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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-11
WHERE THE CO., OPERA TIVE PLAN
 IS PROVING A GREAT SUCCESS

speculator mdden other prefeering getting hard jlt the Province of Ontario Canada realize struggle for freedom from exploi method of mating which bed both the and the Operative Company of Ontario began by cutting They live stock that they control big stock yards with $5OOO0O00O0 for 1920 Such achievement heselves Since the farmer produces which the worker and the worker
 
 
 
 
 operating of that png business of $0Oo0 Their ultimate goal cooperative every and village the province binding link the worker This will end monopoly the for the necessities of they have produced
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-11

conspicuous exception, so far as we know. The World maintained from first to last a stout and manly opposi- tion; had other papers of like influence done the same the result might have been very different. The first reaction of the newspapers to this present agita- ton is perhaps satisfactory enough; the question is whether if the thing gathers formidable momentum, they will make 18th amendment, be content to sail with the wind.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-11
CARPENTERS GAIN.

Rockland, Me, Dec. 10.-As result of organization carpenters have ad- vanced wages 10 cents an hour.
 Teague, Texas, Dec. 10-The carpen- ters rate of 871s cents an hour has been advanced to $1, following several con- ferences between employers and em- p1oyed.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-12-11
HUGE OIL DIVIDENDS.

New York, Dec. 10.-This year Standard Oil has paid dividends of SIS, ,220,720, a new high record. In the nine years from 1912 to 1920 inclusive, total cash payments to stockholders total $807, ,725,5o It is claimed that the present market value of stock divi- dends increases this amount to more than $1 ,500000
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Britain Starts Campaign
To End Boycott i'm India
Five Convicted Out of Eight
Prosecuted on Charges
of Sedition

DELHI, Nov. II (By MaiD Gndia In
formation Bureau) Active steps are
teing taken by the British government
in Northern India to arrest the % ders
of the non-cooperation movement, of
VIII Gandhi is the chief p~oponent.
There have been eiyhc cases of prose
cuton on charges OF seditior or at
tempting TO seduce troops Five Of
the accused have been convicted and
three are still pending Almost all Of
thom are editors, publicists and educa-
t'orists, who have been busy influence
ing the people to boycott government
Institutions and British goods and to
refuse to enlist in the army to be
sent abroad for service.
The seditious meetings act has been
put into force in the city of Delhi and
four districts of the Puniah (where
last year the shooting of 5000 Hindus
took place. to restrain political accivi-
.ies in these areas.
At meeing of students and faculty
OF the Benares Hindu University a
resolution was adopted approving the
policy Of non-co0per ton and demand
ing that the trustees of the institution
sever all connection with the govern
rent. The students pledged them
selves to stand with the national in
stitutions in favor of the non-coopera-
ton movement and sent fraternal greet
ngs to all schools and colleges which
are being started all over the country.
The Benares Hinou University is
ne largest national institution in
lnd1a subject to supervisionaI control
OF the government at the present time
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

232,s55,0oo bushels out Of the total for
the United States Of 75o,e4s, 900
bushels.
The addition Of Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota would bring
the production up to 35e,O03, 900
bushels, or slightly less than one-hslf
that OF the entire United States.
Kansas Wheat Crop
The Kansas State Board of Agricul-
ture recently issued report on the
wheat N farmers hands in Kansas. 1t
says:
This years Kansas wheat crop
amounted approximately to $4,000 900
bushels, according to a preliminary
report. Growers now estimate that OF
the total production 534 per cent. or
- ,4o6,127 bushels, is still in the farm
ers' hands. At about the same date
last year 35.5 per cent, or $4,000 900
bushels, was in possession of pro-
ducers, while in 1918 II per cent. or
100000 bushels, was reported as
held by growers.
Chief among tbs reasons given for
the unusually large amount Of wheat
IN farmers hands are the drastic drop
IN price and the car shortage. Re
porters indicate that probably Al per
cent o. the wheat unsold would have
been marketed early had cars been
available, but that wheat now is being
held mainly in hopes of such al up
turn IN price as will return a profit
an exercise Of business judgment which
should be as free from criticism or
excite no more comment than the
action OF a haberdasher who declines
to sell hats costing SO for which his
customer offers S."
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

