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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
Berry's Victory
 Pleases Pressmen
Vindication of Policies of Adminis tration Given by Three to One.

The final returns of the election of the Printing Pressmen show that George L. Berry and the boards of directors were returned by a major ity of more than three to one and the result is very pleasing to press men throughout Connecticut, who backed up Major Berry and his board to the limit In view of the fact that the opposition put on a campaign such as never before equalled in in tensity in the history of the organ ization the victory of Major Berry and the board is all the more com plete. The election was clearly a question of whether the policies of Major Berry were to be accepted and carried out Obviously the attempt on the part of the radical element to cramp the policies of the internation- al union did not appeal to the think ing member who by their votes have clearly shown that they desire safe, sane, constructive leadership.
 The International Printing Press mems Union of North America un- der the leadership of President Berry has weathered the reconstruction per iod and business depression as sue cessfully as any other union in the printing crafts.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
BOILERS GALORE LIABLE TO :.." BLOW UP, INSPECTORS ASSERT
 AND NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE
New Britain Car
 Crews Get the Axe
Ten to Be Fired Because of One
 Man Car" Installation.

New Britain, March 17.-Tcn men will be dropped from the employ of the Connecticut Company in this city aS a result of the installation of one-man cars on the local lines, Superintendent r. L. Bcardsley an nounced this week. The converted cars were put in operation on the Berlin, East Main and Chestnut, North End and Pennington avenue lines, and, Superintendent Beardsley reports, the change worked out very satisfactorily The men co-operated and everything went along smooth Iy," he said Il am pleased with the trial" He made it plain that the re duction in the local force will De made by dropping those who are not needed, rather than by simply put ting them on the "sparc" list. There are at present about 70 conductors and motorncn employed by the com pany in this city. Superintendent Beardsiry said the-e is no probability of an immediate change to one-man cars on the PIainville and Hartford lines
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
RHODE ISLAND TO RESTRICT MILL WORK
 TO 48-HOUR WEEK
House by Large Majority Overrides Opposition to Wonen's
 Bill.

Providence, R. L. March Iz.-After a bitter struggle in which repeated efforts were made by opponents of the measure to have it shelvcd, the House of Representatives late "Wednesday passed the Lavander bil providing for IS hour working week for women and children under IO years of age. The vote was 64 10 25.
 The bill, which now goes to the state senate and is expected to easily pass there, was amended with the consent of Representative James r. Lavander of Bristol, who introduc ed it, to permit of exceptions in case Of Seasonal occupations" Women and children engaged in such occupations, which the state board of labor is to define, may work a maximum of s hours a week, according 10 this pro vision.
 While the House was debating the Lavander bill, the senate judiciary committee held a public hearing on two other bills defining hours of labor for workers. One of these fathered by Senator John ]. Barry of Central Falls, would order a general 48-hour week for men, women and children. Opponents Of the 48-hOur law at the hearing expressed the belief that such a law would be unconstitutional The second bill, that of Senator Joseph H. Noel of West Warwick, is similar in its provisions to that passed by the House.
 The vote on the Lavander bill in the House was non-partisan. Forty three republicans and 2I democrats voted for the measure and 24 repub- licans and one democrat against it,
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
Railroad Workers
 Warn Labor Board
Will Not Stand for Any More Un- fair Decisions on Wages or
 Rules.

Chicago, March "A warning that drastic action" is being planned to defend the principles for which railroad union labor stands was em- bodied i'll a resolution adopted at a mass meeting of railroad employees held under the auspices of the shop crafts employees of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway.
 The message was addressed to the United States Railroad Labor Board.
 We desire to inform you at this time," the resolution said. that a de cision such as has been enforced up- on Us by your board will not be tol- erated under any consideration and we are now instructing our represen- tatives 10 make immediate arrange ments whereby drastic action will be taken to defend the principles for which we stand"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
CITY BOARDS PETITION ALDERMEN
 FOR POWER TO PROTECT CITY Present Inspector Cannot Get After Operators Once Boiler Is Inspected and City Attorney Admits He Is Helpless to Enforce
 Present Laws.

