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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-31

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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Murphy Will Again
 Head the Aldermen
Cigar Maker and Member of Trades Council Now Certain of
 Reelection. s.

John w, Murphy, secretary and br-si- ness agent of the Local Cigar Makers Union, will undoubtedly be reelected President of the New Haven Board of Aldermen at the caucus of the Demo- cratic majority of the board which will be held at the Democratic town commit tee rooms in the Poli Building tomorrow night. The election will be confirmed by the entire board on Tuesday night, pro- bably as the Democrats control and any nominations made by the caucus tomor- row will be upheld.
 Mir. Murphy has been president of the Board of Aldermen for the past four years having been elected to that office when the democrats under Mayor Fitz- Gerald secured control III 1918. The office carries with it the duties and honor of acting mayor during the absence of the mayor or his illness and on several occasions, principally when Mayor Fitz- Gerald was at the Democratic National convention and during his recent severe illness, MT. Murphy has assumed the duties and fulfilled them to the satisfac. ton of every one.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
filling Sitting in on Cor Oner's Secret h. quiry", With His As sistant May Cause Trials to Be Held Elsewhere Is View.

Who's going to prosecute Black and Carroll of the Rialto and Build ing Inspector Austin for their alleged (by the coroner) responsibility for the Rialto theater fire? Warrants are, or will be soon. issued for the three men charging eAem with man slaughter. That makes it a high court case and among some very good law yers in and about New Haven, the question is now being raised as to whether States Attorney filling and his assistant, Walter Pickett, did not disqualify themselves from prosecut- ing by their attendance and assistance in the coroner's finding. The inquiry was supposed to be secret and impar- tial. Nevertheless the coroner ad- mitted the state officials, City Attor- ney Whitaker, Mayor FitzGerald at times and few chosen others and then found the three men responsi- ble
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Re-appOints Dr. Dona- hue to Succeed Him. self Despite Efforts of Politician to Land Job as Exposed by Labor News.

The movement begun while the Legis- lature was in session last winter, to oust Commissioner Dr. John ]. Donahue of Norwich and Edward T. Buckingham of Bridgeport, both democrats, from the state compensation commission and to replace them by deserving Republican lawyers who needed the jobs, has failed so far as Commissioner Donahue IS con- cerned. On Wednesday Governor Lake reappointed Commissioner Donahue to succeed himself and turned down the pleas made for the appointment of Attorney Albert J. Bailey of Norwich, who in c1dently is member of the Republican State Central committee. Commissioner Buckingham's term does not expire until January 1, 1923.
 The plan to oust the members of the board, who were appointed by Governor Baldwin in 1910 when the compensation law became effective had gotten good start and although being carried on under cover, was making quite a stir in the LeglslatuTe w It 15 was eXR0sed eSclu- issue of February 25. At once, not only the friends of the commissioners, but Or ganized Labor men and workers all over the state who were thoroughly satisfied with the operations of the law under the existing commission rose in protest and brought their protests to the attention of Governor Lake
 In Dr. Donahue's case the claims were being pushed forth that not beigg a lawyer, he was hardly capable of inter preting such an intricate law as the com- pensation laws and that lawyer should be appointed, meaning of course Bailey. This was speedily enumerated by the facts that even though not a lawyer, Dr. Donahue had good common sense and had used it in his interpretations and de- cisions and none of his awards or denials had been upset by the court of appeal, any more than had those of the other members of the commission who are lawyers.
 The fight finally became so heated however that Governor Lake, simply neglected to make any nomination for the office while the legislature was III ses- sion but allowed the matter to ride until.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Big Building Strike
 in N. Y. Postponed
Contractors Agree to Pay Present Wage for Another Month at
 Least

