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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03
AS THE WORKER
 SEES HIS WORLD

William Green, secretary-treasurer oi the United Mine Workers, elected pres ident of the American Federation of La bor to succeed the late Samuel Com pers.
 Woman appointed police magistrate in Philadelphia.
 United Textile Workers to fight wage cuts in New England. Severe cold wave causes death ana suffering over northern half of United States.
 Senate adopts resolution declaring Hearst editorial attacking Senator Un- derwood was neither fair nor honest
 Governor of Georgia moves to stop violence by bands of lawless men.
 Eight killed as railroad coach falls into river at Chippewa Falls, Wis.
 Citizens committee demands Porto Rico inquiry; island is called bankrupt.
 Two killed, four hurt by landslide in Michigan mine.
 Alexander Kerensky reported to have made peace with Soviets and to be about to reenter Russia
 Interstate Commerce Commission charges Erie Railroad wasted millions in repairs.
 Missouri mob hangs Negro suspected of assaulting white girl.
 Erie Railroad shopmen get wage raise of three cents an hour, effective January
 Deaths from cancer increased in United States in 1923.
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad joins in railroad war on buses asks injunction against Rhode Island ous lines.
 Federation Bank of New York, union abor institutions, put on per cent di- 5idend basis. Zinovieff, Kameneff and Stalin now yield power in Russia once held by -enin and Trotzky.
 October railroad freight traffic big rest in annals, road reports.
 Only 5000 or 6,OO0 Communists an wer call to hold meeting in Paris. Laborite elected to Parliament over liberal in by-election in Scotland.
 Japanese Embassy thanks United States for Hughes cordial statement on lew Tokio Ambassador.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03
RED FACTIONS DROP QUARREIS TO JOIN RENEWED ATTACK
 ON THE LABOR MOVEMENT

December IS, three days before MT. Gompers was buried.
 Reds Should Be Closely Watched.
 Foster and Ruthenberg and their fol- lures circling over the American labor movement They are not dangerous, however. They have been thoroughly squelched in the Chicago and Illinois labor movements and in other import ant icenters. They realize that they are irnpotent to do the labor movement any great amount of harm, but they feel that the death of Mr. Gompers may give them a new lease of life That ac- counts for their present activity, and for that reason they should be kept. under observation in all jurisdictions
 Two factions in the central execu- tive committee of the Workers (Com- munist) Party have been at each others throats since the November national election, in which w. Z Foster received less than 35,000 votes as candidate for President of the United States The two gangs are blaming each other for the grand fzzle in their present fight for control of the party. Money is getting scarce and a lot of the comrades" must be knocked off the pay roll. Foster has the upper hand so far, but Ruthenberg and his friends are de- ternined that Foster shall not get away with all of the good graft" Large Sum Spent By Communists.
 Foster managed things well during the campaign. The party spent at least a half million dollars for the big bally- hoo put on in behalf of his mad presi- dential adventure in American politics, and Foster saw to it that he got his. He not only was taken care of person ally, but he had two members of his family drawing substantial salaries for jobs for which they were totally un- fitted.
 Foster and Ruthenberg and their gang have been publicly challenged on more than one occasion to tell where they are getting their money, but they have never answered. They spent about $500000 in the presidential cam paign and obtained less than 35,000 votes. La Toilette, whom the Com munists denounced as "capita1istic" candidate, spent half as much as the Workers Party and received nearly 5,000,000 votes. La Toilette was in vestigated by the Borah s1ush fund committee, but no one ever thought of investigating Foster.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03
Niehardt Poem Was Favorite
 of Gon1pers

By International Labor News Service. Washington, D. C., Jan. 3.-Samuel Gompers was fond of quoting freely from the poets, in his writings and ad- dresses One of his favorite poems in times of stress and the one which he quoted frequently in public addresses was written by John Niehardt. It follows:
 More than half beaten but fearless,
 Facing the storm and the night, Breathless and bleeding, but fearless
 Here in the thick of the fight, I, who bow but before thee,
 God of the fighting clan, With fists uplifted I implore thee,
 Oh, give me the heart of man. What though live with the winners,
 Or perish with those who fall, Only the towards are sinners,
 Fighting the fight is all Proud is my foe. he advances,
 Snapped is my blade, oh, Lord; See the proud banners and lances,
 Oh, spare me this stub of a sword. Red are the mists about me,
 Deep is the wound in my side. "Coward!" he cries, but to fout me,
 Oh, terrible foe, thou hast lied. Here with my battle before me,
 God of the fighting clan, Grant that the woman who bore me
 Suffered to suck1e man.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03

