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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
THE HowLAND DRY GOODS co.

workers be cut from 12 to 10 hours daily and that we be paid for over time. We demand that the mang1ers and the other dangerous machinery be safeguarded. We demand that our wages be raised from Is to 20 per cent. so that girls can remain good and pure, even if poor
 This wage increase won't hurt the laundries. They make big profits. Why. only a short time ago, laundry prices in New York were raised. Our wages were actually cut.
 we also demand that children be kept out of these Hell shops.
 We have reports from every city in America and in no city in this country are conditions as bad as they are right here in New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

tensifred by the terrible heat of the steam in the workroom. I have seen poor, hungry looking, emaciated girls reel and fall against their machines and then crumple up, fainting, to the floor. Is it any wonder a girl in this condition will become careless and let her hand become crushed in massive mangler? Let me tell you about lit tie Dora Lowe. She was a pretty little East Side girl. whose life was being burned away in the superheated steam of the workroom. She tainted that way one day and when she re- turned. half conscious, to the room, she let her hands get mashed in a mangler. She lost all of one hand, part of the other was cut off. She was sent to a cheap hospital and got RttIe attention. Expert medical at tention might have saved her hands. She got not one cent Of damages When she was discharged from the hospital she was given her position back in the laundry, and with half a hand compelled to do the same work she did before she was hurt When she laid off a day for sickness, her
 1T havs heard vile mouthed work room superintendents swear at girls and berate them as though they were slaves. The poor things, most of them foreigners, just submitted.
 ''State inspection of factories means little. Some of the inspectors are honest, many of them are not. When an honest inspector comes around, he is detained in the office until things are made presentable in the work rooms. Chairs are hastily dragged out of the corners-and that's the only time we ever get to sit down at our work
 The child labor laws are violated. Girls not more than Is or 14 years old work in nearly every laundry in New York Even when these children tell the inspectors that they are older their anDearaOce should belv their words
 Why. I worked in a. laundry once where they employed such small chill dren that one day a boy hid under my skirts when the inspectors ap-@ peared.
 we demand that the hours for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
WAGE
 CAUSE OF STRIKE
(Continued from Page L0

(Continued from Page 1.) of course, we cannot change our clothing; we have to eat in the work rooms sitting down on the floors or leaning up against the machinery.
 The state factory inspectors re- gently made the laundries put in chairs stacked up in q corner Why :? Why it would be worth a girls job if she ever sat in one
 We work in superheated rooms filled with steam. The air is filled with millions of minute particles of lint torn from things we are 1aun- dering. Tuberculosis is the common est disease among the girls.
 ''I know of no laundry in New York which has a decent dressing room. Most of the rooms for women are so In many laundries, men and women use a joint dressing room; is it any wonder some girls are driven to im> morality Our washrooms and toilets, in nearly every New York laundry. are also exposed to the gaze of men work CTS.
 Most of the laundries are fire traps. God only knows how many innocents would die in the traps if they ever caught fire.
 ''seventy-sfve per cent. of the laun- They average $4 and s a week. In case a girl is injured it is seldom she ever gets damages. Sometimes the laundries will pay laundry expenses. If a SlFl loses d OS4S SAiS IS uOGASN- Think what that means to a girl earn ing less than 8 a week. Girls cannot live on s5 a week. pay board. dress +hemselves-and keep decent Today we are fighting for morality as well IS for life. A girl cannot work stead ily in a laundry. Her health wilt not permit it. Oftentimes, if she is ab- sent frequently, she loses her posi- ton
 s'In summer. the condition in these 'aundries is describable by only one word-Hell! The natural heat is in-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
BehFens To Head
 Charities Dept.

