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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
SAYS JUNIOR HIGH
 SCHOOLS TEND TO LIMIT EDUCATION
Government Spokesman Also Says Sons of Workingmen Don't Need
 Useless Subjects"
By Staff Correspondent, International
 Labor News Service

Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Feb. 28.-The charge by organized labor of Chicago that the attempted introduction of junior high schools, the platoon system and intel ligence tests into the public school sys- tenn of America is an effort to limit higher education to a chosen and fav- ored few, and to confine the children of working men to an education which would equip them only for employment as mechanics and laborers, was proven to be correct at the convention for vocational education recently held in Chicago. The charge was substanti- ated by high government officer
 The high schools can serve this purpose in any community if they are run as junior high schools-the trying out of new courses, the elimination of useeless subjects, such as Latin, Span ish, French and German, to pupisl who are soon to go to the plumbing shop, the bench and lathe,' said J. C. Wright, director of the Federal Board for Vo- cational Education, Washington, D. C.
 Lewis Gustafson, president of the convention, also threw bright light on the subject. He seemed to be much enthused over the decline in the pur- suit of higher intellectual attainments and apparently views with satisfac- ton the attempt to establish an aris-
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The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
LABOR MAKES NON-UNION HOUSES DRUG ON SAN
 FRANCISCO MARKET
By International Labor News
 Service.

By International Labor News
 Service.
 San Francisco, Feb. 28-Non- ur,ion-b,ailt houses are a drug on the market of San Francisco. Here is the reason:
 Resolutions pledging their mem- bers not to purchase a home that has not been built under strictly union conditions have been unani- mously adopted by every union labor organization in San Fran cisco at the request of the San. Francisco Building Trades Coun- cil.
 As result, houses built under the so-called American plan" are going begging for purchaser. while the union-built homes are being sold before they are com pleted.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
WISDOM

No person can do a higner duty than to resist the majority when he believes it wrong-to assist the right of individual judg
 ment and maintain it; to cherish liberty of thought and action against any tyranny of his own or any other party."-White1aw Reid
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28

Rockport, Mass, Feb 21.-Steam en- gineers in the quarry industry and their employers have renewed their wage agreement for three years.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28
SURPLUS LABOR ABSORBED

Surplus labor, especially in the rural districts of Cuba. has been practically absorbed with the commencement of the sugar harvesting season.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-28

EO OENNaAlVIAEU I.AbON THE LABOR NEWS is your paper and its advertisers depend on your support. Tell them you Saw It In The News and every one will be happy.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Us, OBJECTS To
CANNER|ES
PETITION
Attorneys Ask Court to Strike
Out Improper Paragraphs
i'm Document

The District Supreme Court was
asked today by District Attorney
Gordon and Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Galloway to strike out certain
paragraphs, characterized as "im-
pertinent, improper and scandalous
in the petition filed by Attorney
Frank J. Hogan, representing the
California Cooperative Canneries,
to set aside the consent decree be-
tween the big five" packing con-
Germs and the Department Of JUS
tice, according to which the meat
industry was divorced from unal-
lied activities in February, 1920.
1t Is claimed by the Government
that the statement in the petition
Of the canneries concern that the
decree was signed as a matter OF
form by the court, and without con-
sideration OF the merits of the case
and regardless of the legal effect of
the decree. is both "impertinent and
scandalous."
other paragraphs are said to be
irrelevant immaterial and i'm
proper"
: Justice Hoehling will set a date
next Monday for the hearing Of the
motion of the canneries company
and the packing concerns to vacate
the decree, and of the motions of
the Government and the Wholesale
Grocers' Association, which have
been permitted to intervene, in OPP
position to the motions to set aside
the decree.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02

BLUES BOUNCERs TO MEET.

