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Evening star., 1918-05-26
Navy's Day Of Favor.

Nowadays. when Josephus Daniels
speaks, the American people pay re-
spectful heed. It is difhcult to be-
liewe that only a few months ago
there was widespread demand that he
should retire from the cabinet. in
order that a more efficient man might
succeed him. The American people
today are proud-proud almost to the
bursting point-of the efficiency OF
their Navy. And as that efficiency
was demonstrated. and very largely
achieved. under the administration of
now are silenced.
Congress gave testimonial during
the week to the high favor in which
Secretary Daniels. even those who
clamored loudest for his retirement
the Navy is held when the Senate. In
the record time Of four hours, passed the
naval appropriation bill. carrying a total
of 100000. The bill as passed by
the House had given the Navy about
all 1t asked. but the Senate, without
the shadow of opposition. added more
than $200.000.000 to the House figures.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Good News From shipyards.

Encouraging news from the shipyards
came at the end of the week. 1t was
announced that steel ships completed
thus far in May exceed the output OF
any previous month in the history ol
the shipping board. The total output
up to and including May %, was twenty.
nine vessels. Of 174.661 tons. -Four stee
steamships, totaling $500 tons. were
delivered Thursday. With the showing
OF the first three weeks. officials believe
the output for the month. together with
the ships built in the yards Of the allies
again exceed the tonnage lost.
Taken in connection with the an
nouncement Of Premier Lloyd George
that ships now are being built faster
than the German U-boats can sink
them. these figures add force to Secre-
tary Daniels promise that the ships
will be provided to transport not only
one million men to France, but as many
more millions as may be needed to win
the war
And SO. on the whole, it was very de-
cidedly "cheer-up" week for the
American people.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Hopewell. tho Brooks. the Delphy and
tho Hatfield,

For his heroic efforts to save two
officers from drowning in Santo Do
mingo Corp. Owen M. Morris. United
States Marine Corps, has been recon-
mended for a life-saving medal by
Secretary Daniels and Maj. Gen. Bar
nett. commandant Of the Marine
Corps.
Two officers while bathing near
Santo Domingo City. were caught in
the undertow and carried out to sea-
Corp. Morris. after repeated efforts
to swim to them. assisted in bringing
both to shore. Although almost ex-
hausted from his struggles In the
sea, the corporal drove an automobile
twelve miles to Santo Domingo City,
taking one of the men, who was al
most dead. to a hospital.
Brig. Gen. Tracy c. Dickson, Ord
nance. National Army. has been re-
lieved from duty in the office Of the
chief Of ordnance in this city and
ordered to South Bethlehem. Pa.
where he will assume direct charge
Of all the work performed by the
Bethlehem Steel Co for the United
States infantry ordnance department.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Reoreanizations Under Way.

President Wilson Monday signed
the Overman bill. thereby making law
Of the measure which gives him
free hand to reorganize and co-ordf-
nate government departments and
separate services in any manner
which he may deem necessary to the
winning of the war.
The President Immediately asked
members Of his cabinet to submit
suggestions for changes which they
believed would make for an increase
Of efficiency. An order putting into
effect q reorganization of the Army
air service. an outline of which al
ready had beon announced, was the
drst step taken under the new grant
Evening star., 1918-05-26
WOMAN BARRIERS TO AID.
Will Give Tomorrow's Proceeds te
Red Cross Fund.

Washington's woman BARRIERS, en-
ployed in the shop at AZ 10th street
northwest. have announced that all the
proceeds Of their work tomorrow will be
turned into the Red Cross war fund.
In making the announcement, the
women stated that as their business
Prevented them from getting out and
working for the Red Cross. they felt
that they should help in this way.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
IN no week since the United States

