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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
OUR WORKERS ARE MORE EFFICIENT
AND MORE LOYAL THAN GERMANY'S
Secretary Labor William Wilson New York Address Adds
of to o Building Ships Manning
the Navy and Supplies for Our Great
Army Now in France.

been no increase in the income tax,
there would have been no imposition
of the excess profits tax, the capital
list would have been permitted to pro-
coed to reap the benefits of the in
creased prices brought about by vir-
tue of the war. These things alone
clearly demonstrate and have been
presented to the American wage
worker, have convinced him that this
is not q capitalist war, but that this
is a war for democracy and for the
maintenance of the right to work at
our own destinies in our own way. In
many other ways attempts were made
to interfere with the efficiency of our
progress, and it must be said to the
credit Of the American wage worker
that very few of them have been led
astray by false doctrines that have
been preached to them As result,
the American workman today is the
most efficient workman existing any
where.
"You have heard Secretary Daniels
tell of the wonderful achievements in
shipbuilding operations-the progress
that had been made in preparation for
the war. Let me add to what he said
this statement: That the progress
that has been made in shipbuilding
the progress that has been made in
munitions manufacturing, the prog
ress that has been made in building
guns, the progress that has been
made in the production Of food, the
progress that has been made in fur
nishing the supplies Of every kind to
the army and navy of the United
States, is due to the efficiency of the
American workingman.
Before the war and since the war
we have heard great stories Of the
efficiency of the Germans, and yet the
efficiency is principally and was prin-
cipally an advertising efficiency. There
never was a time in the history of
Germany and the United States when
the American workingman was not
the superior in efficiency to the much
advertised Teuton. Taken by and
large, our workers produce approx
mately four times as much per day,
per month and per year as the work.
ers who are in Germany.
"Over there they work upon the
theory Of using all the great mass of
the people for the sole purpose Of pro-
noting the strength and power, and,
If possible, the greatness OF the kaiser
Of Germany. We thus find in our in
situations, compared with theirs-it
follows without the necessity Of as
sertion-that our people, whether they
are Of the workers or Of the others,
will not end this struggle until there
is no longer the remotest possibility
Of the power Of an autocrat being i'm
posed on the people Of the United
States"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
COAL OR BOOZE IS
PUT TO CONGRESS
LIQUOR TRAFFIC HINDERS
FUEL PRODUCTION.
Bituminous Operators Present Some
Astounding Figures to pr. Gar
field: May Determine Pend
ing Liquor Legislation

Immediate nationwide prohibition
is absolutely necessary if the extra
100 ,000, 900 tons of coal a year needed
by the country in its war on Germany
is to be mined, Fuel Administrator
Garfield has been informed by the
National Coal Association, represent
ing bituminous operators producing
400 100000 tons of coal annually. DR..
Garfield is understood to have laid the
associations Recommendation before
President Wilson for his considera-
ton.
In statement this week the asso-
citation said that in the opinion of a
special committee of its members from
virtually all coal producing sections
of the country which has investigated
the question. the country cannot have
both booze and sufficient coal this
winter"
"The liquor traffic" said the state
ment, ''is curtailing coal production
and the time has come to eliminate it
if there is to be the substantial in
crease in coal output the war program
demands.
"The National Coal Association is
informed that the conclusion not only
is the Judgment Of the operators, but
is concurred in by Frank Harrington,
president Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America for the state Of ILL
nois. Mr.. Harrington is said to have
gone on record to this effect before
President Wilson'S food administra-
tor, Garfield, and senators and repre-
sentatives Of Illinois in Congress"
A summary Of the report said:
Regardless Of political aflliations
Of the members Of the association and
leaving out Of consideration the moral
issues involved and basing it, opinion
entirely on economic and patriotic
grounds, the committee unanimously
and unquAlifiedly believes that nomi-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

Tell 'em you saw it in the Bulletin.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
GOVERNMENT SEEKS WORKERS,
Men and Women Wanted for War
Jobs in Washington.

