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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-29
HOLIDAYS TRADE
 SHOWS EXPANSION OVER 1923 TOTAL
Rise In Metal Prices Add To Buoyancy Of Se-
 curities
lBy AssOciated Press.l

NEW YORK, DeGI GI2S-Definite re- ports of an expansion in, holiday trade and rise in metal prices to the highest levels of the year were among the fla vorable, business developments which contributed to the ybuoyancy of last weeks securities markets.
 The improvement in the outlook for the copper industry was especially marked. With copper selling at 15 cents a pound, the highest in 17 months, domestice copper companies were said to be assured of substantial profits from their operations and the shares of these concerns quickly responded to the bet- ter prospects. The Anaconda Copper Mining company, one of the largest American producers, officially recog- nized the improved situation by resum- ing dividends on its: stock, which were omitted earlier in, the year.
 Holiday TradeeHeayy
 The first reports sofk holiday trade showed an increase in sales over a year ago. The report on carloadings also was encouraging, showing that much more freight was moved in the week ended December 13 tffah in the corre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-29

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
 AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Interest on Thirty Year First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Bonds of this com pany, due 1941, will be paid on and after January l. 1925, upon presenta ton of Coupon No. 2S, to the Bankers Trust Company, No. 16 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.
 J. M. B. HOXSEY, Treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-29

spending week of any other year. Con sistent with the traffic statistics, the first of the November railroad earning statements made satisfactory showing, despite the fact that November this year contained an unusually small number of working days.
 Although the last week of the year usually is a quiet one for the steel in dustry, current conditions have proved an exception. Production held up well, and the markets for both iron and steel were distinctly firm. The trade is facing the new year with considerable degree of confidence.
 Money Rates Harden
 Movements in the money market were closely linked up with the trend of business. The larger demands for currency occasioned by holiday trade and the approach of year-end settle ments caused hardening of rates, with call funds at one time running up to per cent.
 The course of events after the turn of the year will be watched closely. Some contraction in federal reserve credit usually takes place at this time, with the money market easing accordingly. A continuance of the revival in industry and of the present volume of market ac- tivity, however, is expected to modify this tendency.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
Gompers Returns and
 Presides Over Meeting

With full forces in the field during the final stages of the presidential cam paign, the executive council of the American Federation Of Labor has been holding a series of meetings the last week, with President Gompers presid- ing. He returned to headquarters 1n Wa shinpton after an absence of more than six months on account of illness.
 Reports realting to the political sit nation from all sections of the country were laid before the council These reports gave evidence of an effective organization on the part of organized labor in eevry state, with greater en- thusiasm and solidarity of purpose than in any previous campaign
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
Fictitious Values
 Cause High Rents

Washington, Nov 1.-An organiza- tion of renters in this city has asked President Coolidge for authority to use one of the parks, with army tents and campaign equipment for the relief of I2,OO0 tenants who are threatened with eviction by prohteering landlords
 A federal law is supposed to check these gougers, but through court pro cedure they have madr the act ineffec- tive. An investigation conducted by a senate committee last summer showed that properties in the nations capital are mortgaged in excess of their values and the owners demand rentals on these fictitious figures
 Thirtythree apartments are mortg- aged for an aggregate of $9O00000 more than their sales prices. Figures m other cases show fictitious mortg- ages had encountered properties from 13 to as high as ,3O7 per cent above their sae1s prices.
 Interest on these debts, based on false values are paid by tenants in high rents, while the owners and the public press blame '''high wages" for exorbi- tant rentals.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
OIL LEASE LAW SWEPT ASIDE UNDER COOLIDGE, WORKS CONTINUES
 ~ *. POLICY FIXED BY FALL.

The leasing policy established by Fall has been continued under Works. This leasing policy, in plain language means turning ovef everything i'll sight to the oil interests. This is the policy supported by Fall, Sinclair Do heny, Denby, Theodore Roosevelt, jr., Standard Oil and all other private in terests and opponents of the original Roosevelt and Wilson conservation policies regarding oil alnds.
 When President Coolidge took office he declared his intention to share re- sponsibility for the government oil policy and to guard public interest Since that assumption of responsibil- ity, which could not be dodged in any event, everything that Fall started has continued under Hubert Works, in, harmony with the. desires of the oil trust.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01

