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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18

I have seen bank advertisements in peace time which said: Make your dollars work" that is draw interest Don't hoard or keep them idle, but fellows there is higher call now to put your money to work than the mere draw ing of interest, for the blessed fact comes that while I am too old to fight, my money can fight for me Our men have gone across to protect us and ours: now let's come across with our money to protect them and theirs
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
TRANSPORTING OUR TROOPS.
Achievement of America Astounds the
Whole World.

The world has been astonished at
the great number of American SOL
dicrs transported to Europe in the last
half year. The number now approxi-
mates 100000, and the loss Of life
in transporting them has been almost
infnitesimal.
The success with which we have
moved our troops from the scattered
camps in this country and across 1000
miles Of ocean to the battle front is
great evidence of American efficiency.
We have not only surprised our enc
mics; we have surprised our friends
and ourselves.
The British controller Of shipping,
Sir Joseph Maclay, speaks Of this
movement across the sea as "a trans
port miracle" We have been inclined
to attribute this achievement solely to
our navy and our shipping, but the
British controller speaks in high
praise Of the share the American rail-
roads had in the work. He says:
"If the American railroads had not
been operated with success the whole
transport movement might have
failed, because 1t was essential to
quick transportation that the troops
should be ready for the ships"
Director General McAdoo seems JUS
titled In his statement that while the
development Of the policy Of the rail-
road administration requires time,
progress has been made toward the
goal.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
Printers Home Notes
ny -. Bsn.,

Frank R. Foster, member of local
Typographical Union No. 81, visited
here week ago Wednesday.
John F. Evered, member of Okla
homa City, Okla, Typographical
Union, was a visitor here last Friday.
b Mrs. r. ]. Newton, whose husband
is a member of San Antonio, Texas,
Typographical Union, visited the Home
Wednesday of last week
W. NJ. Harper, resident manager of
the Western Newspaper Union, Wich-
ita, Kan, with wife and daughter, Wis
tied the Home last Thursday.
A. L. Deyo, member of Typographi-
cal Union No. 6, New York City, a
former resident of the Home, with the
Mergenthaler Linotype Company at
Kansas City, Mo-, visited here for q
few days last week.
Captain Frank Raymond and wife,
who is associated with Barnard and
Company, printers, of st. Louis, No.,
with an auto party of friends, visited
the Home on Wednesday of last week.
A. C. Race and wife, a member of
Wichita, Kan, Typographical Union,
were visitors here last Tuesday.
Mrs. Louise Tanquary of St. Louis,
Mo-, daughter of Oscar Langford, one
of the aged residents from Typograph-
ical Union No. s of St. Louis, enjoyed
pleasing social visit with her father
at the Home last Sunday and Monday.
Ralph Scott, president of the Ap-
prentice Members of typographical
Union No. so, Kansas City, Mo-, Wis
iting in Colorado Springs the past two
weeks, called at the Home last Mon
day.
John H. Walter, an old-time printer,
affiliated with St. Louis Typographical
Union No. s, in 1869, for a number of
years member of Fort Collins (Colo.)
Typographical Union No. 592, visited
the Home last Tuesday.
A recent arrival, Jerry Haley, who
was a resident of the Home three years
ago, came here a week ago from New
ark, n. J., Typographical Union to
again recuperate for his health. For
mer member of Typographical Union
No. 6, New York City, and of late
years travelled considerably in the
West, having been employed in Den
yer, Salt Lake City and other places.
Several sanatorium residents of the
Home have been knitting socks for the
Red Cross society during the past
month. Three knitting machines were
installed and they have already knitted
During the last week of July one of
the prizes offered for the largest num-
Der of socks made was won by the res
idents. A total of 12S pair was turned
in that week. An average of twenty
pair of socks are made each day.
Those busily engaged are John De-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
LABOR TURNOVER is COSTLY.
Secretary Wilson Says Wage Farmers
Are Not in Protitcering Class.

