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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
MISS LACEY ENTERTAINS.

Miss Louise E. Lacey gave a lunch
con yesterday at the Chevy Chase
Club in honor of Mrs. Walter Schoell-
kopf, wife of the third secretary Of
the American embassy in Paris. The
guests were the Secretary OF the In
terror, John Barton Payne; Senator
Gilbert Hitchcock: the minister from
Venezuela, Santos Dominici Con-
gresham and Mrs. Schuyler Merritt
Congressman and Mrs. Charles b.
Ward. DR.. and Mrs. william Miller
Collier. Mrs. John Conner, who is Wis
ting Miss Lacey; Col. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Conner, Mrs. James Mcdonald,
Mrs. Davis Ireland, Mrs. Robert
Hinckley, Miss Gladys Hinckley. the
Marquis and Marquise di Bernezza-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fowler, Mr.. de
Gratama and Mr.. de Force, Of the
Netherlands legation; Arthur Brad
ley Campbell, Col. Reginald Foster,
DR.. Thomas Washington, Major
George o. Totten, Colonel Foster. Col.
william Horton and John Mcclure
Wylie.
Mrs. Roscoe c. Bulmer gave a sup
per party last evening in honor of
Mrs. Laura Norton Bonnie of New
York, formerly resident of Louis
willie, KY, who Is her guest.
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MISS MOVES TO WED.

The marriage of Miss Frances
Noyes, and Edward Hart will take
place at noon on Thursday at the
home of the brides parents. The only
attendants will be two little nieces
OF the bride and the guests will be
limited to a small family party. A
wedding breakfast will follow the
ceremony. Mr.. Hart, who is now a
resident Of New York, formerly lived
in Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
TEA FOR Mns THORPE.

Mrs. Alexander q. Bentley gave a
tea yesterday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. George c. Thorpe, wife of Colonel
Thorpe, Y. s. NJ. c.. who has been
ordered to Washington from Newport
r. l. Assisting at the tea tables were
Nine. Francisco J. Yanes, Mrs Victor
Kaufman, Mrs. Frederic r. Harris.
Mrs. Julius Kahn, Mrs. Thomas +.
Logan, Mrs. Clarence Richmond Day,
Mrs. Colin c. White, Mrs. Sabina Mil
Ter and Mrs. Perry Miller. Colonel
and Mrs. Thorpe have taken the house
at 2S43 Connecticut avenue.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Thropp and their
two small children are passing the
winter with Mrs. Troops parents,
DR.. and Mrs. william Holland Wilmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Stewart gave a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
Hundred Club
Giyes First
Ball of Series

THE ONE HUNDRED CLUB. the
smartest OF all the numerous
L dancing clubs OF Washington,
will give this evening it's first
dance OF the present season, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes. jr.,
as hosts to the organization. The
guests will be received by members
of the committee, which includes
Mrs. Stokes, Mrs. Warren Delano
Robbins, Mrs. Cromwell Brooks,
Mrs Scott Thropp and Miss Gladys
Hinckley.
Several dinner parties will be
given before the dance, notably one
with Mrs. Cromwell Brooks as hos
tess. She will have a group OF
guests from New York and Phila-
delphia staying with her and has
asked them to meet a number OF
the young married folk who make
up the greater part OF the member
ship OF the One Hundred Club. MRS
Peter Goelet Gerry will also be hos
tess at a small dinner preceding the
dance.
SO successful were the dances
given by the One Hundred Club last
season that the members have been
looking forward with great pleas
ure TO tnelT repetitiOH tnls year.
The second dance will be given on
February at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas T. GAN. and the series
will come to a brilliant close with
a costume ball on March at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes.
Miss Marguerite Caperton. daugh-
ter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Will
lam b. Caperton. Is coming today to
stay with Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes and
will be their guest for a week.
SAYRES LEAVE WHITE HOUSE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francies Bowes Sayre
who have been visiting the Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson at the White
House, returned last night to thei'
home in Cambridge, Mass. Miss Mai
garet Wilson is remaining at the
White House a little longer.
-
Nine. lie Breton, wife of the Argen
tine Ambassador, will be at home or
Friday afternoons during January
only.
The Attorney General and Mrs. A
Mitchell Palmer have as their CUES,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03

