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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-09

When, year ago, the present admin istration discharged 28 Bureau of En- graving employees in Washington, most of them union members, James L. Will meth, director, was among those dis charged. No charges ever have been preferred against any of the 28. Will meth was succeeded as director by Louis D. Hill.
 Senator Caraway was telling about the outrage on the Senate floor Let fragments of his speech tell partly what was on his mind. Said the senator:
 Tn his (Wilmeth's) place was put a Mir Hill, man whose wife was then suing him for divorce. Among. all the other unmentionable charges against Mr. Hill which hay never been denied so far as I know and have subsequently, been sustained by proof. was that he has a daughter who is about grown, and he had the brutality to beat her in the face with his fist because she protested against the life he was living and the
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-09
OPPOSE WOMEN'S
 MINIMUM WAGE LAW

Washington, March 2.-Attorneys of several states having women minimum wage laws are aiding in the defense of the District of Columbia women mini mum wage law, now pending in the United States supreme court. The law has been set aside by District of CoIurn- bia courts.
 The questions involved are far-reach- ing and will effect this legislation every where. In the brief filed by opponents of tn law, its validity is attacked on the ground that if the principl is sustained the door will be opened to price-fxing by national and state legislatures.
 If congress can set wages of women, there is no reason why it can not fix commodity prices and services every where. say the opponents.
 The usual claim that this law is de- nial of the right of private contract claim always made by labor law op- ponents-is again made in this case.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-09

statutory provisions; attemps to dis tinguish between two cases where the facts present no distinction; the great volume of recorded decisions the ignorance of judges and lawyers and the number and nature of novel legal cases.
 In his address at the banquet follow ing the establishment of the American law institute, Chief Justice Taft of the Unitd States supreme court, ignored this scorching indictment of judges and lawyers and blamed legislatures for present conditions He said courts should have more power.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-09
MUFFINS

Two Pittsburgh morning newspa- pers, Dispatch and Leader, have been bought, amalgamated with other pub lications and suspended. | So the process of combination goes It is said that the five remaining Pittsburgh papers are practically un- der Mellon control-that is under con- | trol of interests dominated by Secre- ] tary of the Treasury Mellon. So it goes, in the newspaper field as elsewhere.
 One thing is safe to pin in your hats: The more newspapers come under control of powerful business and financial combines, the less chance Truth will have for an even break in print!
 Newspaper stande rdization also goes on apace. You can read the same thing in hundred newspapers Mutt and Jeff rampage al over the country. Special correspondents from all corners of the earth furnish material to dozens of papers each getting the same thing.
 Syndicates do for newspapers wiIa: fabrication does for ships For the
  press-and a press containing lot O. fabrications, also.
 There are six or eight great synd: cates, each serving hundred or more of newspapers. Thus each gets, a, little cost, what each alone could no, afford.
 This is good; and it is also bad. II stereotypes, and it smothers. The mind relieved from the necessity ot hunting for good material, for tho roots of big issues, forgets how.
 
 Press associations carry the same story everywhere There is the Asso- ciated Press, operating morning and evening wires. There are the Hearst services, International News, Univer sal Service and Cosmopolitan Service. These work by wire In addition Hearst has big mail feature serv- ice, out of which magazine sections, so-called women's pages and comic pages are made up. There is the United Press and its morning sister, the United News. In addition there are such combination mail and wire services as David Lawrence, Inc, and the Philadelphia Ledger service. Op erating by mail are such big syndi- CdteS as the newspaper EnIeIpTlSe Association, the Bell Syndicate, the Wheeler Syndicate and others. Stand ardization; fabrication.
 
 Then there are groups of newspa- pers under one ownership, and there are groups within groups. There Is the Hearst chain, spreading from coast to coast and getting larger; there is the great Scripps chain, op erating mostly in middle sized cities, strongest in the middle west and west, but breaking into the east in Wash ington and Baltimore; there are the Richard Lloyd Jones papers and the Munsey papers; and many groups containing two or three, such as the Pulitzer papers.
 The important point is that groups are becoming larger and the total number of papers smaller. Where there were I2I papers in the 20 largest cities in 1915 there are only Io6 to- day.
 More and more newspaper publish ing is big business. It isn't game for a man with nothing more than an inspiration. It requires-or seems to-big capital,2 big advertisers and banking confidence. Mayhap some thing new will spring up in the world of journalism that will shake the es- tablished order; and 1t and when that happens, good luck to 1t!
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-09
DEFEND COMPANY TOWNS.

