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r1nf11rTrER REPORT
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Your Committee met in Govern
mpnt Holso on ,ugust 10th. 1921,
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@ ! and J1dgp .Tno T, Currv
Sneaker, Nh. A. j. Blackwood was
absent from the Island.
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uIdLt VI O~IoIIl"IlI0' u-.y
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in the Municipality of st. CroiX Of"
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"a0d II on the 0lh line together
with the 9th, 9th and tn line up
to and incIudIlg the words "WIthin
, 1924-09-09
p 70 GS
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
70 z ST. ROLE
Continued from yc.terdaJs Avjs)

~'CO"01"aed -" Je,I7'@1J A0S6J
1st Member for Fred4riksted Town
(Jdcks0n Mr.. Vice-C Chairman: BY
whom ard when was Mr.. Fr- derik APP
pointed?
The Vjce-C Chairman: Bv the Council. in
1917.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Town
(JGckS0n). Mr. Vice Chairman: th0ugnt
this has reference to a general order.
The Vice Chairman. ( don't think so.
This concerns The Internal affairs Of the
Council, and tn. ColncI alone directs
its internal Ia fairs.
Dtspatching Secretary (BlrretD re-
marked: Mr.. Chairman. would
like to say that this request to the C7air-
man OF the Co,onial Council for the APP
pointment of the Assistant to the Cum
ell was mace to have a Uniform system
and d uniform procedure with regard TO
appointments Tor everyone whose salary
j paid from the Colonial Treasury. Gov.
e.um Mt feels that the Assistant vas L.
pa1y appointed aud it simply requested
tne verIlication f ne Ca3jrmln of M
coo nal Council on the app1iYtnrnt. The
Colonial C2unciI having duy nominated
and appointed the Assistant, Government
telt and still fe Is that the ChqirnaG Of
the Colonial Council aas full authority to
confirm the appointment and all Govern
mant wanted was the signature Of The
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The Washington times., 1924-03-18
KRUPPS OBTAIN
SPANISH SHIP
PLANT
Take Over Barcelona Works,
Established in 1850
Make Extensions.
BY international News Service.

BY International News Service.
BARCELONA, March 18.-Spain' g
Oldest engineering works. La Mar
quista Terrestre y Martina, to-
gether with the weu-known Car
dena Backyard, have been &C.
quired by Measrs. Krupp, the IA
nous German engineering and
ornaments firm.
The La Marquista works was
established in 1855 and is situated
in Barcelona. alongside the port.
The. works employs 900 men and
has capital Of approximately
S., 900, 900.
Under the new order, Krupps
will supply the technical staff, and
Spanish banks will find the neces.
sary capital for the proposed ex.
tensions Of the works and the dock.
yard.
Krupp's will place Immediately
large orders for construction work
which cannot be undertaken in Ger
many under the terms of the Yer
sailles treaty. They will also
build steamers here for the Ger.
man.South American lines and corr
struct locomotives for the Spanish
railways.
The change is very favorably re.
ceived here. prominent business
men believing II will do much To
relieve the unemployment situa
ton.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
SUIT ACCUSES
TEACHER OF CRUELTY

Helen Richards, of 228 South
Carolina avenue southeast, Yesterday
filed suit in the District Supreme
Court against James G. Richards.
who she says is a manual training
teacher at the Smallwood public
school, for a limited divorce. alleg.
ing cruelty. She also asks the court
for an equitable division Of her wed.
ding presents. claiming that her
husband retains some Of them which
were sent to them Jointly and de-
clines to divide them with her. The
couple was married August 16. 1922,
and have one child
The plaintiff. represented by At
torneys w. A. Combe and Z. d.
Detwiler, declares that much of her
unhappiness has been caused by the
proximity Of the ''in-laws." They
have been occupying a home be-
longing to her husbands parents
and adjoining that of the parents.
Her husband, she says, has promised
on several occasions to move away
but has failed to do SO.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
100000 IS STORM COST
TO TELEPHONE COMPANY

Telephone service in Washington
was restored to normally today. IL
was ANNOUNCED by officials OF the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company.
The latest estimate Of the
damage caused by the storm of last
Monday was put at 100000. This
included the cost of repairs and
requirements throughout the entire
territory covered by the company.
More than 5000 stations of che
company were put out OF order and
miles Of telephone poles were
brought to the ground by the
storm.
In the suburban sections OF
Maryland where the storm fury
was greatest. another week win be
required to bring the phone service
to it's ordinary efficiency. The
damage in Maryland was estimated
at $650,0O Ten thousand poles
and forty carloads Of cable were
required in the repair work.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
A. { P. OFFICIAL
EXPLAINS BIC
GROWTH
Service, Quality, and Price
Are Principal Factors,
He Declares.