BLUES BOUNCERS TO MEET.
HARRY NASH, secretary of
that great and growing organi-
zation, the Blues Bouncers, is
sending out this jolly notification
to all members and would-be
members of the next gathering
of the clan:
Hear ye, column edifiers,
Ye artistic pencil plyers,
ANA ye twangers of the Tyres,
Lend an ear.
It 10 brought to your attention,
That the BOuncer's next convention,
HOvers near.
Your attendance IL requested,
When from Christmas rush you've
Twill be held in, as suggested.
Central High.
On the sixth Of January,
Come and help the BOuncers merry
Multiply.
Nash says there's going to be
a hot time in the old town jan
uary 6, at 8 p. m. Meeting in
the armory of Central High
School. Enter by the Eleventh
street door.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
GROUNDS BILL
FOR D. c. SHOWS
DECREASES
War Department Asks 81 900
for Care of Executive
Mansion

Slight decreases In appropriations
for public buildings and grounds in
Washington for the fiscal year
1925 are made in the annual War
Department appropriation bill in
troduced in Congress today.
The largest Of the items is for
$17,760 for the maintenance OF the
Washington Monument, a decrease
Of $3.50 over the appropriation
asked for the fiscal year 1925. For
the improvements of the grounds
of the executive departments,
$1,000 is asked against $1,240 for
the previous year. Only $40 Is
requested in the measure for re-
pairs to the building in which
Lincoln died, as against $1,74O for
1925.
Thirteen thousand and forty dol
lars, decrease Of $40, is asked for
the maintenance of the Lincoln
Memorial.
The only item under the head Of
public buildings and grounds for
which an increased appropriation is
asked is one for repairs for the
Of 3d. is asked for this purpose.
"A OSCESdSS III (1IO
for the Army War College is also
noted in the bill. Only $70,570 is
requested, as against $74,570 last
year.
Increases Of 500 each to the three
watchmen and two floormen at the
Washington Monument and $50 each
to the three watchmen at the Lin
coin Memorial is provided for in the
bill.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
DRY RAIDER IS
BADLY BITTEN
BY DOG
Detective Holmes Attacked on
Entering Houses Taken
in Hotel Raid

Detective M. H. Holmes, Of the
vice squad, today is recovering from
a severe injury to his right leg
when he was bitten by a police dog
as he entered a house yesterday
with Lieutenant o. T. Holmes and
Sergeant James McQuade at 424 l.
street northwest to make a liquor
raid. Frances Vincent was arrested
and charged with illegal sale and
possession Of liquor and put up $3.50
collateral at the Second precinct.
The same officers arrested six
persons in a raid at the Summit
Hotel, Seventh and N streets north
west, and a small quantity OF al
legged liquor was seized. Charges
of violating the prohibition law
we've placed against Clifford Miggin-
son, proprietor, and Stanley VII
Jams, manager. Four persons, said
to be actors at a local theater, were
charged with statutory offenseS.
Two other raids made by the
officers and the following arrests
were made: Richard Stevens, col
ored, twenty-four, and Frederick M.
Johnson, colored. twenty-one. at
216 L street northwest, and Hattie
Jones, colored, thirty-eight, 1913
Pierce street northwest. The three
were charged with violating the
prohibition law. Small quantities
of whiskey were seized.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
HE GOT 1T.

II you want Q thing bad enough and
try hard enough,
And 20 far enough and stick long
enough,
BY concentration and no attempt to
bluff
You'll get II some day, even IL the
road Ii rough.
In a "BOok Of knowledge" q country
boy read this advice.
"By heck said he, 'Of money / want
. large and Juicy slice,
And I'm going to try just a. hard as
know how,
But can never get far enough follow
Ing up a plOw."
So he started I'm, in Texas, and began
by selling shares
In an imaginary oil well which with
no other well compares.
He promised millions to every one who
large investments made
And for q brief period small dividends
were monthly paid.
And when he got the money he
thought he'd quietly slip away.
But Uncle Sam reached out his arm
and got him that day,
And now he has gong far enough and
viii have to stick long enough,
For he's trying hard enough to get
out, rs jail life IL quite tough.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
KEROSENE QUIZ
BY HOUSE
PLANNED
Suspicion Developes That
Dealers Are Mixing It With
Gasoline to Avoid Taxes