Washington. D. C.. Jan. 3.-When presented with a marble bust of him self at the Fl Paso convention of the American Federation of Labor, President Samuel Gompers made a heartfel response that was practically his swan song, last words as clear, as strong, as eloquent of his great love for his fellowmen as Gompers ever uttered.
 The bust, done by Moses Dykaar, like Gompers, an immigrant boy, was presented by Morris Sigman, presi- dent of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, in recog- milton of what "the Grand Old Chief as he called him, had done in 1910 to bring about the historic gen eral strike which freed the garment workers from the sweat shop 7 A great tribue to President Com pers had been paid earlier in the convention, but he had not been able to respond, for his worn heart was failing him, although his will was firm and his mind clear But with the presentation. as graceful and timely a gift as has ever been pre- sented at labor convention, he sum moned his waning strength to say:
 "I don't know what to say in ex- pression of my appreciation No word can convey to you what feel in regard to this fellowship which ygh have instituted. What can say other than that I am profoundly grateful? Let me sum ID, then, just in this:
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03

Unemployed in Vienna demonstrate for Christmas doles.
 Mail plane pilot killed in leap from disabled plane near Kaneville, III.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03
GOMPERS LAST WORDS TO A. F. OF L.

'sI know of no other and no better
 way to show my appreciation and
 gratitude than by giving you and the cause& of labor and all of that for which the movement stands, the best service than can WITHOUT STARING MYSELF, NO MAT TER WHAT THE COST OF THE RESULT.
 q want to live for one thing alone to leave a better labor movement in America and in the world, if I can, than I found in 1t when I en- tered as boy on the field of the in dustrial and humane struggle for the right"
 It was Gompers' zeal for righteous ness, for humanity, than won for him the great tribute that was paid him on his death. His end was has tened by his devotion to the cause of fraternity between the two great republics of the north-the United States and Mexico.
 John J. Leary, IT,, labor editor of the New York World, in remark able tribute to MT. Gompers on the day of his death writes that he knew what the consequences of his trip to Mexico City to see the inaugural of President Gales might be-
 I've got to go, even though 1t kills me" he said to friends who tried to remonstrate with him.
 Gompers gave his life in the cause of the workers he had closest at 1eart, the workers of North Amer ca. z.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03
Leaders Unite In Heap ing Abuse and Villifi- cation on Name of Samuel Gompers.
By JOSEPH A WISE Staff Correspondent. International Labor News Service.

Chicago, Jan 3.-While millions of people in all parts of the world were mourning the death of Samuel Com Jpers. Americas great labor chieftain, and even before his funeral train had 'wended its way across the North Amer IczEn continent, to be met at every ham lei by hosts of his sorrowing fellow Americans, tEis was the time and the occasion seized upon by agents of the Third International in the United States to renew their attacks upon the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and to call up- on their followers to launch "a militant struggle to drive Gomperism from the American labor movement
 The central executive committee of tine Workers (CommunisD Party of America issued a long manifesto Friday morning, December 19, which wound up with the usual slogan, as follows aGompers is deadl The workers must now kill Gomperism." The manifesto was signed by w. z. Foster, chairman, and C. E. Ruthenberg, secretary.
 Rival Gangs Unite to Assail Gompers.
 Although the Workers (Communist) Party was torn with internecine strike at the time of President Gompers' death with Foster and Ruthenberg as the lea ders of the two oppising camps, both gangs joined hands in heaping villihca- ton and abuse upon the memory ot the dead leader They desisted from hurling Irish confetti at one another for a few days to besmirch the name of Gonpers and the bona hde labor move ment with all the slime and filth they could lay their hands to.
 Every scribbler on the pay rool of the Communist propaganda machine was turned loose to do his dirtiest and worst, and Robert Minor gave expres- sion to his degenerate concepts i'll a vulgar, vile and sacreligious cartoon picturing MT Gompers as a suppliant to St. Peter as the keeper of the gate of Heaven St Peter Is pictured smoking z big, fat black cigar and assuring MT. Gonpers that Heaven is Ian open shop ? The cartoon was published on Monday,
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03