The National Pen League and Inter
national Literary Association will
hold a social meeting at the home OF
the president, Mrs. Florence l.. Stod-
dard. on Thur sday evening. January
6. when a Twelfth Night celebration
will take the place Of the regular
meeting. A reading from Twelfth
Night" will be a feature OF the pro-
gram. games will be played and re-
freshments served. Only members OF
the society will be present.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lyman Neu-
hauser, entertained yesterday at
their home at 1907 Twenty first
street in honor OF Miss Helen
Southworth. OF Brookline. Masachu-
sets, who is their guest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stewart gave a
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Vigilance Necessary

Oatman, Ariz-The need for con-
stant vigilance by trade unionists is
shown in the withdrawal Of the Snow
ball Miners union from the Interna-
tional Union Of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers. The vote was SO to IL,
with 200 members absent. Those
present declared for an "independent"
union. For six years this fight has
been walked, and the union, with it's
long record of constructive work, has
been torn by dissension.
One of the most active pleaders for
secession has criticised the miners
international in season and out of
season. At the Miami convention of
the Arizona federation of labor he
Rtroduced a resolution to reorganize
the A. F. of L., to oust President
Gompers and other officials and adopt
his plan. This individual is telling
his followers that the "independent"
union will eventually be recognized
by the A. F. of L. and the deluded
miners believe it. In the meantime
the copper bosses are happy over the
trend of events
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Disagree With Court

Chicago-The railway labor board
dissents from Federal Judge Sibley's
ruling that the receiver of the At
lanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail
road may reduce wages regardless of
the board.
"With all due respect to the learned
Judge who approved the order, the
said order was beyond the jurisdiction
of the district, court" said the board.
The railroad reduced wages and
was ordered to reinstate the rates
and comply with the CumminsEsch
law. The president of the railroad
then resigned, and Birmingham
bank asked Judge Sibley to appoint
receiver. The court complied with
the request, appointed the former
president of the road, and then in
dorsed the receivers action in re-
ducing wages. The employees sus-
pended work as a result of this dis
regard of law, which says the matter
must first be considered by the rail-
way labor board.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Workers Win Out
UNUSUAL INJUNCTION RULE;
CONTRACT UPHELD
Judge DriscOll, of Detroit, Rejects the
Claim of Factory Owner and
Decides For Workers

Detroit, Mich.-In most unusual
decision Circuit Court Judge Driscoll
applied the injunction to Schwartz &
Sons, cigar manufacturers, who were
ordered to reinstate a contract with
their organized cigar makers, to pay
them their wages if the lockout con-
tinues, and to pay court costs.
The court let t be understood that
there is no limit to the uses of the
injunction and that at broadens out
to meet the eXigencies of the times"
In the spring of last year the cigar
makers raised wages So a thousand.
The following November the firm
asked that wages be reduced So a
thousand and promised the cigar
makers that they would be steadily
employed and that there would be no
other wage reduction demands for a
year, if the cut was agreed to. The
cigar makers accepted the offer, and
almost Immediately Schwartz began
laying them off In February of this
year Schwartz demanded another cut
of So a thousand. The workers offer
ed to arbitrate, and when this was
refused they suspended work.
Schwartz then asked for an injunc-
tion to stop picketing and to restrain
the Cigar Makers union "from inter-
fering with his business" and his
strikebreakers. The cigar makers
filed a cross bill to restrain Schwartz
from breaking contract with them.
Judge Driscoll denied the employ
ers' appeal and issued the injunction
requested by the cigar makers.
In sustaining the cigar makers plea
the court said:
"It has been held unlawful for en-
ployes to strike in breach of a con-
tract of employment az Corpus Juris
572); it must, therefore, be held un-
lawful for an employer to lock out
his employees in breach of contract
of employment. The employees are as
much entitled to the benefits of the
law as are the employers.
eff the lockout continues the plain
tiff (Schwartz) will have to pay them
for the loss they sustain, as well as
to pay those now taking their places
for work which they, the locked-out
employees, might be doing.
"a decree will be entered granting
that part of the prayer of the cross
bill praying an injunction to restrain
the plaintiffs from preaching the con-
tract Of employment"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
BIaCkIiSted Miners
Starving in Alabama

