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Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
Halls Catarrh Medicine

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Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
CITY NEWS NOTES

Miss Eva Benoit of Front street left Thursday to spent the weekend with friends in Boston.
 Miss Annette Msrchessesult of Fall River spent "Wednesday with Miss Irene Beausoieii of Woodstock ave. nue.
 Mr. and Mrs. Armand Trahan will leave next week to make their home in Hartford, where Mir. Trahan is employed.
 Mrs. Peter F.. Beiair and son Vii. liam, Miss Rose Lessard and Miss Rose Beiair of mechaniesville motored ts Worcester Tuesday.
 Leonard BeausoIeii, whose ship. Tn, Antares, is stationed in the New Tori Harbor, spent the weekend in Put nam, after having been in Cuba al winter. He returned Monday and fo short time will be at Norfolk. Va,
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
PUTIN M LODGE or ELKS
 LADIES NIGHT TUESDAY, MAY 20

Putnam Lodge of Elks will hold it's annual Ladies Night entertainment on Tuesday evening, May 20. The early features of the evening will be a supper served in the lodge rooms at o'clock, followed by a vaudeville en- tertainment in New Music Hall, after which there will be several hours of dancing.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
MARRIED

LABREQUE-AuBIN --- In Dayviiie, May l2, by Rev. Ignatius kost, Paul Labreque and Miss Alexina Aubin. DUMONT-LEPINE-In Putnam. May l2, by Rev. Wm. A. Routhier, Joseph Dumont and Miss Alvonia Lepine.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
DIED

BROWN-In Worcester, May l3. Gil- man H. Brown. aged 76 years. Putnam, May 10.
 Everett A. Reynolds, aged 56 years. HOLLINGWORTH-In In Southbridge, Priscilla Hollingworth, aged s2 years.
 JORDT-In Thompsonville, May 5,
 Marion King Jordt, aged A years.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16

L'HoMME-In Goodyear, May 10, Mrs. Elizabeth Driseoll L'Homme, aged bi years uPHAM-In North Grosvenordaie, May i5. Mrs. Mary E. Upham. aged Ji years. LuCIER-in Putnam, May ib, Mrs. Lucy Lueier, aged s7 years.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
ENSIGN RAFFERTY AT WEDDING

Ensign William Rafferty is in Philadelphia to attend the wedding Saturday of Miss Harriet Scales, elder daughter of Admiral Scales, who has charge of the Philadelphia Navy yard, to Lieutenant Cook. U S N. Miss Elizabeth Raiferty accompanied her brother as far as Tarrytown, N. Y.
 Mi. and Mrs Byron D. Bugbee raotored to W oFeeseer Meg.nesdny.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
., weigbing one pound six

S.-.-balf ounces, which was caught . a'- ,-, .rles Ii. Letters recently, is the py e -. trout caught to date that has iafss' ranorted and weighed by the bsen af the Fish and Game Club. oiiv m,, Mary B. Bishop is attending s,ste board meeting of the state me in'ss,,cf n. A. R.. which Is being held ;, Hartford today.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
Carl B. Jehn.on of Franklin. M....
PUTNAM, CONN.

who hns been very i'll. is much in,- proved, and his friends now look for his full recoVarv
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
A, the Men. Club las. Sunday,

Edward s. Duffy of the H. K II. Silk
 Company. gave a talk on the manu- fracture and source of the silk thread.
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-16
MISS CLARK'S WILL
 REMEMBERS MANY