IN no week since the United States
entered the war against Ger
many has there been SO much
cause encouragement and salts
faction to the American people. II
any Americans still harbored the be-
lief that their government md
ceased to function" as a war-makins
instrument, this morning ought to
find their pessimism pretty we'll dis
PEELED.
Eight hundred thousand American
soldiers in France and Flanders by
juno /, ready to help the French and
British make the next German drive
as fruitless as was the last! A million
Of them there by the 1st OF July! The
achievement is beyond any hope
cherished a year ago by the most
irrepressible optimist. The actual ac-
complishment is greater than the
promise which brought ridicule and
condemnation down upon the head OF
Secretary Baker. America has sur
prised herself, has surprised her al
lies, and, beyond all others, she has
surprised the enemy.
1t Is bigger thing than any nation
ever before accomplished. No nation
ever before attempted to send an
army Of a million men 5000 miles
overseas, much less to maintain 1t
there in all its requirements. And
the wonder grows by reason of the
fact that the hundreds Of troop-laden
ships were sent through waters in
tested by a skulking and relentless
enemy who has played as a major
stake in the war his supposed ability
to close the seas.
The German war lords believed-or
professed to their people to believe
that America could play no effective
part on the actual fighting front.
Eight hundred thousand frst-class
fighting men is a pretty sizable bunch
to be regarded as a negligible guam
tity. even in a battle in which the
Hun threw all his resources Of man
power.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
More Millions to Go.

Nor does the story end with the as
surance OF million men on the firing
line by the beginning of July. The
promise is made-and it is significant
that no one now regards 1t as wild
vaporing-that four millions, or even
five millions, will be there within a
year, should that many be needed to
win the absolute and decisive VIC
tory which America has set as the
Interchangeable purpose to be achieved.
Four steps were taken during the
week that ought to be sufficient to
convince the most skepttcal Prussian
that America means to fight the war
sianism. In order of chronology they
were:
First-President Wilson issued a
proclamation fixing June as the date
for registration for the draft of men
who have become twenty-one years. of
age since June Of last year. whom
all men between twenty-one and thir-
ty-one were registered under the Sc
lective service law. It Is expected
that at the coming registration a mil
lion young men will be enrolled, and
that 100000 of them will qualify for
class l. and therefore eligible for i'm
mediate call to the colors.
Second-Provost Marshal General
Crowder issued a ruling that all men
liable to the draft, regardless of their
classification. must either enter the
Army or engage in some occupation
which will contribute to the winning
Of the war. The order, even IL 1t does
not materially increase the number of
men under arms. is expected to in
crease by scores Of thousands the
number Of men engaged in useful oc-
cupations. No order issued since the
war began has met with more wide
spread popular approval. Even busi-
ness interests which will be hurt ad-
init its Justice and generally declare
themselves ready to make the sac
rince.
Third-The House military commit
tee wrote into the Army appropria-
ton bill sweeping authority for the
President to call to the colors as
many men as can be trained and
equipped. The Senate military COM
mittee ordered favorable report on
the Reed resolution. providing for an
increase Of three million men in the
armed forces.
Fourth-Secretary Baker sent to
Congress the draft Of a bill which
would raise the age for voluntary
enlistment in the Army from forty to
fifty-fve years, 1t being the purpose
to utilize the older men for non-com-
bat work. releasing young men for
fighting.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Firmer Grip on Railroads.

A sweeping order by Director Gen.
eral McAdoo relieving railroad presi-
dents from active duty as executive
managers Of their roads was a step
intended to bring the transportation
systems more completely under con-
troll of the government. The railroad
presidents may retain their positions
as the heads of their companies, but
federal directors will relieve them in
charge of the operating end.
It also was announced by Mr.. Nc
Adoo that under the government .
supervision the railroads would
spend nearly a billion dollars for ad-
ditfons, betterments and equipment.
Capital expenditures totaling $937.-
961.3lS were approved. an amount ap-
proximately three times as large as
the expenditures in any one Of the
last three years.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Appointed Assistant Director.

