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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31

Berlin. No doubt the great mass of
our American people were already
with the allies. From the day Ger
many overran Belgium, all feeling
human beings loved Belgium and hated
Germany. We were with the allies
in sentiment, in hope, in feeling, but
we entered this war clearly definitely,
when we We're attacked and when it
was necessary to defend our national
life and our national honor; but today
we are in; today we have Joined with
our allies in a great, glorious, a sa-
cred cause; and while we entered to
protect our own national life, we will
not stop until the great wrong that
Germany has done to civilization and
to all the world shall be repaired.
Talk of terms of peace! We en-
tered this war to protect ourselves
against the ruthless power of Ger
many. Shall we say to the world
that when Germany stops and leaves
the ocean free to us, we will stop
fighting and leave our allies, who
have fought with US, to fight out their
battles for themselves? No. To do
that would be to be unfaithful to
every human feeling that abides in
the breast of man. We are in with
them, and today we are working for
their aspirations as well as ours. Are
we as Americans to announce our
policy and say that when this cruel
submarine warfare is ended we will
stop; shall we say that France, who
has suffered more than any other
great nation, shall be deserted or that
we will stand by her until Alsace-
Lorraine are brought home to their
fatherland If we say, "Stand by
France to recover Alsace-L Lorraine, !"
the faint hearted will ask why should
we send our boys to Europe to fight
for conquest for France? If we say
we will desert them after they have
helped us to accomplish our ends, we
will brand ourselves as selfish, unfit
for idealistic thought, unfit for the
ties that bound us to the others fight
| ing in a common cause.
Shall we say to Germany that when
ever she sees fit to stop fighting,
whether now or ten years from now,
we will give her back the German
colonies which she has rightfully for
feited, lost in open warfare and which
she should never have again? If we
say that those colonies shall be kept,
then the faint hearted ask why are
you fighting to change the map of
Europe? If we say they shall be
handed back, we will betray our allies
in the midst of the fight. With Ger
many already occupying half Of Eu-
rope, we need say nothing about when
we will stop. First let the Germans
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
LABOR PAPERS NEW MISSION


the labor world let
labor than
other the command of the organized workers
during the last few because the which the Of vital
totally directed by capital The
capital and the peopmade
the other
could
jugged
Ludlow
committee appointed by President Wilson
capaist
unies enjoy OF the fruits Of the workers Of which
the first consideration reasonable hours of
the state legislatures which
fact that which should
welfare of
which
right to help do t-and s
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31

with their illusory but well-laid plans
for Germanizing the world. ever fooled
the British "ca 'canny' trades unionists
with the example of FIVE centuries of
trades guilds behind them to warn
them of the dangers of the new de-
parture" from the well-founded prin-
ciples of trades unionism, is hard to
understand, and many of them, like
Arthur Henderson, are still laboring
under the false illusions and hopes
which German international socialism
held out to them in their fascinating
program for world dominion and are
even now prepared for a compromise
peace dictated by Germany with the
hordes of the kaiser preparing to re-
cross the Rhine in defense of the
fatherland" and-kaiserism, which
peace cannot be.
The peace that must be exacted of
Germany must provide for the full
and complete restoration of the ma
tions Germany has invaded and COM
pensation for the destruction she has
wrought among their several peoples.
She must agree to enforce disarm-
ament in the interest of world peace
and the uninterrupted development
and advancement of mankind in a
world of orderly, peaceful progress.
She must agree to the right of self
determination of all nations and peo-
pies, great or small, a principle en-
bodied in the American Declaration of
Independence and which should apply
to individuals as well as nations in
the sphere of their peculiar activities.
The several races and nations Of the
world should be free to join "A league
of nations for collective bargaining in
the wider field of international poll
tics for the protection of their ma
tional rights against would-be invad-
ers, and believing in the doctrine of
collective bargaining for the protec-
ton of the individual rights of the
workers, it is but step in the direc-
ton of the development and applica-
tion of the collective principle of
trades unionism to the larger ques-
tions of world peace and the self-de-
termination of the weaker nations and
races for which the United States gov
ernment stands in this war and which
should receive nation wide recognition
and emphasis in every Labor Day
gathering in the country.
The rule which is good for indi-
v.duals in the struggle for higher
civilization and standards of living
for the workers should hold equally
good in the conduct of the affairs Of
all the nations and races of the world,
consummation and economic adj
vancement to be ardently desired by
every loyal trades unionist in Amer
lea.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
WRITER'S ARE QUEER FISH.

