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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12
NEED MORE NURSES
UNIONS ASKED TO COOPERATE
IN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN.
Survey of Country Being Made This
Month as to Resources SO Essential
to Securing Additional Help.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 1, 1918.
To Trades Union Official Journals and
Labor Papers:
Greeting: We are in receipt of
letter from the national headquarters
of the American Red Cross advising
upon the urgent request of Surgeon
General Gorgas, United States army,
endorsed by Secretary of War Baker,
the American Red Cross will make a
nationwide survey of the country's
nursing resources during October.
This information is needed because of
the increased military program and
the necessity of having definite infor-
nation as to the number of nurses
available for military service. The
work of the survey will be done thru
the Red Cross chapters and branches.
The American Federation of Labor
operation of all affiliated bodies, and
that the local bodies secure the serv-
ices of women relatives of members
for the nearest Red Cross chapter or
branch to help locate nurses in their
community.
Because of the Importance of the
matter we communicate the request
of the American Red Cross to the
trades union official journals and labor
papers, being confident that they will
be glad to assist in the matter by Civ
ing publicity to it thru their columns
Fraternally yours,
FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary American Federation of
Labor.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12
MORE THAN THIRTY SKILLED CRAFTS
INCLUDED IN BUILDING WAR SHIPS
Over Half Million Trained Men Now Are Engaged
uction of Vessels for United States Shipping
.gency Fleet Corporation Whom Schwab Terms
Merchant Geniuses of Anne

the sheer plan (side elevation), and
half breadth plan and the body plan
(end elevation).
These three plans give the shape
of the ship. From them templates or
moulds can be made by the loftsmen.
These templates or moulds can be
made by the loftsmen. These tenn
plates or moulds are light wooden or
paper patterns, from which the steel
for the various parts of the hull can
be laid Off and marked for shearing
punching, planning and other opera
tions.
Shipfitter's Work Important.
Probably the one metal worker
whose trade may be said to be purely
shipbuilding trade is the shipfitter.
His work consists in marking off the
steel material for different parts of
the ships hull. This is done usually
by means of template fitted or
marked off from other parts already
in place on the ship. In some cases
the material is marked off directly
without the use of template, from
dimensions taken from blue print or
other plan.
Drillers are used extensively. Work
men of this class do both drilling and
reaHlnS. 1hls is because large por-
tion of the rivet holes in the different
parts of n ship are punched in the
shop before the parts are erected, but
in some cases the holes must be drilled
on the ship. When the parts that are
punched are fitted in place, in spite of
the most careful workmanship, it will
usually be found that many of the
rivet holes in connecting pieces do not
come quite fair, that they overlap
slightly.
These unevennesses are removed by
roaming, which consists in slightly
enlarging the holes so as to make them
fair and perfectly cylindrical so tina,
they will be completely filled by the
rivets.
Riveters do spectacular work in
the construction of ship and the
rat-a-tap of the pneumatic driving
force they use in their work has :
fascination like the anvil in the ole
village blacksmith shop holds fol
many of us.
Rivets Hold Ship Together.
The riveting of ship is what hold.
the various parts together. 1t give.
the hull its watertightness, strength
and safety. Each rivet must b,
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12

Beats them all. La Belle &c cigar;
union made in Denver.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12

Dance programs, ball tickets and
window cards-we print 'em right.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12

Try a Principe de Lees cigar for nm
after-dinncr smoke. Union made.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12
BUT DID THIS GET OVER,

Irate Parent-"You can get rid Of
money faster than any man I know"
Son-"True, dad, but listen: BY
getting rid of It quickly l save lots
of time, and time, you know, Is
money."-Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
New Fish Alibi.

