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Evening star., 1924-03-30

! the Jack of Clubs, and certainly he
! had been as strong and unyielding as
iron. Now, for the first time in his
/ life, this blue-eyed cock o. the walk
did an about-face, and as is fire.
quentIy the case with such men he
went to the other extreme. All the
fight was out of him. He was as mall
! leable as gold. as gentle as a girl-a
! peace officer in every sense of the
word and as such citizens of Vernal
Heights began to walk on his toes.
The situation developed very sim
ply There are few pleasures that
are open TO a young patrolman who
) earns only s175 a month. These
pleasures he denied himself in order
TO build up a reserve fund for Miss
! Tilly Miller In the mornings, when
he should have been asleep, he was
| at the bedside of the Queen of Hearts,
/ taking his first lessons in the oldest
| of all games. To his customary gifts
, of candy and flowers he added the
! latest motion picture magazine, and
: these the invalid perused at her
! leisure.
: A subtle change had likewise come
over Miss Tilly Miller. For the first
, time in her life she had little to do
but reflect upon the past and contem-
. plate the future. The doctors were
efficient and courteous, the nurses
I soft-spoken and attentive. Her sur
| rouRdings reflected dignity and good
| taste. Certain phases of life on Yer
| nal Heights began TO take on their
! true aspect She told herself that
! possibly she might not care, after all,
! for 4 stage career The Jack OF Clubs
was now almost her sole visitor, but
Miss Miller didn't seem to object par
! ticularly to this concentrated atten-
! ton. The first morning she was per-
mitted to sit up in bed she stared
| dreamily out of the window and COM
! mitted her voice to a tentative:
II never knew, till / met you.
What a wonderful world it was
Hello said the Jack of Clubs.
| opening the door. II heard you
| singing Gee! that's great"
The Queen of Hearts grew pink in
! the face for the first time since her
injury.
! You got a lotta nerve listenin' in
/ on a private line" she rebuked. And
! then her voice changed sharply.
What's the matter, Jack? Amt
! YOU feelin' right? Come over here
/ till get good look at YOU.
! But he sank into the nearest chair
! and tried to laugh it off. His face
was drawn and there were dark rings
under his eyes.
I'm all right he told her. Just
| a little tired, that's all. Seems like
, there's never anybody around when
I'm feeling spry, but the minute 1
! lean up against building to take
! load off my feet l can see so many
! sergeants around they look like a
{ picket fence. How's the candy sup
/ ply?'
! Never mind about the candy" said
| Tilly. What time did you go to
bed?'
Two o'clock" he answered II had
/ a lot of reports to make out. Nova
| days a patrolman is a sort of chief
clerk, and he's not supposed to make
! out his papers till he comes of duty.
! I brought you some fresh fiowers-'
! He paused abruptly at the express
sion on the girls face.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
A Different Man.

Neat Housewife-Ain't you the san &
nan 1 gave mince pie to last Christ
mas?
Tramp (bitterly)-No, num-; I'm
not, and, wot's more, the doctor sa!
I never viii be.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

JIis face was scratched from scalp 10 chin
enc eye was closed he staggered in. .
I'm Foley. the fighting COP says he.
''Will you look what lady done to mc?"
Songs of the Southern Station.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
JACK O. CLUBS


