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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
Printers Home Notes


A number of residents attended the
great patriotic Bastile day celebration
last Sunday held at the Stratton Park
pavilion.
W. c. Holser, secretary of Pueblo,
Colo, Typographical Union No. It's,
visited here last Sunday.
B. R. Coffman, editor of the Times,
Yuma, Colo, enjoyed a pleasing visit
at the Home last Tuesday.
Lee R. Holly, member of Chicago
typographical Union, and wife, were
visitors here on Thursday of last
week.
Victor H. Larson, member of Den
YER Typographical Union No. 40, a
former resident about eight years ago,
visited the Home last Friday. He ac-
companied his brother, Oscar Larson,
here, who came from Jacksonville,
Fla, and admitted to the Home for
the purpose of regaining his health.
E. c. Shumway and wife, editor of
the Gazette, Peetz, Colo, were visitors
at the Home last Tuesday.
Robert G. Thompson, the aged resi-
dent of the Home, who will be 81
years of age next October, member
of Typographical Union No. 40, was
pleased to enjoy social visit here
with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary
Sedgly of Denver, on Wednesday of
last week.
Harry E. johnson, delegate to the
l. I. U. convention which will be held
in Scranton, Pa, from Typographical
Union No. 81, San Francisco, Cal, ac-
companied by his wife, enjoyed a
pleasant visit at the Home last Fri
day.
In honor of the French holiday, the
Union Printers Home celebrated the
eventful occasion. A musical and
concert arranged by Superintendent
j. G. Daley and given by Prof. Fred
G. Fink's orchestra, was held last Sun
day night. There was n large at
tendance of residents, employees and
their friends present, all of whom en-
joyed the beautiful patriotic selec-
tons and the rendition of other num-
bers by the orchestra; also the soloist,
Miss Francis Lively, pleasingly en-
tertained with the singing of two vo-
cal solos.
At the caucus of the Democratic
voters of precinct 60 of Ell Paso coun-
ty (Which includes the Printers Home
and Mob HID, held Wednesday of last
week, George w. Martin, resident
from Atlanta, Ca. Typographical
Union, and Otto B. Madden, resident
from Chicago typographical Union,
were nominated as the delegates to
the county assembly that convened on
Wednesday of this week at the court
house, and the Home correspondent,
Samuel Boil. resident from Typo
graphical Union No. 6, New York
City, was honored. receiving the re-
nomination as precinct committeeman.
and Mrs. l. Delight Dillenbeck Of Mob
Hill was again nominated as commit
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
MINERS MEETING
INDEPENDENT UNION TO HOLD
SESSION IN WALSENBURG.
Convention Opens Thursday. July rs,
and Future Policy of New Organi-
zation Is To Be Determined.

The first annual constitutional con-
vention of the Independent Union of
Mine Workers of America will open
in Walsenburg Thursday of next
week, July %. and be in session for
three days. Delegates will be in at
tendance from the various coal camps
Of the state. Among the matters to
be considered are drafting of a COM
plete constitution for the Independ-
ent Union, outlining of future policy
and election of officers for the ensu-
ing year.
President John r. Lawson and Sec
rotary Ed l.. Doyle are to make re-
ports on what has transpired since
the Independent Union was formed mt
a special convention held in Pueblo
the latter part Of February, this year.
The new organization was formed in
revolt against election frauds of off,
GERS Of District 10, United Mine Work.
ers OF America, then controlled by
James +. Moran of Iowa, Warren E.
Pippin of Kansas and John McLennan.
who had previously urged withdrawal
OF District los charter when defeated
for reelection as president by John
Lawson, year previous.
Considerable interest attaches to
the Walsenburg convention, as many
local unions of United Mine Workers
have surrendered or destroyed their
charters and Joined the Independent
Union as n protest against the un-
paralleled frauds committed by Off
cials of the United Mine Workers Of
America in Colorado.
The Walsenburg unions are prepar-
ing to give grand ball in honor Of
the visiting officers and delegates on
the first evening Of the convention.
Two theaters have been donated free
OF charge for public meetings, Friday
and Saturday nights, July 90 and 81,
at which Lawson and Doyle are to
make addresses.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

