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The sun., 1918-12-29

Shakespeare an involuntary collaboration
TO the extent shown in this line,
Time cannot wither, custom stale .
There is no doubt that Mr.. Wattles has
poetic ability, but it will not be felt so
truly as it might otherwise while he limits
himself so largely to Scriptural themes.
Poetry of this sort acquires a juster posi-
ton when not cOmpanioned with much Of
its own kind. Our impression is that the
finest poem in the volume is ArmGgeddon,
the first verse of which follows:
The gods of war have tossed the apple
of death
Into the peaceful lap of reluctant nations,
The clock of Europe is set back six
thousand years
And the Servian peasants leave ungar-
nered harvests
To be mown down in an mnamcablc
gathering"
The Yale Rerie1r, distinguished for fine
poetry, offers a notable collection of cur
rent war verse contributed by seventeen
poets, among them Robert Frost. Alfred
Moves, John Masefeld, Emie Cammaerts
and Winifred Let's. 1t is pleasant TO see
the real countenance of John Gould
Fletcher who has for the moment thrown
aside his mask of artificial imagery. Louis
Untemeyer is represented by an especially
strong poem, Jerusalem De'irered, and
Winifred Let's by The Connd"ght
Rangers, strangely reminiscent of The
Spires Of oxford.
1t is rare in Richard Wares Rediscor-
cries to come upon Inc which is more
than five words long. This chopping up
of poetry into one or two word lines is a
most unpleasant habit and makes the book
look like the mouse tale in lhce an Won
IerlGnd. if yOu remember how that looked.
1t gives one the feeling that we remember
from childhood of having things doled ont
to us when we wanted them all at once
The book will leave its readers a very
angry lot, because Mr.. Ware is not Il good
enough poet to do this sort Of trick and
Ito be extremely Irish if he were he
wouldn't DO it. Usually he writes of the
battlctields, the problems of peace and
world questions in general.
Mr. Solver has selected and translated
a group of poems and has included the
original Russian as well in little volume
entitled Moder1i Russian POETRY. which is
an outline Of larger and more complete
anthology to be filled in later. 1t seems
less strange to us, after Il careful consld-
Grafton of these poems, than II has in the
past that We have had 50 little opportunity
to Judge of the poetry of Il race that has
given us such great prose. A. represented
here Russian poetry shows 50 little dis
tincton or beauty of any sort as to make
dull reading. and We long for the work OF
those Younger poets whom Mr. Solver de
scrihcs aS having Il good deal of mere cX-
travagance and eccentricity. There Is a
certain charm in Balmont, most conccited
of all poets, when he writes,
Il am the choceness of Russian 50 stately
of mien,
The poets before me my heralds have
been
and we are told in the introduction by
Mr.. Solver which by the way is the most
interesting feature of the book, that sc
far as the Russians are concerned there is
a good deal of truth in this lambOyant as
sertion. The work Of ten poets is included
The sun., 1918-12-29

Some one reviewing Frank NJ. OBrien's
The Story Of The Sun attributes to
Joseph II. ChOate the remark "that it was
hard to be good in New York with THE
SUN making vice pleasant every morning
and the Erening Post making virtue dis
agreeable every night" We wonder if that
is right Our own recollection is that the
witticism first appeared in Owen Wister's
Lddg Baltimore and that there ii, read ::
What with THE Sun making vice attrac-
tive in the morning and the Post making
virtue odious at night it is very hard to be
good in New York" A snapper way of
putting it.
The sun., 1918-12-29
Two Books of Tales,
but Most Unlike
By GORDON B. MOSS.