F. William Behrens, Jr.. -Republt- can, for two years a member of the. board of charities, and re-appointed to fill the one year unexpired term of Commissioner John E. Foster, re- signed, will be elected head of the board of charities at its organization.
 The board will organize either to- night or tomorrow night. The new members, Rev. John MacLaren RiCh-s ardson and Rev. Matthew Judge, have been sworn in, and will sit fof. member is Judge Patrick Kane who served as president for 3 years.
 Mayor Wilson expects the. board t5A meet tonight. The clergymen, boGh3 of who had appointments in conuecE ton with their church work will seeIs4 to arrange to attend the. meeting to-j night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
MALLETT'S LIFE
 SAVED BY SCHOOL TEACHERS CLOAK

Through the courage of Charles MachalowskY and the presence of mind. of Miss Bertha Ferry, a teacher in the Sheridan. school, John Manett. a milk vendor of F'renchtown road was saved from drowning in the Horse Tavern reservoir last night.
 With others, they were members of a skating party and weres enjoying the sport on the frozen reservoir when Mallett left the others and skated away by himself for short distance. and broke through. To the horror of his companions the frozen cover ing of the pond seemed to literally open andAswallow him up.
 When he came to the surface he was unable to climb out. EVerytime he placed his weight on the edge of the hole he had broken, the ice gave way under him. With his heavy water soaked Mallett was in danger of drowning when his friends came to his rescue.
 down on his stomach and crawled out toward the spot where Mallett had broken through the ice. Miss Ferry took off her cloak and MachaIow sky using it as a rope threw one end to the unfortunate Mallett. He caught the end of the cloak thrown him and hoIding fast was % dTawn ntSsrs out oF y Maeh who formed a human chain behind him.
 Mallett was taken to a, neighboring house where he obtained dry clothing after which he went to his own home. Today he is confined to his bed but it is not thought that any serious consequences will follow his cold ducking.
 Miss Ferry and MT. Machalowsky are today receiving congratulations from friends for their courage and thank them in person when he re- covers from his experience.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
DOnneIIy To Be
 Named By VOlImer

Sheriff William Vollmer said today that he will announce on Saturday the name of the deputy he will ap> point from this city. Former Tax Collector John M Donnelly will un> Juestionably be the man named, al- -hough the sheriff refused to say SO today Sheriff Vollmer has been laid up for almost two weeks because of strained fragments in his right foot. He was thrown to the ground while aIighting from a North Main street trolley car and has experienced diffi- cuIty in walking since then.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
9O-1O2 Golden Hill St.
Street Committee
 To Consider New
 State St. Bridge

Mayor Wilson announced the ap- peintment of the five members of the comm.Lttee on Streets and Sidewalks as a special committee, to consider the extension of State street across the -harbor by bridge to East Bridgeport. This resolution was introduced by Al derman Walker at the last meeting of the Common Council Ma action had been taken up to last night, when AL derman Walker asked the Mayor, at the council meeting, what action had .beenl taken. Today he made the ap- pointments-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

suspended from brass railing. There is also a fine lighting arrangement for the windows.
 The building was formally opened at this afternoon and large number visited the quarters and were lavish in expressing praise. The directors of the company received the members of the Bridgeport Business Mems as sociation this afternoon. The public reception will continue until 9 o'clock this evening and everybody is invited to make tour of inspection.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
Taylor Is Head
 Of Fire Board

The board of Fire commissioners met this afternoon with Mayor Will son presiding, and elected Wallace G. Taylor, the holdover Republican conn missioner. president of the board.
 MT. Taylor was appointed by Mayor Buckingham last year for two years. Frank L. Cogill. the Republican com missioner who succeeded himself, gave way to MT. Taylor's candidacy.
 MT Taylor has served as fire com missioner before his present term, un- der Republican administrations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
MUTINY OF
 ENGLISH REGIMENT

Especial from United Press-)
 London. Jan. 3-Despite efforts to keep the latter secret, it leaked out, this afternoon. that a regiment of mounted infantry at Long Moor Camp, in Tabriz, mutinied, Sunday morning bayoneted several sergeants. shot one officer. inflicting severe wounds. and were only quelled after the ringleader fought a barefist duel with one of the commissioned offic CTS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

BOX OF TOOLS STOLEN
 Someone helped himself to a box Of tools from a wagon belonging to An 1erson Brothers, which was standine his morning in Nash's lane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
Columbia Club. Any Columbia graphophone, from S15 up, at regular cash price on easy terms of payment.

New ounnbia areo import o an d models
 
 Columbia will be the Columbia club
 the oIumb Folks counted se vii as members paying
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
DIED.

