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Evening star., 1923-09-12
WOn1en's
Silk Hose
s1.35 Pr.

In the new autumn shades,
to hafmenize with your new
footwear and apparel.
Full.fashioned Silk with
mercerized tops. Colors:
Shoe gray, beige, log cabin
brown, nude, fawn and me-
dunn gray; also black and
white. All sizes. At $1.35
pair.
PaIais ROyaI-NIain Floor.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
1924 Night Gowns

Women's Lingerie
and Crepe Gowns,
with shirring.- en- E
broidery and pip- OON
inEs of contrasting
colors. aAn sizes at zoe. Also
Girls Gowns and Pajamas,s
sizes A 10 s12Sy ears. at 59e. ~,
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Old English MAKERS,

Ul0 EHRilSn WdAeTS,
complete with l can of Old
English Wax and l pint can of
Old English Brightener. Ordi-
fiarily 1920. September Sale
price, S3.o5.
Preserving, Sets,
aluminium; 4 pieces, consisting
of l 12-quart Preserving Kettle,
Strainer,. l Jar Filler and
pint Dipper. Ordinarily $2.6o.
September Sale price, S1.95.
Jelly Glasses and Jelly,
Moulds, with ight-fi.ting COW
ers. Ordinarily 45c a dozen.
September Sale. price, BIC.
Custard Cups, brown
and white earthenware. Ordi-
narily S5c dozen. September
Sale price, 69c a dozen.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
1,21O Yards Muslin
3 Yards, soc

The best wearing un-
bleaehed muslin. Extra heavy
long lasting. Makes du-
rable sheets, pilloweases, etc.
3 yards, SOC.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
2,225 Yards
Outing Flannel
5 Yards, soc

Striped Flannel, in various
colorings. The heavy quail
ity for general home use.
Mill ends of e to yard
lengths-2.225 yards in all.
Many lengths match - so
that needed quantities will
be found. Any 5 yards for
soc.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Ribbed Union Suits at

W o m ems first zzR
quality sdits; ,spen' a.
and closed regu-
lar sizes; also out wv
sizes"-46 to SO, in
elusive. Very special at only
Evening star., 1923-09-12

Top. : icer Refrigerator,
built of ashwood, golden oak
finish, enarnel.lined provision
compartment; width, 27H
inches; depth, 10 in c h e s;
height, IS inches. $500.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
SOC Grade
Stockings, II price
2 Prs, SOC

1000 pairs, famous Drum
mer Boy" best wearing hose,
reinforced; first quality. At
half price, pairs for SOC.
Sizes 2 to o1z.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
FATAL ACCIDENTS BECOME ALARMING
 ON RAILROADS
Claims of Managers That They Are Back to Normal" Given Lie
 in I. C. C. Report.

For the first six months of this year the railroads of the country, as result of accidents, due to defective engines, killed Al employees and in- Jured 73I, according to a report just submitted to the President by the In terstate Commerce Commission.
 They also completely refute the claims of "hard-boiled" rail managers that the carriers are back to normalS
 The fact is that more employees were killed in the six months of this year than during the first six months of the shopmen's strike, when B fatal accidents were reported.
 Every one of these deaths and maimings resulted from the failure of some part of the locomotive or ten der
 Total casualties on all railroads have not been reported for May and June, but the record for the first four months is appalling.
 The number of killed reached the staggering total of 2,I88, compared With I,665 during the corresponding period last year The total number |of injured was 55,5I6, which com pares with 36,3o7 during the first four months of 1922.
 In April the total number killed was 544, contrasted with 428 in April a year ago, while 1887 were injured, compared with o,ooI in the cores bonding comparative month.
 Additional proof that the railroads are not getting adequate service from Incompetent strikebreakers is furnish ed by the report of the locomotive inspection bureau of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
 It shows that during the first half of the present year 6I.5 per cent of all engines inspected were defective and that 3,7o4 were ordered out of service as unfit for use. In the first half of 1922 but A per cent of engines inspected were defec- tive and but 1,5II were ordered out of service.
 It IS noteworthy that while the rail managers in their propaganda have been telling the public that 1ocomo- tives are in normal condition, larger number of engines are being dis qualified than during the first six months of the strike
 In spite of the fact that the last were on engines than the first half, federal inspectors ordered out, from ; July to December last, but 3,268 en- zines which is 4o6 less than were ordered out between January and June, inclusive, this year. | In December last 4o5 engines were found unfit for service, while in June last 5Io were found to be unfit
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
PRESS WIREMEN WIN WAGE INCREASE AS
 BREAK THREATENS
Employers Made Final Concession Before Federal Arbitrators
 Reached New York

