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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
urlesque Hearing Staged By
 Legislative Railroad Committee
 On Situation On New Have14 Roa
LOCAL CIGAR
 MAKERS MAY
 HAVE TO LOAF BECAUSE RAILROAD
 FAILS ON DELIVERY So Reported at the Meeting of the New Haven Trades Council
 Last Evening.

Because of the inclemency of the weather, the regular meeting of the New Haven Trades Council did not have as large an attendance as is usually the case. After the transac- ton of routine business, 1t was de cided that at the next regular meet ing, to be held Thursday, February IS, the matter of legislation affecting the wage earners would be made a special order of business.
 It was reported to the Council that unless the local cigar factories re- ceived leaf tobacco within 24 hours, most of the cigar makers would be thrown out of work, Leaf tobacco has been in transit for a long period of time and the local factories have so thoroughly exhausted their stock on hand that 1t will be impossible for them to continue operations unless new stock arrives This is but an other example of the miserable serv- ice on the New Haven railroad. Be- cause the service has broken down, workers i'll other lines of employment are prohibited from earning living for themselves and their families
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02

memory of those now living, when the rising power of the masses was regarded by certain classes as a men, ace to order and prosperity. The word Democracy seemed to awaken dislike or fear. Today, it is accepted with praise. sWithin few years we have seen four great empires in Europe as we'll as a fifth in Asia, all ruled by ancient dynasties, crumble and out of the ruins have arisen as new states, each of which is enacting for itself democratic constitutions. We have seen, even backward popu- lations, to whom the very conception of freedom has been unknown, at tempting the tremendous task of gov erning themselves The ancient world tried many experiments in free gov ernment. They failed and turned to monarchy and more than one thou sand years elapsed before there was any change in the common thought or another attempt made for people to be self-governing. It seems strange that during the long interval from feudal monarchy to extreme democ- racy, occupying over three centuries, the masses of the people, whether peasants in the country or workmen in the towns never clamored for po-
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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
Worst Mob Outrage
 Of Recent Years
Civic Authorities Ordered to Resign While Com mittee of Twelve" Supervises Deportations, Assaults and Imprisonments- Legislative In quiry Begins. =.

One of the mob otrages history place northern Arkansas along the line of the Missouri and North Arkansas railway.
 As this mob rule still holds power the M and N A. railroad territory.
 clean the railroad workers refused terms offered by the road and who strike
 In Harrison of principal mob activities E. C. Gregor union hanged though admittedly innocent of He refused allow the mob his home the mob threatened him and his family his wife children he rendered, only to meet death
 In forced municipal resign and turn government to the mob.
 In other places the auhorites did mob bidding meeky n bull pens.
 mob, by group of dozen transported from place to place furnished by the railroad.
 The guiding of dozen itself drhead before all union and synpahizers. thetic farmer frornhis sfarma banished
 pledge of loyalty to mob and railroad the utiatum Some their cards and obey the mob others refused and with their children driven the hills.
 Every railroad ganzed the mob and transported place place
 While dispatches have related mostly Harrison mob confined that place The mob operated Leslie, Eureka Springs Heber Springs and other places.
 Members of committee of twelve directing mob activities are named follows:
 N w. Redwine, Leslie Ark; M. L. Black Leslie hevv Lesie J. W Ferguson Marshall Fndley Leslie; Cotton Little Rock John L. Clay Leslie John H. Barnett Marsha Than Rainbol Marshall; Ranse Dody Lesle Dansey Marshall; Lewis Stills, Gilbert
 L. w. Lowry A. F. of L. organizer telegaphed President Samuel of
 'The Citizens charge of Harrison did contain citizen from Harrison from Boone County
 Strikers arrested by armed under of this self and given their choice between and North Arkansas (raroad) territory striker agreed to his union he said to be 100 white ribbon wheh the badge of
 Lowry also rePorted
 Carl clerk office general superintendent railway Harrison escorted Mrs Pete Venabe being of the ordered bnhed by order of the comm
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
PERMISSION FOR MEETING
 CANCELLED BY LOCAL
 BOARD OF EDUCATION
Decide That B. M. Jewell Is Not Proper Person to Be Permitted to Speak in Commercial
 High School Auditorium.