Two books of short stories that
l. might be told about under one
heading but not in one breath, being too
utterly dissimilar in all respects, are The
House of Torchy, by Sewell Ford, and
Some Happenings, by Horace Annesley
Vachell The first volume concerns that
irrcpressible, red headed youth, Torchy,
about whom Mr.. Ford has written many
delightful tales in the past. Now he Is
married! Some Happenings is hetero-
geneOus collection of Mr.. VachelPs stories
showing him in many moods, but the book
is a delightful bundle of light literature
withal
Torchy, at twenty-five or four, what
ever his age may be, is the same harum-
scarum, vivaciOus bunch of nerve, energy
and brilliant and near brilliant ideas that
he was when he was only an office boy.
He's private secretary now, you know.
Oh, yes, elegant position.
The opening story finds Torchy and his
bride-the charming little butterfy-hks
creature Wee, who used to be In Tor
chy's ofice-on their honeymoon. 1t Is
winter and they have gone to New Eng
land inn. Everything is flat and dull.
The winter sports are insipid and there
is no life to the crowd. They know no
one. Then come acquaintance. Intro
auctions all around take place. A sud-
den whirl Of social activity sweeps the
honeymooners off their feet. But they
long for their studio apartment. In the
midst of the gayety Wee remarks:
"Let's go home
Lets Torchy replied"
The affairs of the house of Torchy run
smoothly as a whole and an interesting
event occurs toward the close of the vol
ume which must make Sewell Ford rather
chcsty these days and proudlike. For he
is now literary grandpa.
Some Happenings is rather an I'M
fortunate choice of title. 1t has-in
America anyway slangy ring that is in
no way justified by the contents of the
volume, nor does it convey any idea of the
character of the work. Some nineteen as
delightful short tales as one is likely to
run across in one cover are concealed be-
meath it. Once the reader breaks through,
however, the matter of title is naught
"Hobo" George, already known TO read
crs of this author, makes his appearance
in one of the stories, proving himself
highly courageous Young man quite
worthy to be heir to his dads strangely
accumulated fortune albeit a trife shift
less and lazy to the end.
A curious range of subjects is covered.
There is a strange episode in theOsOphy
in which man and his wife change body
and nature for a day. The Black FeIret
Leaf is an admirable mystery story con-
corning the murder of the Marquis de
Trcvignon and the disappearance Of his
jewels. Merriter's Sister deals with the
supernatural involving spirit dictated
manuscripts.
The most delightful tale of the lot err
haps is The Children of Hate, in which
the little boy and girl of feud opposed
families meet while playing in the woods
They decide to "git married" At mid
night their fathers, the bitterness of the
feud forgotten, find them in a cave on
the seashOre.
THE HOUSE OF TORCHY. By SEwELL
FoRD. Edward J. Globe. $3.50.
SOME HAPPENINGS. BY HORACE AN
II
The sun., 1918-12-29

Thomas Piplady, author of The SoM Of
the Soldier, is coming to America in April
to lecture. Tiplady has served as a chap
lain in France
The sun., 1918-12-29
Book Exchange

BIGGEST PRICES AND CASH DOWN
paid for books. We SPECIALLY want the
nth EDITION ENCYCLOPAEDIA
BRITANNICA.
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The sun., 1918-12-29

In the fond hope that George Sylvester
Niereck may yet be reinstated in the
Poetry Society of America. Seumas
O'Sheel is circularizing the members of the
society and asking for proxies. lie quotes
testimonials, though he does not include
any from Washington, so far as we OBJ
serve. Some one says that Niercck did
good work taking care of "unanchored
Gerlnans''-w which was an assistance that
the allied navles ought to recognize.
The sun., 1918-12-29

The Twilight Club, having dawned as
the Society Of Arts and Sciences, purposes
TO offer a prize of $500 for the best short
story published in America in 1919 DR..
Blanche Cotton Williams OF Columbia and
Edward j. Wheeler, editor of Current
Opinion, have the matter in hand and will
associate others with them. Edward j.
O'Brien, the autocrat of the short story,
does not appear so far i'll the undertak-
ing, and it may be that. enraged, he has
resolved to leave the American short story
dat Any way, he has taken Louise Imogen
Guineys house in Oxford and sails this
week for England, where he will live for
year.
The sun., 1918-12-29

THE HOUSE OF TORCHY. By SEwELL
FoRD. Edward J. Clodr $50.
SOME HAPPENINGS. BY HORACE AN
NEsLEY NACHELL. George II. Doran Com
pany. $50.
The sun., 1918-12-29

Even making allowance for all the mod
ern freedom in the omission of quotations
il hardly seems permissible to make
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20
DENVER'S LIBERTY LOAN PARADE
WAS MOST INSPIRING SPECTACLE IN
WHICH LABOR TAKES ACTIVE PART
ALL CLASS DISTINCTION ELIMINATED AS CHURCHMAN,
JURIST PROFESSIONAL MAN, LABORER MARCH.