Ten disputes between workers and employers were adjusted by the bu- reau ot equalization of the United States Department of Labor last | week. In all but one case the de- mands ot the men were wholly or partially granted Miners at Wilkes Barre, Pa, striking over yardage rates, have gone back to work pend ing further conferences.
 The most important dispute ad- Justed was that of the commercial telegraphers employed by the Asso- clated Press, United Press and the Hearst news agencies at New York.
 The number of men that would have been affected in the event of a strike was not large, not exceeding 500, but the issues at stake were considered very important by federal adjusters. The press associations baked at granting wage increaes and improved working conditions to their operators, and the situation at times during the negotiations was considered critical Only an arbitration clause in an ex- pIr1ng-- agreement, 1t Is said, averted an open clash.
 It was provided that in the event of inability to agree between the em- ployers and telegraphers the dispute should go to arbitration. It was stipulated that each side name a rep resentative In the event that the lat ter were unable to pick an impartial chairman within o6 hours, it was pro vided that the Secretary of Labor should make the appointment.
 This point hah been reached and government representative was on his | tn x1yIp c1 1f11a to Washington that a hurried agree ~ment had been signed. The telegraph CTS secure wage increase, reIa1n their yearly vacation with pay and several other concessions which the employers declared at the outset would not be granted.
 A thousand dredgemen at San Francisco went back to work with a wage increase and union agree ment Thirteen hundred employees of the Gillette Razor Company, at Bos- ton, are again working with their de mands for wage increases and inn proved working conditions granted.
 Cigar makers at Los Angeles, after brief tie-up of the industry there, were granted an increase of $2 per thousand cigars
 Motion picture employees of the Su- perba Company, at Los Angeles, re- turned to work after a partial re- adjustment of their grievances and a promise by employers that negotia- tions would be continued on disputed issues Steel workers at Toronto, Ohio, are again working with wage and working conditions adjusted. Lathers at Des Moines, Iowa, call ed off strike and are working at the old scale, but with better working conditions.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
LA TOILETTE TELLS WHY UTLITESCOS.
 ARE REGULATED
Public Have Some Rights That Cap ital Is Likely to
 Forget.

Madison, Wis, Aug. II.-In his magazine published in this city, Sen ator La Toilette gives this clear illus tration why a public utility Is regu- lated by the state:
 Investment by private parties for the purpose of building railroad or any other public utility is a very diff ferent thing from investment by private parties in private busi- ness enterprise, such as buying real estate,- building business block, a manufacturing plant or other private venture.
 "In tbe vase of investment in pri- vate enterprise the investor takes all the chances of loss. His right to speculative profits, however large, Is recognized and protected by law
 But in the case of the honest and prudent investor i'll a public enter prise, such as the building of rail road or other public utility, the in- vestor is accorded just and reason able protection by the courts against the loss of his principal or the loss of reasonable profits on his invest ment.
 "The courts will always sustain the railroad or other public utility ir charging the people rates sufficiently high to protect such an investment against loss and insure to>the investor a reasonable profit on his capital" Senator La Toilette insists that the interstate commerce commission com ply with the railroad valuation act which provides for ascertaining the original cost of each railroad. Or this information, rates can be based 1 The railroad owners insist that the value of their property should be fixed l by the commission at the estimated cost of reproducing such properties at war inflated prices.
 Original cost" says Senator Ls Toilette, will show the amount in vested by the railroad owners and lay the foundation for squeezing the water out of their false. and fraduu 1 lent capitalization"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11

