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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
OLDEST MAN IN THE
 WORLD NOW l5O YEARS
Eats Peas and Fruit But Hash t Had Bath in Half
 Century.

Paris, April 29-The oldest man in the world may soon receive a special pension and food allowance from the French government. He is a kurd, named Torah, and asserts he has lived more than 15O years. His statement is borne out by numerous persons who are more than 70 years old, and who de- clare that when they were youngsters Torah was aged, gray and bent.
 The war scattered Torahs friends. He is now penniless and must depend on charity. Although his mind is hay re- garding events in the 18th and the 18th centuries, he is reported to have fol- lowed recent history closely.
 He immediately won the hearts of French officers in ConstantinOple by de- claring to them that he always prophc- sled a French victory, after which he pockcted small sums of money with which to buy a months supply of split peas, fruit and Turkish delight" the only food he. has eaten since he passed ,1lc century mark.
 Incidentally Torah then stopped wash ing himself He refuses ablutions, even at the risk of losing the friendship of his new bencfaCtOrS.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
WOMEN VOTERS IN CONVENTION PLEDGE
 FAITH IN UNIONS
Collective Bargaining in Industry and More Equal Laws Are
 Demanded.

Cleveland Ohio April 29.-Reiterat- ing its declaration in favor of collective bargaining through trade unions and urging especially the organization of working women, the National League of Women Voters at its second annual con- vcntiOn in Cleveland again registered it. self as one of the great allies of the labor movement. In a prcCOnVentiOn confer cnce called by Miss Mary E. MCDoWell of Chicago, chairman of the leagues standing committee on women in indus try, discussion of the question of trade unionism, led by Miss Nida Pangle, of the Mattresses Union of Toledo, Ohio, was followed by a unanimous vote of convention, for the following plank in the platform of the National League of Women Voters:
 We affirm our belief ill the right of the workers to bargain collectively through trade unions and regard the or ganizatiOn of working women as especial ly important because of the peculiar handicaps from which they suffer i'll the labor market"
 In addition to this plank the platform calls for wages to women on the basis of occupation and not on sex; minimum wage laws, eight hour laws, and nO-n1ght- work laws Tor women III lnduStrldl oCCu- pations; prohibition of employment of women six weeks before and six weeks a after childbirth; adequate appropriations for enforcement of labor laws adequate appropriations for the WOmen's Bureau of the United States Department of La Dor; the establishment of permanent federal employment service with a woman associate director; appointment of qualified women in all public agencies, commissions, or tribunals, federal, state and local, dealing with the interests of women; reclassihcaton of the federal civil service on the basis of adequate pay for work performed, appointment and promotion on a strictly merit system without regard to sex, without preference of any kind, and with adequate provision for enforcement by the United States civil service commission.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
New Haven Road Head Hits Plumb
 Speech at Y ale
Buckland Appears Also Peeved at Labor Unions and Eight
 Hour Day.

Edward C. Buckland, now Vice-prcsi- dent and during the war, president of the New Haven road, and a former in- struCtor at Yale, takes q slam in the Yale News at Glenn l.. Plumb and "Other prupagandists" who are allowed to visit Yale and air their ideas at variance with sound economies" Mir BuckIand, who was strangely silent until Mr. Plumb spoke at Yale few weeks ago, also takes q shot at labor unions and the eight-hour day Ill his complaint, which is as follows:
 "PeriodiCaly Yale is written to, visited and talked to by men who present ideas at variance with what have long been regarded as sound economics. These propagandists appeal to the sympathleS and exploit the credulity of the younger part of their hearers and readers; they tax the patience and offend the common sense of the older part Last year, there were lectures defending and explaining the British socialism, This year 1t Is the author and defender of the Plumb plan. More recently an article appeared attacking the open shop.
 It seems inCOnCeivabc that any substantial group of Americans can GIL dOrsc the sentiments expressed by these advocates; If so, 1t Is about time to re- cal few fundamental principles with which this nation of ours started and which have characterized its unparal leed progress towards prOsperity-prin Cipcs which have established justice, insured domestic tranquility, provided for the common defense, promoted the gen cral welfare and secured the blessings of liberty to us-the postcrity of the founders.
 Every American has had and now has an equal opportunity if he will avail himself of it. The glory of our insti- tutions is that so many have worked, saved and risen to positions of eminenCe by practicing the virtues of industry and thrift. The glory is not dimmed by the failure of the idler and the spendthrift.
 "This nation was not built by eight hour men. It will not be maintained by them. It was built and will be maIn- tained by whole families working from dawn to dusk in the hope and eXpecta- tion that what they so produce ana save will be theirs and not anOther's Aid from them to the unfortunate should come not through conhscation by the pro- letariat, but as an act of love for ones neighbor in futillment of the second great commandment"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
GOV. ALLEN BREAKS
 INTO ARENA AGAIN
Kansan Takes Another Futile Shot at Labor to Boost His
 Pet Court.