Two hundred jobless men sleep in New York City church.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03
Baerfacts By J. M. BAER, The Congressman Cartoonist. International Labor News Service.
Big Business Again Violating Laws


 Big Business always seems to get what it wants, regardless of law and order, although in cam paign times we are led to believe, through numerous proclamations in the subsidized press, that these same big business interests are the only observers of law and the only defenders of the Constitu- ton.
 Big business now wants cheap foreign labor to compete with Americans. It resorts to the pop ular underground method of bootlegging aliens across the borders.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03

Frequent reports declare that as high as 1000 aliens are brought nito this country in day. This bootlegging of cheap labor into the United States has become very profitable. The agents re- ceive all the way from $200 to $l,OOO per man. Certainly, the workers can not afford to pay for this human bootlegging.
 The large employer undoubted- ly pays for this traffic, as the smugglers in this new slave trade are paid millions of dollars in toll.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03
Abandon Seven-Day
 Week

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Jan. 3. "A referendum in this city, and in Edmonton and Medicine Hat has re- suited in the abandonment of the seven--day week for municipal fire fighters. Calgary was the, only city that declared agains tthe six-day week.
 The units of the International Asso- ciation of Fire Fighters, affiliated to the A. F. of L., aided by the general trade union movement in these cities, led the fight for shorter work week,
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03

December Is, three days before MI Gompers was buried.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03

New York State Federation of La bor asks Gov. Smith to support wine and beer measure; recommends State owned power plants
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-03

Premier Herriot of Frans asks for eign correspondents to deny alarming report of Communist peril
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

George, O'Brien, Leading masculine
player N Havoc" Is the only film
star who is n member OF tho A, A. u.
In two interstate aquatic events last
year he won sccond.plnoc honors.
Duke Knhanomoltu winning both
events.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05
Literary Artists Consent to
Contribute Efforts to Screen
Leaders in School of Modern Writing Produce
Scenarios for Pictures

IA that literature doc not ha a
rule. make good screen entertain
mynt The screen cannot hope 70
catch the rather ineffablo qualities
that determine true literature. Prac-
tically an u can do 10 10 depict the
story itself stripped of all the
authors personality And the story.
as a rule h not The big attraction
in literature
SIN. the intolliKentaia Is not 60
boz blamed n there are fabulous
sums Of money 90 10 made simply
by that process known as CONNER
cializing ones art there Ia really
only one logical thing 20 do Even
having ones name handled about In
press agent stories along with sun
dry more or less moron cinema pup
pets " not too big price 10 pay
II the influx OF the llierah into
mowodom goes on sooner or later
We VIII be hearing that II. l..
Mcncken himself has taken posi-
ton as press agent ia Hollywood.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05
Director Startles MOUiedom
Introduces Blend of KiSos
DeMille Tries New Combination in His Pic.
ture, "Hell's Highroad'

nonoy.making and then rsssntz his
complete immersion In coin gather.
ing.
She kollciis ana EetH the aid of n
queatlnR old hnancier frat 70 en-.
rich ana then 10 impoyerish the
husband-but doesn't have 20 20
very FAR along "Helra HighrOad'' %
achieve her purpoae.
Robert Edcson n very good a.
the financial aid Burns IL rather
negative. being little more than q
handball Ia the game the other iwp
play with him.
"Helra HRhroad," not 20 sui
phurous as ~ title might suggefi
h the substantial and amartly en-.
beHlshed first product Of De Mile
az an independent producer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

tale Of Follics NE and love and the
hunger Of a woman's heart Tom
Moore Is seen in the leading male
role and the blonde and lovely Idt
yam Tashman Is the hcarthrrakcr
Bernard Randall has the role Of
theatrical producer and portnys 10
along entirely different lines from
what we have been led 10 believe
Is the proper Characterization OF
such role hut he does It con.
vincinEly and makes VA wonder
whether girls from the country are
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05
BY JACK JUNGMEYER
~. 4. A. Service Writer.