Phoenix, Ariz., March o-Copper barons in this state are opposing a bill that would permit inhabitants of houses built on leased land to have the right of free passage to and from their homes. Withholding of this guarantee by the copper companies gives them a strong weapon in case of strike, when they can force em- ployes to leave their homes by deny ing them the right to walk across and leased by them.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

street cars and on the street. My
parents did not like that. They put
even high collars up to my chin and
dress me verai simple, but people look
JUS the same, j vas punish for two
days because I would not wear blue.
knew then blue was not a color for
me.
"Thats way things were. When
I grew up / went on the stage even
though my parents didn't want me
to. / shall not tell you all after that.
Those were the things j wanted to
forget when l came TO America five
years ago.
"But | couldn't lose myself even
here. People were always asking who
] was. / met Sidney Olcott, the direc-
tor. when | first come and he told loo
| should he an actress. j didn't tell
him anything then. j did not sec him
| for four years. Then a friend casual
lly say / am an actress and Mr.. Oh
colt beg me to DO one little bit in 4
| film.
"Evraibody laugh at me because
act so hard before the camera. They
thought me funny because | was Sc
rious.
II play Pillar in The Bright Shawl
and my friend. Dorothy Gish, tells nc
| am YER good in it and that as n mo-
ton picture actress shall he great
success. l DO not know. That's oil
to tel about me.
There's more than that, Madame Go
dal. You are the most exotic person
/ have met among the movie people,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Romance in Hobo Life.

Robert Bruce, in while the Pot
Boils" reverses the traditional film
treatment of the hobo. Chaplin and
other comics have employed the hobo
figure as an object Of slapstick and
buffoonery to gain a humorous reac-
ton in the spectator.
Bruce deals seriously with tramps.
He gathers them about a boiling pot
of mulligan stew and then has several
of them tell their stories. In each in
stance the man has been sent upon his
aimless wanderings through disap-
pOintment. Bruce shows deep pene-
tration and reveals it through slight
gestures.
One hobo was once station agent at
desolate prairie stop. The loneliness
was maddening to his wife. The
grinding of wheels. the blowing OF
whistles served only to emphasize the
utter desolation of desert night and
days. She ran away, after stealing
gold left in her husbands keeping. He
went to Jail. Then he became a tramp.
Another hobo had been made a wan.
derer through similar circumstances
He had been superintendent of a state
! fishery. Given a rowing commission
his wife could not stand the loneliness
of an Oregon wilderness and went
back to the city, He took to the road
One bearded patriarch had hit the
ties to find his son, who had disap
peared after quarrel with his sweet.
heart. Another had killed a man who
had killed his dog and fled with the
always fear that the law would
overtake him.
Bruce backgrounds each mans story
with his usual beauty of natural seen
cry. Each of the stories is effectively
told. However. they lose force through
the directors attempt at dramatic con
tinuity. The long arm of coincidenc
is overworked.
Thus tho two tramps who were de
serted by their wives learn that eac
had married the same woman. 1t i
hardly probable that woman VIII
fled one man because o. the desolat
surroundings of their homes woul
take IN With another man who woul
give her Il home enuGlly as desolatc.
Then, too, the old man finds his so
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

San BenitO, Tex, March 3f.-Tlie
drainage for valley lands has long
been in the minds OF the most pro-
gressive farmers, while others have
looked rather lightly upon the bene-
fits to be gained by burying tile in
the already high-priced land. But
recent measurements madeSby O. A.
Faris. working with the State Board
of Water Engineers. under the direc-
ton of X. G.. Hemphill. irrigation en-
gineer. United States Department of
Agriculture, indicate that properly de-
signed and constructed tile drainage
systems are. effective. A system de-
signed and constructed under the SUI
peryision Of Ralph T. Agar on the
Thompson place, is discharging 10.3
gallons per minute. THIS is equivalent
10 a depth of 1852 on one acre Tor
80 days or 1876 inches on the twelve
acre tract covered by the system. In
few years time practically all the
best lands of the valley will be tile
drained when the maximum yields
may be expected from the land in
return for the outlay Of money neces-
sary to nut in the tile.
->o<
EVERLASTING FLOOR PAINT
will stand more hard usage than kind
you used before. LURE (: HOLL-
MAN co. 210 Ave. C.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

