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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
OYSTER SEES SHORT
SKIRT TRAFFIC CURE
Board Of Trade Hears Spirited
Debate on Tabloid Dress to
Prevent Accidents.
WOULD BE GREAT LAW
Commissioner lntimates Idea
Might Possibly Be Made Part
of Traffic Code.
WOULD BE GREAT LAW

Short skirts, recommended as a
panacea Tor Washington's traffic
Ills by d. s. Commissioners George
Macdonald before members Of the
membership committee Of the
Board of Trade at a dinner last
night at the Hotel Continental, are
also favored for that purpose by
Commissioner James F. Oyster.
In q spirited debate on the resrec-
tive merits Of short and long dresses
between Macdonald and William
Clabaugh, the former said. Short
skirts viii effectively take care of
arr traffic troubles. What motorist
will then pass street car when he
has q chance to view q bevy Of
beauties climbing aboard? I en-
strongly in favor OF them for that
unitarian reason, besides being in
favor of them for more artistic
reasons"
VIEWS DISAPPOINT.
william Clabaugh, speaking for
the longs" said: Man should be
in such an advanced stage OF civil
cation as to be able to exercise
other senses than that Of sight. Il
IT not better to have expectations
Of things unseen than go along
as we have been, having our ideals
rudely shattered when walking F
street to see the inultitudes Of
knock-kneed, bowlegged and piano.
legged women. It's shameful"
Commissioner Oyster, in q brief
address after the debate, taking
neither side very strongly, was
rather inclined to the short skirt,
and intinated that action looking
toward its use in solving traffic
problems might be taken. Com
missioner Macdonald, in honor Of
his brilliant defense Of the shorts"
was presented with a doll, clad in
an abbreviated dress, while Cla-
baugh was given one with a trail.
ing dress. The audience was divid-
ed in it's opinion Of the respective
merits OF short and long apparel.
OYSTER GETS MODEL CAR.
Commissioner oyster was given
a model of q street car soon to be
"Capital Trackless Traction Com
pany," a concern headed by e. j.
Murphy and a notable cast of
directors. The specimen carrier
was q model Of the famous Tooner.
Vile trolley. This traction COM
pany, Mr.. Murphy pointed out, will
run its lines into any section Of
the city demanded of 1t by the
citizens association Of that particu-
lar district. He said that such &C.
ton will make the line Immediately
popular.
Commissioners Rudolph made a
short address, as did e. r. Cola.
day, president Of the Board of
Trade. Mrs. Ruby Potter, &C.
companied by her husband, Louis
A. Potter, sang several songs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
Three Henry T. Aliens
Return From Rhine

NEW YORK, March 3.-Three
generations of Aliens returned to.
day from the Rhine. They were
among the last Of the American
troops to leave the occupied area
in Germany.
The three Aliens are Mai. Gen.
Henry T. Allen, who commanded
the American troops in Germany
his son, Capt. Henry, T. Allen, and
the latter's seventeen-month-o old
baby, also named Henry T.
81 am bringing some valuable
things back" said the major gen.
eral, "but nothing so valuable as
these" and he pointed to the two
who bear his name.
The youngest, General Allen said,
speaks English. French and Ger.
man Unfortunately, and it is a
task to keep up sustained CONVEX.
sation with him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
FOOTWEAR LMERIGl|
GAN WIN $3.50 PRlI
BerberiCll Shos Stores 0psn
Contest % Theme suugss
ed BY Adams Rib.

