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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16

conscription bill.
 Representative Dyer's anti-1ynch- ing bill, extending federal juris- dict:on in criminal cases over States and counties.
 o-Representative Edmonds' bill for
 deportation of aliens who partici-
 pate in so-called riotous gather
 ings (such as strike meetings). 1o-Senator Poindexter's bill provid-
 ing for compulsory labor.
 Despite it's opposition few bills which the A. F. of L. did not approve were passed, such as the bill provid- ing for the appointment of "A addi- tional judges. These are the plu11s now being handed around to lame dncks and confirmed reactionaries It received support because enough patronage was distributed among the sure its passage It was on the order of the pork-barrel legislation put through regularly over the protest of the A. F. of L. and other groups which seek the best interests of the country as a whole instead of dis tributing graft to one section at the expense of others.
 Although I4,ooo public bills did not pass, Congress put through 500, and among these are some helpful to labor, although not necessarily in dorsed by the A. F. of L. Among those measures which the labor legis- lative committee worked for are: Establishment of the Coal Com
 mission, introduced by Represen-
 tative Winslow of Massachusetts. 2-Prohibition of prohteering in
 coal, introduced by Representa-
 tive Wins1ow. 3-Bonus of $40 for federal eni-
 ployes, introduced by Represen-
 tative Madden of Illinois.
 4-Retirement for government em-
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
MANY RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
 ATTACKED BY BIG INTERESTS
Eternal Vigilance Alone Protects the Interests of the Workers and Constant Activity is Neces- sary to Secure the Enactment of Meas
 ures for Their Protection and
 Advancement.
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service
 Washington, D. C., March I6- Congress has adjourned Its re- elected members have gone home to put their ears to the ground and find out what the people want. Lame ducks (not all of them, however, are looking for jobs. President Harding has taken Daugherty and his lame duck cronies with him to Florida to look for the Fountain of Youth. The country will now run itself for< a while.
 There will be no special session of Congress for long time if Harding can avoid it. He called Congress to- gether to pass the ship subsidy bill. "It shall not pass" cried a few who thought as the A. F. of L. did in the matter, and these Senators stuck to their guns until Lasker and Harding cried Enough"
 Ship subsidy was only one of a number of pernicious pieces of legis- lation defeated in the special session of Congress. Others which the A. F. to defeat were, in part, as follows: I-Senator Wards bill providing that
 the Interstate Commerce Commis-
 sion shall fix and regulate com
 pensation of all railroad employees. 2Senator Spencer's bill to estab- fish a federal court of conciia \ ton.
 3-Delegate Kalanianaole's (HawaiD
 bill providing for cooie labor in
 Hawaii.
 4-Senator Kings bill to establish a
 court to decide wages and work
 ing conditions of miners. 5-Representative Hoch's bill to es-
 tablish Railroad Adjustment
 Board and to repeal the labor
 clauses in the Esch-Cumn1ins Act. 6-Sales tax amendment to the sol
 diers' bonus bill.
 Representative Johnson's (S. D.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
Here Are Bad Measures Defeated
 And Good Measures That Succeeded
WAR-LAW VIOLATORS'
 FREEDOM IS URGED

New York, March I6,-Release of the prisoners convicted under the espionage act was urged by United States Senator Borah at mass meet ing in this city. The speaker said Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania in vestigated 28 of the 5 cases involv- ing men still in prison for their politi- cal views, and that Senator Pepper reported that in not one of the cases did the evidence justify a convic- tion,"
 Senator Borah said that the espion- age act was wiped off the statute books shortly after the armistice be- case 1t was considered opposed to the principles of free government.
 'Wh;le the law has been repealed the men who have been sentenced un- der that law are still in prison. Ger tainly the men ought to have been given their freedom at. least at the time that we repealed the law.
 'I am one of those who believe that when my country is at war that as a matter of policy we ought to sur render our individual views and get behind the government if we can," Senator Borah said He favored free speech, and cited the opposition of Abraham Lincoln to the Mexican war. The speaker declared that Lincoln would have been sent to prison in stead of the White House had the act enforced during the World War been in effect then.
 This case IS not a mere question Of the liberation of 5 men, he said. Ii involves the great underlying princi- pie of free government.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
TRADE UNIONS
 ARE UPHELD BY SENATOR COPELAND