Dr. Joseph C. Hoppin and Charles van Brunt Cushman of Pofifret are the principal heirs to the estate of the late Miss Eleanor Clark, who died on November l6 last at her home, La Plaisance" on Pomfret Street. Miss Clark's estate was supposed to have amounted to several millions of dollars Eut no total estimate is hisen III the will. In her will. as in her life. Miss Clark made ample provision for rela- tives and for those who served her during her long life. =.
 The hequests contained in the will are Us follows:
 Charles Y. R. Cushman. her grand nephew. is given Sl50.000. the home at Pomfret in which she lived. valued at S5l 1885. and personal effects valued at S23, ,s25, and half of the residue ot the estate.
 To Joseph C. Hoppin. nephew, of Pomfret, Sl50.000, personal property valued at S2O,559, and the remaining half of the estate.
 Fund For Secretary
 Her secretary, William F. Johnson, gets four-sevenths of the income of a fund of Sl05,000 during his life.
 Senator John Ash and John Me Brierty. both of Pomfret, are given s2. 2.500 each.
 The other bequests are as follows Henry :. Grew. nephew, of No. 2ua Washington street, Boston, Mass, Sf50, ,000. and personal effects. valued at S20. .55a: Joseph C. Grew. of United States legation. Berne, Switzerland, and Randolph C. Grew of No. ls5 Marlborough street. Boston. Mass, nephews. each Sl0O,000; Annie Tobin, Maria Johnson and Suphrasine Roma, all residing at No. 66 Commonwealth avenue. Boston, Mass, relationship, If any, not disclosed, each $500. and each one-seventh of income of $l05,000 for life.
 Eleanor D. Hoppin of Pomfret Cen ter, and Ethel H. Grew of No. 252 Marlborough street. Boston, Mass, each S25, ,000; Dennis J. Driseoll of No. 2s Boulevard terrace, Ailston. Mass, Margaret Wood and Henry J. Daniel son, both of No. 66 Commonwealth avenue, Boston, Mass, and J. Freder- ick Ash of Pomfret Center, each S2,- GOO; John Savin of Pomfret Center s1 500.
 Requests to Servants
 Rose McKenna and Margaret J Collins, both of No. 66 Commonwealth avenue, Boston, Mass; Eleanor ] | Grew of No. 1855 Marlborough avenue 1 Boston, Mass; Eleanor J. Vinton oi No. 5l West Twelfth street, Hartford Joseph MeGloin of No. g Washington street. Roxbury. Mass; Georgia S Combs of No. BOA Schol street, Water town. Mass; Charles Corey and Ed ward Bowen, both of Pomfret Center each $l000.
 William King. Norman Ash. Johi L.owney. Clarence Watson. Leonart Watson, Henry Day. Andrew Johnson Francis Foley. Eleanor A. Bennett I Gladys Ash, all of Pomfret Center Elizabeth ]. Goodwin of No. no Ora per street, Dorchester, Mass, and Le r. Driscoll of No. 26 Boulevard ter race, Watertown. Mass, each $500. William Armstrong of No. 56 bircl street. Roslindale, Mass, $500. Margaret Mulkerron of No. 66 Com monweaith avenue, Boston, Mass, am James Hickey of Pomfret Center, eae $100. : Joseph C. Hoppin and Henry Grew are the executors of the estate
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
Illinois Coal Miners Must
Stand With Alex Howat

n LEXANDER HOWAT, fighting leader of the Kansas
miners, who licked the notorious Industrial Slave Law of
that state and the political defeat of Governor Allen
expelled from the United Mine Workers of America thru the
reachey of President John Lewis who put united front
with the coal baron controlled of against
Howa the fearless champion of the coal dggers
Lewis action resented bitterly resented by the
rank and file of the United Mnie Workers They have demon
sated their opposition the action Lewis by supporting
Howat his fight to get back into the union by resolutions and
by funds to carry the fight
No section Of the International much this
respect the Illinois miners They poured their money into
Kansas and they backed Howa every district and national
convention where the question of his reinstatement up
At Indianapolis the Illinois delegation practically
unanimous in supporting Howa despite the eachey of Frank
Harrington, formerly supporter, but ally
John Lewis and therefore the enemy of every progressive in the
miners union
Frank Harrington in a speech delivered a special
venton of District 81 United Mine Workers America
Muskogee Oklahoma May Is, 1922 defended Alex Howat
and fayed John L. Lewis for his illegal action deposing
Howat and the other district officials Today Harrington
silent because he made his peace with his Lewis
between them they intend to cruelty Howa the outstanding
battler in the miners union
The working class America is watching convention
of the Illinois miners The capitalists watching The
latter hope that the LewisFarrington machine will be able
prevent the convention from going record for the rensa
ment of Alex Howat But the miners
of District IL the leading battalion in the greatest
army In America will challenge the auOcracy and reachery
of the FarrngtonLewis combination
Kansas miners in demanding the reinstatement the
United Mine Workers. with full rights privileges This will
notice the coal barons rank and file of the
miners will not stand idly by their defender
crucled by leaders who have in with the
operators than they have with the who pay them their
salaries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
Exploding OIander's Lies