In Kentucky, the other day a man
who has always borne good reputation
told story, after a days outing, to the
effect that he was thrown down and badly
beaten by five foot piekerel that he had
just landed, which circumstance, he said,
accounted for the fact that he was com
PEELED to return home empty handed. The
incident suggests possible means of
| adding material to the United States
revenues. How, for instance, would Mr.
kitchin and Mr.. McAdoo regard propo-
sition to establish standard size fol
| fish stories, fixing a high tax on those
running above the license limit? The
plan, it would seem. should work ou1
profitably i'll two ways. 1t would yielC
! large money returns to the government
and discourage extravaganza of state
ment. On the other hand, however, i
might discourage those flights of mag
nation which go SO far toward shorten
ing long winters evening in the SINAI
town. Christian Science Monitor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
CZARINA REPORTED BURNED.
She and Three Daughters Said to Be
Fire Victims.

LONDON, Sept 20-The former
Russian Empress and three princesses
and two grandduchesses, whose names
are not reported, were burned to death
about a month after the Russian en-
peror was shot, according to a story
reaching here The source of the story
is given consideration in some quarters
and an investigation has been started.
After the former emperor was killed
the women were taken to an isolated
village, according to the present re-
port, and made prisoners in resi-
dence They were there only a few
days when crowd of bOlsheviki at
tackled the house The women barri-
caded the doors and the house was
set on fire. All the persons in the house
persisted.
There have been various reports as
to the fate of the former Russian en-
press and her daughters. A London
newspaper on September 10 reported
! that she and her four daughters had
been murdered by the bolsheviki. This
report was denied a few days later 10y
the bolshevik foreign minister.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
FEARS BRITISH ELECTION.
Writer in London Times Warns of Dan
ger of Holding One This Fall.

LONDON, Sept 20.-A sensation has
been caused by letter signed Elk
Minister, - published in The London
Times yesterday, asking: care we
all going mad?' The writer whose iden
tity is the subject of much guess work,
Lord Roseberry' s name being most fire.
quently mentioned, considers that the
immediate dissolution of Parliament
would be source of dissipation, and
adds:
ain the midst of the terrible stress
of this gigantic war, perhaps at the SUI
preme crisis of this war, when we are
straining every muscle and making
every sacrifice to concentrate on the
struggle for life or death, are we going
to plunge Great Britain, and Ireland
beside, into the descriptive chaos of a
general election2-a general election
with all its dissipation of energy, its
various and incaleulable issues, its dis
traction from the only purpose, which
signifies at this moment it would really
seem a plan of our enemies or our in
visible hand, whatever that limb may
| be. -
The Times makes no comment on thu
letter, its publication of which arouse
much speculation, for Lord Northclff,
has generally been understood to hav
been one of the strongest advocates o
a general election this autumn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
ANNUAL MEETING OF
CONGREGATIONALISTS
Windham Association Meets with West
Brattleboro Church October mis-
sionary from Turkey Will Speak

The 18th annual meeting of the Wind
ham Association of Congregational
Churches will be held with the First Con-
gregational church in West Brattleboro
on Tuesday, October l. Sessions will
begin 10 a. m, l.30 and 7.30 p. m. Nine
teen Congregational churches in the coun-
ty are entitled to send five delegates
each
The Church a Unifying Force in a
Divided World, viii be the general theme
Of the meeting. Rev. Lyndon $. Boards
lee of Dummerston will speak on Divi,
sions in the World Today. The annual
sermon will be preached by Rev. Rich
ard II. Clapp of the Centre church. The
subject of an address by Rev. c. c. Mer.
rill. secretary of the Vermont conference
will be Unifying Protestant Churches II
Vermont.
Speakers from outside the state vii
| include Rev Charles Riggs, mission
airy of the American Board in Turkey
, whose subject is Internationalsm, anC
4 Secretary c. +. Burton of the Congrega
| tional Home Missionary society, who vii
give an address in the evening on tn
subject, Can the Church Make Democ
racy Safe for America?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
A Button Yarn.

There is one thing which civilian cloth
ing. details have not taken up so lar as
weshave been able to find out, and that is
the question of buttons on the sleeves OF
mems coats.
is-if we are to believe a current cloth
ing advertisement-on of history.
In days of old, our forefathers, al
though valiant trencher men, suffered
from lack of table hardware and linen
The tale runs that napkins were not in
use in great many families and that
men folk, in place of the napkin, used
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
Red Cross Notes.