Washington, March I6-In a speech before the Women's Trade
 Union League of this city, United
 States Senator Copeland of New York indicated that so-called senatorial courtesy" will not deter. him from plain speech in the senate.
 Tn his first speech in the nations capital the new lawmaker declared unqualifedly for trade unionism and said the lockout policy of railroads is responsible for the coal shortage.
 NThe former health commissioner of New York city spoke both as a med ical man and as a lawmaker. He said he favored trade unionism be- cause this method makes 1t possible for workers to improve their condi tions, thereby lessening disease.
 AS a senator," he said, "I am not interested in international banking. I am interested in human welfare"
 There were no ifs" or "buts" in Senator Copeland's stand on trade unionism He declared without re- serve that 1t was the workers only protection and that the workers never progressed until they awakened to the value of collective action.
 "If the railroads had reached~ an agreement with their employees, and thus ended their lockout, there would be no coal shortage this winter. am a friend of the railroads because they are necessary for the peoples welfare, but I am not the yes-yes kind of friend," said Senator Cope land.
 "I know they are responsible for the coal shortage, because as health commissioner 1 sent my most reliable assistants into the anthracite fields and they reported that thousands of cars, loaded with coal, could not be move because of the railroads defec- tive motive power.
 The speaker mentioned the Penn sylvania, Lehigh Valley, Delaware x Hudson and Central Railroad of New Jersey as few of the railroads re- sponsible for the coal shortage be- ,ause they locked out their shop em- oloyes.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16

Little Rock, and Portland, Me, per cent; Boston, Kansas City, and Provi- dence, 2 per cent; Baltimore, Butte, Dallas, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and St. Louis, I per cent; Philadelphia, less than one-half of I per cent.
 Eight cities showed decreases as follows: Omaha, Salt Lake City and Scranton, per cent; Memphis and Washington, D. C., per cent; Man chester, Norfolk, and San Francisco, less than one-half of I per cent
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
Food Increased In Year

Washington, March 6.-Food prices increased for the year period Febru- ary IS, 1922, to February IS, 1923, in 14 cities in a greater amount than the decreases reported in eight cities, ac- cording to the United States bureau of labor statistics.
 The cities that showed increases are: Pittsburgh, 4 per cent; Denver,
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
IRON HOLDERS STRIKE.

Wilmington, Del, March 16-Iron molders employed in several large plants in this city have been forced on strike because of autocratic empowers. In their desire to establish the anti-union shop, the employers refuse to meet the unions officials or deal with employees as union men.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
By International Labor News Service

By International Labor News Service. Washington, D. C., March I6.- What did President Harding mean when he wrote his recent letter to Stephen E. Connor, secretary of the Federated Shop Crafts of the Cen tral Railroad of New Jersey? What, for example, did he mean when he wrote in that letter the following sentence:
 '~I do not find myself able to dis cern any adequate question of prin- ciple which could justify a minority Of the interests involved in this dis settlements similar to those which have been made by the majority" Analysis of newspaper headlines used over the story of President Harding's letter reveals the fact that either the Presidents letter was vague and without definite meaning or that there was in at least some newspaper offices a well-defned pre- JudiCe one way or the other Here are some of the newspaper headings used over the story of Hard ing's letter about the shop crafts strike:
 From the New York World, which interprets the letter as a rebuke to the railroads:
 HARDING REBUKES ROADS THAT FAIL TO SETTLE STRIKE Stubborn Minority Is Declared Re sponsible For Coal Shortage and
 Freight Congestion" From the New York Tribune which interprets the letter as a criti- cism of the strikers:
 HARDING BLAMES RAIL
 STRIKERS FOR SUFFERING Writes Jersey Central Shop Leaders He Regrets Refusal of Minority of Men to Return to Their Jobs
 Fears Worse Conditions. "Criticizes Them for Holding Up Coal Deliveries and Demoralizing
 Industry"
 From the New York Herald, which seems to follow middle-of-the-road HI RDING DEMANDS
 END OF COAL STRIKE "His Letter on Shop Crafts Trouble
 Stirs New Jersey
 Central.
 He Helps Relief Fund Holds Minority of Interests Re sponsible for Failure to
 ~ Settle. Asserts Policy Has Been in Accord With Presidents Procla-
 nation" From the Buffalo Express, which | sees the letter as a rebuke to the ]  RAIL SHOPMEN ARE
 REBUKED BY PRESIDENT No Reason for Strike of Last Year to Drag Longer, MT. Harding
 Declares"
 From the Cincinnati Inquirer, meaning nothing at all: SHOP STRIKE UNJUSTIFIED Harding Says - Minority Blamed
 for Traffic Conditions From the Chicago Tribune, which tarts out finding no meaning and concludes by asking the men to go pack to work:
 EAGER
 FOR END OF R. R.
 SHOPMEN STRIKE Sees No Reason for Men Holding Name of road
 Central R. R. of New Jersey---- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western-J Lehigh Valley -------------y;
 II
 I New York, New Haven and Hartford-J
 J1 - ];
 J1
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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
IN HIS LETTER TO THE
 RAILROAD SHOPMEN Read the Headlines In the Daily Papers and See How Many Are Controlled By the Interests and Then Read the Records Made By the Roads Responsible for the Lockout.
RAILROAD SHOPMEN