Investigation into what use 10
made of the increasingly heavy
shipments of kerosene to the Dis
trict since the operation of the
gasoline tax law, probably will be
begun today by a special sub
committee of the House District
Committee.
All of the local wholesale dis
tributors of kerosene will be called
to testify before the committee as
to the disposition made of their
kerosene supplies.
The investigation was ordered
following the failure of the gaso-
line tax law to provide the $1,000
900 a year that was expected from
the measure, and the reports that
kerosene, on which there is no
tax is being mixed with gasoline
sold in the District.
Donovan First Witness.
Confidential Information in the
hands Of the committee Indicate
that the shipments of kerosene TO
Washington since the operation Of
the tax law. have increased SIR.
prisingly.
The first witness to De called by
Congressman Frank N. zihlman, OF
MARYLAND, chairman OF tho cub.
committee, probably will be Major
Daniel Donovan, District auditor.
According to figures for the
month of November he following
sales of gasoline and kerosene were
reported by the Wholesale diutrlb-
utorS:
Reports of Sales.
The Standard Oil Company re-
ported the sale of 1868 gallons
of gasoline and los, 611h gallons
of kerosene; the Independent Oil
Company, 115.745 gallons Of gaso-
line and 25,1 42 gallons Of kerosene:
the Columbia Oil Company, Inc.
1876, $50 gallons of gasoline and 3D.
286 gallons of kerosene; Penn Oil
Company. 460.229 gallons of gaso-
line; Taylor-Korman Oil Company,
56,501 gallons of gasoline; Speedex
Gasoline Company, 67542 gallons of
gasoline and 1887 gallons of kero-
sene; LoughboroVgh Auto Supply
Company, Inc. 1888 gallons of
gasoline; H. B. Leary, jr., 47,012
gallons OF gasoline, and Crowells
garage, 1867 gallons of gasoline
and $50 gallons of kerosene.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Warrenton Pair First
To Get License
To Wed

The first ones in the New
Year to apply for marriage Ii
cense and who presented them
selves to Colonel Knoll of the Dis
trict Supreme Court this morning
as soon as he opened up for bust
ness, were Everette C. Bywaters,
a twenty-year-old youth of War
renton, Va, who was accompan-
led by his mother, Mrs. Ethel E.
Bywaters and his wife-to-be,
Miss Edna Mae Francis, twenty
one years old, also of Warren
ton, Va.
The mother of the young ap-
plicant for matrimonial honor,
who is not yet of legal age, read
lily gave her consent to the union.
The Reverend H. NJ. Hennig per-
formed the marriage ceremony.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
THE CATS OF WASHINGTON. ]

The haze of eve is sinking low,
the day IL almost done, and in
the dusk steal to and fro the
cats of Warrington. Old cats and
gray, great cats and wise cats of
snobler race, cats with deep
retrospectiye eyes, searching the
realms of space. Cats, as would
say the Hindu sage, reincarnated
souls Of those who in bygone
age won triumphs at the polls,
and walked these streets all lord
lily, in frock coats and silk hats.
unthinlxing that posterity would
know them but as cats. A great
beast, notified gray and white. by
accident detailed, alone slower
strolls throughout the night. the
wrath of him who sailed the seas
and drove the foemen back, who
gloried In the fray. the slash of
sword, the rifles crack, the board
ers' fierce foray, and others alsos
great and small. who bore each
one his part, in building what can
never fall, home of the nations
heart No one Is e'er. at all un-
kind to any of the clan, and on
their part they never mind the
foolishness of man. Last night
woke at midnight's hour: a weird,
sweet song heard. possessing q
peculiar power not known OF maid
or bird; now high, now low, 1t
rose and fell. a plaintive piping
strain, the Ginning OF a golden
bell, far thunder through the
rain-I strained my ears and mop
ped my brow until the tune was
nun, tin faded, out the last pur-
raouw of cats Of Washington.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
I SUIT
REP Y
FILED
Defendants in $3.50, 900 DAM
age Case Say Papers Have
Names Wrong