In an article which Emerson Hough,
the great novelist. has written for the
American Magazine, he says:
'At one time it became necessary
in our household to discharge n large
blond person who had never been any
thing but an alien enemy to our dishes
and digestions. As she departed, full
of wrath, Goosta turned at the door
and remarked:
"'Vell, ay hope you get better girl
as may, ma'aml Ay lax youse veil
enough; but your hoosban, hay ees
somehow kveer'
Perhaps Goosta was right. i make
no doubt that many believe that any
writing men is somehow queer. / be-
lieve my wife-a strictly competent
human being who keeps me jumping
thru hoops-is of the same belief. 1t
looks strange to see a strong man.
who would have made a good black
smith, sit around with no means of
support except typewriter and n
piece of paper.
"Yes, perhaps Goosta was right.
For instance. have two places where
| work: One my home office and one
my downtown office. do copy at
the former and transact business at
the latter. On the desk at each place
is a skull. which ! installed years
ago as a corrective measure. Across
the forehead of each il written the
ominous words intended TO keep me
from going fishing, Life is short' -
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31

century Gothic construction to the IA
nous Rheims Cathedral destroyed
more than year ago. st. Zemis Ca
thedral was more than 800 years old,
one of the finest structures of its kind
in the world, requiring 1877 years to
complete. The Hun with his shells
destroyed it in four hours to serve no
tactical advantage, but merely to
crafty his vandal lust. This is the
great menace to the worlds peace and
good order that must be destroyed
root and branch.
The Germans deeds in this war
don't call him "Hun," call him a
German, it will humiliate him that
much more; he glories in the name and
let him suffer the greater ignominy
that attaches to 1.-THE Germans
deeds in this war best exemplify the
ruthlessness of his character and
training. After repudiating his
pledged word and violating the terri
torial integrity of Belgium; after raw.
ishing it's womanhood and numbering
the young and the aged; after impal-
ing its infants upon German swords
and bayonets; after destroying its cit
les and fields and ancient institutions
of learning; after compelling all forms
of contributions in money, goods and
chattels from its still standing mu-
inequalities, industries and business
houses, it imposes on the stricken lit
tie country the enormous fine of g.
800 100000 of marks or $466,000 900.
more than S58 per capita in total
population of 100000 Think of it.,
of the enormity of the burden imposed
upon a war-torn and impoverished lit
tie nation! If the kaiser is the Beast
of Berlin" after all he is but a prince
beast among a nation of beasts, whose
bestiality is repulsive to all men of
sober mind, thought and heart and
ways of living and which constitutes
an indelible blot upon the German
character.
In looking across the bridge of years
that intervene between the present
and the birth of Berlin "internation-
alism," / begin to understand and ap-
preciate to their fullest the depths of
this propaganda for world economies
as well as military conquest by Ger
many, creed fostered and fed by the
German imperial government, and
how the labor worlds of the western
nations fell easy prey to its "class
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
e and Influence Solicited

help Poland to rise triumphant and
free?
We cannot fight this war without
idealism. Strong as the cannon may
be, there is something stronger, the
everlasting yearning of the human
soul, the feeling of love and brother
hood, the sympathy in each others
wrongs; and this we must have be-
fore we can win; and this we will
have. The map of Europe must be
changed. 1t is not safe for Europe,
and it is not safe for America, that it
be left as it was. 1t will be changed
if Germany can change it. 1t must
be changed if the allies can change it.
The old boundaries are gone; many
of them are blotted out forever. We
will hope that from this carnage and
desolation, there may be new coun-
tries, bound together by blood, by
common language, by common feeling,
and these new countries will make war
less possible in the future than it has
been in the past.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
WHEN Boards WE'RE TAXED.