D. H C. Penny. vice president Of
he Irving National Bank Of New
FORK. has been appointed assistant
director of the Federal Reserve
Boards division Of foreign exchange,
and has severed temporarily his con-
nection with the bank
Evening star., 1918-05-26
By POP.
By POP.

of power. The air service now is
wholly divorced from the Army Signal
Corps. and at the same time a sharp
division is drawn between the pro-
duction and the operation of air
craft It will be the business of one
organization to produce the airplanes
and Of another to operate them. and
1t is believed the plan will make for
greater efficiency at both ends.
Evening star., 1918-05-26

Joseph W. Folk. has resigned AZ coun-
sci for the St. Louis Chamber OF Com
merce, to conduct a campaign for the
democratic nomination for United States
senator.
Evening star., 1918-05-26

Flowers for Memorial Day.
An abundance Of beautiful home
grown flowers at Gude's, 1914 F st.
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Medical Corps'
New Brigadier

New Brlgadler. brigadier general.
and in so doing has recognized the
accomplishment of an efficient ofncer
in q position that has required cour-
age and judgment. AZ chief OF the
personnel division Of the department
he has had to pass upon the qualifica-
tions and to assign to duty all the
medical officers-more than $4,000 of
them-who are now in the service.
either in this country or abroad. He
has been one Of the great factors In
guiding the growth Of the depart
ment from the few hundred In the
Regular Army and very few thou
sand in the Army Medical Oncers' Re-
serve Corps, to the enormous proper
tions to which 1t has developed.
|. Later, in addition to his other duties.
he has been called upon to assume the
side Of the Atlantic; and has COM
pleted arrangements for the care Of
more than a hundred thousand sick
and wounded who may be returned
from Europe or who may need hospi-
tai care in the United States. He
additional hospital accommodation
that war may make necessary.
Brigadier General Noble. who waa
a major at the time war was de.
clared. was the honor graduate of the
Army Medical School in 1904; the
medical school of the Polytechnic In.
stitute in Alabama in 1891; and OF
Columbia University in 1899. He has
served three years In the Philippines
and for seven years did duty In the
Canal Zones under Gen. Gorgas. whom
later he accompanied on . sanitary
mission to South Africa.
Latre he was made chief Of ths
division of personnel. and had the
sxlsEience Of serving in that capacits
Evening star., 1918-05-26

The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation Of Col. Robert E. Noble OF the
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16
You KnoW You Can Trust the Government

William McAdoo, of United States has
that the third Liberty loan campaign will April g.
be held
city, village hamlet truout the nation April be
date in American history 1t is the first anniversary
of against Prussian mitasn
make the world safe for democracy
The government needs the help every and the
United States. 1t takes things warodiers and
dollars
give their lives freely but the government ask
1t asks for the of the only and it
pays So year every S1oo that is loaned
When you buy Liberty bond loan the
government help the but you do give your
will all be paid back in thirty
time you may find it necessary sell the bond
simply paper issued by the government which
shows how much of the has borrowed
paper bank and your
will be paid you for have paid in bonds
subscribed The interest
Of Liberty bonds yet decided upon.
rich bond 1t is rich mans Every
child in United help
buy Liberty bond saving money for old
you helping soldier money
still but helping the and is in safe
hands
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16
GERMAN EFFICIENCY
By JAMES BRANDON.

When has BEEN a by anti
the assertion The Germans have efficiency he is asked
what he will tell what Germany has accomplished in the
efficiency power to large
army with neighbors power
subordinate activity OF its people maintain that until
all Europe graveyard Such efficiency does appeal civil
lzed people.
showing efficiency people
amined if there anything in the claim mpressvey
forward
progress Europe OF winning fights
intellectual religious and poicadiscovery OF worlds and
reach them working out phlosophe systems OF
thought making scientific discoveries nventng labor saving
chne In this Germany had hardly the last
named, all
While all this going and all these wonders
by other nations OF Western Europe, Ger
still living under system of feudalsm and it is only
during the present generation that the squabbes OF the many little
German end by the formation OF the German
from the Austrans the Bourbons and the pope and France ban
lshed Napoleon the Third and established republic Germany be
empire Germany showed itself efficient losing what
little freedom she had when her neighbos gaining it
England is the country IN which steam machinery was invented
and where the production OF commodities and their dstr
butn thru domestic and foreign had been carried
for hundred years.
England had been undpud OF the worlds trade
had agricultural population accustomed living from
poor soil, glad work piance skilled workman Ger
English The with this abundance cheap labor
could the English the machines they had enough
uaty they imitation They bothered with
agaons shorter the development their
industry
They had nothing to unlearn old plants scrap,
methods to abandon WITH the patient poddnR ehaf3ctesc OF
them nothing needed the trade Others did
They had observed that capitalism enriched one class and left
crnng power in Germany determined Tor such
surplus labor the army getting strokes
enormous army and the means to pay Tor it
This double concrption OF capital and labor for forty four
years built the gigantic military machine
hurled against unuspecng and unprcpared neighbors
and only took six weeks check the onward rush that
the world
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16

