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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
BY M. SCHNEIDER.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 2S.-
The motive for the killing of John
Barkoski by coal and iron police be-
came known here today. Aside from
the fact that the police hated him
as miner, they had tried to get
him to help them in a frame-up and
failed. So they thought there was
nothing to do but kill him, and An
drew Melons coal and iron police
were so brutal about it that a cor
oner's jury called it "the most fiend-
ish murder ever committed"
After John Barkoski, a Tyrne
miner, refused to sign 3 statement
for the coal and iron police to as
sist them in framing up John Hig-
gins on liquor law violation
charge, they chased him into his
rnother-in-law's home, broke down
the door. dragged him into a ma
chine and took him to the Pitts
burgh Coal Company's police bar
racks at Imperial, where they pro-
ceeded to torture him in the most
inhuman manner.
Watched the Murder.
The beating was administered by
Lieutenant Walter Lyster, Private
Harold Watts and Private Frank
Slapikas. with Corporal! Mechline
calmly sitting at his desk in the
same room an interested observer
Lieutenant Lyster is well known
as killer. Several years ago hi
was found guilty of killing miner
IN another county during a strike
The ''liberal' governor, Pinchot
pardoned him so he could continue
his brutalities ON the coal miners.
John Higgins testified that Watts
beat Barkoski for a long while
Higgins said blackjack and g
poker were used and that Barkosk
was kicked mercilessly. The wit.
ness said that boiling water was
thrown in Barkoski's face.
"Barkoski was lying in the middle
of the floor, his head down, breath.
ing into his own blood" Higgins
said, describing the scene at the I'm.
perial Barracks.
"Lyster kicked Barkoski and said
This is the only language that the
! bastard understands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
CABINET WON'T
HEAR JOBLESS
British Minister Hides
Behind Labor Takers

LONDON, Feb 2S.-Sir Winston
Churchill, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, told a Communist Party
questioner in parliament that there
would be mo useful purpose served
by granting the recent request of
the "army of unemployed" for an
interview with Premier Stanley
Baldwin. He said, however, that
the premier always is ready to hear
requests from recognized represen-
tatives of any groups. 1t was re-
called that the unemployed army,
which marched here from various
suffering districts, lacked the en-
dorsement of the reactionary,
treacherous General Council of
Trade Unions, which gives Churchill
his excuse to refuse to hear them.
The workers of London, however,
sick of the General Councils anti
labor actions, welcomes the march
ing representatives of the unem-
ployed from all parts of England
and hears them gladly, at huge
mass meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
BEGIN Miners
RELIEF DRIVE
Toohey Backs Plan for
National Campaign
Continued from Pnge One


The National Office of the w. l.
R. is preparing for a widespread
national campaign of education in
relation to the unusually severe con-
ditions to be found in the coal
towns, especially in Pennsylvania
and Ohio. AS soon as the material
which is being gathered by the
miners union reaches the W. I. R. it
will be compiled and made public
"When it becomes generally
known" Mrs. Stokes stated, 'to
what extent the miners and their
wives and children are suffering, it
will create a stir that has seldom
been equalled in this country. Many
of the miners children go to school
without any breakfast. Others are
dressed in tatters and do not know
where their next meal will come
from. Our investigation will take
the form of giving actual facts,
such as the name and address Of
some of the miners who are the vic
tins of the coal barons greed. We
will also gather evidence of how the
United Mine Workers officialdom
under the direction of John L. Lewis
have openly acted as strikebreakers,
even going to the extent of re-
fusing food to workers who are in
opposition to the company union
principles that he favors.
"We intend to make ourselves
heard to such an extent that the
coal barons and the Lewis crowd
will be driven to cover. At the
same time, with the cooperation of
the working class, and all honest
minded people we will raise funds
to feed the starving miners and
their families. We appeal to all our
friends to support us in order that
our campaign for miners relief
register the maximum success"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