Just public officials driving would be people of city and make definite effort question their personal fiber rights seriously threatened Last Wednesday Hart on the held police posted about the held thought the safety of the officials threatened
 And high handed piece work. Arrange been completed for this evening the Com School which B. M Jewell president of the Rail- Employees Department of the American Federation of Labor speak but the has been called of the last because cancel pers to use the auditorium. sz4@
 The fact that the be held announced the papers breaking would present. But all changed This morning rail from States Attorney filling who the Board of Education that the board of which he had decided that would be inadvisabe permit the of the oriumf for the purpose
 Mr. Jewell had dehed the laws of the Federal government with rulings with controversy the railroads the Board of Education did feel that could the auditorium for gathering which Mr. Jewell that meeting has been cancelled
 Investigation of the of the permission granted for the holding of according the rules of the schools for public necessary the application be by the desiring and by responsible citizen
 responsible sign application John J. Murphy president the Board of Murphy feels highly ncensed because of the has filed protest against
 Mayor David F. FtzGead has also taken the and has likewise protested wha generally of high handed action of power that rghuy by the members of the Board
 Present indications be show down will be started determine whether the schools the property of the people whether they be used for public for the exclusive the elect This question that be decided without delay
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02

When the United States began its national life, there was then existing no country which could furnish a model to the founders of our repub- lie. Democracy was then unknown on the face of the earth History furnished a recital of the republics of antiquity. Ours was a great ex- pertinent, the right of men to govern themselves and to be free and inde- pendent. Since I776 every country in the world excepting our own has changed it's form of government and every change has tended toward democratic as opposed to an auto cratic form of government. Today Democracy, as form of Govern ment, is the rule rather than the ex- ception. Nearly all the monarchies of the old world have been turned into democracies. Our own has grown from thirteen states to forty eight Twenty new republics have been instituted on this side of the Atlantic. Five democracies have been developed out of the colonies of the British Dominion. There are now more than one hundred representative assemblies at work legislating for self-goyerning communities. Democ- racy has been accepted as the normal and natural form of government
 There was time even within the
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
LEE TO QUIT UNION.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb 2-An- nouncement is made that William C.. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, has accepted the presidency of the Steigelmyer Manu- featuring Company, a $Io,ooo, 900 cor poration of Seymour, Ind, and will resign as head of the trainmen
 The company will manufacture au- tomatic train control devices which will mechanically stop train, 1t IS stated, when anything goes wrong.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
WARNING!

Friends of labor warned beware of imposter soliciting advertisements for so-caled program be pulp ished in conjunction with the convention of the Amalga mated Postal Workers Washngtons Birthday.
 It is the claim of this individual that convention of all postal workers will be held in New Haven February 22nd
 Local 237 denies with this solicitor they have convention this city that date. Their nua convention will be held New London February 22
 Branch 9 National Association of Letter Carriers also denies connection with the above solicitor their ton will be held at Hartford February 22.
 Both Local 237, National of Post Office Clerks and Branch lo Letter Carriers affiliated with the A. F. of L. and have been authorized by them solicit funds for their respective conventions.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02

movement that neither the Brother hood of Steam Shovel and Dredge- men, as such, nor any of its local unions, is entitled to representation in any state federation of labor or central labor union"
 The council states that during the recent miners strike the brotherhood manifested and maintained such an unfriendly attitude toward the strik- ing miners as impelled the officers of the United Mine Workers to protest to the executive council"
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
HOW STOCK PRICES GAIN.

New York, Feb 2.-Standard Oil stock valued at 5000 when the su- preme court dissolved that trust in 1911, is now quoted around $3,ooo. Many of these stocks are not quoted on any exchange, but are sold pri- vately or. over the counter. It is therefore difficult to state the exact market value of the entire list of B companies affiliated to Standard Oil.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
SMALL TYPE CONDEMNED.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 2-The movement of the national committee for the prevention of blindness by minimizing the use of small type in textbooks and other printed matter has been indorsed by the executive council of the International Typo graphical Union It is claimed that much of the defective vision of the present day IS either caused or in creased by eyestrain.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
HUGE PROFITS IN BANKING.

