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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
Back Pay Suit Lost
 By Railway Shopmen

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. I6.-Federal Judge Dickinson has dismissed the $I5,ooo,ooo back-pay suit that system federation No. 90 (shop men) started against the Pennsylvania railroad.
 The claim was for the difference be- tween wages set by the Railroad La bor Board, and wages set by the rail- roads company union" Judge Dick inson ruled that federal courts have no power to enforce decisions of the Railroad Labor Board The fedora ton system will appeal the decision
 One result of the trial that is of value to the organized workers Is the statement by Pennsylvania rail road official that the expenses of company union" representatives are paid by the railroad when they are negotiating wage rates
 Robert " Massey, general manager of the eastern region of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, made this acknowledge ment under cross-examination by the shop mems attorney
 This is proof that the company union" IS a good investment for the railroad as the management has saved $I 5000, ,ooo, less the few rundred dol lars 1t expends on company union" representatives while they are housed in fine hotels and smoke good cigars during a wage conference
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
LABOR POINTS OUT ANOTHER
 BIG SCANDAL
Big Four Unions Call on Coolidge to Investigate Alaska-Fall and Den-
 by in Deals There Too.

Washington, Feb. I6-Representa-
 tives of the Big Four" labor unions
 are preparing to press President
 Coolidge for action on their request
 for "a clean up" in Alaska.
 sThe labor leaders conducted a sec ret survey of conditions in Alaska l last summer about tre same time that the late President Harding was there, and on January A requested
 MT. Coolidge to investigate, it was learned this week.
 Tn their letter to MT. Coolidge the labor men said that such an investi-
 gation twill reveal conspiracy of
 magnitude and ramihcations more
 serious and baneful by far than the disclosures resulting from the naval oil investigation. Our investigation
 convinces us that the Alaskan rail- road is victim of deliberate intrigue and conspiracy carried on over a long period, directed by influence hostile to 1t, which are determined to destroy 1t as a government owned railroad and to exploit Alaska for their exclusive benefit.
 After forcing it's construction costr to excessive figures, they have pre- vented tonnage development for 1t, making it financial failure," the let ter added.
 The investigation called for by the labor leaders would center on the Alaskan railroad but would include also steamship lines and other indus tries.
 Several yearr ago an appropriation of ST ,ooo,o was obtained from con gress for development of the Mata- nuska coal field which if developed would continue an important factor in obtaining increased freight ton mage on the railroad.
 Former Secretary of the Interior Fayy in May, 1922, obtained the trans fer of this mine, which was a naval reserve from the navy department to the department of the interior by the l signing of an order by Secretary Denby.
 Immediately after the transfer, Fall all operations in the mine Meantime special board of the navy department conducted tests of the Matanuska coal to determine If it could be used for naval fuel
 At thir time the navy was using ;oal from West Virginia, so the tests were made in comparison with the Vest Virginia fuel
 In it's report the special board said hat the Alaskan coal was E per .ent more efficient than the West Virginia fuel; that the Alaskan coal developed more horsepower, despite lesser tonnage. Despite this report he Alaskan coal was held unsuited or navy purposes.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
Ford Employees
 Number 162,792

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 16-Henry Ford now employs in his major in dustries here and throughout the world I62,7o2 persons, it is announced by the Ford Motor Company. Of this number 121,214 are employed in manufacturing plants of the company in the United States and 24,13z in the American branches. Employees in foreign lands number 11,o28 The re- mainder are employed in other Ford enterprises, such as his railroad, coal mines, schools and hospitals.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
GET AMOUR WEEK

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 16-The Elec- trotypers' Union has concluded nego- tiations with employers and has se- cured wage increases and the 44-hour week.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-09-06

BOOST ALASKA
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-09-06
HOW EXPLOSION ONU.SS.
 MISSISSIPPI OCCURRED

Wnie engaged in target practice of San Pedro; Cr ifornia.on the afternoon of June F an oxplo sion occurred in the number 2 turret of the l-.S.S. MisSisSiDoi, killing forty five and iniuring $ score The vessel at once male for port, and when inside p0l t limits a second explosion occur firing second gun The shot from thiS gun barely missing the the Ilr-r Yale, which vas leaving port. Various explanations of the disaster have been made regard ing 1t. The Naval journal gty $ the following version:-
 The vessel was firing at long range battle practice. The guns have only an elevatjou of 130 giv- ing them a very short range. 1t is said, that to tive normal range the ship was trimmed to one side, this gave the vessel a list of number of degrees, giving the guns he right elevation, this movement 1t is believed, causeda short circuit in the electrical fir ing mechanism, which allowed the gun to be fired without the breech being closed. The second gun was fired through the con tact of the hand of a dead officer firing the charge. These are the true statements.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-11-20
MILWAUKEE, BUYS BUTTER