In some unaccountable way Red
Cros workers have received the impress
sion that there is no work to be done
on surgical dressings at the Red Cross
romms. While there are no congresses
or tampons to be made, the work for
the coming month is a very large num-
Der of pads of a different sort than
any made here before and which take
more time to do. Regular attendance
will be necessary in order to get then
done in the time allowed. For the bene
| fit of those who failed to see the no
| tice in the Reformer of Sept II, tn,
time of the meeting is given once more
Work on surgical dressings Monday aft
crnoons and evenings Wednesday aft
ernoons and eveigs ad Thursday aft
eroons; also any morning. Tuesda,
| and Friday afternoons will be give
over entirely to sewing, of which Their
is large amount.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
BRITISH RAIL STRIKE AVERTED
Both Men and Women Workers to Get
Higher Pay.

LONDON, Sept. Announcement
was made last evening that settle
ment had been reached between the
striking railroad employees and their en-
ploycrs. The threatened national rail
way strike has been averted.
James Henry Thomas, labor member
of parliament and general secretary of
| the National Union of Railway Men,
announced the dispute was settled at a
| conference between the executive of
the National Union of Railway Men
and the war cabinet.
The agreement provides for an in
crease of five shillings weekly for male
and female workers over Is years oil
age and two shillings sixpencc for those
under Is. The government also is TO ap
point a committee to inquire into th'
question of equal pay for men and WON
en- for equal work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
Doubled OH Canning Sugar.

Food Administrator Lester III. Greene
of Montpelier in going through the sug
ar cards found as many as a dozen per-
sons who had "doubled' on sugar al
lotment for canning purposes. They
.or some member of the family had Sc
#cured the sugar of the grocer and then
when they applied for canning sugar
cards had forgotten about the sugar
thew had received Mr.. Greene imme-
diatelv called them by telephone and
every one patriotically" agreed to
send the sugar back and it is believed
most of them have done so. Whether
anything further will be done in the
matter is not known, awaiting the com
ing of Inspector Wood. In Rutland
where similar state of affairs existed
penalties were imposed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin is sunburned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the iuicoof two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint Of the best freekle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion
boautilicr, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into tho face, neck, arms
and hands eaelf day aud see how
frcckles, sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and white
the skin becomes. Yes! 1t is harm
less.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20

could have been sewed on the jerkin, coat.
or suit of armor, as the case may have
been, and when the sandpaper that was
inserted in this guide became too greasy
to strike a flint on, a new one could have
been put on.
Verify, we do not know what we have
escaped.
Suffice it to say that with the. advance
of modern civilization, napkins became
more popular, the habit referred to fell
into disuse, but the buttons had been so
long on the coat sleeve, as reminder
of things that had been, they were re-
tanned. but on the outside of the sleeve.
'Spretty story, isn't it?-Wonalancet
Way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
STATE NEWS.
Pick Up Desarter in Rutland.

George William Porcau, alias VIII
liam Hayes, an alleged desertcr from
the American army, passed Wednesday
night in the guardhouse at Fort Ethan
Allen. He was picked up in Rutland
after he had been arrested by Chief of
Police II. A. Mattison. Tho suspicious
Of the police of Rutland were directed
TO him because Of his prolonged stay
at the home of his cousin, and because
they had telegram from government
authorities to look up a descrtcr named
George William Hayes. 1t developed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
the side of the sleeve of their coats near

the side Of the sleeve OF Their coats near
est their mouths.
Then, one fine day, either napkins We're
discovered or linen cloth became cheaper.
| suppose this was previous to the time
of the roller towel used in the kitchen.
At any rate. as a sort of mental reminder
to the man at his own table, buttons
were placed on the side of the sleeve near
est to his face.
l presume if sandpaper and matches
had been invented at that time. a strip
of this paper might have been placed on
the sleeve in place of buttons and would
have served double purpose.
As we think of it, it seems entirely
reasonable that a sort of metal guide
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
Jealous.

He-Doesn't Maud look like peach
tonight?
She-Yes, but she didn t get the
bloom evenly distributed Boston
Transcript,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
ADJUSTMENTS.
Attractions at the Movies.

