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Evening star., 1918-02-28
Lenine Predicts World Revolution.

"Kerensky has disappeared. His two
children are STAYING at GranJuit, near
trograd with proclamations declaring
that a world revolution is at hand. and
that councils of workmen and sailors
are about to be organized in France,
Germany, Austria, Rumania and Italy.
Though Russian reinforcements are
still entering Finland, other Russian
troops are sick of the turmoil and are
going home Nobody dares to stop
them 1t is believed now that there
are about 10000 Russian troops in Fin
land and 5000 sailors in the Helsing-
fors district.
'-Trotzky became increasingly bitter
against the Russian educated classes
when he found that holshevikism was
being stoutly resisted by the Fins. he
sent telegram to the boiShevIk Fln-
nish authorities, urging them TO, rally
in self-defense and attack the bour-
geois' Two days later Lenine sent
$50 men to Finland from every rus
sian regiment in Petrograd- This was
done in face of protestations-
'sThe leaders of the reyolutlonarieS
in Finland are Kvalpas, Sirola and the
editor of the Eiborg newspaper, Tyo.
Three other prominent figures We're
the brothers Rahia. One died recently
at Viborg. The second brother. loco
motive driver. fell into the hands of
the white guards, offered resistance
and was promptly shot The third
brother remains in Petrograd and IS
organizing the dispatch OF arms 70
the red guard of Finland. He is said
to have been given nearly the entire
contents of the arsenal of the Fortress
of IS. Peter and Paul, including many
field guns. Two other locomotive
drivers, named PABLO and Rikonen. are
chief leaders among the red guards
saThe prominence of SO many locomo-
tive drivers is due not so much to their
ability and enthusiasm as to the boil
shevikiS desire to propitiate the rail-
va
they would be unable to secu-e the
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
GOMPERS DEFEATS THE DEFEATISTS
From the Literary Digest

of this victory was largely due to
Gompers' dominant will and powerful
eloquence." OF this determined stand
not to meet enemy representatives, the
Chicago Tribune says it is wholly in
accord with the excellent judgment
he and other American labor leaders
have generally displayed during the
course of war" and its influence on
pacifist and defeatist leaders is of es-
pecial Importance. In pacitist and So
cialist circles, remarks the Chicago
Daily News, Mr.. Gompers has been
misrepresented "as jingo and arch
reactionary, a victim of too close per
sonal and political intercourse with
American captains of industry and
finance He has made it his business
to refute such charges, and this jour
nal goes on to say that:
The war aims committee of the In
ter-Allied Labor Conference in London
has presented report recommending
that the conference subscribe to the
fourteen points formulated by Presi-
dent Wilson, thus adopting a policy
of clearness and moderation as op-
posed to a policy dictated exclusively
by changes on the war map The re-
port in effect approves the sugges-
tions made to the conference by Mr..
Gompers and his fellow delegates,
who declared that the armies of the
central powers should be opposed so
long as they respond to the orders
and control of their miitaristic and
autocratic governments, which now
threaten the existence of all self-gov-
eruing peoples This is the only po-
sition that a genuine labor conference
can adopt without stultifying itself"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
SECOND BIGGEST
MINING RECORD
COAL DIGGERS PROVING
LOYALTY TO NATION.
Production in Bituminous and Anthra-
cite Fields Is Causing Dr. Garfield
to Feel Easy About Shortage of
Fuel During Coming Winter.

Production of bituminous coal dur
ing week ending September 2S, as re-
ported to the United States fuel ad-
ministration by the United States geo.
logical survey, for the second time
in the history of the coal industry ex-
ceeded 100000 net tons. This was
the third successive week of increased
bitpminous production. The output
during the week is estimated at 49,
043. 900 net tons. an increase over the
same period of 1917 of ], sos 900 net
tons, or l6.7 per cent. The output
exceeded that of the previous week by
$3.50 net tons. The average daily
production during the week is esti-
mated at 2.l74, 900 net tons, per
cent in excess of the average daily
production for the coal year to date
and 6.7 per cent in excess of the aver
age daily requirements during the
balance Of the coal year to make up
the deficit. The only other week in
which the production exceeded 49,
100000 tons was that ending July IS
of this year.
During the past six summer months,
or the first half of the coal year, pro-
at 81 ,2l6.000 net tons. This amount
is S3,4lS,000 net tons, or - per cent
greater than the production during
the same period of 1917. But this
output falls short of requirements
during the coal year to date by 10,-
S97 900 net tons. or S.4 per cent. The
increase in requirements during this
period over the output for the same
period of last year amounted to A.
$4,000 net tons, or approximately 16
per cent.
The report shows increased ship
ments from all bituminous coal dis
tricts during the week ending Sep
tember 2s compared with the preced-
ing week, with the exception of the
Cumberland. Piedmont and Somerset,
and Tennessee and Kentucky.
Shipments of bituminous coal from
tidewater harbors during the week
show an increase. All North Atlantic
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19