Cambridge, Mass, April 29-Gover- nor Allen of Kansas, speaking to the Harvard University Liberal Club from the same rostrum that Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. used a month ago. declared that union labor leaders opposed the Kansas industrial relations court and the law behind it because they realized that if government may provide industrial justice it will be no longer necessary for the W"rkingman to pay out of his pocket q lot of hard faced, sOft-handcd radicals who live off labor"
 He said that the business of sccrc- tary o{ war for labor has become a Wcll-paid profession" quoted from a recent compilation to show that 15OOOO paid secretaries of labor unions receive 5OOOOOOO a year from the slender pockets of laboring men," and added:
 "Prcsidcnt Gompcrs and his 15OOOO paid assistants realize that if govern mcnt may bring justice into industry there Is no longer a market for the tin god that they have been selling to labor in the United States for the past 40 years"
 1.-The closed shop has overp1ayed it's game. It has introduced into this coun- try the un-AmeriCan principle of putting as little as possible into life and taking as much as possible out of life
 "The fight which labor leadership is making today is not one of wages and working conditions, but a battle for con- trol of the commodity, for control of production. The fight is a menace to America to the same extent as that by which England IS 1fenaCed now"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
JEWISH RABBIS IN
 CONVENTION TAKE
 STAND FOR UNIONS
Declare Structure of Peace and Order Rests Upon Founda-
 tion of Organized Labor.

'Society's only safeguard against re- progression into former inhu1nan stand ards is the organized iabor movement in America was the positive stand taken by the Central Conference of American Rabbs at their annual convention in Washington last week in adopting a committee report which aligned the Jewish clergy of the country with or sanized labor.
 The committee on social justice pre- scntcd the report, which summed mp and reiterated the position taken on this subject a year ago at the COnven- ed reads in part as follows:
 Tn view of the widespread propa- eanda now being made against collec- tive hargaining the conference feels called upon to reiterate it's position on this subject The conference holds that the overthrow of the laboring union would mean the collapse of the whole structure of industrial peace and order. which rests upon the union as -one of its chief foundations. Moreover, the dis placement of the labor union would in- cvitably result in the strengthening of the hands of such extremists within the labor group as already deCry the prac tiCc of collective bargaining through l1l1ofI orSdnlZatlOn as method 100 con Scrvativc and intellectual for the attain mcnt of industrial justice, Victory for these radical elements in the ranks of labor would jeopardize the fundamental institution of our republic.
 "Our belief, therefore. in the funda mental truth of the Rochester dcCIara- tiun on collective bargaining remains unchanged. Without the union all la bor would still be the victim of the long day, the insufficient wage and kin drcd institutions. Under the present or ganizations of society labor's only safe guard against a retrogressOm to for mcr inhunan standards is the union"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
STATE HAS AUTO FOR
 EVERY l2 PERSONS
Cities Claim More Than Third of Total Cars Registered
 in 1920.

With approximately 125,757 motor vehicles of all classes registered in Con- necticut i'll 1920, the five cities of the state having populations of more than 5O,OOO claimed 49751 vehicles, accordin to official figures compiled by John A. Macdonald, deputy commissioner of tn mc:or vehicle department. The figures, according to the deputy commissioner, show that in Connecticut the larger towns and centers of urban pOpulatIo have the largest registrations.
 Tn the whole state" says the state ment of the motor vehicle department, there Is one passenger
 147 persons, one commercial car for every 58.7 persons and one motor cycle or side car for every 2lZ.5 per sons, or there is motor vehicle of some description for every III persons in the state. For the year 192O) the passcn- ger cars were 7573 per cent, comncr- cial cars 1902 per cent, and motorcycle and side cars 5.25 per cent. of the total registration"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
PROHIBITION AS ITS
 FOUND IN HARTFORD
Forty Per Cent. of Arrests Last Year Were "Drunks Police
 Report Shows.