In an address to newspaper men in
Washington this week Secretary of
Labor Wilson said that "the individ-
ualistic strike-the turnover of labor
brings US greater loss than all Of the
collective strikes and lockouts that oc-
cur in the country, and anything that
we can do to reduce that turnover
of labor will assist in maintaining eff
cheney"
The cabinet official indicated that
the present high wages have not
placed workers in the profitecring
class. and one Of the reasons for the
big inflow Of labor to large cities has
been the inability of the average Ia
borer to grasp real money value, or
real wage values.
They figure it purely upon none
tary basis rather than upon n real
basis, the basis Of purchasing power"
he said. "And SO the wage that Is
held up to the rural worker as being
paid in New York, for instance, or in
Boston, or in Philadelphia, seems to
him to be n tremendous wage rate,
and It is lure to him to come to our
Cities"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS ON MINING
INDUSTRY TO HELP WIN THE Big WAR

President Wilson has issued the fol-
lowing proclamation:
To All Those Engaged in Coal Mining:
The existing scarcity of coal is Gre
ating grave danger-in fact, the
most serious which confronts us-and
calls for prompt and vigorous action
on the part of both operators and min
ers. Without an adequate supply our
war program will be retarded; the
effectiveness of our fighting forces in
France will be lessened; the lives Of
our soldiers will be unnecessarily en-
dangcrcd and their hardships in
creased, and there will be much suffer-
ing in many homes thruout the coun-
try during the coming winter.
! am well aware that your ranks
have been seriously depleted by the
draft, by voluntary enlistment, and by
the demands of other essential indus
tries. This handicap can be over
come, however, and sufficient coal can
be mined in spite of it, il everyone
connected with the industry, from the
highest official to the youngest boy,
will give his best work each day for
the full number Of work hours. The
operators must be xealous as never
before to bring about the highest effi-
cheney OF management, to establish the
best possible working conditions, and
to accord fair treatment to every
body, so that the opportunity to work
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
CAN'T STRIKE LAW
PROVES A FAILURE
FAMOUS CANADIAN LEM
IEUX ACT DISCARDED.
Government Adopts New Plan for
Arbitration of Disputes and Names
Two Trade Unionists on Board to
Minimize Industrial Disputes.

The Canadian cant strike" law
has cracked, and by the appointment
of a commission to review awards un-
der this act, the government acknowl-
edges that the strikeless millennium,
thru legislation, is not in sight.
The official title of the cant strike"
law is the Canadian industrial dis
putes Investigations act," or popu-
larly known as the Lemieux act to the
public generally and as the 'lemon"
act TO organized workers. 1t was
passed in 1907 and makes strikes
against public utilities illegal where
the government is not given time to
appoint commission to investigate
and make an award. When the law
was passed it was given wide pub
licity as the solution of differences
between capitalists and workers, and
Mackenzie King, who is credited with
being its sponsor, and who later Joined
hands with the Rockefeller interests,
imported the idea to Colorado.
The Trades and Labor Congress of
Canada has condemned the law. The
unionists say that the time the gov
ernment demands before strike is le-
gal is used by employers to strengthen
their lines and secure strikebreakers-
Another charge against the law is that
too much time is used by the concilia-
tors, which is taken advantage of by
the employers.
The governments new plan to patch
up the law is a commission of five
two employees and two employers, they
to select a chairman-whose decisions
shall be final While many trade un-
ionists are dubious of the success of
this plan, officers of the Trades and
Labor Congress are determined to
make every effort to minimize indus
trial strife, and have nominated John
W. Bruce, Toronto, member of the
Plumbers union, and Gustave Franco,
Montreal, of the Typographical Union,
as members of the new commission
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
n. Y. STATE INSURANCE FUND.
Shows Great Saving in Administering
Workmen's Compensation.

The cost of administering work
mems compensation insurance under
the New York state fund is only one
fifth as much as the management ex-
penses charged by private insurance
companies, according to the recent re-
port of Manager F. Spencer Baldwin
Of the New York state insurance fund.
"a striking feature of the opera
tions Of the fund is the low ratio Of
management expenses to earned pre-
miums, which was less than per cent
in 1917" he says. This makes an
impressive contrast to the average ex-
pense ratio Of about 90 per cent for
the mutual companies and from "a to
62 per cent for the stock companies" !"
During the three and one-half years
since the workmen's compensation law
went into effect. it is shown, the busi-
ness of the state fund has more than
doubled and now carries about one
fifth of the entire volume of work.
mems compensation insurance in the
state, exclusive of the so-called self
insured employers.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
APPEAL TO UNIONS
FEDERAL EDUCATORS WANT
HELP IN AMERICANIZNG
Commissioner Claxton Suggests Labor
Day Celebrations Afford Opportu-
nifty to Arouse Patriotic Spirit.

