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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
GOD SAVE WORKERS FROM SUCH FRIENDSp
 CRIES HUDDLESTON
Alabama Congressmen Scores Ad- ninistration for Its Indifference
 to Miners Conflict.

In a speech i'll the House last week gressive Democrat of Alabama, ar raigned the Harding administration for its failure to take steps to avert the coal strike.
 He charged that the administration was regarding the approaching conflict with indifference because the Presi- dent and his advisors believed the coal operators were in a position to defeat the union.
 Congressman Huddleston quoted from a statement given to the press by Sec retary of Commerce Hoover, in which the Secretary was quoted as saying The government will take no further steps to avoid a Walkout."
 What a strange contrast" said Con- gressman Huddleston, "what shocking contrast between the statements now made on behalf of the administration and the address of the President delivered in this Chamber only six weeks ago ! Then he was for stopping strikes. Then he was for intervening with the strong arm ofe the law Then he advocated in dustrial courts which would effectively prevent strikes.
 "The administration is complacent to- ward the threatened coal strike because it believes that it can come to but one end. Four millions of men are out of employment in the country. It will be easy to hire strilebreakers. The miners have had slack work for many months. They have been barely able to exist. They have exhausted their slender re- serves. They can carry on an effective labor struggle only with the greatest difficulty It seems to the administra- ton that they are bound to lose.
 "The administration Is complacent be- cause the hard-hearted, arrogant coal operators are ready and want the strike to come on.
 What a contrast between this attl- Jude and the exceeding tenderness ot the administration toward the railroads (Applause.) The transportation e1n- ployes- engineers, conductors, and tram nen-hold the key to transportatlon' These crafts are we'll organized. Their
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
WILLIE DAVIS WANTS BOUT WITH WALTZ,
 WINNER-TAKE-A

Willie Davis of Elizabeth, feather weight champion of New Jersey, who has boxed such boys as Freddy Jacks, Sol Seeman, Martin Judge, Lew Shy der, Al Belmont, Kiddy Diamond, Sid Butler, Willie Green, Joe Ritchie, Billy Murphy, Phil Mandot and many others too numerous to mention, is willing to box Sammy Waltz of Hart ford on winner-take-a1l basis.
 According to Billy Gibson Waltz and Davis were matched to box at the Broad A. C. of Newark some time ago, and sure enough at the last min ute Hugh Rorty, manager of Waltz, wired the club that Sammy wasn't ready to meet such tough nut as Davis so soon. Now Davis wants to box Waltz winnet-take-all. Davis weighs I22-I26 pounds ringside and Gibson says Waltz can weigh any part of ton.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10

threatened strike meant possible success. They had chance to win. No effort was spared on the part of the admins tration to prevent that strike. Public opinion was marshaled to drive the rail- road workers back into submission. There was no strike"
 The least the President could do, Con- gressman Huddleston said, in response to question by Congressman Hersey, of Maine, was to call conference between the operators and the miners.
 Let them talk their troubles over in public," said he. If they can not agree we will then see who is at fault"
 Huddleston's remarks stirred up Con- gressman Joseph Walsh, of Massachu- sets, one of the labor haters of the House. Walsh said that "the people who toll in this country have no better friend that the present administration or the present Chief Executive of the United States"
 Huddleston came back with the fol- lowing:
 "The President friend of the work ing man? The present administration a friend of the men who work? How does the gentleman from Massachusetts prove that? What has the President done for the men who toll? How has he demonstrated that he is their friend, and that he Is interested in their con- cerns? Has he demonstrated 1t by pro- posing here, in his address on Decem- Der 6, measures designed to throttle the workers and to render their organiza- tions ineffective? Is that the great thing he has done for them? Did he show himself their friend by putting the mach inery of the Government into motion to suppress the threatened strike, to SUD- press it not in the interest of the public, not in the interest of the workers, but in behalf of the railroad managers and financiers, who feared that there was a chance for the workers to win? Heaven save the workers from such friends!'
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10

will do marvellous things without go ing to schools.
 But we have given up our wild ways because we love comforts and because we have lived among peo- pie, not because we could have taught ourselves these ways as the Chim- panzee family could have done."
 "Well, think that Is so," agreed the Gray Cat. But now I must leave you. I have an engagement"
 "So have r." said the Black Cat, and went along, tool
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
5o,ooo WORKERS INJURED
 IN ILLINOIS LAST YEAR