Hese's ! chance to earn $3.50!
Reellzing how Adams Isib.h !
motion picture show to be presented
lit the Columbia next week, cleye
" points out that since prifnesat
days men ana women have adoFlel
their feet with i covering thar
been beautiful a. well ~
tive. Befberich Shoe stores
decided 10 hold ka6O Prize conf
Tor the best limerick On that subj
ject sNorz
pcrtraying. Is It does, the trosiv
bles that the feminine - ns
caused down the.aees the play ees
trasts through cavs.tnan
the differsncs a1twssn the, Il 1T
the aborieines anld that Of the pies
ant. 3ss.s sess
Wound around the adonaeAsicl
trials ana tribulations Of Misssae
Ramsey. q wealthy Chicago hk08 er,s
his wife, Matililda Ramsay I'll made
10 atone for al the mistakes cf
interviewer IN the plot Is the 1Lln9O
Of Morania, small European STATE
who plays the part Of the sVilleafLl
with designs for the hand or M.
He Is delightfully."- disposed Of ~
heing recalled to his throne through
the action Of the banker. g ~ Il,
Cecile De Mile IL the producef
Appearing In the cast are: MiIt0nl
sills, Elliot Dexter. Theodore Kosal
loff. Anna @. Niilson, Faulihe
Garon and Julia Faye. es.. i
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
MOTHER AND AUNT
SMASH LOVE HOPE
Scion of First Family" and
Factory Clerk Had Furni-
ture and License.
NOW AFFAIR IS "ALL OFF,
Little Jane Is Back at Work,
But York AverilI "WiII Win
Her Yet"
NOW AFFAIR IS "ALL OFF,
BY CORINNE RICH.
Universal Service.

NEW YORK, March s.--He went
to Toledo. He. saw pretty Jane
Senigan, clerk in an automobile fac.
tory. He conquered her heart. All
in the space of twenty-four hours.
Then young York Averill, scion
Of q first family of New York's
FiftA avenue, rented an apartment,
pain S6 down on new furniture. and
bought the marriage license.
This was to have been orange
blossom day.
RICH AUNTIE OBJECTS.
Instead, Jane is in tears, York IL
back home. and the wedding is in.
definitely postponed, II not broken
off altogether.
And all because Of FORKS mother
and his aunt. Auntie said some
young men have no more business
getting married than the man In
the moon.''
And mother took q train for
Toledo and pounced down on the
pair just as everything had been
settled.
She was resourceful, mother was.
Dining with the boy and his fiancee
and his pal. Jack Wendell, she APP
peared sweet and contented.
The next morning she declared
her jewels had been stolen, and
had York arrested for the theft.
Later, when the diamonds were
found in her bag, she admitted the
ruse.
It worked.
II don't want the boy to marry
just yet" she told authorities. HE
IL 50 young, just twenty-four. His
aunt is dying and will leave hin,
a large amount Of property"
So York was persuaded to come
on to New York with his mother.
RAPID.FTRE COURTSHIP.
Now little Jane is having her
cry out before going back to work
in the automobile factory. The In
staliment man has carried off the
new floor lamp and writing desk,
along with other articles, bridal
gifts from the groom.
York won HIS sweetheart after a
courtship that smacked of a ninety
mile gale. He went to Toledo not
many days ago with his friend Wen
dell on a business enterprise. Wen
dell introduced him to Jane.
Two days later they were engaged.
A week later they were ready for the
parson.
"She Is the only girl ever loved
and I'm going to marry her regard.
less of everything" York Is reported
as having said when he arrived here.
"Of course, dear, you are, IL you
want to-" said Mrs. Averill, who
maintained there really were no
parental objections.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
Higher-Up B0otleggers
Forced Out. Saws HAYNES

Big fellows in the illicit liquor
game are fast being put out of bust.
ness through convictions for con-
spiracy to violate the prohibition
law, Prohibition Commissioners
Haynes declared yesterday.
1.-The paddock weapon has closed
hundreds of places and awakened
property owners to realization of
their liability" Haynes said. but
even more effective is the con.
spiracy charge.
prohibition officials, by cam.
paigns against violators. have SET
the pace recently in Ohio and In
diana. Scores Of higher.ups In
those States have been convicted
and their convictions has cut of
vast sources Of supply"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
Alleged Dope PeddIers
Arrested in Southwest

Four negroes. alleged professional
dope peddlers, were rounded up early
yesterday in southwest Washington.
They gave their names as Charles
Mudd, twenty-five years old, 221 G.
street southwest; Benjamin Mathews,
twenty-five years old, 716h Fays
court southwest, and Edward Rich.
ardson. twenty-one years old, 1914
Union street southwest
All pleaded not guilty before Com.
missioner George H. Macdonald.
They were charged with violating
the Harrison narcotic act and held
at the Fourth precinct station in de.
fault of 81, 900 bond each.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
TURKEYS DYING.