In a letter to officers of interna-
tional unions and central labor bodies,
United States Commissioner of Edu-
cation Claxton calls attention to the
Americanizing policy of his depart
ment.
These startling figures are sub
mitted to impress upon trade unionists
the necessity for eductaion and agi-
tation of this subject:
IN 1910 there were in the United
States approximately 100000 for
eign born persons and about 20,000,-
600 more with one or more parents
born in foreign countries. About 3d.
100000 of the foreign born over ten
years of age could not speak English
and about 1850 900 could not read or
write in any language. Nearly 80 per
cent of the foreign born population
were males of voting age, but only
four in every 1000 attended school
to learn our language and citizenship.
Over 100000 additional aliens were
admitted between 1910 and 1915.
About 1900 foreign language news
papers, with an approximate total cir
culation of 10000, 900, are printed in
the United States"
Attention is called to the thousands
OF men of foreign countries who are
enrolled in Americas fighting forces,
and trade unionists are asked to assist
the foreign born in industry to better
understand American ideals. Commits
sloner Claxton suggests that Labor
Day celebrations will afford oppor-
tunity to call attention to this matter
in connection with the slogan, 'swin
the war for freedom"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
MAY JOIN UNION
OFFICIALS HAVE
SEEN A BRIGHT LIGHT.
Street Car Men of National Capital
Win Clean Victory After. Hard
Struggle for Recognition.

Because officers of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company can
see a condition when it squarely faces
them, they have notified employees that
the company has abandoned its indi-
vidual contracts 'for the duration of
the war and until further notice.
The announcement is simultaneous
with the following declaration by the
national war labor board, and which
these non-union employees were pre-
pairing to take advantage of:
Where individual employment con-
tracts have been exacted by employ
ment companies they are ordered
eliminated for the period of the war
on the ground that they constitute an
interference with the free right of men
to organize"
As sort of shock absorber for its
changed policy, company officials chat
ter about the open CD shop while
protesting loyal adherence o'the col
lective bargaining position of the ma
tional war labor board.
A strike against the company was
called March IL. 1917, when it insisted
on individual contracts. A commit
tee appointed by the United States
Senate investigated the strike and
blamed the company. In supple
mental report Senators Jones Wash
ington) and johnson California; said
1T is unfortunate that the modern
economic trend of dealings between
employers and employees was so little
understood, or, being so understood,
so wholly disregarded by this railway
corporation. By individual agreements
employees are left wholly without pro-
tection."
The full committee made this refer
ence to the company's imported strike
breakers:
These strikebreakers, as class,
were brutal, vulgar, dishonest and of
the lowest possible type of labor.
They appropriated to their own use
cash fares without concealment or
shame. They were dirty and disrepu-
table They smoked and used violent
and obscene language in the presence
of all passengers, including ladies. In
some cases they were not qualified to
operate cars"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

Mt his best may be accorded every
workman. The miners should report
for work every day, unless prevented
by unavoidable causes, and should not
only stay in the mines the full time,
but also see to it that they get out
more coal than ever before. The other
workers in and about the mines should
work as regularly and faithfully so
that the work of the miner may not
be retarded in any way. This will be
especially necessary from this time
forward for your numbers may be fur-N
ther lessened by the draft, which will
induct into the army your fair share
of those not essential to industry.
Those who are drafted but who are
essential will be given deferred class
ification and it is their patriotic duty
to accept it. And it is the patriotic
duty of their friends and neighbors to
hold them in high regard for doing so.
The only worker who deserves the
condemnation of his community is the
one who fails to give his best in this
crisis; not the one who accepts de-
ferred classification and works regu-
larly and diligently to increase the coal
output. A great task is to be per-
formed. The operators and their STATS
alone cannot do It, nor can the mine
workers alone do It; but both parties,
working hand in hand with q grim
determination to rid the country Of
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

its greatest obstacle to winning the
war, can do it. 1t is with full con-
fidence that l call upon you to as
sumo the burden of producing an am
pie supply of coal. You will. l am
sure, accept this burden and will sue
cessfully carry it thru and in so doing
you will be performing service just
as worthy as service in the trenches,
and will win the applause and graft
tude Of the whole nation.
WOODROW WILSON.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
HE'S A TERROR TO THE HUNS.

The shipbuilders of the United
States are delivering the goods. When
a lighter, 110 feet long, 81 feet wide
and 10 feet deep, is built of wood in
twenty-four hours, the story becomes
almost unbelievable. What the Amer
lean workingman can do when he gets
his mood up is terror to Huns. There
is way to get him to 'come on"
and Charles Schwab knows the way.
You got to give it to him.-Omaha
Western Laborer.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
TO REGULATE WOMEN LABOR.