1t cut the floor right out from un
der him, and he went down on one
knee, ignoring the nurse,
For Gods sake" he pleaded, don't
rub it in. Don't hand it to me like
that! DO ] look like fellow who
would try to hurt a pretty little girl
like you-the sweetest, singer L ever
heard in my life? Why, girl, l used
to shadow you home every night to
make sure that nothing would happen
to you
What girl of eighteen could resist
such a speech as that? Surely not
Miss Tilly Miller. who worshiped at
the shrine of celluloid queens. 1t is
never a mistake to tell Il woman she
is pretty. The Queen of Hearts had
observed just such scenes as this en-
acted in the movies. She caressed
pathetically the pink roses and then
laid a forgiving hand on the chestnut
locks of the Jack of Clubs.
II shall probably die soon" she
whispered, but i bear no i'll will.
You may come to see me again, and
and-I might accept some candy"
Foley's face shone. He got to his
feet.
TN be out tomorrow morning with
a. barrel" he told her. Don't talk
about dying. You like them roses?'
The Queen of Hearts answered,
languidly: "Oh, yes. Did you get
'em from the dago's stand on 49th?"
He pointed to the embossed card Of
Gaylord Brothers, the swellest shop
in the city. Miss Miller was betrayed
into an admiring Gee"
I'll see if ] can get some more, :"
said the Jack of clubs. Shall / take
any word to your folks?"
Mas working" she Informed him,
and my brothers are all married.
They got troubles enough of their
own. Never mind"
He nodded soberly, frowned and
moved toward the door. Then he
paused to look back.
"Greenbaum is going to hold your
job open and pay your salary right
along" he assured. They tied the
can to the professor. I'll he out the
first thing in the morning. Good
bye"
Evening star., 1924-03-30

THE Jack OF Clubs departed with
his brain in a whirl. Downstairs
he stopped al the office To learn what
the rates were for private rooms:
The figures staggered him. He jotted
down the name and address Of Miss
Miller's physician, called DR.. Cum
mings on the telephone, and then
spent the balance of the day wrest-
ling with a financial problem. Arith-
metic was not his long suit, but he
finally achieved Il short cut to the
answer by withdrawing his savings
from the Mission Bank and deposit
ing $400 that night in the wrinkled
hands of Miss Miller's mother.
'You don't need to say where it's
coming from" advised the Jack of
Clubs. 'If any more is needed / can
borrow it against my salary. They're
going to lift my suspension tomor-
row"
Then he went down for a quiet talk
with Sid Greenbaum.
Me-" protested Sid PAY her sal
ary right along? Say. do YOU think
I'm Rockefeller? didn't cave her
bean in
ri know you didn't" sighed Foley,
but you're violatin' four city ordi-
nances. You'll have to make your
aisles three inches wider and put "a
new exit to the left OF the stage and
remove those advertising signs from
the sidewalk. and"
Hold on" protested Sid. Il get
you. / always did think a lot of
TilIy What's S25 a week between
friends? Shall I mail it to the hos
pitaI?"
I'll tell her mother to call" said
Foley. It's very generous of you"
Not at ALL" disclaimed Sid. clad
20 do it,
The next day Police officer Foley
was restored to his beat. and there
began a period of refined torture such
as none can appreciate save those
who have worn the seven pointed
star or the more modern shield of
the public servant.
The device on Officer Foley's cap
bore the Latin motto of the depart
ment, Iron in war; gold in peace"
Hitherto it had been war alone for
Evening star., 1924-03-30

A t o'clock that evening the sun,
peeking over yernal Heights for
a farewell glimpse at the province of
the Forty Strong Gang, beheld Officer
John Francis Foley, his head thrust
forward and his shoulders hunched,
tiptoeing along sd street and NUT
tering under his breath:
MY own little sweetie, and he near
killed her! / hope the whole gang
is with him, that's all ] hope
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

the shorter workday was not com
plete solution for it, but it was the
best temporary solution short of the
abolition Of the capitalist mode Of
production and the substitution of
workers control and ownership Of
the means Of wealth production. The
officials Of the miners union have
no sympathy for this kind of Ian
guage. 1t means the emancipation
Of the working class from labor
takers as we'll as from the capital
lists and the labor takers are well
off under this system.
Secretary Green, the wheel horse
of the administration, wound up the
discussion as usual by playing on
the emotions of the audience, appeal
ing for brotherly love and then
threatening the opposition with pun
ishment if they did not stop that
opposition. The vote was taken, the
Green oratory had its effect, the re-
port of the scale committee was
carried, the six hour day was bur-
led and another day Of the conven-
ton of the United Mine Workers Of
America came to an end.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Sidney HiIlmGn,
Sick in Chicago,
Tells of Lockout

