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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
WORKERS ARE JAILED BY CANNERY AGENTS

Seattle, May 10-Cannery workers who were to be shipped from this city to Alaska are in revolt against the Chinese contractor system. A score of Filipinos escaped from one of the Alaskan hell ships and were arrested for violating theircontrast They were released through efforts of the Seamen's Union Under the state law it is illegal to quit work i'll violation of a contract though the federal laws and the United States supreme court have declared against this peonage. This state aid to the labor con- tractor is denounced by judges and by the prosecuting attorney who IS copelled to enforce the serf ed1Ct.
 President Short of the state fedora ton of labor declared the trade union movement will aid these victimized work CTS, all of whom are non-unionists
 Unbelievable conditions exist on these hell ships The Filipinos told the police that they were allowed but one cup of water a day to wash in and one pan Of water to wash the dishes of half hun dred men. Cheap cotton socks were sold to the men for $1 a pair, and a 5-cent cake of soap was sold for 25 cents Filth and revolting conditions are everywhere, and disease contracted on these ships IS quickly trans ferred to the salmon pack ing plants Alaska.
 Federal grand jures Il Alaska have re vealed the most shocking conditions under which the nations salmon supply IS pack ed. Communicable disease, narcotics, un- fit food, ver1nin-infested sleeping quart CTS and gun men are the rule, according to these reports Recently the canners announced that labor condition were i'm proved and that the labor contractors would be eliminated. Developments in this city prove that the canners' claim IS an attempt to offset publicity of the foul conditions they tolerate
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10

only 1888 and this was due not to the
 organization but by the active work of his friends and admirers.
 Cahil1 was elected registrar in 1919
 on "No-Boss-no two job platform but the next year neglected to regis ter the women voters with the result that the republican party grabbed off hundreds who were nominally demo-
 crats and the inevitable result that the democratic majorities began to go
 down until now there is really ground for fear that the city cannot be re- tained in the democratic column. In contrast to thsi IS the mayors. fine
 showing in Waterbury, the home town of Governor Charles A. Temp1eton,
 the Brass City giving FitzGera1d
 majority of 3,134 over Templeton. Had the New Haven organization been on it's job 1t is claimed that FitzGerald would have been elected governor. The party leaders outside and many democrats i'll New Haven are there fore determined that there shall be no falling down or lying down this com ing fall In 1921 Cahill refused to ac- cept for enrolment and list of 1900 homes presented hm by friends of the mayor. Many of these Iii indignation went over to the republican ranks: Many over seas veterans were also dropped from the primary lists the
 same year and probably lost to the
 party also In 1923 similar tactics were
 attempted and led to arrest of Cahill
 and some of his deputies. Boss Cahill now attemptsto grab off control of the state but had a crimp put into his plans even though he was permitted to be one of the delegates to the national
 convention While the delegation as
 chosen is by no means unfriendly to-
 wards Governor Smith Boss Cahill
 cannot dominate 1t but will be com
 pelled to do as the majority see best
 when the presidential nomination
 comes up. In fact if he attempts to force his hand the delegation is made
 up of people of temper to sit down
 hard on him and vote as 1t sees fit.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
Mother Mortality
 High In Capital

Washington, May 10-More mothers die from childbirth in the nations capital than any other section of the United States, according to Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the United States children's bu- reau.
 Census figures for 1922 show that the District of Columbia had a maternal mor- tality rate of 7.1. This means for every thousand babies born alive in the District during that year seven mothers died from causes connected with cvhildbirth.
 Comparing American rates with those of p foreign countries, the chi1dren's bureau found that a mothers chance to escape death from childbirth were bet ter in every country, including Italy, Ja- pan, South Africa, Spain and Hungary, than in Washington, D. C.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
BINGHAM TAKES SHOT

