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Evening star., 1920-03-20
GLADYS DEACON WINS SUIT.

LONDON, March 1s.-Miss Gladys
Deacon of Boston, Mass. sister OF
Princess Radziwill. was awarded a
verdict of $500 and costs against the
Daily Graphic in court here today as
damages for the publication OF IL
belous article by the newspaper on
January 1. 1t appeared during the
trial Of the case in the lord chief
justices court that the article COM
planned of had asserted MISS Deacon
was "banished from Germany, where
her name was frequently coupled with
that of the crown prince.
The owners of the Daily Graphic
have apologiZed to Miss Deacon ana
made a formal statement that there
was absolutely no foundation for the
article.
Miss Deacon's counsel declares the
only time she ever met the German
crown prince was while she was stay
ing at Blenheim with the Duchess OF
Marlborough.
Evening star., 1920-03-20

vain enough to suppose that civiliza-
tion will halt at his command He
owes his existence TO the opportuni-
ties offered by the war.
The obstruction must be removed
and the sooner it is removed the
easier will be the return to the pc
riod of honest prices and fair deal
ing. We need commissions in states
and cities for the investigation of
charges of extortion with laws for
the punishment of the guilty If the
is not sufficient, it may become nee
essary to regulate the middlemen's
profit as we now regulate the middle
interest that the banker can charge.
Another great problem that press
es upon us for solution is that pre-
sented by the private monopoly All
the beneficiaries of monopoly are as
sembling in one army. and under one
Evening star., 1920-03-20
MRS. HEMAN r. WING DIES.
Mother-in-Law of Admiral n. T.
Mayo Succumbs Suddenly.

Mrs. Heman Rogers Wing. mother
in-law of Admiral H. T. Mayo. U. s. NJ.
died suddenly Wednesday night at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. H. T.
Mayo, 1921 18th street.
Mrs. Wing lived in Burlington, VT,
for ffty-five years. celebrating her
golden wedding in 1900. Upon the
death of her husband in 1905. she re-
sided with her other daughter, Mrs.
Julia NJ. Brown. who at the time was
in ill health. Mrs. Brown improved
and went to Richmond. Va. seven
years ago. since which time MRS.
Wing has lived in this city with Mrs.
Mayo.
dence in this city this afternoon. Inter-
ment will be in Greenmount cemetery,
Burlington, VT. Monday.
She is survived by her two daugh-
ters and six grandchildren. Franklyn
W. Riker. Commander G; Q. Mayo. y:
Mrs. w. p. Day. Mrs. Crosby Miller
jr., and Mrs william Laurier.
Evening star., 1920-03-20

sibility of revolution in the United
States"
I'VE can better understand the po-
litical situation which we have to
propositions:
First. that greed and self1shness
are always attempting to ebstruct
human progress.
Second, that the sooner an ebstruc-
ton to the public will is removed
the better for all concerned.
Third. right always triumphs In
the end.
Just now the world is recovering
from the most destructive war known
to history 60 grant that the les.
may never be forgotten
I'VE have learned at least one les
son. namely. that it is a mistake to
require a two-thirds vote to ratify a
treaty. A majority of Congress can
declare war; it ought to be as easy
to end a war as to begin it.
League of Nations.
'The league of nations, with our
nation member, is the highest tri-
bunal that has been conceived by the
mind and heart of man, and our ma :
tion's influence in the league should
by the cultivating the spirit OF
brotherhood. Our nations repre-
sentatives in the league should be
elected in districts by popular vote.
Among distractions which MIR.
Bryan said he had seen swept away
were efforts of predatory wealth to
prevent direct election of United
States senators by the people; ef-
forts of the rich to prevent authorl-
zation Of an income tax: efforts OF a
few money magnates of Wall street
to kill the currency law which re-
moved the center of financial power
from New York to Washington; Ell
forts of powerful financial interests
to stave off the coming of prohibition,
and efforts to prevent enfranch1se-
ment of the women.
''Woman's influence is needed just
now to silence opposition to the pro-
hibition amendment and to hasten
the day of universal peace, declared
Mr.. Bryan. "Woman's influence is
needed throughout the world to op-
pose universal military training ana
provide for a referendum on war ex-
cept in case of invasion"
Work Still to he Done.
Turning to distractions he said were
still to be swept away. Mr.. Bryan
continued -
"One is led by the profiteer who is
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leadership to challenge the right of
the people to own and operate natural
monopolies in the interest of the pub
lie. 1t matters not in what form the
issue is presented. whether in the
corporate ownership of municipal
franchises or in the private owner
ship of telegraph lines, telephone lines
or railroad lines, it is an obstruction
that must be removed"
Government Bulletin.
Referring to the government bulle
tin he proposed Mr.. Bryan said:
NO people have suffered more than
the people of New York from lack
of authentic information on the is
sues before the voters. The average
citizen of your state does not differ
In purpose or interest from the aver
age citizen of the west and south, and
vet the Empire state has had but
Evening star., 1920-03-20