The Minnesota Cooperative Cream
cries Association has entered into an
agreement with the Gridley Dairy
Company, of Milwaukee, one of the
largest butter manufacturing con-
Germs in Wisconsin, whereby the
Association will supply that COM
pany with ali the sweet cream butter
it needs in the future. For the pres
ent this will amount to a carload a
week.
The Gridley Company is pioneer
in the manufacture of sweet cream
butter. Recently it has not been
able to get a sufficient supply OF
sweet cream to care for the needs of
it's customers.
Officials of the Creameries Asso-
citation were particularly elated over
this order, not only because 1T proves
to them that the Associations pro-
duct is becoming well known but al
so because the shipping of butter to
markets as near as Milwaukee saves
considerable expense in freight.
C. E. Lee, manufacturing expert
for the Gridley Company, who con-
Quoted negotiations with the Cream
cries Association, expressed unusual
satisfaction over the contamination
of the deal. "Yours is the best but
ter l have been able to find any
where" said Mr.. Lee to H. F. Mey-
err, manager Of the butter sales de-
partment of the Association. eve
could not get fifty tubs of such but
ter in the state of Wisconsin.
The Creameries Association hand
led little over three million pounds
of butter during October.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-11-20

Fischer went over to see the game.
The industrial arts work in the
Manual Training department started
this week.
Averill Bartell returned to school
Monday, after weeks absence, dur
ing which time she had her tonsils re-
moved.
The Boy Scout basket ball team
is to start practice this week. In all
probability a game will be played
with the Melrose Juniors on Dec.
10. Much interest is being manifest
ed in the winter physical education
work. In between halves of the
games played by the Legion team
and the High School team the Scouts
will put on stunts and demonstra-
tions.
Many High School students at
tended the Illinois-Minnesota game
on Saturday, (via radio).
Leonard Brown was chosen as
captain of the basket ball team at a
meeting Of the boys.
Declamatory work is well under
way. The Elimination contest will
be held some time before the holt
days.
Twelve boys from the Senior High
School skipped their afternoon
classes Armistice day in pursuit OF
some active sport. Whether they
found it or not, we feel quite as
sured that after their return to
school Wednesday, they will try in
the future to arrange their pleasures
when school is not in session. How
about it boys?
Both the Junior and Senior High
Assemblies are having a number of
speakers talk to them this week to
aid the school in the Observation of
American Education Week. The fol-
lowing are the speakers and the days
they speak:
Junior High
Monday-L. l.. Kells.
Tuesday-Rev. S. S. Wyand.
Wednesday-Rev. R. A. Crickmer.
Thursday-Rev. J. A. Stein.
Friday-Mr. w. B. Morgan.
Senior High
Monday-Victor Conklin.
Tuesday Rev. Fred B. Wyand.
Wednesday-Rev. Cecil S. Sparkes.
Thursday-Mayor VIM. M. Parker.
Friday--A. +. Strebel.
There is an old saying that goes
something like the following: "Work
while you work and play while you
play" The Normal Department has
versed it so that it takes on an en-
tirely new aspect. "Work while you
work, and work while you work"
The Normal Department has start
ed teaching reading in the Fifth and
Sixth Grades. They expect to teach
these grades until Thanksgiving.
Thursday afternoon the Normal
Department visited Miss Goodsell
who gave them an exceedingly in
teresting lecture upon the Far East.
She showed many curios which illus
trated the lecture.
Saturday a number of teachers
from the surrounding vicinity met
at the school house to discuss their
in teaching by the Project
method.
The Normal Department will
start holding the story hour period
Saturday Nov. %, at the Library.
SUBSCRIBE FOR HERALD
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-11-20
SCHOOL NOTES
Alma Forsberg-Editor
Junior High News