the Soviet Government gives but very small allowances to the deportees, they are threatened with certain death from starvation and disease.
 Workers and employees engaged in the Soviet factories and the Soviet Governmental institutions who are suspected to be in sympathy with the Socialist parties are threatened with immediate discharge If they do not agree to denounce their Socialist convictions And this threat IS not to be considered as a slight one, because the army of unemployed IS increasing in Russia from month to month, and under present circum- stances when the State allowances to unemployed are insufficient, and, be- sides, are given only to certain cate gories of unemployed, IS bordering on starvation.
 At the same time the Bolsheviks are doing everything in order toN Nse- cure reconciliation with the capital ist and monarchist elements. Former factory-owners and inaHciers, like Putiloff, are being invited to come back to Russia They are promised not only complete forgiveness, but also the return of their properties. Most reactionary Tsarist generals, like Slastcheff, who was responsible for the 1nassacres> of Socialists and trade unionists in the Crimea in 1920, have been given important posts in the Red Army upon their return to Russia.
 Those are the facts. What con clusions are to be drawn from them! By the externffnation of Socialists and by the crushing of Socialist or ganidations the Bolshevist Govern ment is paving the way to the restora- ton of Monarchism in Russia. Bol- shevism, which failed to solve the economic problem, IS doomed. Soon CT or later 1t will fall to pieces as any other despotic regime in history. If the Bolsheviks succeed in destroying Russian Socialist and democratic ele- ments, who else except reactionaries, will become rulers of Russiar If that should happen Russia would be a con stant menace to the worlds peace and prosperity.
 Therefore, International Socialism is directly interested in putting stop to the prosecutions of Russian Social ists The time Is ripe for the moral intervention of Socialists into Russian domestic affairs on behalf of Social ism and Democracy"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
SOVIETS SET OUT TO CRUSH
 ALL SOCIALISTS IN RUSSIA
 SAYS WRITER IN JUSTICE
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service
 Washington, D. C., Aug. II.-Rus- sla's Soviet government, always bit ter foe of Socialists who believe in democracy, has now set out to exter- minate utterly all Russian Socialists.
 This IS the assertion of A. Baika- 1off, who gives facts in London Jus tice' on which he bases the belief that Russia's Socialists and Socialist or ganizations are doomed. unless the Socialists of the world intervene effectively to save their comrades in Soviet land
 By it's renewed attacks on the Soc 1alists, the Bolshevists are paving the way for the return of monarchism in Russia, Baikaloff warns He tells of the anti-Socialist campaign as fol- lows:
 Although the conference of the former members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which was staged by the Tche-Ka in March last, has failed to produce desirable eff feet on Russian as well as on Euro 'pean public opinion, the Bolsheviks have undertaken the staging of an other sham Socialist conference. Act ing on instructions of the Central Committee of the Russian Commun- ist Party the local Tche-Kas through out Russia are doing their best in order to recruit some renegades and weddings who will agree to act as the electors and delegates to the pro- posed 'All-Russian Conference of the Labor Party
 "The recruiting IS conducted in the usual Bolshevist style. All persons known to be members of the Social Democratic Party are being arrested and urged to sign a document con taining a statement that they de- nounce their Socialist convictions, quit the Social-Democratic Party, and declare the Communist Party to be the sole and true representatives of the interests of the proletariat.' If the arrested Socialists refuse to com ply with this demand, they are ex- fled to the remotest parts of Siberia and Northern Russia without any in vestigation or trial whatever, on the arbitrary resolution of the Central Tche-Ka.
 "It seems that the Bolsheviks have now set out in earnest, not only to discredit, but also to crush Socialist organizations in Russia completely, and to exterminate Russian Socialists physically Since March of this year I,86o Establishments, Socialist Revolutionists, and Populists Social iSts were sent to permanent exile tor a refusal to sign statement de- nouncing the parties they belonged to. As 1t is impossible to find any work in these places of exile, and as
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
Bankers Are
 Alarmed Over
 Union Agitation