A delicate situation confronted Sam
uel Gompers. president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and chief
American delegate at the fourth In
ter-Allied Labor and Socialist Confer
ence in England, but the London dis
patches tell us that he met and man
aged it triumphantly. The Gompers
party had to meet spokesmen for the
British workingmen who are sharply
divided on the question of peace terms,
and particularly on the question
whether British labor representatives
should meet representatives of the
German majority Socialists att some
neutral capital to discuss war ques-
tions. While there is no doubt, we
are told, that large majority of
British workingmen are with the
Americans ON the main issue, there
were pacifist and defeatist members
Mt the conference, to whom Mr.. Com
pers administered thoro drubbing.
As a London correspondent of the New
York World puts it, she took off the
gloves and let himself go in striking
STYLE" with the result that the paci-
fists were deprived of the support of
the waverers and found themselves
sharply isolated. The Socialist paci-
fists of Bolshevik tendencies, we read,
were regarded with even greater anti
pathy by the majority of British labor
ties than the Simon-pure pacitists. The
general result of the conference is TO
make the attitude of British and allied
labor toward German militarism plain
er than ever, and to rout completely
its small international pacifist Boil
shevik faction, and the completeness
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
WHEN SAM GOMPERS COMES HOME HE
WILL BE GIVEN A PUBLIC RECEPTION
National Mass Meeting Chicago Planned Greet Him and Hear
His Inspiring Message; Representatives of All American
Citizenship to Great Gathering Under
Alliance o and

have n message for America such as
no man or woman has yet brought to
US. We regard il as the right of the
nation to have this message as widely
disseminated as possible"
The arrangements are under the
guidance of the alliance, but men and
women of all walks of life have been
called into conference and asked to
assist in the making of arrangements
and in doing everything that will 20
to make the meeting a complete sue
cess.
Advisory Committee Named.
The advisory committee has been
named consisting Of the following:
John R. Alpine. Frank Morrison. John
II. Walker. Frank p. Walsh, w G.
Lee. Otto II. Kahn, William b. Wilson
Bernard NJ Baruch. ". u. Mahon.
William Green. Charles Edward Rus
sell. J. 6. Phelps Stokes. William Ed
lin. Matthew VOL, James 2. Holland
David J. Berry, Henry r. Hilfers,
Leon H. Rouse. Hugh Frayne, ]. W
sullivan. Joseph F. Valentine, Frank
Duffy. T. A. Rickert, Jacob Fischer
William ]. Spencer, A. J. Berres. Ralph
NJ. Easley, Marcus NJ Marks. Nicholas
r. Brady. Henry p. Dawson, Otto NJ
Eidlitz, George NJ Reynolds, A. II.
Smith. Frank Trumbull. V. Everit
Macy, Charles s. Barrett, John Hays
Hammond, A. J. Porter, August Bel
mont, George W. Perkins. Alton B.
Parker. Gertrude Beeks Easley. W,
o. Thompson, Theodore Marburg
James Lord, John J. Manning. Wheeler
p Bloodgood, William English Wall
ing. James W. Mullen, Henry l.. Slo-
bodin, A. NJ. Simons, Winfield r. Gay
lord. Gertrude b. Fuller.
The meeting in Chicago will be rep
rcsentative of every walk of useful
American life. And above all, it will
be a national victory for democracy
meeting to welcome home one of de-
mocracy's most powerful and ardent
champions.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
: THE UNION MAN AS A SOLDIER
A TRIBUTE TO AMERICAS FIGHTING MEN BY A
LABOR LEADER.
THOMAS +. FLAHERTY,
AMERICAS FIGHT
LABOR LEADER.

/ had word the other day that n
very close, dear friend of mine,
Brother Valentine 1--WE know him in
the Washington postoffice as Frank)-
Captain Frank Valentine of the Forty
third infantry-had gone over to
France with the Rainbow division and
met his death somewhere in France.
You know him, you know the type
manly. cleancut, courageous-you
see them all about you now, on the
street corners and in the street cars.
He was a typical American soldier
one day postoffice clerk, the next
day captain in the army, and. oh,
he was a fighter. He loathed autoc-
racy, Frank Valentine did. He loathed
it in any form that it manifested itself.
He was active in this organization of
ours because he felt that thru the me-
dunn of organization he could eradi-
cate from our postal service all ves-
tiges of autocracy. He took an active
part in his organization because he
felt that thru its instrumentality we
could make local the human element,
that we could make the American pub
lie realize, and il does not realize now,
that behind the outwardly mechanical
perfection of this postal system there
is big. vital, pulsating human ele-
ment.
Frank Valentine was that sort of n
fighter. do not know the details of
his death-merely n cablcgram that
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
FORMER AMERICAN ARMIES.