Birmingham, Ala. - Coal miners
and their families in this state are
starving because of the blacklisting
policy of coal owners.
This condition is the elimination
of a strike that was forced on the
miners several months ago. At their
solicitation the United Mine Workers
of America came to their aid and
spent several hundred thousand dol
lars in this movement to compel the
coal owners to pay living wage.
Troops were put into the strike zone,
chambers of commerce denounced Of
ficers of the Miners union, and the
public press and every other influence
that the coal owners could muster
was lined up against the workers.
1t was finally agreed to leave the
matter in the hands of Governor Kilby
for settlement and thes tl'ike was de-
clared off. The governors award gave
the miners nothing while legalizing
the blacklist if the coal owners were
so inclined.
The hint was quickly acted upon
and hundreds of miners have been
refused work, while their families
are in actual want.
The governor gives notice that he
can do nothing, and those influences
that screamed their friendship for the
miners during the strike now ignore
them.
Officers of the state federation of
labor have voted $500 to relieve the
miners until a call can be issued to
every affiliate for weekly contribu-
tions. The appeal will also be issued
to trade union sympathizers.
Governor Kilby is being denounced
without stint for his part in the strike
settlement, and it is declared that he
had it within his power to insist that
the public welfare demanded harmony
in the coal industry, and that the coal
owners should improve conditions.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
NEWARK. OHIO. FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1921
Strike Situation in Newark

Since the "open shop manifesto
of the employing timers on May 1st
no material change has occurred in
regard to the situation between the
bosses and the several building trades
crafts. The members of the various
Locals are standing firmly together
and are determined to resist any re-
duction in wages at the present time.
They believe that inasmuch as labor
was the last to receive the benefit
of the general advance in prices dur
ing the past few years it is not fair
or just that the working man should
be the first to bear the brunt in the
move to return to pre-war conditions.
A number of the sheet metal work
ers are in business for themselves and
others have gone into partnership
and opened shops of their own, among
the latter are Magill & Roney and
Waters & Stasel, whose advertise
ments appear in this weeks Leader.
This renders it possible for all who
so desire to have their work done
under fair conditions and by union
men.
Up to this writing Wednesday,
George T. Stream, Of West Main
street, is the only master plumber
previously fair who has signed the
agreement with Plumbers Local No.
271 and has again declared in favor
Of fair conditions and living wages.
He should receive the support of or
ganized labor and it's friends. AS
in the case of the sheet metal work
ers, a number of skillful union men
are working for themselves and are
also deserving Of support.
Individual union electricians are
also playing a lone hand and are
doing first-class work at living prices.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06

They too should be patronized by all
fair minded men.
Last week the union plumbers and
carpenters working on a new building
were called out on account of the
employment Of an unfair electrical
firm, and so far the difficulty has not
been adjusted.
The Bakers are out since midnight
Saturday, when their contract ex-
pired, and renewal was refused by
the bosses, with the exception of the
Federal Baking Co. on West Main
street, which is now the only union
bakery in the city.
Some trouble, as was anticipated,
is being experienced by the Printers
under the jurisdiction of the Intelna-
tional Typographical Union to enforce
the 44-hour week in job shops; and
while great number of employers
have signed the agreement there are
yet many who have refused, with the
result that about 10000 job men
walked out on May 1st. A referen-
dunn vote is in progress looking to-
ward the levying of a ten per cent
assessment to aid in enforcing the
Unions demand. Newark is one of
the cities where there will be no
trouble, as when the new scale, grant
ing an increase in wages this spring
was signed, the 44-hour clause was
agreed to.
Now is the time for organized men
to present a united front and stand
shoulder to shoulder to resist the
move Of capital to disrupt the unions
and force the "open shop" upon the
working man under the high sounding
title Of the american Plan" Stand
together, boys and victory will perch
upon our banner.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Gritty Union Teachers

