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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-23
Capture Much Material

No view To an airpianc any way.
We went up to the railroad track.
every little while getting dump Of
food or mostly ammunition. We
captured all kinds of stuff. barbed
wire coils by tho thousand railroad
tracks. guns. and piles and piles Of
ammunition. on either side the
woods were almost lmpcnetrable and
the dirty devils had filled the ravine
with mustard 80 We had TO stay up
on the road or track.
We wero almost out OF the woods
and only one machine gun had fired
that know OF and | never heard
Hun shot fired. altho they did
catch a few snipers there and kill
them.
Mostly they surrendered and went
back without hardly n guard-glad
to 20 and said SO.
An of "A sudden the heavens opened
and they shelled the railroad track
and road from the front to tho back
and I had enough of Il.
You didn't know what to do. II
one ut near and you ran forward.
you might run into the next one.
I was clear up TO the front with the
edge of the woods In sight and /
saw some terrible sights on the way.
I got the close one right at the
edge Of the woods. one 1T near and
we were all down on our stomachs
and started 10 run again when the
whine came and that is all that l
know about.
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tour directionE on the other mar
row gauge railroad track. both beau
tifully ca-nouflRged regular arbor
all the way up. vines overhead. or
else trees pulled together at the top
nd wired fhnrr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-23
Kellogg Named on
Civil Service Board

j. Y. c. kellogg. n lawyer. former
city councilman. has been appointed
member OF the civil service COM
mission to fill out the unexpired
term OF j. c. Downey, resigned. by
Mayor Hanson
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; It's been almost n week since my
last letter from the woods. and a
few OF those days are the most cx.
citing OF my young life. and one ncv-
CT 20 he forgotten ia like to
erase parts ot It.
AZ Tor myself. so you won't worry
at the start, I'm all here. not wound.
al and officially listed "Over-eNer.
ton. general That shows that Il
isn't bad. and. after finally getting
90 sleep and some good food. I feel
fine.
And | so back 90 duty tomorrow
altho II will bc "A week before I
reach the company. a. you can't just
walk out the door and move up to
your OUTFIT. u.atcr report from
Lieut.. Boyd says that he IL stun at
the hospital You have TO go back
and be examined and get rc-outflttcd,
and it's quite long ways to so. 40
! expect IL viii take several days on
the railroad.
Knocked Out by Shell
Here Is my little part OF the bat.
tie and Il In not very glorious. IN
sorry TO say. got too close TO a
IL. =. high explosivci or rather Il
got too close To me ilocause Ger.
tainly tried TO get out OF the way
We had been heavily nhcllcd for
some time. and remember this one
had peculiar ncar.whinr. and
started TO duck. | worked up about
10 feet from tho little railroad track
Having been on Il when the shell
happened my way. | had a split.
ting headache and felt sore all over
Got up and the sight that saw III
spare you Lieut. Cochran. who was
within four feet OF me. was about
unrccognlzablc. and several worse
and many wound-d To show you
what funny things happcn-ail on
tho lcft Of Us got II. all on my side
were only stunned and not wound
in our crowd
We did first aid for a while. altho
could do little. as l hurt so all
over. Finally we got the doctors up
and went on. ! Eot our company
together, 81 strong. reformed. and
ON We went, Now I have told that
part. and viii so back and tell you
all that I think the censor viii pass
and you can connect IN. above with
the rest Of the story. Needless
10 say. thank God that | am rtlil
here. and wonder often why and
how II II that I am. Hut IL IL
mighty nice to stiil BE- on top.
our papers here hay. published
the story ana | know yours are fun
OF IL. and they tell lots that I
wouldn't tell. because. when ~ IL.
your vision is very nsfrow. ~ you
viii have the general setting and
know whore we arr--Argonnc to
Nerdun. The towns that have seen
mentioned In the paper that know
personally are Nanquols and Epinon.
Vile. a. I can mention those.
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We reorganlzed and went forward
and went five kilometers before we
saw n German. except dead ones or
prisoners. We went just as fast as
we could walk and were not fired ut
by anybody
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-23
Artillery Duel First

