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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22

the Common Council and 70 clear up
some accusations which have been
made. ! believe II 70 be the duty Of
every person in Putnam interested IN
the welfare o. our city 10 stand solid
" behind this body which they have
elected and which is composed Of men
o. experience and OF discriminating
minds and good Judgment. who are en-
deayoring to give us clean and econ
0mica administration. No govern
ment can be expected to function prop
erly without support Of the people.
Whether We eventually have steel
or concrete storage is small matter
compared with the harm that may
come 10 US as a city divided against
itself.
GEORGE W. PERRY.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22

mond Hill. which would BE- placed e.
600 feet 70 the west Of Sabin street.
Contrary % a statement given out, Nc
pipe has ever been laid up this hill
The comprehensive plan referred 70 BY
the Water Commissioners was prepar-
ed about 1915, during the boom years
when Putnam was growing fast. Ten
ements were scarce and business pros
porous. Suddenly the bubble burst
and now there are idle mills and many
vacant tenements. Il would seem %
be folly 70 make plans at present for
considerably increased population.
A generation hence may see such a
radical change 10 public works that a
reservoir such as would be built now
would be obsolete. Should not the fu-
ture generations TO a great extent set
tie their own problemsf
This communication is not for the
purpose Of prolonging the controversy
over the water question. but Is sin-
cere attempt 10 show the fairness Of
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22
K. OF c. PLAYERS
Cast Selected to Present 80
This ts London," Cohan
Comedy

The K. 81 c. players are arranging
20 pr eert their econd annual play AZ
The Bradley theatre. For this years
veh'cl tlles have elected, $50 This Is
London" another George NJ. Conan
presentation which bad a record run
IN New York in 1922.
The play chosen as the X. Of c.
players second annual event before
the footiiRhts gives the ematures even
better opportunities than did Broad
way Jones', 80 ably presented last
season. II abounds in that quiet humor
that has made the author famous.
The east has already been selected,
most Of last years favorltes being re
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22
EAST PUTNAM

Mrs.. G. N. Burr;n visited her grand
aunt In proyidencn Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Logee are enter
tanning Miss ArbueiFle Of Providence.
Miss Mary Chase Of Southbridse
spcnt the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
" A. Houghton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bowen wei
coined a daughter. Muriel Alice, Tues
day. March 20.
Edward Gibson and family and Miss
Madeline Gibson Of Worcester Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Gibson Of Putnam and
Ralph Gibson and family called at +.
G. 6;ibson's Sunday.
A surprise party in honor Of her
birthday was given Miss Addie Bowen,
Al che home o. Mrs. Louis Converse
Guests we're present from Putnam,
Providence and Thompson.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22
Don't Get Up Nights"
Says r. "A. Marble This 10 Nature.
Signal 81 4'Dsnser Ahead"

Fred H. MarbIe, DanieIson. Conn.
says in bis own home paper. the Dan
leison Transcript: ny bladder both.
cred me four Or five times every
night. After taking Keller's Lithiat
ed Buchu, lew days | saw was i'm
proving. Now r am not troubled at
all. They have also relieved my
friend Elmer Martin will tell or
write my experience to anyone"
Lithiated Buchu acts on the blad-
der as epson salts do on the bowels.
Drives out foreign deposits and les
sens excessive aeidity. This relieves
the irritation that causes Getting up
Nights." The tablets cost &c each al
all drug stores. Keller Laboratory,
Mechanlcsburg, Ohio or locally at <.
IL. BURT. Druggist
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22
TourteIlotte High
Seniors on Pilgrimage

The senior class Of the Tourtellottc
High school viii leave on its annual
pilgrimage 10 Washington next week.
Pupils are preparing fer the journey
and are anticipating visiting many
places Of interest. The class viii be
accompanied by members of the
school faculty. The fund TO defray
expenses has been accumulated by
holding dances and other social affairs
during the year.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22

tanned. They include Misses Sybil Gil
man, Gertrude Remiliard. Anita Bro
deuf and Bernadette Cartier, Joseph
Bove, Lawrence Phaneuf, James j.
wiliiamfon. William Ryan, Lawrence
Light, Camille Brodeur and Michael
l., White.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22

A course Of cooking is being offer
ed to boys In a Michigan high school,
special emphasis being laid On camp
cookery.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22
Msans Nothing