Chicago, Feb. Io-Fifty thousand industrial accidents were reported to the Illinois industrial commission in 1921. The greatest number of these was in the coal mining industry, judged by the amount of compensa- ton awarded-$3,o32,253. The total amount paid or awarded was $o,2oo,- 7oo under the state compensation act, $1,775,o3o being for fatal cases.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
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The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10

been to these fin ishing S c h o o S, and have learned from people the l a S t touc h eS which have made us polished and superior and we'll hammered.
 IS o m e ere a. lures are intelli- gent and wonder full, whether they are with people or not. The Chim- panZee and such creatures are wise a n d wonderful, and they don't really need finish ing schools. They
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
SEEK TO DISCREDIT COST OF
 LIVING STATISTICS
Propagandists of Big Business Turn Guns on Department of Labor
 Bureau.

Guerilla warfare upon the United been continued with more or less vigor ever since 1t was organized, has re- gently been concentrated against the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose source of embarrassment to employers who are demanding that labor be de- hated
 A typical example of the sort of cam paign now being waged is furnished by George Wheeler Hinman, a Chicago syndicate writer for Big Business, who comedies that the reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics will play an inpor- tant part in the adjustment of wages of railway and mine workers and then pro- ceeds to cast doubt upon their reliability. In recent article he says:
 "The department gives the price of bacon a year ago as 60 cents a pound and now at 51 cents. A Chicago retailer gives the price as 42 cents then and g cents now.
 "The department gives ham as costing 6 cents a pound in 1920 and 51 cents toward the end of 1921. The retailers figures are g cents for 1920 and 2o cents for 1921.
 "Rib roasts, according to the depart ment, fell in the year from 35 to 30 cents; according to the Chicago retail CTS statement, from 30 to 25 cents.
 When this statement was shown to Ethelbert Stewart, Commissioner of La bor Statistics, he described 1t as special pleading, and not very clever special pleading at that
 This bureau" said MT Stewart, lis concerned only with the huctations of prices and not with the prices them selves. It does not get its figures from newspaper advertisements, because as rule advertised cut prices cover the very lowest grades of merchandise.
 Our investigators do not accept the lowest advertised prices, neither do they take the higher prices quoted in fash ionable shops, where a heavy charge is made for service and other trade fac tors. They take the prices of the aver age shop-the sort of shop that would likely be patronized by self-respecting Workers-as the basis of their calcula- tions. On a specified date we inquire frim number of establishments in va rious cities the price they are then charging for a certain commodity. At the present time for the larger cities 25 quotations are secured for each article of food, while for smaller cities Is quo- tations are deemed adequate The sev- eral quotations are averaged, and that represents the change, if any, during the period for which the survey is being made.
 "1t follows inevitably that If mer- chants are charging more or less for a specific article the result will be mani fest in the computation. That is all we are required to do.
 Ut is possible that the unnamed Chi oago dealer quoted by Mir. Hinman may have been one of the merchants report ing to the department, and for all MT. Hinman knows to the contrary his prices may have been included in the data upon which our average of living costs was made.
 "A study of Mir. Hinman's figures will show that he attempts to prove too much and has defeated his own argument. He says that the department recorded a
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10

Il have some thing to tell you," said the Black Cat, "and 1t is something q ui | e funny"
 "T never knew ou hou g h { things were fun n.y." said the Gray Cat. 'I don't get easily amused my self. and I fancfed you W ere the same way. I don't laugh. Now. dogs often enjoy a good joke, and so do other an- finals.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10