Mrs. Henry C.. Brown, of the
Pentilly apartment, 1872 K street
northwest; Mrs. Vernon Dorman,
1877 Buchanan street northwest;
M. Bertha Nails, of East Clifton
Terrace and Paul B. Cramer, also
of East Clifton Terrace, who
among others were sued recently
by Maurice Baskin, owner of the
East Clifton Terrace and of the
Sixteenth Street Mansions, for
$3.50, 900 damages for alleged libel,
today filed individual pleas of
abatement in the District Supreme
Court, on the ground that the
names mentioned in Baskin's suit,
are not their right names.
Give Real Names.
They ask that Baslkin ought not
to maintain his action against them
and that his suit be dismissed.
Mrs. Henry c. Brown says that
her name is Edith A. Brown and
that she has always been known
by that name; Mrs. Vernon Dorlnan
says that. her right name is La Veta
r. Dormaat; B. M. Nails claims her
right name to be M. Bertha Nails,
and p. b. Cramer says that he has
always been known as Paul b.
Cramer.
Attorney Frank H. Long appears
for the defendants. The suit was
the result of a meeting Of tenants
of both apartments at which they
protested against an increase in
their rentals and at which they are
alleged to have used language re-
fleeing on Baskin.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
CONGRESS
T0ACT. lis
HOPE
Tidal Basin Development Pro-
iect Eliminate Present Rec
reation Center There

. An official movement has been
started for the ultimate removal
Of both the white hathing beach
and the proposed coIored bathing
beach from the tidal basin to
some point on the Potomac river,
While the campaign has not
yet got beyond the stage of m
formal discussion, it became
known today that various Off
Gals interested in the artistic de-
velopment of Washington believe
that the construction of bathing
beaches on the Tidal Basin is .
grave error which they believe
will be corrected by Congressional
action at an early date.
Congress To Hear OF 1t.
The fact that the Tidal Basin is
virtually in the heart Of the Mall
development makes the removal
Of these plans Of summer recreation
certain, 1t is said. In the near future
the matter will be under discussion
by the Public Buildings and Grounds
Committee Of the House and
Senate.
One of the features Of Mall
DEVELOPMENT which is expected TO
come within the next few years -
the filling in Of the east side OF
lrI eHfV q
that this project already has been
under consideration by the Fine
Arts Commission and by Colonel
C. o. Sheriff., in charge of Public
Buildings and Grounds.
Roosevelt Memorial Site.
The primary purpose Of the
filling in of the Tidal Basin will
be to provide a site for the con-
templated memorial for former
President Roosevelt on the south
axis of the Washington Monument.
A survey of this site has been
ordered by a Senate resolution and
will be made in the near future. All
Of the funds for the erection Of the
memorial win be Provided by pri-
vate subscription to the Roosevelt
Memorial Association.
With the filling in of a part
Of the Tidal Basin. the two bath
ing beaches will be such a blot
upon the landscape of Potomac
Park that their removal to a river
site will come as a matter Of
course, it is held. 1t is expected
that the issue will be threshed out
in Congress during the current ses-
sion.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
HOW TO Be HAPPY.