Harold Lockwood in Lend Me Your
Name. a fve-act comedy drama, and
The Retreat of the Germans, Official
British War Pictures, are the attrac-
tons at the Empire today. Tomorrow
Hobart Henley in A Child of Mystery
in five acts, and Ben Wilson in The
Mystery Ship will be the attractions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20

that Porcau enlisted under that name
in the aviation section, depot supply
department, and deserted several days
ago from Middletown, Pa. He will be
taken back to his detachment by an of
ficer in a day or two to face court mar
tial
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20

Difficulties are life's dynamos; they
give the power that turns fortunes
wheels.-IIartford Courant.
Get the habit of doing things right.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Copyright. 1918. by Fred g. Gucrriich)
} have :; late 1916 O., car. which
ground my valves in good and examined my
'Snndcrs and was advised not to put In new
rihSs. After doing This. I still do not get
me power originally did. got twenty
teen miles My carburetor hoods and CON
u.nucs TO run nearly every time | stop. so
mat IL becomes necessary for me 10 cut
on my gasoline when this occurs. re-
CentiE put in a new float and ground the
hoat valve Ny car nclinos 10 run to the
left side mostly when travelling on a straight
ana Icrei road. Since tn" cold waa Their mas
come come u lakes me anywhere from twenty
nv. 10 forty-tvr minutes get my car
started. l have to nil UP with hot water
also pour hot water over intake or mani
ioIa pipe. then prime III. cylinders heavily
Ny battery spins The motor line. aud hrali,
! have to crank II about a dozen or more
times b"ior" II Will regularly 70.
tcntly put in storage battery and |
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22

often heated by hot-water jacketing
them. using the hot water from the top
purpose Many cars have Il valve placed
In the piping of this water so as TO
be able, 10 prevent the circulation o.
the water through the jacket in sum
mer This valve Is generally found
near the water pump. II will be well
for owners to be sure that this valve Is
open In winter. Usually IL Is open
when the handle is parallel TO the
body OF the valve.
NONFREEZING LIauID
SHOULD he USED
nonfreezing liquid should be put into
the water.in the radiator. The writer
likes dcnaturcd alcohol for this pur-
pose.
to use from the following table:
twenty-five per cent alchohol. 40
"atcr. freezes at zero.
Thirty per cent aichohol. 30 water
freezes at iive degrees below zero.
for;y per cent aichohoi. 80 water.
In time the alchoh6 will evaporate
and so some additional liquid must
De added from time TO time. No rule
the alcohol Will evaporate quicker
than one in which the water is com
paratively cool. IT will also cvaporate
quicker IN a car which liz driven muc!!
than in one little driven.
II ~ often good practice to cover
as 10 prevent the passage Of the air
through Il. II The water in the radia
TOR tends TO boil this covering should
bc removed.
Those who are using heavy OIL in
,ngir enEings may do we'll to use :.
lNs congealing viii make the crank.
'nr Of the engine difficult. and 50 make
starting har9.
inr OF the. spark plug points In winter.
Doing this viii often prove a help
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
'|MPL|F|ED LESSONS IN
CARE or AUTOMOBILE.
expert Gucrllich Explains Cold Eli.
Sine Trouble and Rgnc-
dial Methods.
iAKEs PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
IN Intimate Article on Motor We
hicies' Working Units, WITH Sub
jccts Discussed in WAY That Lazy
men May Understand Them.
AUTO LESSON NO. us.