From the New York Times, which clearly believes the railroads are ac- EARRING OF sHOPMEN SCORED BY HARDING President Blames Uncompromising Railroads in Part for Shortage
 "He Sees No Justification Leader He Says Minority Roads Should Follow Lead of Big Lines" From the Philadelphia Public Ledger, which interprets the letter as advice to the men to return to work: HARDING ADVISES
 SHOPMEN TO YIELD Sees No Reason for Further
 Delay in Reaching Full
 Settlement.
 Writes Union Official" From the Baltimore Sun, which is as meaningless as the Cincinnati In- quirer:
 HARDING ASSAILs t
 RAILROAD STRIKE President Sees No Reason for
 Failure of Minority to
 Effect Peace.
 Blamed for Congestion Interrupted Coal Deliveries, Too,
 Ascribed to Failure to End
 Wa1kout."
 From the Chicago Daily News, which sees in the letter scoIding for HARDING RAPs STRIKERS President Tells Rail Shopmen All
 Should Be Back at
 Work. "Blames Those Workers Out for
 Interruption of Coal
 Deliveries" From the Rochester Democrat Chronicle, which interprets the letter as a plea for return to work: HARDING ASKS
 ALL SHOPMEN
 TO END STRIKE "President Sees No Reason for
 Promulgating of Rail
 Union War;
 Thus the leading newspapers of the country various1y interpret the Presi- dents letter, most of them doubtless to satisfy their own views. The fair question IS: Was the President vague or were the news. papers prejudiced in favor of what evef happened to be their own par ticular interests or points of view? In connection with the Presidents letter it is interesting to note the present condition of railway equip ment on railroads which have locked out the union shop craft workers. A table presented in the Congressional Record for February 26, a period suf- 1ciently recent to represent approxi- nately the conditions at this moment, shows the percentage of defective engines prior to the strike; during he first five months of the strikek; md during the period from December [, 1922, to February 26, 1923, which means practically the last three months of the strike, or lockout as t has become. These figures are based on Interstate Commerce Com mission inspection reports covering ix eastern roads which have not ac- epted the Baltimore agreement. The following tabulation is drawn rom the figures presented in the Congressional Record:
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16
RIG BAKERY DIVIDENDS.

New York, March 16 The General Baking company announces a quarterly dividend of $1 a share on the common stock. Last December the company de- c1ared 200 per cent. stock dividend.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16

Per cent inspected
 Periods found defective January to June 30 26 July to November 30 Go December to February 26 70 January I to June 30 58 July I to November 30 72 December to February 26 SC January I to June 30 II July to November 30 66 December to February 26 70 January to June 30 Al July to November 30 72 December I to February 26 70 January to June 30 31 July to November 30 6o December I to February 26 7o January to June 30 56 July I to November 30 "A December to February 26 82
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-03-16

The facts thus produced from official inspection show clearly
  of men om
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
CHARGES
Of MISCONDUCT
AGAINST YOUNG
Sewer Superintendent Un-
der Rieden Says He
Is Innocent.
HEARING FOR FRIDAY
Also File Charges Against
Rieden But Withdraw
Them Later.
HEARING FOR FRIDAY