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 liant citizens Subjects make excellent cannon fodder and useful tools with which to carry out the designs of an all wise government The citizens are de prived of their responsibility by pater- nalisln and then the republic is likely to become an autocracy Prussia developed paternalisn to the very extreme The subjects of Prussia were mere. COgs i'll the wheels of government but we all know what happened to Prussia.
 The tendency of many people in. the United States who wish to turn our gov ernment into a benevolent desposition Is clearly shown in the recent vote of the House of Representatives which passed tn proposed amendment to the United States Constitution giving to Congress the power to forbid the employment of children under eighteen years of ago. This amenlment is intended declared Bingham to give Congress the power to still further eutral the freedom of. the individual citizens Many of us were glad to secure employment when still Ill our teens in order to get money to go to school and college. MT, Bingham work ed for a newspaper publisher on a de livery route when fourteen years of age, At sixteen he worked for a carpenter and earned money to help him throughocol- lege He worked on a farm and did other odd jobs and the employment never hurt him one particle but really was good
 The fact that the House of Repre- sentatives has passed this amendment shows the tremendous influence which faddists have at the present time with our Congress because this Child Labor amendment is sponsored for by faddists in an effort to influence public opinion and many Congressmen are influenced and vote for measures sponsored tor by faddists and prOpagandists without real izine the tremendous results liable to en- sue. It is to be hoped that the Senate will not pass this amendment and we as citizens of this republic should do all we can to influence our senators to vote against it. Among the Congressman Schuyler Merit was the only COnneCtl- cut Congressman who did vote aga'nSt the amendment. The pounding of an or ganized minority in all sorts of meas ures at the present tine is one of the worst influences in government today.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
BRIDGEPORT P. O. CLERKS
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(Continued from Page One) stood the ground for several years and made a clean fight for union of postoffice clerks.
 During the meeting those present stool in silence for one minute out of respect for the late president of the L. N. A. P. O.. C., MT. Laufer, the head of a rival organization.
 During intermission and after the meeting the carriers put on splen did entertainment and lunch. After the meeting all visitors from out of town, of whom there were a great many, were driven to the home of AL fled Shippee and treated to- mid night supper.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
IN NUMBER
 EMPLOYED IS SHOWN

A decrease of 362 persons employed in Waterbury's largest industrial plants is reported by the labor department bureau in the local Chamber of Com merce building for the month Of April, the decrease being as compared with March. There were 19,653 employed in the eight largest factories of the city on March 31, and 19,291 on April 30, a decrease of Is per cent. The figures for March showed an increase of 3.3 per cent, or 629 more employed than during the preceding month. It has been suggested that the coming of spring with it's consequent out-of- door urge and the wider opportunity for outdoor work, might account for the decrease in employment in the factories.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
BOSS CAHILL'S PLANS

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 not allowed on the primary lists that they be registered. It is likely there fore that Cahill will have his hands fuli to keep his job as registrar in the city let alone being able to grasp con trol of the state organization.
 Boss Cahill's packed delegation did not meet with any opposition from the convention proper as he had slid i'll several of his cronies onto the com m1ttee on credentials to head off any protest that might have been made. Even though at least one member of the delegation, Charles Dunlay Is not Ia resident of New Haven but of East Haven, and another, Henry Brown, was openly opposing Sheriff Reilly and the state ticket consequently at the last state election nobody made formal objections to their presence on the delegation because they didn't watn to start anything that might dis rupt the general harmony of the con- vention. The city delegation was in structed to vote as unit anyhow, through Boss Cahilrs machinations so the two votes wouldn't have made any difference
 The tremendous slump in the demo- cratic majorities in New Haven since Cahill has been in charge of the deg istration system is 'giving the party leaders considerable concern and they have enlisted the aid of volunteer workers here to endeavor to bolster up the party before. the election in the fall They see good chance of Con- necticut going into the democratic column If strong state ticket is put up to go along with whoever are nom mated at New York and therefore they do not propose to have any arbitrary bossism spoil those chances Cahi1rs term does not expire until after the city election next year so that he will still be in charge of the party po1iti- cal affairs this fall The arbitrary ac- ton of his hand picked city conven- tion has however stirred up such a feeling within the party that Boss Cahill will be forced to keep on the job this year.
 Just how the vote has s1unped since Cah1ll has had hold of the party is shown i'll the figures in the elections of Mayor FitzGerald whom until quite rol ous to see succeed. In 1919 FitzGer- al dwas elected maqor by a majority of 2,850 while in 1923 although elected his majority was only ,245 even though the number of voters in New Haven had increased about 100 per cent. through the admittance of the women voters. In fact the women friends of the mayor and his male democratic friends pulled him through the or ganlzation, especially in the so-cal1ed Cahill wards, practically lying down and allowing the mayor to paddle his own political canoe. Cahi1ls refusal to register hundreds of persons desiring to vtoe with the democratic party Is blamed i'll a large measure for this slump. In 1922 when FitzGerald ran for governor there were 49,81o voters on the voting lists but the Cahi1l or ganlzation succeeded in getting out only 39'622, more than 10000 voters be- ing neglected even though the mayor was very popular and local pride had led his friends to believe he would roll lip tremendous majority here. In- stead however he carried the citr h,,
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
COMPERS URGES
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also earnestly urged to send some in
 formation to the American Fedora
 ton of; Labor office in Washington advising us what you have done to meet the stuation-and do 1t prompt
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10
MACHINISTS RAISE WAGES