The assertion made III this same cir
culRr In connection with the construc-
ton Of concrete reservoir that THE
estimated cost, including laying Of
pipes and engineering fees. il about
SI25 900, means nothing, as ne am
cunt Of pipe was specified II It was n
tended to convey the idea that Il in
.cluded the same amount of mains
throughout the city rs that covered by
the statement sent ont by the Common
Council, with the addition Of 1000 feet
of sixteen inch main on Richmond
Hill, then this sum II $i25.000 Is at
least $4,000 too low. figured on a con-
sentative basis.
Soon after the Commissioners asked
for the appropriation Of Si5O.bO0 for
a concrete reservoir on Richmond ffill
with certain additions 10 the piping
system. the Council learned that this
outlay would not include the extensive
renovation Of the mains which was
our most imperative need and which
was advised by the Insurance Ex-
change. Lack Of water AZ the disas-
frous FIRE AZ the foundry was not due
to any failure at the pumping station
nor 10 lack of storage, but was due 70
the inefficient small pipes on School
street. The 100000 gallon tank in
stalled forty-two years ago has not
failed US. Those who planned the
water system then wisely placed Il on
the opposite side Of the city from the
pumps, which was in line Of economy
and safety and according TO hydraulic
principles.
As 10 the assertion that the Council
failed 10 carry out the agreement be-
tween the special water committee and
the Commissioners In calling for the
construction Of only a part OF their
plan, the Council had good and SUM-
cient reasons for desiring 20 first com
piete the work on the east side Of Lit.
tie River. This being completed prop
erly. IL was their intention 20 then
finish the work on the west side. The
possible economical advantage IN con-
tracing for all this work nc one time
was slight as compared with their rea-
sons for bringing 10 completion first
the work on the east side.
Many Misled
III the question was settled at the
special city meeting. which appears
doubtful. was II settled justly and
wisely when SO many were misled by
false statements. aud others voted in
ignorance or for personal reasons7 II
Is matter which should have been de
termincd by hydraulic principles and
by the financial conditions of the city,
with due consideration for the imper-
alive needs IN other departments which
will soon require large OUTLAWS. Nat
urally these conditions are better un-
derstood by the Mayor and Common
Council than by the average citizen,
The water department Is only one
branch Of the city government and the
members Of the Common Council are
elected By the people and form the
governing body. with powers defined
BY state charter.
Is Il not possible that plan which
appeared suitable here twelve years
ago, before the Manhasset and bank
failures. a impracticahle now under
present unstable business conditionsf
/ fail to see why the expenditure of
100000 FOR laying the sixteen inch
main on Sahin street should be used
as an argument for the construction
now Of the concrete reservoir on Rich
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-03-22
CITY ENGINEER HAS
BEEN MISQUOTED
Points Out Errors In Statements
Which Have Been Public
Iy Made


Communication
Editor Putnam Patriot:
As ] have been misquoted, causing
accusations Of inconsistency 70 be- made
against the Common Council in the
water works controversy. statement
from me at this time seems proper.
Never have ] recommended or suR-
gested Richmond Hill as a site for a
storage reservoir in connection with
the present water system, nor have
ever implied that there would be any
large expenditure for rock excavation
on the proposed 800 feet Of pipe line
on Bates Hill. Az explained at the
recent mass meeting, the excavation
here apparently would not run over
fifteen per cent rock, with the cost Of
same not in excess Of $3.50. II II were
solid rock for this whole distance. at
the bid price Of S. a cubic yard the
amount would not be over $1,000, not
$4,000 as was stated In the anony-
nous circular which was passed out 20
the voters on thz day Of the special
city meeting AID IN which the mem.
beers Of the Common Council were nc
cused Of making statements over their
signatures. "far from true"
The survey for the pipe and tank
contract on Bates Hill was completed
last fall. plans and specifications were
prepared and bids received. The en-
gineer must be paid whether or not
tank Is erected on Bates HUI. 50 any
additional amount which might have
been added 10 the Councils figures for
rock excavation, engineering and con-
ting.ncies Is so small as to be Of lit
tie Importance. Tho statement by the
Common Council regarding the cost Of
the work was made IN all frankness
and is practically correct, aad the dis
tribution Of an anonymous circular ac-
cusing them Of untruthfulness was, TO
express Il mildly, most diseourteous
and inexcusable, as was also the at
tempt elsewhere 10 diacredit Engineer
Paimer's cost estimate by the asser-
ton that he had overlooked some
items. The bids received for steel tanks
IN place were below Mr.. Palmer's esti-
mate for the same.
The Washington times., 1928-11-08
EfficiencY ExnertS

