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New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
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Sally Jerome. pretty and clever. is
the prop and mainstay of her fam
| lily in the absence of her father, who
has not lived with her mother for
nine years. The family consists of
Mrs. Jerome, the twins, Beau and
Mile. and Sally herself. Mrs.
Jerome enjoys poor health so Sally
! does the homework mornings and
office work for grouchy Mr.. Peevey
| afternoons.
In the flat below the Jeromes
lives young Ted Sloan, an automo-
| bile salesman, who wants Sally to
marry him and keep on working.
! But the only man who interests her
| is John Nye, whose real estate Of
! flee is across the hall from Mr..
| Peevcys. Nye hires Millie as his
| secretary and becomes blindly in
| fatuated with her. Mile confesses
| to Sally that while she likes Nye and
intends to marry him for his money
and position if she can, she really
prefers a bond salesman named
Davidson. She tries to get David
son job with John Nye. but Sally
prevents it, sure that it would make
trouble. Davidson falls In love with
Sally, in the meantime, and bluntly
| tells her so.
Beau and Mile give so little to-
ward the upkeep Of the home that
Sally often has to borrow from her
fathers sister, Aunt Emily Jerome
Aunt Emily is going to turn her
country house into wayside inn,
serving chicken dinners, and she
wants Sally to go into business with
her. But Sally. ever in need of
| money. Is afraid to risk it.
| Beau gets S110 from Ted Sloan by
means of bads checks. Sally borrows
| from Mr.. Peevey for Beau to pay
Ted. but Beau, instead of paying his
debt, uses the money to elope with
his girl, Mabel Wilmot. Then they
use Mrs. Jeromes wedding present
of $500 to buy a secondhand car
and rent furnished flat, and Sally
starts paying off the debt at the rate
of 81 a week.
Mile is rushed to the hospital for
an appendicitis operation. and Mrs.
/ Jerome wires for her husband but
receives no answer. Sally tries to do
/ Miles work in John Nye's office
| and her own, too, for John keeps on
| paying Miles salary and sends her
| bushels of flowers. although she
| won't see him. She sees Davidson
one day while she is convalescing.
| however. and later he drives Sally
! home from the hospital. Mrs.
Jerome greets her with the news
that her father is coming at last.
| (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
SICK WOMAN
SOON RECEIVERS
By Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

"A neighbor advised me to try
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Head of "Ice Trust
Indicted for Perjury

Lorenza De Maria, head of the ice
trust which carries on its operations
in New York city, was indicted by
the Queens County Grand Jury Fri
day on charge Of perjury.
De Maria, who is general manager
for the Metropolitan Coal and Ice
Dealers Union, Inc, is charged with
falsely telling Referee Hamilton that
he had not discussed price-fixing in a
conference held July 18th with John
Murray, owner of an ice plant at
Rockaway Beach.
In the course of his statement
Hazelton pointed out "the iceman
sells his ice for three times as
much as he pays for it or even more;
he does not weigh his ice, and if a
customer complains, the customer is
punished by the iceman forgetting
to deliver it for a few days"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Supreme Court Receives
Mine Injunction Case
(Continled from Pare onel

Continued from Page One)
writs of error and review cannot be
heard by the Supreme Court until
it reconvenes this fall. In the mean
time the southern West Virginia
operators continue not only to prevent
union organizers from entering the
mine fields, but are cutting wages
again. The last cut resulted from
the Interstate Commerce Commission
order reducing rates on coal from the
Pittsburgh field to the lakes by 20
cents a ton. The southern West Vir-
ginia operators have responded by
offsetting the 20 cent differential
through another slice off the wages.
The West Virginia Southern Coal
Co., newly organized syndicate, is
floating an additional $150,000 bond
issue after $1,500,000 issue on the
boast that their properties "are and
always have been operated by non
union labor" Resting at ease behind
the shield set up by the circuit court
ruling, the new company cocksurely
predicts that its earnings from non
union labor in the future will be ade-
quate to meet interest claims.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Negro Labor Speaker
In Cleveland Arrested
At Open Air Meeting