Sidney Hillman, president of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, is sick at the Morrison
hotel here. Hillfnan came to Chi
cago to confer with local officers of
the union on various organization
matters and became sick Tuesday;
since then he has heen confined to
bed.
Hillman told a reporter for the
DAILY WORKER of the lockout
of $4,000 clothing workers in New
York City. The clothing manufac-
turers have reduced the prices they
paid to contractors for work, and
the contractors in turn tried to
shift the cut in prices to the work
ers. When the workers refused to
take the cut, the contractors locked
them out. Since Hillman came to
Chicago, about 10000 men were
locked out by the coat contractors.
"The lockout is both against the
manufacturers and the workers. -
Hillman said. "The workers have
shown that they will not take a cut
in wages and the contractors will
be forced to either do the work for
the new prices or deal with the
manufacturers"
"Until the contractors decide to
center their attention on the man
ufacturers, it is a waiting fight for
the workers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Call Er-Giants and
Wizards of Ku KIur
Khan to Testify

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. L.
Luther Nickels and Scott Woodward,
counsel for George Peddy, Republican
contestant Of the seat of Senator
Earle B. Mayfeld Of Texas, today
asked the senate committee investi-
eating Mayfeld's election to subpoena
number Of present and former Of
ficials Of the Atlanta Palace of the
Ku Klux Khan to testify to alleged
Khan contributions sent into Texas
to aid in Mayheld's election.
Those for whom subpoenacs were
asked by NickeIs and Woodward, fol-
low: Z. Y. Clarke, former Imperial
Giant; +. J. Simmons, former Inn
perial Wizard; N. N. Funcy. des-
cribed as "Cashier Of the Imperial
Palace" at Atlanta, and Il. J. Jones,
an official at the Atlanta Palace.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Greedy Sharks
Fight Bill Cutting
Employment Fee
BY MIRIAM ALLEN DE FORD.
(By The Federated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO.-At the last
session of the state assembly the Eel
lom law was passed limiting the fees
of private employment agencies to
1919 of the first months pay. The
agencies, which had fought the bill
hard, have now attacked it's consti-
nationality, and test case is pending
before the state supreme court.
Meanwhile the employment sharks
are making hay while the sun shines.
A recent case of extortion was re-
vealed by an ex-service man, Marion
]. Noble, who secured from the Bust
ness Mems Clearing House, a private
agency, job paying $125 a month.
He had signed what he thought was
a registration card, only to discover
that it was a contract to pay from
500 to 800 of his first months
salary, according to promptness of
payment. Learning of the FELTON,
law, he paid the agency instead
$3.50, or 1919. The ageRcy is now
bringing suit against him for the diff
ference, $31.25. Noble says he took
his case to the state labor bureau,
and was advised to pay the difference
and take a chance on its being re-
funded if the law is upheld by the
supreme court.
Unemployment Is rife in Califor-
MIA, and the employment agencies
are reaping a harvest. The test case
in question was decided against them
in the lower court, and then appealed
by them. A former law limiting
agencies fees was declared invalid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
CHICAGO CLOTHING
INDUSTRY KEEPS
ITS OWN JODLESS
Unemployment Proven.
ton, Not Insurance

Unemployment prevention and not
unemployment insurance is set w bv
the recent agreement in the Chicago
mems clothing industry, according
to John r. Commons, University of
Wisconsin, in an address to the Chi
cago City Club forum. Commons IS
chairman of the board Of trustees Of
the unemployment funds established
jointly by the organized EMPLOYERS
and the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers.
Commons emphasized the fact that
there are as many unemployment re-
serves as there are individual firms
OF employers. The only exception is
the provision in the agreement for
pooling the unemployment funds in
the case of a hundred or so small
contractors in the industry. Each
clothing concern sets up its unem-
ployment reserve as a liability on its
books exactly as it would set up a re-
serve for dividends. There is no
mingling Of funds whatever as there
would be in a mutual insurance
scheme. This is the case also with
the employees Of each firm. Their
contributions which are exactly equal
to those of their employer, namely,
lz9o of their wages, are merged
into the house fund so that those
employees who may have steady work
IN a certain house contribute toward
benefits going to those who do not
have steady work in that house.
Unlike British Plan.
This principle of unemployment
reserves instead of unemployment in
surance is the popularity of all Amer
lean plans as distinguished from
European plans, Commons stated.
Under the British compulsory system
which now covers 100000 work
ers the employers contribute to a
common fund which is then dis
tr1buted to the unemployed in any
part of the country with the result
that the employer who furnishes
steady employment is taxed for the
benefits going to employees of firms
which do not give steady employ
ment.
Unemployment Penalties Boss.
In all the American plans where
no one employer contributes to any
other employers funds each en-
ployer can keep his reserve intact by
furnishing steady employment and
need not contribute to any reserve
at all if he has no unemployment.
Hence, said Commons, the American
plans should properly be named I'M
employment prevention rather than
unemployment insurance. This idea
appears IN The Chicago agreement in
the provision that when house fund
reaches certain amount the prem
iums cease both for the employee and
his employer. The idea, he asserted,
is to furnish an inducement toward
establishing employment rather than
relief for unemployment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

