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Choice of
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The House > jSr
$25 to $4O Fancy Winter I
Suits and Overcoats I
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THESE suits and overcoats are priced to make
the knowing man purchase them the min- 9
ute he sees them. These garments bear the labels
of America’s foremost makers—such as Rogers-
Peet & Co., Strouse & Brothers, A. B. Kirchbaum ?
I & Co., Garson-Meyer & Co., etc. We want you
to come here to investigate this assortment of
t Sgl quality clothing and be convinced of the REAL
kl 9 sacrifice we are making to move the winter
fJM B stocks before inventory.
Alfl —e> THE KOME«y SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES B
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STATE HOUSE EMPLOYES TO
MAKE LEGAL FIGHT FOR JOBS
INJUNCTION SUIT THREATENED TO
ENFORCE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Charge Made That Civil Service Com
mission Is Playing Political Game
to Save Its Own Pay Roll.
Governor Carlson’s administration is
promised its first legal entanglement in
a threatened injunction suit to be insti
tuted by holdover employes under the
previous Democratie administration who
claim civil service rights.
A movement was started this week to
raise a fund amonjr, these employes to
begin legal proceedings. If carried out
an application for an injunction will be
filed in the District Court to restrain
the civil service commission from certi
fying to the salary vouchers of appoint
ees of the new administration whose
places are in the classified service.
Those behind the move charge the
civil service commission with “playing
politics” with the Republican adminis
tration for its own benefit and at the
♦•xpeiiKc of some 180 persons now hold
ing jobs at the State House.
It will be claimed that under its own
rules and the civil service law the com
mission has no authority to certify the
pay vouchers of the appointees made
by the new state officers. Furthermore,
th<* position will be taken by the em
ployes behind the suit that their civil
right* have been fully established
through the fact that all took civil serv
ice examinations, received the necessary
ratings and have been certified to by
the commission for many months. Pre
cedent for this claim, it is asserted, is
to be found in the establishment of
civil service in other states and by the
national government.
TO BUILD RAILROAD IN ALASKA.
Actual construction of the government
railroad to connect the Alaskan coal
fields with the coast, authorized by Con
gress last March, will begin during the
coming spring, according to federal au
thorities. Under the law providing for
tlie construction of the railroad the
President is authorized to decide on the
route, also whether railroads already
constructed shall he purchased as part
of the line, and other details.
Don’t Im> alarmed; the demands of the
luhor unions will ultimately prevail
only to the extent that they are just
and right.
Beats them all. La Belle 6s cigar;
union made in Denver.—Adv.
LABOR COMMITTEE SUGGESTS
CHANGES IN CARLSON BILL
WANT COMPENSATION LAW MADE
COMPULSORY ON ALL.
Commissioners Should Be Elected by the
Peopie and the Maximum Rate
Raised to $1,250 Per Year.
Changes in the industrial relations act
and workmen’s compensation law. as in
troduced in the Senate this week, are
to be urged by a committee of organ
i i/ed labor. For several weeks a com
mittee appointed by the president of
! the State Federation of Labor has been
holding meetings to consider the bill as
originally drawn. This committee con
j sists of John McLennan, chairman; Earl
K. Iloage. (.’. J. Common. (’lint. (’. Hous
ton, \V. F. Evans and S. I*. Oplinger.
Making it compulsory for employers
and employes to accept the provisions
and not elective, is one of the recom
mendations of the lulMir committee.
The selection of the commissioners by
election and not by appointment, after
the first two years, is asked of the ad
ministration. This would result in an
election every two years, as the terms
run for two, four and six years.
It is feared that if the industrial rela
tions and compensation bill are com
bined into one it will be unconstitution
al on the theory that a legislative
measure must not deni with more than
one subject in the same bill.
It is asked that the maximum com
pensation be placed at $1,500 for rail
way workers and $1,250 for nil others.
Labor wants to amend a provision
which will allow SIOO for funeral ex
penses of men who have no dependents,
but no other compensation. It is sug
gested that if some provision is not
put in the law. the total given to men
I without dependents go into the Estate
school or some other worthy fund. 'lliis
is advised to prevent discrimination by
• large employers in favor of men who
have no dependents.
It is recommended that 40 per cent of
the total compensation be paid for life,
after the total has been paid accord
ing to law. This is taken after the Cali
fornia law and is an agreement after
the law went into effect. If the sugges
tions of labor are adopted in Colorado
the workman or his family will get the
regular compensation for *ls years and
after that 40 per cent for life.
Try a Principe de Lees c jg ar f or an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.—Adv.
Beats them all. La Belle 6c cigar;
I union made in Denver.— Adv.
UNITED LABOR BULLETIN
OHIO COMMISSION HOLDS
EXHIBIT OF SAFETY FIRSTS
INNOVATION PROVES GREAT SUC
CESS AND IS EDUCATOR.
Employes and Employers Discuss Meth
ods for Preventing Accidents in Indus
trial Plants and Get Acquainted.
Ohio’s first annual industrial safety
exposition, held in Columbus last week,
was a success and a revelation. The
exposition was arranged and conducted
by tin? state industrial commission, the
executive laxly that is carrying into ef
fect Ihe provisions of the workmen's
compensation law and other statutes re
lating to industry. A large hall was
secured and all manner of safety devices
were arranged in booths. Attendants
demonstrated the utility of each device.