small part in securing the great eco
nomic reform of which you are now
the beneficiaries. j appeal for CO.
operation in the establishment of un-
polluted channels of information, to
the end that the voters may be able
better to understand the issues and
thus more quickly give expression to
the peoples will"
In urging faith in the people. Mr..
Bryan said:
Beware of those who speak con-
temptuously of the people-who de-
scribe the masses as a mob. Whether
this distrust of the people. manifested
by the representatives of big bus =
ness. arises from undemocratic senti-
ment or from fear that so-called
property rights will no longer he Civ
en- preferment over human rights. it
ought to arouse to action all who
believe in a peoples government"
Evening star., 1920-03-20
Mr.. PAL LMER ASKS FUNDS
FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES

Attorney General Palmer has asked
Congress to include $2.500,000 for the
bureau of investigation, 100000 for the
enforcement of prohibition and 100000
for the employment of special attorneys,
to be included in the sundry civil bill,
now being drafted by the House appro-
priations committee.
The allotment for special attorneys
is to assist the government in pro-
cedure in suits affecting alleged in
fringements of patents and suits re-
garding cost-plus contracts in which
the government is the defendant.
Evening star., 1920-03-20
Rio 1nctease of q. S. workere Here

Figures compiled by the United States
c.nsS,s bureau last July for the official
register, now in process Of printing.
show that there were in Washington
in the employ Of the government op that
date % .6lS persons. as compared with
"a oel in 1915. Growth Of the various
rovernment departments and the new
shssacter Of their work is shown in the
register, which viii be issued within
two weeks.
Evening star., 1920-03-20
TO MEET NEXT WEEK.
Weather Bars Session Of Sons and
nauphters of Democracy.

A scheduled meeting Of the SONS and
daughters Of democracy" announced
"a yesterday at the Lafayette Hotel.
IoI ,,nstnoned because Of the inclement
w.sther. W. Mrs. Katherine Coker Dal-
ton headed a delegation to attend the
soh Soh.tes on the treaty of the league of
nstions at the Senate yesterday.
Mrs. Dalton was to have spoken at
.ha meeting. The meeting will be held
Al the ballroom of the Lafayette Hotel
At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Evening star., 1920-03-20

Rev. A. M. johnson, Columbus. Ohio,
has been arrested on complaint Of Mrs.
Elisabeth Metcalf. who charges the
minister with theft Of handbag con-
taininE S7,15e- In jewelry and securi-
ties while paying a social call at her
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
HOME OWNERS IN NEW BRITAIN GET AFTER FACTORIES
Demand That Big Shops Be Taxed as They Should
 Properly.
UNJUST TO WORKERS
Lists Filed By, Corporations Must Be Added to Petitioners
 Demand.