New York, Dec. 3o.-There will be no strike in the building trades on January l. The employers Wednesday decided to extend the present agree ment, expiring tomorrow, for one month, until January 3I, 1922. This announcement was made in a letter to the Building Trades Council by Samuel B. Donnelly, secretary of the Building Trades Employers Associa- ton, following meeting of the board of governors.
 The employers renewed -titeir re- quest of the Building Trades Council to accept their original offer of an arbitration board of five to fix the 1922 wage and working conditions. This offer the workers rejected.
 In the latest proposal of Samuel Untermyer, counsel to the Lockwood committed, that an arbitration board of seven consider the question of efficiency and the suggestion that the present wage be continued for 1922 the employers were non-committal
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
BOOST INSTEAD OF
 CUT, MEAT PRICES
Salesmen Told to Jump Prices Fol lowing Attempted Wage
 Slash.

Meat packers assure the public that prices will be cut if they can enforce a whge reduction, but this claim is not sustained by salesmen's bulletin issued by one firm.
 The salesmen are informed that you should be able to secure fully two cents over prices listed in the last bulletin"
 Tn a good many cases" 1t Is stated, Eve have been obliged to make sub stitutions at advanced prices. Remem- Der that competitors, with the excep- ton of one, or possibly two, are working under the same difficulties that we are.
 Advance your list on pork 1oins, butts, shoulders, picnics and raw loaf lard six cents a pound. Hold for full prices and secure averages where pos sible. Our costs have been advanced and we do not want any cheap busi- ness"
 These orders to gouge the public come from employers who have or ganized company unions" to aid them in enforcing wage cuts. The public is told that these unions" have been formed to establish fin dustrial democracy"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
TARIFF PROBLEM SETTLED, TILSON
 PROMISES MANUFACTURERS TO FIX IT

matters to suit themselves that for once at an annual meeting the members forgot to take wallop at Organized Labor. They had another attraction for the day, Congress ss1nan John Q. Ti1son who has finally landed on the ways and means committee which fixed the tariff and took out their enthusiasm in applauding him when he firmly, oh so firmly declared that he intended to see that the 11anufac- turers of this his great adopted com monwea1th got everything they asked for in the line of tariff and restraint thereby of foreign trade.
 Ti1son lamented the fact that Connecti- cut manufacturers didn't journey to Washington last February to tell his committee about their tariff wishes be- fore the temporary tariff laws were fixed. Now that he has secured them however he has come to the belief that the Aneri- can valuation plan is the only safe way out of it and admitted that his commit tees bill as it now stands would make the tariff proposed lower than that of the democratic Underwood tariff laws, unless some such scheme of valuation Is resorted to.
 Everyone applauded Tilson and his earnestness in their behalf except one John Conway of the E. F. Drew com pany of Jewett City, dealers in textiles,
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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
CONNECTICUT TO
 BE A DRY STATE
 NEW YEARS EVE
Prohib. Chief Makes Plans for "Mopping Up" All Joy
 Elixers.

/ It will be a real dry New Years eve in Connecticut this year if Chief Jonathan E. Enc of the prohibition enforcement agents has his way, fol- lowing plans made this week by MT. Enc for complete "mopping up" of all cafes, hotels and other places throughout the state whose owners attempt to help their patrons cele- brate by serving them anything in the liquid joy line. The cabaret and cafe men seem to have brought the mat ter on themselves by a number of them writing to MT. Enc and inquir- ing how far they can lawfully go in aiding the celebration, the idea of those of course being how they would stand before the law supposing guests should bring their own liquors and serve them at their tables Eno's answer is the plans for cleanup on all liquor violations.
 At the same time, the internal reve- nue department has notified all depu- ty collectors to be on the lookout al all hotels, cabarets, road houses and other similar places in their re- spective territories where tables are reserved for New Years eve, as a govrnment tax of IH cents for each I ocents of the admission price will be due from such places where there is any form of entertainment other than instrumental music. The ad- mission price is deemed to be 20 per cent, of the amount paid for service or merchandise, such as cover charge in a hotel. This tax Is ap- plicable up to midnight New Years eve, as the Revenue Act of 1918 is effective up to January I, 1922.
 It was pointed out at the revenue office that in such places which are subject to the federal tax, the pro- prietor or manager is required to pro vide a ticket or card of admission to evidence the right to every admission whether paid or free which is subject to a tax, or to install a mechanical device such as a turnstile to register the number entering.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30