His job isn't much. but like all love-
lorn youths he tries to make his sweet
heart believe that he is very important.
He spends all his money on presents
TO send back to her. She comes to see
him at the store.
He must make good his bluff. He
poses as manager of the store. He
works his superiOrs to his Oyn ends,
making it appear to his girl that he
dictates to them. 1t is in these cpl
sOdes that LlC.-d does the best acting
he has yet shown on the screen.
Thrill movies generally are OF more
interest to men than to women. They
present physical courage that all men
think they have. but haven't. Every
man has his irrational moments when
be believes he would like to risk his
neck at some foolhardy experiment just
to call attention to his physical cour-
age. Lloyd has balanced this mascu-
line appeal with a very def satire OF
women in Safety Last He shows
them in n bargain-counter rush, in
which ladies forget they are ladies. ~
has succeeded in accomplishing that
rare situation in which women laugh
at women. In no other comedy that
comes to mind at the moment has sa'
tire been So sharply drawn.
The reason for Lloyd's widespread
popularity lies in something beyond
his personality and his acting ability
He,is a master of his craft. He is one
of the few men engaged in making pie
lures who have n full grasp of the po-
tentialities of the moving silhouette as
medium of expression. The stories
Of his films are unlike any stories that
have ever been written. The actor
OF his pictures is unlike the action Of
anything ever done outside the medium
Of the screen.
The future of the screen depends OF
such men as Lloyd. Picture producer:
must come to definite understanding
of the instruments with which they are
working if the art of the cinema is tC
advance. Chaplin, Lloyd and only .
very few others have that understand
ing at this time.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Tea With Vamp, and All But Vamped toaT'
By JAMES W. DEAN.

New York, March S1.-Would
have tea with Madame Somebodyor-
other?
"Spell it, I plead over the phone.
l"Madame who? 49, Played the vamp
| in The Bright Shawl? The Martha
Washington at four-thirty suits me-"
The Martha Washington Hotel, for
women only. Little beshawled ladies.
Grand danes. Business women, sc.
verely tailored. Grandmothers and old
maids. Canoes and daguerreotypes.
Not an ash-tray or cuspidor in the
lobby. Not a whiff Of smoke. Ny
collar feels tight. For once I am
the cynosure of all eyes. They're all
feminine eyes.
The mutual friend of madame and
myself arrives. straighten out the
name.
Madame Jetta Godal.
Up in the lift. The colored ele-
vator man, the only masculine
touch TO the establishment, asks Inc
il / have permission. l have more
than permission. have an appoint
ment. An old lady looks over her
specs at me.
meet Madame Godal. am struck
pink.
She is saying something TO me,
hut I hardly hear it. i am stopping
and looking. ] can hardly listen, too.
"You are the first, the YER first
man evair TO visit a guest OF this
hotel" size is saying. 81 told the
managair you are coming. j did not
ask. / nevair ask. / say j will do
and no one will say NO / tell him
there is no atmosphere for tea in the
dining room. Tea without atmosphere
/ would not have"
Atmosphere A 10-inch dagger on
the table. I'll write a story about
The vamp and The Dagger. Hot
stuff,
The vamp pours tea. We talk
lot of piffle. | don't remember what
it was all about. i was looking.
Madame Godal wrapped in pink.
Heavy 1ur AROUND ner heck ana WriStss.
She is we'll concealed, but have
a notion her shoulder blades are sharp.
] have many peculiar impressions like
that. rapid-running and doubtful. She
is probably half Chinese. No. half
Japanese. Certainly she is oriental.
No. maybe Russian.
/ Curiosity killed cat. but il can't
feaze me. "Tell me, please, madame.
who you are, where you come from.
You want to print that. Nevair
When | came TO America five years
ago it was to cut off my past. to
forget eyraithing that had gone be-
fore and now evrabody wants to know
about my past"
Woman of Mystery. Good head
line for my story, but persist. Poo
pie will make un stories about hnr
that aren't so. tell her. That would
be simply awful.
"Well. YOU must know. was
born in Versailles. Nv mother wac
French. my afther was Dutch. / was
yerai unhappy as child. Ny par
ents were verai STRIFE Even when 7
was little evraionc look ut me and I
was conscious OF it. Even in the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Gossip of the New Pictures
THE Covered Wagon" Is a Real Film Classic
Harold Lloyd Gives Plenty of Thrills ..
In His Latest Picture. i