CLEVELAND, o., July ST h e
heights to which police stupidity may
rise was revealed when a speaker for
the American Negro Labor Congress
was arrested here last night at a
street meeting, on the charge that he
was stirring up race hatred"
Later Freed.
The speaker was later released and
returned to the meeting where he re-
ceived an enthusiastic reception from
the large crowd Of 200 white and col
ored workers. The attempt Of the
police to break up the meeting was
denounced and the crowd signified
their whole-hearted support of the
program and tactics of the Negro
Labor Congress for drawing the white
and colored workers closer together
for struggle against their common
enemy-the bosses. Several workers
signed applications for membership in
the organization.
Meetings of the Cleveland local OF
the Congress win be held every Mon
day night at the same corner--Wood-
lawn and 40th SITS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Alteration Workers
In Plumbing Trade
Organize COMMITTEES

A committee to organize the altera-
ton plumbers was formed at a meet
ing held Thursday evening at the
Labor Temple, 18th St. and Second
Ave, Seventy-five workers joined at
this meeting.
Plans were laid for an organization
drive, including the issuing of leaf
lets to the trade. 1t was pointed out
at the meeting that the United As
ISOLATION of Plumbers and Helpers has
jurisdiction over the plumbing indus
try and an attempt will be made to
become connected with that organiza-
ton.
1t was said that of the $4,000
plumber workers in the city, only
5000 are organized in the union. The
5000 helpers and 5000 alteration
workers not being connected.
The next meeting of the alteration
organization committee will take place
next Thursday evening at the Labor
Temple.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Flexible Shaft Co.
Cuts Wages ON Plea
Of Poverty; False

CHICAGO, July 3 (FP).-Though
pleading poverty in it's refusal to
make the wages of it's metal polish
ers and grinders uniform with those
of go other shops in the city, the
Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. is in real
ity a flourishing concern, the Metal
Polishers' Union has discovered. The
polishers have been on strike since
May 2 for 10 per cent raise to $1.10
an hour.
Big Profit
Starting with a capitalization of
$4,000 it now has 100000 capital
stock of which $650,O0O is I per cent
preferred. This the union fond out
by research work in the country rec
orders office.
The principal stockholder is Rich
ard A. Cooper of the Cooper Securi-
ties Co. which has worldwide indus
trial interests. 1t has probably the
principal interest in the Cooper En-
cheering Co. of Australia and Cooper
Ltd. Of England. The Australian con-
Germ has always placed big orders for
the Flexible's sheepherding equip
ment.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
executive board has placed the Chi
cago Flexible Shaft Co. on the unfair
list. This makes the Sunbeam cleo
trio irons and coasters unfair and also
the Cooper, Stewart and Stewart
Arizona combs, cutters and shears for
shearing sheep and horses. Organized
labor in America and Australia are
urged by the board to bear in mind
the unfair nature of these products
and to make known to the Chicago
Flexible Shaft Co. at $500 ". Roose-
welt Rd., why they do not care to use
them.
The firm joined the anti-union Ma
tional Metal Trades Assn. recently
and has discharged all union toolmak-
ers from its employ. Gunner can be
observed around the plant waiting to
beat up union pickets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Rush More Marines.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 3.-Two
hundred marines will leave for China
within few days. They are being
modified here for transportation to
China aboard the President Pierce.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
6 Poverty Stricken
Suicide Victims Are
Buried in Flushing

The bodies of Mrs. Marie Freeman
and her five small children who died
Monday night from gas poisoning in
their home, As East Eighteenth
Street, milestone, Queens, were
buried in two graves yesterday in
Flushing cemetery, Queens Avenue
and 163rd Street, Flushing.
Feared Poverty.
Mrs. Freeman, fearing the poverty
which faced the family after the
death of her husband several months
ago, turned on the gas in bedroom
where the children were sleeping,
killing herself and the children.
Brief funeral services were held at
the undertaking establishment of
Martin A. Gleason, Eighth Avenue
and Twenty-first Street, Whitestone.
The Rev. Frederick Govenlock, rector
of Grace Episcopal Church, White
stone officiated. Only about fifteen
people, all friends of the family, at
tended. Among them were Mr.. and
Mrs. e. r. Dawson, of Auburndale.
The Dawsons had visited Mrs. Free
man but few hours before the
tragedy and Mrs. Freeman wrote
Mrs. Dawson letter explaining that
the reason for her act was that she
feared the poverty which confronted
her.
After the services at the funeral
parlors, the six bodies, that of the
mother in grey hearse and those of
each of the children in separate white
hearses, were taken to the cemetery.
After a brief service at the cemetery
the six bodies We're placed in two
graves. Mrs. Freeman and her two
youngest children James, two years
old, and Nancy, three, were placed
in one, and Kathleen, five, Jeanette,
seven, and Theodore, eleven in the
other.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Despondent, Tubercular
Patient Takes His Life