The New York state industrial COM
mission corrects the claim that en-
ployers on government work in that
state are not subject to New York's
labor laws. The commission has in
structed its legal department and its
inspectors to enforce the state law
where women are employed by private
contractors on government work.
Send The Bulletin to distant friends
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

neau, William Buchanan, Steve Pun
phrey, Jette Banning. Fred Judson,
Steve Buchovecky, Vern Meredith,
Fred Gault and Clarence Barnes.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
EFFIcACIoUs REMEDY.

when I sing the tears come into
my eyes. What can ! do for thisf"
STUFF cotton in your ears."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
DEBT OF DENVER
S1.5O PER CAPITA
LOWEST RECORD CITY OF
HER SIZE.
Financial Statement for Year Ending
July 1 Makes Remarkable Show
ing and Puts City in a
Class All Alone.

The net public debt of Denver, leav-
ing out Of consideration the recently
voted bonds for the purchase of the
proximately, S1.50 per capita. There
is not another city of Denver's size in
the country that can anywhere near
approach these figures.
While the outstanding bonds issued
for various public improvements ag-
gregate 81 ,373, 400, there has accumu-
lated in the sinking fund 1894 ,687.28
for their payment, and as rapidly as
the terms of their issue will permit,
they are being called in and wiped
out. Local Improvement and park
bonds are outstanding to the amount
of 81 1882 300, but these stand as debts
against real estate specifically bene-
fitted and are not to be counted as
properly a city debt
The financial statement of the city,
as of date of July /, shows the city
indebtedness distributed as follows:
Funding bonds. 100000
Refunding bonds 571,000.00
Auditorium bonds-------------. 1O6. 10000
Colfax Larimer viaduct
bonds .--------------------------.-- ZbU,UOU.UO
Total ....---..---...------.------ 1873 10000
Less sinking fund 94,6S7.2s
Net public debt-.------.--s 37s.712.72
The outstanding bonds issued for
parks and local improvements in the
various districts, less bonds now called
for. redemption, are detailed as fol-
lows:
East Denver park dis
trict ...-----.-.-------.--.---S 81 ,523 100000
Highland park district 100000
Montclair park district l75,000.00
South Denver park dis
trict ..-...-............---.-.--.--.. 100000
Outstanding park district
bonds -...-.......---.--.-.-...-.s1 81 ,7ss. 100000
Outstanding local i'm
provement district
bonds ...-..-......--...--...---... 3,194,s 10000
Total ,9oz r5Oo.uu
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
A CULINARY HINT.

In making n sugarless gooseberry
pie, it is advisable to leave out the
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24
s4,9s2,30o.oo

Calls for these bonds to be pre-
sented for payment are made from
time to time as money accumulates
from the collection of improvement
taxes in the various districts against
which they stand as a debt. Payment
of bonds constituting the public debt
is provided by sinking funds created
value of all taxable property. Pay
mention bonds issued for special i'm
provements is provided for by assess
ment on real estate included in the
improvement district against which
they are issued
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

Send The Bulletin to distant friends.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-24

Colonel C. T. Ladson, Atlanta, Ca:
Your State Convention Number is GER
tainly an astounding paper. By
George! it is hummeri 1t reflects
great credit upo nthe labor movement
of Colorado and the energetic as well
as enterprising publishers, Messrs.
Houston and Hines.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-13
In ~Ayuntamiento tom6
possession por medic
de Ia fuerza
Ell GObernadOr de Puebla Sc OpO'
MIA a clio porque los que 10
fOrnan son 'reacciOnari0S'

PUEBLA, Enero 10.-Los MEM
bros del nuevo Ayuntamiento de Che
lula, han sido acusados ante la Conf
sion Permanente de Ia Legislature
del Estado, por ell Executive del mis-
mo, de varias violaciones a la Ley
Electoral entire las que Sc cuenta "a
de posesionarse por medic de las ar
mas, de los puestos para los cuaics
Green haber sido designados-
T.. e. asunto es escandalosisimo y
tanto en- Chclula como aqul es ei te-
ma de todos los concentrates, por ira
tarse de IN last raro en- los anales
e~lectorales, pues hasta ahora no sc
habia registrado que IN Ayuntmlen-
to tomara possession de su cncargo a
viva fuerza.
La version Official sobre los aeon
tecimientos de Choiu'a, es la siguien
te: Sospechando el Presidente Mu-
nicipal saliente. Agustin Blanca, de
que entire los eve ediles habia
algunos incapacitados para e%jercer
su cargo, disgue por haber servidc al
gobierno del general Huerta, consul
20 cen el Gobierno 10 cue debia ha-
cerse. FL Executive instruyo a Blan-
ca para que de acuerdo con el arti-
cu'o SO de Ia citada Ley Electoral.
nombraran un Ayuntamiento prorl-
sional que ~funcionara mientraS e!
Congrc.o resueive $! las eiecc!oneS
de Cholula fueron legales. En- viz
.ud de esas ordenes, B'anca Sc neg0
a dar possession de u cargos 4 los
nueYos municipes. y estos, armados
de pisto!as. Sc prescntaron Ell el sd
Ion de cabildoS a desaloiar a los an
tiguos cdi'es, inclusive Blanca, quien
fuG arrojado 4 viva fuerza de Ia ca
sa consistor;al. Blanca es NADIA me-
los que helmano del Presidente nel
Congreso.
Hasta ahora los nuevos ediles per
manecen en- Ell palacio municipal, eX.
ccpto dos 0 tres que. temerosos de
que Sc les vayan 4 eEigir responsible
lidades por los successes desarroilados
ALI han salido de Cholula.
Del conflicto rcsoivera la Conf
sion Permanente en- tanto que Sc reU-
ne ell Congress-, que sera cl pr6Ximo
dia IS dc los corrientes, para deciGir
81 es legal el nuevo Ayuntamiento &c
Cholula.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-13
La REINA GUILLERMINA AD-
Ou;ERE TERRENOS PETROLE-
RIOS EN- YERACRUZ.