After my last letter in the
woods we waited for dark and
started for the lines. Old Fritz
gave II 10 us. whether ho knew
We were there or not. as we got
shrapnsI and gas. but no one was
hurt that | know Of
We hid all night behind steep
! hill under perfect cover and II was
I a long. cold wait. AZ midnight our
artillery let go and III tell you u
was magnificent As far as we could
see either way the sky was III up
. and the flashes were very brilliant.
and tho roar--words fail me. The
shells passed over our heads with a
/ acreech that was deafcnlnK. I'm
| glad that the Huns were getting II
and not us. | was honestly glad
when the hour arrived a. II was a
/ relief 10 our nerves. over we went
! in our first trip to No Mans Land
| Then our troubles started. The
woods were thick. the French barbed
wire wasn't cut and trenches every.
where.
Besides all this they threw n smoke
screen into the valley and you
couldn't sec 10 feet away. II seemed
/ like hours until wo got TO the little
river.
Boche Shells River.
Tho river was swollen by the week
OF rain and the mud was knee deep.
7 We carried bridges with us and II
was a terrible job to get them there
and worse TO put them in and go
over and tho Bocho turned his artil.
4 lcry loose on the river. He knew
We had to cross and he got us there.
II was terrible.
| Result of Il all was great many
were lost In the woods and we had
no room to organize. II WINS every
man for himself up thru the German
woods. but absolutely no opposition.
I went n kilometer before I saw "A
live German and they surrendered
as we approached.
Had their overcoats and packs on
all ready 10 come In They told that
the night bombardment was terrible
and that they were ready 10 quit.
| They were pitiful
Old men. laundsturm troops. with
a few boys. all dirty. poorly equipped
and with n fear In their faces III
never forget
Usually we found the Huns all
lined up In front Of their dugouts but
few had TO be invited out and II
no one answered we threw n bomb
in IL before any one went down. az
we didn't want any mine traps SIN
most everything was destroyed by
the barrage.
Fine Gardens.
Then came further troubles, Tho
woods got very thlck-but walt. AZ
the German reserve line thru these
woods II was veritnbe park. Board
walks. nice buildings. dugouts. little
clcarings with gardens. In these
gardens were hammocks hung be.
tween the trees, canteen with
tables and chairs under the trees
and many bottles and beer kegs un.
touched. That's actually so!
They showed that they had boon
there three years and that they took
| life easy. Remember this line had
been intact for three years. our ar.
| tillcry had spoiled the landscape and
in places saw rabbit cages. chickens
and lots OF gardens
! Now up to the thick woods. a
deep rayine cut In with a good ma.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-23
RAISE MUSK OK, SAYS
EXPLORER OF ARCTIC

Especial to The star by y. r. Al
TORONTO. Dec. "a tefansson.
Arctic explorer. SAYS there Is land In
No-thcrn Canada which would main.
tain musk oxen enough TO produce as
much wool milk and hutter as In Ar
Tsntine- He declares IL more valu-
able than reindeer
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Palatial Dugout

'N'f'''
felt terribly sore and had n
splitting headache. but that was all.
Then caught up TO the line and We
got orders to clear out "A little woods.
We were fired at but easily got the
machine gun and after that II was
easy. We found artillery there. four
guns with the breech blocks gone
and got Germans out OF the big dug.
outs. all artillery men and good look.
ing men. too. They were well
clothed. mean devils
Tho boys killed many who came
out OF the dugouts too slowly. One
dugout was "A peach. one OF the
men told me TO come and see IT.
Way down. 40 feet probably. all &c
ment pictures on the walls, three
real beds. tables and wonen's clothes
on the wall / personally inspected
them. Also n swell uniform.
Get Iron Crosses
cut an iron cross off of IL for you.
The men hacked everything to
pieces for souvenirs and they got
good ones. too. Books. German
Bibles. reviewers and hundreds Of the
vilest post cards you ever saw. An
other dugout had stove I'm 1t and
cabbage cooking on the fire. our
men ate it for them, | got another
iron cross and q revolver, We got
about 81 prisoners there.
| am stll undetermined whether
the Germans knew we were coming.
They knew an attack was on, |
guess. as the night before an airplanc
showered us with pamphlets In Eng.
lish and French with n heading
Peace Before Winter" telling how
we could have II II we weren't try.
ing TO dismember Germany. that We
couldn't lick her. and that all she
asked was to be left alone, etc, etc.
Also we met no opposition where eN-
pected There were swell places for
her to hold US up and not "A Hun in
sight.
We went thru seas OF bnrbed wire
and at the top a trench system and
no stand made there. yet the dugouts
and cabbage showed they were still
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-23
Keorganlze and Advance