Junior High News
The Audubon Society met last
Friday. In answer to roll call, many
members gave talks on their favorite
birds. The programme was as fol-
lows:
"Why We Have Audubon Soci-
cites" ........... Vera Sparkes
"Ducks and Geese" ..........
Hunting" ......... Glen Sullivan
"Bird Migration. Malcolm Davis
After an informal discussion of
birds and nests, the meeting adjourn
ed.
The kindergarten children are
starting free hand paper cutting. Last
week they cut free hand fruit baskets
and this week they are making free
hand Thanksgiving posters.
Groups from the Seventh and
Eighth Grades sang patriotic songs in
the Senior High Assembly Friday.
Two of the numbers were: "America
My Country" and ''U. S. A. For
ever"
Miss Thomas spent the week end
at Alexandria as a guest of her sist-
er.
Iowa was a guest of Miss Gilkey, AR
Mrs. G.. w. Moeller of EYerly,
Iowa, was guest of Miss Gilkey,
School Nurse, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
A number of new students have
enrolled in the grades. Stella Han
sen, First Grade; Marjorie Fenley,
Second Grade; Elizabeth Fenley,
Third Grade; Blanche Hester and
Harland Picket, Fourth Grade.
The following pupils of the Third
Grade who have the most stars on the
Arithmetic Honor Roll are: Lyle
Sykes, jeanette Steiner, Erwin Volk-
man and Anthony belong.
The Third and Fourth Grades are
having English Boxes. The purpose
of these is to fight against bad Eng
lish.
g.
Senior High News
The following typewriter students
received rewards for writing 80 or
40 words per minute on either an
Underwood or l.. C. Smith machine:
Alvira Matthias Certificate go
words)-Underwoo
Alvira Matthias Certifcate go
"OIuS IL. ". OIluIlls
Luella Shulze-Certifcate. go
words)-L. C.. Smith.
Walter Moynihan-Bronze Medal.
.(40 words)-L. C. Smith.
The Senior Class President called
class meeting Thursday for the pur-
pose of electing officers for the re-
mainder of the school year. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
resident-Harry Palmer.
Vice President-Lillian Flahaven.
Secretary-Octavia Mcnamara.
Treasurer Kiken.
Class Advisor-Miss Hunt.
After the installation of the of
ficers the meeting adjourned.
Mr.. Morgan referred the Glenwood
(52)-Wheaton co. game on Sat-
urday. Walter Moynihan and Carl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-11-20

hearing upon and the examination, adj
justment and allowance of such claims
as shall be presented within the time
aforesaid.
Let notice hreof be given by the
publication of this order in The Sank
Centre Herald as provided by law.
Dated November 18th, 1924.
(Seal) J. B. HIMSL,
Judge of Probate.
L. L. KELLS, Esq,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Published Nov. 20-27. Dec. 4.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-11-20

cdent:
1t is Ordered, That the time within
which all creditors Of the above named
decedent may present claims against
her estate in this Court, be, and the
same hereby is, limited to three months
from and after the. date hereof; and
that Friday the Goth day of February
1925, at 900 o'clock A. M, in the Pro-
bate Court, Rooms at the Court House
at the City of St. Cloud in said County,
be, and the same hereby is, fixed and
appointed as the time and place for
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-11-20
Order Limiting Time to File Claims
whiting Three Months, and for
Hearing Thereon

State Of Minnesota, County of Stearns,
SIS.
Estate of Wilhelmine Zuelke, also
known as Minnie Zuelke, deceased.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of Will
helmine Zuelke, also known as Minnie
Zuelke, Decedent.
Letters of Administration with Will
annxed this day having been granted
to H. c. Lembke. and it appearing by
the affidavit of said representative
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Mrs. Alfred p. Austin Born June 6,
1913, Died Jannary 5, 1924

Saturday noon at 1870, January 5,
this community was shocked when
the news went out that Mrs. Laura
A Austin, wife of Alfred p. Austin had
passed away. She had suffered a
shock one year ago the 9th day of
last December and has been cared for
through that time by her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Don G. Austin with the
exception OF seven weeks, she was
cared for by her grandchild Miss Be
linda Dillingham;. She was taken
with the second shock. and in mo-
ment without a single struggle she
fell peacefully into the slumber of
death. Medical aid was called but
no earthly power could call her back
TO life.
The subject of our sketch was born
in Highland No. 2, North New Port
land June 6, 184S, and was the daugh-
ter of Catherine and Harrison Boston.
She lived with her grandparents from
a very small child and for so years
has been a resident of Skowhegan.
She was known and will be remem-
bered in many homes and by many
friends to whom she sold berries for
il number of years. She was married
to Alfred p. Austin in the town of
Embden, Sc years ago the oath of last
June. In Emblem they passed the
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FORTY MEN HEAR ABOUT |
WOODEN INDUSTRY
R0tarians Visit the Several L0ca
Plants Of the American Wool.
en- Company