The United States government has
begun the construction of temporary
hotels in Washington that will house
more than 5000 persons, and with s.
900 rooms in the city on the registra-
ton list, the civil service officials be-
lieve they have solved the housing
problem for the war, so now they are
hustling for more employees.
Charles W. Cochran, secretary Of
the Denver civil service commission
has been asked by the government
officials to aid them In obtaining men
and women for work in Washington.
Applications for these jobs must be
made, however, to the United States
civil service commissioner in the post
Office building.
The government wants engineers of
all kinds, stenographers, telegraphers,
radio men. clerks Of all kinds, me-
chanics, chemists, architects and about
every other class of worker one can
think Of
Tell 'em you saw it in the Bulletin.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
MOOCHER GEORGE
Is IN BAD AGAIN
FEDERAL OFFICERS HAVE
EAGLE EYE ON HIM.
Traitorous Letter to Musicians Union
Arouses Three Hundred Members
Of That Body, Who Are After
the Trouble Breeder.

Moocher Herb George, president Of
the phantom Employers Association
of Denver, who thrives to the extent
he is able to breed Industrial trouble,
has again run up against the federal
| authorities. Herb is in the same class
with Ben Salmon and others who are
giving aid and comfort to the enemy,
and ought to be confined in federal
prison for sedition.
Last weeks issue of The Bulletin
contained an article telling how the
professional moocher had attempted
to butt in on a new wage scale
adopted by Denver Musical Protect
i've Association No. 20 for Curtis street
| moving picture houses. Secretary
Kessler replied that for twenty-five
years the union musicians had man.
aged to transact their business with
out the aid of outside "negotiators,"
and that if assistance were needed
Moocher George would certainly not
be invited.
Solar Plexus for Herb.
This hit Herb in a tender spot, and
he wrote a letter to Secretary Kess-
Ter charging the musicians with dis
loyalty and intimating that he in
tended to "expose the bunch of pro-
Germans"
The Musicians Union laid the mat
ter before United States District At
torney Tedrow and this matter, to-
gether with other seditious utter
ances, writings and printed state
ments of Moocher Herb George have
been laid before the government au-
! thorities at Washington.
High Degree of Loyalty.
r
sicians Union has been one of the most
loyal organizations in this city. Its
members have bought heavily of Lib
erty bonds and war stamps, and do
mated their services free of charge in
all war parades. In the recent war
savings parade the union contributed
$500 worth of music free, and its
members pledged for over $4,000 in
war savings stamps.
No one in Denver has ever been
able to discover where Moocher Herb
George has contributed one cent or
exerted a single effort to help win
the war. On the other hand, he is
exercising what feeble brain power he
possesses to aid the kaiser and the
Hun hordes.
Must Be American Citizens.
Besides the American Federation of
Musicians was the first national or
ganization of labor or any other in
dustrial body to write strict Ameri-
canism into its constitution. Section
9 of the constitution and bylaws reads
as follows:
mo local shall issue a card to an
applicant unless he be citizen of the
United States or Canada. If an ap-
plicant who does not hold citizenship
in either country resides in the
United States, he must, in order to
become eligible for membership, de-
clare his intention of becoming a citi-
zen, by taking out his first papers.
But member so accepted shall COM
plete his naturalization within seven
years after the time said application
was made Failure to comply with
the requirements of this section shall
invalidate membership in the Ameri-
can Federation of Musicians"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
BIG BANKING CRISIS.

Neightor-"Got much money in
your bank, Bobby?"
Bobby-"Gee, no, The depositors
have fallen of somethin' fierce since
sister got engaged" Boston Tran
script.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
SABBATH PREPAREDNESS.

Old Lady-"Does your father live
in the fear Of the Lord :"
KIDD reckon he does-leastways
he allus takes q gun with him whom
he goes out on straightforward.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
WOULD RAISE AGE ID 4O WILL NOT MEET GERMANS
DRAFTED MEN TOO YOUNG AS
 4 RULE.
House Military Committee Told That Legislation Within Few
 Months Is Possible.

Washington, D C.-Legislation raising the draft age to 70 years was discussed as a possibility within few months al meeting of Provost Mar shal General Crowder with the house military committee. Although Crow der made no specific recommenda- tions, members of the committee said afterward that the war department was considering a plan for changes.
 An appropriation of s15,762. 900 was asked by Gen. Crowder for expenses of the draft for the next fiscal year. Registration of men reaching the age of 2l will require the examination. he said. of half million more men than originally provided for. Class I. the general said. now has total of about 2 2.265 .o00 men. of whom 2.o00000 are effeetiyes.
 Chairman Dent announced he would ask the house to eliminate an amend ment giving states credit for velun- teers
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
Rheumatism
 ReIief--25c.
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 Dt's Guaranteed.

