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Evening journal., 1918-12-09
To ENLARGE unTEI.

Building Inspector Preston today Is
sued a permit 20 Charles ]. Winkler to
make a three story addition to his ho-
tel property, at Tenth and Shipley
streets. TO cost $1,000.
Evening journal., 1918-12-09
MISS KTRKUs no STAY Ar HOME.

Miss Virginia Kirkus' anticipated
plans for Red Cross work In France have
been cancelled, owing to the withdrawal
OF all overseas appointments since the
signing OF the armistice.
Evening journal., 1918-12-09
PRIVATE GRANT WRITES HOME.

Miss Ada Monde, OF No. it5 East Fif-
teenth street, has received a letter from
John II. Grant, who Is in France. He
writes that he is well and expects to
be home soon.
Evening journal., 1918-12-09

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROM0 QUININE (Tab-
lets.) II stops the Cough and Headache
and works on the Cold. u. w. GROVES
signature on each box. soc
Evening journal., 1918-12-09
NO RESTRICTIONS on COTTON.

By the United Press.
NEW YORK, Dec' 9.-lt was an
nounced today at the cotton exchange
that all restrictions on short selling
Of cotton have been removed.
Evening journal., 1918-12-09
TREATED AT HOSPITAL.

Among the patients treated at the
Delaware Hospital today were Bessie
bruised knee.
Harry Brundls, infected finger.
Evening journal., 1918-12-09
LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company, dupont Build
Ing. furnish the following quotations
Of local securities;
Evening journal., 1918-12-09

~ IGNING the armistice did not shift Americas foot
problem The victory at arms has added many more
hungry millions to Uncle Sans rationng list Fooc
~ production to supply world-need will be taxed te
the limit Conservation must be practced on an ever
more extended scale.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
Neu Social Order to Make a Lasting Peace

The world has suffered much from the for the Labor
policy lasting
peace This the keynote of declaration issued this week by
labor Britain under the title of Labor
Order which that what has to be
this department social
machinery, but society ITSELF
escape decay of civilization ITSELF the
port the building social order Con-
serving industry the complains that
England formulated plan for dealing with the demob-
millions soldiers
ANY allowing discharged soldiers or munion
of would
instantly office by outburst popular
dgnation.
absolutely believe the Brit
ih will permanently tolerate reconstruction the
neffcency involved
ostng private employ
the law of their being only the utmost possible
The Labor holds
ong importation and control has demonstraby
Nor Immediately
declaration OF peace.
The people will be extremely foolish they allow ndis
unfettered control
capitalists who actually the instance of the ITSELF
rapidly combining trade by trade monopoistc trusts
In this that surplus wealth should be used for
signifies further
has been eliminated civilization Labor will
voice shaping things Europe and in
America.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
Labor's First Big Victory of the Neu Year

of system
control had conference in Washing
had declined consider the demand OF
employees increase the cost OF living and
working efficiency.
Within the sixty days wages
with of miles of rail
United States be adjusted the complete
that the and the
This much has been assured the director
adopted friendly toward
organized labor.
organized labor the with of the most
States Mr. McAdoo
efficiency obtained from conented and
railway from dscontented who tee that
their services adequately compensated for
results of this attitude OF government toward
adudca the differences which
private employers and labor and
twee the government and labor.
The splendid a body amply demonstrated
achieved recently by federal board of mediation
Wilson Labor Will
labor troubles in the oil fields of
of long Arl-
spbuiding the the
Organized labor only
organized labor the of
generally the members well those who have
never had the privilege of forming
President Wilson, delivered the Buffalo
Federation of Labor that m will stand
by you be carried under the
railroads The President and Director General
unqualified loyalty the railroad
of they going them
deal.
During government operation before de-
in the system Chicago congestion
relieved the normal Within weeks the
will be true of the eastern part of the country
for the better OF wastefu meth
freight
the United States likely
railroads again private management
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
ELEVATOR PILOTS ON STRIKE.
Forty Quit Office Buildings In Demand
for Higher Wages