In our revolutionary struggle, when
we were but feeble folk. we man.
aged to collect far greater army in
proportion to our population. First
10000, while the population could not
have been more than 1000 900. or an
average of one soldier TO every thir-
teen persons. At a similar proper
ton, we should now have an army of
over 100000.
In the war of 1912 we raised an
army of some 600 900, when the coun-
try's population lSas only about T.
200, 900. or one soldier to twelve per
sons. This would Indicate an army
for this war of at least 100000.
In the war between the sections, it
has been estimated that the Northren
states, with population of 22.O00, 900,
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
WORKERS IN MANY INDUSTRIES TO BE
CLASSIFIED BY COMMUNITY BOARDS
Monthly Survey This Employment
ice, Request of War Industries Board, Make
National Census of Labor in Es-
sential Empoyments.

Orders calling on the community
labor boards to make regular monthly
surveys of the labor employed in GER
tain specified industries were sent to
the federal directors for the states
this week.
These surveys, which were foretold
in the Employment Service Bulletin
of September 27, are being under
taken at the request of the war in
dustries board, for the use of that
board and of the various branches of
the department of labor.
They will provide numerical class
ification Of employees in lightweight
specified industries. covering the field
Of production in which the war in
dustries board and the department of
labor are most interested at the pres
ent time. These lightweight indus
tries include those on the preference
list issued by the priorities division
of the war industries board on Sep
tember 8, excepting a few specific
cases in which the information re-
quired is coming in direct from gov
ernment sources. A few types of in
dustries not on the preference list,
concerning which the war industries
board desires additional information,
are also included.
Scope Not Limited
The present list of industries will
be extended from time to time. Com
munity labor boards desiring to ex-
tend their survey from the outset over
industries not covered in the required
list are urged to do so, subject to the
direction of their federal director
The list of industries for which a
complete survey must be made by all
community labor boards is printed in
this issue of the Bulletin, as is the
form to be used in making the sur
vey. From a study of this form il
will be seen that the monthly returns
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19

raised 2,s60. 900 men. or about one in
eight This proportion would give an
army of over 100000 for use
against Germany.
The South, in the same war, out of a
white population-from which alone it
drew its armies-of something like
5000, 600, put into the field 1000, 900,
or little more than one to eight
This also indicates an army for use
against Germany-should it be needed
of at least 100000 or $4,000, 600
men.
1t can readily be seen by these fig
ures that Uncle Sam is not asking too
much of us.
great indeed Will we allow ours to
be lesss
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
(From an Exchange }


A certain defeated candidate gives
the following inventory of his CAM
paign:
| lost four months and twenty-three
days canvassing; lost one thousand
and thirteen hours sleep thinking
about the election; lost twenty-three
acres of corn and my entire sweet po-
tato crop, donated one hundred and
eleven dollars to church and Red
Cross work; gave away two pairs of
suspenders. four calico dresses and
thirteen baby rattles; kissed one hun
dred and twenty-three babies. kindled
one hundred kitchen fires, put up ten
stoves, washed dishes nine times, cut
eleven cords of wood, carried twenty
four buckets of water. pulled four hun
dred and seventy-four bundles of fod-
der, walked nine hundred and twenty
miles, shook hands nine thousand and
eighty-siN times, told ten thousand
one hundred and one lies and talked
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19

he was among those killed. He had
been in four battles, this to my knowl-
edge was his fifth. but | do know.
knowing the man, that he died a gal
liant, glorious death. | know that he
took into battle, just as all American
soldiers do, the consciousness that he
was fighting for this national govern
ment, and that, while the nation isn't
perfect, because human beings are not
perfect, it is, after all, the very best
governmental machine that human
minds can devise, that it is different
from the German government.
The German boy is taught that the
state has soul, that its highest duty
is to make war and that his highest
duty is to die for it. And to question
the blunders of the government is to
question the divine wisdom of Provi-
dence.
The German can do but three things
he can be q soldier, pay taxes and
keep his mouth shut.
You know that isn't the American
idea mt all. and that wasn't the Frank
Valentine idea. l thought of it yes
terday-the day that he came into the
office to bid me goodbye, he was
cheerful optimist. He expected to
come back. He said in jocular way,
but with almost prophetic vision,
"Tom. if you don't see me again, re-
member that anyhow l will have full
filed the sentiment you so frequently
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
OLD AGE NO LONGER BARRIER