Peoria, H., May 10.-Organized ma chinists have raised wages 5 cents an hour The new minimum Is o5 cents.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10

''Fraternally yours, "Executive Council, American Feder- ation of Labor.
 "SAMUEL GOMPERS,
 President.
The Washington times., 1924-11-08
MONTA BELL NOW
HIGHEST PAID
DIRECTOR

It IVES reported Wednesday Mon
ia Bell, former Washington news
paperman, who excited consider
able comment. by his direction Of
Charlie Chaplin in "a Woman of
Paris" had signed a five-year con-
tract with Famous. His initial
salary will be $4,000 a week, a
figure decidedly unusual for a
young director who has only three
pictures to his credit. The coll
tract provides for a sliding scale
upwards.
Bells other pictures are Broad
way After Dark" for the War
ners, and 1.-THE Snob," forth
rominC Metro oldwyn release. 1t
is understood he has several more
to make under his arrangement
with Harry Rapf, and that he
will be able to start his Famous
contract along about June. In
view of the close association of
Adolphe Menjou and Bell, 1t need
not be surprising IL Bell were as
signed to several Of the starring
PICTURES that Menjou will make
for Paramount.
It was admitted by Famous
officials that a deal was under
way with Bell, but that any con.
tract had been signed, was MT
affirmed.
The Washington times., 1924-11-08
CHAMPION FOR A
DOWNTRODDEN
TRIBE

Virginia valli, one of Univer-
SAILS best stars, does not object
to kissing man just because he
smokes a pipe; to the contrary,
Miss Vain prefers kissing pipe
smokers to those who use cigars
or cigarettes.
The preference Of the beautiful
star was discovered in a peculiar
way. It was while "KThe I'm
known" her latest production, to
be shown at the Rialto Theater
next week, was being filmed that
Director Harry Pollard became
puzzled by the offset maneuvers
Of Miss Valli.
What in the world are you
doing?" he asked.
"Pantomiming Percy Marmont
looking for his pipe, looking for
his tobacco, filling his pipe, look
ing for a match, asking an cleo
trician, lighting his pipe, settling
down for nice quiet smoke and
then saying swear words under
his breath as he is called on the
set before he has had a chance to
smoke" said Miss Valli.
There is something sort OF
honest about a chap who smokes
a pipe" she elaborated. land. the
aroma is the most fragrant"
The Washington times., 1924-11-08
Nets Winners

One Of the strongest Of possible
alignments of feature films Is
booked for presentation for the
Immediately impending weeks at
Crandall's Metropolitan Theater.
Following the engagement OF
Norma Talmadge in Secrets, +"
which beins Sunday, afternoon at
8, the following exceptional attrac-
lions will be shown:
Richard Barthelmess in Glass
mates" Harold Lloyd in Hot
Water" Barbara La Mari In "San.
dra,"o Florence Vidor, Ian Keith
and Warner Baxter in Christine
of the Hungry Heart" Con-
stance Talmadge in Her Night
of Romance" Nazimova and Mil
ton Stills in 1.-THE Madonna of the
Streets Florence Vidor, Lew
Cody and Lewis Stone in Illus
bands and Lovers" star cast in
'The Only Woman" Bert Lytell
and Claire Windsor in Born
Rich" Corinne Griffith in Loves
wilderness" Colleen Moore in
$50 Big" These will De fol-
lowed by a list equally as inn
posing which need not be pub
lished now because you forget
them before their playing dates
anyhow.
The Washington times., 1924-11-08
ABOVE ALL DON'T MISS
THE BIJOUTERIE