Charges Of official misconduct in
office and violation Of Section NJ of
the city charter were preferrei
against Frank l.. Young, superintend-
ent of sewer construction in the street
department, before the city commits
sion Monday afternoon. The charges,
which were filed with Assistant City
Clerk james Simpson and read TO
the commission by Mayor Black, were
signed by J. b. Banks, 1712 West
Commerce street, who is a timekeep-
er in the city engineers department.
Mr.. Banks, at the same time filed
written charges against Street Com
missioner William o. Rieden, but
these were withdrawn before the
council meeting convened. Seven
specifications were included in the
Rieden charges.
Following the reading of the charges
against Young. hearing was set foc
10 o'clock Friday morning.
Make Two Charges.
Specification i of the charges reads
Sin that Mr.. Frank d. Young, super
intendent of sewer construction in the
street department. did, between No
vember, 1922, and January. 1923,
without authority, transfer the serv-
ices of city employees, viz, Manuel
Silva, pipe layer, employed in the
sewer department at wage of SO per
day to c. a. Anderson. sewer con-
tractor, where said Manuel Silva laii
sewer pipe and received from said
Anderson 81 per day and said Frank
l.. Young cauced M"ruel silva 10
turn over to him from each 81 re-
ceived the sum of 80 cents, which he
| applied to his personal use"
Specification >, reads ''in that
Frank i. Young, superintendent al
sewer construction, did on OIL
about December II, 1922, enter into
contract with the Elder Construc.
ton Company whereby the said Elder
| Construction Company agreed to use
| certain manhole form on sewer con.
| struction work being done under con.
tract for the city of San Antonio anJ
| for which the said Frank l.. Young
/ did receive a payment of So on man
holes installed during the work done
| by said Elder Construction Company
said Elder Construction Company re
ceiving payment for said construction
from city funds"
Young Denies 1t.
| In statement before the council
Mr.. Young declared that he needed
no witnesses to prove his innocence
of the charges preferred.
II secured a patent on those man
holes in 1910" he said. "The Elder
Construction Company benefited BY
using the forms, and the city bene
| fitted by the cheapness of constru =,
ton. The patent tSlongs to my wife
and she has been paid the royalty
The city saved from SIS to $50 OF
each manhole.
"The other charge is a lie. I hav,
loaned out city men, as the city only
pays $3.50 a day and when contract
ors ask for pipe layer, loan a MAJ
SO that he can make more money
The men themselves keep every nicke
they are paid. / loaned Silva. H
was not on the city payroll at tn,
time and he kept all the money he re
ceived."
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
CAR OVERTURNS ON
SOUTH LOOP AND ONE
MAYBEFATALLYH HURT
Machine LOOPS the Loop
While Going at High
Speed.

A speeding automobile "loopcd the
loop" on the South Loop early Tues
day morning and as a result one man
may die and another has a broken
shoulder.
Geronomo Galindo, %. a musician,
and Leo Jaurene, %, Santa Rosa
avenue barber, were returning to San
Antonio after circling the loop. Di-
rectly in front of the entrance to old
Exposition Park, opposite the Hot
Wells, the car turned over, landed on
one side and slid off the road, down
an embankment and into drainage
canal that parallels the roadway.
Police say the car performed a
perfect "loop-the-loop" in the air, and
that it was going at a high rate of
speed.
The crash attracted a large crowd,
from drink stands and other nearby
places.
Both Galindo and Jaurene were
buried beneath the wreckage, and both
were unconscious. They were remoy-
ed TO the home of Jaurene, DDS
Cameron street. Here it was deter
mined that Galindo had a fracture
of the skull, and he was removed to
the Robert b. Green hospital. Jau-
rene's only injury seems to be q
broken shoulder blade.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
SPEAKS ON DEBT
Catholic Missionary Says 1t Is Wages
of Sin.

A capacity crowd gathered in the
st. Mary's Church Monday night to
hear the second lecture of the Jesuit
Fathers, Revs. John ID. Foulkes and
Thomas J. $. McGrath, entitled in
ternational Debt"
Father McGtlth's opening words
commanded the attention of the au.
dience when he said, Every one OF
you men here is in debt and it is a
debt that you personally will have TO
pay; debt that you and your fathers
have contracted. You may think that
all of your accounts are paid, but
they are rot. Every. one of YOU is in
debt"
He then went on to tell the au-
dience that it was a debt that thy
owed toward the brilding OF new
church. not poll taxes nor any other
such debt, but a debt of the wages
Of sin. death.
at is not my object" he continued,
"in placing this subject before you
tonight to brighten you with the fact
of this debt. but TO enable you TO
make the right kind of settlement
when the hour of reckoning arrives"
The speaker divided his discourse
into two parts, the certainty of death
and the uncertainty of the circum-
! stances, stating that it was not neces.
sary to bring forth passages from the
Scriptures to prove the certainty oil
the former.
Father McGrath defined death as
separation of soul and body?" stating
that man is a composite being. compos
ed of body and soul. He said that wher
the body is no longer a fit habitatior
for the soul, it returns to its Creator
Father FoullIes will deliver the ser
mon at tonicht's mission and will tax.
as his subject, "Christ's Last As.
sizes"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
ROMANCE In BUSINESS
Root Beer Official Says Enthusiasm
Is Highly Important.