organized miners or America.
What care they for shorter
hours? Their hours of labor
are not set by the constitution
Unemployment means moth
ing to them. While the coal
diggers toll in the mines and
worry about the security Of their
means of livelihood, the officials are
enjoying life and making hay while
the sun shines.
At the previous convention of the
organization the delegates by an
overwhelming vote instructed the
scale committee to fight for the six
hour day, but not one official whis-
per has been heard about it since
This time the six hour day will not
even be used as a trading point
It is ditched in advance. The Off
Gals want nothing but retention 81
the present wage scale and the con-
current termination of all contracts
in the bituminous fields.
A referendum joker is inserted
whereby any agreement secured
shall be submitted to the rank and
file for ratification. If the steam
roller methods of John L. Lewis
during this convention are a cri.
terion of his treatment Of the ref
erendum it is only an Insult to the
intelligence of the union members.
The stage was set for the report
Of the scale committee after listen
ing to James J. (Babbit) Davis
preaching cooperation between coal
miners and operators at the morning
session. Mr. Davis claimed that
there were 244,000 men too many
employed now in the coal industry
Not the shortening of the workday
but the elimination of these mer
from the industry was the solution
of Mr.. Davis for the problem Of
unemployment and the chaos which
exists. And that is also Mr.. Lewis
solution. Where are these coal min
ers to go to? Have they no right
20 a living One would not think
so judging by the speeches made
by the members of the scale commit
tee, who defended the report.
Frank Harrington, the new found
friend Of John L. Lewis, when called
on to report for the scale committee
warned the delegates that the re-
port would not satisfy those who
held extreme and impossible" views
After preparing the ground for dis
appointment he submitted the fol
LOWING, document.
Report of Scale Committee.
To the Twenty-ninth Consecutive
and Sixth Biennial Convention OF
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, Greetings:
We, your Scale Committee, tc
whom has been delegated the duty
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Send in Your News

The Daily Worker urges all
members Of the party to send in
the news Of their various sec
tions. Every Party Branch should
appoint itS own correspondent and
make him responsible for the news
that ought to be sent In to The
Daily Worker. The Party Page
should be the Invest page in The
Daily Worker. Help make il 80.
Address all mail to the Editor. The
Daily Worker, 1910 N. HaIsted
ST., Chicago, III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

Send all contributions
to the LABOR DEFENSE
COUNCIL, 166 w. Washington
Street, Chicago, Ill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Company at Fault.

Turnout the whole discussion Of
his case, Howat has consistently
maintained that the mine was laid
idle thru the fault Of the company,
which endeavored To introduce new
customs at this mine, and which al
lowed this broken-down shovel to
remain unrepaired for months while
at the same time it was endeavoring
to fix responsibility upon Howat for
keeping the men idle.
International Board Members Dali
rymple and Steele, sent by Lewis to
investigate the complaint of the OPP
orators Association that Howat had
called and was supporting a strike
in violation Of contract, did not in
their official report adduce evidence
TO support the contention that there
was a strike at the mine. The COM
pany called the situation a strike;
Howat called It shutdown; Steele
and Dalrymple expressed not even
an opinion as to which was right
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
LeuOis Machine Fights Against Six
Hour Day More Vigorously Than
the Trained Corporation Lawyers
Especial Correspondence to the Daily WOrker)