Efficiency Experts
The New York employer who
hires two janitors. He says he
has too many waste baskets for
one manyt to read.
The Washington times., 1928-11-08

NO IIOUDt
"How do you account for the
editors always refusing your artii
cles?''
Really I haven't-er-the shost
of an idea.
"Ah! perhaps that is the rsa-
son"
The Washington times., 1928-11-08
All at Sea

A girl at a public library In
quired if "The Red Boat" was in.
"I don't think we have the
book" she was told.
"Oh, excuse me- said the girl.
SET made a mistake. The title is
The Scarlet, Launch
After a search the library assist.
ant reported that no book with
that title was listed in the card
catalog.
"But I am sure you have the
book" the girl insisted. Suddenly
she opened her handbag and pro-
duced a slip of paper on which
something was written. Then she
Alushed. 'oh. ! beg your par
The Washington times., 1928-11-08
Maybe I'm Wrong
Social Accomplishments A
BY John P. Medbury

Social Accomplishments
This is the time of the year when
people who have been doing moth
ing all summer are going to
Florida to rest up for the winter.
Marital Mistakes
Two wives is polygamy and one
wife is monotony
lSf
The Unfair Sex
Every fellow is a live wire until
some woman comes along and
turns off the power.
American Tragedies
The man who was so thin he had
to look in the mirror twice before
he could see himself once,
The Washington times., 1928-11-08

Hospitals now have writing
rooms SO that Sunday drivers can
send postal cards to, their friends
back home.
The Washington times., 1928-11-08
The Unfair Sex
Wise Cracks

don," she said, its The Ruby
Yacht by a man named Omar.
want. Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1928-11-08
PitifuI Cases

The absent-minded professor who
took a tire in swimming with him
but forgot to take the rim off it.
The Washington times., 1928-11-08

Ode to aTitIe Hunter
The first hundred peers are the
The Washington times., 1928-11-08

"A fearful Tale
''What a sad looking store"
''Why, because it has panes IN
the windows?'
mo, the books are in tiers.
Michigan Gargoyle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
NANKINC SHUTS
HEADQUARTERS
OF 81 UNIONS
Resentment Spreads d S
Thru China

PEKING, China, Sept. 23.-In-
tense resentment has followed the
closing and sealing by officials of
the Marking government of 81 union
headquarters in this city on charges
that they are Communists in char
acter. 1t is estimated that similar
action will be taken in all Chinese
cities where it has not yet been put
into effect,
Leaders sofe. the unions, (which
grew from nothing to a membership
of at least $4,000 since the Marking
armies entered this city, were hid
ing yesterday while Kuomintang of
ficers ransacked the working class
districts of Peking and the neigh
boring country in fierce hunt tc
unearth them. 1t is understood that
execution faces the leaders should
they be caught.
Heavy guards around the former
headquarters are attempting to car
ry out the instructions of the gov
ernment to watch for and seize any
of the leaders who may have eluded
the search of the buildings. 1t is
the opinion of the officials that cer-
tain of the leaders succeeded ir
secreting themselves in the head
quarters.
News of the closing of the union
headquarters in Peking is reported
to have reached Shanghai and other
cities farther south and to have led
to the opinion that it will have
strong repercussion among workers
in various sections of the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
YOUNG TEXTILE
STRIKER SPEAKS
Fig~uerido Tells of Mill
Struggle
By EDWIN ROLFE

Joe Figuerido, nineteen-year-
old youth who went on strike with
10000 of his feliow-workers in New
Bedford % weeks ago, is small and
pale. But one can tell the moment
he begins to speak that there is
strength and fire in his factory
stunted body, and a consuming faith
in his fellow. workers, and mind
that sees sharply the struggle of
the workers against the capitalist
system.
When ! began TO speak TO him
Saturday evening, perhaps a min
ute after he finished his fiery speech
to the young workers gathered at
the Workers Center, the crowd was
still cheering him. Painting bit
from the exertions of his speech, he
walked quietly to corner Of the
hall with me, genuinely happy at
the sight of SO many young work
ers pledging their solidarity toward
the cause of his comrades, quiet. to-
tally unconscious of the shouting
about him.
Joe Fiouerido came to New Bed
Continued on Page TqUo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
Strikers Here
To Build Neu
Textile Union
By AMY sCHECHTER.