There arc three vital processes of human eAistenCe,-the digestion oe food. the extraction of nourishment trom 1t and the elimination of waste
 Poor digestion and assimilation means failure to derive full nourish- ment from food and that Tn turn often means impoverished blood. weakness. anemia, etc. Poor elimination means m accumulation of waste matter which poisons the body. lowers vitality. decreases the power of resistance to disease and leads to the dcvelopmenr Of many serious ills.
 Eheumotism.-du to some Inter Terence with the process ot ellmina- ton. failure to get rld of certain body poisons, cannot be expected to yield the condition responsible for it. Gould any reasonable person expect to rid himself of rheumatic pain as lang as rheumatic poison Is allowed 10 remain ln the body.
 Think Of this It explains tho suo- ress of Nature Remedy 6SR TahletsD tn 30 many cases where other medicines have failed. Thousands are using NR Tablets every day and get- ting relief. Why pay Ave or ten A 25c box of Natures Remedy tNR Tahlets), containing enough 10 last twenty i've days,-must help you. must give you prompt relief and sat- lsfactory benefit or cost you nothing.
 Nature'c Remedy is not only for the relief of rheumatism It i'm. proves digestion. tones the liver. reg Olates kidney and bowel action. im- proves the blood and cleanscs the system. You've tried the expensive medicines and doctors. now make the real test You'll get results this time T'ahlets) is sold. guaranteed and recommended by vour druGhi6I,
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
DELEGATES TO LABOR BODY RE
 FUSE RECOGNITION.
French Socialists, However, Demand Conference With Foes Labor
 Representatives.

Paris.-E'riction between the Amer. can labor delegates and the French Socialists aud laborites Is developing in spite of each days attempt to reach an understanding It has reached the point where agreement seems impos. sible.
 The French Socialists are insistent upon a conference with German labor. The Americans are handicapped by their lack of knowledge of the Ian suage and by the fact of the war weariness of the French masses. which the French Socialists are trying to explain. The Americans are firm in their resolution not to partic pate in an international conference For several days each side has been re. lterating it's convictions without any indication of compromise.
 At the meeting at the Bourse du Travail. the French delegation. in Il heated discussion. presented the French Views. Albert Thomas. the for mer minister, was called in to quiet the squall He did not succeed, for the Americans remained firm and would not be swerved one inch from the stand they took the moment they set foot on the shores of Europe.
 The position of American labor is that it cannot meet the Germans in conference until the Prussian machine has been defeated. irrespective of what cloak may be used to shield such a meeting" George Berry told the cor respondent.
 Many of the French labor leaders have given up hope of inducing the American leaders 10 sanction such a conference
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
BREAD AND OIL TREATY

Amsterdam.-The Rheinische West which has been received here. prints the following:
 We have concluded bread peace Bread Is on the way-to Austria. With Roumania We have concluded peace which. besides bread. is 10 bring us petroleum. IL is long way from Roumania 10 Berlin Between them lies Austria. to whose furnishing border population in German Bohemia and Tyrol we have had 10 supply food to save them from death by starva tion The German people know all that. Is it any wonder they have be come skeptical7"
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
BAPTIZED NEAR FRONT LINE
Admitted in France Into Membership of Presbyterian Church in
 Minneapolis

Minneapolis-A baptism just be hind the American lines in France was followed Sunday hy the admission of Walter II. Larson, the baptized. into full membership of the Stewart Memorial Presbyterian church.
 In the \. NJ (. A hut on the west ern front Larson was baptized by the Rev. Oscar F.. Mauer. T. M. (. A. company secretary He was pastor of the Center Congregational church. in New Haven. Conn. before the war He sent certificate of baptism to the Rev. J. o, Buswell of Stewart Me. morial church. Larson. whose home Is in Minneapolis. is serving in the regular army.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
MRS. COWLES HEADS WOMEN
Californian Is Chosen President of the General Federation at
 Hot Springs

