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New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
GEORGE " PERKINS, FZNANCZER AND
 PREPAREDNESS ADVOCATE, LS DEAD
Succumbs to HI Health Re sulting From Service With Y. M. C. A. in France.

New York, June 1s.-Georse w. Perkins. the inancier, died today at Stamford Hall sanitarium, Stamford, Conn. it was announced here.
 For ten years leading hnancler, he was a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & company and was reputed to have first suggested to and per suaded big business" to adopt profit sharing, insurance. service bonuses, sick benefits and old-age pensions.
 H was Perkins who was also said to have inaugurated the plan which permitted employees of the United States Steel corporation and the In ternatlonal Harvester company, in both of which he was at one time an executive, to purchase stock on in- stalments and at less than market value on the assumption that indus trial justice is the most profitable or investments. that justice promotes peace, peace promotes prosperity and that the workman's prosperity IS necessary to the prosperity of the business man."
 Was Born in 1862.
 MT. Perkins was born in Chicago January l. 1882. a descendant of Ja- cob Perkins. an English ancestor who settled in Boston in 1sSl. His father, Geo. w. Perkins. long engaged iu the
 1Contlnued on Third pa-e.)
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Million Appropriation For Lutheran Synod

Detroit, June 1S.-An appropria- ton of S1,o0O, 900 was voted today by the Evangelical Lutheran synod in triennial convention here for the erection of a new Concordia semin- ary to replace the present institution at St. Louis, Mo. Whether the new seminary will he located at St. Louis or at Chicago will be decided before the convention adjourns.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

ed with tar and covered with leaves
 Molasses, he said. was poured into his shoes and stockings and he was "paddled" about the body.
 The hazinc or the complainant may have been q little over the usual latitude accorded in such affairs but nothing to complain off, said Judge Lander. We cail a man who stands for that sort of thing good sport and I think. that a man going into such an initiation should abide by the
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
CAMPAIGN TO FORM , TELEPHONE UNIONS A. E. of L. CodemnS Anto-kahor'
 Policy of Bell Conpaniss
 S&>.
 PREDICT GdhRERs' ELECTION
Conference Will Vote On Choice Late Today-Fourth Sunday of May
 Designated Iabor,s Memorial Day. By Vote of Delegation.

.sNOtc lbClcSltiOh.
 Montreal June 1s.-Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed -eration of Labor faced second crlti- cal issue threatening his power to- day when the. annual convention con- sidered the lea8ue of nations. He was overwhelfningly defeated yester day when the federation voted for government ownership of the rail- roads.
 A committee favored a demand that the senate ratify the league without reservations. This was in accordance win Gompers' position. The Irish sympathizers. supported by other ele- ments, were determined to prevent this action. They claimed sufficient support to overthrow thes admins s&ration report. f Predict Gompcrs' Election.
 Election of officers was scheduled for late today. Supporters of Com pers said he would be reelected for the .39th time.
 The federation today authorized a nationwide campaign to organize telephone operators. The convention declared its action was necessary be- cause of the impressive anti-la bor policy of the Bell and associated companies.
 Action is RcconSidercd.
 Reconsidering its action yesterday in amending it's constitution to in crease the executive council from II to 1 5 members the convention reject ed the amendment by a vote of 23,- 097 to 13,s41. This action prevents the election of four additional vice presidents.
 The fourth Sunday in May of each year was designated as Labor's Memorial Day upon which labor throughout the country will be called upon to pay tribute to the memory of its dead.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
New York Fire Bug Now
 Sought By Detectives

New York, June 1S.-F'ive fires within half mile area early to- day started detectives searching for {. firebug. Moro than 700 scantily dressed tenement dwellers were driven into the streets. In each case tho blaze started in wood or coal bin.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

". Fl. Pease. treasurer Of the local manufacturing concern mentioned above. today said that at no time was such man in tho employ of tho Ma chino company. However, ha said six or eight montha ago they received n query from tt1 Morris hotel at Chi cago that q man named F. F.. Gilman had registered there as their repre- sentative and had passed some worth less checks. Gilman is not known to the factory officials here.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
AUTO STI:IkES BICYCLE.

