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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29


dismissal o. ex-ssrvice men IN Cow
eminent Printing Once.
Drop in retail buying laid to Cool
idge's economy policy, says Wash
ington dispatch to New York Times.
March output of gasoline, oils and
lubricants at record high figure, Gov
eminent reports.
German Socialists file protest
against Hindenburg's election on
ground of fraud.
Senator Lenrott of Wisconsin to
urge congressional investigation of
bankruptcy of Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railroad.
American Federation of Labor takes
strong stand against proposal to sub
sidize American shipping by having
Government pay part of seamen's
wages.
Striking iron workers of Indianap-
oils, Ind, win wage increase.
Frank Hodges of Great Britain
elected secretary of World Miners
Conference.
Large proportion of houses poorly
built, American Construction Council
is told.
New York raises pay of 1880 mu-
nicipal employees.
Surgeon General Cummings APP
points committee to study effects of
tetra-ethyl gasoline, following de-
mand for investigation made by con-
ference held in Washington.
Lumber industry passes record high
mark set in 1924, National Lumber
Manufacturers Association reports.
French cabinet approves Caillaux-
BRAND plan to call early conference
on war debts.
Fifteen-year-old Pennsylvania boy
sentenced to death for murder.
Labor-owned Federation Bank of
New York City celebrates second an
niversary at notable meeting.
Two of crew scalded to death as
engine room pipe bursts on liner
Manchuria.
Five church deacons given Jail
terms for fogging man at Cedar
Grove, La.
Thousands of children from found
ling homes shipped to Texas to work
on farms under bad conditions, Child
Welfare Conference in New York
hears.
Stationary engineers strike in ice
manufacturing plants of New York
City.
Federal court finds International
Harvester Trust has dissolved and is
not now violating law.
Negro testifies to brutal fogging
in Florida peonage trial.
Farmers appeal to Interstate Com
merce Commission for reduction in
freight rates.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
SO-CALLED LABOR BANK
ASKS FOR RECE|VERSH|P

One of the greatest blows to the
banking aspirations of organized la
Dor in recent years is the announce
ment in the press of May 9Th of the
closing of the doors of the Producers
and Consumers Bank of Philadelphia
and the appointment of a receiver on
a petition of the creditors. The as
sets are said to be just short of 2%
millions and the liabilities just under
~ millions. There are 1900 depos-
itors who have almost IN millions in
the bank. If the figures given in the
newspapers are correct, the institu-
ton is still solvent. 100 labor organ
izations are reported to have been be-
hind the bank, and the majority of
the Board of Trustees were labor rep
resentatives.
Mr.. Greenfield, the Receiver, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia press, re-
ports that although the purchase of
the Chestnut Street building bought
by the Bank was 81 100000, that the
deed conveying it to the Bank men,
toned the value as $1,2OO,0OO. Ex-
animation showed that Mr.. Kinsell,
Vice-President of the Bank who act
ed as trustee, bought the building for
$1,OO0,000 and paid Mr.. O'Callaghan,
President Of the Bank, who acted as
broker in the deal, 100000 as brok-
erage fee. Later Mr.. O'Callaghan,
turned this 100000 back to the
Bank. But the deed conveying the
building to the Bank from Mr.. Kin
sell, the trustee, mentions the value
as $1,200,000; as the trustees felt
that the property was worth that
much, and they wanted the books of
the Bank to show a healthier condi-
tons than actually existed. Early
reports by some Of the trustees also
indicate that clients Of the bank had
borrowed heavily in order to specu-
late in Philadelphia real estate, and
had lost heavily, forcing the bank to
take over their holdings at advanced
valuations. Perhaps it is such tran
sactions as these which account for
the present receivership.
The bank has never been under the
jurisdiction of the State Banking De-
partment. On the very day that the
Bank closed its doors, Governor Pin
chot signed a bill bringing such banks
as this under State supervision. The
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

