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Supreme Council Decides to Take
No Steps Against Germany With
out Learning America Viewpoint

LONDON. May 2-The Allied supreme Council to-
day decided 10 take naval action against Germany
without consulting the United States This was agreed
TO after discussion with Admiral Beatty Of England
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Evening star., 1921-03-04
New Spring Coats
for Little Folks
$6.98 to $l5.98

Oi you'll look their best Easter and
of the Kings Palace offers bountiful
good looks and good chdens
prices Materials silk popn Tibet CLOTH
Yoke aunty box
models belers boxpleated and pnebak
pockets sahed pockets.
Children's Trimmed & Tailored Hats, l.25 to $40
arrivals in plain and fancy braids
ribbon bands
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Evening star., 1921-03-04
FLAGS AT HALF-MAST.
St. Louis Mayor Arranges for
Champ Clark Rites.

ST. LOUIS. March 4.-Mayor II. w.
Kiel. in A proclamation ordered that
all flags be flown at half-mast sun
day as a tribute to Champ Clark. The
ctatesman's remains win lie in state
in the city han Sunday afternoon, the
mayor announced.
The mayor appointed a committee
on arrangements for the local cere-
monies Harry b. Hawes. represent :
.tiye-elect. was named chairman. and
it's membership includes Senators
Spencer and Reed and Representa-
tives Dyer and Newton.
Evening star., 1921-03-04
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED.
Missouri Legislature Will Be Rep
resented at Clark Funeral.

JEFFERSON CITY, No, March a
Committees were appointed in the
Missouri legislature to attend the flu
neral of Champ Clark at Bowling
Green Monday.
4 message Of coincidence was sent
the Clark family by Gov. Hyde. and
Lieut.. Gov. Lloyd announced the leg
isIature probably would recess an
hour during the funeral.
Evening star., 1921-03-04
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Evening star., 1921-03-04
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Evening star., 1921-03-04
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sale has the exclusive POINTER feature and pair
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Evening star., 1921-03-04

Colors to match any hat in this
showing of fine mesh wells; 4 yards
long: embroidered edges. Why not
choose your veil at the same time
YOU pick out your new hat?
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
'Favorite Sons'' on Railroads
 Want Old Times to Come Back
Real Railroad Men Show What Rules Mean to the Average Worker-No Chance for Merit Against the Pets-Engineers Had to Do
 Machinists' Work Without Pay.

sitting on her five or six hours, be notified by the callboy that the train had been annulled For that the man would get nothing.
 No Pay Till Train Started.
 "Again we would be called to take out a train at 7 i'll the morning, >>.y, and be all set to start a. shat time. We might pull out at 7 the next morning, and pay would not start un- til the train did We would be called when 1t was not certain we would be needed! We'll, the main reason was that the roads did not have to pay for that time and they did lot care how 1t was wasted
 The abuse ot tnS system led to the establishment of the rule pro- viding for terminal overtime.' Now the men are paid for every hour spent in this way It took many years and no end almost of negotiations to ob- tain that rule You can easily under stand why the men fear to have it ab- rogatcd.
 That is one form of overtime which it is fair to assume the roads mean to do away with when they talk as did MT. Cuyler of seeking to have rules and working conditions abro- gated.
 Another rule is violating overtime brings uS back to the days not so very long ago, when the men were paid on the mileage basis Some men were paid as low as 4 cents a mile and a run then as now consisted of 100 miles, It did not make any difference how many hours you found necessary in which to do the 100 miles, or how many conditions entirely beyond your control kept you out-you were paid for 100 miles and no more. Now if the 100 miles ore not made in eight hours, overtime Is paid.
 Engineer Made Macf1inist.
 "Another abuse with which the ex- isting schedules did away was the practice of compelling the engineer to go all over his engine when it came in, just as a machinist. There might be days work, but there was no pay for it. That does not obtain now, but if the rule IS abolished the men have no guarantee that the practice will not be re-established
 Until the seniority rule was put into effect and enforced a petty off, cial might and frequently did give the best work to favorites or relatives.
 "I recall one case where a man en- titled by length of service 10 run protested against it's being given to
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
WILLIMANTIC WANTS
 LOWER POWER RATES
Common Council Sends Petition to
 Utilities Commission.