Oupouring Has Full
port This City Trades Unonists Who Prefer American
to Standards of Living and Wages Must
Back Their Principles With Their Funds
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20

Typographical Union No. 40 on
Wednesday signed contracts with the
Express, Post. News, Times and on
Thursday with the Herold, whereby
the daily newspapers of Denver ac-
cepted in full the award of the indus
trial commission of Colorado in the
controversy that has existed since
October % last.
The history of the long drawn out
negotiations are interesting, and while
nt times most irritating, they indicate
that the policies of this old organiza-
tion-those of going the utmost limit
before rcsorting to strike-usually
bring the most beneficial results.
During one heated conference n
publishers representative took occa-
sion to remark that "the Topographic
cal Union was no longer trades
union, but rather sick. old-age and
mortuary association, running a tuber-
cular home" The gentleman has now
had sufficient excuse to revise his
opinion.
Excellent Work of Scale Committee.
The scale committee, consisting of
William Tanner, chairman; o. h.
Chapman, E. S. Close, F. NJ. Fish,
President F. l.. Pferdesteller and Sec
retary Frank C. Birdsall, performed
excellent work, and is entitled to
much credit.
On invitation of the committee,
Frank j. Pulver, /. T. U. representa-
tive, participated in the negotiations
and conferences from the time of the
visit of President Marsden G. Scott to
the final closing of the contracts.
The entire membership of No. 40
Loyalty supported the committee at
ali times, and to this united backing
considerable portion of the honor
is due.
The hearty and active support and
CO operation of President M. G. Scott
and Secretary ]. W. Hays, as well as
that of the entire executive council of
the l. T. u, played no small part in
the satisfactory settlement, and the
assistance of sister unions and indi-
viduals helped materially.
Conferences and Meetings Galore.
The controversy was fought out
first in conferences with the publish
ers, and successfully before media
tor named by the industrial commits
sion, then before the commission as
state body, then more conferences
with the publishers while President
Scott was on the ground, followed by
the friendly Intervention of Federal
Mediators Musser and Forbes, petit
ton from the publishers for a rehear-
ing Of the case by the industrial COM
mission, which was denied, more con-
ferences and union and committee
meetings galore.
However, last week the local union
received sanction from the l. 7. U.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20
20 OJO MINERS
DISCHARGED FOR
JOINING UNION
PREFER INDEPENDENT TO
U. M. w. OF A.
Case Now in Hands of Labor Com
missioner Morrisscy; Prosecu-
ton May Follow Under
State Law.

About twenty miners ut the Ojo
mine in Huerfano were discharged for
joining the Independent Union Of Mine
Workers of America. The superin-
tendent told miners working there
that unless they signed the "check-
OFF, for the United Mine Workers Of
America they would have to 'go down
the canyon" and some twenty were
dismissed for standing upon their
rights to join the union Of their
choice.
The case has been put into the hands
of Labor Commissioner Morrissey to
prosecute the coal company for illc-
gally discharging these miners.
Four organizers Of the Mine Work
ers assisted the company at the
mouth of the mine to force all desir-
ing to work to sign the "check-off'
and when it is known that the Ojo
mine is in Huerfano county it seems
strange that in county where JEFF
Farr stole the county elections and
drove miners "down the canyon" for
not willingly submitting to his die
tatcs, that the organizers of the
United Mine Workers of America
should now adopt Farr's tactics.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20
LUDLOW MEMORIAL
TO BE FITTINGLY
OBSERVED SUNDAY
TODAY IS FOURTH ANNI-
VERSARY.
Miners of Southern Colorado to
Gather on the Site of the
slaughter of the In
nocents"

The miners of Southern Colorado
will hold q memorial meeting Sunday,
April 21, at Ludlow, Colo, to COM
memorate the memory of the men,
women and children who gave up their
lives on the plains of Las Animas
county on that terrible day four years
ago in defense of the right to live
the lives of american citizens in the
coal camps of Colorado.
John r. Lawson and E. r. Doyle,
who stood with the miners thru their
great struggle in 1913-l4 against the
greed of the coal barons, are to be
the principal speakers of the dsy- 8
It was hoped that suitable monu-
ment to the memory of the martyrs
of Ludlow could have been erected
to have been unveiled on this, the
fourth anniversary, but as yet no
move has been made by headquarters
to bring this about.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20
TELEGRAPHERS TO
ORGANIZE DENVER
COMMERCIAL MEN SEEK
PROTECTION.
President Wilson Has Given These
Workers Right to Deal Collect
lively and Protection From
Discharge by Companies