Railroad companies, large steel con
cerns, and other Ohio industrial cor
porations were represented, while other
ftntcK occupied large booths. The most
important feature of the exposition was
the “round table” discussions, at which
representatives of large corporation*and
representatives of organized labor dis
cussed the relation of employer and em
ploye and suggested measures to meet
the problems presented.
President Foil and Secretary Donnelly
of the Ohio State Federation of Labor
took a leading part in the debate*. If
even one-half of the betterment*
claimed to have been instituted by the
companies is a fact these concerns have
revolutionized their methods in dealing
with employes since the organized work
men of this state secured the enactment
of the workmen’s compensation law.
The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association,
at its last convention, declared In favor
of co-operating with the labor unions in
making the compensation Jaw effective.
Members of this organization resisted
the adoption of the law.
NEW LABOR LAWS DEMANDED.
Unionists of California have prepared
an elaborate legislative campaign, which
includes the following measures; An
anti-injunction law, removal of property
qualifications for jurors, jury trials in
eases of contempt of court in* labor dis
putes, amendments to the workmen’s
compensation act, regulating private de
tectives and private guards, a constitu
tional amendment limiting the power of
courts to declare laws unconstitutional,
appropriations to extend university edu
cation and the question of unemploy
ment. 1
Try a Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made. Adv.
ASSEMBLY URGES
COUNCIL TO ACTION
Wants City Commissioners to
Provide Work for Idle
Thum to Employ at Least 50 Men on
Mountain Parks Roads Soon as the
Weather Permits; Paint Now
A committee from the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly attended the City
Council meeting Monday afternoon and
urged that something bo done to pro
vide employment for scores of working
men who live here and have families to
support. This committee consisted of
Edward J. Hines, Fred Weasel and
Thomas P. Rodgers. They presented a
written statement in which it was de
clared to be the Council’s first duty to
relieve Denver’s unemployed and after
ward, if possible, provide means to care
for those temporarily in the city and
destitute.
“The problem of the unemployed is
a big one and we believe require* the
aid of our national govrenment, with the
assistance and co-operation of our state
and city governments, to find the solu
tion of this vexed question,” their let
ter rend.
“Again we urge upon your honorable
body to give this matter your imme
diate and serious consideration. You,
us well us every citizen of this city,
state and nation, realize that a crisis
confronts us in the caring for our un
employed. and you must ns men arise
to the gravity of the situation and make
provision for those of our citizen* who
are in need of assistance at this time."
The letter was referred to Mayor
Perkins.
Business Agent H. M. Munn of the
Painters’ District Council urged the city
to have its painting work done during
January and February. He said that
from March to July painters and paper
liangers are kept busy, but during the
rest of the year they have work only
part of the time and for part of the
year practically none. He said there
were from 150 to 200 painters doing
nothing now because of lack of work.
Mayor l’erkins said the suggestion
was a good one ami that the commis
sioners would do what they could to
have work done, at the period requested.
Commissioner Thum said the unem
ployment situation would be relieved to
a great extent when he could start work
on the mountain purks, giving work to
at least 50 Denver men with families.
From $5,000 to $41,000 would lie sjient
for this, he said, and lie brought the
matter into Council because nmler the
new arrangement the city commission
ers must pass on the mountain park
bills.
OPENS BUREAU FOR THE JOBLESS.
Secretary of Labor Wilson Announces ‘
Plan to Assist Applicants.
Formal announcement of the inaug
uration of a great federal employment ‘
bureau by the department of labor, with <
the as*istance of the postoffice and ag
ricultural department*, was made In
Washington this week by Secretary Wil
son. Through u circular letter sent to :
all section* of the country the secre
tary called the attention of the public
to the government movement to bring
the “inanless job and the jobless man”
together.
In his letter Secretary Wilson said:
“The department of labor, through the
division of information of the bureau ot
immigration, lias recently established
distribution branches throughout the
country for the purpose on the one ham!
of developing the welfare of the wage
earners of the United State* and iiu- 1
proving their opportunities for profita
ble employment, and on tiie other hand !
of affording to employers a method |
whereby they may make application for
such help as they need, either male or
female, citizens or alien resident*, and
have their wants supplied through ,
branches.” <
At the Theaters
THE DENHAM.
Next week the Denham player*, Carl
Anthony and Alice Fleming, will pre
sent one of the strongest piny* ever
written and one that has never been
seen in Denver, “The Nigger,” by Ed
ward Sheldon. This [day was first pre
sented at the New theater in New York,
a theater that was for a time support
ed by New York millionaires with but
one object in view, to present plays that
were of the highest artistic merit, with
out regard to their popular success. In
“The Nigger” they discovered a play that
wns not only an artistic success but a
financial one as well, and after a long
season in New York it was sent on the
road.
“The Nigger” will be the offering for
the entire week, commencing with a
matinee Sunday, and with the week day
matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
LABOR’S CENTRAL MEETING PLACE
Building Trade* Club, 1731 Arapahoe St.
You can’t make a mistake in going
to this gathering place of working peo
ple when looking for information. Make
appointment* to meet your friends here. 1
Every club facility and convenience.
Free reading and card rooms for mem
bers and guests. All organized labor men
eligible to membership.
NEW DENHAM
Commencing SUNDAY Mat.. Jan. 31
The Denham Players
INCLUDING
Alice Fleming **. Carl Anthony
In One of the Most Powerful Play*
Ever Written
“THE NIGGER”
Mata. Sunday. Wednaaday, Saturday
Price. 10c, Me. 60c
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