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The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
A. FL. BREAKS
RELATIONS WITH
INTERNATIONAL

The American Federation OF Labor
has definitely Withdrawn attllat1on with
the international Federation Of Trade
Unions. At the Montreal convention last
summer authority to act IN tins matter
was left to the executive council and at
the recent meeting of the latter IN WASH
ington it was voted to sever foreign re-
lations. This was not made public how
ever, until letter signed by President
Samuel Gompers had been given time
to reach Jan Oudegesst secretary OF the
international Federation OF Trade
Unions, at Amsterdam, Holland.
Three reasons are set forth for with
drawing utilization. They are, first, that
the new constitution Of the 1ntcrna
tional completely abrogates the principle
OF complete autonomy for each national
traCle-union federation; second, that
through the issuance of appeals and
proclamations the executive body Of the
international has committed the fedora
ton to revolutionary principle to which
the American Federation OF Labor is
and always has been unCOmprOm1slngl
opposed; third, that a system OF dues has
been adop d which would place upon
the A. F. of L. a heavy and unbearable
expense.
The letter states that the most seri
Gus of these objections rs the conduct
of the International officers during the
months that have elapsed since the
Inauguration Of the new international
Federation Frequent appeals have been
made by officers of the international and
by representatives Of the British labor
movement to the American Federation
of Labor, asking that the A. F. of L.
place itself in accord with the Interna
tiOnal Federation. At the same time the
executive officers of the international
Federation have pursued a policy COM
petely at variance with the policy of
the American Federation of Labor, to
such an extent that the executive council
of the American Federation of Labor
finds it impossible to reconcile these two
POSITIONS"
Another paragraph in the letter says:
The executive officers of the lnterna-
tional Federation of Trade Unions have
adopted and promulgated a policy call
ing for revolutionary action with the
Specialization of industry as its objective.
The A. F. of L. is opposed to that policy
and there can be no compromise between
the two points of view"
The letter concludes by saying that
the A F. of L. is most anxious to be
part of the international trades-1nion
movement and helpful to the workers of
every country in their purpose to better
the lives and work of the toilers where
ever they may be. but I'VE must decline
to be a part of movement which I'M
dertakes the destruction of the Amer
lean labor movement or the overthrow
of the democratic government of the
republic of the United States" and that
when an international federation of
trades-unions is formed which will
vOuChsafe and guarantee the autonomy
and independence of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and make its utilization
possible we shall join it. regardless of
the policies and theories for which the
various national movements may declare
in their own countries"
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
Will Run Department straight "
He Says, While Previous Record
as Union Man Gives Workers
Cause to Hope So.

James ]. Davis, the new Secretary of
Labor, says:
employers and employees have their
duties one to the other and both to the
public as we'll as. their respective rights.
l will endeaVor to secure proper recog-
milton from both OF their duties as well
as their rights. Whatever l do, I'll play
the game straight, and expect others to
do likewise
That is, the Department of Labor will
be department of the United States
government, run for the general benefit
and not for the particular interests of
organized or unorganized labor; run
with fairness to employers as well as
workmen, not run with reference to
groups of votes or subject to the bull
doing of any association. The depart
ment will play straight" Both the
secretary and his subordinates will obey
the laws strictly and not violate or SuS-
pend them to satisfy their economic or
social theories and prejudices. They will
respect the law. They will not exempt
any person who has broken it. In short,
the methods of the Department of Labor
will suffer a great change. That was a
magnificent expression. 1t remains now
for Mr. Davis to see that the spirit of it
is carried out to the letter. Mr.. Davis
personality and who he is, as fully set
forth in a review of him in the National
Labor Digest is as follows:
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
INDUSTRIAL KING
WOULD GIVE ALL TO
RESTORE KAISER
SHINES, Worth a Billion, Wants
to See Old German
Reign Back.