lost track Of time as I don't know
when we crossed the river. but I
must have been there quite awhile.
Anyway, when | came ITO" the
Smelling was over. the wrecltaRc left
and they got lots Of their own men
that we had captured, too. When I
went forward into the next valley
all opon country recognized. |
could only find the ones | mentioned.
was told that Capt d was
killed and I had not seen Cutler or
Pete since We went over the top.
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and were great. saw several
Boches fall to their credit. but I also
noticed that every time Boche got
up AZ all. their artillery gave some.
one he'll a little later.
Engineers Fight. Too
While at the aid station I saw n
dirty sight; probably SO wounded
Bochcs and 20 of our own. with sew.
eral like me. The doctors left us To
move forward and just at dusk we
were fired on by several rifles. quite
continually. TWO or three OF the men
were hit and II was uncomfortable.
Some engineers who were building
roads appeared and | told them about
the incident. The lieutenant sent
some OF his men over into the woods
they killed three and took Is prison
ers. which they left with us. They
were Prussian artillery men with an
officer.
II was just getting dusk when the
strctcher arrived and | took charge.
The German officer prisoner refused
to help carry stretcher at my com
mand and | let him have IL. l no
more than had done It when the
whole bunch. wounded and all, got
up and killed 81 OF those Boches be
fore | could stop II.
My conscience hurt me some for
IL is terrible TO kin men that way, yet
that dirty devil had It coming to him
and the engineers should really have
finished that job up there in the
woods. And I don't feel either heroic
or brave about the deed.
You see | haven't fought real
Roche yet, got the dirty artillery
fire and none OF the real resistance
where we had our innings. I've
heard here at tho hospital about il.
They advanced part OF their objective
and got big Siege Friday when
they met the Prussian guard who
fought like devils.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-23

Tint night came In on an artil.
lery truck that shook to pieces. We
came over "a road that was well
pitted with shells, while several
mines had been exploded In IL. but
everywhere were Yanks rebuilding It.
got To the clearing station at 3 n. IN.
They said l needed sleep and gave
me IA shot In the arm.
woke up in nice bed in an
evacuation hospital with all my iron
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Egypt Is proiuein. fuel gas from
vegetable refuse
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03
HELD UNDER BOND
TWO WESTERN UNION OFF,
GALS IN DENVER ARRESTED.
Labor Commissioner Morrissey Push
ing Charges of Coercion Against
Company for Discharging Men
Who Joined Union

C. h. Finley and Bristo Myers, Dem
yer officials of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, were placed un-
der arrest Wednesday morning. and
furnished bond in the sum Of $500
each to appear in the West Side court
ut the tall term They are charged
jointly with the company, with ~vio-
lation of the anti-coercion law" q
Colorado statute.
According to the information fled
by Deputy District Attorney Meow
ern, the company and the officials
named, discharged F. A. Holson, an
employe, because he joined the Com
mercial Telegraphers Union of Amer
ica- Other employees are reported to
have been discharged under the same
circumstances.
William L. Morrissey, deputy labor
commissioner, is the prosecuting wit
ness. The crime charged is q misde-
meanor, punishable by a fine, or i'm
prisonment in the county Jail, or both.
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03

the American Federation, whose busi-
ness In Washington prevents his COM
ing to Denver at this time.
No Frills and Frolics.
The metal miners hold conventions
for business, and no elaborate pro-
gram of entertainment will interfere
with the work of delegates and COM
mittees. 1t is believed the session will
Last for ten days, or possibly two
weeks. The last convention Of the
metal miners held in Denver was four
years ago. In 1916 the meeting was
at Great Falls, Mont.
The international executive board
convened here Thursday morning at
headquarters on the fifth floor of the
Denham building. Members of the
board will prepare the preliminary
work of the convention, audit the
books and prepare a biennial report.
tcesfi.sed On Page FesrJ
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03
NEW BUREAU HEAD
GRANT HAMILTON GOES TO U.
S. LABOR DEPARTMENT
Denver Man Sewers Connection With
A. r. Of L. After Fifteen Years'
Service With President Compers-