Hartford, April 29.-As shown by the annual report of Chief of Police Farrell submitted to the council by the police board this week for the fiscal year ended March 21, 1921, a little more than 40 per cent of the SOP arrests made by the police department came under the classi- fcation drunkenness the exact number being 3,279 Next in order came the arrests for traffic rule violations, num- berng 877; breach of peace, 778; viola tion of automobile laws, 481; thefts, sos; reckless driving, 181; assault and battery 40; vagrants, l33; suspicious characters, l22; violation of city ordin- anCe, lO5.
 Arrests for violation of the Nolstead act numbered 87; for prostitution, 40; for gambling, g; for fornication, 37 for embezzlement, 34; for burglary, 37; for adultery, %.
 Five persons were arrested for assault with intent to kill; and five for assault with intent to murder.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
MAYOR JERRY LOCKS
 OUT U. 5. COURT
Norwa1k's s Fiery Executive Also Keeps It Out for Half
 an Hour.

South NorWalk, April 29.-Locked doors greeted the attaches of the United States district court Wednesday when they arrived to open court and investi- gatiOn showed that Mayor Jeremiah Donovan had ordered that the doors be locked, thus preventing the use Of cer- tain rooms assigned to the courts use because of a misunderstanding on his part. Court was held from opening its session for half an hour and 1t was not until the threat was made that the court would hold future sessions either in Bridgeport or New Haven that Mayor Donovan backed down on his attitude. The doors were locked on the mayors orders by an cmploye of the street de- partment, whose rooms were being used and who objected to it, filing a complaint with the 1naVOr
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
COAST SPRINTER BREAKS RECORD AT
 FOUR DISTANCES
Paddock, Also Ties, 100 Yard Mark Made By Dan Kelly
 in 1906.

Rcdlands, Cal, April 29-Charles w. Paddock of the University of Southern California broke worlds records for 100 metres, 200 metres, 300 yards and 300 metres at the Southern California A. A. U. meet here, according to official timers PaddOCk's $ time for 100 metres was 10 2-5s.; POO metres, q 1-5s. t; 300 yards, 30 l-5s,; 300 metres, 34 4-5s
 He ran 100 yards in 9 3-5s; tieing the worlds record, and 220 yards i'll q 1-5s.
 Robert s. Weaver, National A. A. U. president, was present, and had extra timers to catch PaddoCk's time at the various marks
 Paddock recently ran 22O yards in 20 3-7s. at the University of California-U $. (. meet at Berkeley, according to timers there. A few days later he made the distance in Els flat, in a Stan ford-C. $. (. meet at Palo Alto. Neith- CT record has as yet been officially ac- Ccptcd by the A. A. U. The recognized record is 21 1-5s-, the same time that Paddock made last week Paddock at tied the worlds record of 9 3-5s. for the lOO-yard dash.
 The worlds record for 100 yards, D seconds, was made m 1900 by Dan J. Kelly. Paddock twice equaled this mark a few weeks ago in dual meet on the coast, but these earlier perform ances have not as yet been accepted by the International Amateur Athletic Fed cratiOn At that time the California marvel also smashed the long-standing mark of 21 Is seconds for 200 yards. but this award also Is pending
 The mark for 100 metres (O9.36 yards) was created by Don Lippincott in 1912, when he ran the distance in 10 3-5 seconds. Paddock had been near this particular record for a long time. He was CloCked in 10 3-5 seconds for the odd distance at Ebbets Field last July It was found that the track was slightly short, and he was not allowed to share the honors with Lippincott.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
"A Princess of Mar"
 3 IIIIIIIIlby EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS uIIIIIIIN
Copyright, A. (. McClurg X Company.

Like it's master it was entirely de void of hair, but was of q dark slate color and exceeding smooth and gloS- sy. It's belly was white and it's legs shaded from the slate of it's shoulders and hips to vivid yellow at the feet.
 Charmed and naked as I was, the first law of nature manifested itself in the only possible solution of my immediate problem, and that was to get out of the vicinity of the point of the charging spear. Consequently l gave a very earthly and at the same time Superhuman leap to reach the top of the Martian incubator, for such l had determined it must be.
 My effort was crowned with a sue cess which appalled, me no less than 1t
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
REJECT COSSACK BILL.