So far the road officials have dealt only with the shop crafts and clerks, the trainmen who are also scheduled for reduction, not having been call ed in, but they expect to be next week, according to officers of the Brotherhoods today General Man ager Bardo presented mass of data to the representatives of the workers already had in conference all tending to show the necessity of the wage re- duction insisted upon by the road. The mass of figures didn't make much of an impression on the committees any more than did their reports of the meetings when presented before the various lodges of the brother hoods The workers also had com piled statistics of their own and pre- sented them to MT. Bardo and they didn't make any impression there either, according to reports, especially those that had to do with an increase.
 The road proposes to arbitrarily put the reduction in effect on January 10 whether the men accept 1t or not and let it be argued out afterward probably before the labor board at Chicago when likely other road cases will be heard at the same time. By doing this the road will have had the. cut Tn operation ana put the men Tn the position of losing so much per week anyhow pending the decision on the matter by the labor board. Once it si put over the road, not only the New Haven but the others as well figure, they will be able to keep it there and at any rate feel very little fear of having any retroactive" de cision made against them whereby they would have to pay Back what the men lost in time and money.
 Pay out is not the only thing both ering the New Haven Road, the new shop crofts rules recently promul- gated by the labor board coming in for big part of the discussions, espe- cially those doing away with the eight hour day and permitting the roads to run 10 if they desire without having to pay overtime. The officers of the various unions were in meeting all day today at Machinist Hall, but late this afternoon had not finished their deliberations and had nothing to an nounce to the public at that time The temper of the rank and file of the unions Is to resist the wage cut to the limit of strike if necessary, especially after the indefinite layoH the men are now enjoying
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
ANOTHER REVOLT TO FREE WORLD
 ON IN NEW YORK
A. F. of L. Scheduled for Scrap Heap Among Plans of Workers
 Party,

New York, Dec 30-For the steenth time revolutionary party has been formed to save the workers and over throw the government. The American Federation of Labor, of course will go down in the grand crash:
 The new venture Is to be known as the workers party of America. This sounds smoother than communist party. It was formed in this city by about 100 delegates representing groupe who demanded puri- fled, undulterated revolution. The third internationale of Moscow was indorsed and the usual program agreed to that will always turn the labor movement inside out.
 The program was attacked by some of the delegates One was nukind enough to label the ponderous document "a hodge podge of muddled brains" Another de- clared it was "mess" party, rather than d mass party.
 Defenders of the program acknowl- edge its revolutionary weakness, but pleaded that the need of the hour is to get toe hold" Afterwards, the simon that the workers are unaCquainted with the beauties of communism, and this theory must be cautiously fed to them by the selfappointed guardians. A cen tral executive committee, with wide DOW CTS, was elected to direct how the A. F. of L. will be captured and how workers are to be inoculated with the ideals of the third internationale
 The usual roof-raising denunciation of "Gompers bureaucracy was indulged in This is a favorite oratorical trick of capitalist and revolutionist
 The new revolution will not be giver clear track by its brother revolution ists in other camps. The I. w. w. group of this district says it is dominated by lot of cheap politicians who have never had any revolutionary experience.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
SHOP CRAFTS ESPECIALLY BITTER
 BECAUSE OF GENERAL LAYOFF AND
 APPARENT ATTEMPT TO COERCE THEM
Officials and Committees Representing Various BrotherhOods Confer but Are Still Hopeless ly Split on Wage and Working Rules. Trainmen Not Yet Called but
 Will Be Next Week.