And taken IN combination with the
Japanese invasion OF Chientao, on the
north Manchurian c. asst, this may be
seen as one edge Of a new pair
plncers brought down on China fror
the north. The Japanese governmen
however, il should be said, has di
CLAIMED any part in the incident an,
says that whatever Japanese are en-
gagged are there as outlaws.
China's Rule Nominal
Mongolian intrigue also is q factor
or course. Dissatisfaction with China
rule is only small consideration
Chlna's rule in Mongolia is little more
than nominal. A resident general with
small guard at Urga and isolated
garrlsons at a few other widely sepa-
rated points are the only infections of
Chinese severe eighty on the country
The sparse, rowing population lives ir
complete autonomy.
If Mongolian sentiment plays any
part, 1t is the desire of the princes
and the head lamas to create as good
market as possible for their support
to stimulate competition for the pur-
chase of their favor and to keep the
Dlddlng as brisk as possible between
Japan, China and Russia.
But 1t must be borne in mind never
ttheless that Mongolia is one Of the
few remaining undeveloped empires
left, and that it is of vast strategic
importance in the control of the Asiatie
mainland. Any change in its status
IS pregnant with great consequences
Tor future world stability.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
German Railroad
Service Improving;
Trains Frequent
Travelling Conditions Are
Reported More Nearly
Normal Than in Most
Other Parts of Europe

MUNICH, Dec. (by mail) .-Trsvel-
ing conditions within Germany are
more nearly normal than in most other
parts of Europe. Trains are frequent
and generally on time when not CON-
PEELED to wait for connections with
trains from other countries. There
are fewer trains de luxe than former
ly. Many lines do not operate first
class s.eeping cars. But most impor-
tant trains carry sleepers with second
class accomm odations, that is, two per
sons IN each compartment. Few trains
nave dining cars, although most sleep
ing car conductors provide coffee and
tea for passengers, and sandwiches
cakes and fruits can be had from ven
dors at nearly all important stations
Cars and stations are clean and
fairly well heated. The trainmen are
courteous to foreigners and talk French
and English with apparent relish. This
probably IS due to the fact that for
elgners are more liberal in The fees.
and German railway men make such
small salaries that they are eager to
augment them
Travel 10 and from East Prussia is
more troublesome than in any other
part of the country. Most trains are
delayed at least two hours by Polish
oiiclals AT the Danzig corridor, and fire.
quently the delay is much longer. The
Poles require Polish vises for all pas
sengers crossing the corridor and the
Zee Tor an American is SO, regardless
OF whether he desires to stop in tn.
strip under Polish control.
In the Rhinelsnd the train service
Is especially good and all hotels sno
pensions are extending q welcome t.
foreigners. For a time some hotels IL
Germany charged higher rates to for
elgneri from countries where the ex-
change was better than in Germany
especially to Americans. But this prac-
tice has been abandoned by all i'm
p rtant hotels. Shopkeepers occasion
ally try to charge Americans and Eng
llshmen more than the marked price
on their goods, but the practice has
been resented 50 strongly that few i'm
portant concerns continue it.
The attitude OF the German public
toward English speaking travellers is
almost universally courteous. Occasion
ally Germans viii leave a compartment
where English is spoken. but the great
majority of Germans seem TO enjoy al
opportunity 10 practice English ano
viii frankly say so.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
London's Subway Crush
Now a Serious Problem
Situation Complicated BY In.
creased Number Of Women
in Office Employnent
Special Correspondence TO The Trsb.

spectoi Co'resp pondencc 70 The Tribune
LONDON, Dec. 1i.-London, with a
larger and more complicated subway
system than New York City, suffers
from the same rush-hour congestion
that furnishes morning and evening
rCotball practice for the New Yorker.
While the jam at such stations as OK
ford Circus on the underground"
does not compare with the free for all
hattle that is waged at Times Square,
there is still great deal of over
.rowding, and seats are at premium.
The large number OF women and girls
Who since the war have entered into
Office work, complcates the situation.
London papers are discussing means
for ending the crush, and it has been
suggested that the passengers form
IN queues" or waiting lines, for their
trains
4 feature OF London's subway sys-
TENS is the fact that smoking Is per
m tied and that all trains carry three
or four smoking cars The air is kept
pure by pumping oxygen into the tubes
from a central station.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