New York, Feb. "A profit of 132 per cent on it's capital stock last year is announced by the Kings County Trust Company. The company never increased it's capital from $5oo,ooo and its surplus from $25o,ooo with which it began business 34 years ago. Dur ing that time it has paid out $2,37o,- GOO to it's stockholders.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
Unifying Workers.

Washington, Feb. I.-The A. F. of union movement, to aid in the anal gamation of the International Broth erhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge- men with the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers. The executive councils efforts have failed
 The council reminds the trade union
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
PRIMARY LAW STANDS.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 2-The campaign for the abolition of the statewide features of the primary law has come to an abrupt end with the withdrawal of the repeal features of the law, as we'll as the system whereby candidates for the United States senate and governor are se- lected
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
FOOD AT COST PLUS.

New York, Feb. 2.-The Childs Company chain of restaurants cleaned up $I,534,448 net during the last fiscal year, according to the company's an- nual report. After paying dividends on the preferred stock there is a mel on of $3o.2o a share on the common stock
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
BLAME U. S. HIGH COURT.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The United States supreme court will probably be interested in the announcement by Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the United States chi1dren's bureau, that more than 100000 children between I oand Is years of age are "gainfully employed" in this country, according to the 1920 census.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02
l. M. ORNBURN ADDRESSES
 NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR DEMOCRACY

At the Hotel Commodore New York City, Tuesday evening M Ornbun of the Connecticut Federation of Labor addressed the National School for Democracy Labor to Politics. He spoke follows:
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The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-02

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08

best Of that heavy sheep down mae,
Of steep. ragged. choya-covered lava.
The torrid summer heat came i'm
perceptibly, or It could never have
been borne by white men. 1t changed
the lives Of the fugitives. making
them partly nocturnal In habit. The
nights had the balmy coolness of
spring, and would have been delight
ful for sleep. but that would have
made the blazing days uncomfortable.
As Ladd had said, one of their
greatest problems was the passing OF
time. The nights were unfortunately
long, but they had to be passed In
work or play or dream-anything ex-
cept sleep. That was Ladd's most in
flexible command. He gave no rea-
son. But not improbably the ranger
thought that the terrific heat Of the
day spent in slumber lessened a wear
and strain, II not real danger Of
madness.
Accordingly. at first the occupations
Of this little group were many and
various. They worked II they had
something to do, or could invent
pretext. They told and retold stories
until all were wearisome. They sang
songs. Mercedes taught Spanish.
They played every game they knew.
They invented others that were so
trivial children would scarcely have
been interested, and these they played
seriously. In a word, with intelli-
gence and passion, with all that was
civilized and human, they fought the
ever-infringing loneliness, the savage
solitude Of their environment
Gale believed himself the keenest
Of the party, the one who thought
most, and he watched the effect of the
desert upon his companions. For
hours. 1t seemed, Ladd would bend
over his checkerboard and never
make a move 1t mattered not now
whether or not he had a partner Jim
Lash. the calmest, coolest, most nom
chalant. best-humored westerner Gale
had ever met, had by slow degrees
lost that cheerful character which
would have been of such infinite good
to his companions. and always he sat
brooding. silently brooding. Jim had
no ties, few memories, and the desert
was claiming him.
Thorne and Mercedes, however,
were living. wonderful proof that spir-
1t, mind, and heart were free-free to
soar in scorn Of the colossal barren
ness and silence and space Of that
terrible hedging prison Of lava. They
were young; they loved; they were
together; and the oasis was almost a
paradise. Thorne and Mercedes had
forgotten the outside world. II they
had been existing on the burned-out
desolate moon they could hardly have
been in harsher, grimmer, lonelier
spot than this red-walled arroya.
Although the Yaqui was as his
shadow, Gale reached point when
he seemed to wander alone at twi-
light, in the night. at dawn. At night
he had formed habit of climbing up
the lava slope as far as the smooth
trail extended. and there on a promon-
tory he paced to and fro. and watched
the stars, and sat stone-stil for hours
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08
The Earthquake, Belt.