Memphis, Tenn.-School teachers in
this city are organized, which ac-
counts for them standing up as Amer
leans, rather than accept the word of
some politician who poses as an
educator"
The modern teacher was shown in
action at the meeting of the West
Tennessee Teachers association,
which is the usual combination of
county superintendents and other Of
flee holders, who permit teachers to
be present and act as stage scenery
at their annual confabs. This has
been the rule, but at the last con-
ference of the association the union
teahers abandoned their "yes-yes"
policy to the dismay of their
rulers"
The teachers smashed the slate for
officers and elected as president DR..
Austin p. Finley, one of the strongest
men in the faculty of the West Ten
nessee Normal school.
The teachers also put up stiff
fight against resolution passed last
year in which affiliation with the
trade union movement was con-
demned. The resolution was re-
scinded, but not before the biggest
kind of a row was staged.
One of the teachers writes: eff
YOU have never witnessed an event
of this sort or have never seen
group of higher ups explode when
mere privates take the floor, just try
it some time in your own state con-
yention. The scene can better be
imagined than described"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Railroad LedkageS
Cause Huge Waste

Chicago - Inefficient management
means a waste Of $1,000, 100000 an
nually in the operation of this coun-
try's railroads according to exhibits
filed with the railway labor board by
the railroad unions The charge is
sustained by maze Of figures which
show vast leakages that are ignored
by railroad managers, who are de-
voting their time to reducing wages.
The exhibit was prepared by W..
Jett Lauck, economist for the unions.
1t is stated that if the roads main
tanned their equipment instead of pay
ing generous dividends and profits,
these defects would now not be fact
If locomotives were modernized by in
stalling superheaters, brick arches,
and mechanical stokers and feed
water heaters, this would mean an
annual saving of at least $272, $780,
900. Another $50,000,000 could be
saved by the use of better coal-pur-
chase methods, better coal inspection,
careful receipt and firing of loco
motives.
Under the heading "Shop Organ
ization improvements" it is stated
that "the sad and almost incredible
inadequacy and out-of-date equip
ment of the railway shops is reviewed
and defenseless wastes is considered
and it is consevatively estimated
that by a proper shop organization
an annual saving could be effected of
at least $17,00O,00O."
Other wastes, running into the mil
lions Of dollars, are caused by obso-
lete conditions at power plants, faulty
accounting systems, labor turnover,
inefficient train operation, defective
power equipment and inadequate en-
CINE terminals.
Attention is called to the "almost
incredible wastes and ineffciencies in
the present administration of rail-
roads,"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Strike Law is a Joke

Topeka, Kan.-"We respect law, but
this industrial court law is no law
it is joke" declared Alexander
Howat, president of the Kansas dis
trict, United Mine Workers, in a
speech in this city.
at is so-called law that has made
Kansas the laughing stock of this
country and the whole world" said
Howat. "We don't respect any such
law as that and are not expected to
by law-abiding citizens of Kansas
"The first days of this law two
mines were idle down in the coal
fields. These mines were idle on ac-
count of being filled with deadly
gases. For a miner to enter either
of these mines it meant death and
Therefore the miners refused to
work until the mines were cleared of
this gas. For this refusal of the
miners to work the governor gave a
statement to the press, and it was
widely circulated by the corporation
press: "The coal miners have defeo
the law. The state accepts the char
lenge."
"After investigation they found
that the fans used to ventilate the idle
mines were out of order, and the
mines were full of gas. If the men
had gone down into the mines, they
would have been burned and roasted
alive.
Because they refused to commit
suicide, the governor threatened to
throw them into prison."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Would Shift Burden
EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION is
BEHIND SALES TAX
Advocates of Measure Handled With
out Gloves by Congressman Frear
in Recent Speech