~
. fC"ryrisht. 1913. by Frcde. c. Guerriich> !
In cold weather. the best designed
nsines, VIII often be difficult TO start
nd will not give the best performance
NTH the engine and the cooling water
ave become warm. In real cola
y s,n,,re NAM WIN reauire s4,n INA,
tart at all.
The cause OF this cold weather
roubte IL almost entirely due to the
act that gasoline will NOT vaporizc at
empcratures below about 90 even when
2 u partial vacuum, and that Il mist
4 -, me gasoline will -condensc WHEN ~
oid' go that it is difficult TO get the
ucl into the cylinders.
Actually, the carburetor Will func-
ION properly. the gasoline spraying
to a mist, but then instead Of this
1iSt changing To a gas. II strikes the
old manifold ana rcondenses on it.
nstead OF going on and into the
yiinders. Thus instead OF n mixture
( gasoline and air reaching the cyiin-
e rs ar alone will reach them
helhe IN cold weather. anG what 40
.cep IL going?
For the first. the mixture must he
ohds so rich in gasoline, that wnilc
nc cylinders and so give a mixture
or an explosion. To keep the engine
;;oins. at the slower speeds. heat must
lie supplied. either by heating the air
'efore IL passes through the carbr:c-
or. or by warming the manifold.
me mixture Is made rich for start
rS In a number OF ways. Some car
,urctors have an attachment by which
ne opening OF the nozzle can be in
reased from the dash while all either
ave device for choking OF the air
"hat IS known AS choke "alvc) or
or flooding the Carburctor by holding
own the float.
iErfIOD TO he USED IN
EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER.
Generally using these printing de-
ices VIII he all that is necessary To
tart the engine. but in extreme cold
weather. II viii often be necessary to
rhine tn. engine by pouring u little
a" gasoline into IT," cylinders through
ne compression cocks or spark piug
ioies WARMING the gasoline used for
his purpose by placing the can in
rhiCh l. IL in IN boiling 3Stcr for Il
Will" viii help when Il is found that
wen lIy pr!ming In this way the engine
loes not start, Spinning the crank
handle vigorously viii also holp.
unfortnmatcly there is al present no
"a It's factory way 10 supply. iisa, when
itarting the engine. but. once the ciI-'
.ine iras started. tn" air which passes.
hrouGh the carbur"tor can hc heated
~ Placing 4 device. called q stove
.'Ner the exhaust pipe. 50 as to make
ne ar shrSt pass over TINS hot pipe
''rcn The stove a flexible hose IS run
q the air Intake Of the carhurctor Al
he end of this hose a shutter. as shown
~ y. fig, J. Is generally placed IN
t1Id weather this shutter should be
,losed.. while it should he open IN no,
weather Most people do not know the
PURPOSE OF this shutter and ,runi'their
AT with Il open i'm winter. The cngin.
NH run better and start easier sc 1t
jc Kept closed.
The manifold and carbure,or .,are
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
no,lce moss haas besun TO aeeumula,e on

In,o'ic" moss has begun to accumulate on
a L: your compression ia good and The
mower is due TO poorly adjusted carbu-
that your mixture can lie made richer Tha
mahcrs of your ear changed the carburcior
about the time yours was brought out. and
! do not know II you have the old n-w
type. II you have the new type and close
the choke valves and usc the dash control
for making the mixture rich; you will have
no trouble starting unless the adjust msnts
arc for much too lean mixture. II Won
have the old carburetor. try giving III.
Ing. and then turn tho needle back when
the engine ~ warm. Bending the arm OF
needle seat sooner may correct your flooding
trouble" Improper sctting OF the reach iOu.
or irr"guinrly inflated tires Will cause a
car TO tend 10 10 side The moss
you refer to your battery Is probably a
snlphatc. and would Indicate that in soInv
way the solution is spilled or leaks gu, Of
the Jars; Tho pnratiinc seal on the top may
be cracked due, To the battery not be!nS
held firmly in place.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
I'M starting thc cnrinc Tho
They must not

in starting the engine. They must not
be open too far.
In cold weather you use up the cur
rent IN your storage battery much
quicker than in summer. and il may be
necessary to have II charged outside
periodically. even though you did not
md this TO be the case during the
warmer months. II the battery bc
nearly discharged. IL will result in the
engine being cranked so slowly that
the suction Will DC weak and the length
OF time during which the mixture
comes In contact with the cold mann
told viii be comparatively great so
mat the starting will be made more
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
VIncgnr Morks Icing nebuilt.

WINCHESTER VA, December 2l.-
The plant of the Shenandoah Cider AMI
Vinegar Company. destroyed by fire at
a loss OF something moro than $4,000.
is TO be rebuilt In ample time for the
spring work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22

The Velvet Kind.
Keep in mind-thc Velvet kind
Adv.