The immunity of Great Britain from
earthquakes is due to Its geographical
situation. 1t lies at least 1000 miles
north of the nearest point of the great
earthquake '"belt," which selsmologists
have located and traced right round
the globe. This troubled zone runs
roughly parallel to-the equator through
Japan. China, Asia Minor, the Mediter-
ranean countries, the Canary islands
and Central America, with an auxiliary
belt running southward along the west
coast Of South America. Every big
earthquake of modern times has hap.
pened somewhere along this belt, and
generally when the sun and moon have
been SO placed that their combined
pull along the critical region has been
at q maximum. We owe to the Japa-
nese, whose country Ii 90 often the seat
Of a disastrous earthquake, the inven-
tion Of the seismograph and the most
thorough study Of earthquake phe%
n0mena.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08
BORROWED FROM THE FRENCH
Word ~hsiie" an English csrruptIew
Which America Has Adopted ~
Own Expression.

You should try to learn the old wolf
hunters call, because you know the
wolf lie scout and that should be the
scout call, says Dan Beard. In Boys
Life.
This call was used in France first
and afterward In England, but there
are no wolves In England now and the
bugle call has been forgotten In both
countries, therefore we paint II green
and call II our own" Even though
William Tell and Robin Hood bugled
the same calls before America was dis
covered. we can make 1t American the
same as we have made the old French
wolf hunters cry American. French
was spoken In English court circles
70 the titled wolf hunters used the
French cry Of hab lie loup or q lop
loup, loup being pronounced loo. the
cry being q la loo; the English put on
the H and made II halloo. and we
made II hello. which ID an American
expression, as all the telephone girls
know.
SO the old wolf hunters bugle calls
which came here with the HuguenotS
will also be American when blown
through q wooden natboatsmen's trum
pet.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08

there. suddenly strange, cold sensA-
tion crept over Gale. II was new
He felt presence. Turning, he ex-
pected to see the Indian, but instead.
slight shadow, pale, almost white,
stood there. not close nor yet distant.
1t seemed to brighten. Then he saw
a woman who resembled q girl he had
seemed to know long ago. She was
white-faced golden-haired, and her
lips were sweet, and her eyes were
turning black Nell! He had forgot
ten her. Over him flooded a torrent
of memory. There was tragic woe in
this sweet face. Nell was holding out
her arms-she was crying aloud to him
the lava. She was in trouble, and he
had been forgetting.
That night he climbed the lava to
the topmost cone, and never slipped
on q ragged crust nor touched choya
thorn. A voice had called to him.
Tie saw Nell's eyes in the stars. IN the
velvet blue Of sky, in the blactn"ss nf
the engulfing shadows. She was with
him, q slender shape, q spirit keeping
step with him, and memory was
strong, sweet. beating, beautiful. Far
down in the west, family golden with
light Of the sinking moon, he saw a
cloud that resembled her face. A
cloud on the desert horizon He gazed
and gazed. Was that spirit face like
the one by his sidef No-he did not
dream.
In the hot, sultry morning Yaqui
appeared at camp. after long hours of
absence. and he pointed with q long,
dark arm toward the west A bank Of
clouds was rising above the mountain
barrier. ~.
"Rainw he cried; and his sonoroua
voice rolled down the arroyo.
Those who heard him were as ship
wrecked mariners at sight of q dis.
tant sail. tlt
Dick Gale. silent, grateful to the
depths of his soul, stood with arm
over Blanco Sol and watched the
transforming west, where clouds Of
wondrous size and hue piled over one
another. rushing, darkening. spreading
sweeping upward toward that white
and glowing sun.
"Ohl ! felt drop Of rain on my
facet" cried Mercedes; and, whisper
ing the name of q saint, she kissed
her. husband.
Ladd, gaunt, old. bent, looked W
at the maelstrom Of clouds, and HI
said. softly, ashore we'll get in the
hosses, an pack light, an hit the trail
an make night marchesr'
Then up out Of the gulf of the west
swept a believing wind and blacl
pail and terrible flashes of lightning
and thunder like the end of the worlt
fury. blackness, chaos, the deser
81 rim.
Ito be Continued)
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08
Effects Of stImuIants.