New Britain, Feb. 2O.-Claiming that because number of large manufactur- ing plants evade taxation on large amounts of property that Is taxable, taxpayers generally and especially the workingman who is endeavoring to own his own home are being unjustly and outrageously taxed, number of tax payers of this city have presented formal petition to the board of relief demanding that the factories be taxed properly by increasing their assess ments. The petitioners claim that the custom here Is prevalent all over the state also, and puts the burden of taxa ton upon the worker all around.
 The concerns directly named in the complaint are: The American Hard ware Corporation, American Hosiery Company Eastern Ma11eable Iron inson, Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain Lumber & Coal Company, New Britain Machine Company, North & Judd, Skinner Chuck Company, Stanley Rule & Level, Stanley Works, Treat x Hine, Union Manufacturing Company.
 The petitioners set forth in their de- mand that: We, the undersigned tax payers of the city of New Britain, feel ing that we are unjustly and, therefore, illegally taxed, because of certain un- der-va1uations in the lists filed with the assessors of New Britain by the cor porations as stated above, respectfully petition your honorable board to equal ize and adjust the valuations and assess ment lists of said city of New Britain, by decreasing the items of taxable prop erty in the lists of the foregoing cor porations or the number, quantity, or amount of any such item or iterns or by adding to any such list or lists any tax able property or interest therein omitted by the said assessors and which should be added thereto. I. Simons, $. w. Menus, A. D. Lipman, M. Hornstein, Harry Alex, J. A. Edwards, $. M. Dav- idson.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
B. & M.-B. & A. STRIKE
 MAY HIT THE NEW HAVEN

Boston, Feb. 2O.-The strike of the Boston & Maine and Boston x Albany freight handlers is now entering it's fourth week with the prospect of exten- sion to the workers of the New Haven road. A raise from 40 to 60 cents an hour is demanded. Congestion is in creasing and embargoes are reaching farther west, and Atlantic shipping is being diverted to other ports. A few s1rikebreakers have been employed at tn Boston & Maine local yards
 As yet no serious shortage of the necessaries of life has been felt, but commercial and municipal executives are putting every possible pressure on the railroad board and Director Hines to effect prompt and equitable settle ment before the situation becomes more difficult. The Longshoremen's union has declared that its members will stay on strike until definite date has been arranged with Hines.
 The strike came as a result of dilatory handling of the demands of the board of control ard the war labor board.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
LABOR'S POLITICAL CALL
 IS DRASTIC IN CHARGES
MACHINISTS TO HOLD
 TWO BIG MASS MEETINGS
Ex-Service Men Especially In
 vited to Attend On . Sunday Night.

Two public mass meetings on topics of national and local interest, and or ganization work now going on, will be held under the auspices of the Inter national Association of Machinists and Elm Lodge of New, Haven, here dur ing the coming week. The first will be held on Sunday afternoon at Trades Council Hall in celebration of Wash ington's birthday and the public, espe- cially ex-service men to whom the dis cussion will be particularly pertinent, is invited to attend The other meeting will be at Machinists' hall, 1lo Crown street, on Thursday evening and is prin- cipally for machinists, toolmakers, spe- cia1ists and mechanics.
 The speakers for Sunday nights meeting will be John J. Connolly of Boston, organizer of the International Association of Machinists, who will dis cuss national conditions and affairs, and Lester P. Barlow, formerly of the Mar lin- Rockwell Corp. here, and organizer of the Worlds War Veterans, who will discuss local affairs and dwell on mat ters particularly interesting to ex-ser- vice men.
 The meeting Thursday night will be the opening of the spring organization campaign by the Machinists. The speaker of the evening will be C.. P Gibson of Washington, D. C., general organizer for the International Associa- ton of Machinists.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
TRADES COUNCIL TAXES
 UP STORES AND TEMPLE
CIGARMAKERS REQUEST FOR INCREASE GRANTED
Manufacturers Agree to Raise All Around After Brief
 Conference.

Increases in wages ranging from $1 to $2 thousand cigars for the makers, with increases for the packers and strip pers included, were presented to the Cigar Makers Union, Local 3o, at a special meeting held in Trades Coun- Gil hall last night. The increases are the result of negotiations opened with the cigar manufacturers a week ago, i'll which only two sessions were held and the proposition discussed.
 Unlike similar increase efforts, the cigarmakers made no demands for any set scale upon the manufacturers. In- stead a committee was appointed to lay before the manufacturers the facts that the costs of living have and are still steadily climbing and that the wages paid to the makers were not III pro- portion to the increase. A request for an adjustment was then made. N
 The increases granted are: $1 a thousand on cigars that formerly re- tailed at five cents; $1.50 on cigars formerly 10 cents, and $2 on cigars re- tailing formerly at Is cents or more Packers are given an increase of 1C cents per thousand on all cigars while shippers are given an increase of $1 per week all around.
 All the factories in the New Haven district are included and about 75( workers affected by the raise.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
PUBLIC WILL GET RAILROAD TRUTHS
 AT ARENA TUESDAY
Former Counsel of New Haven and Adjoining Lines to
 Discuss Situation.
GREAT INTEREST AROUSED
Expect Big Hall Will Be Packed When Speakers Let
 Loose.