London, April 8.-Hugo SHINES, gen.
eralissi1no of German industry, recently
accused of plotting a strike of several
hundred thousand workers in the Ruhr
district, to make more difficult the allied
occupation of Dusseldorf, Duisburg and
Ruhrort, is referred to by the Berlin
correspondent of the Times as IAN earn
est and dangerous patriot"
SHINES, multi-millionaire member of
the ReichStag, has put through some of
the greatest financial deals of his career
since the armiStice. 1t has been said that
he would sacrifice every mark of his
enormous fortune to bring back the mon
archy.
Mine owner and coal merchant, ship
owner, landed proprietor, head of great
chain of newspapers, proprietor of the
very finest hotel in Berlin, trader in oils,
paper. hides, jutt, peat and manufactured
wares of many kinds, SHINES, the Times
correspondent says, is today the wealth.
lest, most influential, best known, and at
the same time the least we'll known man
in Germany"
Publicity and notoriety are alien to
him, it is stated, and he prefers to re-
main behind the curtains in the .Reichs-
tag, permitting his henchrnen and 1ieuten-
ants to do the talking while he pulls the
strings.
There is nothing in his appearance to
betray the man of genius" says the cor
respondent. Just so years old, of med
iu1n height and sturdily built, with black
hair and beard that show up strongly
against a rather sallow complexion,
Hugo SHINES is an inconspicuous figure
as he slips in and out of the Adlon Hotel,
his bowler hat tilted slightly on one side,
one hand in his pocket, and one or two
secretaries following hard on the heels
of their chief in his well Unknown black
coat and black tie. He stops to speak to
no one. He has no time for small talk
III the lounge with other guests. He is a
relentlessly efficient, cool, human. calcu-
!ating machine
His fortune before the war was esti-
mated at 100000 gold marks. What
it is now he probably could not say him
self-possibly 1,O0O00OO0O marks. News
papers now owned by Stinnts are said to
er at least 90.
People are eagerly asking with what
ut; ate object all this colossal wealth
is being necessarily piled up" says the
Times correspondent. Does his present
association with and financing of the
Volk5p irtie mean that SHINES is prepar-
ing to bring back the monarchy"
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
JUST WHO DAVIS, SECRETARY
OF LABOR IS AND HIS POLICY

~ due to organization policy more than
to any unfavorable record in Mr.. Davis
career. 1t is true that he is both union
labor man and a business man, but the
record Of his activities in both camps
is clean, and his contention, that there
should be nothing in unlonlsm winch
would prevent a man from prOSper1ng
and passing beyond the wage stage IN
accordance with his efforts, is sound.
F. H. Theis of New York, for a NUM-
Der of years an organizer for the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and now ma
tioral director of the Loyal Order OF
Moose and a lifelong friend of Mr..
Davis, says of him:
Jim Davis knows the problems OF cap
ital and labor and is the best man !
know of for the office of Secretary OF
Labor. AS a union labor man and as
business man he has always followed one
path, that Of justice to all, and he will
continue along that path.
"Whcn Mr.. Davis took charge OF the
Moose order it boosted a membership
of less than $50 Due mainly to his
efforts. it has today membership OF
$50 900, representing men from all walks
of life. Jim Davis would sooner have
the honest friendship of these men than
to be President Of the United States.
A man who works, plays and rests.
and gives to each of those periods their
proper value, loves children, prizes the
friendship of his fellow man, refuses to
believe that he has any enemies, refuses
to recognize class distinctions, and be-
iieves in America first, last and all the
time must be a pretty good man, and
that is what the friends of James J.
Davis say he is.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
MILLION UNION MEN
NOW IN NEW YORK

The actual number of unions and
unionists in New York City is known
only approximately, but all figures indi-
cate that the total Of union members
is in the neighborhood of 100000. It
is estimated that there are at least 1000
local unions in the metropolis, of which
total about 800 are affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor and 200
outside unions.
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
ONE PART OF A SKEIN.
THE BLIND BALL-PLAYER.

" * Heat undoubtedly does in
tensify odors,' agreed the landlord.
I've often noticed it, especially in the
case of Blinksey Black, the famous out
fielder of the old Lightfoot Lilies, who
held the baseball championship of Jones
county for SO many years. Early i'll the
spring when the afternoons were still
crisp he used to have considerable trouble
in judging difficult fly balls, but when
the season advanced and the weather got
real good and blistery he was better than
most ball players who had the use of
their eyesight.'
"Huh?" questioned the bcwildered
cigar drummer. you say he was better
than most players that had the use of
their eyesight? Well, how in the name
The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-04-08
HARDING BROTHER-IN-
LAW GETS A PRISON JOB

Washington. April 8-Appointment of
Prof. Heber H. Votaw, brother-in-law
of President Harding, as superintendent
Of federal prisons was announced by the
Department of Justice. He took office
April 6, succeeding d. S. Dickerson, re-
signed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-07
Thomas Comes Home After Seven Weeks
Locked In Freight Box Australia Bound
P S.-Thon1as Is a Cat.)

STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N sEavlcE]
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept.-The cat
,tiue back.
And be it said Thomas came back
u style
He was only an alley cat few
months ago. Now he's famous. He's in
the movies. and his name has taken
up good space on the cables. This is
how it all came about:
Pickings were lean IN Detroit early
i'm January and Tnomas-vyho was
nameless then-cliirbed INTO a big crate
On foraging expedition. lust then
there was loud bang. Prepared for
any emergency he erept deeper into
his hiding place.
All was darkness and there vas
much commotion, but Thomas was too
afraid to move Alter an indetermina-
bic time all was still Thomas looked
around and found that he had been
securely nailed in with an instruction
book on how to manage an automobile
He was jailed in a crate protecting an
automobile.
The weary weeks passed. He licked
the grease around the edges Of the
crate. He ate the instruction book and
some OF the trimmings.
There was only a culver Of life when
the big crate was opened in sydney.
Australia. and the automobile taken out
Curled up and almost Iifeless eyes
glazed and coat rough and unkempt, the
cat was found
Only careful nursing r@torec
Thomas. He was named in honor OF
the machine IN which he had taken
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-07

National Crop Improvement service.l
a SQUARE-DEAL~IN- MERCHAN-
\ disc wave is sweeping the coun-
try This is largely on account of the
organization Of the Farm Bureau fed
Grafton.
Steel fencing is a good Illustration.
Quality is what counts III fence. Per
haps you may have received tempting
invitations to order your fence by mail,
under promise Of great saving to
yourself, at a price which seems cheap
or than that which you would pay to
your own reliable home dealer.
You can always protect yourself
against fence frauds by noting that it
conforms with the description in the
catalogue. as to the height, gauge of all
wires, spaces between lateral wires,
distance between stay wires, weight per
rod and weight per roll. II the weight
Is not given in the catalogue, you had
better buy some other fence
The wire from which fence is made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-07
Needed Explaining.

A pompous old gentleman was adj
dressing a gathering Of English work
men and during his remarks he urged
them 10 BE Industrious Shun in
dolence and remember that sloth is
the parent Of necessity" AS he paused
TO let this sink In a man In the rear
sung out: Look ere. mister. I've
card II said as 'ow necessity In the
mother OF inveutfon--if so be as il Is,
then sloth is Inventions grandmother,
and summat's wrong somewhere."--
Boston Transcript.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-07

his meailess voyage of seven weeks.
half across the world and over two
oceans.
Thomas had become valuable He
became the ret and pride of the auto
mobile company after whom he is
famed He has been filmed and pho
tographed dined and feted. Insurance
of $4,000 was taken out and passport
secured for his return trip TO ArnAr,ca.
G. q Pool and Mrs. Pool were
named as guardians for the prince OF
cats, and Thomas will be taken for a
tour de luxe Of the east. winding up
a his old home IN Detroit.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-07
BUY Fence bHhe Pound

Is bought and sold by the ton, bus
when you buy it as fence, it comes BY
the rod. A ton of wire which is under
gauge, viii make many more rods of
fence +han a ton of wire which is full
gauge. That's why the weight per rod
should always go with the fence and
you should put it on the scale yourself
and see what you are getting and what
you are paying for.
If you order fence by mail, you do
the following things:
l. You send your money away sew
eTal weeks before you receive the fence.
2. You buy the fence and pay for 1t
before you see it.
3. When you have added your freight,
you VIII End that you have paid
somewhat higher price per pound for
what you get.
If the farmers will insist that every
line of business shall furnish simple
test of quality SO that man may know
what he buys, the price does not so
much matter. Quality is what counts
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-07

Like Father, Like Daughter.
The tendencies Of the father ara
usually handed down to the daughter
while the son inherits those OF tha
rn0fho-
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
EAST WOODSTOCK