Building Austin of New Haven freed week from all responsibility for the Rao Theater fire and of But incidentally with the of Mr.
 condition that in New Haven whereby thousands of daily endangered disclosed the ad- that he do anything about the boards of of and boiler with the 5operation of the office have amendment the ordinances whereby boiler New Haven will be under regular and The presented the aldermen meeting Monday be for hearing in a few days.
 According the before the powess there than 200 public boilers in New Haven liable to blow bow-up hun persons with The present inspector restricted the of only such boilers AS ARE NOT INSURED, and the of boilers insured and of them leaking and liable blow the liable the
 did his he could under the be held by any death that might by boiler bow-up
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17

Complaint after complaint of the management of boilers, especially those heating office buildings and apartment houses has been made to
 the city authorities but under the present ordinances the officials are helpless. If boiler was to blow up tomorrow and loss of life occur, the present inspector, one Thomas Null ligan, according to the city manual, might be held responsible as was Austin for the Rialto fire. But 'Mul- ligan's duty, like Austin's, stopped at certain point. When the boiler was installed and passed upon by him it was final and no one was in charge of it thereafter. Once it was insured,
 it came under the insurance inspector laws and the city inspector was and IS relieved and in fact busted from
 responsibility. This the two boards the engineers and the steam boiler men now are intending to correct.
 Not only are office buildings and housing conditions included in the changes intended All stationary boil CTS and engines will come under the new law as proposed. Building en- place will be licensed by the year so there will be no difficulty in getting their permits all necessary being a notice to the inspector as to where they are going and what they are doing.
 If the law goes through, and it is expected 1t will, there will be one change that will ensure safety to the workers on the coal docks and other dock hoists Now half the time of the coal shovelers in barges is taken up in lodging laden buckets that the so-called engineer on the dock hoists and then lets incontently drop. A drop hereafter will mean a new man at the switch and the change will be welcomed by the dealer who has to pay for the man and perhaps compen- sation to the injured Ii the law goes through as 1t should every man who runs a boiler for other than his home purposes must be licensed. If the boiler goes wrong, then he and the inspector are responsible. There is nothing more nor less to 1t and every worker who has to work around boilers either temporarily Or perman- entity will get behind the bill.
 The city attorneys office, the city boards and contractors generally are sponsoring 1t and 1t is one measure that, If the general run of the public of New Haven knew the conditions that exist now, would get behind
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
E EASTERN ROADS
 WAGE FARLEY FAILS
Negotiations at New York Between Trainmen and Executives
 Ended.

New York, March I7.-Negotia- tions between executives of 52 east ern railroads and representatives of conductors and trainmen's unions looking toward new agreement as to wages and working conditions were broken off this week without any settlement having been reached
 Announcement of the breaking off of negotiations contained the state ment that:
 Tt being apparent that mutually satisfactory agreement could not be arrived at and, IS previously agreed, all propositions made by either side in the hope of settlement are to be considered as though they~had not been proposed"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
Labor Leader To Meet Business Men
 At Evening Hour
PAINTERS HOLDING
 SPECIAL ELECTION
Five Candidates, One From Hartford
 Out for General Secretary. -~-

The Brotherhood of Painters, Dec orators and Paperhangers oi Amer ica, with headquarters at La Fayettc, ind, IS now holding a referendum election for general secretary-treas- urer ,the vacancy occurring through the resignation of General Secretary Treasurer J. (. Skemp, who has held the position for IS years,
 The general office at La Fayette has mailed over 1000 packages ol election supplies to the local unions throughout the country. Each local will call a special meeting so that each member may be given an oppor- tunity to vote.
 There are five candidates i'll the race, w. (. Hall oi La Fayette, Ind, C. J. Lammert ot St. Louis Mo, J. J .Dunnc of Hartford, Conn, W. F. Shaw Of Cleveland, O., and ]. E, nstanley of Mobile, Ala
 Hall has received the nominations of over 300 local unions; Lammert IS the next highest with tQ5; Shaw has 24 and Dunne' and Winstanley have seven each. Hall has been employed as assistant to Secretary Skemp al the headquarters Of the brotherhood for the past IS years. Lammert is
 
 Council of St. Louis and has held that position number of years. Shaw is secretary of his local hnion i'll CleveaInd. Dunne Is business agent of his local union in Hartford. Win stanley has served as an organizer for the Retail Clerks organ lzation and is now secretary of his local organization in Mobile.
 The election will be of great in terest to the members of the broth erhood, the second largest Of the In ternatioual unions of the building trades. The ballots are returnable to the general office April I2, when a general election board ,elected from the local unions will canvass the re- turns and declare the result
 Local 4oo, of the painters of New Haven will vote on the election Of general secretary on April 5. Local l will probably vote the same week so that New Haven will be registered in plenty of time.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
lOP.C. WAGE CUT
 FOR SHOE WORKERS
State Boards Order Affects 2I 1000 Employees in A Massachusetts
 Factories.