Washington - Corporation excess
profits taxes that amount to approx
mately $800,00O,00O is the prize sales
tax advocates would capture, declared
Congressman Frear in a speech in
which he explained this attempt to
shift this amount to the backs of
10O,00O,000 people.
"There are practically nine turn
overs in the case of cotton goods and
woolen goods, eight turnovers in the
case of leather goods and seven or
eight in the case of steel-that is,
from the original ore up to the time
of the finished article" said the Wis
consin representative. what applies
to these articles applies with equal
force to almost everything we use.
In other words, this proposed tax of
per cent on each turnover has to be
applied from five, six and seven to
nine times.
'But that is not the worst. You
will find that in many cases where
the present tax on luxuries is i'm
posed they have raised the price of
the goods sometimes 100 per cent
during the different turnovers.
e
those who gave all and left all to
serve their country while profteers
remained at home and accumulated
profits, protected by these service
men, no chapter in our history can
compare.
1--WE are now further asked to
exempt the profits of those who
stayed home and accumulated money
and place their tax burdens equally
in part on the shoulders of the soldiers
of the last war, of the men and
women who scraped up their savings
to buy Liberty and Victory bonds with
the assurance that this government
would remember them.
at seems like adding insult to in
jury. The war is over, the powerful
interests behind a sales tax propa-
ganda are pushing hard for repeal
of the excess profits tax, and enact
ment of a general consumption tax,
the Liberty and Victory bonds bought
by those who gave till it hurt have
deprecated in value, the service
mems bonus bill, that has been Jug
gled along for over a year, is now
laid aside and we are asked to look
for the beauties of nature in spring
time and breathe deep the air of the
new democracy in 1921"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Children Badly Fed

San Franciso-Between Is and 26
per cent of the school children in this
city are more than per cent under
weight as a result of improper feed
ing and continued malnutrition, ac-
cording to a survey by the California
State tuberculosis association.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Cloak Makers Have Won

Boston-Cloak manufacturers in
this city notified the union that their
relations were at an end. The
unionists refused to accept these con-
ditions and suspended work. Now the
cloak makers have returned to work
under the old system of collective
bargaining, and the bosses are wiser
men,.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Would Extend Contract

Boston-At a joint conference of
the granite industries and representa-
tives of the Paving Cutters union it
was voted to favor an extension of
an agreement expiring May l until
April l next year.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Oppose State Police

Salisbury, Md.-Opposition to state
police in any form, unless demanded
by a referendum vote of the people,
was recorded by the annual conven-
ton of the Maryland and District of
Columbia federation of labor.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
No White Men; Low Wages

Prescott, Ariz.-Following an order
that no white men will hereafter be
employed by section foremen on its
Prescott division, the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad announces
a 20 per cent wage reduction.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Pressmen Make Gains

Pressmen's Home, Tenn.-A long
list of wage gains during the past
month are reported to the head
quarters of the International Printing
Pressmen and Assistants union by
locals affiliated to that organization
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Strike Against Cut

Columbus, Ohio-Organized BARRIERS
in several shops suspended work
rather than accept wage cuts. The
cheap-wage policy was arranged
through an organization of bosses,
most of whom do not employ unionists
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Law PLAYS FaYOrites

Mulberry, Kan.-Neither Governor
Allen nor his industrial court have
acted on the Dean Coal and Mining
company's refusal to abide by the
district contract. The shut down is
curtailing the output of coal.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Defeat Wage Cut

St. Louis, Mo.-Organized cement
fnishers have defeated an attempt to
cut their wages from $1.25 an hour
to 81. Employers forced lockout
for one week and then withdrew their
order.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Can't PenaliZe Kids

Albany, N. Y.-Governor Miller has
signed a bill which makes it a mis-
demeanor for landlords to discrimi-
nate against children in the leasing
of apartments to prospective tenants.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Brewery Workers Win

Columbus, Ohio-Brewery workers
employed by the August Wagner Pro-
ducts company won their strike and
secured a renewal of last years con-
tract. The company wanted wages
cut S. a week.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Brewery Workers Gain

Louisville, Ky. - The Brewery
Workers. union has signed an agree
ment with brewery and soft drink
establishments in this city.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
Bakers Hold Lines

Chicago-The Ward Baking COM
pany has renewed its agreement with
the Bakers union. The company has
branches in several cities.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-05-06
WHAT LABOR IS DOING
Wage Increases and Progress Made
Throughout the Country
Union Shop For Transfers

Tacoma, Wash.-The agreement
between the Teamsters' union and or
ganized employers calls for the union
shop and standard wage rates.