NTICTOR OLANDER, secretary Of the
" Illinois Federation of Labor and
member of the Seamen's Union, hav-
ing formerly been its secretary, made
lie out of whole cloth, Wednesday,
at the Peoria convention Of the United
Mine Workers of Illinois, when he said
that the Communists had wrecked the
International Seamen's Union.
Olander's lie is just parody Of the
excuse that President Andrew Fur
useth is continually reciting for the
failure of his administration of the
seamen's union. Only Furuseth lays
the disruption to the Industrial Work
ers of the World and Olander to the
Communists. The real cause was the
rottenness Of the seamens admins
tration.
The causes of the appalling slump
in the Seamen's Union which took
place since 1921 are two-fold: first the
weakness that followed the long drawn
out and unsuccessful strike of that
year; secondly, the administrations
folly in destroying what was left Of
the seamen's solidarity by campaign
against radicals and war on all prog
ressive proposals.
The campaign against radicals took
the form Of explosions and illegal
removal from Office This was Illus
trated in the ousting of Editor Thomp-
son, from the Seamen's Journal an
act which alienated the progressives
turnout the union and cut off an in
spiration to that class fighting spirit
without which a union is hamstrung.
Thompson was ousted as an 81. w.
W." tho he was not member of that
organization. The charge of Com
munist" was not raised then nor has
it since been raised by President An
drew Furuseth, the leading anti-red in
the Seamen's Union.
Another union wrecking policy Of
the seamen's administration was
the opposition to amaigamation
and all working agreements with the
longshoremen which the progressives
desired. Never were the seamen in
greater need Of an alliance with other
marine workers than after the lost
strike Of 1921. Yet Furuseth and such
supporters as Paddy Flynn and Victor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16

that Wolff had been instructed to
speak before the delegates they sat in
dead silence. But Wolff did not ap-
pear, and it was then explained that
he was busy.
Stone Not for Third Party.
Warren Stone, chief of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers, took
the platform as an invited guest and
touched on the question Of labor in
politics, saying:
Il have never favored third party
ticket. believe that you may see an
independent candidate, perhaps LaFol-
lette. Further than that l would not
care to 60"
The conventions day in New York
was day of riotous greetings, with
music, flowers and demonstrations.
The convention returned to Philadel-
phia this morning. 1t is expected that
serious business now begins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16

Olander fought this proposal bitterly
George West, of the Nation, met Furu-
seth last fall just before the latter
was to go into a conference with Pres
ident Clopek, of the International
Longshoremen's association for the
purpose Of discussing an alliance. The
conference was called by the long
shoremen's leader and Furuserh's at
titude was plainly expressed when he
told West that the conference would
come to nothing.
The mushroom growth Of the Marine
Transport Workers Union of the In
dustrial Workers of the World which
took place on both coasts in 1922 can
be attributed to the seamen's hope of
finding in another organization the
solidarity which Furuseth's tactics
were making it hard for them to Sc
cure in the older movement. Commun-
lists from the beginning argued against
dualism but after the wobbly organic
alton leaped to a temporary member
ship of some $4,000 and year later
still had several thousand members,
more in fact, that Furuseth's union,
they did their best to bring the two or.
CARNATIONS together and they are stu
carrying out this policy.
If Victor Olander will read the Com
munist literature, instead of manufac-
turing Communist myths, he will find
that the Communists have been a gen.
uine influence towards overcoming the
caste bars of dualism. The propaganda
of the transport section of the Red
international Of Trade Unions is GO
ing out in the forecastles and stoke
holes Of Americas ships urging unity
and an end of dualistic separation. The
Communists are fatty and uncom-
promisingly opposed to the deadening
spirit of the Furuseths, OIanders and
Paddy Flynns just as they are opposed
to the withdrawal of the radical ele-
ments from the conservative unions
They stand in the marine industry as
in all industries for a regenerated
unionism, an industrial unionism, a
fighting unionism that brings the
wage-earners together to win their
rights from the bosses with whom the
Furuseths, Flynns and Olanders prefer
to fraternize.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
RAILROAD LABOR
BOARD ANSWERS
CALL OF BOSSES
Need Scab Government
Gang Against Workers