Grant Hamilton. who for many
yearn was q resident Of Denver, has
severed his connection with the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor after fifteen
years Of service A. legislative repre-
sentative and in other capacities. He
will be chief Of new bureau in the
department Of labor, created under au-
thority Of the act which established
the department Of labor. "to improve
the working conditions Of the wage
earners Of the United States"
More specifically the duties Of this
service will be: To examine into the
matter Of working conditions in the
war industries; to determine the
standards rs to conditions which
should be maintained in the war indus
tries; to adopt rules embodying such
standards and explaining them; to de-
termine the best means for securing
the adoption and maintenance Of such
standards and to cooperate with state
authorities for the above purposes.
The various states provide certain
standards for working conditions, but
these laws are not uniform and are
not altogether adapted to the impor-
tant war industries. The new bureau
will investigate these conditions and
make il possible for the government
to provide in its contracts for such
new standards n mny benecessary.
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03
REGISTER! AND BE
PREPARED TOVOTE
MORRISSEY LABOR CON-
MITTEE GETS ACTIVE.
Uniens and Rairoed BrotheFhood
Combine in Campaign to Give La
bor's Candidate for Congress .
Big Majority IN Primaries.

The all important thing for the men
and women of organized labor in Den
yer to do right now is to make sure
their names are registered for the
primary election September 10. A
committee was formed this week COM
posed Of representatives Of the trade
unions and railroad brotherhoods to
boost the campaign of w. l. Nor
rissey for Congress in the Democratic
primaries.
The working people Of Denver have
an exceptionally fine opportunity to
send to Congress from this district n
man from their own ranls-one who
is in every way qualified to represent
all the people cnd one who will re-
deem Denver from the blight Of sew
eral misfit congressman who have
gone to Washington from this city.
There are four candidates for tho
congressional nomination in the DEM
ocratic primaries, perhaps all good
men, but none of them 90 nearly rep
resent all the people rs does Nor
rissey.
As labor commissioner during the
past two years, Morrissey has made
a splendid record, and has been the
only man in the ofiice since it was
created who has administered the labor
laws of the state.
The organized labor vote alone in
Denver is sufficient to nominate in
the primaries and elect in November
II they will only register, 60 to the
polls and vote for Morrissey.
Its up to you, Mr.. Union Labor Man
and Miss Union Labor Woman, to
see to It that a union labor man goes
to Congress from the First district Of
Colorado. *
Register and vote for Morrissey.
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03
COLORADO EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS
ORGANIZE IN WAR WORK ACTIVITIES
Quick Response Needs of Government Regulating
of Unskiled Labor Under New Plan Adopted
Prevent Useless Turnover and Place
Men Where Needed.

Colorado is always quick TO re-
spond to war needs of the govern
ment. Two weeks ago the federal
authorities wired for Representatives
Of councils Of defense and state labor
federations Of seventeen Western
states to meet in Denver. A week
later the meeting was held in the
Brown Palace hotel. Thursday, Au-
gust /, the date set by the national
government for the new system Of
labor employment to begin operation,
found Colorado organised for the work
at hand. Colorado's advisory board Of
six members 10 formed and Denver's
community labor board 10 named and
on the job.
State Advisory Bokfd.
A meeting was held in the assembly
rooms Of the Denver Civic and Com
mercial Association Wednesday to
arrange for cooperation with the fed
eral department Of labor, for the con-
troll and distribute the supply Of un-
skilled labor within its borders. Upon
the accommodation Of employers and
labor unions the following compost
ton Of the state advisory board was
fixed upon:
Roady Kenshan, director of IT,
United Statss employment service, and
W. N. W. Blayney, director Of the
United States public ssrvice reserve,
are ex-odlcio members Of the commit
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03
FEDERAL WAR LABOR BOARD AWARDS
WAGE INCREASE TO STREET CAR MEN
Affects Several Large Cities Will
New Wage Schedules Thruout Country; Advise
Increased Fares Meet the Ex
isting Emergency.