Frank IT. Borg Q: 50 Comnloa- wealth avenue reported to the police fhis morning that while driving his automobile into the Corbin Screw corporation garage. Walter Komick of IA Grave street. riding bicycle. crashed into his machine. Komick was uninjured
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Baby is AssI

New T.ondoil and Mrs. Frank former an i.istr] College for W
 Of q daughter.
 be 'oorn to a nj
 1919 of the coll' class. Of which daughter of pr. | nlaa of this city. | receive on the tl| from High scioi lege tuition. thc mothers cIa ssInd
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
CHANGE IN FUNERAL. HOUR.

owing to an unforeseen delay, ic has been found necessary to changa the hoar for the funeral or Mrs. Law rcacc stanley. who died at the NcN Britain Genrral hospital on Thursday evening, to 2:3O o'clock instead Of o'clock. as originally planned. Serv- ices will be held in the South/c /church tomorrow afternoon at the .nx yptioned
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
To|
 s REPUBLId
Taft Predicts Eventually
 of Nation:-
 cape It.

Wash nsion. .Jr Wilson's tci1alls1gi peace treaty 60 a Am merican i, oplts \ by Senator Hardi' preside ntiaf candid
 U am sure" sui republican oaafy v' n refercndul,s-on foreign relationsh \ and the repnblicaI served nationality. ingly endorsed. ''
 In Reply |
 Senator, Hardin g reply to the intery Wilson published president discusst Nations issue aij platforn1.
 H
 Herbert HooveH voted upon to thd lican convention, with Senator Hard invitation.
 Hoover Is
 Hoover announc would support iii by the republican, statement. issued Senator Harding, terizcd alale gsst t form adopted at structive and proa
 Taft rresl E Baltinleee- Atsl.. 1n~ 6s tsi EIef Tart that Amerid tho l 4cague of N league would bc "obscuriag lights been dimme6 att day. Speaking la given by the Eng of Americn at whI landN Geddes, the were guests, MT.
 World Der
 "I tell you. my going to join tlla We can see a toward the leag election, after we calmly, we shall dorsing the lea gu manding that W When, on March ing to happen W kindness of Prov we will approach Tho republican p association of II; another nanla ft tions. With req or the Lodge re are acceptable t can foresee tho lea que.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
32 CASES OF PLAGUE.

Mexico City. June 1S.-There have been g cases of bubonic plague with 2e fatalities since the first outbreak Of the disease at Vera Cruz on April 14. acco-dinS to unofficial reports.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
POSED AS ATTACHE
 OF N. B. MACHINE CO.
Y. F.. GiIIman, in Illinois Prison, Passed Bad Checks and
 Named Local Concern.

man representing himself to he v. F.. Gilman. an agent of the New Britain Machine company of New Britain. conn, is now lodged in the Illinois penitentiary on a charge of passing worthless checks. The man had an office at 10 S. La SaIIe street. Chicago. and posed as Chicago agent for the local concern.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Sugar Profiteer is .... Given S1O,OOO Fine

Pittsburgh. June iS.-J. T. Gill christ, an official of the Standard Sugar Co.,, today was fined S10,000 by Federal Judge Thomson for prof. teering in sugar
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
BONER ENLISTS.

John Miner, better known as K. O. Wallace. well-known local boxer. has enlisted in the navy at the local naval recruiting office and left yes terday to report for duty. Miner boxes in the 15S pound class.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Alumni of M
 Returnl

MiddletoNn. l Wesleyan uniyel 1 today for attend3 nlencenoent and The first neetinI Kappa to be fd Reclamation com prizes. Fratcrn1
 begin in the eve| be Alumni Day. |
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
uNSTR.ELs|

A meeting o the formation q ture for the ben in the future fo1 meet at & o'clod rooms. The i'll held at the clos
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
MEETING

The regular nj hood club. whid the Center ch,j 21. has been pol Mrs. Wallace Fl will talk on tl1el club activities.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
WEATHER.

Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair: continued cool tonight and Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

Los Angeles. June 1S.-Downtown buildings were shaken today at 2:15 a. ,n. by slight earthquake. No Imagc was reported.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
QUAKE AT LOS ANGELES

Slight Earth Trcmors Arc Reported in VI Tosn
 No Dss lls!
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Chairman Wa satis,I

Later. much to my surprisc. th, chairman told me that he felt thcr,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-05

ha.iss and all are useful workers. AMI when those
usefu, workers the government, functioning col
cetivc:y in industso. government won't be means
.' ,ssion. Go7'n@nt a''y oppress when
there is rich, privileged class that owns the re-
Of the country Strip that class of land mines
factories, industries, etc, and give them to the
People don't rob themselves. x. B. E. is constantly
Is owned by few people. His criticisms don't ap-
ply to proletarian democracy at all, for the sim
pie reason that under soviets, the people are the
government They not exploited because they have
no reason for picking their own pockets @
Instead of Communism aiming to steal from the
worker and give the products of his toll to a
different set of people than those receiving these
products under capitalism, ii would provide the
force necessary to protect the worker in the en-
joyment of those products. Anarchsm wants the
worker to get the fruit of his labor, too, but ii
would provide nothing to guarantee him in its pos.
session, nothing to stop bigger fellow from snatch
ing it away from him. 1t would leave the lab
orer at the mercy of the economic highwayman
Just as capitalism does. But Communism, realizing
that fright without might is moonshine," wsuld
back up this unquestionable right of the worker
with new kind Of government, an economic one,
which could crush the robber the minute he began
5 to ply his old trade.
If, however, when K. B. T. speaks of the
ority taking property from the individual he refers
10 taxation under Sovets, his reasoning is equally
defective. True, the worker would not get quite all
that he produces, for small percentage of it woull
have to be deducted to help defray the expenses
of government. You can't maintain a government on
nothing. Neither could you do SO with factory,
even if that factory run by its workers ia
voluntary cooperation under Anarchism They would
have to set aside little of what they produced to
pay for secretaria work. upkeep, etc.. wouldn't they7
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-05

Anarehism has lure and fascination that often
attract almost rresstibly the hard-headed Its
uneonpromising spirit of revolt, its impatient ir
rational longing for that absolute freedom which is
an inpossibility on an earth inhabited by human
beings and circumscribed by limitations of mundane
existence its fierce chatting at the leash of laws. be
they just or unjust, - all these things find almost
unconscious response in many Of us.
There is strong appeal in this philosophy that
would abolish all forms of restraint and leave us
sfree' to unite in voluntary cooperative groups or
live individually, as we might wish. 1t is so easy to
forget that this is relative world not an absolute
sne, and that absolute freedom is mpossibility,
to attempt which would only produce extreme
reaction that would result in tyranny worse than
that from which we seek escape. The Hermetc axiom
that extremes meet is literally true with regard to
Anarehism. The fierce desire for liberation which
would end all government, would send us back into
a slavery more intolerabe than ever by the unre'
pressed force of the extreme reaction.
eff it is wrong for an individual to rob- murder
or interfere with anothers liberty, is it any less
wrong for group class to do these thingsf asks
K. B. E. Yes, most emphatically. Morality is not an
abstract thing, blueprint of human actions, some
of which are forever and inherently right and some
Of which arc forever and inherently wrong. That
which is right under circumstances is wrong
under others. Conditions the determining factor
As general proposition, it may be wrong to steal,
but if it were necessary to steal to the life
of starving men, I would say. ''To hell with the
rights Of property" and take what has needed to
prevent starvation.
Notwithstanding what Edmund Burke says, gov
erment can be used for good well as for i'll.
X. B. E. directs his artillery against the uses to
which government is put under capitalism He ignores
the point that government resting exploitation
and legalized robbery must necessarily be evil,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-05