Frederick Norton that ran five
years in London and which was
imported also into the United
States by Morris Gest, where it
achieved continuous engagement
Of three solid years.
The producer says that all is
not gold that glitters In Ali Baba's
cave but, on the other hand, he
points out that there was enough
OF the real thing in the cave to
cause him and the insurance PEG.
pie considerable worry before 1t
was finally restored to its rightful
owners, among whom We're officials
of Soviet Russia and the German
republic, who had loaned Mr.. VIII
cox certain gaudy but sentimen-
tally valuable properties" from
the belongings of the late Car
and the abdicated Kaiser.
ST was very anxious to make
the cave scene most impressive,
said Norton, afterwArd. II realiz-
ed that, in a way, this was TO be
the spectacular, IL not the drama
tic climax of my story and
wanted nothing left undone to
convey the impression that this
cave held treasures which would
make the combined fortunes of
Rockefeller and Ford look like
an afternoons spending money"
The Washington times., 1924-11-08
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oned, turns pirate and makes life
a very unlovely thing for his
enemies on land and on sea. The
story throughout is marked by
Pushes of action and by a love
theme that is far from weak.
Owing to length Of this feature,
the shorter films, usual on the
Palace program, will be omitted.
There will be special music.
~ X
RIALTO-Another Mary Roberts
Rinehart story will hold forth at
the Rialto beginning tomorrow in
"K-The Unknown" based on Mrs.
Rinehart's story TX" There is an
interesting mystery angle to the
story which heads up to a most
dramatic situation which is; just
how far, to protect himself, will
a great surgeon conceal the fact
that he possesses the skill to save
a human life? Especially If he
knows that his identity will be DIS
closed and he will be arrested for
murder. The cast is big and in
cludes Virginia Valli, Percy Mar
mont, John Roche and Margaret
Fisher.
The comedy will be another
Our Gang series and is called
"Jubilo Junior" Will Rogers is
also in this comedy. Bailey +.
Alart will take his orchestra
through the overture, IF / Were
King" The balance of the show
will include the International
Newsreel and an Inkwell cartoon.
AMB ASSADOR --"Secrets. !"
First Nationals latest special
5 production, starring Norma Tai
madge, will be shown the first
three days Of next week at
Crandall's Ambassador, beginning
The Washington times., 1924-11-08

These reactions to the fiery
love-making Of the films are more
or less understandable. because
we out front are all of the laiety
and understand each other.
But what of the beautiful
heroine who is compelled to en-
dure all of the Establishments of
the hired Apollo? What does she
think? You've often wondered.
And so have /. Here is, perhaps,
an answer.
Four leading men made love to
Norma Talmadge in 1928.
And every one, says Norma, had
a different manner.
4 First came Jack Mulhall in
within the Law" Then Conway
Tearle in ashes of Vengeance
TearIe was followed by Joseph
Schildkraut in "The Song OF
Love-"
Last came 1.-THE Perfect lover"
Eugene O'Brien, who appears as
Norma's leading man in Secrets"
which it is expected, will excel
even "Smilin' Through" as a
popular and artistic success. 1t
begins its Washington engagement
in Crandall's Metropolitan and
Ambassador Theaters tomorrow
afternoon.
Jack Mulhall," says Norma.
has a boyish, good-natured cam
araderie in his screen love max
ing. Sincerity marks all his
efforts as well as certain in
genuousness. Jack is the lovable
lover Of the films.
Conway Tearle has an entirely
different manner. He is deadly
serious. He is the type of lover
who would 60, through fire and
water to win his lady love Of the
films. Devoted and unwaverlug
in his affection. Conway Fearle
would please any screen lady $
heart.
Joseph Schildkraut is still an
other distinctive type. His man.
ner is quite Continental. Polished,
|, graceful and insinuating, his
photoplay love-making should be
The Washington times., 1924-11-08