They tease and laugh, but I don't think many Of us do. We tease but we don't laugh at them. only to enjoy them with a cOntented satisfaction.
 ITO be sure. little kittens play with their tails and with balls of twine and knitting wool but they don't real ly laugh, as. for example. the little prairie dogs do,
 "rve heard how the little prairie dogs laugh. But we don't At least, l should say I am quite sure I don't"
 Neither do l." said the Black Cat. Neither do I, meow, meow
 "But" the Black Cat continued, "1 do not mean that I have something to tell you which will make you laugh, hut I have some thing to tell you which will mildly amuse you and which you will think is a curious thing"
 '"Tell it to me- said the Gray Cat T have work to do in the cellar"
 Did you hear a mouse?" asked the Black Cat.
 That's not for me to tell" said the Gray Cat, pulling his whiskers.
 T know from the look in your eyes that not only is there one mouse there, but that there are several" said the Black Cat, "and the only reason you aren't there now is because you have mouse inside you at the present moment and aren't feeling hungry"
 "I'm not saying anything" said the Gray Cat.
 "You don't have to- said the Black Cat
 But I was going to tell you," the Black Cat continued. that cats real ly go to finishing schools"
 "What?" asked the Gray Cat "Me- ow. meow, meow. what is that you sayr'
 II said that cats really went to fin shing schools" said the Black Cat. 'I mean 1t. too
 "What in the world are finishing schools7' asked the Gray Cat. 'Td really like to know. I really do not understand you. you sec"
 Finishing schools" said the Black Cat, "are schools where people fin ish off their education. In other words they learn all the last and final touches. They learn to be very su- perior and to act very well and to sound very wise.
 "The Cats go to finishing schools, too"
 "Where?" asked the Gray Cat.
 "To the kitchens. principally"
 'What?' asked the Gray Cat, in a very surprised tone. Meow, meow, what is that you say?" "I say we do go to finishing schools, '' said the Black Cat ''and that is right. And we go principally to the kitch- ems. They are our schools. This is what I mean. We learn to be gentle and to purr and to treat peo- pie pleasantly and such things, in our finishing schools
 we are not really so different from our wild relations except we have
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
Found the Band.

Tenderfoot scout-Did anyone lose pocketbook with a rubber band around it?
 Half 9 dozen scouta-I did! I did Tenderfoot scout-I just found the rubber band.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-10
GIVING UP AFTER Is YEARS,
 INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCIALISTS
 ADMIT 'LABOR IS UNTOUCHED

The Story of
 Our States
 By JONATHAN BRACE
 XXXVU.-NEBRASKA
 ~ THE Indian NSZ@@Ds esssasStM the Platte NsEAsN river was Ne R2ze9ls sN braska, mean I1W ing shallow N S1g.ss~ water" and
 s from this came the name of the state. A nickname for the state is the Blackwater State.
 Of the early Spanish explora- tions little is known, except that Coronado probably reached the great plain of this region in 1541. More than one hundred and twenty-five years later Father Marquette noted the Platte river on his trip up the Missouri. In the beginning of the Nineteenth century the Lewis and Clark ex- petition skirted the boundaries of the present state and in 1905. Manuel Lisa established the first known settlement which was a fur trading post at Bellevue. This was just after the Louisiana Purchase had brought Nebraska into United States territory.
 Omaha was established as a post of the American Fur com pany in 1925 and Nebraska City the following year.
 With the California gold rush in 1849 many pioneers passed through Nebraska and some stopped and settled there al- though there was law forbid ding settlements among the h. dians. The real colonization boom, however, started with the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854, which arranged that these two sections should become free or slave states at the die tate of their inhabitants. The Nebraska territory was then or ganized and reached from the fortieth to the forty-ninth paral Tel. In 1861, the region north of 43 was made into Dakota territory. The Idaho territory was also created, which re- duced Nebraska to it's present size of 77,520 square miles, ex- cept for a slight addition in the Northwest which was made in 1882.
 In 1867 NeSraska was admit ted as the 37th state over the presidents veto. It has eight presidential electors.
 co by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
INDIAN SPRING
IS ALL READY
F0RPR0 STARS
Club Will Also Hold a Scotch
Foursome Tournament on
October 20 Over Course.