HARRISBURG, w. Va, March
3.-"Blackhead" a disease of tur.
keyss. Is making deep inroads into
the breeding stock Of turkeys Of
Harrison county, and particularly
of the Brushy Fork district, where
more than half OF the turkeys Of
the county are raised.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
France Amazed
At Small Price
Paid by Oil King
by Universal Service.
Special Wireless Dispatch.
PARIS, March 8.

ENRANCE is buzzing with the
Il discussion Of the sale Of
the famous La RochefOucauId
tapestries, 'The Hunt of the
Unicorn" to John d. RockefeI-
Ter, jr., of New York.
The greatest amazement Of
all Is expressed over the eek
tremely low price" paid for the
tapestries.
The "Unlcorn'' tapestries
have been looked upon for
years as the finest example of
early French art Of that kind
extant. They had been looked
upon sentimentalIy more az
the property Of the country
than as that Of Count Gabriel
in whose ancestral halls at
Verteuil they had hung for
nearly 500 years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
GREETING DELAYED.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 3.--A
birthday postcard greeting post
marked In the local office March
10. 1915, was recently received In
Reynolds, Ind, twenty-five miles
north Of here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
WOMAN LEFT $4,000.

Mrs. Abigail A. McAllister, who
died January 8, left an estate
valued at in excess of $4,000, ac-
cording to the petition for letters
bate Court by her son, Charles
- McAllister. of New York city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04

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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15
BUTCHERS RAISE WAGES.

Peoria, H., June 15.-Butcher work men employed by the E. Gode1 & Son Packing Company ahev raised wages g a week
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15
EVIDENCE AGAINST GARY,
 ENGINEERS DECLARE

American Engineering Societies engineers who declare I2hour be abolished
 Shour could established whole Here members the latest effort to b the I2hour 
 HARRISON HOWE, Federated American
 neerng Societies The reached their conclusions after thoroughly lasting steel industry with them Bradley Meurgy assigned the task studying the technical of changing a two-shift a three-shift system.
 the the twelve eighhour usually be the
  enlisted will cened@o workers, management and the public Dr. Howe thought whatever obstacles
  indu of By MORTIMER E. COOLEY
 
 neering Schools of the University of Michigan in more than investigation running twenty four hours day and observed affecting bel1hop the steel found indispuably aou shift industry with profit with the shorter working day"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15
BY THE WAY
Comment and Criticism About Things Doing in the World.

Gary says he's got to have the I2- hour day. Engineers say he's all wrong; and that the I2-hour day IS uneconomical and unnecessary.
 There IS a great body of engineers who constantly give public service in growing volume. Gary talks from the bank balance viewpoint. The engin- eers talk from operating facts; they deal with production factors, includ- ing the human production factor.
 So far as logic goes, Gary's argu- ment falls flat before the engineering verdict. Gary maintains his position, not by logic, but because he has the power.
 Mr. Mussolini, in Italy, operates in precisely the same way. He is boss because he has the power. If he should lose control of his power he would cease to be boss.
 MT. Lenine, in Russia, sick man though he is, holds his place because he has the power. He got his place through power and he keeps 1t that way. He has the red army and the red army has guns and nobody else has guns; so Lenine is boss.
 
 So far as Gary is concerned, the unions showed the people 40 years ago that the eight-hour day was an economic advance; that 1t meant not only better men and women, but bet ter production.
 Henry Ford has proved it up to the hilt. Gary makes less money than Ford; and part of the reason is that Ford has a short wark-day and pays good wages. Gary ought to consult Ford about this question:
 In Albany, where a year ago the traction company brought strike breakers to fight the carmen's union, has witnessed an interesting, but nat ural development. The men who came to break a strike a year ago now have organized. They have presented demands to the employers who hired them originally to defeat the just demands ot other | workers
 So it goes. Some learn the great lesson of unionism and unity of ac- ton for constructive purposes slowly but eventually all learn
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15