The same is now being done in the
ports of New York, Norfolk and
Charleston, S. c., under the direction
of T. v. o'Ccnnor. formerly head of
the International Longshoremen's
Union. The dock workers at Phila-
delphia have for some years been al
most wholly the members of an l. w.
w. union. but apparently the govern
ment will ignore all affiliations in sup
plying men for the loading and un-
loading Of ships. and will handle the
problem as one of centralized control
Of a national labor force.
So successful has the centralized
control proved in New York, by short
ening the period of delay of vessels
in port, that it will be extended to
every port in the country as rapidly
as the organization of this branch of
the employment service can be per-
fected.
Not only is O'Connor the director
OF stevedores and marine workers.
under the employment service, but he
is also a member of the national adj
justment board which sits to deter
mine all questions Of hours and wages
for this work.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
CABINET OF LABOR
FIRST DEPARTMENT MEETING
HELD BY WILSON.
Division Chiefs to Confer Each Week
With Secretary on the Progress
of War Activities.

The first regular meeting of the de-
partmental cabinet of the department
of labor was held in Secretary Will
sons office last Tuesday, and in COM
menting upon this new departure, the
secretary said:
Il have long had it in mind that a
regular meeting of the division chiefs
would be an excellent means of CORE
lating the work of all. The appoint
ment of the new division heads for the
war activities of the department af-
forded favorable opportunity to
launch the undertaking.
In the future these meetings will
be held weekly. All the bureau and
the first meeting only administrative
problems of the department were con-
sidered."
The following were present: w. B.
Wilson, secretary of labor; Louis F.
Post, assistant secretary of labor
John w. Abercrombie, solicitor; Felix
Frankfurter, assistant of the secretary
and chairman of the war labor poll
cies board; Anthony Caminetti, COM
missioner general of immigration; DR..
Royal Meeker, commissioner of labor
statistics; Richard X. Campbell, COM
missioner of naturalization; Miss Ju-
liza C. Lathrop, chief of the children's
bureau; J. B. Densmore, director gen.
eral United States employment serv-
ice; Roger w. Babson, director divi-
sion of education and information;
Hugh L. Kerwin, director of labor ad-
justment; Dean Herman Schneider,
director division of training and dilu-
ton; Ethelbert Stewart, chief of the
investigation and inspection service;
Grant Hamilton, director of conditions
of labor service; Miss Mary Van
Kleek, director Of women in industry
service; Otto NJ. Eidlitz, director Of
ton; Charles T. Clayton, director Of
civilian insignia, and S. ]. Gompers,
chief clerk, department Of labor.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
Clearly Defined Policy.

I'm order that their services may
power conserved, clearly defined
policy is needed which shall determine
what kinds Of work women should per-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
HONOR OF FRANCE


but it is also being fought to save
mankind. We extend our hands to
each other, to the great peoples with
whom we are associated, and to the
peoples everywhere who love right
and prize justice as a thing beyond
price, and consecrate ourselves once
more to the noble enterprise of peace
and justice, realizing the great con-
ceptions that have lifted France and
Piles of the world. The French flag
flies today from the staff of the White
House, and America is happy to do
honor to that flag.
WOODROW WILSON"
Labor Sends Greetings.
W. H. Young, president of the Colo
RADIO State Federation of Labor, read
message to the French working
people, which had been presented by
the Denver Alliance for Labor and
Democracy and also signed by the
president and secretary of the Den
yer Trades and Labor Assembly, the
Denver Building Trades Council and
the Colorado State Federation of La
Dor. These resolutions are being con-
veyed to the French people thru the
government officials of America and
France.
These resolutions in full are printed
in another column of this paper.
Bishop Then, who spoke Immediately
following adoption of the labor reso-
lutions, said they would be more cher
ished by the people Of France than
all the oratory, bearing as they do an
expression of the working people of
the greatest republic of the globe.
The bishop paid an eloquent tribute
to the working people of Colorado and
of the nation for the splendid part
they are doing to help win the war.
Thrills of Enthusiasm.
When la Marseillaise" was sung
by Nine. Rose McGrew the patriotic
air vibrated with thrills Of an enthu-
siasm which brought a response to
the chorus from hundreds of people
in the audience who loved the song
and understood the language in which
it was sung.
Never since the war began has the
Auditorium held such an enthusiastic
and patriotic assemblage as that which
met last Sunday night to commence
rate the French national holiday.
which this year is so closely linked
with our own Fourth Of July.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