CREED ACTORS MADE
WILLS BEFORE TRIP
INTO DEATH VALLEY

The last car to return to civiliza-
ton, before the Won Strohiem COM
pany descended from the deserted
town of Slxiddoo into Death Valley,
carried the wills of four of the men,
bers of the troupe, which made the
trip to obtain scenes in exact loca-
tions for Won Stroheim's film version
of "McTeague," which is called
"Greed," the next attraction at the
Weir Theatre. The hazards of the
journey were SO great everyone was
advised to take the precaution of
leaving his affairs in order before
starting out.
Most of the troupe stated their
effects would revert automatically to
the persons they wished to receive
them, should any fatalities occur. But
the four who made their last testa-
ments were under the impression there
would be difficulties should they die
without Strengthening out their af-
fairs.
The four men were Erich Won Stro-
helm, the noted Metro-Goldwyn d.
rector whose film Interpretation of
the famous Frank Norris novel is
stated to be one of the outstanding
pictures of all time, Jean Hersholt,
who plays Marcus Schouler in
"Greed," Gibson Gowland, the Nc
league of the story, and Fritz It'd
den, Won Stroheim's personal repre-
sentative.
The wills were placed in the vault
of the Inyo County Bank at Lone
Pine, California, the nearest inhab-
tied town boasting a safe deposit
vault. Fortunately, they were re-
quested to be returned. There were
no fatalities in the expedition, which
was the most dangerous and the first
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

Senator Borah urges that Federal
Trade Commission be abolished as
useless"
Improved outlook in steel industry
is reported.
Wisconsin House asks repeal of
prohibition amendment to Federal
Constitution.
Province of Ontario, Canada, now
selling "a per cent beer.
Executive Council of Railway EN-
ployes' Department, American Fed
Grafton of Labor, urges continued sup
port of shipments strike on Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
Compromise agreement reached be-
tween union painters and employers
in Washington, D. G.
E. H. Fitzgerald reelected presi-
dent of Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers,
Express and Station Employees.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

Virginia State Printers Associa-
ton resumes fight on penitentiary
printing plant.
Street car and taxicab service in
Paris crippled by strike of transpor-
tation workers.
Michigan forbids sale of Dodge
Bros, stock on ground it is not backed
by tangible assets.
James R. Stewart of Portsmouth
reelected president of the Virginia
State Federation of Labor.
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation stops
sale Of tetraethyl lead for use in gas
cline.
American Construction Council dis
cusses methods of avoiding unem-
ployment in building industry.
Attorney General Sargent uphOlds
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
DORIS KENYON WILL Be
HERE IN NEW MOVIE

A gush of girlish soprano, floating
out through the window of a Brook
lyn drawing room to smite the ears
of a famous music composer, was
the luckiest thing in the life of Doris
Kenyon, film and stage star, who is
co-featured by First National with
Milton Stills in 81 Want My Man."
at the OAR Theatre Sunday and Mon
day.
- was singing in the choir of a
Bushwick Methodist Church while
studying for career as a pianist, f"
said Miss Kenyon. "I was doing a
finger exercise on the keyboard when
some urge led me to air my lungs.
l sent my voice out as high as | could.
"Victor Herbert happened to be
coming to visit my father. He heard
me sing for the first time. AS he
was a warm friend of my family, he
knew was studying piano. But he
didn't know had any ability in voice
and no more did l.
"As soon as he came in he turned
to me and asked if should like to go
on the stage. / had never dreamed of
it, but before my first surprise was
ended he had offered me role in his
oPeFetta Princess Pat which he
was just starting in New York. 1t
was my high note that attracted his
attention, and it is responsible for my
turning from music to drama"
81 Want My Man" is an adapta-
ton from Struthers Burt's sensational
novel of society high life, "The inter-
prefers House." May Allison heads
the supporting cast.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
Cream Clears A
Stuffed-Up Head
Instantly Opens Every Air Passage
Clears Throat, Too.