Wilimantic, Nov. 25.-In the further ancc of the resolution passed by the com mon council Wednesday evening. De- titlon to the publicutilities commission asking for reduction in the price of gas and electricity to consumers in this city and the elimination of the so-called "ser- vice charge" for meters which has been in vogue for nearly year has been made by Frank H. Foss as special attorney for the city, and signed by Mayor Gates and the members of the light committee of the common council
 The petition closes with a plea to the commission to arrange for a hearing on the petition at the earliest date agreeable and convenient to the commission and that the same be held in the city of Williamantic.
 Mayor Gates and Lawyer Foss motored to Hartford and presented the petition to the public utilities commission.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

Cleveland, Nov. 25.-"Abrogation of schedules and rules" has figured i'll every statement from brotherhood chiefs as one of the strike situations.
 Just what the term "schedules and rules" means is not particularly clear 10 the layman. In plain English 1t equals what nOn-railroader means when he speaks of contracts and the working conditions included therein.
 The term Schedules and rules, l said to a brotherhood leader, 'is al most Greek to the layman. Won't you tell me what 1t means i'll your own way, what the men believe the roads are trying to do to these 'sched- ules and rules and why the men ap- parently are willing to go to extremes to protect them?"
 ITO begin with," he replied, "prac- tically ever road in the country has filed notices of it's intention to abro- gate rules and schedules. By rules and schedules is meant the conditions under which railroad men work.
 Took Years to Build Up.
 "These rules have been many years i'll the building and are the reason ot thousands of conferences between representatives of the men and man. agement in which little by little abuses were done away with. To the man not in the service many may seem strange and perhaps unneces- sary, but if inquiry is made 1t will be found that each has been made to cover some condition.
 Chief, or at any rate the best known, is the seniority rule. Under this the older men in the service are entitled to the better and more de sirablc runs. That rule is equitable and is absolutely necessary if favor tism or worse-and by worse l mean the sale of runs-is to be prevented, By that it is not to be inferred that any such thing obtains now, or that by the use of money one can get pref erenCe, but that was common in the old days. The rule stopped that sort of thing.
 Everybody, I think, understands what the seniority rule means. But they do not understand the long process through which we had to go in order to build up the rules as they are.
 "Take the matter of paying for time served. 1 am not an old man. When l started in the business men would be called al or o'clock nl the morning. They would go to ehe round house, get the engine ready and, after
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
POOR MIR. DUPONT WAS NEARLY RUINED
 BY TERRIBLE WAR
Munitions Makers Do Not Want Strife Despite Big Profits,
 He Says.
Do mlmition makers want war ?

DO llltlllllbll llltlktlH Ntll Wal
 No, no: never, never. says Pierre S. du Punt, chairman of the F. l. dr Pont de Nernours Company, greatest American muntion makers. He writes his big No" in an article entitled 'War Doesn't Pay" published in the October Nations Blloiness
 Let's sec. In March, 1919. the annual report of Mr. Du Fonts company sets forth that during the four years of the war the gross business of the company amounted to $1 490,000,00O. The gross capital bulged from $83423.000 to $3O8.- 846,O0O The stockholders split up $140.- 983.000 Total dividends scared to 45S per cent of the capital stock. The in- crease in the value of the original sc curics winged upward by 374 per cent.
 Not so bad. Certainly one can pardon the refined licking of the chops with which the report states It is difficult to imagine a more satisfactory financial report
 Just so. War doesn't pay for muni- tion makers Mr. Du POnt was nearly ruined. As he says, Even for a com pany as strong and as firmly established as our own, 1t IS a gamble whether 1t can successfully weather the storn.'
 Really. we are moved almost to tears
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
A Directory of Our
 FRIENDS

In pursuance of the movement which has for its purpose the urging of all work ing people to give their combined support to reputable concerns that have uniformly shown friendly attitude toward the cause of Labor there will here be found a directory of enterprises which we feel can be conscientiously endorsed and which are, therefore, justly entitled to our good will and united cooperation.
 It does not necessarily follow that con- cerns which are notS here represented are unfriendly, nevertheless those listed on this page have demonstrated their friendliness in various ways and should have our sup port.
 Cooperation is always a two-way matter and it is our duty to cooperate with those who cooperate with us Consult this directory carefully before making any pur chaSeS,
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

length of time he may have been on another careful examination of the machine, for if there is a defect and It shows when some other man takes 1t out the next day he is disciplined, just as we'll as the man who takes 1t out may be. This done, he has work cards and other reports to make out. It Is a good man that will do all this in an hour, for which even now he is not paid.
 You have heard of the engineer who received 20 cents for d call and two hours work. In the absence of the rules now threatened, 1 have fared even worse than he 1 was called, held i'll the yard tiity-nine minutes, for which l was not paid, and then put in an hour making just one mile. For that l received | I-2 cents. The rules, you will see, mean everything to the men.
 It is not asking too much that a man be paid for the time he works. It is not too much to ask that if the company holds and exercises a mort gage upon all of your time it should pay for it. In any other trade the man works the stated period and he is through. With us, we can be work ed Io hours and i'll the rush period the Sixteen Hour Law was Violat ed thousands of times"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