spired with other persons to promote
FiannA Elrann. anu, secondly. that the
organization was itself unlawful.
The minute books-and, indeed, the
countess's own testimoney left nc
doubt that she had been active in or
second point was based on the allega-
tion that Fianna Erann promoted the
carrying of firearms; that it melted
dlsatfection and the furnishing of re-
cruits, from among the older boys, for
the Irish Volunteers-or Irish Repub-
llcan army.
Legality of Court Questioned
The documents taken in the raid,
besides the minute book, were alleged
ry the prosecution to contain refer
eNce to the military training Of boys
81 that they could later take their
places as armed volunteers; and to the
general instruction give the youths
as infantry scouts. The documents
themselves, upon the countesss re-
quest, were read in full at the first
Gays hearing.
The major part of the second days
session was devoted to a cross-exam-
ination of military witnesses by the
countess. Most Of her questions fos-
tered the impression that she was seek
forces, which assumed charge of her
after her arrest, an indictment of &C
tion in the role Of agents provoca-
teurs.
There was no attempt on the coun-
tess's part to win any favor by her
demeanor or by her speech Rather
did e~she give the opposite impression.
First, refusing to recognize the legal
ityaof the court, she later, when an
armed guard interposed itself between
the accused woman and some of her
friends, advanced before the Judge
and cried:
'Is this your English law? I am
only one woman against a dozen menu
Nevertheless, a formal plea of mot
guilty" was entered on Countess
Marckievicz's behalf, and it was with
her at least tacit sanction of this plea
that her trial proceeded.
Countess Defies Judges
] For the rest, ene's impression was of
a woman at bay, being tried on q
charge not calculated to entail any
great amount Of sensational develop
ments, and who, being weary never
theess continued to oppose her cap
tors, with occasional flashes of the old
time spirit For instance, when the
presiding judge asked her if she would
ike to have her table moved so that
the Sun would not be In her eyes, she
replied quickly:
But rather like the sun. have
not seen it for two monthsl"
Then later, when she addressed the
court, the countess spoke more freely;
"In Easter week | faced death and
you know | am no coward. -. |
am simply for Ireland as against Eng
land. Instead Of my being on trial it
is you who should be on trial here be-
Sore us. The voice Of the dead carries
TO the four corners Of the earth and
the spiritual forces and the noble words
Of our martyrs will overwhelm you and
bring us freedom in. the end"
So the first woman ever elected 20
the British Parliament (being q Sim
Feiner Nine. Marckievicz never took
her. seat in the Commons) dehed her
Judges. acting as the servants OF that
Parliament.
As is usual the sentence Of the
conrt martial was deferred.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Association Formed
Bv Wheat Growers
Extends Campaign
Organization With Member
ship Of 100000 Plans
to Control Price of 1921
Crop, Says the Secretary

WICHITA, Kan, Dec. 25.-The
Wheat Growers Association Of Amer
ca, which has been conducting q cam
paign to induce growers to withhold
their wheat from the market until
prices are higher, plans to have mid
Western states SO we'll organized with
IN the next six months that the grow
ers will be able TO control the price
Paid for the 1921 wheat crop, accord
ing to ". H. McGreevy, secretary and
treasurer.
The association now has member
ship Of pproximately 100000 in the
states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Nebraska, according to Mr.. McGreevy,
who has his headquarters here The
organization will be extended, be said.
to Minnesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota.
The purpose of the National Wheat
Growers Association is to control the
distribution and marketing of wheat
through financial and selling agencies
OF Its own selection at a price based
upon cost, plus a fair and reasonable
proht,' said Secretary McGreevy.
Not only the wheat growers of our
association, but the wheat growers in
general are refusing TO sell any wheat
at present prices except in cases where
hnancla conditions force the sale For
more than thirty days we have with
held our wheat from the market until
now large number OF -four mills are
IDLE ana the local and terminal ele-
vators are nearly empty. The wheat
grower teels that he has practically ac-
n iI.. a
possible, and is now encouraged to con-
tlnue Withholding his wheat from
market in order that q price which is
talr and just shall be paid him for his
labor and money invested"
Denies Growers Are Striking
MI. NcGreevy objects to the use Of
the term wheat strike in referring TO
the action of the wheat growers.
Our growers are not striking as is
c;oI,mmonly meant by the term he said.
we are still sowing and attending to
the many arduous duties OF the farm.
We are only holding our wheat TO be
marketed at any time The producer
may want it at a fair price,
The organization was formed about
a year and half ago in southern Kan
sas and northern Oklahoma. Mr.. A.
Slaughter, OF Manchester, Okla. was
the the originator and early promoter. Ac-
cordlng to its promoters its growth in
the first six months was slow but in
the last few months it has been rapid
until the membership has spread to
every wheat growing county In the
four states organized.
The four states now organized NE
braska, Kansas, oklahoma and Texas)
IN which q membe bership of 100 900 is
claimed have 220,S06 wheat growers,
according to Kansas Board Of Agricul-
ture statistics
Forty FIVE per cent Of growers are
members of the association.
The tour states produced this year
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Slave Trading Charged
League of Nations Is Urged TO
Investigate