Hot Springs. Ark.-The results o' the election of officers of the General Federation of Women's Clubs for the ensuing biennial term. made public. were as follows:
 President-Mrs Josiah Evans Cowles. California
 First Vice President-Miss Georgie Bacon, Massachusetts.
 Second Vice President-Mrs. Thom- as C. Winter. Minnesota
 Recording Secretary-Mrs. Adam Weiss. Colorado
 Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Mary 1 Wood. New Hampshire
 Treasurer-Mrs Benjamin Clark Iowa
 Auditor-Mrs. William P Harper. Washington.
 Mrs. Cowles. Miss Bacon and Mrs Harper were reelected
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16

we'll and feel fine in the morning and able to do my work. l gladly recom- mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to make weak nerveo strong. "- Mrs. ALBERT SuLTzE, 6lS Olmstead St, Winona, Minn.
 How often do we hear the expressioo among women, '1 am so nervous, can. not sleep" or "it seems as though ! should fy." Such women should profit by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound, trial.
 For forty years it has been overcom- ing such serious conditions as displacs. ments, inflammation, alteration. irreg. ularities, periodic pains, backache, diS. xiness, and nervous prosration of women, and is now considered the stan. dsrd remedy for such ailments.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
CLEANER PRESSING URGED

Washington.-.To save wheat and other small grains by cleaner thresh. ing. special grain.threshlng grain di. NIsIon has been created under the food administration grain corporation of New York.
 capt. Kenneth D. Hequembourg. | $, K. an active wheat producer oi OK lahoma. has been placed at the head or the new division It Is estimated that three bushels of grain are lost in every loo threshed
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
WAGE INCREASE IS
 ALIGNED R. R. MEN
Advances to 1,939,3 ,39e Employ eeS, Based on Living Cost,
 Totals s3OO,OOo,OOO.
'ADOO MAY NOT APPROVE IT
Report of Commission Submitted to Di- rector General Results in Protest From Four Principal Broth
 erhoods

Washington. D. C., May 9.-Railroad will receive wage advances ranging from l 10 43 per cent to the lowest paid workers, the total aggregating S3ooW0,0o0, according to the report of the railroad wage commission submit ted to Director General McAdoo.
 MT. MeAdoo is expected to adopt only part of the recommendations and probably will make number of diff ferent alignmentS In deciding what wage increases shall be granted
 In general, the director general ad- vocates higher pay for most classes of workmen to enable them to meet in- creased living costs, but he has been represented as favoring proportionate- ly larger increases for some classes than for others now making the same pay. He also is strongly opposed to granting wage increases which might disarrange the general scheme of pay existing throughout other industries.
 Leaders to Protest
 ne feadeFS or the four principal railway brOtherhoodS found on ex- amining the report that they had been recommended for less than half the increases they had asked of the railroad managements before govern ment control started and which they repeated before the commission Their demands had been for an average of somewhat less than 10 per cent. and increases for them average less than 70 per cent
 Some union leaders who anticipated that the commiSSiou'S recommends tionS wonld not be for IS great amounts as they had asked already have appealed te Director General Me Adoo to amend the proposed scale to give them higher pay. Others how ever. virtually have agreed 10 accept the report.
 The Wage advances. which range all the way from $l to S34 month. are Increases above the amount of pay each employee was receiving on De cember 31, 1915. Employees who have received advances since that date will benefit now to the extent of the differ ence between their present wage and that fixed by the wage commission.
 The net cost of the additional pay
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
AN ATTAGA UT un.r USUALLY LEAVES KI9HHS
 IN WEAKEHED CosDITlOn

Doctors in all parts of the country hsve been kept busy with the epidemic of grip which has visited so many hoDes. Tho symptoms of grip this year are often sesy distressing and leave the system in . run down condition. particularly the kdneyS which seem to suffer most. as almost every victim complains of lame back and urinp ary troubles which should not be neglect ed. as these danger signals often lead to dangerous kidney troubles. DruggistP report large sale on Dr. kilmsft Swamp-Root which so many people ~ soon heals and strengthens the kidnsyS after an attack of grip. Swamp Root being an herbal compound. has a gentle healing effect on the kidneys. which is d. most immediately noticed in most cAss by those who try it. Dr kilmer q Co., Binghamton. N. Y. offer to send . am pie size bottle of Swamp Root, on receipt of ten cents. to every sufferer who rS quests it. A trial will convince anyone who may be in need of it, Regular medS um and large size bottles. for sale e all druggists. Be sure to mention tAis paper.-Adv.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
Costa Rica Congress criticises u. 8