excitement is almost more than one
can bear. even one who knows the re-
sources OF film illusion.
/ do not profess TO know just how
Lloyd accomplished all that was ap-
narently done. l am sure all who see
the film will believe that Lloyd actu-
ally did everything be appears to have
done.
safety Last" is much more than a
mere thrill picture. In the episodes
in which Lloyd appears as a store
clerk trying to make good for his
sweetheart he shows deep penetration
into human psychology.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
By JAMES w. DEAN.

New York, March 31.-"The Gov
cred Wagon" is one of the most no.
table accomplishments of the Ameri-
can film. 1t is something more than
silhouettes in motion. 1t is some
thing more than casual drama, some
thing more than mere entertainment.
THE Covered Wagon" is an elo-
quent document on Americanization.
The eloQuence of the film lies not
so much in the great sweep of its &C
ton as in the simplicity of its casual
incidents.
This film tells the story Of those
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Circus Has Hard Luck.

Circus which came to Rockdale and I'M
loaded. then reloaded and moved south.
was one show that left more money
in town than they took away. Due to
the fact that the circus stock OF gro.
.ceries and supplies had been allowed
70 run low. every retail store in town
did n rushing hnsiness with the circus
buying aren't, Procticall+ every rubber
coat. slicker. rubber bcot and over.
shoe. IVES topght up and new stocks
had to be ordered. 81
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Harold LLOYD Gives Thrills.

Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last" is a
complete exposition Of the powers Of
the motion picture. No other medium
Gould possibly work such direct effect
ppon the spectator.
Apparently Lloyd scales at 12-story
building. surmounting obstacles that a
human could hardly overcome.
Clutehing at crevices in the wall be
Is beset by several pigeons intent upon
eating popcorn that has fallen upon
bis hat and shoulders. He cling:
there, high above the ground, with one
hand. while be wards off the attacks o.
the birds.
Up he climbs, meeting new hazard a
each floor. He clutches at the hand
ef clock. The face of the cleo! slip
from its fastenings.
: He is lassoed by one foot with
fope from flagDole and swung like 4,
pendulum at dizzy height.
These and many other episodes fur
nish a swift succession OF thrills whicl
last for more than three reels. TIL
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