MAVOY.-In this city, January End, fa12yLJames- McAVoy.
 Friends are invited to attend the, funeral from the undertaking paFIor5 of John c. Ford, No. 29 Cannon street. on Friday, January 5th, at 3:30 a. m., and thence to St. Augustine's church where a high mass of requiem will be offer ed at 8 o'clock a. m.
 Burial in St. MichaePs cene- tery. A 8 b*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
FRANCES-ASHFORU

\ marriage license was issued to- day to Francis Charles Francis, of this city, and Susan Asheford. of An sonia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

SANITARY DRINKING CUPS-Already to comply with the law Jacksons Book Shop 98688 Main St. Flat
 Paper Cups Round Paper Cups, Soda Cups and Comnlun Cups vending machine that holds 500 cups sells fer $350 Cups in 10000 lots at low prices. Get daily
 book and learn where your money goes price soc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

John Nagle. a native of Paris. and for 12 years a resident of this city, died at the Bridgeport hospital to- day after |. short illness. The de- ceased was employed at tine home of Mrs. =. M. Omans. 7OS Park avenue, and was an honest and trusted ser want. He was in the employ of Mrs. OmanS for the last four years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

The funeral Of Walter Healy, whose tragic death occurred Sunday afternoon, was held this morning from the residence of his mother, Mrs. Bridget Healy. 5S6 Arctic street at SEQ and St. Charles church at g o'clock. Rev Father Lynch officiat- ed at the high mass of requiem. At the offertory the choir sang, Pie .Tesu'' and at the end of mass Mrs J. C. Lang rendered, ''No Crown Without a Cross At the close of the funeral services the choir sang, Nearer. My God to Thee There were many handsome floral offerings. The church was filled with relatives and friends of the deceased. The tholomew Healy. Hugh Lavery, Frank O'Rourke, Joseph Colgan and Frank Ryan, Interment was in St. Micha els cemete cry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
WARNING-

WAfb-NI-NVF.
 Warming is hereby given that. the Board of Apportionment and Taxation If the City of Bridgeport will meet at the Common Council Cham her. City Hall, City of Bridgeport. on Friday Jan. 5th, 1912. dt o'clock in the aft ernoon For the purpose of organizinG, appointing committees and doing any other business proper to be done at ssfid meeting
 Dated atfl3ridgeDort-this 2nd day Of January, 1912.
 CLIFFORD E. WILSON, Mayor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

The funeral of Peter E. Dunn was held this morning from the home of his bro1her-in Jaw. James Keatings 1S2 Wade street, at S:3O and St Au- gustines church at o'clock. There was a large attendance. Rev. Father Kennedy sang a high mass of re- quieIl- The pail bearers were James Graham, James Calligan, Thomas En- right, James Hughes. William Wall, and James May. Interment was in St. Michael's cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03
OBITUARY

The funeral of Joseph Langenstein was held this morning from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel West, 1873 Main street. at S:3O. and from St. Joseph's church at g o'clock, where Rev. Hubert Dahme sang a high mass of requiem. The junior choir of the church rendered several selections. Many beautiful floral tributes sur- rounded the bier John Eckel, Isa- dore Zwierline, William Daley, George Best, Capt. John H. Naphey and Louis Horsbach officiated as pail bearers. Interment took place at the family plot in St. MichaeFs cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-03

IEar",er Want Ads. Cent Word.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-06

Il see you have brought home an
armful of new books said Mrs. Turn
over, Wearily, and / suppose It's use
less TO ask you to lift a finger, although
the condition OF our front walk, slnce
the snoW5term, is disgfaceful.
I'll be glad to lift a finger If that
will bring any sunshine into your HE,
replied Turnover, as he united his
package OF books Whose finger do
you want me to lift? And what has
lifting a finger to do with the condl-
ton OF our front walk
You know very well what l mean,
and [ wish you would take things serl-
ously instead of being SO flippant and
foolish. Mr.. Octopus, next door, went
out with a shove Immediately after the
storm and cleaned his walk and I'm
sure that everybody epassing this way
blesses him for it,
you have an unfortunate habit, my
beloved, Of holding up our neighbors
as shining examples OF what husbands
should be. 1 have no doubt that Octo-
pus is a model husband, if domestic
felicity depends on clean walks and
woman service with a snow shovel.
But. believe me, my dear, Octopus has
his failings as we'll as the rest of the
boys. II you were married to him for
q week you would be glao 70 come Dack
here and dwell in this atmosphere of
refinement and Incidence. There are
no perfect husbands, so the wife who
is truly wise makes the best of the
situation and tries to convince herself
that her own husband is as good as the
average.
''On the evening of Dec. 81 your hus-
band, whose glaring imperfections
cause you to look upon Joshua Octo-
pus with envious eyes. sat by his blaz-
ing hearth reading the eighty ninth
volume Of the Hawkshaw Hemingway
series. 1t is a marvelously interesting
book. 1t does seem to me that the au-
thor Of those incompatible romances
improves as time goes by. feared, at
one time, that the well OF his genius
must run dry, but my forebodings evil
IDENTIFY were baseless Each Heming-
way story seems better than its i'm
mediate predecessor.
The one was reading on the even
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-06
Exploitation of Textile Workers in
Lawrence.