Forty men dined at the weekly Bo-
tary Club luncheon Tuesday. Guests
were Justice l.. Z. Deasey Of the Sn-
preme Court and his stenographer,
y. II. Whitman. Attorney Herbert
Locke Of Augusta, Attorney p A.
Smith Of Fairfield. president Of the
Kiwanis Club of WaterYlle. Sussman
Russakoff, John C. Roaf. Julian {.
Goodrich and James Stanley OF SHOW
hogan. Customary songs Were sung
and the luncheon was enjoyed in the
usual social manner of Rotarians. W.
II. Cummings gave a brief history Of
the American Wooden Company ghich
was founded in 1899 with twenty-fonr
mills, each mill having separate
management which entailed an enor-
nous overhead expense He credit
ed William VI. Wood as being the
guiding spirit of the American Wool
on Company and said that the com
pany had increased from twenty-four
mills to ffty-hye. The most of these
are in New England, although there
are two in New York and one in Ken
lucky. The company has fourteen
mills in Maine. He said that the
weekly payroll from the mills in
Skowhegan was from $4,000 to 3d.
900 and the output each week was
about $1,000 yards OF cloth. Thomas
+. Greenway, the local superintend-
ent, described the manufacturing in
detail from the time the wool was
taken from the back of the sheep I'M
til it was turned out, a finished prod
uct He spoke of the sorting and
securing process with it's loss in
shrinkage from 90 to so per cent, the
distribution through brokers TO the
different mills, the processes of dying
after carding, the spinning. He then
described the dressing, the drawing in
process in preparation for the loom,
the mendng the results of the full
ing room, the washing and drying
and then the shearing process before
its final inspection. After this it is
rolled up in bolts and prepared for
shipping. The members were invited
to the Anderson mill aSer which
they were conducted to the two other
plants of the company. where the talk
given by Mr.. Greenway was intelli-
gently demonstrated. Dealing with
local business enterprise. this was
one of the most interesting and in
structive meetings in which the club
has participated.
Next Tuesday noon the speaker will
be Hon. Frank G. Harrington. presid-
ent of the Maine Senate.
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BPW Club Enjoys Supper