as well, by carrying news of work
ers' struggle outside the shop. Most
of the papers carry relief appeals
for the miners, and some for the
textile workers, some of them show
ing excellently how the struggle of
the miners affects the entire work
ing class, including the workers in
that particular shop. But very few
carry regular items of working class
interest here and abroad. The Work
ers Blade, District 2, is the only
paper we know of that carries any
story about the Colombian fruit
strike, and very ably develops it in
to a political article on the nature
of imperialism and the danger of
war.
The Ford Worker, District 8, de-
scribes the Ford factory in Denmark,
which is under union control, and
draws the proper comparisons. The
Kodak Worker, District d, halls the
shoe workers. victory and the Red
Star, District 2, pledges support to
the Paterson silk strikers. But on
the whole, We are not yet driving
consciously enough for international
trade union unity, and for feeling
of solidarity in the struggles of the
workers outside the immediate
horizon of the worker in the shop.
+
The next article will deal with
the technical makeup, the ar
rangement of material, of illus
trations, and general appearance
of the shop papers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

talist "philanthropist" factory own
ers, organize so-called "welfare as
sociations" which are used by the
capitalists to further this antagon-
ism, using these Negro welfare clubs.
etc, as sop to the Negro workers.
Some Negro intellectual tool is
given a paid job by the corporation
as the head of the organization in
the particular factory. These or
CARNATIONS attempt to prevent the
Negro worker from fighting against
"Jim Grow" conditions in the plants
and to prevent him from organizing
with the white workers.
Usually some Negro stool-pigeon
is used to organize a Jim Grow COM
pany union and in order to put these
unions over, the plea used among
the Negro workers is, "We must
have our own organization" These
conditions are prevalent in almost
all industrial centers where Negro
workers are employed.
Growing Glass Consciousness.
We, ourselves, have noticed the
sharpening of class lines within the
Negro race, but the important thing
for US is, that the Negro workers
themselves are beginning to recog-
nize this difference. The Negro
worker is beginning to recognize
himself as a class and is fast losing
confidence in the middle-class intel
lectuals and big Negro politicians,
who were formerly accepted by the
Negro masses as their leaders. The
Negro workers are beginning to see
through the fake nretenSes of trace
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
EMERGENCY FUND

Glatzer, 25c; M. Marquis,
25c; Rovner, Csc; Kramer,
Csc; A. Mankin, Coo. Col
lected by A. and L. Cohen,
Nucleus 29-Peck, 81; H.
Hoericke, 25c; l. Lippin,
SOC; M. Feingold, 81; joe
Self, soc; Foster, 81; Rose
Bergman, 81; F. Slovchick,
1. Collected by Jennie Gar
shin-Hilda Levin, SOC;
Nodelman, 81; ]. Podkudski,
SOC; Mex, 81; N. Debrek, 1;
Jennie Garshin, 81. Col
lected by B. Grenadier-A.
Lee, 81; H. Bell, 81; B.
Grenadier, So. Collected by
Bertha Merkel - Bertha
Merkel 75c; Sylvia Silver,
Csc; J. Shapiro, Csc; L. Gin
cola, Csc; Eva Ginsberg,
25c; Helen Eisensten, 25c;
Irene Clapp, 25c; Mary Mas
ak, Csc; Ida Krichiver, SOC.
Sent in by Sarah Victor, De-
troit, Mich. - Ukrainian
Workers Club, $40; Hay
wood, 1. L. D. Branch, $14;
Lithuanian, A. l.. D. L. d.
No. So, (By L. Yonek) Sc;
st. Nucleus No. 6; So; F.
Dinkfelt, So; David Jones,
Shop Nucleus No. Ia, 81;
Mrs. Elkind So. ...........
Afghanistan Progressive As
ISOLATION of America, De-
troit, Mich. ..............
Sent in by Street Nucleus No.
10, Cicero, Ills. Gentoli,
81; j. Stanley, 81; Bacevich,
81; j. Pudzunas, SO; S. Yum
kelnnas, Soc; X. Kelly, 81;
J. Butvill, 81; M. Bacevich,
81; Mrs. P. Apalski, 81; ].
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