Elevator pilots employed in the
Foster building, Sixteenth and
Champa, left their cages Wednesday
noon when refused an increased wage.
They went to other big office struc-
lures, including the E. & C. building,
First National Bank, Symes building,
Railway Exchange building and
others, where they were Joined by ad-
ditional strikers until by Thursday the
number was about forty.
The pilots had no organization and
struck of their own accord. They
claim their wages run from S35 to SAT
per month, working eleven to twelve
hours per day, and oftimes seven days
a week A demand was made for a
scale ranging from $50 to $50 per
month.
In some of the buildings girls were
secured to take the strikers places. A
threat from the State Industrial Com
mission to arrest the pilots for violat-
ing the "no-strike law" was ineffect-
i've, for they are still out, being joined
daily by pilots of other buildings.
Thursday afternoon the strikers
went to the Office of the State Fedora
tion of Labor and asked to be assisted
in forming a union. This was done
and charter has been applied for.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
DENVER TEACHERS GET RAISE
Salaries Boosted 81 to Sc a Month at
Meeting of School Board

An increase in the salaries Of teach
ers in Denver schools, amounting to a
total of 100000 a year, and adding
from 81 to Sc a month to the pay of
virtually every instructor now cn-
ployed in the local public schools, was
voted at the last session of the school
board of district No. /. The higher
wage resolution passed without dis
senting voice, with the full member
ship of the board present.
The salary Of telephone operators
also was boosted from $50 to S75 a
month, and that of Mary Benetect.
stenographer, from s75 to 800. C.
+. Budd. another stenographer, is to
receive 500 instead of $50, and Mrs.
f. R. Warwick, dental nurse, will draw
$50 a month instead of S45.
The board also voted to employ
three dentists as follows: DIR. II. b.
Whitney 81 800; Dr. c. o. Eigler, ST.
100. and DIR. Clark w. Russell. 81 900.
The office of superintendent of
buildings. carrying a salary of $4,000,
was abolished The board voted to
build rifle range for instructing pu-
pills in the use and care of firearms.
Only teachers at present employed
in Denver will benefit by the wage in
crease. Those who come to district
No. l for work will be put on at the
old scale. Substitute instructors in
elementary and junior high schools
are to receive $3.50 day this year.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
STATE LABOR DEP PARTMENT RECORD
OF ACHIEVEMENT DURING PAST YEAR

Mr.. Wills is not an agitator. He
described the good feeling which has
been maintained. thru the years. on
many of the roads, between the broth
erhoods and the managers, simply be
cause they tried to understand one an
other. He believes that the United
States is to see great new develop
ment of that spirit in industrial rela-
tions, and he thinks that as result
the efficiency of American industry is
going to be noticeably increased.
Mr.. Garretson. in an interview here,
expressed his pleasure that the rail
roads were at last in public hands. He
indicated that he expected to see COM
plete government ownership as the
outcome of the step already taken.
In this connection the sudden CON
version of members of Congress. of
editors of conservative papers, and of
all kinds Of public officials in Wash
inRton, to the idea of government
ownership, is one of the marvels of
this season of surprises. A year ago
the average official opinion in the ma
tonal capital followed the opinion OF
the roactionary local press and the re-
dictionary element in Congress, which
opinion was that the railroad brother
hoods had been insolcnt in "holding
gun to the head of the government" in
their eight-hour dispute. Everybody
wanted the brothcrhoods punished, in
some vague way, and the private own
ers of the roads given full protection
from future "hold-ups." The attorney
for the railroads, arguing against the
Adamson law before the Supreme
court, denounced the men as "band-
it's" and pointed to the danger" of
public ownership If the cight-hour law
were forced upon the companies.
Change of Reasoning Power.
Now, everyone wants the private
owners TO get out of the way and keep
still until their money is handed to
them Everyone is saying that public
ownership of telcgraphs and tele-
phones, and maybe all power plants,
is coming next. The Democrats in the
House are even hopeful that they can
make public ownership their campaign
issue.
True, there are some who whisper
that the railroad workers will now
proceed to run the country, and that
"labor unrest will get completely out
Of hand"-whatever that means.
But nobody seems to know how to
put brakes on.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
RAILWAY EMPL LOVES FAVOR M'ADOO'S
COMMON SENSE WAY OF DOING THINGS