If your nostrils are clogged and
your head is stuffed because of nasty
catarrh or a cold, apply little pure,
antiseptic cream into your nostrils.
1t penetrates through every air pas
sage, soothing and healing swollen,
inflamed membrains and you get in
slant relief.
Try this. Get a small bottle of
Ely's Cream balm at any drug store.
Your clogged nostrils open right up;
your head is clear; no more hawking
or snuffing. Count fifty. All the
STIFFNESS, dryness, struggling for
breath is gone. You feel fine.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

Secretary of the Banking Depart
ment of the State said he believed it
was the signing of this bill by the
Governor that induced the officers of
the bank to apply for a receiver SO
hurriedly.
Much as this failure is to be re-
GREETED, the American Labor Move
ment can congratulate itself on two
counts. First, the loss to the work
ers of Philadelphia promises to be of
only few dollars if any at all. Sec
ond, this was not Labor Bank in
the sense of that term. The follow
ing is statement of the facts:
The Producers and Consumers Bank
was not a cooperative bank in any
respect, in spite of all the claims of
the promoters. Two self-constituted
trustees organized the institution and
then picked ten other trustees to run
it with them. According to the plan
of organization, the rank and file of
depositors and stockholders had no
opportunity to elect trustees until
two years after organization.
James Maurer, President of the
State Federation of Labor and five
other prominent labor leaders who
were on the first organization COM
mittee withdrew when they saw how
things were headed.
Officers of The Cooperative League
Walter McCaleb who was then Cash
Ter of the B. L. E. Cooperative Ma
tional Bank of Cleveland, Frederick
C. Howe, and others conferred with
the trustees before the bank was OPP
ened and strongly urged that it be
properly organized. At meetings of
the Central Labor Union the warn
ings of these experts were distorted
by the trustees and reported as COM
plete endorsements of the plani When
The League protested against such
misrepresentation in an open letter
to the Central Labor Union and re-
itorating its warnings, the trustees
charged the League officials with be-
ing agents of capitalism!
Organized labor in the United
States can learn important lessons
from this misfortune.
(1) If bank supported by organ
lied labor is 100 per cent capitalistic
in structure, don't call it cooper
ative."
(2) If it is asking for labor's mon
ey but keeps all the control in the
grasp of a hand-picked Board of
Trustees that are not democratical'y
elected, don't call it Labor Bank.
90 If the trustees insist on carry
ing through faulty plans in spite of
sharp warnings from some of the
best informed labor bankers and CO.
operative experts in the country, the
rank and file of the workers should
demand careful investigation of the
reasons for such action by the trus-
tees.
One of Labor's banks has closed its
doors-a so-called Labor Bank. The
Labor and Cooperative Movement
can try to hush up the misfortune
$50 that the fair name of Labor Bank
ing will not be besmirched." Or they
can study the matter carefully, note
that this bank was not tryly a SER
want of the Labor or Cooperative
Movement, and draw valuable lessons
therefrom. The latter is the wisest
policy.
A capitalist bank that sails under
the Cooperative flag and demands
support from Organized Labor is nei-
Their fish nor fowl nor good red her
ring.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

of its kind for the purpose of motion
picture realism.
"Greed" is ro-Goldwyn- May
er picture.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
THE BOND MARKET

New York, June 10.-Conficting price movements prevailed in to- days early bond trading, with buy ing of government and other invest ment issues stimulated to some ex- tent by slight easing of call money rates. Strength of United States obligations was emphasized further by rise in the treasury 4s to new high record, although Libertys fuc- tuated irregularly. Group move ments lacked uniformity. Most of the St. Paul issues continued to lose ground although the Chicago, Terre Haute liens scored a moderate re- covery. Other rail liens drifted ir- regularly lower. The broadening de- mand for oil shares, based in re- ports of declining crude production, brought sympathetic response from the leading petroleum bonds.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
WALL ST. DISTRICT
 CARES FOR ITS OWN
Takes Interest in Its LOWly
 SerVitorS