another. Tne road foreman claimed he had to go down the list to ind competent man. He said 1t was merely coincidence that the seven tecnth man, the first one to rate as competent, was his nephew.
 Tt is known that the railroads do not pay for tWcnty-fOur hours service but it is not generally known that the road has mortgage on all Ot man, 5 day. He must, after his run IS i'm ishcd and he has gone home, ask per mission to go to church or thcater. Otherwise, if he IS not at home when d call boy comes for him, he Is subject to discipline.
 "In the old days that was arbitrary, A man might be laid off or discharged and that was all there was to 1t. Ii some petty boss had grievance against him. he went.
 "Undcr the rule he now must be given a hearing and full investlga- ton made before disciplined.
 Had to fdCk l
 FAgain, here is rule that 1t re- quircd long time to obtain. We formerly had to pack throttles and air pumps. That meant that when O ~un was ended a man would nave to watt an hour or perhaps more to get into the round house, blow off steam, which would take another hour, and then put in a couple of hours work on throttle and pumps, He got no pay for it, though it might be at the end of twelve or sixteen or more hours Cleaning head lights was an other job he had to do on his own time,
 "A fireman, too-and all engineers have to serve long apprcnticcShips al hring-had a lot of work to do fo-- nothing. He was required 10 wipe his engine and get it in shape gen orally. He had to keep all brasses bright, wash out the cab and paint the stack and front of the machine, all on his own time.
 i've personally put in many q full day on work ol this sort for which 1 received nothing. It is not so now.
 Prom this it must not be inferred that the engineer does not today put in much time for which he is not paid. When he gets his call he goes 10 the train dispatchcr's office, where he signs for all bulletins, checks up for trains and goes to the round house for his engine He puts this on the turn table, gets her across and then oils up and examines it for any possible defects.
 "He has 10 do this for several req sons One Is that if there is a break down on the road he is held respon- sibIe and must be able 10 show that the defect did not exist, or existing, could not be detected, when he started.
 Responsible for Engine
 "Thc headlight, too, has 10 be cx- amincd and put into shape and when all this is done a load of tools and other paraphernalia has to be luggcd to the engine.
 After the run, regardless of the
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
Resolutions of COOPERATION

WHEREAS Labor's strongest asset is its Purchasing Power, combined with a general application of Cooperative Prin- ciples and
 WHEREAS this is the most important movement ever promoted in our city by Labor to officially advance the spirit of reciprocity and
 WHEREAS the firms here represented are on record as having manifested their desire tor cooperation with the working classes:
 THEREFORE, although 1t is not in ferred that this list covers all firms flair" to Labor, the concerns herein represented have shown their desire to cooperate with our membership and it is agreed that we will be guided by Consistency as our Principle and give them our hearty patron age and support in accordance with the established policy of our organization
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT

"A spccch,' a well-known lecturer says, "should be like woman's street dress-long enough to cover the sub Ject. but short enough to be inter esting"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
NOTHING OUT.

Niie-Nou bought a house with out seeing it! Took the agents word for it! And what is that worth, pray?
 Hub-Nothing; but he took my note for it, so it's an even break.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
FURNITURE

Adaskin- Bowditch Furniture Co.,, 68
 Orange St. Boston Furniture Co.,, 821 and 823
 Grand Ave. Bullard's, oI-o7 Orange St Chamberlain Co.,, The, 46-5o Orange
 and 87-oI Crown St. Hall ". B., 458 to 40 State, near
 Elm St. Kelly, P J., Furniture Co.,, 1o8 Crown Royal Furniture Co.,, $50 Grand Ave. Stein, S., s7 Broadway,
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
NEW SPAPER BOYCOTT
 LAUNCHED

The answer was supplied in rcsolu- tiOns subsequently adopted by the assO- citation, which denounced the publica- tion of this editorial as radical propa- ganda. being published on the eve of a proposed railroad strike that this edi- torial was uncalled for and against public policy and a menace to every community in which it was. published.
 It was also resolved to enlist the sup port of the prcss-that part of 1t con- trolled by advertisers; the chamber of commerce and other business associa- tions in the declared boycott
 Tn" editorial to which such violent ex- ccption was taken was entitled, Are You For It v and read as follows:
 Washington dispatches are to the eff feet that the administration and Congress are preparing to do everything in their power to, break the threatened railroad strike, even to rcSOrtlng to emergency legislation authorizing the conscription government control.
 We want to get this proposition clear i'll the understanding of our readers be- cause in 1t Is involved an issue not less important than liberty and our govern mcnt as a republic.
 If the railroads, our greatest industry and necessity broke down under private by the checrfulncss, the fortitude, the faith with which munition makers face r-11in in the name nf natrintis1n1
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