Railroad men from all over the New Haven system, business, professional and laymen interested in the outcome of the railroad situation, will assemble at The Arena, State and Wall streets, on Tuesday night when monster mass meeting will be held and the railroad situation as it really is, the Plumb plan for carrying on the roads, and the rela- tions of worker and the roads, will be fully discussed. It is expected that the capacity of the hall, 5000, will be taxed to hold the crowd, so much interest is there i'll the question because of the squabble going on i'll Congress over the return of the railroads to private own ership.
 The Plumb plan and the actual situa- ton between the railroads and the country, will be gone over thoroughly and correctly by one of the best author ities on the subject in the country Prof. Walter B. Kennedy of Boston Mass, formerly ofl the legal depart ments of the New Haven, the Boston & Maine, and the Boston & Albany rail roads. What Professor Kennedy doesn't know about the inside and outside af- fairs of the railroads, especially those of this section of the country, is little The Plumb plan for the future of the roads has also been gone into deeply by him, compared with the roads as he knows them, and his deductions will be given to the public at the meeting Tues day. His address will be without bia: for either side, the sole purpose being to put the facts actually before the people. E
 The workers side of the railroad agi L..o i CTS in the several branches of the rail road workers brotherhoods. s. F Evans, general chairman of the Brother hood of Engineers on the New Haver system; James Farrell, general chair man of the Brotherhood of Bremen W. J. Loring, general chairman of tn. Conductors John L. Rowe, of tht Brotherhood of Trainmen; Josepl Tone, international organizer of tht Brotherhood of Railroad Machinists and D. C. Cone, grand vice-chief of tht Brotherhood of Signalmen, will be tht other speakers.
 The meeting will be presided over b, Ira M. Ornburn, president of the New Haven Trades Council and secretary O. the Connecticut Federation of Labor It will be one of the most importan ever held i'll this section, not only to organized workers but to workers in al lines and the public generally. The government plan to turn the roads bacl to private ownership on March l, witt the proposed guarantee of earnings fol a period of years will effect every persor in the country directly or indirectly The charges scattered broadcast tha wage demands by the railroad men i the cause of much of the general unres will be gone into plainly and blunt. with the intent of acquainting the public with the real inside of the matter ane let it draw its own conclusions.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
American Legion's Interesting Program for Important Event.

Arrangements are being completed for the patriotic memorial service to be held on Sunday evenig in the High School Auditorium, i'll connection with the New Haven Community Forum. In accordance with the action of the na- tional officers of the American Legion, Washington's birthday is the occasion for presenting the cause of loyalty and patriotism throughout the country. On that day also there is to be cere- mony and a presentation of the testi- monials of honor by the French repub- lie to the families of the men who lost their lives in France.
 The program promises to be of un- usual interest. There will be music by the High School Community Chorus under the direction of Prof. William E. Brown. There will also be orchestral music. The address will be given by Dean Woodbridge of Columbia Uni versity. Prof. Charles M. Bakewell of Yale, will read Edwin Markham's poem ITO France.
 The service will be formally a recog- milton of the action of Governor Hol- combs proclaiming the week beginning February 22nd as Loyalty Week.. Capt. Charles E. Lockhart of the Amer ican Legion will be in charge of the New Haven meeting which will begin at 7:30 o'clock. There will be special seats reserved for the American Legion and for other patriotic organizations. The public is invited
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
COAL TRANSFERS DEFER STRIKE TO
 PROTECT PUBLIC
Realize Action Now Would Injure
 Worker Who Buys Small Lots.
ARE NOT SATISFIED
Recognition Refused and Men
 Still Work Long Hours f Every Day. <..