Boston, March "A reduction of 10 per cent. in wages Of employees of shoe factories in Brockton and the south shore district was ordered by the state board of conciliation and arbitration this week The decision affects A factories employing about 2I 900 workers.
 The manufacturers had proposed a 20 per cent. reduction. In its deci- sion the board specifies that "Where the day rate of wages IS ST per weel, or less there Is to be no reduction, and no reduction shall bring the rate of wage below ST per week
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
CROOKED COTTON BROKERS

New York. March I7.-In an in vestigation of "bucket shop" methods among birokers in this city, President A. w. Gresham of the American cot ton exchange, admitted that there has been much crooked dealing in the past by former members and that many charges have been made that cheating of investors still fourishes.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17

Union after union reported its com niittee last night at the meeting ot the Trades Council and such a roster was enrolled as to indicate that New Haven Organized Labor is at last awake to the needs of doing its duty at the polls. The scant recognition given the worker in the past few years, state and nationally, was but briefly called to the attention of the delegates. As the delegates reported their committees it became evident made in New Haven this fall to at least get representation on the differ ent tickets.
 No partisanship is to be shown. It will be strictly case of "elect your friends and defeat your enemies. " Where ar enemy is nominated he will be defeated. But the purpose is now to prevent the nomination of an enemy To that end Organized La bor will enter both primaries and strive to have say in the fixing up of the slates.
 Meetings immediately of local non partisan political campaign commit tees throughout the United States to begin active preparations for the pri maries" were called for in proclama- ton addressed to organized labor by the executive committee of the American Federation of Labor's non partisan political campaign commit tee and read at last nights meeting.
 Every state federation of labor" " says the announcement, "every city central body should create non-par tisan political campaign committees. Every local union should appoint committees to cooperate with the state and central bodies
 The present campaign in the pri- maries and in the fall elections offer opportunities which may not come again in a decade to redress wrongs and attain justice"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
NetU Hauen Labor Gets Busy
 On Fall Political Can1paigr
Trades Council and All Affiliated Unions Elect Committees to Enter Fray at the Primaries and See That Friends Are Nominated
 and Elected.

 local unions of New Haven the New Haven Trades Council placed board and the fight will be The executive board will the weeks all unions have been heard from
  body disagreement,
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
By CHARLES M. KELLEY.

The imperativeIy pressing task is to let no faithless congressman or senator, governor or what not, get by
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17
TO ORGANIZED LABOR

THE LABOR NEWS is your paper and its advertisers de- pend on your support. Tell them you Saw It In The News and everyone will be happy.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-17

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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
ANCIENTS HAD WATER GUAGES
Egyptian River Surveyors Enabled TO
Foreteli Hour Of lnundstion OF
the River Nile.

Nilometers We're among the most an.
cl"hi WINTER gauges, and were used by
the Egyptians many centuries Il. C..
Stone wells were constructed un the
banks of the Nile. and water entered
these through underground bitches.
1hls water rose and fell in sympathy
win the river, enabling river survey.
"rs government otlicrrs) to foretrll
the hour of lnundailon.
Marked columns Oh the sides of each
well Indicated the maximum minimum
and middle gauge: the inspectors pa.
troll"d the banks Of the Nile and in.
formed the people by means Of hui.
lrtihs In advance how high the Nile
would rise and when the stream would
probably overflow It's banks.
Lake Moeris, In Lower Egypt. was
connected with the Nile In ancient
days by one Of the many canals for
which the ancient Bnbylonian and
Egyptian engineers are now famous
This canal was equipped with sluicr-
ANA gauges 50 that the land around
II was never flooded. II the Nile
rose, all that happened was that The
blue crystal mirror OF the lake rose
TOO. II the waters Of the river fell,
then the lak" iilled them mp by care.
full manipulation of lis sluicrS and it's
own waters.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
NIGHT ON THE AEGEAN SEA
Authors Beautiful Word Painting Of
Marvellous Pictures Formed by
the Lunar Rainbows.