HOW TO Be HAPPY.
Think happy thoughts; think always
the best,
Think of the ones you love, not those
you detest;
Think of your victories, not your
failures here,
The smile that pleased, not OF the
hurtful sneer;
The kindly word and not the harsh
thing spoken,
The promise kept and not tho prom
Use broken;
The good that you have KNOWN ana
not the bad,
The happy days that were, and mot
the sad; ,
Think of the rose, and not the with.
cred flower, .
The beauty Of the rainbow, mot tho
shower.
Think happy thoughts"
FLORENCE n. HOAGLAND.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
LESTER c. HITE ANSWERS
WIEE'S ALIMONY PLEA

Lester c. Hite, who was sued by
his wife. Mrs. Lulu G.. Hlte fer
a limited divorce and alimony, TO-
day filed his answer in the District
Supreme Court to the rule to show
cause why he should not pay more
alimony.
The husband, represented by At
torney James A. O'Shea, denies that
he is in arrears of alimony pay
mentS.
Hite declares that his wife is
not destitute; that she has money
invested in Virginia real estate, and
that she has earned considerable
money from this investment. He
asks that his wife's request be dis
missed.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
NAMES COL. GLENNAN
ASSISTANT TO IRELAND

President Coolidge today nomi-
mated Colonel James Glennan, COM
handing officer at Walter Reed
Hospital, to be assistant to
Surgeon General Ireland, of the
army.
Colonel Glennan, it Is understood,
will continue in command Of the
hospital for the time being. Secre-
tary of War Weeks has not yet
taken up the question Of appoint
ing a successor to him.
Colonel Glennan also has been
promoted to a brigadier general
ship for distinguished services at
Walter Reed.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
COOLIDGE NAMES TWO
FOR FEDERAL JUDGES

The nomination of Judge Charles
n. Norman, of the Western dis
trict of Kentucky, to be United
States circuit judge for the Sixth
,ircuit was sent to the Senate to-
lay by President Coolidge for con-
'irmation.
Charles /. Dawson, of Kentucky.
was nominated as United States
district judge for the Western dis
trict of Kentucky, succeeding Judge
Norman.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02

Norris Russell, head of astronomy
at Princeton, and Professor Archi.
bald Henderson, head Of mathe
mates at the University of North
Carolina, spoke. Professor Russell
selected for his topic a paper en-.
titled Constitution Of the Stars
Professor Henderson, who recent
ly returned from abroad, where he
has been experimenting with Pho
fessor Albert Einstein. the dis
coverer" Of RELATIVELY, declared that
the theory of Professor Einstein had
been proven beyond a doubt.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
UNIVERSITY CLUB TO SEE
SIGNAL CORPS MOVIES

University Club members will be
entertained tomorrow night by mo.
ton pictures by the United States
Signal Corps. showing the United
States army in action on many
fronts.
Captain c. C. Lowe will lecture
on the showing. Brigadier General
Hugh A. Drum will also give
brief talk. Wives Of the club men,
bers are invited.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02

American Mathematical Society and
the Mathematical Association of
America gave dinner last night
at the Franklin Square Hotel to 200
members. DIR. J. A. Coolidge, head
of the department of mathematics
of Harvard University and newly
elected head of the Mathematical
association, acted as POSTMASTER.
"A joint session of sections B, c,
and d, Of the Scientists Associa-
ton and the two mathematical
bodies was held yesterday morning
in Corcoran Hall, George Wash
ington University. Professor Henry
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
LORD ROBERT CECIL IS
WHITE HOUSE VISITOR

Lord Robert Cecil, Britain's fore.
most advocate Of the League Of Ma
lions, called at the White House to-
day, accompanied by Sir Esme How
ard, the British ambassador, and
had a half hours conference with
President Coolidge.
ONLY "the usual amenities" were
exchanged, 1t was said at the White
House.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
COLLEGE WOMEN TO HEAR.
DR.. MARY Billet TALK

Doctor Mary I. Billet, president
Of the League for Applied Psyche
logy, of East Orange, N. J.. will be
the principal speaker before the
College Women on Monday, at q
tea from to o'clock at 1922.
street. She will speak on THE
One Mind Process That Always
Insures Success"
Mrs. Frank E. Edgington will be
hostess at the tea, assisted by
Miss Ida Johnson, Mary Pierce and
Elsie Smith.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
WIFE ASKS COURT TO
HOLD MATE FOR CONTEMPT