St. Paul, NIinn., April 29.-By vote of 58 to 5 the house of representatives rejected a bill that would establish the cossack system i'll this state. The bill was drawn along the usual lines-take all police authority from communities in the state and place it in the hands of a few men appointed by the governor.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
CHAPTER 1-(Continued).

As I gazed upon 1t I felt a spell of oyerpoWering fascination it was Mars, the god of war, and for me, the fighting man, it had always held the power of irresistible enchant- ment. As I gazed at it on that far gone night 1t seemed to call across the unthinkable void, to lure ne to 1t, to draw me as the lOdeStOne attracts a particle of iron.
 My longing was beyond the power of opposition; I closed my eyes, stretched out my arms toward the god of my vocation and felt myself drawn with the suddenness of thought through the traCkless immensity of space. There was an instant of eX- treme cold and utter darkness.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
RAILROAD LABOR BOARD
 MEMBERS CONFIRMED

Washington. April 29.-Thc nomina- tions of Walter l.. McMcnimen of Massachusetts, Ben W. Hooper of Tennessee, and Samuel Higgins of New York. to be members of the railroad labor board were confirmed this week by the senate.
 No opposition, it was said, developed against any of the railroad nominees all though several senators announced re- Ceipts of telcgrams and letters from minor unions of railroad employees op- posing Mr. MCMenimcn
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
BILL IN TO REPEAL
 R. R. RATE GUARANTEE

Washington, April 29-Repeal of the six per cent. rate guarantee section of the transportation act is proposed in a resolution introduced this week by Sen ator Cappcr, republican, Kansas, and re- fcrrcd to the interstate commerce com mittec
 The proposed repeal is designed to reduce freight rates, Senator Capper said, and is indorsed by practically all farm organizations.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
REJECTS SOLDIERS BILL,

Trenton, \. J., April Ex-Governor Edwards has refused to sign a bill for ex-soldiers' preference in public employ ment, passed by the legislature The governor said the bill was loosely drawn and that it failed to show the difference between the "sWivelcd chair" service man and actual fighting soldiers.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29

We can forget all about our enemies if we will always demand the union label, card and button ourselves.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
IF YOU HAVE

Send your plans to Us and allow our estimators to give you new figures, and they will be such that no one can possibly duplicate them. We can guarantee you that you will be exempt from any cessation of work on account of labor troubles. We can guarantee you the most skilled mechanics in this city We can guarantee you prices that will allow you to complete the work you intended to start
 Take advantage of this opportunity. Make your plans known to us Let our representative take this matter up with you, and the result will give entire satisfaction
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-29
BUILD YOUR HOME NOW
 DO YOUR REPAIRING NOW
Do you intend to build home
 this spring?
 Do you intend to make any altera-
 tions to your present home? Do you intend to have carpenters
 work of any nature done?
IF YOU CONTEMPLATE ANY
 OF THESE THINGS

We are in a position to give you price on any kind of Carpenter work that will agreeably surprise you Have you been requested to withhold your work until later anticipating better priccs2 Have you in the past been paying ex- ccptionally large prices for your work? Have you in the past been surprised by the estimated cost of your new home and then gave up the idea of building?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-10
J. ROBERT GILLIAN
ATTENDS MEETING
SHORTHORN BREEDERS

7. Robert Gillian Ia In oklahoma
City, where no attended a meeting ot
Tho Oklahoma Shorthorn Breeders
Association. which convened Ia that
city at 10 o'clock this morning at the
Huokins Hotel.
The meeting was opened with an
address OF welcome By J. Il. owen.
vlcc president Of tho Oklahoma City
Chamber of Commerce. II. r. Blake.
president Of the Oklahoma shorthorn
Breeders Association, responding. Many
prominent stockmen Of the state made
addresses.
Mr. Gillian delivered an address on
"Shorthorns In Southern Oklahoma"
The meeting concludes with 6
o'clock banquet at the Chamber of
Commerce. at which time representa-.
tlvcs from tho Republic of Mexico,
representatives from tho republic Of
Uruguay, Gov. J. n, A. Robertson.
tieutenant.Gov Tapp. John A.
whitehurst. president OF the Board of
Agriculture. Eugene +. Gum, secre-
tary OF the Oklahoma Bankers Asso.
citation. and other notables were sched-
ulcd 10 speak.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-10
IMPROVED CONDITIONS
IN FOREIGN TRADE WITH
SOUTH AMERIC CA AND FAR
EAST NOT YET IN SIGHT
BETTERMENT OF THEIR LABOR
CONDITIONS AND UNFAVOh-
ABLE EXCHANGE RATES
MUST COME FIRST,