Able bodied men over draft age can
be made skilled workers in training
schools now maintained in many large
factories, says the United States En-
ployment Service Bulletin. THE war
has proved that age is not bar to the
attainment of efficiency in a new
trade" says this government publi
cation. THE man past so has come
back to renewed usefulness in lines of
work never previously tried and from
all parts of the country reports are
proving his great possibilities includ-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
SHOW LESS MINE FATALITIES.

Despite speed at which coal is be-
ing produced in this country, and the
increasing danger of accidents, there
was a reduction of 121 fatalities the
first six months of this year as against
the same period last year. Figures
issued by the federal bureausof mines
show that fatalities during the first six
months last year totaled 1-29S. Dur
ing the same period this year the num-
Der dropped TO l,1T7.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19

enough to make in print one thousand
volumes the size of patent office re-
port. baptized four different times by
immersion and twice sprinkled, con-
tributed fifty dollars to foreign mis-
sions, made love to nine grass wild
ows, got dog bit thirty-nine times and
then got defeated.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19

mentioned, the sentiment in Kipling's
Galley Slave poem"
thought of that yesterday and in
deed | think of it constantly l am
quite sure he did fulfill it. The cou-
plet he referred to was this-I can
almost see him somewhere in France,
gasping with his last tbreath-"Heaven
be praised; whatever comes after /
have lived and toiled with men"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19

harbors report Improvement in the
weeks shipments.
Anthracite production for the week
ending September 2S is estimated at
2.071 900 net tons, an increase over
the preceding week of 224,000 net
tons and over the corresponding week
of last year of 65, 900 net tons.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-04
SAYS ANT Is "CHUCKLEHEAD"
Swedish Naturalist Now Comes For
ward to Destroy Insects Long-Es-
tabished Good Reputation.

The ant has been greatly Overrated,
In the opinion of Rich Eye, Swedish
naturalist. Solomon set the fashion
with his famous admOnition to the
sluggard, and the ant has been living
under false pretenses ever since. For,
as matter of fact, IT is hopeless
chucklehead, and to consider its ways
is no way to become wise
Mark Twain arrived nt this conclu-
sion many years ago, and science now
joins hands with him in the person of
Mr.. Ege, who publishes the results of
series of experiments with ants He
dispOSeS first of the insects supposed
uncnnny power to recognize other ten
ants Of its own anthill. Mr.. Ege wash
ed ants In ether, dipped them in liquid
gained by pressing number Of ants
from another hill, and put them back
among their own friends who prompt
ly fell upon them and elected them.
He took ants 30 times larger than the
inhabitants of certain anthill, wash
ed them and treated them i'm LIQUID
pressed from ants of that hill, and
then placed them in IL. The Lilliputian
invaders. Mr.. Eye concludes, there.
fore, that the supposed remarkably
sharp recognitlonal powers of the in.
sects are simply a matter of scent and
inherited refexes.
Ants removed from familiar paths
blunder blindly along, with no sense
of distance or direction, until they
strike trail made by themselves or
other ants. In many tests made by
Mr, Ege the insects disclosed mo more
intelligence than is to be found in the
digestive processes of human beings"
In other words, he found nearly all
their acts are but movements by re-
fiexes, unconnected with intelligence.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-04
WILSON DRIVES FIRST
RIVET IN NEW VESSEL
Mrs. Wilson Guides Vertical Plate
Into Position and Names
FreiShter.