New York, June 10 R-Wall street with Its skyscrapers houses an office population of soo.ooo by day. and is held by tenement garrison Of 10000 by night.
 Wall street is the solo livelihood of this skeleton force of nightfolk. In discharge of a sense of obligation. 1t has quietly fostered an interesting piece of citizenship work the last ten years. The major result of the work, leaders say, has been to con- vert the district from New Yorks most polyglot belt. with 1,4o0 fam lilies representing 23 nationalities in- to probably Its most closely-knit, most homogeneous community.
 The work Is financed by 1000 cor porations, firms and individuals un- der the name of the Bowling Green Neighborhood association. The &C., tivity Is expressed, for example. in terms of model four-story dwelling house on West street for headquar- ters; s5oo,oOo playground covering nine city lots on the riverfront; 25 fourishing orchestras and clubs for young people; nine social and politi- cal clubs and lodges for adults: edu- cational classes, health clinics and community services in general which the association operates either sing ly or in conjunction with uptown agencies.
 Irish pioneers later joined by Aus trians, Syrians and Greeks head the census in downtown Manhattan, which also includes slavs, Turks, Armenians, Serbs, Rumanians, Scan dinavians and other nationalities seemingly too diverse ever to bring together. Yet racial demarcations, socially considered, are disappearing, association heads assert.
 Common employment has helped toward this coalescence. Wall street building like the Equitable, Empire and the various banks carry on their payrols for cleaning and other work some 3,731 women and 2,651 men of tho neighborhood. They work split tricks, at the start and the end of the night as a rule, and often dou- blo in restaurants at noon. Annual earnings for families in the district, with both parets working, average s1,6oo each, according to Paul Franklin, executive director of the association.
 Group activities and the second generation Of children have been the principal factors in the "get togeth- CT" phenomenon presented by the community, it was said. The asso- citation hS long since dispensed with Where grown-ups have not picked up English, their off, spring are on hand to piece out. To all practical purposes, the 23 na- tons speak a common tongue.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
Hart Not to Assign
 A King to Night Beat

Chief William c. Hart of the po- lice department denied this after noon that .hc had any knowledge of changes that are rumored to be in the making that will result in Traf- fc Sergeant John J. King being re- lieved of his duties in charge of the traffic detail and placed on the night detail.
 It is known that one or two mem bers of the traffic detail have not been satisfied working under orders Of Sergt. King and the matter has been noted hy officials. but not up to this time with. the view of making any change.
 The chief is investigating the story of a girl who made complaint to the police of the alleged actions of 6 member of the supernumerary force toward her. The girl is said to have made complete confession to the police of her activities about the city during the past two, years and because of the story, it is thought that her accusations against the policeman are not worthy of too great consideration. The investiga- ton will be thorough, however, and tf developments tend 10 suhs'antiate the girls story, action will be taken against the supernumerary police man involved.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
English Teachers to
 Study U. $. School System

London, June 10 P)-Miss Jean cite Hayes, winner of the Walter Hines Page Travelling Scholarship for Teachers, will sail for the United States early in July and will spend her simmer vacation as the guest Of the English Speaking Union of the United States in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington. Chicago and other cities. Miss Hayes is headmistress of St. Anne's Girls Senior school at Hanwell, Middlesex.
 Two scholarships at the Chautau- qua summer school, offered to Brit ish women teachers by Dr. Arthur E. Bestor. president of the Chau- taudua institution of the United States, have been awarded by the education committee of the English Speaking Union to Miss Catherine Robertson. head of the English de- partment at the Edinburgh Ladies' college. and to Miss Hilda Stuart, headmistress of the Arthur Pease school, A Darlington, Durham
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
Americans Take Lead
 In Oxford Swimming

Oxford, England, June 10 RS-on present form. the Oxford university swimming team for this term will be composed largely of Americans. In the races for freshmen B. Brodie, of Pauling school, won the 50 yards In good time from H. M. Cleckley. the Georgia burdler. and J. l.. Mer- Yrill of California, the middleweight boxing chamuion of the university, led in the 100 yards. Brodie has a smooth, easy stroke and is one of the most promising swimmers in the university. Another clever American swimmer Is c. G. Fletcher of Penn broke college, who has made all but two of OXford's goals at water polo this season.
 Oxford swimming compares un- favorably with that of the larger American universities. The uniyer- sity has no swimming pool. and the municipal swimming baths, the only pool in oxford, Is open 10 the uni versity only three hours a week. Swimming is taught in public schools and is required of all uni- versity men who take Up rowing, but speed strokes have never become popular.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
SENTENCES SUSPENDED