Simply and solely that they realize that strike at this time would injure the workingman and small householder who Is, because of high prices of every necessity of life forced to buy his coal by the ton or less, the New Haven local of the Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Help CTS Union will not call a strike now, although from developments in the negotiations with the coal dealers for the past several months, it would appear as If the men were being legged on' to take such drastic step. Therefore instead of playing into the hands of the employers, the local at a mass meeting, last Sunday i'll Trades Council hall, de- ferred action until. further negotiations to be started on the arrival here of Organizer John Gillespie of Washing ton.
 The teamsters have been assisted in their negotiations by President Ira M Ornburn of the Trades Council but de- spite his efforts the coal dealers abso- lutely refuse to recognize the union of the employees or to deal with them col lectively or as an organization of any kind. They have insisted Ill treating with the men individually and while in some cases replying to overtures by MT. CC, have steadfastly withheld any recogni- ton.
 Directly contrary to statements that have appeared i'll the local daily press that the men are fully satisfied with the increase in pay given them individually, which the employers state averages about $27 week, the men are not at all satisfied as the increase while part of the demands is only part of the matter under discussion. The increases where given were simply put in the mems en- velopes and accepted as part of the pending settlement.
 In the statements from the dealers appearing in the daily papers 1t is also claimed that reduction of hours has also been granted. While in some cases this is true the reduction Is SO slight as to amount to nothing. Ten hours a day is supposed to be the length of the days ! work but the employers insist on that
 regulation meaning that the 10 hours is to be spent on the road. They do not ! consider the hour or two the men have to put III morning and night, getting
 their trucks ready or put away, any,
 thing at all with the result that the men at 10 hour day rate of pay.
 Statements also that the drivers are
 not organized but that the organized ! men are far in the minority are untrue
 MT Ornburn declares. At least 85 per
 cent. of the men employed in the coal
 business here are enrolled in the organ ization, he says, and the other Is per cent. are rapidly being taken in.
 Organizer Gillespie was expected here | early this week to renew negotiations
 but was detained in Washington by la | bor conferences there. Upon the result of his efforts will depend whether . strike will be called or not. If one is
 called it will not be until the extreme hard weather is passed so as to ensure
 that the general public, which means the worker, women and children of the city, will not be injured by the cold.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
RAILROAD SHOPS ON
 NINE-HOUR SCHEDULE
Rolling Stock, Crippled by Heavy Storms, Necessitates
 Longer Workday.

Although the eight-hour day is in ef- feet at the local railroad shops the shops are now working on nine-hour sched- ule and will continue to do so until the rolling stock of the road is in fit shape to carry on the traffic.
 The eight-hour schedule has been in effect for year and was working satis- factori1 all around. The heavy stotms of the present winter and the ceaseless driving of locomotives and cars against the ice and snow has crippled the rolling stock generally and work Is so piled up now that the longer workday had to be resorted to to put things III shape to carry on the traffic.
 The new schedule affects about 1,200 workers in New Haven and Is also gen. eral all over the New Haven system. It is hoped that with a few months of industrious work the road will be again in shape and the eight hours restored.
 The longer day went into operation without a murmur, the workers fully realizing the condition of things and willingly lending their aid to straighten the muddle out. The locomotive shops are the hardest hit, the strain the en- zines were put to in the last few months, sending dozens of them to the shops every day.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-21
WOULD STOP USE OF
 UNIFORM IN STRIKES
Bill in Senate Forbids Cloaking of Guards as Army
 Men.

Anti-Labor organizations throughout the country will no longer be able to use the U. s. Army uniform to cloak their paid guards or strikebreakers, if bill presented by Senator New of Indiana, is passed. It provides that former soldiers may retain their uni forms but defines where they may and may not be worn.
 One provision forbids anyone to don the uniform while engaged in or par ticipating on either side of labor con- troversy, strike or industrial disturb ance, whether as striker, labor leader, picket, strike breaker, guard, watchnan, employer, representative of an employ CT, policeman, bai1iff, sheriff, or other public officer" Of course the bill prohibits labor from using the uniform also, but to date it hasn't been reported where any at- tempt by Labor has been made to do so, such as has been done by the other side