A'eA'nu'ia' va June o'-fresl-
dent Wilson Thursday drove the
first rivet in the keel of the steamer
Gunston Hall ooo TON sroioh.o,
y"
''N was S'"r'eo at the new VII
mia shipbuilding corporation at
Nexandra.
Mrs [yirsor oIso rIo,.oa ,. :,
.,o loo, Io,.. ,,,,, A.. -,
critical nlote into nos,tior or1
,oming tho Chi, m .bo a.,
II hovon', cot NV r,ior card hr,
' guess it's all right" Ioughod IN,
PRESIDENT. as he clarped sturdy
workman on the shoulder after ~,
white hot end of the rivet had bec
beaten to a round end nicely on
GA ged against the keel plate
Pretty fair work" commented
the shipbuilder with grin.
\ great crowd saw tho bo,i,,i
or the first shin to no bu;,, :, ,o.
rndria since tbe dave who, rou,.
masters nourished on tho po,or,-,
nd Chasanooke hav Cborro, ",
Morse. of New York ranroso~,ir..
.Nr cortrolrirr fra-ciar interosts =,
the Virginia ShinbuiIdinp cor,nar,,
builders of the Gunston Hall vol.
cNmed tbe prosidort o,d ,r,., WE,
on. and in the party from Washing
on were Senators Martin. of Viz
mia; simmons, of North Carolina.
nd Fletcher, of Florida; Sneaker
I Clark, former Sneaker Cannon. Re
oresentative Carlin, Of Virginia.
\ shriekinE of sirens in the shin.
yard announced that the Presidort
had arrived ard when he mounted
the wooden ladder tn the TON or tho
1oncrete ways he was greeted with ,
roar of cheers.
prosidort Wilson nroooodod ,
diateIv to bueiness Tho siono,
-,;van and , gicor,io ,rovo,inn
SLOWLY lowered tho lost boo,,. o,ot,
10 tbe keel into nooitior. tor,nou.,
bolts were n,aced 70 hold :. e.n, a
,hon Srnor;ntordo,t C,au,a
draws oct;rc &c hoo.o au,, 60.
the charcoal furnace bIaziro mn,
of iron and nIaced II tbrousb ono =,
the mu,titudinous bo,ee +, .ho b.,
plate
'p'" '"' ""'"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-04
Unfortunate Seconds"

5 One Of the superstihons of EN-.
ror William III relates to the "II" In
bis title. He fears that some time he
may be compelled to share the fate
of other Seconds" of whom a long
list could be easily compiled from the
pages of European history.
Among a few of ~ uDfortunatei
Richard u - III. Ma
IA, Alex
Fsis
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-04

her mouth, and whe:t Il woman smiles
to herself she's planning something.
and when Il woman is planning some
thing, look out!
When she left that afternoon, tn,
Honorable Peter Hobb, following hi>
usual custom, arose from his desk ant
bowed to her stiffiy.
Goodnight, Miss Wells" he said
gravely, just as he had done every
weekday night for four long years.
Goodnight, Peter Prim, you stiff
thing" laughed Mabel Wells, as she
vanished through the door.
And he stool there in perplexed
wonderment gazing mt the door that
slammed behind her, until grin slow
ly spread over his sober face.
Funny thing-a woman" :" is what
he Snid. But what he thought was en-
tir ~ different. 1t had to do With
what his private secretary might be
expected to do under given circum-
stance. Take kissing, for example.
But during the next afternoon the
honorable Peter was out and his way
ward nephew strolled into his uncle's
private office.
"IICllo, fair one" he greeted Mabel
Familiarity.
I'm glad you're here, Billy" said
Mabel. "Do you know that your
uncle's been trying to get me to marry
youT she laughed. "What do you
think of that?"
"Honcstly?" grinned Billy. II al
Inc
with he reached out and caught Maber
by the forearms.
Behave yourself, Billy" she was
laughing, when the door opened and
Peter HObb entered.
Look here, Bill" he said, grimly, "if
you must hug my private secretary,
kindly arrange to do it after office
hours"
Don't be foolish, Peter" said Ma
bel, demurely. "He wasn't hugging me
at all. He was only trying to. the
fresh youngster. l am perfectly able
10 take care of myself as we'll as the
prOprieties of the Office thank YOU.
Now, Billy" she said. squirting up her
fine eyes and facing the nephew de
terminedly, 'it's time you were help
ing your Uncle Peter. You will re-
port TO the foreman of the shipping
department at eight o'clock tomorrow
morning. Salary sixty dollars to start
"a month, that is. And no fooling,
understand me-"
yours truly, boss" laughed Billy.
as he bowed low before going out the
door.
Tor n moment the Honorable Peter
Hobb stared ut his secretary in amaze
ment, and then ut the letter she had
written TO his nephew, the one he had
signed without reading.
Hes good boy" she smiled, "only
you we're spelling him, Peter"
BIT Peter Hobb waved the subject
of his nephew impatiently, and stood
over his small secretary Stifiy.
"A while ago, you know" he was
saying, awkwardly, 81 waS-I guess
was jealous of the cub, Mabel. dear,
Il"
81 knew, Peter. II knew you
were" said Mabel Wells, shyly.
While from the door, where Billy
Hobb had returned to enter his blond
head for the last word came stern
voice:
Look here, aunty! If you must
kiss my private uncle, kindly arrange
10 do Il after office hours"
And some such arrangements were
subsequently made.