MT. Daugherty says he has recov cred $3,ooo, ,ooo from war fraud. Persons having long memories vii recall that few weeks ago there was much talk about sugar prohteerine and that many remedies were sug- gested
 Government officials joined in the clamor for a sugar boycott, by which the consumers were to deprive them selves of sugar in order to punish those who had all the sugar and who were rapidly getting richer because of soaring prices.
 It was suggested also that Presi- dent Harding might order tariff re- duction, in accordance with power given him by the new tariff law. Now that the excitement has died down, it is announced that the President will not reduce the tariff. Relief comes to those who wait-if they wait long enough (perhaps).
 Golfers is conducting vote to find out about the next President With 100, ,ooo votes taken Henry Ford leads the field This puzzles po1i- ticians to whom 1t never occurs that maybe the people are tired of politi- clans.
 The Golfers vote is interesting for two things other than the Ford vote. One is the Harding vote; the other IS the fact that the total vote for pro- -gressive candidates swamps the total vote for stand-pat candidates.
 If the vote could be boiled as a clean-cut vote for or against reaction or progress, PROGRESS would ride high at the head of an overwhel- mingly victorious procession! Tie to that!
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15

or to compel any obedience to any decision. Neither the president of the A. F. of L. nor the Executive Council can issue any command of any kind Neither can the convention issue com- mand. The sole power of the A. F. of L. throughout its entire structure Is its moral power. This IS contrary to the conception held by many critics of the trade union movement, but it is never theless the case and 1t constitutes the foundation of the great strength and solidarity of the American trade union movement.
 The convention of the American Federation of Labor reach their conclu- sions in most democratic manner. While limiting the number of delegates from each organization so that the con- vention may really be deliberative body, the voting power of delegates is one for each one hundred members they represent
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15

by the shipload," the unionists say. They told us we couldn't get a bag of hardwall, but we are bringing 1t in by the carload. They told us we couldn't get bricks, and while we used to have to buy them by the thousand, now we have contracted for them by the million.
 'The material business of the build ing trades council Is growing, growing every day. Just nhow large this busi- ness will ultimately grow we have no idea, but this we do know, that it was the organization of our money into this business that made 1t possible for the Santa Clara county building trades council to maintain the right to organize and bargain collectively.
 "We tell this story so that working men everywhere may be of good cheer and learn that the malpractice of the material combine, when once under stood, can be overwhelmed"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15
COOP. PLAN DEFEATS IAN ANTI-UNION MOVE

San Jose, Cal, June 15.-In their fight against organized building crafts men, anti-unionists attempted to stop union contractors from securing building material. This move proved boomerang, for the Santa Clara county building trades council took up the challenge and entered the building ma terial business.
 The workers started with a few dol lars. That was IS months ago. Since then their business has amounted to more than $'70,O00, and the anti-unionists are chattering with fright at the further possibilities of this movement.
 In a statement issued by the building trades council, 1t is stated that 85 per cent. of all the work in San Jose is union, and of the few anti-union con- tracts not one of them pays union rates
 ''They told us we couldn't get sack of cement, but we are bringing it ir
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15

Each year the Executive Council makes full, exhaustive report to the convention covering the work done dur ing the year and making recommenda- tions wherever these are deemed neces- sary.
 Much work is annually delegated to the Executive Council by the convention and this is to be performed in addition to regular and routine duties that develop in the course of events.
 The Executive Council constantly watches over the expenditures of the A. F. of L. and either advises or in structs the officers as may seem advisa- ble. The president is the executive officer of the A. F. of L. and as such has charge of all of the executive work of the Federation as its highest officer between Council meetings and between conventions.
 It should be made clear htat nowhere in the American Federation of Labor IS there any authority to compel any action
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15
HOW THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR OPERATES; HOW ITS
 INCOME IS RAISED AND SPENT
By SAMUEL GOMPERS. (In Labor Informahon.)
PART HI.

The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor annually at being election The Executive Council holds from four Federation of Labor Building Washington the meetings lasting week days
 Much the the Council by submitted by each member by mail or telegraph
 The president and the Executive Council entrusted with the of the and have the legislation when therefore shall although be conflict with the decisions of the tons The president has the exercise of the Feder throue its siurisdi
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15
100000 EYES OF WORKERS INJURED EACH YEAR
(By International Labor News Service.)