New York, Aug. 1.-The recent wage revision for bank clerks, 1t is now discovered, was because employ CTS are worried over the trade union wave that is sweeping through the financial district The bankers do not conceal their interest in this matter, and certain newspapers are aiding the anti-union sentiment by picturing the easy life and promotions of the clerks.
 It is estimated that there are 10000 clerks and bank employees in this city. These workers are eligible to the Bookkeepers', Stenographers' and Ac- countants union,> which is chartered directly by the A. F. of L. To stop victimization of the bankers, the ut most secrecy is being used in the campaign and the executive board of the union, has empowered the presi- dent and secretary to carry on the work of organization. They are the only ones who know the names of the clerks who have joined the union or who have signifed their intention of joining as the movement becomes stronger.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11

place Whatever may have been the reason for calling in Barr and Edger- ton, the fact remains that they are now the leading spirits in the enter prise.
 Letters and folders recently sent to prospective investors, asking financial support of the American Motion Pic ture Corporation show the lines on which the corporation is proceeding. Copies of the letters and other liter ature have been obtained by the In ternational Labor News Service. In letter explaining what the cor poratiop plans to do, Herbert May nard, Jr., secretary, says:
 "No class of American citizenship understands as we'll as the manufac- turer that the time is here when real action, not mere resolution, must be taken to combat the radical and revo- lutionary forces that are invading our country, and which, if left unchal- lenged, will undermine our present system of industrial religious and social life.
 ITO meet this situation, William H. Barr, president of the National Founders Association, and John E. 1-dSSlloh, oI IiiN Association of Manufacturers, after much study and experimentation, have founded the American Motion Picture Corporation, realizing that the motion picture will do more TO educate the human race than all the other agencies combined, if used intel ligently in the practical and available way outlined in the enclosed letter and prospectus.
 Why Support Is Urged.
 "The established business qualifl- cations and prominence of the men identified with this corporation, who are leaders in industry, education and religion-coupled with the sound commercial and practical value of this project, demand your very seri- ous consideration. Americas great est problem at this time is the pres ervation of our American institutions, our industrial, social and religious life as contrasted with that of other coun- tries"
 The prospectus sent with the letter explains that the American Motion Picture Corporation has acquired the assets, contracts and good will of the Church Motion Picture Corporation and other film concerns and that 1t purposes "to consolidate and oper- ate a chain of church, school and
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11

Not that the American M Ot1On Pic ture Corporation, which was formerly the Church Motion Picture Corpora ton avows anti-union sentiments, ex- cept in yelled form. Far from it. The announced purpose of the cor poration is to combat destructive Red" propaganda by means of mo- tion pictures to be supplied to churches, schools, granges, civic bod ies and other organizations and insti- tutions.
 Evidence at hand, however, indi- cates strongly that the principal aim of the corporations executives IS to instill insidiously the idea in the pub lie mind that trade unionism threat ems American institutions and that 1t restricts freedom.
 Officers Foes of Labor
 Chief of the counts in the indict- ment against the American Motion Picture Corporation is the hostile la Dor. record of it's founders and most conspicuous packers, William H. Barr, president of the National Founders Association, and John E. Edgerton president of the National Association of Manufacturers. As every trade unionist knows, these two men, with the association of which they are the head, are the source of much of the anti-union, "open shop" propaganda in the country.
 Associated with Barr and Edgerton, who are, respectively, president and treasurer and chairman of the board of the corporation, are a number of lesser capitalists and employers anu a sprinkling of clergymen and edu- cators Presumably the other officers and the members of the board of di fectors are in sympathy with the la bor views of Barr and Edgerton, as 1t is hard to imagine these two foes of organized labor being in close busi- ness association with men friendly to trade unionism.
 The presence of clergymen in the list of officers and directors of the American Motion Picture Corporation gives the impression that the corpora ton has the backing of organized re- igion. Just how far this support goes is not disclosed but 1t is plainly the policy of the corporation to convey the idea that 1t has the blessing of the church in its proposed activities. s> -Unionists Called In.
 The clergymen named were asso- ciated in the founding of the Church Motion Pictures Corporation, whose announced aims were similar to those of the corporation which takes its
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
Anti -UniOnist Chiefs Back Company Ostensibly
 Formed to Eight Reds.
By International Labor News Service.