An interesting advertisement in
the first issue of The Washington
Times thirty years ago was that
of the A. & P. Tea Company, which
was then establishing itself firmly
in Washington as the forerunner
of the chain store loea and policy.
At that time the company proudly
proclaimed the fact that it had
four stores In Washington. Today
it has more than 100 stores and the
end is not yet. From an organiza.
ton employing less than twenty
persons In Washington, the A. & p.
Tea Company has grown locally
until 1t now has a staff of con-
siderably more than 1000 employees.
Such has been the growth Of tho
company's business in Washington
that q four.story. fireprnof building
as an office and warehouse was re.
Gently constructed and occupied.
Has Own Canneries.
The A. & P. Washington ware
mouse organization, which is COM
prised of twenty-six separate fun~
tlon1ng service departments Is the
newest and most modern link to an
ALREADY nationwide web Of distribu.
ing centers and manufactures. The
A. q P. has it's own salmon and
tuna canneries in Alaska. coffee
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
RUN
BY STEAM IS
PLANNED
Savannah, Ca, Man Would
Employ Engine That
Burns Kerosene.

SAVANNAH. Ca, March ia
steam-propelled seaplane, using kero.
sene as fuel, is the plan of Thomas
X. Blount, late Of Honduras.
So strongly does he believe in
his plan that he lie investing the
savings Of two years in a steam
radial seaplane engine. When the
engine is completed, Blount will in
stall 1t in seaplane and attempt
q trial flight to Honduras. II ne
reaches Honduras he announces his
intention to experiment with char
coal as a fuel instead Of kerosene,
which he will use in the first trial
flight.
For the better part of the last
20 years Blount was a locomotive
engineer Of the United Fruit Com
pRny in Honduras.
Fuel economy IL the principal
feature proposed in his new engine.
The idea is not a new one, Blount
explained, for a steamplane already
has been made and flown success
fully in San Francisco.
"The people did not have faith
in them" was the reason he gave
why the steam airplane engine has
not become commercialized.
Blount expects to fly his steam
plane at half the present cost of
flying. He states that If the engine
Is successful he has orders for many
Of them,
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
FIRM LITERALLY
!. BEGAN WITH
THE TIMES
Parker & Bridget, 6 Months
Old Then, One Of First
Big Advertisers.

Among the conspicuous advertise.
ments in the first issue Of The
Washington, Times thirty years ago
was that of Parker q Bridget.
Today that progressive and we'll
known firm and The Washington
Times are teamed up together and
the story OF ones growth is sub.
stantially that, of the. other.
The firm of Parker & Bridget
was established thirty-one years ago
September, 1898. Just before The
Washington Times was founded.
The new firm was eager to estab-
lish itself thoroughly in the National
Capital and took liberal space In the
first issue of The Times to dissem-
mate its merchandising message.
Parker & Bridget consisted Of
Harry B. Parker and Bernard N.
Bridget, two Of the most popular
young business men in Washington
at the time the store was started.
Their establishment was located at
315 Seventh street northwest. From
the outset they specialized in han.
ding mems clothing and furnish.
ings Of the higher grade and the
man who wanted the nobby, the
natty and up-to-date Broadway cut
Of clothes instinctively thought OF
Parker & Bridget.
Erects Own Building.
After doing business for a few
years on Seventh street and being
impressed with the fact that they
had established public confidence
and had a constantly increasing vol.
ume Of trade with which to deal,
Parker & Bridget erected their
own building at Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. an imposing
four.story brick structure affording
them more than 100000 square feet
of floor space for sales purposes.
The members Of the firm planned
for the future, with the result that
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

