The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
AS THE WORKER
 SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of Important Events of the Week, Here
 and Abroad.

Intoxication increasing in New fork State, report of Prison Commis- sion shows.
 To pacify Italian industry, Premier | Mussolini calls capital-labor confer ences to discuss problems under gov ernment supervision.
 Insurgent senators force promise against Soviet Russia.
 Bituminous operators and miners meet in Cleveland to discuss new March 3I.
 United Mine Workers to hold an- nual convention at Indianapolis Jan uary 22.
 Federal Judge Dickinson holds Federal courts have no power to com pei railroads to obey orders of United States Railroad Labor Board. 1 Edward A. Bates, long secretary treasurer of the New York State Fed eration of Labor, dies at his home in i Utica, N. Y. l Senator Wheeler, of Montana, in troduces resolution calling for Sen ate investigation of the use of spies I'll | industry. .
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers to open labor bank in Boston February I.
 Ten leaders of group opposing Soviet Government arrested in Rus Sia. Conference of organized labor rep resentatives to be held in Washing ton, D. C., February B, to plan fight against contract convict labor. New York State Federation of La bor announces legislative program for 1924.
 Detroit police disperse gathering ot Ku Klux Klan held in front of county court house.
 Housin gconditions in New York City worse than three years ago, says committee appointed to investigate housing situation.
 Illinois Supreme Court upholds de- cision dissolving injunction against Trades and Labor Council of Streator, H., which has been fighting "open shop" employers.
 American labor begins raising funds for German trade unions; Samuel Gompers organizes committee to talk charge of work
 Secretary of State Hughes says arr  Soviet Government and Third Inter nationale was printed in "1nvestia, Soviet organ, Nov. 7, 1922.
 Germans said to have discovered remedy for fatal sleeping sickness which scourges Africa.
 Building trades unions of New York City win wage increase of 50 cents day, making wages $Io.5o day.
 Irish Free State Government re- leases Countess Markieviez.
 Alabama to end convict leasing system at early date, says the Birm- ingham News.
 Senate decides to make early in quiry into Russian affairs.
 Senator Mccormick sees hope for favorable action by Congress on the proposed child labor constitutional amendment.
 Fifteen persons burned to death as fire destroys dormitory at Chicago State Hospital for the Insane. Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood of the Philippines, revealed as having made big profits in Wall Street specual- tions.
 Twenty-ffth anniversary of dis covery of radium celebrated in Paris.
 Henry Ford to build steel demon strating plant at River Rouge, Mich.
 Sinclair oil interests win conces- sion to oil fields in Persia, London Daily Mail reports.
 Gov. Silzer of New Jersey calls upon Pennsylvania and United States to solve coal problem.
 Senator Smooth predicts soldiers bonus bill will be passed over Presi- dents veto.
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers begins payment of pensions to widows of pension members.
 Mvement begun to repeal Watson bill which proposed to turn back to Red River oil claimants millions held 1 to belong to nation.
 Arrests for drunkenness in New York in 1922 soar 5000 above "wet" 1918, reports show.
 Avalanches in the Alps kill sev- eral persons and carry away num- Der of houses.
 Reparation Commission to begin in quiry into Germany's financial af- ] fairs January 14.