Wilson, then the leader of the Demo
 cratic national party. Quitet to the | contrary 1t IS my judgment that John
 Davis comes as near approaching
 the high ideals practiced by Woodrow
 Wilson as any living man, and if we
 are appreciatiye of the record of
 Woodrow Wilson and the Democratie
 party 1t follows as a natural sequence that we should give that party another chance to write into the history of our
 Republic a record that in my judgment we may be equally proud of as we were of the record of Woodrow Wilson
 Obviously the independent candidate for President has no chance of cleo tion and the present records very definitely indicate that John w Davis has the greatest number of sure cleo toral votes of any of the candidates before the people, and if our review of the situation means anything the working men and women of America are going to support Davis upon the principle~of not only gratitude for past record and achieyements, but upon the reasonable assurance of further genu- inc accomplishments John w. Davis can, and I believe will, be elected on November 4th. The best that the in. dependent candidate can expect is to throw the contest into Congress. The independent candidate will not be selected by Congress nor will Presi- dent Coolidge be selected by-Con- gress. It is true that in such an even tuality John w. Davis. might be SC 1ected by Congress. Thus John W Davis has two chances of selection to one held by President Coolidge and two chances to the independent candi- date who has no chance of election or seeiction-
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
EMPLOYMENT AND +...
 UNEMPLOYMENT

The downward trend of unemploy- ment noted in March and April con- l tinued during May and June in most countries for which new information is
 available. according to the International Labor Office In the United States and Poland. however, unemployment sub stantially increased. No definite state rnent can be made as to the movement of unemployment in Canada; the trade union stastics for May show a slight increase in unemployment, while the in dex number of employment based on returns from employers indicates an in crease of over three points, and the sit nation appears to be more favorable than in either 1922 or 1921. In Ger
 many total unemployment declined still further. The decline was, however, much smaller than in previous months and was to certain extent counterbal- anced by an increase in short time. In
 Belgium, France, and Great Britain the situation remains almost unchanged, while for the remaining countries the available statistics for May and June show in every case a further improve ment
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
Many Workers Killed

Albany, N. Y., Nov There were 1,78O death claims filed with tue state workmen' compensation bureau for the 12 months from October, 1923, to Sep tember, 1924. These claims represent fatalities in industrial accidents.
 "The filing of these 1,780 death claims" said Industrial Commissioner Shientag, indicates the astoundingly great number of lives lost in the com mercial and industrial activities of the state"
 These deaths do not include fatalities in non-commercial industries, over which the industrial commissioner has no control
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
DEMOCRATS HAVE FINE (Continued from Page One.)

conduct of their party under its lead ersh1p. It is perfectly natural that the progressive Republicans should be dis
 appointed, but there can be no justifl
 cation for Democrats to either be dis. appointed or disgruntled if we are to calculate our political activities upon the records and the facts
 "As the chairman of the state com mittee I direct the attention of those who believe in liberal and progressive government, to the record of the Democratic administration when in charge of the government under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson. This .record. clearly indicates that there was more social, economic, progressively constructive legislation enacted during that tenure Of ofice-even though con- fronted in its latter period with a Worlds War situation-than was re- corded during the entire period of the Republic since the ending of the Civil War. Moreover I point to the fact that those holding forward looking opinions were brought nearer to the Republic and to the councils of the government than ever before in the history of the nation. This is undis- putable. What has happened since the retirement of the Democratic admin istration IS a matter that cannot in all fairness be charged to the Democratic party and 1t Is both unfair and imprac- ticab1e from the point of view of the liberal to presume that John w. Davis, if elected President, will not pursue the same course that Woodrow Wilson
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
To Test Virginia Law

The last session of the Virginia leg islature enacted law imposing fee of $5,000 upon persons or agents who sought to ship labor out of the state. Last week George E. Anderson, of Richmond a labor employment agent, was arrested upon complaint of State Labor Commissioner Hall. He charged Anderson with shipping men to coal mines in Kentucky. At the trial fine of $500 was imposed on Anderson, and he gave notice of an appeal to the state supreme court to test the constitution ality of the law.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01