A dispatch from Washington says
the national war labor board Thurs
day announced awards to street rail-
way trainmen employed in several cit
les, Of wages ranging from 3S to so
cents an hour. Among the awards
was one of SS to Al cents an hour for
trainmen Of the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Railway Company, retroactive
to July II.
In some cases controversies be-
tween the men and companies which
had threatened to tie up street rail-
ways were adjusted by the awards.
Other street railway men affected in
clude motormen and conductors in Chi
cago, Detroit, Cleveland, PittsburE,
New Orleans, Schenectady, Rochester,
Buffalo, Newark, Trenton, Scranton
and East st. Louis.
The board announced that it had
recommended to the President that
special legislation be enacted by Con-
gress to enable some executive agency
OF the federal government 10 consider
the financial condition Of the street
railways Of the country and raise
fares in each case where circumstances
require Il
aWe believe Il to Be . war neces-
sity, justifying federal intsrfsrenco,s =
said the board. SHOULD this b
deemed uuWise, howsvey, We urge up-
on The local authoxitiss and The poo-
pie Of the locality Tie pressing nssd
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
RULE MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT
SINCE AMERICA ENTERED THE WAR

shall be transported out Of any COM
munity BY the u. s. employment serv-
ice without the approval Of the state
director; nor shall any labor be re-
moved by the service from one state
to another without the approval Of
the U. s. employment service at
Warrington. Every effort will be
made TO discourage any movements
from community to community or
state to state by any other service.
This labor program has the ap-
proval of all producing departments
Of the government, thru the war labor
policies board.
II must be understood that farm
labor will be protected, for the indus
(confinued ON Page Four)
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03

tee. They are the government repre-
sentatives. Lewis B. Skinner Of the
Western Chemical Company and w.
H. Leonard of the Denver Rock Drill
Company are the employer members
Of the board; Clint C. Houston, editor
Of The Denver Labor Bulletin, and p.
j. Devault, treasurer Of the Trades
and Labor Assembly, will represent
the unskilled workers who, because Of
their lack Of organization, have NO
official means Of representation.
Name Employer Members.
The employer members Of the board
were designated after . conference
OF delegates representing various
commercial associations Of the state,
which met Wednesday morning at the
headquarters Of the Civic and Com
mercial Association in Denver. Be-
cause Of the haste in which tho meet
ing had been called and the insufl-
cient representation, the organization
committee decided not to name with
out further consultation the commu-
nifty boards Of Pueblo, Trinidad and
other centers Of employment. The
community board for Denver, ~ de-
cidsd upon and wired 10 Washington
Wednesday night, is:
Dsavsr Community Beard.
W. N. W. Blaynsy for the govern
Vulcan Iron woras. for The empley.
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES GET MORE
U. S. Marshal Burris Receives Notice
6 New Salary Schedule.

Samuel J. Burris, United States
marshal for Colorado, received notifi-
cation Tuesday Of a $40 monthly in
crease in salaries to all civilians who
have been in the employe of the gov
ernment since June 80, 1917, and who
now receive less than $500 annu-
ally. Upon certification from the head
Of the department as to an employees
ability and qualifications, those who
have entered the service after June
80, 1917, may also receive the in
crease
Postal employees or those who have
had $500 increase in salary since
June 80, 1917, or employees paid un-
der lump sum appropriations in gov
ernment Offices established by law
since January 1, 1916, are excluded
from this increase.
Persons working only for short Pc
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-08-03

for such an increase adequate to meet
the added cost of operation.
This is not question turning on
the history of the relations between
the local street railways and the mu-
inequalities in which they operate. The
just claim for an increase in fares
does not rest upon any right to a
dividend upon capital long invested
in the enterprise. The increase in
fare must be given because of the
immediate pressure for money re-
ceipts now to keep the street rail-
roads running SO they may meet the
local and national demand for their
service.
"Over-capitalixation. corrupt meth
DDS, exorbitant dividends in the past
are not relevant to the present exi-
gency. In justice the public should
pay an adequate war compensation for
service which cannot Be rendered
except for war prices
The credit Of these companiss in
floating bonds il gone. Their ahility
to borrow on short notes II most lin
tied. In the face Of added expresses
which this and other awards Of needed
and lair compensation to their en-
ployes will involve, such credit will
completely disappear. Banlxupeey, ~
eeiverships and demorahinticn With
failure Of service must be The result.
Hence our urgent reeommendatioa q
this Aead.s