In the reign of Elizabeth every
beard of a fortnights growth was
subject to tax. Peter the Great. in
1705, imposed "A tax upon the boards
Of the Russian mobiles of 100 rubles,
while the common peoples beard tax
amounted 10 one kopec. This tax
caused much dissatisfaction, but in
spite of this the impost was extended
to st. Petersburg in 17l4. The tax
on boards was confirmed by Catherine
in 1925, by Peter III in 1928, by EN-
press Anne in 1881. and in 17s3 by
the Empress Elizabeth. IL was re-
pealed by Catherine III in 1862. In
France n beard tax was imposed upon
the clergy. The celebrated Duprat,
lord high chancellor of France, was
the adviser of the measure, and bull
was published by the pope cnjoining
the clergy TO shave their chins. Then
a tax was levied by the king upon all
who wished TO be exempted from the
harsh decree. The bishop and others
who could afford the means paid the
tax. but the poorer clergy were Obliged
to yield at the point of the razor
London Tit-Btis.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
By JAMES FITZGERALD.

The observance of Labor Day in the
fifth year of the cateclysm into which
the world has been precipitated, finds
US with the tide of final victory run
ming in our favor, and my purpose in
this contribution is to enforce and re-
emphasize the moral which the great
struggle holds for labor in the sinister
warfare Germany is making upon
mankind and all that makes life worth
the living.
/ read the other day how in a spirit
of pure wantonness and the desire to
destroy all that is beautiful in art, re-
ligion and morals, Germany's military
commanders ordered the destruction
of the Cathedral of st. Zemis in
Rheims, a companion piece of mid
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
WIRE SPLINTS FOR WOUNDS

A new kind of surgical splint in
which galvanized wire netting takes
the place of wood has been put on the
market, says the Popular Science
Monthly. The steel entering into the
construction of this woven wire splint
is so tempered that it can be nodded
by hand. Being galvanized, the wire
is sterilized and at the same time
welded into single piece that cannot
fray out at loose ends. AS it is por-
Gus, it allows certain amount of
evaporation and air circulation to the
dressings beneath, which wood or
plaster does not. The splint comes
rolled like bandage and is lighter
and less bulky than wooden splints.
New Mexico and Maryland have
adopted the statewide referendum, but
not the initiative or recall.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
By CLARENCE DARROW,
OF the American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy.


When / hear man talking OF how
this war will be settled | know he is
giving aid and comfort to our enemy
in times of war. 1t is no time to talk
about terms of peace until we begin
to fight. At present we have but one
duty and that duty is to fight. have
no patience with those people of any
allied nation who are busying them
selves in a vain effort to settle the
terms of peace. When the foe is in
front of us, with all the weapons
known to modern warfare, we have
no time to think of peace. Peace will
come when the German military ma
chine is destroyed, and it cannot come
before. Neither have | any use for
the faint hearted or those who say
we cannot conquer Germany, that we
cannot win, that it may be draw. 1t
would be better that our cause should
20 down in ruin and defeat than that
we would have an inconclusive peace
in the end. If we lose (Which we can
not and will mott, but if we lose, our
people, crushed and bleeding, will still
have before them the example of Po-
land, dismembered, under the con-
queror's heel, that still for more than
a hundred years has kept its national
spirit and fought for the freedom that
would one day come. But if we make
a cowardly settlement, if we temper
ize with evil and with wrong, if we
compromise for peace, if we save our
bodies, we will lose our souls.
No More Talk of Peace,
| wish it might 90 forth from any
and every allied land on earth that
there should be no more talks of peace.
When the German army is driven
back to the fatherland, we may talk
peace. but not before.
Peace? There is no peace in the
world today. There is no chance fol-
peace. This earth is not big enough
for peace and Prussian militarism at
once. Can we talk peace? The United
States did not seek this war; it came
to our shores. We entered this wal
because the barbarous, ruthless mill
tary machine of Germany murdered
our people on the seas, destroyed oui
commerce, and bade great nation
of a hundred million people keep of
the "German" ocean.
We entered this war to protect oui
national life, because we no Longer
could have held up our heads among
the nations of the world had we beer
so cowardly as to take orders from
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
LABOR ON TOP AS TIDE OF VICTORY
SWINGS TO OUR FAVOR IN GREAT WAR
Workers. Battle Must Demand Com
plete Surrender Auocracy Before Amy
Peace Discussions Are Had; This Should Be
Emphasized Labor Day.

conscious" teachings, a repulsive doc
trine that has no place in free democ-
racies where full, free play is guar
anteed individual initiative and indus
try. Yet the workers of the western
world fell for its promised millennium
so easily and went to the task of
ushering in a made-in-Germany brand
of the golden age with the avid earn
estness of kitten reaching for sau-
Ger of new milk and Tapped in its
teachings with a satisfying confidence
as unsuspecting Of its hidden purposes
as angels. And now they are paying
in their life's blood for their folly on
the hills and in the plains and valleys
of Northern France.
How the German internationalists,
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31

go back to the fatherland and show
repentance, and then we can talk, but
not until then.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
WOW!