offices in South America, as we'll as
vegetable canneries, bakeries, coffee
roasters, cheese, milk, macaroni.
chocolate. cocoa. and many other
plants which are in the heart of
producing centers.
More than 10000 persons are
employed by the national company,
who successfully serve it's many
millions of customers, and among
thes are included managers, clerks,
field supervisors, trained buyers,
chemists, engineers, accountants,
traffic, shipping. sales, advertising
and financial experts. This vast
army Of employees is the backbone
of the worlds largest grocery group.
When asked by Times reporter
to briefly enumerate the policies
which had enabled the A. & p. to
grow from one store in 1869 to
over $500 in 1923-64 years later
one of the officials of the A. & P.
Washington organization replied:
Service Is Basis.
I'VE can answer that question
WIN InFe0 WOrOS, service, quality
and price, but the greatest of these
has been service, not mere mer.
chandising som ing bigger.
broader: an unceasing effort to
serve the American public, not as
we pleased to serve. but as they
wanted to be served-quickly, eff,
GENTLY, and economically. We look
upon our patrons as our friends and
our principal advertisers.
After service, of course we have
to look at the quality and price
The quality of our merchandise is
zealously guarded by our labora-
tories. while our low prices are
made possible by enormous pool
purchasing power and quick turn
over, sNall profit and large volume
of business. That is the story in a
nutshell. Our stores are firmly
established in this section of the
country of course, but we feel
that with our new Washington dis
tributing base we are in unique
position to better serve our many
patrons, and we take this oppor-
tEnity Of publicly placing at their
disposal our every facility"
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
GREEK PASTORS CLASH IN
PULPIT, POLICE CALLED
Pioneer in Times.

CHICAGO, March 1S.-Policemen
were called to quiet a disturbance
at the Church of the Annirciatiun.
Greek orthodox, whose congrega-
ton arose when two pastors at
tempted to deliver sermons at the
same time.
When the Rev. C. Fl. Deme.rv,
who, has been preaching at the
church, went to the pulpit, the
head of the board of trustees handed
him a paper demanding his resig.
nation, and the Rev. Demetrius
VainilSos then attempted to deliver
the sermon, according to police. In.
stead of being permitted to speak.
the Rev. Vainikos was shown an
injunction restraining him from
giving the sermon. The disturbance
resulted. and police were called.
After quiet was restored. the Rev.
Denetry delivered the sermon.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

the constant needs Of expansion
nave been met by the present build.
ing. -.
In 1908 Mr.. Parker died and the
business V gas continued by Mr..
Bridget, who died last year. In 1918
the company was incorporated, and
Frank M. Lowe. of, Portland, Me-,
was elected president and general
manager. Because of Mr., loves
charm OF personality, standards Of
courtesy and satisfaction to Gus.
toners and his wide and thorough
knowledge OF modern and successful
merchandising methods, plus COM
plete stocks Of fashions final de.
cree for masculine wear, the firm
made wonderful progress.
Some Help SEEN There.
Parker-Bridget is household
trade name in thousands Of Wash
ington homes, and year after year
and season after season the same
faces may be seen among the Gus
toners who have made this Il per-
manent trading place.
The Parker. Bridget organization
has always been kept intact At
present there are seen men in the
sales force who were employed by
the firm when it first started thirty
one years ago. The sales force to-
day is composed Of one hundred
bright and alert people who take
a pride in preserving the honorable
traditions of the firm.
When the store started II was
on a cash-and-carry basis. Today
delivery is made by a fleet of
trucks and fast motorcycle special
delivery service.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

Are you reading Helen ROwland's
witticisms on the magazine page?
Don't miss them today and every day.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
Pope Plus To Receive
American Bishops
Tomorrow

ROME, March 1s.-Archbishop
Hayes, Of New York, and Arch
bishop Mundelein, Of Chicago,
who will be elevated to the
cardinalate March 20, will be
received in audience by Pope
Plus XI tomorrow, it was an
nounced at the Vatican today.
The two American prelates
were to have been received by
the Pontiff today but the audi
ence was postponed. Both spent
considerable time with their
tailors, who are preparing the
ecclesiastical robes which will
be worn during the consistory
ceremonies at st. Peters Ca
thedral.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