Mr.. Editor: Thomas Carlyle said in
speaking Of the French Revolution:
Don't condemn the thunder. Condemn
the lightning that caused the thunder"
This has a direct application 10 the
Lawrence strike situation.
The lightning may be found in those
dry census reports on manufactures
which are surely not prepared in the
interests Of the workers. According to
the Twelfth Census, 1900, Manufac
lures, Part I, Page 20, and Special
Census Report. 1906, Manufactures,
Part l. Page Is. we find the following:
Product 1921 ,6s2,584 $1,sS3S4S, 484 81,
1S90-Product, s1261 692, 5g4, labor's
share, % per cent
1s0o-Product, $1,637 S4s,4S4. labor's
share, 20S0 per cent.
1g05-Product, S2,I47441,41S labor's
share, 1875 per cent.
The figures for 1905 are the latest
available. Each year the textile worker
receives for wages a constantly de-
creasing percentage of the total pro-
duct of his toll while the gross product
is nearly twice as great in The 10 years
under consideration. In 1890 the per
cent. of the cost Of labor to the in
crease in value of the product was so
per cent; in 1905 it was reduced to
1876 per cent.
The textile industries must be highly
protected, the politicians say, TO pro-
tect American labor from the competi-
ton Of pauper workers in England,
France and Germany. Fifty American
mill workers produce as much as twice
as many English workers in the same
time Therefore ne should in proper
ton to the increase in output receive
double the wages of his English
brothers, or be scabbing on them, so
TO speak
What are the Official figures? In
1904 the average weekly wages for cot
ton spinners in this country was s412
for a IS hour week In Germany cot
ton spinners got from $6.57 10 $3.50 for
a SIS hour week. In France cotton
spinners got $5.91 for q so hour week
American workers are the fastest
driven and the cheapest paid in the
world. when the output is considered.
These figures are Official and represent
the situation in six Of our leading in
an Sryiee
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-06
THE CANADIAN REJECTION OF
RECIPROCITY.

Csn7ds.s rerornition that recinrooaI
Trade vrouIs have bean a pood tbing
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lei n. -na IAN al mis- tin,e +.iI What
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.reserf situation. uitb rhe rec;1rooal
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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-06

Q.-Has woman a soul? We read
that man became a living SOUL" but
nothing is said about the woman haV-
ing a SOUL Hence my question. Il. b.
Answer.-As the Scriptures are silent
on this subject, and as much as the
gentler and fairer sex Is to be admired,
to be in harmony with the Bible, and
to answer the question therefrom
(however painful 1t may be to state the
fact), it Is necessary to set forth the
awful truth that women do not have
souls! But what is still more painful
to relate, according to the Bible, man
does not possess a soul. either! Some
good, well-meaning people who have
read their Bibles, but not with careful
thought, have been rather careless in
the use of language when referring to
Scriptural matters. No one has q soul;
but every living breathing creature is
soul. In the quotation above it IS
stated that man became living SOUP
and not that he was given q soul. The
breath Of life, the energizirg principle
impaired to the body by the Creator,
was not the soul. any more than the
body alone is the soul. 1t was the I'M
ion Of the two. tie life and the body,
which produced the intelligent orea-
ture-the soul. Woman, therefore, is
as much a soul as man.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-06
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Dream.