NEW YORK. sept l.-'Loys IN.
IN terest" IL the one element
most mistakenly demanded by the
movie makers.
And yet nothing "a 90 mawkish
and conyenti0nalized aH love on the
screen. n Is confined largely 20
two types OF kisses. The chaste IA
lutte OF true love" and the oOyet-
ous kiss OF passion" against which
the heroine struggles with more or
less agility.
Neither must cross the sharp
deadlinc or the other They are.
In the movies. 20 far apart M zen.
in and nadir. and never the twain
shall meet
what oommotlon. even uneasi.
ness. then when as In "Helrs
Highroad." Cecil de Miles new
production, the so.called white and
red OF the affection scale are
blended by hero and heroine into
something fairly close 10 a human
equationl
n this should 80 on. We may e1-
pcct concerted howl from screen
villains whose only compensation
thus FAR has been that base buss
rayished from the narrowed heroine
The bridal scene between Leatrice
JOY and Edmund Burns in "Hellf
Highroad" II almost like the shock
OF Unexpectedly finding a heady
vintage served IN a familiar teacup.
In these legitimate omours. as
well as other requirements Of her
role in shaping and preserving her
romance. I.eatrice JOY gives a fine
mature. persuasive rendition.
She IN n wife who first spurs her
husband Edmund Burns into
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05
ny MARGARET BuNDY

one by one. members OF tho 1T
erRry intclliKcntaa are falling into
tho movie maelstrom The lure Of
the dollar yes. the almighty kind
lis proving stronger than the
mere freling Of comfortable SUI
periorlty
There's Joseph HcrEoshelmor he
or the colorful vocabulary For n
Tor was u itg) years he struggled
ponniless IN an effort 20 mako good
his art And now Paramount sends
word that he is writing original
stories Tor Pola Negri 90 interpret
on tho screen,
Thru the mail recently came a
picture OF "a dapper fellow In cor
rect clothes posing with y miniature
motion picture camera The pie,
ture was labeled Michael Arlon
Aims az America" Tho brilliant
young English hiylist has consented
to the screening OF one OF bis nov,
els, These Charming People" be,
lleyo, and 10 write a scenario for
Noia NcFfi,
The news that Carl Van Vechlen',
rattoocd Countess" In 60 be- filmed
Is nothing short OF startling. How
50 exotic a character as the Coun,
teas can be portrayed on the con.
Ventionhl screen II beyond our
meagcr comprehension.
Then there was the pitiful At,
tempt 20 adapt John Gaiswor,hy',
The White Monkey 10 tho oliver
sheet Even tho Gaisworthy frl
from the standard Of The Forsyt,
Saga" IN writing HIS sequel. sui II
seems Haerilsgr 60 degenerate il int
the foppish affair that II was viii
barbara La Mari east as the tenn.
peramentAl Ficur.
The only trouble with the idea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05
ESTHER RALST0N T0A
STAR With DIX A0i.

Esther Ralston, who hurried Eat
In response 10 Herbert Brsnons
emergency call for a beautiful fairy
godmother 10 appear in his latesL
picture. - KISS for Cinderella.
with Betty Bronson. will remain Al
the Long Island studio for another
picture
Miss Ralaton has been assigned
the leading role opposite Richard
DIX in "Womanhandled."
Tho lovely blonde actress who
came 10 the fore as Mrs. Darling
IN Peter PAM. proved 20 popular
as the leading woman in DiK's re
cent release. THE Lucky Devil.
that the star requested her for a
similar part in his new production
"Womanhandled" Is from Arthur
stringeTs Saturday Evening Post
story.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

There arc scores OF these crea.
lures OF the reptillnn ngc In this
spectacle. Paleontologists say these
mighty monsters haye been dead
at least 100000 years, but First
National and Wattcrson Il. Roth.
ackor have brought them TO llfo on
the screen after over seven years
work.
As the flames bear down, the
fleeing monsters try to get to big
lake. Characters enacted by Bessie
Love, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis stone,
Wallace Berry, also make for this
watory refuge and they nro in
peril Of their lives from the crush.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05
UNIVERSAL PLANS
BIG ENTERTAINM ENT

Theatrical exhibitors turnout the
state will convene In Mount Yer
non. September s. 20 prcyicw the
fall output OF Universal films. IA
guests Of Carl Iaemmlc. Universal
producer.
Tho day VIII be spent In watch,
ing the preyiews; big dance h
scheduled for the evening Ar.
engagements arc being made thru
Iaemmle's Northwest represent
alive.
Mount Vernon was chosen NJ the
locality for tho function because ~
iis central position.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