Commercial telegraphers of the
United States have long been denied
the right to organize and deal collect
lively by the telegraph corporations.
The President of the United States
has issued a proclamation which gives
these telegraphers the right to or
ganize and prevents the telegraph
companies from discharging employees
who join the union.
Telegraphers in all of the most i'm
portant cities in the country are hold
ing regular meetings and Indications
point to a solid organization result
ing therefrom.
Tomorrow Sunday a mass meet
ing of Denver telegraphers will be
held in Trades Assembly hall. Promi-
nent trades unionists viii participate.
On Sunday, April %, meetings will
be held in all cities Of the United
States and permanent organizations
effected.
The commercial telegraphers of
Denver are paid wages that are far
below what they should be, despite all
that has been said about wages paid
commercial telegraphers in the United
States, we can do no better than to
quote Newcomb Carlton, president,
and the late Belvidere Brooks when
ce-president of the Western Union
Telegraph Company:
Chairman Walsh-Now, aside from
the question of unions, have a ques-
ton that has occurred TO me as
have listened here. How many teleg-
raphers are there in the United
States?
Mr.. Brooks-I think about 10000.
Chairman Walsh (interrupting)-l
mean in the employ of your company
Mr.. Brooks-About 10000.
Chairman Walsh-Now, Mr.. Carl
CONTINUED on Page Fivel
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20
UNION SECURES 4.2O INCREASE AND
SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH ALL DENVER DAILY PAPERS

executive council to take a strike vote,
and from that time on business picked
up bit.
Strike Vote Is Taken
Sunday the union took a strike vote
and six months members decided
POS to 5-to enforce the industrial
commission award.
On Tuesday a recommendation from
the federal mediators that No. i9 set
tie on the basis of S325 per week in
crease was rejected by the local
unanimously-227 votes in favor to
none against-and the scale commit
tee was given power TO act.
Wednesday morning the federal me-
diators again interceded, but had no
definite offer from the publishers.
Offer to Liberty Loan Committee.
The scale committee, in view of the
war situation and the starting of the
third Liberty loan drive, feeling that
the actions of the local, if compelled
to strike to enforce a finding of the
state industrial commission might be
misconstrued, presented in person a
communication to Harold Kountze,
state chairman of the Liberty loan
committee. The letter follows:
DENVER, Colo, April II, 1918.
Mr.. Harold Kountze, State Chairman
of the Liberty Loan CommRtee,
Denver, Colo.
Dear Sir: A wage controversy be-
tween Denver Typographical Union
No. 40 and the Denver Post, the Den
yer Times and the Rocky Mountain
News has reached a point where a
strike is imminent. In view of these
conditions we hereby make the follow
ing offer:
Should strike occur against said
newspapers, we hereby extend our
services to the Liberty loan committee
to the end that we will man the afore-
mentioned newspapers to such extent
that they will be enabled to issue such
editions as the Liberty loan commit
tee deems necessary. said publications
not to exceed four pages each, to
carry no advertising other than strict
ly Liberty loan and other government
advertising, news of the government
news of the war and such other news
as can be classed of legitimate i'm
portance to the public regarding the
great conflict which has been thrust
upon our beloved country.
Should our offer be accepted we will
only insist that members of our or
ganization shall do all the work in
said composing rooms and shall re-
ceive no remuneration whatsoever
from any source other than from Den
yer Typographical Union No. 40.
Should it occur mt times that ir
the Judgment Of the Liberty loan COM
mittee matters of vital Importance
to the government would require more
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20
.ROADY KENEHAN
TO HEAD FEDERAL
LABOR BUREAU
ACTIVE TRADES UNIONIST
IS PICKED.
Denver. Colorado Springs and Pueblo
to Have Government Free EN-
ployment Bureaus; Will Do
Big Business.

Roady Kenehan, secretary of the
selective draft exemption board for
the second district of Colorado, for
merly state auditor, treasurer and
many years international secretary of
the Horseshoers, was Thursday named
federal director of the United States
free employment service in Colorado.
Word of his appointment reached
Denver in n telegram from Washing
ton to Brown Mcdonald, special rep
resentative of the federal free en-
pIoyment service, who came here to
organize the work in this state.
In the same wire the appointment
of Walter s. Matthews, who has been
acting officer in charge of the service,
as special examiner in charge, was
also announced.
The appointment of Kenehan, who
is one of the leaders of organized la
Dor in Colorado. evidently means that
the government intends to start the
operation of the free employment
service on large scale. 1t is prob
able that offices will be opened in
Pueblo and Colorado Springs within a
few weeks.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20