The New Haven road apparently with the other rail the ahead the plan force another holding with representing brothrhoods during week seeking their The especially the shop crafts and workers standing absolutely only refusing accede to the roads plan reduce their but insisting for the shop and maintenance who claim they proportionaey when the made Whether they accede the road evidently right ahead and the
 effect anyhow and the matter will probably before the Railroad Labor Board for The yo of the shop crafts hasn't added anything the good feeling between the workers feeling drive compel them submit to the officials wishes
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
LAWYERS BELIEVE STATES ATTORNEY
 DISQUALIFIED IN RIALTO FIRE CASE

The inquiry was supposedly sec ret" one which is within the coroner's rights, even though it does not suit the public That 1t wasn't secret only to. the public was proven, when a week or so ago MT. filling, the states attorney, Spilled the beans" by giv- ing to the public some of the testi- mony having to do with the Hyper ion theater- Then 1t developed that the coroner had the able assistance of the states attorney, his assistant, Walter M. Pickett, and City Attorney Sheridan Whitaker and at times even condescended to have Mayor FltzGer- aid among those who could hear the testimony being secured.
 In his finding he has held Building Inspector Joseph Austin responsible on the ground of negligence in in specting the remodelling of the build ing. He admits Austin never saw or knew about the changes except cas- ually Then he holds Black, the main factor in the show house, and Carroll, the local manager, responsible also, and, according to the finding as filed, has made out an apparent case against all three. ,
 So far so good. Now lawyets ask "whose going to try the cases in court?" Without question the coro-
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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
PROSECUTING OFFICIALS
 FOR YEARS BACK SAID TO
 HAVE NEGLECTED TO AID
Contractors and ViOlat-
 Ors of ''Three Deck
 CT" and Fire Escape A Laws Finally Practi- cally Ignore Austin's
 Orders and Get Away
 With It.

Hampered, blocked, and defied in fact, in his efforts to enforce the law relative to building in New Haven, Joseph A. Austin, city building inspector, is now under indictment by Coroner Mix for responsibility in part for the Rialto theatre fire which cost nine lives. Austin might just as well have been indicted for many an- other fire that mi ght have occur red in hundreds of tenements about the city and of which he made complaint to the prescott ing officials for some years it is stated, but received no satinfac- ton and in fact was rebuffed so consistently that the offenders blatantly entered his office, de- manded permits for violations of the law and when refused, told him to go chase himself or worse and they got away with it. Aus tin religiously, made complaints to the various city attorneys but could not seem to get prosecution. Lest this be taken as defense of Austin in the Rialto case, let it now be understood that the RiaIto has nothing whatever to do with 1t but that the account is solely detailing what has been happen ing in New Haven for some years past.
 New Haven in common with other cities of its size adopted years ago so- called three decker" law, by which it was prohibited housing people in attics unless there was ample room for a tene- ment therein. It also adopted laws pro- Inents and it made the law retroactive on the fire escapes without question, and not leaving it open to interpretation as the celebrated building code is now being subjected to.
 Everything worked we'll until the big building boom began here with the entry of the country into the war and the great influx of mechanics to man New Haven's war industries. Everything that could be turned into tenement was so turned and many that shouldn't be turned into such habitation was also put to use There were hundreds of places altered without permits and the only way the building inspectors office ever knew about them
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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
While State Association Is Declaring Loudly for "American Valua- ton" Chamber of Commerce Refuses to Vote on It.

While the manufacturers association of Connecticut was meeting and dining in one part of the Hotel Taft in New Haven yesterday and demanding a tariff based on the so-called American val uation" plan of levying duties the New Haven Chamber of Commerce was meet ing and launching in another art and refusing at the same time to vote on a questionairre sent out by the United States Chamber of Commerce limiting at endorsement of the same thing the manu- lecturers association was seeking A committee of the chamber headed by former President Hadley of Yale re- commended that the Chamber decline to vote on the matter because the wording of the questionaire was obscure and there might be flaw loose somewhere and the Chamber did as recommended.
 Meantime the Manufacturers Associa- ton was having a gala time all to itself and was so busy fixing Up the tariff
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Ornburn Assumes .
 Cigar Makers Office
New Haven Trades Council Head Second Vice-President of
 International.

