Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-23

known member of the International
Typographical Union and former
Denver boy) has arrived safely in
France and, as usual, is right "in the
game" Frank ]. Pulver, 1. T. U. rep
resentative, has granted US the privi-
lege of the following extracts from a
letter from Lieutenant Girton:
France, Feb. II, 1918.-Dear
Frank: Somebody made an awful mis-
take. They picked out thirty Ameri-
can officers at headquarters to go to
lines and learn bayonet and bullet
work, so that the Boche might soon
disappear and hunt his safe retreat
into hell. And I'm with the thirty.
And we needs must work fast and
furious and fierce. And Pm every day
taking on more bruises and bumps,
and all the while the instructors
bayonet, bullet, boxing, wrestling, rum
ming and other gentle sports-tell us
we're too slow, And the French rail-
roads evidently have confiscated our
baggage. Nary sign and We've
been over here two weeks and two
weeks more to go, and then a quiet
week in the British trenches. The only
quiet British trench I've heard of is
down in Egypt. And we're but two
Please to tell Kaiser Bill to hold back
the 42-centimeter while Pm prowling
about the line. The blasted booming
keeps me awake nights as it is.
1.-TWO Denver fellows and myself
got lost when coming here. The train
passed thru Paris and we missed it.
For three days we pursued the uneven
tenor of our ways and one night were
witnesses to German 'Gothas' dropping
packages of hell. Finally, as our
francs became low, we found the depot
and ambled here Robert E. Lee and
- Steffans were the two fellow
train -missers.
whats the matter in the u. s.?
Why is our mail held up so long? At
the longest we should receive it in two
weeks. Six weeks and not line have
/ received. Please to ask the Hon.
James NJ. Lynch to investigate.
Sunny Francel If mud is what
you'd call sunny, she reigns supreme.
"The English sure treat Americans
fine. You know | had expected the
French to stick out the glad hand and
the English to hold aloof. Just the
opposite The only reception from
the French that was noticeable was
500 per cent increase in prices: I'm
not knocking the French; for they're
wonderful people and have suffered
and fought on and on-but the same
language brings the English and
Americans closer. And the British
are sure great fighters.
Hoping that this finds you well,
and my best regards to all, / remain,
as ever, FRED.
J. D. BROWN, VICE-PRESIDEN
of the Idaho State Federation of La
Dor, and president of the Carpenters
Union at Boise, was a Denver visitor
this week and made a pleasant call at
The Bulletin office. In addition to his
other official functions, Brown is an
organizer for the American Federation
of Labor and was just returning from
a trip to Topeka and Wichita, Kan,
where he assisted in organizing the
street railway employees of those two
cities Mr.. Brown says everywhere
he goes thruout the West he finds the
spirit of organization among all
classes of workers spreading like
prairie fire. Incidentally, President
Brown said that he called at The Bull
letin office primarily to compliment
this paper and it's publishers upon the
vigorous policy pursued in advocating
elimination of the saloon evil which,
he says, has been the greatest curse
to the working people of this nation.
President Brown is healthy looking
chap, weighing nearly 300 pounds and
is unquestionably one of the. finest
physical products of Idaho, and while
he runs largely to flesh, his brain
works like a dynamo. He is one of the
most active organized labor men in
his state.
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SCORE ANOTHER VICTORY FOR
Roady Kenehan. For six months ex-
pert accountants have been going over
the books of julius H. Clark, for many
years employed as head bookkeeper
in the state treasurer's Office. 1t will
be recalled that Clark committed sui
eide when a shortage was discovered
in the treagurer's accounts few years
ago. The work of checking up has
been tedious one, James Kirwan,
state examiner, having put in nearly
six months on the job. The final check
ing was made this week, showing that
during Clark's twenty years of serv-
ice he had embeZzled $5O,911.5O. Small
amounts were taken systematically
during a ten-year period between 1901
and 1911 The outstanding feature of
the compilation is that from the day
Roady Kenehan became state treas
urer, the taking of funds from the
treasury by Clark ceased. The head
bookkeeper evidently had a holy fear
of the Irishman who had evoluted
from the horseshoeing shop to the
state treasury Clark was considered
one of the indispensables and retained
in the office by all the state treas
urers during twenty-year period.