The U. S. Railroad Labor Board has
decided to intervene" in the dispute
between the engineers and fremen on
one side and the managers of 80 west
ern trunk line railroads on the other,
following Che request Of w. M. JEFF
fers, representing the general man
ayers committee.
LETTERS said in a letter to the Labor
Board, that the dispute is "likely to
interrupt commerce." In announcing
that they would take charge of the
matter, the Board said, "They had rea-
son to believe that a dispute exists,
which is likely to interrupt COM
merce."
Harry P. Daugherty, representing
the engineers, and D. B. Robertson,
representing the firemen, say that no
such likelihood exists. They say that
the roads were willing to grant the
increase of five per cent, but wanted
the modification of certain working
rules, which have existed for years.
This the representatives Of the men
were unwilling to agree to. The modi-
fication of the working rules would
more than offset the increase, Daugh-
erty said.
The decision of the rail board was
reached despite the fact that a bill
is pending in congress which would
abolish the board and it's functions.
This bill has the backing of all the
rail unions.
Representative of both the work
ers and the managers were ordered to
appear before the Labor Board on
June 3rd, when the board will begin
hearings, unless a settlement is reach
ed before then.
The order of the board follows in
part:
'In view of these circumstances, the
board has reason to believe that a
dispute exists which is likely to sub
stantially interrupt commerce. The
board therefore, exercises its authori-
ty and hereby orders the parties di-
rectly involved, to attend hearing
which VIII be set for June 8, unless in
the meantime a settlement is reached.
Pending hearing and decision thereon,
both parties are directed to maintain
status quo by order of the board
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
CHURCH REFUSES
TO INTERFERE IN
LIBERTIES WORK
Wards Activities For
Free Speech Upheld
Especial to The Daily worksrJ

Especial to The Daily Worker)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 15.-
Harry F. Ward, chairman Of the
American Civil Liberties Union, and
Methodist minister, can continue to
advocate free speech without inter
ference from the Methodist general
committee on the state Of the church.
Rev. John C. Willetts Of st. Joseph.
Mich, launched an attack on Ward
for his part in helping w. 2. Foster
during his trial for violating the
Michigan criminal syndicalism law.
He asked that the conference bawl
Ward out and get the church straight
in the eyes of the world.
Helped Unseat Christ?
Willetts said that by helping Foster,
Ward was aiding the Third (Commun-
ist) international, which was attempt
ing to unseat Christ from his heavenly
throne on the right hand of God.
The conference voted that Wards
activities as chairman OF the Liberties
Union did not come within the juris-
diction of the conference.
The conference also adopted a reso-
luton calling on the general confer
ence of the Methodist church to OPP
pose war.
Chaplain for War.
The resolution on war was adopted
only after hard fight lead by an
ex-army chaplain. The resolution
merely expresses the opposition Of the
Methodist church as 1.-THE organized
expression Of Christ's way Of life,"
to war, and leaves to each individual
the decision as to what stand he will
take in the event of war.
Elmer Kidney, of Pittsburgh, OPP
posed the resolution saying that the
church would be branded as an or
ganization of slackers if it was
adopted. After the resolution was
passed Kidney said that it was only
an academic question, anyway. If
war comes theories will vanish"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
House Won't Bulge
For Coolidge On
Jap Exclusion Bill

WASHINGTON, May 15.-President
Coolidge has accepted defeat of his eff
forts to modify the Japanese exclusion
clause in the new immigration bill by
negotiations with congressional lead
ers and a veto of the whole measure
is seriously being considered, it was
indicated at the White House today.
Word was said to have reached the
president that his conference with
house leaders yesterday, when Secre-
tary Hughes explained to them the
serious diplomatic consequences of
passing the exclusion provision in its
present form, had not swerved them
from support Of the July 1 effective
date.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
Farrington's Dismal Facts
sy TOM TIPPETT.