park. The reports of officers showed
that since the last convention two
years ago there had been a gain in
membership of nearly so per cent,
which is a greater percentage gain
than that of any other organization
affiliated with the A. F. of L. The
present membership is 1929. The
convention will last until Saturday.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
LIVING WAGE BASIS
FOR ALL WORKERS

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pending the final and general decision
on the basic workday.

pending the final and general decision
on the basic workday.
Supreme Court Of Disputes.
II these vitality important standards
have now been indicated, and are to
be duly established when the national
war labor board meets on July %.
then IL In time to call attention to the
fact that the government has formed
another body-the war labor policies
board-which is to apply these stand
ards to all Of the war industries, re-
CARELESS Of whether the employees in
those industries shall go thru the va
rious steps Of bringing an industrial
dispute to Washington. The war Ia
Dor board, headed by Messrs. Taft
and Walsh, has been established as a
The war labor policies board, repre-
scnting the government departments
that are struggling with war labor ad-
ministration, has been established to
compel war contractors, ms well rs to
bring the government departments, to
abide by uniform conditions ms to
wages, hours and other terms Of en-
ploymcnt. II cannot enforce a wage
which is below the minimum which
will be fixed by the ft-Walsh board
II will. on the other hand, force thou
sands Of small and big contractors to
pay that minimum wage. At least,
that is its purpose.
An unfortunate result of the tenn
porary absence of Mr.. Taft has been
the action Of his proxy, Mr.. Judson,
in voting with the Ave employers on
the war labor board against any con-
sidcration Of the case Of the steel
workers in the Birmingham district.
The six who voted against action de-
clarcd that the strike had been broken,
and that there was no dispute left
for settlement. Mr.. Walsh and the
five labor members voted in favor Of
taking up the original dispute. They
lost, on the tie vote.
Taft-Walsh Decision
But when the war labor board shall
have settled the similar trouble Mt the
Bethlehem steel plant, the war labor
policies board will be able to serve no.
tice on the Birmingham steel compan-
les that their treatment Of labor in
their plants must be governed by the
same rules rs are enforced in Beth
lehem.
As forerunner Of its announce
ment Of labor standards for men,
which must be based on the Taft
Walsh decisions. this war labor poll
cies board has just drafted and given
out its program with regard to women
in war industry. This program is to
be administered in detail by the new
division Of women in indutsry, in the
department Of labor. Miss Marie Van
Kleck is the chief of that division.
1.-THE existing shortage Of labor" It
says, aggravated daily by the mill
tary and naval demands Of the govern
ment which requires greatly in
creased production Of war materials
and Mt the same time the withdrawal
from civilian occupations Of about a
quarter Of million additional re-
cruits each month, necessitates wide
spread recourse to the labor Of women
in the United States.
Clearly Defined Policy.
''In order that their services may
be fully utilized and their working
power conserved, n clearly defined
policy is needed which shall determine
what kinds Of work women should per-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

(kansas City Labor Herald.)
The sixteenth biennial convention of
the International Brotherhood of Book
binders opened last Monday morning
Mt 10 o'clock at the Densmore hotel,
seventy delegates being in attendance.
John A. Key, president of Local
Union No. 60, of Kansas City, deliv-
cred the address Of welcome and
speeches were made by A. P. Sovey
of Indianapolis, general president Of
the Brotherhood; Charles B. Nelson,
business representative Of the Central
Labor Union; Edward McAdam and
j. Leo Ryan, member Of the board of
public works.
In the afternoon the delegates were
taken on tour of the city in autos.
and the visitors were given an oppor-
tunity to see our Labor Temple. The
long ride over the park and boulevard
system was greatly enjoyed. In the
evening grand ball was given at the
gates.
Bookbinders hall in honor of the dele
Tuesday night at the same place a
smoker was given. The hall was
crowded by an audience that thoroly
enjoyed first class athletic and mu-
steal entertainment The women dele
gates attended basket picnic at Fair
mount park. Thursday night the del
egates attended n picnic at Electric
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