Washington, Jan. 10.-Better trade
conditions between the United States
and South America and the far East
cannot be expected until low rates
OF exchange and labor conditions in
foreign countries have improved, ac-
cordlng to q summary of world busi-
ness made public today by the de-
partment OF commerce. The state
ment was the first of monthly sum-
maries the department will issue deal
ing with trade conditions,
In practically every country OF
South America and the far East i'm
ports have fallen In the last few
months and money has become very
hard to obtain. cablegrams to the de-
partment said
Australia was reported to he await
ing lower prices before buying much
in the American markets and banks
there We're said TO have raised money
prices. The Japanese financial con-
dltlons is most unsatisfactory" Com
mercial Attache James r. Abbott
cabled from Toxic, and he predicted
severe drop In the Japanese ex-
change rate.
Failure OF many business houses IN
China is forcseen by Commercial At
tache Julcan Arnold at Peking. who
cabled that the ancient Chinese Gus
tom OF paying all debts on the new
year. Feb. s. will force many places
to close.
Low exchange rates has resulted IN
an ovcrstockcd market In India. ac'
cording TO Commissioners c. c. Batch
elder. at Calcuttp. who said That In
dian exports have fallen off to an
alarming extent. and he advised
American business houses 20 exercise
care In granting credits.
Argentina exports and imports have
dropped, while the money market has
become very tight. Commercial At
tachc Edward d. Freely, at Buenos
Aires reported. Double the number
Of failures wcrc reported In December
ns compared with tho same month q
year ago and many other we're threat
cncd. he said.
In Chile. both exports aud Imports
were reported 10 be decreasing ana
the exchange rate is unlmprovcd
Great care should be exercised In
granting credits, the department was
ndvlscd.
Venezuela was reported rs still III
the midst OF a financial decline win
officials, fearful more serious ones
arc TO come. Banks have tlshtenct
their credits and prices dropped dur
ing the past month.
Commercial Attachc Carlton Jack
son reported that many business fa'l'
urcs were expected In Mexico ant
,hat the money market is unfevorael'
IIc inserted government finances were
unsound. the cost OF living Is incrcas
ing. lowering of wages has begun en1
unemployment In general.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-10
TEN O'CLOCK CU2FEW IN
DUBLIN PUTS BAN ON ALL
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS THERE

Dublin, Jan. 9.-.Thc 10 o'clock cur.
few. lately put into effect, hit Dublin
n hard blow. The city had accom-
modatcd itself easily to midnight
closing hour previously In force. but
the 10 o'clock embargo on all actl-
witty meant the complete abandonment
OF all social functions In the even.
ing. The result has been TO kill all
the trade serving such events.
The great stores are almost idle.
and the managers OF some OF the
most popular OF them say thnt they
are operating at n loss There is no
demand for new dresses.
The thcaters ere suffering most.
At one house the first night after
curfew, there were only eleven people
In the auditorium. The moving pic.
ture houses are doing better. but they
all have Ia close at ninc TO enable
their patrons 90 get home before the
curfew hour. The music halls which
used to open to two houses q night
have now only one. IA they were
always full for each performance
this means cutting OF half their
income.
Tho tramway company's cars are
now nearly empty In the evenings.
They lately raised the fares by pnrlia-
mcntary authority to enable them
to meet Increased expenses. but the
drop due to tho curfew has more
than wiped out The additional receipts.
Tho regulation is declared to be im-
posed In the interest Of the public to
induce them TO avoid the risks Of
being abroad after dark. In present
conditions. even II there were no cur
few, many people would be- too timid
to leave homel in tho evenings.
still there In much criticism OF the
imposition OF curfew at 10 o'clock
at night. provoked By assasslnations
which took place at nine o'clock In
the morning.