(By International Labor News Service)
 Washington, D. C., June 1.-Two hundred thousand accidents the of workmen industry each
 Much has been accomplished in the United States toward the aeviation of the accident problem industry but all this only beginning of the National Com for the Prevention of Blindness Forces be utilized for further legislation education, and actual acc dent prevention service to industry
 Goggles the solution, says the report They handicap Eliminate the hazard itself by changing the of manufacture by redegnng machines and too by guarding machines and tools the of accidents usually the operation. Correct defective of and the visual requirements of the work he is to do.
 All this Is good business. says the report.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-15
CLOAK MAKERS STICK.

San Francisco, June I5.-Anti- unionists in this city are realizing they have a fight on their hands to establish the anti-union shop in the cloak industry. These workers have stayed from the shops for the last three months, and despite injunctions, the bosses have failed to break their spirit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-06-22
ENTRIES FOR THIS CAMP
NOW BEING ASKED

AT conference consisting of
more than sixty distinguished edu-
Gators, clergymen, leaders of well
fare organizations and chaplains,
who rendered exceptional service
during the World War, the following
announcement was made:
Peace at home within our own
country, peace among all the nations
OF the earth, is sacred mission to
which America has devoted herself
and her resources. To pursue it
unarmed and undefended would be
the quickest way to invite war.
Against the curse of miliIarism
America has additionally set her
self. Militarism is absolutely strange
to the genius of her institutions.
Her army in time of war is citi-
zen army, her army in time of
peace is volunteer army. Civ
ilians direct her army and navy; the
existence and the upkeep of both
are contingent upon the will of a
representative Congress"
One of the agencies to make
possible citizen army in time of
National emergency is the training
each summer of a certain number
of our young men between the ages
of IL and "a in the Citizens Mil
ltary Training Camps.
This training does not mean that
the United States is trying to make
professional soldiers out of these
men but it does mean an effort to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-06-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO|
Taken from The Ely Miner Of
the same date in 1908.

Capt. Harry Wicks left this morn
ing for a visit to his old home at
st. Clair, Penn. He intends to be
gone about month.
City Clerk White spent a few
days in Duluth this week visiting
with his mother who has been in
that city for some time.
j. w. Knight, leader of the Ely
City band is in Duluth this week
engaged with Flatten's orchestra at
the Lyceum.
Timber cruisers report finding a
horse in the forest in the Sturgeon
Lake country north of Hibbing.
The animal was trailed to swamp,
where it was evident he had made
his headquarters for a long time.
The horse is believed to have be-
longed to an explorer named Nor
rison, who left Hibbing some years
ago to ride through to the Canadian
border, and of whom nothing was
afterward heard.-Virginian
The IL year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt Knutti of Winton was
drowned in Fall Lake Monday noon.
1t seems that the boy while fishing
from a boom stick fell in and
drowned before help came. The
funeral occurred from the undertake
ing rooms of P. R. Vail, Tuesday
afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. Christenia
Sartoria occurred at the Catholic
church Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Father Buh officiating. The deceased
leaves a husband and several small |
children to mourn her demise. The |
remains were escorted to the ceme-
tary by the Ely City band.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-06-22

A woman has made record for
pushing baby buggy for 25 hours
straight. A man played tenpins for
% hours and a girl washed dishes
for 81 hours to make a record.
John Bongo won a contest by eat
ing q feet of pork sausage, 5
pounds of raw beef and eggs and
four smoked herring and drank a
gallon of home brew. At Green's
burg, Pa, George Brown ate "a
bananas in ten minutes, and Herbert
Sibert of Knoxville, Tenn, ate
thirty-seven soft boiled eggs at one
sitting. Leo Harmon roller skated
for fifty hours and a Hoboken long
shoreman ate thirty-one mince pies.
Edward Payson walked 1897 miles
in 1000 hours and George Smith of
Utica, N. Y, raised himself on tip
toes 10000 times without stopping.
There are whole lot of other fools
whose records we will omit, but all
their performances that endangered
their health and longevity didn't
amount to ten cents. Who cares
how often man can raise himself
on tip toes las long as he keep on
his own toes.) This entirely human
ambition to excel at some one thing
is in almost everyone's makeup and
is useful if applied to some worthy
cause.-Buhl-Kinne Advertiser.