EERACRUZ, Enero 10.-liace al
gunos dias estuvieron en- esta ciudad,
amos gc6logos eXtranjeros, los Qua
les hicieron alganos reconocimientos
en- los tcrrcnos situados entire este
Muricipio Y eli dc Saltabarranca.
Entire estos geo.ogoS vcnia I'm
doctor suizo. rcroroc;do como clper-
tiSimo en- csa ciencia. y que pc"tcGe-
&c j Ia podcrosa compania 2ctTolcra
La Corona, que ticnc grandcs pro-
picdaics : pozos en- exploitation cn
Panucc.
Sc. trataba dc reconocer cstas tie,
rraS y adquirir propicdades, para Ia
exploitation de ~petr6leo: Y segln sa-
bemos, los citados gsologOs han re,
gresaIo muy Satisfechos de SUI viaje
de exploration
Como los pcropietarios &c La Go,
roma" son NADIA meuos que Ia Rc!na
! Guillcrmina de Ho'anda Y el Baron
de Rostchild, multimillonarioS gue
en- sociedad poseen mas dc ochcnta
propiedades petrolcras dc altisimc
valor CT differences parties del nun,
do, y como cl informc que van 4 rcn,
dir sus cnviados cs muy s~atisfacta,
rio, Is probable que pronto tenGa,
mos por aQai una enpreSa seria Y
} podercsa que despierte a Ia rique2a
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-13
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-13
VaFjos espa1oIGs fueTon
aprehendidos en- PuebIa
Sc les acusa de aYudar con per-
trec!Os a los zapatiStas

PUEBLA. Enero 10.-El asunco
del dia aqui es Ia d~etenci6n de Va
rios espan0leS. algunOs conocidis;A.oi
entire los miembros Ge Ia co!oria !be-
re-, a los que sd acusa de estac en-
comivencia ION Emiliano ZaData, pa
"a prororcionar, a los rebcldes &c!
Sur. pertrechoS de guerra y WHERE'S.
La acusaci6n que pesa sobre los
esDanoles de referencia Sc funda en-
IL dcnuncia hecha a las a~utorida0es
militares sobre los manejos de d.
chos individuos en- :elaciones con e!
acercamiento de los cabecilias mas
conno-ados a plazas importantcs, CO.
mo Atl;xco Y otras.
Los ~prirleroS datos q-e tuvo Ia
Jefatura de Operaciones sobre 81
viajc misterioSo de TN autonaoyil que
cada senlana saiia de Puebia cor
ga-cue Y e'ementos de boca, para los
=aDatistas, los propoccioraron ietcs
?%a ope-an contra los rebcldcS, qu:c,
nos Sc qucjaban, ademas, de Que sc
hubiesan dado rombramientos de je-
fes de Crerros Regionales 1 ex-jefcs
surianos.
Con los informes que tuvo Ia al
toriIad miatar, procure averigua:
qIienes eran los propictarios del au-
t6movil que salia rumho a Duebloi
4e Tccal;. protestando lievar q ia IA
n &c tc&bajadorcs de las h&c:endas
lbicadas en- aque, distr.to, y, CT Wis
IA De los cargos que rczultaron coll
ira aigunos espanoieS, eStos fucron
reducidos Il prision y conslgnat9S
a! Juez en- CT EStado, licenciado La
bastida, como responsables del deli
10 de rebellion.