aEtf I
ers to order potatoes and they give
assurance there will be enough to
meet any demand Broad street
stores Will have window decorations
on potatoes as will the retail grocers
Advertisers will give space in their
newspaper advertisements and street
car cards.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-14
CANTEEN COOKERY TO
START UP TUESDAY
fTtffecn Lessons In Courar to Ne GtvrB
81 TouaG wsmen's ChTfstiSn
AssSciB ti0n.

A course OF dfteeu lessons IN can
teen cookery will be given at the
Young women's Christian association.
beginning Tuesday THIS is one OF
the classes planned by the Red Cross,
and was designed by Miss Elva A
George. director OF the bureau Of dieti-
tisu service.
II Is intended for those who expect
10 do cautpen work and will be ex-
tremei.. helpful TO all on the canteen
committee. One lesson is devoted to
he planning and preparation Of sand
witches and beverages such as might
be- prepared for service to troops en-
route
special emphasis is giving TO quick
service and 20 planning in quantities.
The preparation cf foods on a large
tai principles as for small amounts;
throughout the course general PRIV
ciples are instfllcd into the students.
here Will be Gftccn lessons in this
course and at ats successful compile
ton. certificate from the Red Cross
viii he issued. This class will be
among the 4rst to he conducted I'M
der Red Cross auspices anywhere, as
the outline is not even in print yet
and car ne had only in manuscript
form. The class will meet on Tues
days and Thursdays and every other
Wednesdav from 10 20 I2 o'clock at
the 1ouns Women's Christian sssn-
citation, North Fifth street, in the
domestic science laboratory. The size
OF the class is limited to twenty. Fur
Their Information ran he gotten by
telephou}nF Randolph 54a, the Y. W. c.
y educate nal secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-14
RICHMOND DISCIPLES
BEGIN CANVASS TODAY
Plans for ~Emerm~cuy Drives
ThfS Week.

Good Fellowship. enthusiasm and a
determination to go over the top
characterized the meeting of church
workers. held Friday night in the an
rex OF the Seventh Street Christian
church. in the interest Of the "emer-
gency drive" OF the men and millions
movement which will be launched to-
day IN the six churches Of the Disciples
Of Christ in Richmond
Over two hundred of the most ac-
tive workers OF these congregations
were present at the supper given on
Friday night. to hear the addresses
given and be given anal Instructions
for the drive"
The conference was presided over
by ordway Fuller. who introduced the
following speakers. viz: r. G. Haw-
klns, IT. who told Of The Emergency
in the Home FIELD: Rev James o,
Helsabeck. The Emergency in Our
Colleges: Mrs J. o. Helsabec The
Emergency in Our woman's Work:
Judge G. Il, Garnett THE Emergency
in tho Foreign Field: Rev. John A.
Tate. Tho Emergency in Armenia
These addresses were brief. snappy
and full of inspiration.
At tho conclusion Of this part Of
the program. the chairman OF the
headqua rter's committee. Rev H. d
c. MaclachIan, explained IN detail the
pans lot lHe CAfupalEnr after which
the various church delega lions held
separate conferences for the canvas
sers. and distributed the literature
necessary for their work.
The conference Of Friday night will
he followed by mass meeting of the
membership OF the six Richmond con-
Eregations. to be held tonight at SIS
o'clock in tho Seventh Street Christian
church, at which the address will be
delivered by the Rev. Dr. r w. Burn
ham, president Of the American Chris
tian Missionary society. Cincinnati
This special emergency drive" of tho
Disciples Of Christ has been made
necessary by war conditions, and In
being made IN order that the mission
airy and educational activities Of the
church be not curtailed during the
continuance Of the war. Two. and a
half -miilton dollars will be needed to
meet the present emergency OF the
various missionary and college boards.
OF this amount, the mbership in
Virginia has been asked for seventy
five thousand dollars. The Richmond
district. m addition tn the six churches
Of the city, includes also seventeen
Congregations in adjacent territory.
This work will he under the super
vision Of the headqua rter's committee,
~ which Rev II. II. c. Maclachlan is
chairman.
The drive in the Richmond churches
Will begin in earnest today. Daily re-
ports will be made by the large corps
OF canvassers to this committee, which
has already opened offices in tho. an
mex of the Seventh Street church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-14
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
OFFERED CLASS / MEN
Richmond School Board, at Request
of War Department, Offers Free
Courses to Registrars.