signs reading "We do not cater to
Negroes, while in some cities, other
methods are used. For example, in
Detroit, a prospective Negro patron
is offered a meal in the kitchen. In
Cleveland at one of the many
Thompson one-arm potomaine
foundries," the writer stood at the
serving counter for a full half hour
and when he asked the Counter
boy" when would he serve him, this
dumb, misguided, $14-a-week, CAPT.
talist-minded slave told him that if
he didn't have time to wait till he
got around to him, he could go else
where.
There are usually no good hotels
in these cities where Negroes can
find accommodations The so-called
NEGRO Hotels" are usually tumble
down places without even ordinary
conveniences and charge double what
a white hotel of similar class would
charge. If a Negro wants to find
lodgings or to eat, he must go to
the NEGRO section" which is usually
an out-of-the-way place, far away
from the center. This inconvenience
is also experienced by the Negro
worker who works in places located
in the downtown or outlying dis
tricts. If, for instance, Negro
working in some of the downtown
places wants to lunch, he is compel
led to either bring his lunch with
him to work, or go to some restau-
rant in the Negro district which is
usually too far away for his convent
ence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

tumble-doWn ShackS or old fashioned
flats usually condemned), and one
finds himself in what is simetimes
politely called the "colored neigh
borhood."
PrOletarian Districts.
These neighborhoods usually
border on, or are directly in what
was formerly known as the "Red
light districts" Although these dis
tricts are according to law, supposed
now to be non-existent, prostitutes,
white and black, "ply their trade"
in these neighborhoods, and bootleg
joints and cabarets are "wide OPEN"
Young. Negro children growing up
in this environment, "learn the
ropes" at very early age. Almost
every night, groups of idle rich and
other parasites, themselves respon-
sible for the miserable conditions OBJ
tanning in these ghettos, drive up in
fine limousines USUALLY parking
them in the next block) Haunting
their wealth squeezed from the toll
of these same people in their faces,
in order to corrupt Negro women,
whom they consider their legitimate
prey. The object of these excursions
of the rich in the Negro districts, is
to indulge in what is known as
changing their luck"
The so-called "better class" of
Negroes, comprising professional
men and women, such as lawyers,
doctors, dentists, politicians and
Weather Negroes, live in somewhat
better houses, usually at the edges
of these districts, in flats or houses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

| Ralandi, 81; M. Butvill
| $40. ...............
Pontiac Street Nucleus, Pom
tiac, Mich.
Collected by J. Michalis and
Louis Shanias, Kenosha,
Wisc.-Marko Ebenke, 81;
81; L. Thamas, 81; Paul
Sprindis, S.; ]. Machalis,
IS; A. Baradico, zoe; A.
Buckriskis, 81; A. Salads,
81; A. Lisnick, 81; P. Boran,
81; Alex Lisbon, 40c; G.
Paivlovich, SOC; J. Norton,
81; Geo. Sinko, Soc; S. Kom-
arec, SOC. ............... l
Sent in by J. X. Chaplik,
Berkeley, Calif.-Collected
by William Selles-R. vi
kandes, Csc; ]. Gaffanto,
25c; F. Kreutzer, Csc; Sara,
Csc; Jeason, Csc; Markers,
ers, 10c; Mike Ujdick, Csc;
M. Yjituis, 25c; P. Pleser-
vather, Csc; N. Ballos, Csc.
Collected by j. X. Chaplik.
j. Margolis, 81; E. Erik
son, 81. Collected by C. Mu-
grants, Oakland, Calif.-A.
G. Burt IS; Dangoth, SOC;
Matsui, 81. -.
F. D. No. l, S. S., &c, New
York City go. ..........
4F, &c, New York City 80.
julius Osleeb, Collected by
Night Workers Section /,
N. Y. C.
U krainian Fraction of
Rochester, N. Y.-M. Wozny
81; S. Petryshyn, 81; A. Ma
diak, 81; A. Petrie, 81; S.
Sydon, 81 and 81 in small
change -.
Shop Nucleus No. L., Detroit,
Michigan
Sturgeon Alargo Workers
Club, Angora, MINI. ......
IF, "a, New York City.
IF, 2B, New York City. -.
Sent in by E. Petersen, Kan
sas City, Moor. E. A.
Burkhardt, IS; Luke Hrelac,
q; H. Jorgensen, soc; P. Lu-
cas-, soc; c. Zurema, soc;
Geo. Kvaternik, SOC; M.
Drozda, Soc.
Sent in By E. Honegger, Ro-
chester, N. Y.-Lanza, 81;
c. Gava, 81; G. Cottone,
Soc; E. Mack, So; Fantanzzo
81; Brecciaroli, Soc; S. Tior ;.
ami, Csc; H. Mack, 81; G.
Barile, Soc; Cobapinco, 25c.
Sent in by James Szepesy,
Perth Amboy,, N. j.. ......
Sent in by E. Miller, Toledo,
Ohio-.American Federation
of r. r. Workers, IS; f. X.
Ishler, 81; J. Meas, 49,. =.
Branch 3, Sec. 8, Bronx. -.
Sent in by s. Rashal, Brook
lyn-S. H.. $3: NJ. Opirin, SO
Sent in by A. J. Gutzin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