New and curious experiments have
oeen made on the action which al
cohol and tea may exercise on the
intellectual faculties.
1t has been demonstrated that al
cohol diminishes the ideas but re-
enforces the association Of words.
Under its influence one easily learns
a speech by heart, but the work OF
the thought seeking to join the Ideas
is difficult.
People who absorb alcohol imagine
that they walk with the greatest ease
when, In reality, their muscular force
il subject to sensible reduction.
Tea, on the contrary. mpedes the.
auditory association Of words, but
favors the ideas and Intellectual work
The experiments in question have
also been made on coffee which pro-
duces a certain excitation, hut 1t is
not known whether the depression fol-
lowing this excitation weakens the
cerebral value.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08
MEckrIE DATES FROM 1850
Was introduced Into France by = RseI-
ment os cravatss-FashIen Some
timss Became Extreme.

The neck was left unconfned By the
ancientA The earliest. form of neck
de was q simple cord worn around =
starched band Of linen attached to the
shirt. The modern tie was introduced
In 1890 by 4 regiment Of Cravates
which came to France. A bandage Of
silk or muslin was worn about the
neck Of the ofhcers, while the soldiers
wore simpler stuff. The ends which
fell over the breast were disposed In
bows or hung in tassels. -l
After the Revolution cravats disap-
peared along with tight breeches. In
1706 II recovered its popularaty, and
was increased to degree Of extrava-
gance. Huge pieces Of muslin were
worn around the neck by some per
sons, while others wore q padded
cushion Of numerous folds. The collar
worn at this time arose about the ears
and the mouth and chin were buried
nose-deep by the upper edge Of the
cravat. The neck was puffed out larger
than the head.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08
Was a Pretty Bad Road

An old farmer and his wife drove
to market in spring wagon. 1t was
a wet day and large pools Of water
had formed in the ruts and hollows
of the very rough roadway. On the
return journey he was met by an old
friend How are ye today, Silas?'
was his friends greeting. "Just toll
cradle, thank ye, Abner." "And how
is the missus?" continued his friend
'She amt complainin'," answered the
farmer. shes settin' on the back
end there" he added, jerking his
thumb over his shoulder. " Land
sakes, Silasl" exclaimed his friend
with astonishment, there amt no.
body settin' on the back endr The
old farmer turned around and gazed
curiously at the back of the wagon
Then shifting his cud of tobacco, he
remarked calmly: "Humph! That &C.
counts for the splash l heard about
a mile back"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08
CHAPTER XVI
Mountain sheep.

What Gale might have thought IN
appalling situation, II considered from
safe and comfortable home away
from the desert, became. now that he
was shut In by the red-ribbed lava
walls and great dry wastes, q matter
calmly accepted as Inevitable. So he
Imagined It was accepted by the 9TH
ers. Not even Mercedes uttered a
regret. No word was spoken Of home.
If there was thought Of loved ones.
1t was locked deep in their minds.
By tacit agreement Ladd again be-
came the leader Of the party. The
FIRST thing he asked was to have the
store Of food that remained spread
out upon a tarpaulin. Assuredly, 1t
was a slender enough supply. 1t was
impossible to read the. gravity of
Ladd's face. for he still looked like
dead man, but the slow shake Of his
head told Gale much. There was a
grain of hope. however. in the sIgnifl-
canoe with which he touched the bags
Of salt and said, "Shore 1t was sense
packin' all that saltl' W
Then he turned to face his COM
rades. a -It
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-08
Curious heduehous.

There are several living specimens
In zoos" Of the ''tenrec.". the hedge
hog Of Madagascar. 1t ID said that
stuffed specimens In museums give no
adequate idea of these very curious
creatures. Their resemblance to hedge
hogs rests only upon their possession
Of a spiny covering. The shape Of
their bodies resembles that of an N
fiated globe fish. They are insectivor>
Gus, and are declared to be restricted
to the Island Of Madagascar. The
specimens seen in this country are re-
markable for their habit Of yswning.