Mr. Editor: On account of eating
many turnips-to save potatoes this
winter had the nightmare the other
night. | dreamed that l went out and
came to fine patch of turnips, and to
my surprise l saw the figure of a
beautiful young woman. She was
dressed like the Goddess Of Liberty.
lneellng down among the turnips and
che pulled up a fne specimen (of
turnlp) aud around between the tops
and the turnip she placed d baud up
ON which were the figures 1851
Among the tops she placed a card
bearing the words. The causes that
lead up 80 it, and down upon the
round Of the turnip proper she made a
circle around il, and above placed a
paper band With these words on 1t:
Lincoln two terms Then another,
Grant two terms" Another, Hayes"
Now the vegetable began to taper
fast. Then another Garfield"
she pasted OH another Cleveland"
then Harrison" then Cleveland
again, and in like manner down to aud
inciuding Taft" and this looked all
right, Then she cut the top root Of
another turnip and labelled 1t Taft
I'd and tried to add that on, but it
did net fit. 1t spoiled the proportions
of the Wtaefe jrh She threw that away
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-06
FOR UNIFORM LABOR LAWS.

Congressman Mccall of Massachu-
sets has introduced q resolution into
congress fer an amendment of the
constitution which provides that con-
sress have the power to regulate the
hours Of labor to industrial establish
ments. The reason is to secure uni
formitN The prompting may be per-
cetved in the Massachusetts situation,
to which attention Ia Just now freshly
called by the Lawrence strike. That
state has always usually led in legis-
lation improving to industrial condi-
tions.
There is justice in the complaint
that advanced regulations put her
manufacturers at disadvantage in
competition" says the Providence
Journal, with those who are permit
ted to employ men. women and chill
dren without discrimination and on
any schedule. To large extent the
handicap, in course Of time, tends to
disappear. Other states fall into line.
If the state commissions on uniform
laws have taken up this matter moth
ing seems to have come of it. An
amendment to the constitution to per-
init federal regulation might be diff
cult to procure, however. Such a sur
render of police power by the states
would not be made without ireful
consideration. even were congress pre-
vailed upon to submit the proposal"
We talk about competition being
''the life of trade" very muen, while
we say little of the injury to hade Of
unfair and unrighteous competition.
There are kinds of competition which
are based upon fraud and injustice,
and which by dishonorable practice
degrades many industries Of The land
and Expresses the working classes.
Such competition ought to be made a
crime instead Of being counted
shrewdness, and the authors be dealt
with as criminals. There are many
acts which deserve to be classified as
criminal which have wholly escaped
the law,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-06
THE BULLETINS DAILY. STORY
WORTHY MAN

ing referred to was superb. In the
gray dawn of a winter day a policeman
was found roaming the street stark
naked, some fiend In human form hav
ing chlorofefmed him and robbed him
of his uniform and helmet. Who COM
mitted this dastardly crime? Who
was so lost to all the better impulses
as to deprive slumbering cop of his
raiment? The mystery seemed i'm
penetrable. The keenest minds of the
detective bureau were baffled. Then
came Hawkshaw Hemingway, the mas
ter sleuth-"
"Oh. fddlesticks! Mr.. Pinkfoot has
Just fallen on our walk and when he
got up he shook his fist at this house"
THAT won't hurt the house in the
shake his fist at 1t all he cares to.
wish you would overcome your dis
agreeable habit of interrupting me
when l have the floor. / was telling
you how I passed the last evening OF
the old year storing my mad with
useful knowledge. In good season re-
tired to my doWny couch and slept the
calm, dreamless sleep of innocence
Perhaps you bent over my slumDeflng
form and brushed from my beautiful
blue veined brow all the wandering
curls Of gold, and wished that l were
more. skilful with a snow shovel.
Now, what was Mr.. Octopus doing
that evening? He held high wassall
with a party of blithe spirits, human
and LIQUID, watching the old year out
and the new year in. happened to be
gazing from the easement of my bower
when he returned home on New Year
morning, and saw him trying to unlock
the front door with his overshoe. He
was wearing a tin pail instead of
hat, and his overcoat was on wrong
side foremost. l saw Mrs. Octopus let
him in. and l cannot truthfully say
that her face shone with honest pride
in her husband, 1t is possible that she
looked over this way and wished she
had a husband who passed his evening
by the Preside"
There's Mr.. Pulsifer fiat on his back
on our walk" shrieked Mrs. Turnover,
Chicago News.