Building trades returns from thir-
ty-five Canadian cities for February
indicate that employment decreased
more than az per cent, as compared
with January. and over &c per cent, as
compared with February, 1917.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

tee woman. All Of the above men,
toned names of the nominees were
unanimously elected at the primary
which took place at the Home last
Saturday.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20
BOOKBINDERS.

William c. Thornton, member of the
national executive council of the Book
binders, returned this week from the
a kansas City eonvent ne;,, He expresses *.
Of general secretary-treasurer in the
referendum which comes next October.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

The Bulletin wants to do your Job
printing. Prices right, work excellent.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-07-20

Dance programs, ball tickets and
window cards-we print EN- right.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

Homes for wOrkingmen have come to be one of the serious problems of the nations war enterprise. When the National army camps were built, thou sands of building mechanics and la- borers were brought in to handle the work. Many were housed temporarily In bunk houses or contractors bar racks.
 The same is now true to quite an extent at the big shipyards.
 Every one admits that this Is not the ideal condition. It contains a seri- ous threat to the working efficiency of the men, as well as to their moral na- lures. However, in the emergency it is the best that can be provided. In these big industrial centers where thousands of men must be brought to- gether within few weeks to carry out large stupendOus program of sudden preparation. such emergency housing is about all that can be provided.
 Many of the smaller cities, In fact, even some small villages, are finding themselves woefully short on houses | for the workingmen who are being called in by the sudden growth of some local plant or factory. The war activity Is reaching out into surprising places. All over the country we get reports of this town needing 90 new houses, that town requiring 30. another town 25. another 100, and so 1t goes.
 This housing need in the smaller cities and towns should not be handled
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10
WAR AIDS GENERAL HEALTH
Sight of Sturdy Soldiers and Sailors on the Streets Declared to Have
 Had Good Effect.

An observing physician says that the presence in New York's streets of many soldiers and sailors has an indi- rect effect on the health of civilians. He believes that most persons become initiative when they see one of Uncle Sam's men with head erect, shoulders back and chest thrown out. The natur- al result Is deep breathing, and from this comes improved digestion and cir culation, thus causing better health.
 The doctor called attention to the fact that Poe in pointing out the psy- chological effect of one person on an other in regard to acts and manner isms said he could figure many thoughts of persons in the streets by watching their actions. As an Illus tration. Poe told of man hurrying along in slouchy manner until he ap- proached hunchback. when he i'm mediately strengthened, the similarity of carriage causing an unconscious effort at the instant the hunchbacks misfortune was flashed to the brain of the normal man.
 still another influence affecting the general health of the public, due to the war. is the increased number of patri- otic men who have gone Into training after rejection by army or navy sur eeons due to minor physical disability. Others. too, have undergone lesser sur glcal operations, long neglected. so that they might pass.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10

It's an entirely different problem to build one house for some one follow ing his own and your suggestions than to build a group with the object of selling each house in the group. In the first case the owner may have cer. tain radical features that he wishes to incorporate in his house, and as long as he is the one to be pleased these ideas are considered. In the group houses the designs must all b0 more or less conservative as the taste of the prospective owner is absolutely unknown. The problem therefore, Is to provide a house that is distinctive and yet contains no freakish special features that are likely to impress pros- poets in the wrong way.
 This idea applies equally well to both the exterior treatment and the room arrangement. The designs shown here are handled in this way, and each group Is harmonious and contains no radical features that arc likely to cause disapproval. Yet each house Is dis tinctive and attractive.
 The floor plans of each of the houses are somewhat similar because this par. ticular arrangement has been found to be the most practical. The arrange ments differ of course in various little things, but in general way they ara much the same.
 The opportunity for harmonious con- trast lies almost altogether in the ex- terior treatment, and this Is where these houses differ from each other.
 In arranging for the building ot these group houses, the lots are gen~
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10