Now that Doc Davis has begun his
revelations, the kaiser may realize
how sharper than an liberated tooth
it is to have thankless dentist. We
should have liked to have held the
docs job and, when it appeared neces-
sary to, draw the kaiserliche molar,
warble as we closed down on the. for
ceps, "The yanks are coming, the
yanks are omingw-Chicago Eve
ming Post.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31

q. X. Food Adminlstrn tion.
Ee oil song sez Oars Sugar in
de Gourd." but Br'cr 'Tater lows
dat de only sugar he's studyin'
bout nowadays is what's in do
sugar bowl on hits gwine ter stay
dar.
De folks wots doin' do fightin.
mus havgt sugar fust.
But ef OARS emmy awcct'nin' In
DC gourd days, he sho' gwino
yer eit tapped. cause dey's Iookin'
substitute" W
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
AWAY WITH PEACE TALKS
OUR ONLY DUTY TODAY IS TO FIGHT SAYS CLEAR
ENCE BARROW, NOW IN EUROPE SEEING
WAR WHERE 1T IS FOUGHT.

of this stirring, timely article
Engla o
contributor
articles result his
of to
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31

90 back to the fatherland and snow
repentance, and then we can talk, but
not until then.
We Must Hold to Our Ideals.
And what else? America has
never been a military nation. 1, for
one, hope that she may never be. l
am willing and anxious that America
shall use every means of preparation
that is necessary to win this war, but
we believe in the ideals of peace, and
hope as a nation we will cling to
those ideals and take them up again
when this war is won.
We have never been a military ma
ton, but we have entered this war in
good faith with our allies, and it is
our business to win. The question to-
day is, "How can we best defeat Ger
many" Germany today, by her ruth
lessness, by her violation of interna-
tional law, her violation of all the
laws of humanity, Germany today is
an outlaw among the nations of the
earth. We may some time look too
far ahead. Today Germany is threat
ening the destruction of the civiliza-
tion that the world has built. She is
threatening the liberty of Europe, she
is threatening the liberty of America.
Germany is the common enemy that
must be beaten.
We entered this war to protect our
right, but more and more this war is
war between democracy and autoc
racy, and one or the other must sur
vive. And in that, we cannot say to
Austria, 1--WE will settle if you will
do so and so' We cannot say it to
Germany. We can say it to none.
We must reach out to try to get
greater justice in the world.
Austria's heel has been upon the
neck of the Slavs. She has held the
Poles in subjection and she has held
the Bohemians in subjection. What
shall we say to our, Bohemian broth
ers, who are fighting in every allied
army in Europe, who are fighting in
the Austrian army, and the only time
the Bohemians ever surrender is when
they are fighting in the Austrian army,
and after they surrender they Just
begin to fight; shall we say to them,
eve will leave you bound and chained
to Austria after we have had your
devotion and your help" or shall we
say, "Our sympathies are with you
and when this war is over and won, we
| hope Bohemia can once more be ma
tion among the other nations of the
earth"
Map of Europe Must Be Changed.
! And what of Poland, the land of art,
of music, of literature, of freedom,
the land that in science gave US Co
pernicus, in literature gave us Conrad,
in music gave US Paderewski, state
that, altho often defeated, has always
fought, has never surrendered, whose
heart has ever beat true to human
liberty, people whether under Aus
tria, Germany or Russia, have always
longed for the time when they once
more would be Independent, a nation
among the other nations of the earth (;
people that if united in Europe would
be at least the sixth largest nation
in Europe, and more than that in de-
votion, people that have contributed
to the wealth, the industry, the intel
lect of America. Almost to. the last
man, they are standing with us today.
Shall we say to them that in this great
opportunity of the ages we will turn
our back on them or rather that we
will fight this war to the end and that
we will stand to the end and above
the smoke and the ruin and the blood
of the European battlefelds, we will
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31
LIQUOR TABOO ON DINING CARS