A Botanical Trip Through Bra
zil' will be the subject of a lecture
that Professor Jean Massart, Of the
University of Louvain will deliver
today at 4:30 o'clock in Mcmahon
Hall at the Catholic University.
Professor Massart will lecture be-
fore the Washington Academy of
Sciences and the Washington Bot
anical Society on March oath.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

nearly $50 a week, even this past
year."
Emphasis ours: he doesn't declare
what the wages isl.
Some people at the same wage or
piece price, earn double what others
earn
Il want to be courteous and consid-
crate, and l also wish to be very pa
tient, because / quite realize the des-
perate frame of mind Of woman who
has to support a family of five on
SIT week, with living costs the way
they are now. But it is perfectly fair
to say: there is no wage basis that
can be worked out, that will guaran-
tee living to every worker. So much
depends on the worker himself.
81 should say right off. that SIT a
week to support family. would be
very close work and still, il the wo-
man was a good thrifty manager, and
If the husband was careful and pru-
dent, and possibly one or two OF the
children might be able to work and
help-such a family might indeed get
dlOAbg NnClC LnGIC dLC W
doctor bills to pay-where there are
benefits provided in sickness-where
any accident that may happen TO a
worker is carefully cared tor-where
the stores furnish groceries and meats
for about two-thirds market value.
g.. men do not get bigger wages
because they have large families.
/ While l am sure you must sacrifice
and live very prudently, while the
children are young, there is great
compensation coming to you-first, in
the joy of the children--then in the
helpfulness of the children a little
later, when they, too, are able to work
and bring something into the family.
The Boss Teaches Birth Control.
eve have in our employ, families
where the father-sometime the
mother-but very frequently the faith
er and four, five or six children, are
able to earn good big wages-all
drawing a bonus-all enjoying the
privileges which the company provide
for their workers.
sour piece prices are liberal. 49,.
There are so many questions
would like to ask, but not having the
mans name, l have no way to do so.
Don't you see how foolish it is to
figure that because you have a large
family-perchance because you are
poor manager-that you should ex-
pect to be paid more money than
those who have smaller families, and
perhaps are better managers?"
George F. Johnson's formula for the
poor slaves families that have to live
on ST. week is: "Just be yourself.
Live your own life. Make it whole
some, and make it successful and
happy" A lot of blathering meaning
! less rot
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
When Restaurants
Sell Booze They
Should Dodge Strikes
tsy The Federated Press,

NEW YORK, May PA union and
the United States government have
succeeded in putting an open shop
combination out of business. Of
course, the government has nothing
against open shop concerns-likes
them rather than otherwise, but this
was case of law enforcement. To
be sure, the government is not long
on law enforcement. There is oil for
instance. Or booze. Governor Pin
chot of Pennsylvania, who ought to
know, says his fellow Pennsylvania,
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, is
still making money in the whisky
business while winking at law en-
forcement.
But when the prohibitionists raise
too much of howl, it is good politics
to sacrifice some of the little fellows.
Which, perhaps, partly explains the
closing of Broadway's nine most no
torIous jazz and hootch joints, owned
by the Thompson-Salvin gang.
For two months these places had
been hit by the strike of 500 walters,
cooks, ETC., members of the Amalga-
mated Food Workers, Hotel and
Restaurant Workers branch, an in
dependent industrial union. But with
the help of injunction judges and
strike-breaking sluggers the cafes had
managed to run after a fashion.
Finally the testimony of the strik-
ing walters regarding prohibition
evasion forced the federal authorities
to close the places for a year on an
injunction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