rom Greece to Marseilles and had wandered ali the way up here. The two Americans who were just released after getting over the humps were the first Sammles I had.
 During the first two years I was here 1t was mighty exciting, particu- larly at night, when the German air planes used to fly over and lombard the town. Recently they have not come very often."
 Sister Is German Countess.
 Mrs. Bradley Lee is a sister of the beautiful Mary Lee, who married Count Waldersee, former chief of the German general staff. She was for merly the intimate friend of the kaiserin, and is rumored to have taught religion to the kaiser" several years before the war.
 Mrs. Bradley Lee often visited her titled sister in Berlin or Altona be- fore the war; and had large ac- quaintance in the German "army set" among which Countess Waldersee moved.
 The German army under Von Kluck occupied Chantilly, after Creil and Senlis, during the first weeks of the war and German general and his staff stopped in Mrs. Bradley Lees chateau, doing no damage there, al- though the Rothschlld estates and the property of Duchess de Chartres, ad- joining were footed by the invaders.
 This fact, together with the fact that 1t was known that Mrs. Bradley Lee had sister married to German field marshal, caused considerable gos- sip, and there have been many un- founded rumors current that the beat- tiful American woman who has op- erated the hospital at Creil for so long had been arrested for giving intelli- gence to the enemy.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10
Money In Snalls.

An investment of ten cents three years ago in two red snails has net ted a profitable business for Mime Veronica varje Scrimshaw, who IS known to hundreds of school children as "The Snail Queen"
 The snail investment brought thou sands of snails, which Mime. Scrim- shaw sells to school children oO for five cents, and the madame throws In A bit of seaweed and sand. The children are so eager for snails that the madame's profits sometimes reach SIP a day. She Is said to be the only woman known to raise snails.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10

erally made fairly narrow so all these designs are made narrow enough to go on a small lot. The widest is 25 feet and the narrowest is 21 feet which is small enough to go on any lot; as they are seldom made narrower than 25 feet and are generally little wider than this.
 Several factors enter into the selec- ton and arrangement of the rooms. The main object to be accomplished in the design of q small house is the utilization of all the room possible. consistent with convenience and access sibility and also cost. Very often the latter item can be affected by altering the sizes of the rooms little so as to enable the use of stock lumber. This reduces the amount of cutting that is necessary and thus reduces the cost often to marked degree. It also en- ables the builder to do faster work, which may be an important factor at times.
 Frame construction Is used for the designs shown here. which are of the  bungalow type. The foundations of these and also of the other designs are made of concrete up to the grade line. The walls are of typical 2 by 4 stud construction, which is covered with sheathing. The sheathing Is then covered with rosin building paper and No. 1 four-inch beveled siding. Floor joists are usually made of 2 by los, which are spaced 16 inches on centers. The ceiling jOists are also spaced 16 inches on centers, and are made of 2 by 6 timbers.
 A study of this group and the floor plans will give the builder many valu- able ideas on group management and will also provide much useful informa- tion on single houses of several diff ferent kinds. Each of the houses is of course separate and will look well if set of by itself away from the rest of the group.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10

in temporary slipshod way. Bunk houses or boarding houses will not do. The aim should be to supply real homes, but to select them so wisely that they will not be unduly expensive, and then to construct them, if possi- ble, in quantity lots so that the build ing cost may be low.
 There are two things to guard against in the design of groups of houses such as are shown here. They must not look so much alike as to be- come monotonous; on the other hand they should not contrast so sharply that some of the houses look insignifi- cant or that the combination seems to lack harmony.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10
Demand for Houses Presents Problem in Great Many
 Communities.
SAVING IN COST POSSIBLE
Designs Must Not Be So Much Alike as to Be Monotonous Nor So Different as to Destroy
 Harmony.

MT. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he Is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue. Chicago. H., and only enclose three-cent stamp for reply,