cured for workers free of cost. At an
average of 81 so these workers would
have paid $33,331 for the service
which has been rendered free to them
by the state. The aim is always to
establish a high standard of eff
cheney. When a man or woman is
given job the superintendent of the
agency first judges of his fitness for
the particular place. The floater is
taboo.
The free employment bureau keeps
list of the men who are classed as
irresponsible just as it keeps a record
of the employers who deal unfairly
with the workers. The married men
of Colorado are given preference in
the matter Of employment. Reverting
back to the record of these offices it
may not be amiss to say that during
the months Of August, September and
October, the two Denver employment
offices sent out 1000 men to jobs.
They earned an average of $3.50 per
day, making $350,000 in wages earned
The good work of this bureau must
needs result in a more generous ap-
preparation for their upkeep to say
nothing of funds which will enable
them to greatly enlarge the present
system.
Wage Claims Collected.
Up to December 1 the department,
thru its voluntary wage claim bureau,
collected s24,446 for workers who had
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
BY G. G. ALEXANDER
In the New Years Edition of the
Rocky Mountain News.

Two years of prohibition have
passed in Colorado and John Barley
corn and all his attendants have been
found guilty of every real and imag-
mary charge ever made by an inno-
cent and unsuspecting public. Two
years ago today 1,615 saloons and 12
breweries went out of existence-the
most drastic change in the history of
the state. During 1916 prohibition
was on trial and many and varied
were the prophecies as to the benefi-
cial and lasting results that would OBJ
tain from this source, but today pro-
hibition stands vindicated before the
bar of public opinion.
The decrease in crime, both felonies
and misdemeanors, together with the
ever-increasing beneficial results, hun
dreds of them, have proved to a pessi-
mistic public the worth of prohibition
to this state, proved beyond the fond
est hopes of its staunchest support
ers that once tried it would never be
dispensed with.
To learn the value of prohibition to
state or community one has but
to turn to the police and court records
to find the answer. These agencies,
registering as they do the chief evils
associated with intemperance, show
beyond a reasonable doubt that the
abolishment of the liquor traffic in
Denver has consequently reduced
criminal work appreciably.
Police Arrests Decrease.
The average number of arrests for
a six-year period Immediately preced-
ing 1916, the first dry year, was 49,
922. For the year 1916 the total num-
Der of arrests was l0,045, while for
1917 prohibitions second year in the
state, up to Dec. Is and averaged for
the remaining Is days, shows n total
number of arrests Of l0,750, an in
crease of 705.
A comparative table of arrests for
1915, the last "wet" year in Colorado,
together with 1916 and 1917, accom-
panies this article. Only the major
ofFenses directly attributable in the
most part to intoxicating liquor, are
included in the table.
The arrests for drunkenness and
vagrancy tell their own story. In both
cases tremendous decreases in the ar
rests have been registered, altho in
the first instance, arrests were made
for drunkenness when persons were
only mildly intoxicated, both during
1916 and 1917, whereas in previous
years, only down and cutters" were
taken to court. In the last two years
persons suffering from the least bit of
intoxication were arrested for the pri-
mary purpose of ascertaining their
source of supply rather than for pun
ishment In 1916 drunkenness de-
creased approximately so per cent,
while during 1917 "bootleggers" have
been more active and drunkenness has
increased over that of the first dry
year.
This increase is directly traceable to
two reasons: Either the officers of he
local police force have been more ac-
tive during the last year or else boot
logging has increased. Chief of Police
Hamilton Armstrong is inclined to
take the latter view.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05

disputes with their employers as to
the amount due them. Aside from
the workers and employers in general
the public knows little or nothing of
the vast amount of good accomplished
in this branch of the labor department
Claims are collected ranging in size
from 10 cents to hundreds of dollars
without cost to the person who files
the claim. For some inscrutable rea-
son legislatures refuse to recognize
the beneficent work of this branch of
the department and refuse to appro-
pirate for maintenance.
In closing it may be well to say that
there is to be no deviation in 1918 from
the general policies followed during
the year There is to be no let-up in
the enforcement of the laws passed
primarily for the protection of the
wage-earners. 1t may be that in time
to come the stress of war may force a
gradual backing away from this atti-
tude, but we do not feel that the time
is yet at hand, and so believing, we
propose to continue in the same path
we have trod for the past nine months
and to insist upon observance of all of
the labor laws of Colorado.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
TWO YEARS OF BOOZE PROHIBITION in
STATE REDUCES CRIME AND POVERTY
Work of Police Department Courts Felones and
Misdemeanors Are Much While Vagrancy
Are Only One Third of Previous
the Saloon.