Joseph Mountain and Ralph Eddy
have entered the employ of Ethal
Barrett, who has large dairy farm
in the Chandler district.
The G. E. meeting Sunday evening
was led by Mrs. A. H. Hubbard, fol-
lowed by preaching service in the
church conducted by the Rev. Henry
Baker.
At the meeting Of the Community
Club on Wednesday evening the en-
tire program will be unusual. Mrs.
F. A. Jordan is chairman of the COM
mittee.
The annual roll call of the Congre-
gational church will be held Saturday
and chicken pie dinner will be serv-
ed. Mrs. A. G. Morse is chairman Of
the. dinner arrangements.
A missionary meeting was held last
week Wednesday afternoon with Mrs
L. H. Lindeman. The program was IA
charge of Mrs. j. S. May, assisted by
Mrs. Everett Z. May. Topic, 'sThe in
fiuence of the Bible on the Nations. !
A pleasant social hour followed. re-
freshments of sandwiches, cake and
coffee being served by the hostess.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
WOODSTOCK

Miss Emma Spalding has moved her
goods to Putnam.
Miss Rilla Child visited relatives in
Putnam several days last week.
The annual Church Day of the Hill
church is held on Friday of this week.
Miss Marguerite Burns was the
weekend guest of Mrs. Louise Child.
Michael White has moved from his
place on the Senexet Road to the
Spalding place on the Hill.
George Hamilton was in Hartford
on Wednesday and Thursday of this
week attending the State Grange.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
NORTH WOODSTOCK

Mrs. Edgar Trask is on the sick list
this week.
H. P. Hubbard is serving on jury
duty this week.
David Hicks lost a horse this week
from leckjaw.
Mrs. Glare Rawson has had severe
cold and had to close school the first
of the week.
Mrs. Allison Potter and daughter
Nancy have been spending n week
with Earle Bemis and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Partridge have
the sympathy Of all for the loss Of a
little daughter who died on Saturday,
aged two days.
The annual church meeting and
dinner will be held in Society Hall this
week Saturday. Mrs. George Lyon
has the dinner in charge.
Cyrite Paine had one of his feet
badly cut while he was chopping alone
in Gardiner Simmons wood lot. It
required seven stitches to close the
wound
~fti. anu II. iltNl~y CAV
tending the annual session of the
State Grange in Hartford, leaving
Mrs. Belle Young in charge at home.
Mrs. Healey expects to spend the
weekend in Bridgeport.
Miss Martha Henrietta Todd, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Todd of this place, was married to
Ernest Daye of Boston last Thursday
afternoon in the presence of about
fifty relatives and friends. The knot
was tied by Rev. Henry Baker of East
Woodstock, who used the double ring
service. The bride looked charming
in a dress of white georgette. She
wore veil with orange blossoms and
carried white carnations. Mrs. Grace
(Barrett) Bugbee was inatron of hon
or and wore green six with lace and
carried pink carnations. The best
man was Ernest Richards Of Roxbury,
close friend of the groom. Mrs. Geo.
Lyon played the Wedding march. The
young couple received many pretty
and useful gifts. Their future home
will be in Boston.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
MANY WOMEN USE.
CLYCERINE MIXTURE

Putnam women viii be surprised at
the INSTANT pleasant action of sim
pie glycerine, buckthorn bark. ETC.. as
mixed Ia Ailer-i-ka. One spoonful
relieves ANY CASE gas on stomach
or sour stomach. Because Ailes-i-aa
acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel
it often cures constipation and pre-
vents appendicitis. One lady reports
herself CURED of bad case Of bowel
trouble and constipation. Joseph J.
Duple, Druggist.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
PARAGRAPHS FROM POMFRET