Seventy club members enjoyed the
picnic supper held in the BPW Club
rooms. Tuesday evening. Supper
was served at $50, each group bring
ing their own supper, coffee being
served by the club under the direction
of the following committee: Miss
Margaret Lessard, chairman, Miss
Virginia Stinchfield, Miss Marie Gold
ammcr and Miss Doris Eaton. Dur
ing the supper hour music was fur
nished by an orchestra composed of
Miss Helen Halves, James White and
Smith Ames, also a reading by Miss
Mildred Lancaster, the committee in
charge being Miss Gladys Ames, Miss
Christine Bison and Doris Humph-
reys. There was a short business
meeting with the president, Miss Mar
garet NJ Chase, presiding at which
time announcement was made Of the
next meeting on February 18TH at the
club rooms. Miss Athlete Penney.
president of the State Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs, will be present at this time and
will present the charter TO the club.
The secretary's report was read by
Miss Anne NJ. Caswell and the follow
ing committees were appointed for
the next meeting: Entertainment.
Mrs. Vivian G.. Woodbury.. chairman,
Miss Addie Cover and Mrs. Elizabeth
Dyer; refreshment committee, chair
man, Miss Ethel Ward. Miss Nellie
Beane and Miss Mona Jones. As
sistants for the next three weeks are
Miss Airline Burnor Miss Chantal
Bison and Miss Dorothy NJ. Elliot.
Hostesses are: January 2Srd. Girl
Scouts. Blanch Jewett, Edna Craw-
ford, Mrs. Eugenia Collins, Mona
Jones, Festival Chorus, Doris Hum
phreys, Girl Scouts, Mrs. Pauline
Greene. Addie Cover. Annie Groder.
Allie Goodrich, Festival Chorus, Marie
Goldammer, Girl Scouts, Mrs. Elsie
Fox, Mrs Mamie Ellis Leila Fair
brother, Hazel Dumont, Festival
Chorus.
The club members greatly appreci-
ate the new electric lights in the read
ing. music room and in the hall.
which have recently been installed.
After the business meeting those who
wished. remained at the club rooms
for cards and social evening.
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additional money which would be
spent in the village for supplies, Incl
dent to maintaining a dormitory,
while the matter of money to be spent
by the students for clothing, etc,
would be no small sum to be spent
in the town. Reckoning forty weeks
of school, the income to be derived
from fifty pupils spending their money
in town would probably mean around
$4,000 to be spent in North Arson
Village In other words we wish
to adequately place Arson Academy
in a position so that it will be recog
nized as one of the leading institu-
lions of its kind in New England and
furthermore to provide the very best
facilities for supplying the broad
fundamentals of a liberal education
and at the same time give that prac-
teal training so that those who are
unable to pursue their work in any
higher institutions may be well fitted
to meet the demand of world affairs of
today. To also anticipate that time
and guard against it when State Aid
will be no longer possible" In case
the Academy should be given up Il
much larger yearly appropriation
would have to be made by the town
for the support of a high school.
Mr.. Bailey then continued that an
other aim of the committee was to To-
cate somewhere in the buildings a
memorial tablet upon which will be
inscribed the names of the founders
of the Academy to be followed by the
names of the trustees down to the
present time, with a second tablet
bearing the names of all those who
are to participate in this great cam
paign.
I'VE want the people to realize, y
said Mr.. Bailey, "the value of Arson
Academy as a community asset and
the fact that the citizens are to give
toward a fund to perpetuate the up
keep of such a place in there can
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The total enrolment of pupils at the
Academy including the Junior High
is about 1913.
Mr.. Bailey has given much Thought
to the best manner in which this
100000 fund could be raised the in
terest to be expended for the Acad-
envy and has outlined a plan which
would seem to fit most admirably into
the work of meeting the needs. He
submitted plan to the committee
and this plan was later submitted to
the trustees of the Academy and a
few members of the Alumni which
seemed to meet with the approval of
those concerned. Letters will soon
be forthcoming to the citizens and the
Alumni in general, setting forth the
present conditions, the needs and the
aims of the Academy and this will be
followed up by home campaign first.
This campaign will be conducted by
two teams of nine each. This
will occupy two days and on the
evening of the first day a supper will
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been made by the former students
This campaign will be conducted
largely by correspondence and gener-
al publicity, supplemented by person
al interviews wherever it will be
possible.
Questioned as to some of the aims
of the endowment committee, Mr..
Bailey gave the following: 1--WE
wish to provide another teacher 50
that the principal may be able to de-
vote a part of his time to admins
trative and executive work and not
have to devote his entire time to
teaching.
ITO have the courses systematized
so that each department may have it's
instructor. AS an illustration under
the proposed plan, the teacher of
English will only have to instruct
classes in augmentation, debating
and such other studies as would come
up in English branches. The same
plan holding true in the departments
of mathematics, languages, sciences,
etc. We wish also to have one
teacher with. normal training. An
/ other aim will be to complete our
present department of sciences and to
finish demonstrating the athletic
quarters in the old Uniyersalist
Church building. which is now par
TALLY fitted up and belongs to the
i Academy property. We need dor
mitory for housing and feeding fifty
students. At the present time we
! have twenty-five, who might SO be ac-
commodated, and had we the facilities
for housing them we might easily
double this number.
Accomplishing this we should not
only be doing much for the students
but the town of North Arson in itself
would derive much benefit from the
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not than otherwise make the commn-
nifty, itself a more cultured and bigger
and better place. The fact that we
hope to derive from the former stu
dents and friends the larger portion
of this sum, and the fact that the in
come derived from this sum will be
spent In our home town Is making the
matter one of mutual advantage to
both the school and the town. We
feel that this campaign movement is
in reality a memorial to those early
founders and to the men and women
who in succeeding years have helped
to build an institution which 1t is now
our purpose to benefit and make well
nigh perfect as Il means Of educa-
tim