ADDRESS OF GREETING TO HON ORABLE JOHN w. DAVIS UPON | HIS ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY FROM WESTERN TOUR
 MADE BY JOHN J. DOWD, VICE
 PRESIDENT OF THE BOILER MAKERS AND IRON SHIP BUILDERS o FAMERICA.
 Mir Davis: 'I have been delegated by my Labor associates representing, not
 only my own Union but the New York
 Building Trades Council, the Building Trades Council of Hudson County, New
 Jersey, the Building Trades Council of Bergen County, New Jersey, the Ma tional Democratic Labor Committee the Union, and many other Labor organiza- tions, to extend word of greeting to you on behalf of Labor
 ''We feel that we are indebted to you for obtaining for us the right of trial by jury in contempt cases not committed in the presence of the Court You know, skilled lawyer that you are, the many centuries of oppression of the human faomily which finally culn1inated in the granting of the Magma Charta. You know how sacred is the right of trial by jury This right has hitherto been denied in contempt cases, giving to one man the power of punishment without the right to trial by jury. Labor has always felt that this was an injustice.
 The Clayton Act, of which you are one of. the joint authors and the Labor us, has this week been upheld as con stitutiona1 by the Supreme Court of the United States. This decision we feel is the greatest victory ever achieved tor Labor in this country We realize the Clayton Act has passed because of your in the House of Representa- lives, when as a Congressman and member of the Judiciary Committte you convinced your associates of the con of the provision providing for a trial by jury in contempt cases Other lawyers had told us that this pro vision was unconstitutional but you not only helped to draft the act, but you made the fight leading up to it's passage and we feel that this decision of the Supreme Court of the United States is a victory not alone for Labor but for you We are here today to testify to our appreciation of your part in this great Labor Magma Charta. We want, to voice our grateful sentiments and to show to the world that Labor is ap-
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
BURLESQUE GIRLS STAR IN PICTURES
 WITH SILENT CAL
Republican Committee Stages Another
 Colorful Fake at the White House.

The Labor Day hired audience
 which was pressed into service by the
 Republican National Committee in or
 der to give President Coolidge back ground for a speech appealing for the 1 labor vote, was about duplicated Fri
 day of last week at theatrical gather ing at the White House
 The Republican National Committee had arranged with some weell-known footlight stars to go to Washington and breakfast with the President-and, in Fcidentally, get into photographs designed to show that the stage world as a unit is for the strong and silent man of the White House
 The arrangements went through as planned except that when the hour for breakfast arrived 1t was seen that the gathering lacked in numbers. The White House stage manager of the festivities, ager, was equal to the occasion.
 While the stars were at breakfast he hastily telephoned to the various theat- ters and hotels and implored the theat- rical people to come up to the Executive Mansion at once and get into picture with President Coolidge.
 In response, the chorus girls and the members of the burlesgue companies playing in Washington with other per formers rushed post haste to the White House. They were permitted to wait in the East Room while the stars fin ished breakfast and the Republican Ma +ional Conlmitte stage managers arrang- ed for the mqtion picture cameras and newspaper photographers.
 It mattered not that the majority of these actors and actresses had never heard of the Coolidge Theatrical League until summoned to the White House as first aid for crowd purposes. They supplied the necessary crowd and in due time registered their emo tions for the clicking cameras, and the dutifully announced that every one in the crowd had "traveled all the way from New York to boost Coolidge.
 Only one unforeseen incident marred the White House performance. little dog, decorated with a blanket adver- Using a burlesque circuit, persisted III taking the front and center of the pic ture despite the annoyance of Al Jol- son and others of the invited guests. Otherwise the stage management was perfect.
 In every respect the gathering was as successful as that arranged on Labor Day by T. V. O'Connor of the Shipping Board. Mr. O'Connor was host to a group of so-called labor leaders who accepted his hospitality-and incident ally, travelling expenses-to come to for the purpose of hearing President Coolidge air his views on the of Labor Day.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
Coal Owners Gun Man
 Scored By U. s. Judge

Huntington, w. Va, Nov Don Chain, sheriff of Logan county and chief gun man fo rthe coal owners, was denounced by Federal Judge Mo Cintic, who sentenced the thug to two years in the Atlanta penitentiary for bootlegging.
 The court warned other thugs in Logan county that witnesses against Chain would be protected.
 Judge McClintic showed he is ac- quainted with industrial conditions in Logan county and with the efforts of coal barons to further degrade their non-union employees.
 The bootlegging that Chain, sheriff of Logan county, was engaged in, said Judge McClintic, had it's inception largely in the desire of people to con trol the human beings who live in that county, and to use certain people of certain classes and make tf1em do what they want them to do; and if they did not do it, then they would be driven out"
 Judge McClintic said he did not care what the supp1iant judge of Logan county or the prosecuting attorney of Logan county" do, but the fact re- mains, said the judge, that these pub lie officials protected the sheriff and his pals in their boot1egging
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
NEW GLASS EXECUTIVE