The New Bedford and Fall River
convention delegations, picked fight
ers, coming out of the struggle and
going back into the struggle, were
a living symbol of the militant new
union launched at the convention.
From the moment the strikers
marched into the convention hall
here, singing strike songs, swinging
down the aisles in picket formation,
they became the heart Of the great
millworkers' gathering.
They came straight from the
picket lines, from marching up and
down the windswept streets before
the millgates, from being dubbed
and arrested. They will be back
there again today ready to carry on
the fight Even their leaving for
the convention was gesture of de-
fiance to the millowners. Both in
New Bedford and Fall River they
tried to block the delegations, real
izing the new strength that will
flow into the strike when the dele
gates return with word of the new
fighting national organization back
of the strike.
1t is interesting that prac-
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
Minor, dunno TO
Be AT RED RALLY
Red Candidates Will
Score Hoover Lies

William F. Dunno, Communist
candidate for governor of New York
and Robert Minor, Communist cam
didate for U. S. senate and other
state and local candidates on the
Workers (Communist) Party plat
form of the class struggle, will ad-
dess the first huge political rally
to be held in New York this Fri
day September 2S, p. M, at the
Central Opera House, 67th street,
near third avenue.
One of the major problems con-
fronting the workers of New York
state, that of unemployment, will
be thoroughly analyzed by the Com
munist speakers next Friday, and
the lies of the efficiency expert
Hoover exposed with regard to that
presidential candidates roseate pic
ture of the lot Of American work
ers. The fake Statistics" of Sec
retary of Labor Davis who recently
issued a statement saying that Gin
a remarkably brief period of time
our country has reached prosper
ity higher than ever before" and
that "for this remarkable feat the
American people are largely indebt-
ed to Herbert Hoover" will also be
unmasked by the Red candidates as
campaign bunk.
Other speakers at the Central
Continued on Page TEo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
'DICCERS IN HUGE
MEETING CROWD
VALLEY, HILLS
Rank and File Roars
Refusal to Pay
Machine Dues
Denounce Corruption
Great Ovation Given
Freeman Thompson

Over 1000 miners with large
delegations from all the central and
northern fields called together by
Local 2708 at meeting in Belle
view Park, by unanimous votes de-
cided to pay no dues into the Uni
ted Mine Workers of America and
to start from Collinsville tomorrow
with an auto caravan of striking
miners to cover the entire northern
fields bringing all out on strike and
then to move en- masse on the south.
Committees were elected, arrange
ments completed and out of this
mass of workers came the first
great drive to break the strangle
hold of the faker- operator combine
and clear the deck for the National
Miners Union. 1t was a wonderful
and inspiring meeting.
A small leaflet issued by Local
2708 called this meeting of miners
together. But there was more -tf
the organization of the meeting thar
the call. The hard day by day worl
carried on by the old Save-the- Unior
Committee, the mass meetings helc
during the last six months, all OF
the energy expended by the left
wing in many a hard fight was now
bearing fruit. The latest steal Of
the takers in the referendum vote
the brutal police gangster tactics Of
Lewis at Pittsburgh, these were the
points which Joined to the wage re
/ duction brought the miners up il
roaring revolt.
Old Spirit Still Alive!
AT 2:15 p. m. about 1,500 miners
were already in the park. A buzz
of conversation rose over the whole
gathering. Remarks like these were
heard on every side: "Do you thinl
Fishwick will come? ?" Hell, no, he
hasn't got the CUTS" "Well, buddy
Continued on Page -Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
HEAR WEISBORD
REPORT AT MEET
Time Ripe for New
Union, He Says