DOBBS FERRY, N. Y. July 81.
LUZ Risbeiro, 40, of Hastings, was
in critical condition at the Dobbs
Ferry Hospital today as the result of
a suicide attempt, according to po-
lice.
Knowing he was afflicted with tu-
berculosis, Risbeiro applied at the
Dobbs Ferry Hospital yesterday for
treatment. After a diagnosis, the
physician in charge told Risbeiro to
go to the Grasslands Hospital, and
gave him a note directing his admis-
sion to that institution.
Instead of going to Grasslands, he
returned to his home, and fired a
bullet into his chest. He was rushed
to the hospital, where little hope was
held out for his recovery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04

THINK OF THE SUSTAINING
FUND AT EVERY MEETING!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Still Found in Plant of
Big Captain of Industry

Application to dismiss charge of
conspiring to violate the prohibition
law and to vacate the bail of five de-
fendents, which has been filed with
the clerk of the federal court, dis
closed a case which involves a we'll
know New York business man and
four others.
The New Yorker is George Leary
who keeps offices at Is Moore Street,
and whose town residence is at 1853
Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Leary, his wife,
was decorated by the pope in 1910.
Leary was arrested April 18th.
Thriving Business.
On that date, according to P.
Tubbs, prohibition agent, a still was
discovered on the plant of the Red
Hook Electric Light and Power Com
pany Of which Leary is president.
The agent states that several lines of
pipes were laid from the stills and
reservoirs into the general offices Of
the company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04

regard the union and open our mines
with non-union labor"
Union officials have looked ask
ance at the idea of conference for
relief of the miners. Workers have
had slack time of it for years
working one, two or three days a
week-they have no funds to fall
back on. Progressives argue the la
Dor movement must be called upon to
help the miners. The open shop opera
tors are determined to go the limit
In Pennsylvania they are even TAX
ing away water from the miners
homes. In Ohio, the court does not
allow them to picket in masses. They
claim the officials should be obliged
to go thru the same restrictions as
the miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Five-Year Prison Term
For Opposing Fascist

ROME, July 3-For opposing the
dictatorship of Mussolini, Stefano Le-
fano was today sentenced to serve
five years in prison by special mill
tary tribunal.
The same body acquitted Anzelo
Bartolini on the charge of "an Of
tense against the king" but sentenced
him to one year on the charge Of
"1-esistinp arrest"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Needle Trade Defense
Drawn BY VIM. Chopper.

The entire program of the New
Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Erno Rapee, and Borodine's prince
Igor" with Alexis Kosloff and his ia
NOUS ballet will be broadcast over the
radio by Station WCGU, Saturday
night, July 16, from the open air
arena of the Coney Island Stadium.
This dual concert and operate event
is being presented by the Joint De-
Tense & Relief Committee, Al Union
Square, for the purpose of raising
funds for the wives and children of
the imprisoned cloakmakers and fur
riers.
Mr.. Rapee, who needs no introduc-
ton to the vast radio audience, has
prepared a special musical program
for this occasion. Some Of the COM
posers whose work will be featured
are: Tschaikowsky, Wagner, Johann
and Richard Strauss, Rinlsky- Kor-
sakoff, Berlioz and Borodine. Rapee
will also conduct the musical program
of the well known Russian opera, as
we'll as the advertisements, which
are being arranged by Kosloff. Rita
de Laporte of the Metropolitan Opera
House, Katya Minassian, Emma D.
Miller and Valentia Kaschouba, re-
Gently arrived here from Russia and
who danced in the company of Anna
Pavlowa, will render solo selections in
addition to their respective parts in
prince Igor"
In case of rain on Saturday, July
16, the concert viii be postponed to
the next night, Sunday
Back Concert.
The example set by the Food
Workers shows that workers outside
the Needle Trades are commencing
to realize the Importance of defeat
ing the attempt to destroy the healthy
trade union movement. All class
conscious workers must now throw
their energies into the struggle to
arouse the workers. A moral as well
as a financial success at the Coney
Island Stadium will be big step in
this direction. See to it that your
organization takes tickets. Urge
every member Of your local union
fraternal society, Workmen's Circle
or other organization, to attend this
Concert. Tickets are only S1.00 fol
general admission and $500 for re.
served seats. A magnificent pro.
gram has been arranged. Borodine',
world famous "Prince Igor" presented
by Alexis Kosloff of the metropolitan
Opera House, in person, assisted By
his famous ballet corps and the New
York Symphony Orchestra of 10(
musicians, conducted by Emo Rapee
internationally acclaimed musical vir
tuoso, will be the principal attrac
tions. Rita de Laporte, solo dancer
of the Metropolitan Opera Company
will be presented in the principa
female role.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Fake ParsOn Arrested
After Marrying 1000