The Importance of showing enthus-
iasm in ones business was emphasized
by w. Russell Green, advertising man.
ger and attorney for the Hires Root
Beer company of Philadelphia, in a
talk Monday before the Associated
Advertising Club at the Gunter.
The person who has found ehthu-
siasm in his work has found the key
to success" said Mr.. Green. "There
is romance in every mans job il
he will look for it."
Following Mr.. Green's talk a film
was shown depicting the methods by
which the ingredients used in Hires
root beer are obtained. The picture
was taken in South and Central Amer
lean countries by the company. to il.
lustrate the romance behind the prod.
net
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
ARMY SHOW SATURDAY
Relief Association Secures First Run
On "Omas, The Eentmaker."

For the first time in San Antonio,
Richard Walton Tully's famous
screen play, "Omar the Tentmaker, :"
will be shown at Fort Sam Houston
for the benefit of the Army Relief
Association. Matinee and night per-
formances will be givena Saturday,
March "a.
One of the interesting persons who
had a part in the filming of "Omar
The Tentmaker," was Francis Ma
cara Aga. He was born in France
and as a young boy was taken to
Persia by his father, a member of
the diplomatic corps. After study
ing at the SorbonLe in Paris, Aga
returned to Persia to pursue his
chosen profession of painting.
Aga was visiting in Hollywood just
before work was started on the film.
Mr.. Tully heard of him and secured
his services TO aid in creating the
correct historical setting for the pic
ture. Aga went back to Persia to
secure additional data before the film
was completed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
KING TUT PROGRAM
Lions Will See II They Are Reincar.
nation OF PharOah.

The reincarnation Of King Tutank-
hamen will be sought among members
of the Lions club at the regular lunch
con of the club at the Gunter hotel
Wednesday. Lord Lovus, portrayed by
Carl w. Johnson, who is said to have
unearthed the bones of the pharoah
will tell how he did it. Some doubt
as to whether he is true discoverer
will be brought out with the following
taking part in the cast: Tutankhamen,
Il. L. Ludolph; Imuh-Kid-Aar, Mar
shall Eskridge; Heeza-Fak-Arr, Mar
tin J. Arnold: We-Us-Stde, Joe
Walsh; Got-Ta-Bun. Henry 4. Guer-
IA; TIA Holes, ]. J. Albers; ANNA
Spuffer. Harry Martyr: Page. DR.. J.
III. Reagan. and Krishna and Tick-El-
To. mystery maids.
Lord Lows is comforting with Lion
Campbell relative to bat roosts in the
hope of crossing the Texas bird with
the Egyptian camel fly hoping to pro-
duce n bat without headache.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
Brooks Field as to equipment and

Brooks Field as to equipment and
personnel.
Although the exact length Of Gen
erat Patrick's visit was not indicated,
Colonel Howard has already started
making arrangements for his visit
here and has planned a schedule of
activities for that time.
A discounted review. in which the
personnel of the field will engage, will
be the first event at Kelly Field. Fol
lowing this will be an aerial review.
The Attack Group will also stage an
exhibition, using machine guns on
ground targets, Colonel Howard
stated.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
TOQUESTION TEACHERS
Negroes Summoned to Austin to Tes-
tify.

Austin, Tex, March Fluctuations
have been issued fer several negro
school teachers to appeal before the
state board Of education next Friday
in connection with operations of al.
legged trafficking in teachers examina.
ton questions, announced Prof. S. NJ
n. Mars, late Monday.
A negro was recently arrested in
Hardin county on charges of traffick.
ing in these questions. As the hear.
ing Friday It will be determined what
action will be taken in the cases and
whether certificates Of teachers in.
volved will be cancelled.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-20
AIR CHIEF COMING
Maj. Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick Will
Visit Kelly Field.

According to word received Monday
by Lieut.. Col. John III. Howard. COM
mander of Kelly Field, Maj. Mason
NJ. Patrick, chief of the Air Service of
the United States army, will arrive in
San Antonio March 20, to spend sew
eral days inspecting Kelly Field and