Preparations for Sundays big ex.
hibition foursome at the Indian
Spring Golf Club when, JOHNNY Far.
reli and Wilfred Reid take on Wal.
ter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, are
about complete.
Members Of the clubs are being
divided up into committees to be in
charge of the club house. parking,
gallery, information and a CUES: com
mittee. For such a young orga MIA.
ton the Indian Spring Club has
made remarkable strides and will
have all details we'll grooved for
Sundays performance.
The tournament committee has ar
ranged to stage a tournament for
members following the big match.
Scotch foursomes for women and
men will be played over 18 holes on
Sunday, October 90. During the
week beginning Monday, October 23,
members or applicants will turn in
qualification scores of their best
cards during the week, Saturday,
October 2S being the last qualifying
day.
Men scoring the lowest figures
will be paired with women whose
cards are the highest In order to
even up the competition.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
VIRGINIA ScRIMMAGES
TODAY FOR OLD RIVAL

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct.
1S.-Preparations for the Virginia
Military Institute contest Saturday
have not been heavy for the first
two days of this week but the Uni.
versity of Virginia's varsity saund
will probably have a long and stiff
scrimmage this afternoon. A much.
crippled squad reported to the
coaches Monday and In order to
give the boys a rest the opening
workout was limited to signal prac.
tice and drill in fundamentals. Yes.
terday's scrimmae was a bit hea vier.
II any Of the men regarded the
Richmond U. game as a practice
contest they changed their minds
after few minutes OF play. In
ea.ity Virginia has no practice
game during the remainder of the
season. The Cadets are followed
by the trip to Hopkins and Novem.
Der 4 the big game with Washing
ton and Lee will be played
Then come three State university
contests with Georia, West Virginia.
and North Carolina which will give
the Orange and Blue not a single
period Of rest.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
NEW MANAGER
HAS H0PEF0R
KID WILLIAMS
Phil Lewis Campaigns for Title
Match With Champion
Joe Lynch.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1S.-Kid Will.
Jams. former world champion, has
placed himself under the manage
ment OF Phil Lewis. OF New York.
who Is widely known in American
pugilistic circles. A campaign has
been started by Lewis for a match
for Williams with Joe Lynch for the
world bantamweight championship
title. Lewis announces that he II
willing to guarantee Lynch $4,000
TO box Williams in Madison Square
Garden. He discussed the PROPOSE
ton with Eddie Meade. manager Of
Lynch, Meade being in the city with
Andy Chaney. who boxed frankie
Rise at the Fourth Regiment
ArmOry. Mead also manages
CLANCY.
Meade told Lewis that he would en-
tertain the $4,000 offer II Williams
would agree TO make llS pounds at
O'Clock on the day OF the contest.
This weight is also required under
the rules of the New York boxing
commission.
Lewis assured Meade that Williams
would make these figures. so there
10 strong possibility of the en-
counter taking place before the win
ter is far advanced.
II Is Lewis plan to give Williams
three battles before the Kid meets
Lynch. A wise student of the
fighting game, Lewis believes VII
liams has great chance to re.
gain the title which he lost to Pete
Herman by a weird decision down
in New Orleans in 1917.
To back up his argument on this
point Lewis cited Williams vic.
tories over bantams who have
whipped Lynch tefore the New
Yorker beat Herman for the crown.
He named Terry Martin, Charles
Ledoux and Young Montreal as the
boys who won over Lynch and who
in turn were defeated by Williams
Lewis thinks Williams and Lynch
would draw capacity crowd at
Madison Square Garden and he has
high hopes of concentrating the
bout before many weeks have passed.
According to Lewis, Tex RiCkard
the Garden promoter, favors such
bout. Lewis has been associat ed
with the ring game for a period OF
tWentE-tWO years DuflnS tnal
time he has managed Matty Bald
win. of Boston, who for several
years held the New England light
weight title; Benny Yanger, the
Chicago star: Kid Julian, of Syra
cuse, Gene Moriarity. Ralph Brady
Gene belmont, Marty Collins, Bart
ley Madden and others of lesser
note.
No sooner than he had taken
Williams under his wing Lewis re
ceived an offer from frankie De
Rice, promoter of Portland
Maine, for the former champion
to meet Phil O"Dowd, Of Colum
bus, the first week in November
1t is not likely that Lewis will
accept the match. He prefers tc
let williams box O'Dowd here, and
will be ready at any time to talk
| business with local promoters.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
EXTERM|NAT0R
AND BUNTING
IN BIC STAKE
These Two Crack MarveIs A.
most Certain to Start in
Saturdays Feature.
By LEONARD w. COLLINS.