Records of the police department for
the last twelve months show the re-
suits that have been obtained by these
men. THE passing of the licensed sa-
loon has" says Chief Armstrong, ire
suited in an appreciable reduction in
the number of felonies and crimes of a
serious nature. If this was the only
benefit to be derived from prohibition
it would have more than repaid its
supporters for the fight which they
made for this then thought of radical
reform, but the numerous other bene-
! fits accruing from this source are, in
reality, the more important"
Altho a record of the prosecutions
for bootlegging during the last year is
not complete, report of the activity
of the local police force purity squad
for the % months beginning Jan. l,
1916, and ending Dec. l, 1917, shows
the work that has been accomplished
in running to earth the violators of the
prohibition law. A total of ,0lS cases
have been filed in the West Side Grim
inal and County courts, with CAT con-
victions secured, or about go per cent
OF the number which have been tried,
191 have been discharged, and III re-
main, of which no disposition has been
made. The bonds of three violators
have been forfeited, four jumped their
bonds. the jury disagreed in one case
and one was released by the police cap
tain.
Slackers Add To Number.
One of the hardest features which
the police department has encountered
during the last year, and one not in
any way connected with the passing of
the saloons, is that of handling slack
ers. Altho no work was encountered
from this source during the first half
Of the year. the number Of "vags" has
been materially increased thru the ef-
forts Of persons, registered and not
registered, 10 evade army duty by
drifting from city TO city. During the
month Of November 141 persons were
arrested in one day on charges Of vRg-
rancy as n result of raids on down
town poolrooms in search for slack
ers. Every person found without n
card was turned over TO the govern
ment, while those with cards who were
found TO be out of work were charged
with vagrancy in police court.
That the records for the ensuing
year of 1918 may show an even larger
number of malicious crimes than that
Of the year just passed is not unlocked
for by Chief Armstrong. Prohibition
will not figure in these records, for. ac-
cording to the chief. the same will be
true in every city of any size in the
country. With thousands of slackers
endeavoring to avoid military service,
many of them preferring n term in n
penitentiary to serving in the army.
they will take chances that they would
not otherwise even consider.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
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Continued from Page One.)
We are accomplishing far better re-
suits because of this cooperation of
the larger business houses of the state.
One of the plans of the department
for the new year is to establish a sys-
tenn of cooperation between the de-
partment inspectors of the labor bu-
reau, the state industrial commission
and the insurance companies to the
end that a uniform system of safety
guards and orders may be established
and duplication prevented.
During the year the representatives
of the department have taken part in
the adjustment of number of labor
controversies. In every case both the
employer and employe was satisfied
with the result of the efforts of the
mediators. While the bureau never
assumes jurisdiction in cases of the
kind, it does not hesitate to offer its
services when it is apparent that by so
doing settlement of an industrial
dispute may be reached. We have
worked in harmony with other state
and local bodies always on the theory
that labor controversies should be ad-
justed on a friendly basis, the give
and take policy never being lost sight
of in the negotiations.
State Employment Bureaus.
The success of the state free en-
ployment bureaus has been marked
During the year 22,221 jobs were Sc
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
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t'Ontinueu IToHl dHe ohe-l
the men. The agreements that have
prevailed. as to the settlement of
every kind of grievance, will remain
in force. Anti-labor fanatics would
call this a closed-shop agreement with
Uncle Sam Others will call it com
mon sense.
OF course the brotherhoods comprise
only about one-fourth of the total
number of railroad employees. The
part represented by the federated
shop crafts, the switchmen, the freight
clerks, the telegraphers and the track
men in the American Federation of
Labor have not yet secured all the
pledges they would like, from the new
"boss." But they are confident that
there can be only one policy as be-
tween the government and its railroad
employees. They will expect to have
their wage demands taken up in reg
ular course, and to have wage ad-
justment machinery established which
will correspond to the special board
created by the Newlands act for the
operative trainmen.
Benefits of Organization.
AS was forecasted a month ago in
this correspondence, the coming of
this great army of organized railroad
workers into government jurisdiction
has made an immediate issue of the
labor policy of Postmaster General
Burleson.
Discussing the need for recognition
of not only the existence but the con-
structive value and the patriotic serv-
ices of the union movement in time of
war, II. h. Wills, national legislative
agent of the Locomotive Engineers,
told your correspondent that it was
unthinkable that the government could
permit these values to be destroyed by
the arbitrary will Of any man, high or
low.
"For our part" he said, 1--WE have a
sympathy for those who have found it
difficult to organize. We know the
benefits of our own organization to
the public service, in securing full un-
derstanding and final cooperation, all
along the line, between management
and employees. We would never sub
nit to the dictation Of any autocrat
who sought to sweep away what we
have built up for the service of the
country as well as for the protection
of our own members. Such spirit Of
autocracy is out of keeping with the
times"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
AS TO JACK RABBIT RECORD