ELKTON, Nd, July 3-For per-
forming more than 1000 marriages,
although he was not an ordained min
sster, the Rev. Richard T. Western
was brought before a police magis-
trate here yesterday and freed upon
his own recognizance pending his trial
ext week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Hear Injunction Plea
Of Painters Against
3 Crooked Officials

The application of Harry Bloom,
president of local 1011 of the painters
union for an injunction restraining
officers of the District Council from
interfering with the books of the
council while criminal proceedings
against several of the officers is in
progress was yesterday taken under
advisement by Justice Ingraham in
supreme court.
Alfred J. Fischer, president of the
council; Alex Stein and William Hart
ley are accused of using $4,000 of
the unions funds in Wall Street
speculation, and are now under char
ges of grand larceny.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
ti-Imperialist Strike
And Boycott in China

Continued from Page One)
scandal, and a misfit that must
CO." and accusing the Chinese judge
with interposing himself between
criminals and the law.
Judge Ziar pointed out that such
statements court contempt under both
British and Chinese laws, and that
the North China Daily News was
fined for contempt by British court
a few years ago because it attacked
British judge for sentencing Nor
Kiss, the papers proprietor.
The Chinese court might be unable
to get at the North China Daily News
directly, said Judge Ziar, because for
eign newspapers hide themselves I'M
der the shelter of extraterritoriality,
but it's Chinese printers are technical
accomplices TO the contempt and they
are under the jurisdiction of the Chi
nese court.
The present incident developed when
agents of the newspaper brought suit
in the Chinese court against Rus
sian for rent. The case was thrown
out, Judge Ziar declaring that the
court Cannot give relief to the North
China Daily News when coming here
reeking with the blood of its own Of
lenses against the court" The paper
had previously attacked the court be-
cause Of the courts refusal to enforce
the foreign municipal anti-Chinese
laws which are contrary to the Chi
nese code.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Government Workers
To Demand 39-HOur
Week al Convention
BY HARVEY O'CoNNOR

w ASd1NOION, (fH) July D.
Government workers will show the
rest of the labor movement a new
goal in the shorter work week when
they meet in convention at San An
tonic, Texas in September. That goal
will be the 39-hour week. according
to Luther Steward, president of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes.
The San Antonio convention is ex-
pected to put the formal seal Of APP
prevail on the unions campaign to
establish the Saturday holiday
in all federal departments except the
post office, which is under the juris-
diction of other unions. The proposal
viii be whipped into legal form and
presented to congress when it con-
venes in regular session in December
Strong Union.
eve are working toward the goal
of the American labor movement in
seeking the shorter work week"
Steward explained. "That has been
the main struggle Of the Federal En-
ployos ever since their organization.
This year for the first time, gov
ernment workers in Washington have
obtained the Saturday half-holiday
for four months, instead of three.
With the seven-hour day, that means
we have the 39-hour week in the sum-
mer months from June l to Septem-
Der 30. The next step for the union
is to win the Saturday half holiday
the year round.
when we attain that, it will be
a beacon to all clerical workers in
the country, showing them the value
of union organization"
In the meantime the union has a
stiff fight on its hands in enforcing
the equal work-equal pay clause of
the Sterling-Lehlbach Act reclassify-
ing federal employees. This act,
passed in 1923, was hailed as a great
victory for the principle that women
should receive the same pay as men
for the same sort of work.
Equal Pay For Equal Work.
But Coolidge, unwilling to admit
the force of the equal rights victory
when it came to giving the govern
ment's women workers hard-earned
wage increases, ignored the Sterling
Lehlbach Act by packing the per-
sonnet classification board, in charge
of its administration, with enemies of
the law. Now the Federal Employees
Union, tired of appealing to the
board for justice for 200 women in
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving
who have been consistently denied
mems wages for the same sort of
work, will appeal to congress this
winter to set up new administrative
machinery out of reach of the Cool
idge appointive power.
mot only the undisputed rights of
200 women in a Washington bureau,
but the struggle Of Americas millions
Of working women, exploited through
the double standard of pay, are in
volved in this fight" Gertrude Nc
Nally, vice-president Of the Federal
Employees Union, told members of the
Women's Union of the Bureau, or
ganized as Local 105. Threats of
demotion and discharge because we
insist on observance of the law will
not swerve us from our appeal to
congress to put teeth into the equal
work-cqual pay law"
Secretary Frank Coleman of the
Maryland District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Labor, promised the full
support of the Washington and
Baltimore labor movements to the
federal workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-04
Ohio Operators Try to Break