The United States railroad admin
istration issues the following:
General Order No. 80.
The sale Of liquors and intoxicants
of every character in dining cars, res
taurants and railroad stations under
federal control shall be discontinued
Immediately.
w. G. McADOO,
Director General of Railroads.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-31

A nine-hour workday and a living
wage have been won by the working
women of the state of Kansas.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03

Z ST. y. z. lalS-NIreIy furnished room;
8 large windows. adjoining bath; gen
tlemen: near car line; private family -.
Phone Lincoln 5sSI l.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
Standardized TYpewriting

Big demand and big salaries for expert
typists. Shorthand not required. New train
ing course makes you expert In a short time
This means for you double speed, less labor
less overtime. bigger job. and quick pro-
motion. Investigate THE ASHTON school.
or STANDARDIZED TNPEWRITING. s=S
VI st. y. W.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
FOR SALE-FARMS
EDUCATIONAL

PREPARATION FOR UNIVERSITY. Ian
guaEss. mathematics. science: ell govern
ment examinations: moderate. COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. ~ IIth ST. y. W.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
McHENRY BROS.

Horses Can b. Seen Friday.
SALE RAIN OR SHINE
The Washington times., 1918-05-03

9TH ST. y W. 6i6-Furnts5ed rooms for
one or more persons; hot water and batA-
IL
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
PALNIISTS

Palmistry is a recog nized science,
AND
RIZPAH ELDON Is KNOWN
As ONE OF ITS GREATEST IN PuSENTS
Hundreds Visit This R.aiarIlaO O.e Woman
Daily.
Complete readings With accurate descrip-I-a
0f what yoTT hard foTeteIs only one doTIa.
Reception parlorE y. o. cor. Of 9th aud g ttyy.:
eLuaucs gu al. IiV.Ts 10 u. H. 10 10 p. "a.
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-08-24
RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE
%. l37.

Whereas, the Mayor and Board OF
yrusiees of the City of New iberia, on
we Ind day of February. Nineteen
Kindred and eighteen, adopted an or.
uinance under aud by virtue of which
NE City Of New iberia, through ii. !.
cealy, Mayor, entered into two certain
contracts. oneacf which was with A..
Lockett & Company, Limited, do
miciied In the City of New Orleans,
$50 contract being specifically de-
c'afed 70 be a Louisiana contract un-
~ and by virtue of which the City OF
rev Iberia purchased from A. NJ.
DocEct & Company. Limited: :
: One 250-H. P. Twin Cylinder. -Four
uyc'e Snow Crude Oil Engine, ar
smnked for direct connection to A 4
= VycIe Generator with two pieces
unk Shaft and all necessary ex
.sast pipe and fittings within and
s'tnout the building, together with
..ssceesary fuel, water and Iubrica.ipg
~ piping within the building.
= ALSO q certain contract with the
usneral Electric Company OF Schen-
ssedy, New York. under and by vir-
80 O which the City of New iberia
81" ssscnased from the said General EIec-
S1e'Type TIRE 240 x Volt 1872 X w
80 phase.6o Cycle 1900 Volt-200
~ = "a Engine, Type alternater
&" s.ent SHAFT or bearings. with damp
4st,s wauding Field rheostat and foun-
n 4 fAo> NJ,
~ II e TYPE. M Lilo X w rs yolt.s5O
~ ne'sed Type EXETER, with base
y ana Geld rheostat.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-08-24
New Iberia,

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. William
A. NICHOLSON a con, on Sunday,
August 18th, of this week. "Little
Bill" starts life under the most ia.
vorable auspices and with a record
of the lives of ancestors overlap
ing each oiber in several genera
lions. At the time the baby ar.
tlved TO add TO the fighting force
Of Uncle Sam, his father and
mother represented generation
before bim-ot course. Repie.
senting the third generation are
Mr.. and Mrs w. j Nicholson aud
Mr.. and Mrs Eug. Lopez on the
mothers side. In he All genera
Ilon are bis great grand parents
Euzebe and Julia Lopez and Mrs.
TheO. Romero, all OF the mothers
side. On the fat hers side il Mrs
Lon Babers, who nears her 60th
anniversary, and who, after quite
3 years Of total blindness, has bad
her sight that thoroughly restoI ed
as makes Independent Of other
help in administering to her own
wants.