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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11

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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
MORE GRADE ACCIDENTS

Washington, Aug. II.-Railway grade crossing accidents included 5I7 persons killed and I,7Io injured in the centage of the casualties were occu- pants of motor cars in collision with railroad trains at grade crossings. Experts of the bureau declare the ac- cidents can be 1essened only by an underpass or overhead crossing.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
LABOR LAW IGNORED;
 GOVERNOR IS SILENT

Minneapolis, Aug. II-Governor Preus, recently defeated for the Unit ed States senate, is again bombarded by organized labor, who charges that his state industrial commission is ignoring the one day rest in seven law.
 The Milk Drivers union has made repeated attempts to have this law enforced, but the workers were told by member of the>commlsslon that the law would not be enforced.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11

THE OPEN SHOP and
 The Union Label are dis cussed every week in The Labor News. Subscribe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-06
Newly Occupied Terri
tory is Protested by
Citizens
s GBN0 RETURNS
French Fail in Threat TO
Gut off Berlin-Switzar-
land Communication 81
Ruhr Disturbed.

Naerstcr Feb. 4. Two c$it
mans were killed. BY French ttodps
IN thc newly occupied tomitory
today, according to freportk. frs@t
Wu@is5adcn. ssfh = ffs - !.
Outside Of these isolated in
taoces The Euhr and ths Rhine
land we're quiet, me French hay
ing failed 10 pat into eject their
threat % cut oil direct traffic
cn their Berlin.SWitzei land main
lines, north Of Baden.
Germany refused 70 enforce ra-
sumption Of the international
trade service OF the Paris-PragUc
sn4 Pa-:s-0ricnt lines, and France
had threatened to prevent rail
araHe to Switzerland. nut tnis
waz not done.
Tha Finance Minister Of Ger
many cane 10 the Ruhr today,
following the return to Berlin 2f
Ch9nccllor Ccno.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-06
THEY DON'T WANT
70 BUY AMERICAN
MADE rye
f orrer. Investigates
Claims Of American
DiStillerS
CRY United Press }

Washington, Feb. 6-Europe
does not crave American-madc
rye and bourbon whiskey, accord
ING to Col. 0. G. FOrrer, spo-
cial agent of the federal prohi-
bition bureau, who has returned
to Washington after a two month
investigation of the subject a.
broad.
Forrer looked into claims OF
certain American distillers that
they were swamped with orders
from European customers for
good American whisky. The dis
tillers claimed that if the pro-
hibition bureau would issue ex-
port permits to them they could
dispose of large amount Of their
stocks held over since rre-Vol-
stead days.
Ferrer found, that aside from
a few tourist centers where Am
erican sightseers congregated
hardly anybody knew what rye
whisky was.
Forrer spent two months IN
European capitols consulting with
European officials on the exist
ence of this alleged demand as
we'll as on certain phases of the
international narcotic trade, un-
der orders of Commissioner Roy
A. Haynes.
Last fall, Haynes, about the
time applications for export per-
mits for the liquor were filed,
began to receive reports that if
the liquor was ever freed from
bonded warehouses in this coun-
try where it is stored, it would
probably find its way back to
this country, as it is alleged liq-
uor exported to Canada returns to
the United States via the boot
leg route.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-06
WILL NOT CALL On
HUGHES To GIVE
TESTIMONY
Foreign Relations Com
mittee Lacks Power
to Summon Him
IBy United ?rcss.)

Washington, Fen. 6-Thc ser
ste foreign relations committee
was expected to decide today that
it had no power to SUMMON Sec
retary of State Hughes to testi.
fy before it on international mat
ters, if his tostifying would in
volve making public state secret.
1t makes little difference to
them, individual committee mem
bers said, whether Hughes test
fies or not. Senator Robinson,
Ark, asked that Hughes - Gale:
for examination concerning the
activities Of Roland W. BoyGcn.
American observer on the repara-
tions commission. Hughes, i was
understood, did not wish to sub
nit to such questioning.
If The committee decides to rc-
fuse Rohinscn's request, that ac-
ton will be the match touching
off another period Of partisan III
ternational debate IN the son
ate. Robinson, understanding that
the Republican leaders have de-
cided to do nothing with his bill
giving the U. S. Official member
ship on the reparations commits
sion, intends 70 make use Of the
Republican attitude in a speech TO
the senate.
Senator Borah, threatened with
grip, is withholding his efforts in
behalf of his resolution Tor a
world economic conference, until
he feels better. The Borah meas
ure probably viii not come direct
" before the senate until the debt
funding bill is being considered.