This girl said she saw thin faced
man in window Of the Avalon
shortly before the riot; identified
Eugene Barnett in the courtroom as
that man; insisted that she had never
seen him f.om that hysterical day
three months ago until this day IN
court; led the jury to believe that
she was able to identify Barnett solely
through the vivid impression his face
had made upon her on Armistice Day.
Then vanderveer trapped her into
admitting she had seen two photo
graphs of Barnett. Her manner
throughout has been hesitant and un-
certain; she had looked helplessly at
Special Prosecutor Abel, causing Van
derveer more than once to command
her to look at him; had admitted that
a man out in the hall had told her
that barnett was inside; and then,
commanded by vanderveer. to go out
and find him, did SO and returned to
report that he wasn't there.
Knowing it was matter Of life
and death, she swore, with the manner
Of one taking plunge into the dark,
that Barnett was the man she hal
seen in the Avalon. She repeated her
positive assertion that the man in
the Avalon was thin-faced. But, as
vanderveer pointed out, Barnett is
full-faced.
Both the Associated Press and Tho
United Press picture Elsie Hornbeck
as identifying Barnett unqualifiedly
= and say nothing about the photo
graphs; and practically every news
paper in the country, except the
Portland Journal and three radical
papers, The New York Call, Butte Bul
letin and Seattle Record has printed
the same unqualified story about tn,
''ideutification."
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-05

divisions to dispose of the existing
Turkish armies. Moreover, Asia Minor
is already something Of an information.
al, interracial powder magazine.
"But there is no need to enlarge
further on possibilities. Our crippled
industries are paralysed. Our historic
task is to reconstruct Russia, and for
that peace is essential. We are fighting
simply because we are forced 10 do
so, and are given no other choice.
Russia is Q democracy Of peasants and
workers for at least half century
to come. Your statcsment can count
with certainty on the entire absence
Of capitalist Imperialism in Russia. All
the talk about our plans to disrupt
end destroy the British Empire Il
the sheercst nonsense and Northcliffs
buff
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-05
REVIEW OF ]. ". ". CASE.
(By a Special Correspondent

Montensano, WASH, Feb There
have been times in the four weeks of
The Centraia tragedy trial when the
lives of the IL defendants seemed
balanced OH the point Of needle. For
the main tragedy at Centralia hap
pcncd in space of time to be meas
ured by seconds, and the stories osf q
eye-witnesses frequently conflict
Day after day the prosecution has
produced evidence which on its face
looked damaging to the men on trial
for the alleged murder Of Warren
Grimm in the Armistice Day parade.
And then George F. Vanderveer, coun.
sci for the defense, would tear at that
testimony with accumulative confid-
ence and astuteness, and lay waste
some of the states best foundations.
Standing out from the month s
events in the trial are: the admission
as evidence of Loren Roberts alleged
confession after battle by the de.
fense to exclude it; the story told in
court by Tom Morgan, former I. W. W.
who turned states evidence against
his fellows; and the smashing down
of the testimony of one Of the state s
star witnesses under the sledge-ham-
mer blows of Vanderveer.
Roberts statement was opposed by
the defense on the ground that he was
insanse when he signed it; and Van
derveer offered to prove this, con-
tending that the Centralia mob had
put the fear of death upon Roberts
to obtain the confession. But Judge
John n Wilson ruled that the state
ment was admissible and that the jury
must decide what weight should be
given to it.
If it is accepted at face value
, however, it win bear out Vanderveer'
contention that the defendants shot a
the paraders only in self-defensc, fol
1t soys the Industrial Workers hat
been warned, Of raid and prepare,
to defend themselves Morgan's sto
ry also bore this out.
When Elsie IIornbeck was put OIL
the stand, IL marked a sudden sweep
ing turn in favor Of the defense. Thi
slim Semetic girl is bookkecper Il
a garage opposite the Avalon Hote
from which the prosecution declare
some shots were fired.
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THE BLACK cHEEP
Continued from page Q.