DURING the countless millions Of
~ years the twinkling stars have
watched over the earth, the blink.
ing eyes Of the skies have rarely
beheld n spectacular scene the
equal OF the volcano-forest fire cpl.
sode In "The Lost World"
White hot lava from volcano
starts the fireworks by igniting a
forest thousands Of acres in extent.
Prehistoric dinosaurs bigger than
10 elephants and more dangerous
than n hundred tigers and lions
rolled into one. nro driven from
their lalrs by the approaching
DANES.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

In as much danger as Is commonly
supposed
zasu Pitts as Maggie keenan,.
has role which suits her 20 a
ct" IT'S a part registering Infinite
paihos. comedy and tenderness and
without doubt becomes the hes,
character woman OF the screen.
Ann Pennington. musical comedy
star. ~ member OF tho cast, az
arc Norma shearer and Conrad Ma.
eel. Htars in their own right.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

WITHOUT doub, the best film OF
w Director Mouta Bells short
nut already famous career IS "Prct-
~ Ladies'
II contains practically every ele
ment which goes to make up a
good picture. There is plenty Of
human interest and there Is plenty
Of color and there are LOT or nov.
city and technicolor scenes which
add to the beauty OF the production.
Pretty ladies'" which features
ZaSu Pitts and Tom Moore. Is a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

ing legs OF these mighty creatures
The volcano.forest fire sequence
In "The Lost World" ia but ono OF
many incidents In the picture
equally as thrilling. In fact ali OF
the thrills OF Conan Doylc's novel
from which the picture was adapt.
cd by Earl Hudson, are to be seen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-05

FOLLOWING THE appear
ance here Of Milton Stills in
his first official starring pic
ture, comes the announcement
that Norman Kerry will make
his debut as a star in "Lor-
raine of the Lions" TO open
at the Columbia following the
current attraction. Patsy
Ruth Miller is cast in the title
role.
jed Prouty viii be seen IN the
rols OF Cholly KniekerboeiSer in
Gloria swnnson's new production.
THE Coast Of Folly"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23

position on prohibition. If he is dry
bone dry, it will meet the approval of or
ganized labor in Topeka and Kansas.
Labor in Kansas has never been in SYM
pathy with the light wine and beer atti-
tude of the executive council OF the
American Federation Of Labor
In the Northwest
A Duluth dispatch TO the Monitor is to
the effect that labor leaders and men,
bers of Duluth Trades and Labor Coun-
ellis declare the great majority of MEM
bers of the local councils favor the en-
forcement of the Eighteenth Amendment
to the letter, and feel gratihed over the
elevation of William Green to the presi
dency of the American Federation Of La
Dor They declare that labor feels pro-
hibition has benefited greatly the labor
ing classes of the United States.
S. c. Mcdonald, former head of the
North Dakota State Federation OF La
bor and a recognized spokesman for Ia
Dor, declares that organized labor in
North Dakota favors enforcement of
prohibition laws, and Mr.. Mcdonald ex-
presses pleasure in seeing Green, new
president of the American Federation of
Labor, classed as an outstanding dry.
Labor in North Dakota never has
been against prohibition" said Mr.. Nc
Donald. II believe that the majority Of
the members of organized labor in the
state favor prohibition and enforcement
of the laws. If Mr.. Green seeks to COM
nit the American Federation of Labor
to support of a dry policy, l shall sup
port him."
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
VOLSTEAD SEES CHANGE
Not So Many Drinking" Congressman
AS in Days When Saloons
Flourished

Questioned concerning allegations of
Mrs. Frank d. Scott, wife of Congress
man Scott, of Michigan, that drunken
orgies were the chief pastime of some
congressman in Washington. former
Congressman Volstead of Minnesota,
father of the prohibition act, declared
that the days of drunken congressman are
gone forever. He said:
81 have seen the day in Congress when
men on the floor were SO drunk they
couldn't stand. I have witnessed scenes
that would disgust an ordinary barroom
enacted on the floors OF the House and
speeches made under influence of liquor
that were ridiculous.
"Since prohibition there has been none
of that. While some congressman I'M
doubtedly still drink there has been so
great an improvement that there is no
comparison with the former days. Con-
gressmen generally are sober.