Harry Carroll lost his peacock
feather and title of champion jackrab-
bit hunter when Pete Sorensen and
Jasper Kearns returned from hunt
on the north side of the river Satur-
day. The former says they killed 1928,
while the latter says that the number
was 1873. This beats Carroll's score
for three hours by about hundred.
AS the editor was in the latter party
and only got Is and as the others did
not bring in the tails of their rabbits
he is not responsible for the score ex-
hibit. Carroll's record is the only
one that stands at 35 for an hours
work and is authentic as Harry
brought in the tails and filed them
with the scorekeeper as exhibit A
Brush (Colo.) Republican.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
DOLLAR VALUE HAS DECLINED
Buys 50 Cents Less Than in 1907, Says
Labor Bureau Report.

The 1907 dollar is worth so cents
today, according to a report of the
federal bureau of labor statistics,
which compiled statistics for local po-
licemen to aid them in their higher
wage camapign.
In July, 1907, according to the fig
ures, you could get SO pounds of good
sirloin steak for 81, whereas in No
vember, 1917, only 2.8 pounds were
handed you in exchange for your dol
lar.
The dollar is equally as weak when
it comes to butter, the figures show
ing that 81 pounds was a dollars
worth in July, 1907, and 10 pounds in
November, 1917.
Corn meal has scared, too, from
ATS pounds for dollar in july. 1907,
to 14.9 pounds in November, 1917.
Other foodstuffs have gone up by
leaps and bounds.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
DON'T SEND SOLDIERS FOOD

The council of national defense re
quests friends and families of soldiers
not to send them food An abundant
supply is being furnished in the camps
and cantonments, the statement said,
and a large quantity of privately sent
food is being wasted. In some cases
the food has been spoiled on account
of having been conveyed long dis
tances in heated express or mail cars.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
DANIELS INVENTS NEW TERN

Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
invented a new war term. Testifying
before a congressional committee, he
made this statement in his reference
to certain contractors: "There have
been a few whom we have had to take
by the nape of the neck; they came in
saying they wanted to do their bit, but
really what they wanted was to take
their bite"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05

American economy consists in cut
ting out the necessaries of life in or
der to maintain the Injuries.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
Letter to Governor Hunt.

Upon motion the president and sec
retary of the Assembly were in
structed to write letter under seal,
congratulating Governor George W.
P. Hunt of Arizona upon his court VIC
tory, by which he re-assumed office on
Christmas day. Governor Hunts rec
ord as friend of organized labor is
such that his victory is appreciated by
working men thruout the entire West.
The treasurer's semi-annual report
showed that $1,000 in Liberty Loan
bonds had been taken and paid for in
full. A balance of about S4O0 remains
in the general treasury.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-01-05
TRADES ASSEMBLY
Continued from Page One.)

senators and representatives in Con-
gress from Colorado to vote for the
national woman's suffrage bill. An
other instructed the officers of the As
sembly to file a protest against any
attempt to abrogate any of the laws
in this state enacted for the protection
of women and children, it having been
reported in the daily press that the
National Council of Defense was about
to recommend something of this char
acter to the governors of the various
states.