LONDON, Dec 9 by MaiD.-Charges
tnat there has been rccrudescencc Of
slave trading practices over wide areas
in Angola, a Portuguese possession in
Wegt Africa, have teen prcscntcd to
the Assembly Of the League Of Ma
gines Protection Society,"
These charges are contained in the
con, Of memorial previously cent TO
TIE British government, including evil
feYcc from PortuYucac and other
sources concerning alleged slave trad
my
The society appealed 70 the League
~ Nations to take cognizancc Of these
cAnr0es and, II pongiblc, start an cx-
hauetiye inquiry into the whole rys-
TEN Of portugucse labor in West
Hfrica.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Irish Countess
Defies British
Court Martial
s.It Is You Who Should b.
ON Trial. She Exclailns
"Voice Of Dead Will Brinc
Us Freedom in the End
Once Sentenced to Death
First Woman Elected to Par
lament Is Accused Of Pro
noting Boy Scout Arm,
Bv Harold E. Scarborough

DUBLIN. Dec. Is. - Constanc
Georgina, Countess Marckievicz, re
Gently was brought up for trial before
a general court martial in the Royal
Barracks. in that she unlawfully and
wicked!y did conspire, combine. con
federate and agree" to promote the
Fianns Eirann. the Irish Boy Scouts
organization, which the government al
leged TO have as one OF its purposes
the murder OF British soldiers and the
spreading of disaffection. (Notwith-
standing the spel ing Of the word
"Elrann," it is SIMPLY the old familiar
Erin" and pronounced as such.
Gaelic lnguists have penchant for
introducing as many vowels as possible
in a word "Dail Eirann' is pro-
nounced Doyle Erin.")
1t was somewhat in the nature oe
anti-cimax-this trial of the Countess
arckievcz-considerin that, follow
fenced to be shot, but was released
because she was woman Dublin
realized this by turning out a relative
ly small attendance at her hearings,
which lasted only two days 1t is true
that o military court martial is not ex-
sctly the sort thing that would in
vite a large number Of spectators in
Dublin these days; but still the man
in the street did not seem overmuch
interested.
A large part of the time was taken
up with directly contradictory testi-
mony between Countess Marckievicz
and an off Ger who conversed with her
following her arrest--testimony for
which one scarcely sees the necessity,
since it related to events following the
arrest and had nothing to do with the
original charge.
Countess Denies Charges
The officer. subs,antlated by soldiers
who were in his party at the time,
asserted that Countess Marckievicz,
following her arrest on September q,
made some highly indiscreet state
ments, among them that she had shot
British soldier, that the last time a
policeman arrested her he was put
away" that If every Eng ishman had
three necks she would cut them all"
and that British soldiers were always
ready to sell their rifles TO Sim
ldiAers. The countess repuliated TINS
testim ony-and that was all there was
TO it. 1t was her word against that
Il an officer and three soldiers.
As FOR the definite charge, it was
based on documents found in a raid
September at Dublin. These in
GUIDED supposed minute-books Of FL
ana Eir2nn meetings. signed BY the
countess and by Eamcn Martin, d
prominent Sim Feiner. To prove con-
piracy in common ldy, the Grown had
Arst to show that the countess con-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
X.Rays Show Plane Defects
Reveal Faults Otherwise Undis-
cernible