CLEVELAND, July 3.-The Ohio
coal operators have determined to
open the mines in the state with scab
labor. They held meeting at Column
bus recently and decided to appeal to
the men over the heads of the union
officials. The officials challenged
them to find sufficient men to obey
their call. A small group at Nelson
vile, following the lead of a traitor
Gus president of the local by the name
of Emmett Searles, decided to accept
the offer of S. a day and return to
work.
The rest of the men left the meet
ing and it was soon apparent that
Searles, the Judas of the section, had
little following.
Scabs Appear.
The situation however is becoming
more complicated. At Adena the
operators brought in scabs, who were
hooted and stoned by miners and
their wives. The Sheriff wired to
Governor Doheney, who promised aid
if needed. The miners began to pic
ket the mine, but the operators got a
restraining order, which prohibits
them from having more than 20 men
on the line and from holding meetings
within a certain area.
Company spies also are on the job.
Recently one was at Adena, who de-
clared he was for Brophy, as the
proper man to lead the organization.
The next night he attacked Brophy,
stating that he wanted to build a
new union. The union must be saved
and any man who states that
Brophy or any other sane man wants
to form another union now is help
ing the operators.
Thousands of miners were reported
to be in Steubenville, but the sheriff
according to his own words. took
steps to clean them out, in order "to
avoid trouble" Now the operators
say that they will not consider any
further negotiations with the United
Mine Workers. July LIST has come
and the mines are to resume opera
tions. S. H. Robbins, president of the
Ohio Coal Operators Association,
holds out the offer of IS a day,
negotiations to be either through or
aside from union affiliations. He
Offnre g cnntc ror mt fo,, for loo J;,,,..
cutting with breast machine, II
cents; cutting with short wall mach
inc, 9 cents; cutting with top mach
inc cents; and maximum eight-hour
day S..
Threaten Scabbing.
''f the union does not officially
sanction the new wages and allow the
men to- return to work, we shall dis
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-12
Go Church Sunday!
SECOND BAPTIST

The Imperial Valley-San Diego
District association is in session
with the Second Baptist church of
this city. Friday evening the pas
tor, Rev. Riddle and the Rev. C. f.
Flanagan of the First Baptist
church brought greetings from their
respective rganizations. The Rev.
Mr.. Campbell of Brawley preached
the Introductory sermon. Today
reports were had from the auxiliar
les, the Women s Home and For
eign Missionary Convention and the
Sunday school and Il. Y. Z. u.
conventions.
DIR. w. II. Carter, Supt, of Negro
work for Southern California will
deliver an address tonight eulogiz-
ing Lincoln. a program of music
made up of selections of Negro com
posers will be a feature. Rev. l..
NJ. Curtis, executive secretary of
the Western Baptist Association
will preach the Coronation sermon
Sunday evening, subject THY
Kingdom Come ON Earth. -
Workers attending the session are
Rev. C. II. Hampton, Colporter; DIR.
w. r. Carter, superintendent OF
Negro work; Mrs. Eva Overr Solo
mon, director of religious education.