Philadelphia, Nov. 1.-James Ma loney is the new president of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada. He suc- ceeds the late John A. Voll
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
Excess Leases Approved in Interior Depart ment - Standard Oil Gets Fabulously Rich Salt Creek Field.
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
 Washington, D. C., Nov. 1.-On, which bounded into the center of the stage before the national political con- ventions were held, which received some attention in those conventions, and which has been mostly in the po- litical background since that time, is still sitting pretty" and has suffered no real damage.
 International Labor News Service, which a week ago disclosed the fact that private interests have grabbed all the known public. oil lands, now makes further revelations.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the government has started suit to revoke the Teapot Dome and Elk Hill leases, pumping has been resumed at both places, the royalty oil being impound- ed under the receiverships.
 The one great purpose in recovering those reserves is to keep the oil in it's natural Storage as reserve against some future great national emergency. The next purpose IS keep that oil for the government, or as much of 1t as possible. Both of these purposes are set at naught if pumping continues. The oil trust is getting its oil
 is this: By assignment, lease and pur chase, Standard Oil interests have taken over practically all of the Salt Creek oil field, the richest field in the mid-continental oil area-and in vio lation of Section 27 of the oil-leasing act and in violation of the Sherman act!
 That three grand juries have failed to indict Albert B. Fall and that Fall, Denby and Daugherty were forced out of the Presidents cabinet, is but one side of the story.
 The other side is that while tFe Re- publican machine was permeated with the smell of oil, the Democratic candi- date for president was attorney for Standard Oil at time when the policy of the oil trust toward government oil lands and the leasing of government reserves-was being considered and fixed by the trust. After its policy was determined, Standard Oil secured section 36 in the Elk Hills reserve, bringing in on that section the richest well in all oil history. This land can not be taken away from Standard Oil. It is held in fee simple.
 Another outstanding fact is this: The laws has been and is being violated by what amounts to. the old dummy en- try" system. Companies and individu- als have been allowed to take -over leases in excess of the number and amount permitted by law. Standard Oil through subsidiaries, is one of the companies permitted to hold such ex- cess leases.
 These excess leases have passed through the office of Secretary of the Interior Works in quantities since he succeeded Albert B. Fall and they bear the approval of his office.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
G. O.P. SHOOTS TO FRAUD
 IN VAIN ATTEMPT TO SHOW
 LABOR BACKS COOLIDGE
By JOSEPH A. WISE
Dy JOOI1I TT Y. w IOI Staff Correspondent, International La

bor News Service l Chicago, Nov. 1.-The Republican .National Committee is in desperate
 straits to show that 1t has bona fide
 union labor backing, and as a result ii
 has stopped to the grossest kind of
 fraud in obtaining printed propaganda to bolster up its waning cause The committees latest attempt to con- vince the uninformed at distant points from Chicago that organized labor is for Coolidge and Dawes is the use of a fake labor paper labeled Illinois Labor 1 News" which is< absolutely without
 standing in this state. It is being op-
 erated without authority of any legiti- mate organized body of union men or women.
 Paul Scharrenberg, secretary of the California State Federation of Labor,
 sent an urgent telegram to Victor A. Olander, secretary of the Illinois State
 Federation of Labor, requesting infor-
 nation as to the so-called Illinois La bor News" The message said
 Reprint from Illinois Labor News eulogizing Coolidge is again being dis tributed in California Your promsed to send correct information regarding this sheet Please hurry"
 Secretary Olander requested that the Chicago correspondent of International Labor News Service investigate the matter, This was done The alleged editor was found at desk in suite of offices that has been notorious for 16 years as the hang-out of promoters of fake schemes of nearly every descrip- tion
 Further investigation revealed tha the Republican National Committee is not only using this fake labor paper for distribution at points far distant from Chicago, but is also quoting. it as an authority on labor in a pamphlet setting forth the virtues of Calvin Coolidge as a friend of labor.'
 A report was submitted to Secretary Olander and the following telegram dis patched to Secretary Scharrenberg in California
 'The so-called Illinois Labor News, which your telegram states is being cir culated in California in the interest of Coolidge, is practically unknown in Hi nois. Investigation has shown that its Street office here where lock boxes are rented at small fee to promoters who desire downtown address Inquiry at the Chicago post-office shows that the publication has not received the pri- vilege of second-class entry
 "It IS my opinion that the Illinois La bor News is not published regularly and that it is now being printed for strictly from Republican sources After some I secured a copy of the paper today and found the names of the of hcers of the Illinois State Federation of with the purpose of misleading readers into supposing that we have some con nection with the paper We are taking steps to stop this misuse of our name 1 All official labor papers issued under authority of any central body of orga- nized labor in Illinois, including the off, sial publication of the Chicago Fedora ion of Labor and the Illinois State Fed l eration of Labor, are, without excep- ion, wholeheartedly urging the election ,f LaFollette"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
5 AND 1oc STORES PAY

New York, Nov. l.-The s. s. Kres- ge Company, 5 and 10 cent store own- CTS, reports a profit of s6,579,996 for the first nine months of 1924 This is an increase of s3Oo,oO0 over the same period last year
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01

preciative. We are anxious not only to show with our voice but otherwise the sense of obligation that we feel be- cause of the great part that you have played in freeing American Labor, as our ancestors were freed centures ago by the Magma Charta itself"