pages than four, upon notification by
said committe, we will gladly meet the
emergencies with sufficient men, under
the same conditions aforementioned.
This offer is made for patriotic rea-
sons only, and in absolute good faith.
We sincerely trust it will be accepted
in the same spirit it is offered.
We beg to be of service to you.
SCALE COMMITTEE TYPOGRAPH-
ICAL UNION NO. 40.
Mr.. Kountze expressed his deep
thanks for the offer, and his full ap-
probation of the patriotism of the
union printers. On behalf of his COM
mittee he accepted the offer without
reservation. Any reports to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, Denver citi-
zens and the United States govern
ment would have suffered no incon-
venience if strike had been called.
Papers Accept the Award.
Later in the day the Express signed
the contract, and at 3:i5 p. m. the
Representatives of the Post, the News
and Times receded from their former
position and affixed their signatures.
The Herold manager was out of the
city Wednesday, but signed the con-
tract Thursday.
Wednesday night by the scale M
mittee to |. T. U. headquarters:
j. w. Hays, Newton Claypool Bldg,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Please insert following in forth
coming issue of Journal: Denver
Typographical Union is deeply CRATE
full and appreciative of the splendid
response of subordinate unions to the
request of President Scott that tele-
grams and letters be sent to public
officials of Colorado that pressure
be applied by them to the end
that the Denver publishers concur
in an industrial commission award on
the Denver newspaper scale contro-
versy. The publishers today acquiesced
in that award. settling the controversy
and securing for our members an in
crease of S4.20 per week and back
pay from February 25. We desire to
refer in this connection to the Off
cials of Colorado Springs Union and
Superintendent Daley. The co-opera-
ton of President Scott was of great
value in the satisfactory termination
of the negotiations.
SCALE COMMITTEE DENVER
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 40.
"WM. TANNER. Chairman"
New Scale Is S4.20 Increase.
The new contract. which is the in
dustrial commission award, gives the
printers weekly increase of S4.20,
back pay from February 25, and a
one-year contract from that date. The
contract and working conditions por-
ton of the award differ little from
CONTINUED on rAge FivcJ
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20

This is the language of section 8
of the sabotage bill, which was or
dered stricken out of the conference
report on that bill, in the Senate on
Thursday, by a vote of "a against 25.
Section 3. That nothing herein
shall be construed as making it un-
lawful for employees to agree to-
gether to stop work or not to enter
thereon with the. sole and bona fide
purpose of securing better wages or
conditions of employment"
The bill provides a $4,000 fine,
thirty years Imprisonment or both,
for the willful injury or destruction
of war material, for willfully making
or causing TO be made in a defective
manner any war material, or for con-
sriring to prevent the erection or pro-
ductioa OF such war premises, war
material or war utilities.
Against Right to Strike.
These are the names of the sena-
tors who cast the thirty-four votes
against the right to strike:
Baird and Frelinghuysen of New
Jersey, Bankhead and Underwood of
Alabama, Brandegee of Connecticut.
Chamberlain of Oregon, Cummins of
Iowa (who afterward talked in oppo-
sition to his own vote), Fall of New
Mexico, France of Maryland, CALM
ger of New Hampshire, Hale of Maine,
Harding and Pomerene of Ohio,
Hitchcock of Nebraska, Jones and
Poindexter of Washington, Kellogg of
Minnesota, Kirby of Arkansas, Knox
and Penrose of Pennsylvania, Nc
Cumber of North Dakota, Myers of
Montana, New of Indiana, Page of
Vermont, Reed of Missouri, Sherman
of Illinois, Smith of Georgia, Smith
of South Carolina, Thomas of Colo
rado, Townsend of Michigan, Wads-
worth of New York, Warren of Wyom-
ing and Weeks of Massachusetts,.
But they were not the only ones
opposed to leaving to the wage work
ers the right to strike, in time of
war, for legitimate objects. Nelson of
Minnesota, as one of the committee
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-20
RAILROAD WAGE
INCREASE READY
IN A FEW DAYS
McADOO WILL ANNOUNCE
DETAILS.
Recommendation Calls for a Sliding
Scale of Increase Which Will
Affect Over 100000
Persons.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE
railroad wage commission has com
pleted its recommendations for wage
increases for railroad employees and
a report will be submitted to Director
General McAdoo upon his return from
n Liberty loan speaking tour in the
West.
Nothing was made known as to the
amount of the increases to be given,
altho it has been said that employees
now receiving small pay will be given
the largest advances. The commission
began its work January 81.
1t is understood the recommenda-
tons call for a sliding scale of in
ereases and that all employees. regard
less of union or non-union affiliations
have been treated alike. Extensive
hearings were held in addition to in
vestigations made by experts. The
revision is one of the most extensive
ever undertaken, affecting approx
mately 100000 persons.