they did not lead to auch painful con.
illusions. B."
"What do you mean" the other
two gasped almost in one breath.
"I mean what I say. We belong
to the working class. You say the
working class must be organized. One
Of you say soberly and the other
says generally. Now why don't you
ask can they be organized. Collins
says yes, at least that. part Of them
who do not drink. For this Rudolph
calls him christian. How are Rudolph
and Collins going to work together in
the same organization, when II takes s
steel cage to keep them from Cheating
each other up" yet both Of them
are sober men Collins wants to eli
inmate the weak and let them die
Rudolph wants to forgive the weak
which means that M must carry thcm
For 1t Is logical that II man 4
weak he will have to lean on you
Now II you are fighting the boss VIII,
has both Of his fists ready with I
drunkard in one arm and mcnta
defective In another, then who is goin,
TO get rich. Y
"Thats what say" roared' Col
~
Jack ignored him, "Both Of you 80,
that acquired characteristics arc no
Transmitted, yet you try to give 4
the tace mental tendancy which b,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-05

In the meantime the woods are full
OF hungry aspirants for the same job.
McAdoo wants it,. Bryan yearns for
it, and score or more of others are
ready to swap their chances in the
sweet bye and bye for four years in
the White House. Not single one Of
them, however, can offer any reason
for this inordinate craving to succeed
the man who made the "world safe
for democracy" other than--he wants
the job. Well, that is good and suf.
ficient reason, isn't its At least it has
always been so considered None but
Socialists expect man to desire pub
lie office as means of Serving So
ciety, and everybody knows they are
impractible Missionaries.
The bankers are getting scared over
the financial situation nothwithstand-
ing it is everywhere conceded that we
are passing through an era Of Gun
paralleled prosperity" They are de-
manding a reduction of outstanding
loans. If you want to save your bacon,
dig up your Liberty bonds, tote them
down to the bank, and turn them in
at discount. Don't grumble brother.
Just take your medicine uncomplain-
ingly, like a good little wage slave.
1t is now announced that the foreign
diplomats at Washington, out Of re-
spect for the national prohibition law,
viii waive their right to import liquors
for their own use. Does anyone believe
iti Not If his brain is working normal
ly. Those gentlemen are not noted for
indulgence in self sacrifice. This state
ment is doubtless prompted by de-
sire to cohesive their stock of wet
goods for themselves and preven, mn
onslaught Of their friends.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-05

,,hareos Il Government rested on the ownership Of
wealth by its producers it would be just and
beneficient.
II is true that one has right to the product OF
his own labor 1t is also true that capitastic govern
ments 10 not assure that right, but instead deprive
the worker of what he creates and give it to capital
,sts. Bnt under Auarchism and without central
governing authority the chances OF man keeping
the fruits of his work would be far less than they
are now. :.Absolute freedom" would be nothing Of
the kind OF least so long the present qualities Of
greed and sclfishness have not been bred out of
human nature Instead of people living like brothers
and sisters and exchanging their products in equi-
table fraternal fashion, the erslwhie profiteers aud
n,oncy-lcrds would get together, pounce upon the
well-dsposed of the community and try to make
slaves out of them The absolute freedom' wouldn't
last 10 days Either those who formerly exploited
the masses would regain their dominance by raw
resort to brute force or the masses would have to
unite economically establish proetarian dictatorship
lust as Russia did and rnthessly appropriate the
cxpropriators
In either case, Anarchism would be short-lived.
Auocracy would succeed it the Dictatorship of the
I'roletariat Government muchdespised tho it were,
would come back to curse bless, depending the
ind of government established.
The Anarchist comrade asks. Since the only Just
title to the ownership of anything arises from its
production by it's owner, is it not just much rob-
bery for majority to take property from an iu-
dividual as for individual minority to d.
soi'' Certainly, but under Communism the majority
Won't take property from an individual Communism
will give to the individual what he produces and
eliminate the class which has hitherto lived on the
labor of Others That is the difference between Com
munsm and capitalism. That is the purpose of Cont
munst government. 1t will be industrial govern
iaont, not political one. When there no cap