Yes, there is such d thing as an honest graftcr, There's Mr. Burbank
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
PAPER BOYCOTTED BY BUSINESS FOR
 DEFENDING LABOR
San Diego, Cal, Trades Bodies Take Offense at Editorial on
 Rail Crisis

Los Angeles, Nov. 25.-Manufactur- CTS and merchants of San Diego, Calif. have declared q boycott against the Sun a daily paper published in that city, be- cause 1t would not open it's columns to the propaganda of the railroads and their commercial allies directed against rail road workers.
 During the recent railroad crisis, oc- casiOned by the strike order of the five transportation brothcrhoods, the Sun took the position that there were two sides to the question and that the workers side was not getting proper attention.
 In its issue of October 19 the Sun denounced the ikc-brcaking plans of the government in very plain terms, and the day following the secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers As s0Ciation circulated a round robin among all its members. calling their at tention to the editorial and asking:
 As we desire an expression of opin- ion from our business men on this editor ial. will you kindly advise us whether you think II good policy to support any newspaper which would publish an edi- torial of this kind ,"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
UNCOVERED.

The San Diego Sun is one of nt,r1er- ous ScrippsMcRae publications. and the editorial which is criticised by the busi ness men of that city was published simultaneously in g cities. It is un- likely that its publishers will be seriously disturbed by the threat that is held over their heads, for they have weathered many similar situations and are still mak- ing vocal the aspirations of millions of Americans that majority of news papers, influenced by advertisers, are try ing so hard to suppress.
 The public value of the San Diego in- cldent IS that II uncovcrs the secret power that controls the press and goes far to explain the consistent and persistent policy ot misrepresentation and abuse that so many of them pursue toward workers,
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
FURNISHINGS

Bcssc Richey Co.,, 778-782 Chapel St. Brandt, G. w., & Co.,, 487-4oI State T. St.
 Johnson, J., & Sons, "The Live
 Store," 85-8o Church St. Pagers. 6-8 Conpress Ave
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
WHAT TT SEEMS LIKE TO HER

To the mother of a large family life seems 10 be just one darned stocking after the other
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

ownership and management, our govern mcnt is prepared to resort to forcing the railroad workers into involuntary scrvi- tudc. Involuntary crvitudc-SLAN- kR1-is the name for 1t, just as clearly as il IS the name for the labor of cri1ni- nals locked up in our penitcntiarics and when such action becomes part of our government policy. we will do well to paste sheets of blank paper over the pages of history containing the glorious stories of Valley Forge and Appamattox for i AMERICAN FREEDOM, en- shroudcd in a Constitution for which millions have suffered and died will be DEAD and BURIED.
 Reader, discard your sympathy for or prejudice against the railroad labor or ganizatiOns. The unmistakable, unavoid- able issue in this proposition is this:
 SLAVERY, OR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF THE RAILROADS, ROBBED BY AND ROTTEN THROUGH PRI- VATE MISMANAGEMENT.
 SECRET FORCES ARE
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

by the cheer fulncss, the fortitude, the faith with which munition makers face ruin in the name of patriotisrn
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
BANKS
BOOTS AND SHOES

Besse- Richey Co.,, 778-782 Chapel St. Brandt, c. w., & Co.,, 487-4oI State
 St.
 Cummings x Frawley, Boston Branch
 Shoe Store, 845 Chapel St. Sorosis Shoe Co.,, 8I4 Chapel St.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
BREWERS

Fresenius Co.,, The, 82o Congress
 Ave. Weibel Brewing Co.,, 532-562 Oak St.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
FUNERAL FLOWERS

Coombs Flower Shoppe, o78 Chapel St., near Hotel Taft; Phone Col ony 37; and two stores in Hartford.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
BUILDING MATERIALS
BUsINESS COLLEGES

Connecticut Sash & Door Co.,, Tn, 45I Grand Ave.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
YARNS

Rehnborg, Paul. I49 Orange St.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
WREATHS (FLORAL)

McQuiggan, John j., I23 Church St, Opposite the Grcen. Myers Flower Shop, The, 036 Chapel St
The state herald., 1921-10-14

The school has purchased new
REQ school bus.
II, w. Everts spent several days
m omaha this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skrivan were
Gralrton visitors Wednesday.
John V. Beveridga OF Grant was in
venango on business Wednesday,
Mr.. II. II. Brader and family have
moved into the Nelson for the win
Ter.
The carpenter work on the new
school building will be completed
Saturday. They expect to start
school in two weeks.
Mr.. w. A. Sylyers, Tom Young, c.
II. Wilkson and James Stevens Of
Mills county, Iowa are looking over
land in this part of Perkins county
this week.
Some parts of the country suited
them. while other parts did not. They
found 1t very dry. in, some places
George made about two thousand
miles with his Dodge.