the National Federated Musicians
Union, saying that during the war GER
tain restrictions against army bands
playing engagements would be with
drawn, so far as they did not seek to
compete with civilian bands.
The conference resulted in the
whole matter being cleared up, and an
understanding that the Musicians
Union was not going to object to the
Fort Logan band furnishing music
without charge to patriotic meetings
and charitable entertainments.
Those present at the conference, be
sides Mr.. Smith, by invitation, were
II. w. Waidman, president, and John
Kessler, secretary of the Musicians
Union; l.. II. Fitzgerald, secretary of
the Alliance for Labor and Democracy;
Earl r. Hoage, business representa-
tive of the Denver Trades and Labor
Assembly; Peter Johns, business rep
resentative of the Building Trades
Council; Otto F. Thum, president of
the Alliance for Labor and Democ-
racy; W. S. Wilson, business agent of
the Painters Union; Thomas Roddy,
business agent of the Carpenters
Union; James C. Bulger, representing
the Plumbers; Clint c. Houston, editor
Denver Labor Bulletin, and J. r. Rear
don and Newcomb Cleveland of the
100 Per Cent Loyalty Club"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16
LABOR ALLIANCE
ELECTS OFFICERS
EARL R. HOAGE IS CHOSEN
PRESIDENT.
Members to Give Active Support in
Third Liberty Loan Campaign; Ex-
tend Thanks to Those Who Helped
Entertain British Labor Mission.

Each member of the Denver branch
of the Alliance for Labor and Democ-
racy is pledged to work for success of
the third Liberty loan campaign,
which begins on the first anniversary
of this nations entrance into the war,
April 6. This action was decided by
unanimous vote at the regular semi
monthly meeting held Tuesday eve
ming at the Albany hotel.
Those who assisted in making the
great patriotic meeting held at the
Auditorium upon the occasion of the
visit here March of the British labor
mission will this week receive a let
ter of thanks from the alliance.
Letter to British Ambassador.
Those specially mentioned are
of the Auditorium; the Musicians
Union, for furnishing a band free of
charge; Secretary of State holland,
who acted as official state representa-
tive in absence of Governor Gunter;
Sam Dutton. manager of the Albany
hotel, for the complimentary dinner
given the visitors and committee on
arrangements, and to those who fur
nished automobiles for the sightsee-
ing trip over the mountain parks.
President Otto F. Thum and Secre-
tary l.. H. Fitzgerald were instructed
to send letter to Lord Reading, Brit
ish ambassador at Washington, en-
closing copy of the resolutions
adopted at the patriotic meeting, in
dicative of the splendid spirit in which
the British visitors were received in
Denver and other parts of the Rocky
mountain region.
officers for the Term.
officers for the ensuing term were
elected as follows:
President-Earl R. Hoage, of the
Lithographers Union.
Vice-President - W. f. Secord,
Switchmen's Union.
Secretary-L. H. Fitzgerald, Stone
cutters Union.
Treasurer-C. w. Crum, Steam En-
gineers Union.
Otto F. Thum was not a candidate
for reelection as president.
In future meetings of the alliance
will be held the second and fourth
Tuesday nights of each month in
rooms of the State Federation of La
Dor, third floor of the American Bank
and Trust Company building, corner
Seventeenth and Lawrence streets. All
in sympathy with this movement are
invited to attend these meetings and
become active members of the alliance.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16
NO FIGHT ON BAND
MISUNDERSTANDING, SAY OFF,
GERS OF MUSICIANS UNION.
Conference of Labor Representatives
Called by Ralph w. Smith, Head of
100 Per Cent Loyalty" Club.