THERE is type of employer who
is doing more real harm to the
working class than any of the oil,
steel and coal barons with their
rough-neck methods, who help, rather
than hinder the progress of the work
ers.
We need to be more alertly con-
cerned about this type Of employer,
who lulls us into a lotus-like sleep
and whose methods when fully real
lied, are disgusting, to say the least.
One of the classic examples of this
kind, is George F. Johnson of the En-
dicott-Johnson shoe works in the
towns Of Endicott and Johnson City,
near Binghampton, New York.
In the last published report of the
company, there were 1871 in his en-
ploy and his company is said to be
the largest shoe works in the world.
Boss Won't Have Union.
johnson City and Endicott have a
false appearance of SNUG prosperity,
when one realizes how dependent the
population is upon their employers,
the e. j. Corporation. Johnson has
been heard to say that if the work
ers form a union, he will lock the
doors of the factories and throw the
KEYS in the river" He is an excellent
advertiser and allows no one to for
get that the company runs mater
nifty hospital and clinic, a swimming
pool, dance hall, race track and recre-
alton park for it's workers. He issues
booklets about it and publishes the
"E. ]. Workers Magazine" of which
l will say more later.
No square Deal" to Workers.
At the entrance to Johnson City is a
large unattractive stone arch reach
ing across the road. On it is in
scribed, Gateway to the Square Deal
Towns" Erected by the E. j. Work
ers." On the right of this arch is a
bronze tablet with a relief of John
sons SNUG bourgeoise face, and on
the left a bronze tablet with this
Bible verse. "As We would that men
should do unto you, do We also to
them likewise"
The money to erect this monument
to hypocrisy was raised by the fore
men collecting it from the workers,
taking their names down in a book.
The foremen threatened loss of job
to any refusing to pay the two to
three dollars required, as more than
one worker can testify.
He is sentimental, is johnson. He
calls the situation of the towns the
Valley of Fair Play, and there is your
Home Library and Ideal Park, and
one of the factories is called "The
Fair Play Factory" Can you beat it?
Sounds kind and honey hey? This
Fair Play Factory, like the others. is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

on the piece work basis and you can
begin at o'clock in the morning and
work until 6. He loves his dear work
ers if they are good, and says that he
works is hours day planning good
things for them.
Workers Won't Own Factory Soon.
Let us leave this twaddle and get
sensible. Johnson boasts that rs per
cent of the stockholders are K. ].
workers, but the outstanding stock is
s33, 454,0 900, and only $1,400,000 of this
stock is owned by the e. J. workers,
or per cent of the stock is owned
by the workers.
In reckoning the average wage, they
lump all the workers together, high
salaried clerks and all, and from this
deduct the average wage as $1,000 per
year. This brings me around to the
main part of my story, which is all in
an e. ]. Workers Magazine, whose
motto on the back page is, Much
good work is spoiled by the lack Of a
little more
l could tell you lot more, but
think the following letters printed in
the r. j. magazine for February, 1924,
tell their own story. Johnson is so
proud Of his methods of dealing with
the workers that he also had the
woman's letter and his reply printed
in the Binghamton Morning Sun, a.
daily paper
How Support Seven on $17.
Binghamton, N. Y, Jan. 25, 1924.
To the Editor of E. ]. Workers Maya
zine:
Would like to ask you to have Mr..
johnson in the next issue of this mag
azine publish a formula for sup
porting family of five on an average
wage of SIT a week and not go in
debt.
| am sure it would be appreciated
not only by myself but hundreds of
others.
Am not writing this letter for pub
location but would like to ask Mr..
johnson how he would live on SIT a
week and not be in debt when you
have rent, coal, light, groceries and
other incidental expenses. 1 don't
think you will find any French pastry
on the bill of fare
AN Ell WORKERS WIFE.
johnson Likes Child Labor.
Answering the poor workers wife,
George F. Johnson Tor his press
agent) says in part:
"The first thot crosses my mind:
What good is it to go in debt, if you
can't live on SIT week; because how
do you expect to pay it?
"The second thought crosses my
mind: Why doesn't this family earn
more than SIT week? Our average
wage, man, woman and child, thruout
the whole industry, must amount to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Opponents Halt Bill
Which Would Abolish
Railroad Labor Board

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 21.-
Opponents of the Barkley-Howell Bill,
which would abolish the Railroad
Labor Board, managed to stop its
progress toward enactment last night
by carrying on a well organized fill
buster against it in the House.
The House was considering the bill
as committee of the whole, and the
opponents of the bill by series of
parliamentary moves managed to hold
things up. After hours devoted to
parliamentary moves and counter
moves the House adjourned.
Representative Nelson continued to
deliver speeches against the railroad
bosses for propaganda against the
bill.
Representative Barkley declared
that the opposition to the bill was
powerful and had decreed that the
bill should not pass or even receive
decent consideration.