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25-An up-to-
the-minute application Of X-rays Is
used in airplane construction, to snow snow
up defective materials, workmansh,p
and weak metal castings, "hlch "cuiu
Otherwise escape the observation Of an
Inspector, according to John S. shearer'
Of Cornell in speaking here on "Re,
cent Advances in the Production and
Application Of X-rays."
GRAINS Of wood in airplane parts
are brought out remarkably'' ne salo'
"and it is easily discernible where two
different woods have been joined TO-
gether. a point Of construction prohib-
itcd in airplane work. Knots IN the
wood are also shown up, as Is unsat-
isfactory glung together Of parts
"Elcctric heater coils are inspected
by X-ray. and the p ates show the man
ufacturer where air has caused the in
solation Of the coil TO disntegrate and
where the wire eventually will break -
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Fora Mehned, lao, Is Ill;
Blames His False Teeth
Birth Records Said 10 Show
turk Was Born in Ar
menia in IVA
From. Special Correspondent

LONDON. Dec. 11.-Zora Mehmed, OF
Constantinople, who at the age of l45
used TO tell reporters that he felt
Younger every day. is i'll. Zora is now
l46, and is suffering from indigestion.
He blames it on cheap set of false
teeth he bought twenty years ago, and
which he says have never been satisfac-
tory. His original dental equipment
was ruined in 1909, when he made bet
that he could lift 500 pounds with his
teeth.
Authenticated birth records at the
mosque in B;tlis show that Fora was
born in Turkish Armenia in 1774. He
has son aged ninetv and young
daughter of fifty. He has been porter
all his life. carrying heavy weights that
range from 200 to 900 pounds. IN ap-
pearance he is about seventy years old.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Court Order Burlesqued
from Special Correspondent

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Partisan
newspaper The Action Francais re
Gently presented its readers with AL
edition printed upside down, and all
Paris is still laughing over the incident
The paper had been ordered by thu
courts to publish on its front page a
four -column-long judgment condemn
ing it for libel, but when the judg
ment was printed the editors sought
10 lessen its Importance by printing
all the rest Of the page upside down.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
E~-kaiser's Guard Complains
'Thankless job" Says Police
man at Doom

DOORN, Holland, Dec. 8 (By MaiN.-
A correspondent the other day found
in confidential mood one of the state
police whose task for the last two years
has ma: been to guard the former Emperor
William
This he said, "is a thankless Job.
If wanted to be dishonest l could
make thousands of guilders in bribes
But as don't, all get is rebuffs from
my superiors if answer courteous
question Of sightseer, and angry looks
from the sightseer il | don't
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
London Street Beggars
Wear Service Ribbons
Ex-OMcer and University Man
Makes 90 Cents a Day
Selling FlOwers
From q Special Correspondent

LONDON, Dec. u.-Many of Lon
don's street beggars wear service rib
bons and ablebodied men. unable to
find any other employment, sell
matches on the corners or play in the
street bands. Recently an American
woman stopped to examine some cut
flowers displayed by street vendor.
"Theyre beautiful, but | really can't
afford them," she said.
Then sincerely advise you not to
purchase any, madame" vas the rather
astounding reply from the good look
ing but shabby young man selling the
flowers. Conversation developed the
fact that he was an ex-otficer and uni
versity man who could find no other
way of earning living in a city where
100000 are out of jobs. He said he
made about 80 cents day selling the
flowers. London is full of such cases.
Irish Have Biggest Heads
A London halter says that Irishmen
have the biggest heads, Scotchmen
49,, =.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Mozart a Composer at 4

Tozart, the famous musician, com
posed pieces At four and performed II
public " fyA
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
"W" Leads in Surnamcs

Moro English surnames b-gin with
"W" than with any other letter.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Woman n School Inspector

Tho tlrst woman inspector Of schools
in Brazil has recently been appointed
In Rio dc Janeiro.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Irish Have Biggest Heads

A London halter says that Irishmen
have the biggest heads, Scotchmen II
coming next and Englishmen third
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