The Laurel, the second Of
Laurel's big $4,000 stake events.
IL down for decision next Saturday
afternoon. Judging from the inter
est being manifested in the con
test. at this early date. the event
gives every promise and indica'
ton of developing into one Of the
keenest competitive affairs to be
staged during the current meeting
The Laurel is the first really
big race of the MARYLAND season in
which thoroughbreds of all ages
are to be brought together. Two
years-olds are to be asked to meas
ure strides with their more ma.
ture competitors over a route of
one mile.
While the majority of owners
and trainers are Just little re-
ticent on committing themselves as
to which OF their charges they are
most likely to send to the post in
this feature. 1t is generally con-
ceded that Willis Sharpe kilmer's 8
great gelding, Exterminator. and
Harry Payne Whitney's Bunting.
will be certain starters.
1t will be remembered that Gene
Wayland. Exterminator's trainer,
heat last Saturday. II is hardly
believed that Wayland had any
intention or purpose in racing Ex.
terminator other than 10 give him
good prep for next Saturdays
attraction.
The ones most mentioned. at this
time. as potential starters include
Exterminator, Bunting. Oceanic,
RlinRa Ruck Dresden Ry JiminV
and Of the Juveniles. Wilderness,
Lilt. Little Hope, aNd one or two
others.
Just how many or what youngs-
tiers will be sent to the post is at
this time highly problematical. A
mile gallop for two-year -olds against
such acknowledged stars as FIX
terminator, Bunting. Bunga Buck
and other horses of a mature age,
Is. as Tom Lynch is wont to re-
mark, Something else again"
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
ALL TICKETS
FORHARvARD
CAME TAKEN
Fifty-one Thousand Expected
To See Centre Battle Grim
son Saturday.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 1S.-
For what will very probably he
the final appearance of the Centre
College eleven, from Danville, KY,
in the Harvard stadium opposing
the Crimson, every ticket has been
sold. Some $1,000 spectators will
wa ch the game.
Coach Fisher announces that for
the first time since the Holy Cross
game the regular Harvard eleven
will be In action Saturday. Buell.,
Coburn and Owen will he in the
backfield. Esky Clark. varsity cen.
ter, cannot play, being still on
crutches, but kernon has been
more than filling his place and
the line looks better right now
than at any time this year.
The return Of Gor'dy to the Cen
tire lineup means that Red Roberts,
instead Of playing end. will be seen
at guard. He is a veritable demon
on defense and Harvard Is making
special preparations TO take care
of him.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
BENTz IS HURT,
PENN STATERS
SHIFT LINEUP
Hamilton Goes to Center and
Flock to Left Guard With
Captain Out.

STATE COLLEGE. Pa. Oct. 49,
A necessary shift in the Penn
State lineup has been made in
practice because Of an injury TO
Capt. Newsh Bentz and Bill Ham.
ilton is now playing center, with
Flock at left guard. Bentz tore d
muscle in his shoulder in the Le-
banon Valley game on SATURDAY.
and he will be out for three or
four days. The coaches hope to
be able to use him in the Alumni.
Home Coming Day game with Mid
dlebury College on Saturday.
Bentz is one of the few veterans
on the Nittany eleven this fall and
his absence is distinct handicap
10 the progress Of the team In
Oreparation for the hard ~aro:s
that start this week. Following
Middlebury. Syracuse must be met
ti the New York Polo Grounds
and then comes the struggle with
Navy at Washington.
Hamilton was substitute center
last year and he can fill the bill
very nicely. but Flock is still in
experienced and does not fit in as
well as does Hamilton at guard.
The Washington times., 1922-10-18
Harry Frazee Has No
Regret, Detroit
SWAP Stands

Reports that Harry Frazee
was repenting at leisure and
was considering calling off the
deal whereby the Red Sox sent
Del Pratt and Rip Collins to
Detroit for Howard Ehmke and
Carl Holling, pitchers, and
Danny Clark, infelder, and
$4,000 in cash seem to be
erroneous.
From Boston sources II is
learned that Frank Navin's
check for the $4,000 is back
in Detroit with the banks can
collation. mark on it. II Frazee
has the money it looks as if
the swap will have to stand.
He also gets a choice of one
of Detroit's young players next
spring, or $1,000 if he wishes
to forego this selection.