Officers of Denver Musical Protect
i've Association No. 20 declare that
their organization is making no fight
on the United States army band, sta
toned at Fort Logan. A report was
printed in the daily papers that the
army band was being insulted by
members of the Musicians Union when
it accepted invitations to play for pub
lie meetings and Red Cross fund en-
tertainments in Denver.
In order to settle the issue con-
ference of representative labor men
and officers of the Musicians Union
was held in the offices of Ralph W..
Smith, Coronado building, Tuesday
evening at 5 o'clock. Mr.. Smith is
president of the 100 Per Cent Loyalty
Club" and he called the meeting, send
ing special delivery letters to those
present.
A letter was read from Colonel
Howell, in charge at Fort Logan, say
ing the post band in U. S. army uni
form had been insulted on several
occasions, specifying two instances,
one at the Red Cross ball given by
the National Film Company at Engle-
wood and again at patriotic meet
ing in the Auditorium.
President Waidman and Secretary
Kessler of the Musicians Union re-
piled that they had not before heard
of any indignities to the Fort Logan
band, and if any member or members
of the union were so unpatriotic they
would be expelled if so proven. They
read a letter from the secretary of
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16
1918 FARM WAGES DRUG CLERKS HOLD
STRIK ERS AS DETERMINED AS
DAY THEY WENT OUT.
Scholtz Company Violates State Law
by Advertising in Kansas City
Papers for Strikebreakers.

The strike of Denver Drug Clerks
and Soda Dispensers is still in full
swing, with the men out standing
firm for union recognition, better
wages and shorter hours of employ
ment. The Scholtz Drug Company's
seven stores, against which the battle
is being mainly directed, have felt the
full effect of the strike in loss of
business and inability to secure strike
breakers.
In the Kansas City Star last Sunday
the following advertisement appeared
in the Help Wanted" section:
DRUG Clerks-3 Missouri registered
prescription clerks or graduate
pharmacy for Scholtz Drug Co., Den
yer. Apply E. L. Scholtz, Hotel Bal
timore, Kansas City"
The strike committee of the two
unions has done some effective work
during the past week in acquainting
the people generally with the stua-
tion.
A statement has been issued by the
Drug Clerks showing that while the
stores have increased the sales prices
on all standard articles from 25 to 60
per cent, the proprietors refuse to
even consider wage increase for en-
ployes. While it is admitted that on
some articles the advance is caused
by reasons uncontrolled by retailers,
yet in majority of cases the whole
sale price remains the same.
The clerks and dispensers are as
determined to win as the day they
went out.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16

outcome of the government sugar beet
investigation now being conducted in
Colorado.
The conference was attended by
county agents and chairmen of food
production committees of all the coun-
ties except Logan, Sedgwick and Nor
gan, but it is understood farmers in
those districts will agree to the scale
regulations.
Other sections of the farming coun-
try are to be patterned after the plan
adopted in the northern and north
eastern sections, and Secretary Thom-
as will call the next conference in the
Arkansas valley at Rocky Ford,
March %.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16
LABOR TO BE FREE
lCnntinn.d from ragc onel

of North Carolina. which provided that
"whocver with intent to injure, inter
fere with, or obstruct the United
States or anv associate nation in pre-
pairing for or carrying on the war,
shall conspire to prevent the erection
or production of such war premises,
war materials, or war utilities, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not
more than $4,000 or imprisoned not
more than thirty years, or both"
Keating Points Out Danger.
Nolan of California and Heating of
Colorado had been quick to point out
that this language would be held by
the courts to forbid strikes. Webb,
chairman of the judiciary committee,
denied it. AS usual when labor issues
are presented, most of the members
were wholly at sea as to what the
language did mean. And they adopted
it by vote of 255 to So
The fifty-nine who refused to take
a chance on its being an anti-strike
enactment were Ayres, Baer, Bank
head, Bland, Browne, Cary, Classon,
Cooper of Wisconsin, Davis, Denison,
Denton, Dillon, Dominick, Edmonds,
Elston, Emerson, Flynn, Gallagher,
Garland, Gordon, Hayden, Hilliard,
Huddleston, 1goe, Ireland, James,
Keating, Kelly of Pennsylvania, King,
Knutson, Langley, Lundon, Lundeen,
Lunn, McCullock, McKeown, McLe-