Emma B. Jones, represented by
Attorney Webster Ballinger, today
asked that George w. Jones be re-
quired to show cause why he
should not be adjudged in contempt
of court for falling to comply with
the order Of the court Of June 20
last, requiring him to pay her $40
monthly alimony.
Plaintiff says that defendant has
paid her only $25
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
$51, $4,000 GOLD WAS
REFINED IN U. S. IN 1924

Refined production OF gold in
the United States last year totalled
2,551,243 ounces. valued. at $51,912,-
900, the Bureau Of the Mint an
nounced today. Silver production
was 64,7s2,216 ounces valued at
$43, $40, 1853.
California produced $13,041. 500
worth of gold. Colorado, So, AT 900,
Alaska, $500, 900, South Dakota,
IS, 900, and Nevada, $4,613,000.
Utah was the chief producer Of
silver, its output being valued at
.216,O0O
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
AND THE FROG IN YOUR
THROAT NEVER JUMPS.

The pupils Of The eye teVer 90 TO
school.
The bridge of the nose is neUer
crossed.
The root Of the mouth goes un-
repaired.
The ear drums are not beaten.
Knee caps are not bought in
stores.
Butchers sell soup bones but not
shin bones.
The shoulder blQdeS are never
sh0rpened.
Toe nails and hammers do not 90
together.
The inStep is not related to the
front door step.
GENEVIEVE.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
SCHOOL BOOK OUTRAGEs.

Dear Bill: Quite q rumpNs IS
raised by an Illinois school
trustee Uho finds that the GLge-
bras in use are full of problems
regarding liquors, 1Oines and
beers. The same is true in
Washington schools, no doubt, in
Gsmuch as our teEt books are
quite old. Of course it's oatt-of-
date for boys and girls to be fig
airing on how much ten barrels
of booze cost, at so much per bar
rel, if there is deducted certain
commissions, etc. Any boOtlegger
could tell 'em that the prices
haze gone up. BIMBO BEN.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
SENATOR'S SECRETARY
WEBS CAPITAL EDITOR

Miss Sidney Clay, secretary to
Senator Spencer of Missouri and
Lee G.. Miller, news editor Of tn,
Daily News are today receivirg
the Fluctuations Of their friends.
They were married yesterday in
Alexandria.
Miller is a native of Seymour,
Ind. and Mas Clay. Of Joplin. Mo.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
ESCAPES WHEN 2 TONS
OF SNOW STRIKE GAR

Henry Klinge, secretary to Col
onel Charles J. Jesse, narrowly es-
capped injury today when two tons
of snow fell from the roof of the
Arlington county courthouse, and
completely wrecked his automobile
which he had left just a minute
before to enter the courthouse.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
THERE ARE NO "HOT TIMES"
IN MARS AND THE MOON

take Il for granted that the guy
soho aras preparing to be sent to
Mars in a rocket tctII hesitate since
the declaration of Doctor W. W.
COBLENTZ, of the Bureau of StOnd-
ards, that the temperature there falls
to 40 at night and Is mever above
90 N the daytime.
Also, he says that the cold side Of
the moon achich so many lovers thrill
over is 200 degrees belot0 zero.
ARCTIC ARCHIE.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
THESE RICH SHEIKS.

She looked into his sheikish eyes
And adOred his glossy hair,
He had told her his family was rich
And he would be the only heir.
"Let's 20 TO the movies tanight?" she
said,
And see the Golden Skyrocket.'
He searched wildly IN his trousers
TADPOLE TOM.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02

AN UNPATRIOTIC PRANK.
MOther-Dennis, why did teacher
keep you after school?
Dennis-It wasn't my fault,
mother. Somebody tied my coat
tails to the seat when we were
getting ready to sing the Star
Spangled Banner"
BLONDY.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Frat" Luncheon Postponed

The Kelta Kappa Epsilon
scheduled for today at the
Cosmos Club, has been postponed
until a week from today because Of
tho Indictment weather.