1t was after the leaders of the
other militant unions had greeted the
delegates, and after workers repre-
senting the textile strike centers of
New Bedford and Fall River had
spoken, that Albert Weisbord was
introduced to deliver the report on
the general situation in the textile
industry as whole.
Holding the keenest interest of
every delegate and visitor in the
convention hall fbr over two hours,
Weisbord launched into an exhaus-
tive report of the status of the in
dustry nationally and internationally,
the relation of industrial conditions
to the tremendous problem of ham,
mering out national Organization
of mill operatives, and the rNthods
of struggle the new union will use
in accomplishing this aim.
Despite all the resources and years
of familiarity with the textile in
dustry which the leaders of the A
F. of L. union are presumed to have,
Weisbord declared their real ignor-
ance and incompetency is exposed
every time they try to talk concrete
ly about either the trade or the po-
sition of the workers in it. To sub
stantiate this Weisbord pointed to
the public statements of Mcmahon,
president of the u. T. w, wherein
he spoke of the 100000 textile
workers in the country" when in
reality there are only 100000, to
the "450,00O mill workers in the
South" when there are 100000 and
other similar pompous guesses."
How can a union leadership hope to
plan for nationwide organization
work, when their acquaintance with
the industry rests on a foundation
of rumors and unchecked misinform-
alton ?" Weisbord demanded in
stressing the necessity of obtaining
an accurate picture of all phases
of the industry before challenging
it's masters.
Struggle Sharpening.
Tracing skillfully the line of de-
velopment Of United States textile
manufacture to its present position
of undisputed leadership in quantity
of production, Weisbord showed the
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
new DANCER IN
RISING FLOODS
Starving R Refug e e S
Roam Florida

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla, Sept.
23.-While hundreds of refugees
roam the country homeless and in
a semi-starving state, danger to
new disaster appeared imminent as
news was received here that the
flood waters in Lake Okeechobee
and in the region for several miles
hack of it's shore line are continu-
ing to rise.
The Kissimmee River, which
drains the Central Florida ridge and
lake section, is pouring twice as
much water into Lake Okeechobee
as the outlet canals can carry away
rerortsj state, end there is great
Sangerlthat one road to Belleglade
and Ycinity will be completely
washd away.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
GITLOW EXPOSES
FARM RELIEF OF
HOOVER, S NTH
Tells Bismarck, N. D.,
Meet Alliance With
Workers Only Hope
Stresses War Danger
.Knutsen Scores Fake
Progressives

BISMARCK, N. D., Sept. 23.-Ex-
posing the hollowness of the CAPT
talist presidential candidates pre-
tentions towards helping the farm
ers, Benjamin Gitlow, -presiden-
tial candidate of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party, spoke here in Bis
marck, the heart of the spring
wheat belt, on Saturday.
Gitlow showed familiarity with
the farmers problem. After show
ing that the republican and demo-
cratic parties were tools of the cap
italists who have kept the Ameri-
can farmers in bondage, Gitlow read
and explained the platform of the
Workers Party on the farm ques-
tion, and stated that the solution of
the farm problem was for the
farmers to ally with the workers in
the cities for the overthrow of
capitalism and the establishment of
a workers and farmers govern
ment.
Conditions Worse
Gitlow stated that the condition
of the farmers was steadily becom-
ing worse. He produced facts
showing that the mortgage tenantry
evil was increasing, that the en-
tire farm family was exploited, and
that farm population was actually
decreasing. North Dakota was
cited as a concrete example of this.
"The farmers have not partici-
pated in the Wall Street prosper
ity," Gitlow said. He emphasized
the fact that the foreign born had
produced great wealth, but had not
shared in it.
Explaining the McNary- Haugen
bill, Gitlow pointed out that both
Hoover and Smith opposed the
equalization fee because it was
tax on big business. Since Wall
Street would have charge of exc
cutting the act, the McNary -Haugen
Bill would not solve the farm prob
lem.
Al Wants Fake Probe
Concerning Smiths desire for
board to investigate farm condi-
tions, Gitlow said: "We have had
too many of such Investigations"
Gitlow showed the benefits of the
workers and farmers government
to the farmers of the Soviet Union.
He also stressed the war danger.
Alfred Knutsen, candidate for U. S.
senator on the Farmer-Labor ticket,
and backed by the Workers Party,
was chairman. In introducing Git
low he stated that the so-called
progressives and fake farmer
laborites, such as Norris, Nye, and
Frazier, who rushed to the support
of Hoover and Smith, were not for
poor farmers. "We are fortunate
to have in the field the candidates
of the Workers (Communist) Party,
who really represent the interests
of the workers and farmers" he
said
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-24
SEWER GANG ON TRIAL.

The cases of the politicians in
volved in the Queens sewer scandal,
which has been dragging through
the courts for more than a year,
will be tried at the Queens County
Courthouse, Long Island City, today.
Although enough evidence exists
to convict many of the sewer graft
ers, including former borough presi-
dent, Maurice E. Connolly, OF
Queens, it is thought that the prose
cution will continue to soft-pedal
the case, merely making the show
of prosecuting" to gain more votes
in the coming elections.