Arnold Thompson and Joseph Downs received suspended sentences of six months in jail and were placed on probation for one year and Will liam Anderson was dismissed upon the payment of costs in the Hart ford county superior court yesterday by Judge John w. Banks. They were charged with the theft of s345 worth of furniture from the fur niture store of John F. Andrews Co. of this city on March 2. Thompson and Anderson were represented by Judge William F. Mangan and Downes was represented by Alfred Levitt.
 Charles Robinson, charged with the theft of an automobile from Cresenzo Carfora of this city on May 13, was given a suspended sen- tence of one year in jail and was placed on probation.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
PACIFIC LIQUOR
 DEALERS CRAFTY
Western BOOdsssers Develop
 Clever Methods

Spokane, Wash. June 10 R,- The latest strategy of bootlesgers of this locality, the civil authorities de- clare, Is to hire some person suffer- ing from chronic illness to market their wares. Then when the ped dler comes before a court, the plea Is made that he has no money and that jail sentence would mean sure death.
 within the last three weeks there have been at least four cases of this kind tried before me-" de- clared Police Justice Fred Morrill,. "The defendant even had a physi- elan take the witness stand and testify that it might mean death for the accused if he should be compelled to serve time in jail"
 Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Louis Bunge corroborated the judges statement. "Bootleggers that I have prosecuted during the last month have claimed to be the vic- tims of every disease from barber's itch to galloping consumption" he said. "The man who is caught with the liquor in his possession usually Is understood. and pleads for the courts to give him 8 chance to get out of the country and regain his health"
 But the mystifying feature of the situation is that the convicted boot legger rarely remains in jail more than few days, even If a heavy fine Is imposed the officers state, The money to pay his fine and effect his liberation always is forthcoming from. some source. which they be- lieve to be the employing bootleg ger.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
.OIL SHARES PICK
 UP ON EXCHANGE
But General Tone Of Market
 Today Is Uncertain

Wall Street opening-Further re- adjustment of speculative accounts imparted an irregular trend to the price movement at tho opening Of today's stock market. Reports of sharp decrease in Smackover Crude Production continued to stim- ulate tho demand for the oil shares, Texas Co, quickly mounting to a new high level for the year. Jer- sey Central broke 1-4 points and May Dept. Stores, General Elec. and Pressed Steel Car sagged a point or more on initial sales, the last named establishing & new low record for the year.
 Good buying support was in evil dence in tho early trading with in- dications of pool activity in several issues. International Transport which has been heavy recently, was soon run up over points while Reming- ton Typewriter. American Ice and General Electric sold ? or more points above yesterdays final figures in the first half hour.
 Prices gathered strength as trad ing progressed, the lowering of the call money rate and the optimistic tenor of the weekly steel trade re- views having a cheerful effect on speculative sentiment. Trading con- tinued to be largely of a professional character with the public slow to re-enter the market except in the oil shares and few selected motors, rails and specialties, which showed Indications of outside accumulation. American Can, Mack Trucks, Cru cible Steel, Independent Oil and Gas, Chandler, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were in good de- mand around midday, while U. S. Steel crossed 114 just before the monthly tonnage report was issued. Maxwell Motors B certificates recov- cred their early loss of 3 points, but May Department Stores and Havana Electric continued to yield to profit taking. Call money renewed at 4 per cent and then dropped to 3%.
 Marking up of American and for eign Power 10 3s IA and a rally in Havana Flee. from 175 to 1S3 IA was associated with rumors of a closer union of interest of these properties. U. s. Steel made head way despite the shrinkage of nearly 100000 tons in the unified tonnage figures. Some selling orders were distributed in the railroad section of the list, embracing N. Y. Central, Union Pac., Texas and Pac., St. Louis and San Francisco, New Ha- ven and Seaboard Air Line.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
Stamp Collectors Want
 New Hungarian Issue

London. June 10 P-Arriyal of the first new sports postage stamps of Hungary created a stir in London philatclist circles, where very high prices were paid for several speci- mems. The set of eight denomina- tions were sold at about 100 per cent above the postal value in Budapest when they first camo out. the premium going toward fund to help the Hungarian sports associa- tions.
 The designs include fencing skat- ing, skiing. a hurdle race, an ath- letic parade, a scouts camp and football match, while particularly striking stamp is that illustrating diving, rowing and swimming.