Dr. J. A. c. Chandler, superintend-
ent of public schools OF the city OF
Richmond. by request of the war de-
partment, VIII mail letter 10 the
white men in Richmond. who have
been assigned to class l of the
draft, advising them that the Rich
mond city scnool board has provId-
ed for special instruction in certain
branches of technical work which will
fit the men TO perform special service
in the army.
These letters will be sent out to-
morrow, and the board Ia very anxi-
Gus for patriotic reasons, If no other,
to secure as large an enrolment as
possible This call comes at the time
when the army is in great need OF
m en- educated in special lines, as may
be better seen by a careful perusal
of the letter itself which follows:
The Richmond school board, in
answer to Il request from the war de-
partment, through the federal board
for vocational education, has decided
to offer instruction In certain
branches of technical work TO the
white men in class / of the present
draft. before they are sent to camp.
to fit them for certain positions so
badly needed in the army at the pres
ent time.
local board that you have been plac-
ed in class / and are therefore eligi-
bic to enroll in any. of these classes
for which your training fits you No
special training, however is needed in
radio work.
Glasses in radio telegraphy, gas
engine work, conversational French
and mechanical drawing are already
in operation and you may enter them
at once. Additional classes for spec
iaI instruction to carpenters, motor
and ignition repair men, welders and
men in kindred occupations will be
formed If he serisufIicient demand
for them.
we urge you to take up this work
at once. In this way you will make
country in its time of need. whether
as pirate, n-commissioned oF1cer,
or officer. a certificate will be given
each one who completes a course.
This work will be offered al the
vocational night school. in the school
administration building. sos East
Marshall street, from 1880 p NJ. to
$50 p. NJ. The classes will meet
from two to I'VE nights per week. de-
pending on the subject until the
course Is completed There is no
charge whatever for this instruction.
"A week OF registration will be held
beginning April Is. VIII you not
come at this time 10 talk over the
wrok with the school authorities II
you cannot come the first part of the
week and desire a place held for YOU
before the classes are filed MI out
the attached form and mail to w. II.
Magee, director vocational education.
from whom additional information
may be obtained at any time"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-14
RICHMOND To HAVE
S0UTH'S FINEST MOVIE
Jake Wells to Erect MAGNIFICENT New
Structure on site of CoIonial,
at Eighth and Broad.

Jake Wells the we'll known south
ern theatrical magnate, authorizes the
announcement that Richmond lis 70
have the most up-to-date motion pic
ture house in the entire south, the new
structure to accupy the site Of the
present Colonial theater at Eighth
and Broad streets.
Plans for the new structure have
been completed by Architect c X
Howell and the work of razing the
old structure will begin between May
IS and June !. Work on the new and
modern Colonial will begin immediate
ly after the debris is cleared away and
rushed to completion, Before the win
ter again sets in patrons Of the pop
ular playhouse viii be entertained in
the most commodtous, beautifully ar
ranged picture house in the southern
states, barring none. The work Of
building will be under the direct su-
pervision of J. NJ Atkinson.
On the Eighth and Broad street cor
ner will be a magnificent marble and
tile inlaid lobby, with an ornamental
entrance that will at once impress the
passerby. Just above the entrance viii
be the modern projecting room with
four Of the very latest model picture
machines, all electrically operated, to
throw upon the enlarged mirror
screen the best of the picture produce
tons from Americas leading produc-
ers. Inside the Colonial VIII be even
prettier than from the outside Hang
ing lights. detected upward, which,
however, will make the interior light
enough to see plainly at all times.
will hang from handsome chandeliers.
The interior work will be such as no
other picture house here or eiSewhe re
has ever known. Immediately facing
the entrance, at right angles with
Broad street, in the far corner where
the rear alley now joins the old Spark 8
establishment will be the screen.
/ Sweeping around from Broad to Eighth
street will be commodious seats. the
capacity OF the new house being
planned for 1900 people.
Spacious aisles will allow of rapid
egress between shows and the great
seating capacity will assure the alb
sence of congestion or extended waits.
The new building will take In the two
stores now facing Broad street, one
occupied as a confectionery and the
other a barber shop. The Wells inter-
ests have taken over the Victor thea
ter on the corner opposite the Colo
NAL now and will operate ii after June
/ in connection with the other Wells
houses which includes the Colonial,
Isis, Bijou Odeon and Strand.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-14
sUAIRYMEN WILL HEAR
PROF. HUNT TOMORROW

Professor Il. z. Hunt dairy husband
man of the Virginia Polytechnic in
atitnte, will lecture on Handling a
Dairy Herd Efficiently in War Times"
:4Omorrow evening. ar clock. in Muir
#DhyH hotel auditorium Professor
Hunt has charge Of the dairy herd at
s8iacksbuFg and under his care q Hol-
stein cow has made the largest record
war made by any experimental COW
s3n the United States
& Mr.. Monroe. 81 the state dairy de
z1Artment, VIII lecture on WARTIME
&v4aAs other business OF Importance
sWi31 be considered