1t is not to be supposed, how
ever, that such an innovation is
calculated to faze Henry Miller.
Although his greatest successes
have been achieved in straight dra-
matte productions, such as 1.-THE
Only Way" 1.-THE Great Divide"
Daddy Long Legs" 1.-The Famous
Mrs, Fair" and q dozen other mo-
table hits of the past twenty
years, it may be we'll to keep in
mind the fact that Americas most
versatile .actor-manager has I'M
hesitatingly plunged into new
field whenever the spirit urged
him. He shocked his fellow pro-
ducers when he took Chauncey
Olcott under his management, and
announced that he would not only
star him but become q co-author
Of his first important starring
vehicle.
Mr.. Miller never cared for Ib-
sen as medium for his own act
ing, but he made the great Scan
dinavian playwright familiar
name when he rescued NaZimova
from a little foreign theater in
New York. had her instructed in
the English language, and made
her the heroine of remarkable
series of Ibsen matinees.
Mr.. Miller made Charles Ram
Kennedy celebrity. Walter
Hampden, now a famous star,
but originally a struggling Lon
don actor, who, oddly enough, had
been born in Brooklyn, obtained
an introduction to Henry Miller
and visited him at his farm near
Stamford, Connecticut. He told
the actor-manager that he wanted
to read an extraordinary play to
him. Miller fortified himself with
one OF his favorite cigars, re-
Taxed in a hammock and told him
to blaze away. The play was
THE Servant in the House. -
Miller listened to Hampden's
reading with his eyes closed and,
as a matter of fact, appeared to
sleep through the reading. Never.
theless, when Hampden completed
the tag line, Miller sat up and
made characteristic observation
II will stage that in five weeks. .
he said, IF you will play the title
role" He made good his promise
with the result that the American
stage saw both 1.-THE Servant in
the House" and THE Winter
Feast"
Henry Miller saw Margaret
Anglin play Roxane as Richard
Mansfield's leading woman in
"Cyrano de Bergerac," which
Walter Hampden revived here
this week. He had also seer
Miss Anglin play bits with the
old Empire Theater Stock Com
The Washington times., 1924-11-08
THE NEW TTVOLI
CHANGES IT'S
POLICY

Tomorrow marks the Inaugural
ton Of a totally new program
policy at CrandalPs TivoH Theater
on Park road northwest.
Since last April, the TiNoli has
been conducted as one Of the
Capitals most commOdious and
most beautiful first-run picture
houses.
Beginning tomorrow, the Tiv-
oil will be conducted as a pure
ly residential thaater, playing the
best pictures with from three to
six changes of bill a week.
The new weeks programmed
features represent a total Of
four complete changes of bill.
The conversion of the Tivoh
from a first-run house to a neigh
borhood muSiple-run theater
makes available to Mt. Pleasant,
Columbia Heights, Sauls Adj
dition, Petworth and all of North
Washington one of the most
magnificent residential theaters
in the United States.
Under the new policy there will
be no curtailment of the TiVoli's
endeavor to afford the maximum
Of elegance and luxury in con
junction with the presentation Of
superlative bills. The admission
charges will be materially reduced.
At the daily matinees all seats
will be: Adults, 20 cents; children,
Is cents; nights, Sundays and holt
days, the charges will be: Adults,
80 cents; children, 20 cents. On
these admissions, of course, there
is no longer any Government war
tax.
Matinees will continue to be
gwen daily at the Tivoli, beginning
At 1880 p. M, with continuous per-
formances until closing at IL. On
Sundays, as heretofore, the show
i2gs will begin at o'clock. doors
open at 2:30.
The Washington times., 1924-11-08

pany. He decided that she had
the making of great emotional
actress and gave her her chance
when he acquired the manage.
nel1t of the Princess Theater in
New York. That led to her
famous success as his co-star in
"The Great Divide" which made
her an American stage celebrity.
Mr.. Miller starred Otis Skin
ner in a play based on a Brown
ing poem. He made a celebrity
of Harry Woodruff in Brown of
Harvard" He produced the first
play written by A. E. Thomas,
now an established dramatist.
He produced the first play writ
ten by Charles Klein who after
wards wrote THE Music Master"
He produced the first play writ
ten by William Vaughan Moody,
author of 1.-THE Great Divide"
He produced the first play writ
ten by Jean Webster, author of
Daddy Long Legs" AS a mat
ter Of fact, he has produced the
first plays nv not less than twenty
successful authors.
WIN Sucn a record, IL Is not
surprising to find Henry Miller
turning his hand this season to
a musical comedy. He is one of
the most daring producers on
the American stage, and one Of
the most artistic. Aside from
the box office fate of THE Mag
nolia Lady" it is pretty safe
conjecture that this revised YER
sion of Come Out Of the Kitchen"
will be beautifully staged and
given every assistance known in
the list of resources of a great
producer.
The Washington times., 1924-11-08
Ace Berry Visits

Ace Berry, general manager Of
the Circle Theater, Indianapolis,
was the guest of Charles Ray
mond. managing director of the
Rialto, last Thursday. Raymond
and Berry have been fast friends
for many years having spent sew
eral seasons together with Anna
Eva Fay, the international mys-
tic. The entire spiritualism of
Europe is based on Miss Fay's
experiments with Sir William
Crookes,