Writing Of lunar rainhows, In his
"rh" opal Sea-, John C. Van pyks
says: And what pictures. never
painted lay master, ancient or modern.
mr." To- be seen by the weather rail- al
nlgli when the lunar rainbow with
its arch Of Suhrl" light and-dnr fnl.
lows "a the ships beam, when the rur.
rl" water flashes through the patches
~ the mist. The summer nights upon
I'll" Aegean when the small i>lanu
steamer sweeps You past syrian
ships h"calurd their hull> lost in the
low lying NapurS. their sails luutnin.
above IL" drifts into the white uuon.
ll-'l--Hrr never To- lee forgotten They
ar" only impressions 1T intangible ngut
and ,"lur mnmrnltty revelations ~
pictorial p~rtry without literary uran.
ing OF association. and Yet yer, IN
si>i"nI revelations Very striking In.
prrNSinns. We dn not rrudIl, drunr
them. hut We feet their effect ItIun ~
nevertheless. 1t IL an rflr,t analogous
perhaps IL that produced by mu>ir--
pale nuu>ic in u minor KEY. dream,
music that moves IN >lnN -hr.Ning ga
den "> nr ftinI> in rrrlu> 1T sun >iui
hay ~ -l"aut> in chords ct Iu>gruu>
ST."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
Albanian "Mean" Shot with Rifle.

The Albanian male IL u creature Of
strange extremes. according to Ken
meth L. Roberts, In Balkan Jottings"
IN the Saturday Evening Post. when
encountered In his mountain fast
nesses. CARRIED In fiarlng ballet skirts
or buggy felt misunderstanding to
the section Of the country IN which
he lives-and n half portion jacket
with pompons Oh the elbows, he ~
what an American cavalryman would
call bad hombre.
The Albanian carries silver
mounted rife, sIlyer-mounted re-
Volver attached TO his person by n
heavy silver chain, and a walst.bnn
full of edged tools and miscellaneous
kitchen knives, He Is u "mean" shot
with n rifle, and can shoot his Initials
In horses ear nj u distance Of 10
PAGES. Ills sacred honor IL constantly
being damaged by careless neIghbors.
and the only way In which he can re-
pair the damage II Ia shoot IN lniri-
cate pattern or holes through the
person who did the foul deed.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
WILD CREATURES HATE SNOW
Means Time OF Misery and Hunger to
Both Bird and Beast, and
Thousands Starve.

Most wild creatures nbhOr snow.
For the rabbits aud hnres II means
TINT they must scratch down through
the dull frozen stun before they can
find their usual food. II the snow II
really hard the rabbits ure reduced to
eating the bark of the fences near the
WHrrenS.
All the smaller birds are cut OF
from their food supplies. Those that
live on worms or insects IRE purticu-
larry hard hit. and if the snow Hes
long the death roll among such birds
as robins Is really terrible. In that
winter Of 1917. when there were n
hundred days Of snow and frost In
England II Ii estimated that the Brit
isli Isles lost about one-third Of their
small-bIrd population.
Water rats, shrpws and others all
dislike frost and snow because such
weather makes food more difficult Ia
obtain. Offers, AS n rule, make straight
for the coast IN hard frost, and live
on dabs and founders IN the unfrozen
estuarIes.
Even rats, which can generally look
after themselves, dislike snow because
II makes their dark bodies too con
spicuous 10 their enemies and pre-
vents them from moving about as
freely rs they otherwise would.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24

The philistlne Is man without in
tellectual pleasures. he win inevitably
he bored, despite the fact that against
boredom he has great many funcicd
remedies - balls, lhcatcrs, parties,
cards, gambling, horses, drinking,
travelling and 20 on.
Yet nothing really plcuses ur eNcItrs
or Interests him. For sensual pleas.
ure Is quickly exhausted, the society Of
fellow phiIistinrs soon becomes bur.
dens"lne mud one may even get tired Of
cards.
The great nIIllctlun Of all phllIstlnps
Is that they hive no Interest In ideas.
aud thar To escape being bored they
are In constant need nf realities. But
realities ARE either unsatisfactory Or
dangerous; when they lusc their inter
est they become laiiguiug. The Ideal
world Is illimitable and Cnlm.-- From
Schopcnluucr.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
CAME BACK TO OLD HOME
Intelligent Horse Made Her Way for
Many Miles to Quarters Which
She Preferred.