San Jose, Costa Rica. The Costa Rican congress by vote of 2s 10 has voted confidence in the govern. ment of President Frederico A. II noeo and at the same time passed a resolution expressing regret at the a,. titude of the American government to ward Costa Riea.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
FROM ALL OVER

The manufacture of porcelain pyro- meter tubes Is new industry,
 A Pennsylvania farmer is the inven- tor of a device to he worn on one hand lto tie knots In twine.
 Italy prohibits mills producing wheat flour for bread In which less than so per cent of the grain Is used
 Many tropical plants possess light giving qualities, their flowers and stems being luminous and their juices phosphorescent.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16

to the railroads Is estimated at s260,. 100000 This is exclusive of the esti mated deficit of $500, GOO, 900 in govern ment operation of the railroads this year, as result of which Director General McAdoo contemplates ad- vancing passenger rates at least 2h per cent and freight rates possibly as much as 15 per cent.
 Based on Living Cost.
 The scheme of wage advances adopt ed is based on an inquiry into the cost of living, which the commission found has increased approximately 40 per cent to the average railroad em- ployee receiving SS1 a month.
 The commission fayors shorter average workday. presumably eight hours. but decided that in the war emergency the nation could not afford to put into effect reform that would slow down the war machinery and discriminate against other classes of workers being called upon for great sacrifices.
 Rates of overtime pay are not dis
 
 turhed and the increases are adjusted to the mileage basis of compensation of some employees. road engineer, for example, receiving an increase Of 11L per cent in his mileage rate. scheme of applying the increases to piece work and overtime therefor Is also provided.
 An important feature of the report was the recommendation that where the same service Is rendered the pay shall be the same. without discrimina- tion as to sex or race.
 Report of Commission.
 The report of the commission, con siSting Of Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior; Charles C. McChord, l. Harry Covington, and William k. Wilcox. Is an exhaustive one. In part the report says:
 'The requests which have come to us for wage increases, would. if fully granted. involve an additional outlay in wages of somewhat over SlUN,ooo.- GOO per year in excess of the wage fund of last year, which exceeded S2,0oo. o00. .000 Some asked for an increase of 100 per cent in their pay, and from thlS they graduated downward to 10 per cent None were satisfied with their present wages.
 An unprecedented call had come for men Of certain trades in connection with the new industries that had been created hv the war in Europe and this long before our entry into the conflict. MachiniStS and iron workers of ail Kinds found themselves to he essential to the great muuition plants and day labor ef the most unskilled character rose into high demand
 Gut or Those Not Needed
 "fhe commission recommends that during fhe period of government eeH= duct of the railroads no salaries paid to officials who are not essential to the operation of the roads Shall be charged as part of the operating ex penseS.
 There should be constituted tri= buual or tribunals to continue the study of railroad labor problems. com posed in part at least of men expert enced in this kind of work, for con ditions are ever changing.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
Prize 10 Illinois U Man.

Chicago. first Joseph F, Lou bat prize of $i.000 for the best wo,k in the English language on history. geography. archaeology, ethnology. phi lology or numismatics in North Amer. ica has been won by Clarence Wal. worth Alvord, professor of history at the University of Illinois.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
Papers for Warriors.

Washington The house adopted a resolution providing for admission 10 after the war of aliens who have left the country 10 join the mili- tary forces of any nation which now is belligerent of the United States
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
Omaha Mayor Defeated

omaha,-"Cowboy Jim" Dahlman. mayor of Omaha for the past 14 years. and the entire city commission exoepl Dan B. Butler. were swept out of ot flee in the recent election.
The Dermott news., 1918-05-16
RritIah Family Slain.

Eagle Pass. Tex.-Mexican bandits have murdered the entire family of Frederick Hillcoatt at Lamaripaso. in the Santa Rosa mountains. near Mug. quiz. Mexico. 260 miles south of Eagle Pass. according to telegram received here.