Is to spend the winter in Egypt with
Joseph l.. Smith, the artist, and his
family.
The funeral services for Darius
Mathewson were attended by relatives
and friends who filed the Congre "a
tional church. Burial was in the
North cemetery
George Allen of Abingdon, aged IS,
died Tuesday at the Norwich Hospital,
where he was taken last week for
treatment Mr.. Allen had been life
long resident of the town and was
well known and highly respected.
There will be another whist at the
Neighborhood House this evening The
whist tournament which be gan last
Friday evening was very successful
The tournament win be played on al
ternate Friday evenings. John Ash
is the member in charge of the
Neighborhood House this month.
Saturday afternoon Ponafret School
opened its hockey season by defeating
the Roxbury Latin hockey team six to
nothing. The ice was not extra good
for hockey. Both teams played fine
game. The Pcmfret captain, He 1der-
son, scored two Of the goals for the
winning team. Dumaine scored
three goals and Stires got away with
one. Though they made no scores,
Hammond, Smith and Chase did the
best work for the Massachusetts team.
The game was refereed by Jackson.
The goal umpires were Brewer and
Johnson Time: Twelve minute peri
DDS.
At meeting held at the Congrega-
tional parsonage on Sunday evening
there was organized the Young Peo-
pies Sunday Evening Club. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Stanley Kelley; vice president,
Edith Baker; secretary, Howard
White; treasurer. Carl Nelson. On
this Sunday evening the club will meet
again at the parsonage for a social
evening. This meeting is especially
open to all men who served in the war.
On Sunday evening, Jan. 90, the club
viii hold supper at the Neighbor-
hood House.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
WEST WOODSTOCK
Miss Edith Carpenter has been Wis
iting friends in New York.

Miss Edith Carpenter has been WIS.,
iting friends in New York.
A generous fund for the Near East
Relief was collected at our church
Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Howard has closed her
home here and will spend the winter
with her nephew in Wales.
Richard Hicks is improving the APP
pearance of Brick House studio by the
removal of brush in the rear of said
studio.
Poles are set and wired across Az
yam Farm and all that is laclirg tc
connect it with the outside world Il
the telephone, which will be installei
in few days.
Rev. Theodore Bachelor, a formel
pastor in this place, and we'll remem
bered here, has accepted a call from
Wilmington church to the Union Con
gregational church in Providence.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
THE CROSvENORDALES NEWS SECTION

Miss Eleanor Swanson is detained at
home by illness.
Miss Copeland has been detained
from school by illness.
Herbert Cortiss returned to Middle
bury College last week.
Miss Esther Grover spent last Sat
urday with friends in Worcester.
Miss Winifred Potter spent the week
end at her home in North Woodstock.
Most of the students absent from
school with the mumps have returned.
Rev. G. w. Simonson of Milford
preached at the Methodist church last
Sunday morning.
The r. M. H. S. basket bah team
will journey to Danieason to play with
Killingly Wednesday night.
Evening schol began last Tuesday
with three classes at North Grosvenor.
dale and one at Grosvenordale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler Thomas of
Worcester spent the weekend at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rawson.
Ethel Baker has returned to Boston
after spending the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Baker.
Miss Thyra Walker returned Mon
day from Woensocket, X. l., where
she has been singing at special meet
ings.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society met last Friday with Mrs. j.
A. Wood. Eighteen members were
present.
T. NJ II. S. was defeated by P. n.
S. last Friday night in a fast game. A
good game was also enjoyed between
the North Grosvenordale and Mechan-
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
conneetieu, Stat. Fs.d

Although the state of Connecticut
has not given bonus to IT'S veterans
Of the World War, it has passed leeis-
lation whereby its soldiers. sailors and
marines can benefit greatly when in
need. The Connecticut Stat, f'un,l
has been established, the sum OF &c.
100000 set aside and the interest
used in helping veterans Of the World
War and their dependents when 4,
need, whether food, clothing, medic al
supplies, moral or financial help. The
distribution of this fund is in the
hands of committee, of which Frank
s. Butterworth, 1873 Church street,
New Haven, is chairman For further
information apply at Oscar W Swan
son Post, No 81, A. l..
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-01-14
ABINGDON

George Hicks, Frank Noon and Hen
ny LeForte were in Boston last Thurs
day.
Mrs. John Stromberg received word
yesterday of the death of her father,
George Allen.
The communion serviceswas held at
Abingdon Congregational church the
past Sunday.
Mrs. Darwin Horton had the mis-
fortune to lose her driving horse one
day last week.
Worthy Master Amidon and several
other patrons of Wolf Den Grange are
attending the State Grange in Hart
ford this week.
The next regular meeting Of Wolf
Den Grange, at which the new officers
will be installed, will be held Saturday
evening, Jan. 20.