(Statf Correspondent Of the Fed. Press)
PEORIA, ILL.,, May 15.-In Earring
toms report, read by him to the con-
vention at the opening session, a dis
NAL picture of the Illinois coal indus
try is presented. 1t reveals that there
are 374 shipping mines in the state
which employed last year an average
Of 99,081 men, all members of the u.
M. w. A. The mines worked on an
average Of LAG days or less than half
time and produced a total of 73,410,-
S37 tons of coal This means that I'LL
nois mines have a potential producing
capacity Of 150,0O0,O0O tons annually.
Nonunion Competition.
During approximately the same per-
iod West Virginia, with about the
same number of men employed, min
ed 103,OO0,0O0 tons, or nearly 100000
900 tons more than Illinois. The great
bulk Of the West Virginia coal was
mined under nonunion conditions at
1917 wage rates or lower In Mingo,
Logan and Mcdowell counties in
southern West Virginia, where most
of the nonunion tonnage was produc-
ed, the miners are paid 30 cents for
loading a four-ton mine car, and the
highest inside day rate is 81 per day.
In Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee
the situation is relatively the same as
in West Virginia.
$50 Mines Closed.
There are at present 100 Illinois
mines completely closed, many of
them for months with no immediate
prospect Of resuming and with every
indication that more mines will sus-
pend The $50 closed mines have
thrown out Of employment 10000 ILL
nois miners. Very few mines are
working more than half time and the
great majority not that much.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16

received a tremendous ovation, the
applause which greeted him when he
arose to address his fellow-members
lasting almost five minutes The at
tentiveness with which all listened to
his explanation Of the situation with
in the intentional, the enthusiastic
burst Of applause when he concluded
we're a significant demonstration Of
the feeling of the rank and fle.
Significant also were the lack OF in
terest displayed in the addresses OF
the international officials present at
the gathering.
From New York as we'll comes the
news that when seven unseated dele
gates from Local No. Q arrived in the
Grand Central terminal they were met
by several hundred workers from their
local, who greeted them with flowers
as victors, not as the conquered.
These workers expressed their fullest
faith in the delegates, and assured
them they were determined to carry
on struggle to win back the interna-
tional for the membership, and make
of II a weapon in the class struggle OF
the workers, not a tool for the polit-
ical ambitions Of the bureaucrats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16
new YORK women
MARCH ON CIT Y
luAII TnAEnnr0lAI
I'LL IUmUnnOM +

NEW YORK, May 15.-"On to the
City Hail." is the cry the marching
members of the United Council of
Working class women will raise Sat
urday, when they parade from Rut-
gers Square downtown to demand of
the City Council city-built houses for
workers families.
The women have expected to be
cheered on their way thru the city.
They have been discussing the fearful
situation that has developed in this
congested city that makes thousands
of workers crowd together with their
families in cramped and insanitary
dwellings. They have formed local
district councils Of their organization
and have made every effort to reach
all working class women in the city
so that their demonstration and their
fight will be effective.
Trade Union Support.
The trade unions have been appeal
ed to by the women and information
concerning the dreadful conditions,
has been sent out. Support for the
councils demand for city-built houses
to be rented to workers at cost, has
been sought from the unions.
The women will carry banners pro.
claiming their demands and possibly
some Of them will push their baby
carriages as they go, but hundreds of
them are determined to go ION to the
city hall" and make their complaints
against landlords and bosses known
thruout the city.
Headquarters of the United Council
of Working Glass Women at 1875 4th
avenue, is directing the mass demon
stration and parade Saturday and has
been active in sending out speakers
during the last weeks to inform the
workers wives of their plans.