Ira M. Ornburn, president of the New Haven Trades Council and secretary of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, will on Monday assume the office of second Vice President of the Cigar Makers International Union of America, to which he was elected last summer after two elections had been necessary. MT. Ornburn defeated L. P. Hoffman of Jacksonville, Ill.,, who had been holding the office for IA years and led him on the first ballot but as there were other can didates, did not have majority over all as the laws of the international require In the second election MT. Ornburn de- feated the vice president by more than 1900 majority.
 The office of second vice president is most important inasrnuch as the office of first vice president is held by Samuel Gompers, head of the A. F. of L. and therefore more c less tied up with the duties of that l,osition. In case there fore of the inability of the president, George w. Perkins to carry the office, MT. Ornburn would automatically assume the duties of the presidency as it would be practically impossible for Mir. Com pers to do so. Although the headquart- CTS are in Chicago, the office will not take MT. Ornburn from New Haven and Con- necticut, and his duties to Labor here.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Chicago Kicks Over
 the Dry" Traces

Chicago, Dec. 3o-The Chicago City Council by vote of 5I to yes terday called on the nation and state to amend the prohibition laws so as to permit the sale of wholesome beer and light wines
 The resolution asserts that "the en- actment of the Federal Prohibition act failed to meet the approval of the general public throughout the coun- try" and, after directing that copies be sent to national and state officials, calls upon the governor of Illinois to include the subject matter expressed in the resolution in any call for an extraordinary session of the legisla- ture.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Railroad FoLlo1us Layof With Request To Accept
 Wage Reductions; Men Meet and Plan To Resist
NEW HAVEN BEGAN TO DIG ITSELF OUT
 I6,ooo YEARS AGO

Amherst, Mass, Dec. 3o.- More than 200 eminent geolo- gists, representing virtually all of the principal colleges, uni versailles and scientific societies of the United States and Can ada, met at Amherst College this week for the annual meet ing of the Geological Society of America.
 Prof. Charles Schuchert, pro- lessor of Paelontogoly at Yale University was elected presi- dent of the society for 1922. One of the most interesting pa pers was read by Baron Antevs on The Recession of the Land Ice in New England" He de- clared that it took approximate ly 5000 years for the glacial ice to recede from the neighbor- hood of New Haven to St. Johnsbury, Vt, beginning ap- proximately I4,ooo years B. C.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
FIGHT HIGHER RENT.

Washington, Dec. 3o,-Landlords have announced increases of from S to SIS month at the expiration of the Ball rent act, next May, and sen- timent is increasing in congress for extending the life of the act
 The law applies to the District of Columbia, and has been upheld by the United States supreme court. Under this statute a commission IS empowered to set rents.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Gouernor Balks Moue Too
 Con1pensatio7 Commissioner

about the expiration of Dr. Donahue's term. which would have been Saturday night and then made the reappointment The appointment is for five years and carries a salary of $45O0 a year
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30

PLUMBERS STRIKE ENDS.
 East St. Louis, Ill.,, Dec. 3o.-The plumbers strike that has been waged for nearly year, has been satisfac- torily adjusted.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
TO ORGANIZED LABOR

THE LABOR NEWS is your paper and it's advertisers de- pend on your support. Tell them you Saw It In The News and everyone will be happy.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30

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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-03-12
New Alloy Promises Much.

metal lighter than any yet known
and as strong or stronger than steel
has for years been the dream of many,
circulated to the effect that at last 1t
has been discovered. The latest re-
port relates to a new magnesium al
10y said to have been discovered by
a metal company in Montreal. The
new alloy, it is stated, is only two
thirds the weight of aluminium, and
Is cas- strong as steel" 1t Is said TO
be especially suitable for pistons and
connecting rods of aero and motor car
engines, where strength and lightness
are desirable.