TOMLINSON HALL, INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Jan. 31--The
official family of the United Mine Workers America today
threw the sxhour day to the winds and like loyal
euenant of the coal operators against the efforts
of the representatives of the rank file on the floor of the
convention to insert clause in the proposed wage scale
viding for a shorter workday.
The coal operators need worry SO long as John T.
Lewis and the ocadom control the desne of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
Daily Worker Presents the
Facts in the HolUat Case
Special 30 tn. Daily Worker,

TOMLINSON HALL INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. 1.-The
attempt of President John Lewis of the United Mine Workers
destroy Alexander Howa ably seconded by Governor
Allen of Kansas father of the Industrial Court Law which
passed early in 1920 with the object Of destroying the
power of Unionism in Kansas
This Law to so-caed "Court," appointed by the
Governor the authority to change and fix the miners wage
The Delta independent., 1924-08-29
D. |. GARDNER INJURED
SEVERELY BY FALLING

D. L. Gardner met with very pain
full sccidenut last Friday at the Currie
Canning factory which incapacitated
him for several weeks. Mr.. Gardner
was helping to load truck OF canned
goods at the factory Friday morning
about eleven O'Clock when in some
manner the truck slipped from the
elevator on which It was standing and
Mr.. Gardner was thrown to the floor,
about four feet
The truck fell from the elevator and
stopped on Mr Gardner who was bad
ly bruised as a result. His back and
shoulder were serverely strained and
he also received a large number OF
bruises all over his body.
Mr.. Gardner will be confined to his
bed several weeks as a result OF his
very painful accident.
The Delta independent., 1924-08-29
SUPERINTENDENT HARDY
ECKERT SCHOOL MARRIES

Friends here and in Eckert will be
interested to learn of the marriage in
Denyar Of Joseph Ernest Hardy. sup
erinteudent OF schools at Eckert. Mr
Hard was married last Saturday to
Miss Virginia Warmer in Denver. the
bride home The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. P. F. Honedon Of
Beaumont Texas, in the presence of
only immediate relatives OF the bride
and groom
The couple left Denver at once for
Ecke-; where Mr.. Hardy will resume
his work in the school September l.
Mrs. Hardy Is a young lady Of pleas
inE personality and is most attractive
She graduated from the East Denver
high school and also from the univer-
si,y OF Colorado where she was a
member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Mr.. Hardy is an admirable young
man and has made many friends here
during his residence at Eckert. These
friends extend hearty congratulations
to him and his bride and will welcome
her
The Delta independent., 1924-08-29
Peak Week at Currie
Cannery Last Week

LAST week was peak week at the
Delta Cannery when 116 tons OF beans
were handled, a night and day shift
being employed. The cannery will
continue to handle beans until the
middle Of September. Owing to water
shortage the contracts are falling short
of their quota, amounting to something
like a shortage OF SO to 90 acres.
he factory will continue to receive
hgaus a few weeks longer in an at
tempt to secure enough to fill orders
ON the average from 50 TO 40 workers
have been employed but during the
heavy run, the number was increased
TO .hree times that number with a l6-
hour per day run
tomatoes follow the beans and
pumpkins will be the last product
handled
The Delta independent., 1924-08-29
THIRD SUMMER FLOWER
SHOW SEPTEMBER 6

For the third time this summer
Delta flower raisers will show what
they can do next week when the third
flower show OF the season, under the
auspices OF the Delta Woman's club
will be held in the lobby OF the First
National Dank. Dahlias. asters. gen
eral collections and children's
bouquets will be featured this time.
The following prizes are offered:
Dahlla collections. first prize, 81 worth
of dahlia bulbs. second 50 worth of
bulbs and third. 50 worth. Single
entry dahlias, first, 50 worth of bulbs,
second, 81 worth, and third 81 worth.
All OF these are donated by J. d.
Long. dahlia specialist of Boulder,
On asters. the first prize will be SO
in cash, thhe second. 50 and third, 81.
For the general collection of flowers,
50 and 81 will be given as the prizes.
The children will be awarded 81 and
soc as the two prizes for the best
bouquets. All the cash prizes are by
the First National Bank.