My father was very fond OF horses
and owned s"N"ra! good ones. ohr
which r"lm"inb"r particularly was u
BEAUTIFUL gentle BLACK h"rs"--a PAGER,
which Il" named "Bln"kir. lie was
very i"hd of her, rs well as she nf
MN. IL" allowed u" one I" ablis" her
"hd always took ia" best care OF her.
81" was p"tIrh aud loved and given NJ
much car" rs n "hilh She was one Of
my fathers iaN"rite horses and Was
III" mother Of OiI" line colt of whom
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
EMOTIONS VERY MUCH AKIE


Sudden glory is th. pa,,iun which
mak-rh rhos. grimnrrs called laugh
ter. and il r,uS..d either H., some sud.
den prt Of their own that plrasrth
Them. or bv TIA. apprrhrnsinn Of som.
,r:nrnrd tljng in another by compnri.
son whereof they suddenly nupluuL
Themselves And If I. inriJ.nt most
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
Differing Tea Tastes,

Russians drink tea, not with the al,
dition of milk Ms we do, but with lemon
juice squeezed In, while In Germany
tea IN often Favored with cinnamon and
rum,
Perhaps the luaIntest form Of "trn.
drinking" ls that practlced by the say.
age tribes In Tartary, Central Asia.
The leaves are first boiled In soda, then
seasoned with butter and suit, and then
eaten.
Many people think that tea taken
late ut night produces sleeplessness. II
does, but II II slice Of lemon Is added
instead of milk, II will induce sleep.
In eases Of fever, tea taken with lemon
ind n little sugar, and, Of course, no
milk, Is very refreshing
A very common error Is the belief
that by adding pinch Of carbonate
1T soda. II stronger taste can he oh.
tained, This Is not 81. carbonate Of
soda being only useful when the water
is hard A pinch 1T salt Is invaluable
for giving flavor al all times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24

Street lighting is ethically wrong he.
cause II Is IN open defiance of Deity
I" turn night into day day should he
day and night should be night,
In case some old fashioned citizen
IT Kansas city made this startling
statement he would in all probability
he declared insane aud be- placed where
hr could not voice amy either srnti.
m"nIs Of II similar nature. Yet this
argument anteduIrs street lighting II.
self
Historians and students on municI.
pal AFFAIRS tell us that this argument
was one If the most powerful ones
against the Installation uf street lights
In Berlin In 1870. Conservative people
If that city deemed II an act against
Providence Ia light the streets Of Her.
lin with gas lights when God had or,
dnined that their section Of the hrnI.
sphere should he lark. Kansas CiIy
Star.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-03-24
ALL COMPETITION WAS A JOKE
He Thought He Could Do Away
With Chimney Sweeper.

well known Judge Ia Ireland was
very fond of relating the following
story 10 his friends: 1t Was at the
time Of II general election and one day
when he was leaving the law courts.
Dublin. II sweep aCCuslcd him aud nd.
dressed him with familiarity. BE on,
yr dirty scuundrcl." said the Judge Il
don't know YOU" Sure. that We de.
yer 'uner," replied the sweep I've
never set eN'S On You before an.
swered his lnrdShlp. "lis, We have Yer
'"ncr. oi swept yer 'omsr'> chimurNs."
"Oh. II VAS you. was It? III never EN-.
pluy You again" replied the Judge.
You did the work badly and they've
smoked ever since. I'll never have Won
again" "oh. yes We will, Yer uurr
replied the man. And ! tell YOU |
wont" angrtly answered his lord.
ship. The sweep persisted TINT he
would he employed again, 81 the Judge
asked why, saying there Mrr" plenty
~ other sweeps In Ireland sure. yer
'on"r. all the other sweeps have hr.
come Numbers ~ parliament" was the
reply thIcngu Auuri"an.