hardy souls who set out in wagons
from Westport Landing in 1913, brav-
ing hardsbips of the elements and
unfriendly Indians TO conquer wild
erness and fling the white mans civil
zatioa across the continent.
Here were the people who blazed the
trail which led to the establishment of
the United States as world power.
All of the noble and ignoble traits OF
mankind were carried along in those
wagons-love, Jealousy, treachery, sac
rifice.
4 mother dies. The train halts for
the burial. Ashes are sprinkled over
her unmarked grave and the wagons
rumble over it to obliterate all trace OF
Il from the savages. Death was taken
as a simple, casual event. but that
woman's son went forth with the wa
gon train to do his work in the world.
Before the wagons go on another
child is born. The race persists.
. Two men love the same girl. One
is noble. the other ignoble. Their ro-
nance is only one thread drawn
through the background of the pic
ture.
Before the end is reached the wagon
train divides, one group going to Cali
fornia for gold. the other continuing
the original resolve to set up homes in
the free lands of Oregon.
And in the end the hOmeseekers
find waste Of snowland, but are so
everjoyed at having accomplished their
mission they cry and pray.
The greedy ones continue the strife
between men in the California gold
fields.
This is all set down so eloquently
that anyone with one drop Of Ameri-
can blood in his veins cannot but help
take pride in the American tradition
OF bravery and hardness, the tradition
exemplified in the life of him to whom
the film is dedicated, Theodore Roose-
welt.
Probably no picture ever screened
contained the depth of action of ''The
Covered Wagon" James Cruze. the
director. sent a two-mile wagon train
across great reaches of prairie, across
wide river and through and over
mountain ranges. The spectator actu-
ally sees action extending two miles
or more in front of him. What a
puny thing the screen makes of the
stage in this instance,
There is not one member Of the cast
of THE Covered Wagon" who is not
completely in character at all times
The outstanding performances are
those of Ernest, Terrence and FULLY
Marshall. l have seen Tully Marshall
in probably fifty pictures, but so eff
fective was his makeup and characteri-
cation that / didn't identify him until
after / had looked at the program dur
ing intermission.
The romance is supplied by j. War
rem Kerrigan and Lois Wilson, both
of whom give sterling performances
Charles Ogle, Alan Hale, Ethel Wales,
Johnnie Fox and Guy Oliver should
also receive some need of praise for
their work.
But here's hat in the air and two
wild whoops, one for James Cruze for
his mastery treatment of the theme
and one for Jesse Lasky, who first
conceived the greatness OF the theme,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

in the group around the boiling pot
One chance meeting of two persons
with a common secret or sorrow would
have been enough for on mulligan
stew.
Considering that Bruce had gone far
ahead to gain virgin material for a
photoplay. lack of logic in the develop
ment of his drama may be overlooked.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

Lillian Lawrence plays with Buster
Keaton in The Three Ages"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

Robert Ellis is art director for Gap
tain Applejack," being filmed BY Fred
Niblo.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

Arthur Edwin Carew viii play
Svengali in the film version OF "Tril-
BY" starring Andree Lafayette.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

WaIdemar Young Is adapting
"Salomy Jane" for the screen. George
Melford will direct
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

The Lasky reading department at
HOLLYWOOD has been abolished and
that office will buy no more unsolici-
ted manuscripts.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

Marshall Neilan has taken the cast
of THE Eternal Three 10 Chapulte-
pee. Mex, to film scenes. President
Obregon's castle will be filmed and he
may appear in several scenes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Tile Drainage an Advantage.

Negri. Bara. Nadi-none Of them il
more magnetic than you.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

Milton Sills will be leading man in
Priscilla Deans next.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

Carmel Myers is in the cast OF
King Tut"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

or 1341 pictures imported by Bra.
I'll in the past year 1858 were from the
United States and the remaining 2Si
were divided among twelve countries.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

"Well. You must know. I was
born in Versailles. Nv mother was
French. my afther was Dutch. / was
verai unhappy as child. My par
ents were verai STRIFE Even when '
was little evraionc look ut me and
was conscious OF it. Even in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-20
CHRISTMAS PARDONS FOR
11o ASKED BY |. w. w.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-Appeal for
the release of 119 prisoners serving
terms in California, Washington,
Idaho and Oklahoma penitentiaries
after conviction under anti-syndical.
ism laws was made to governors OF
those States by the Industrial Work
ers Of the World, Harry Feinberg,
secretary Of the general defense
committee of that organization; an.
nOunced. - k........ 4.
g Tslegrauasssee ,tU the. Statt chief
executives pointed to President Cool
idEs,s~ release OF Fedsha1 prisoners
and urged Christmas epardons for
men HI State prisons. =
California has 101 prisoners, release
of whom, is asked by the I. w. W.;
Washington has thirteen .fltcluding
eight serving terms for second degree
murder, growing out of the Centralia
disturbance; Idaho has three and
Oklahoma. two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-20
Had SIS; Leaves $4,000, 900.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Robert S.
Smith, a merchant, who came to
this country thirty years ago with
SIS, died leaving an estate estimated
at $3,000,O00. In 1921 he was re-
ported to have purchased at
$4,000 loss property on which the
man who had bought it from him
had increased rents.