Corporal Meetings. shoes were
near the Fireplace, and once, when
Rarkoski fell, his head rested on
the shoes. Corporal Mechling said:
Hey, you, you're getting blood on
my Shoes"
DR.. J. NJ. Patterson, the coal COM
pany doctor who was called to dress
Watts slight cut, testified that the
dying miner was propped up in
chair and lashed with a long strap
by Lyster. He also stated that after
he had bandaged Barkoski's body,
as one of his ribs had broken
through the skin, Lyster twisted
Rarkoski's ears and then grabbed
his broken nose and twisted it.
At the hearing it was brought
out by another witness that a poker
was bent on Barkoski's body during
the beating and Strengthened several
times.
Miners Aroused.
AS a result of this brutal muir
der, the feeling among the miners
has become so bitter that it aroused
the attention of the entire state.
President Morrow of the Pittsburgh
Coal Company rushed north from
Florida to try to cover up the crime.
He has promised Barkoski's widow
satisfactory settlement" and Wis
tied Governor Fisher of Pennsyl-
vania.
Need Union.
The militant miners have no illu-
sions that these murderers will be
punished for their hideous crime.
They still remember how the coal
company deputy sheriffs murdered
Fannie Sellins during the steel
strike ard were acquitted after a
short trial. Their masters defended
them well.
| In this case, the Pittsburgh Coal
Company, owned by Mellon, has al
ready shielded and will defend their
hirelings either openly or secretly
Andrew Mellon is we'll aware of all
the years Of torture inflicted upor
the miners, in fact, this is the
method used to keep them from eff.
fectively fighting against the mis-.
cradle conditions under which they
have to work. The miners know
very well that unless they have g
strong, fighting, militant miners
union like the National Miners
Union, this terror will continue,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
HOSIERY MILLS MERGE.

BLOOMFIELD, N. j., (LRA).-
The Brilliant Silk Hosiery Co., of
Bloomfield, Lansdale Silk Hosiery
Co. of Lansdale, Pa. and Finery
Silk Hosiery Co. of Clifton, N. j.,
have merged to form Interstate Hos
iery Mills, Inc. The three companies
employ over 500 workers. Net sales
of the combined companies in 1928
were $4,10S,694, according to the
Wall Street -ournal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

Iarge Negro population and it is
;ot difficult to find the Negro sec
Jon. 1t is only necessary to take
he nearest street car, ride out to
he Oldest and most dilapidated sec
Jon of the city where streets are
iirtiest, lined on either side by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

Schenectady, N. Y.-R.
-Kone, So; c. Hildebrandt, So
Collected by Nucleus Ia, Chi
chago, Ill.-Velechko, 81; S.
Zinich, 81; S. Horzich, 81;
general collection, S2.05. -.
Naisiaosto, Houghton, Mich.
Finnish Ladies Society, Fort
Bragg, Calf. ............
l. L. D., Lettish Branch, Phil
adclphia, Pa. ............
Sec. 1, collected by Lyman
Clty ..............
IF, 2B, City ..............
Anna Firestone, IF, 2B, Sity
Collected by Jennie Rovinsky,
Omaha, Nebr.-R. C. Tai
bolt, $3.50; J. Morgenster,
81; o. Radinowski, 81; Wur-
eel, 81 observation-disclosures.
Collected by John Tadevich,
Tacoma, Wash.-John Tade-
vich, So; Shop Uucleus, So.
Collected by H. Mattson, AS
toria, GREE. Mattila, Soc;
A. Janison, 35c; F. Burman,
81; w. Mattson, 81; E. Paw
roc, 81; Mob, 25c; o. F. Kis-
XII, SOC; A. Turve, SOC N.
Patio, Csc; O. Maxi, 25c...
L. Bolland, Pierpont, S. Oak.
4F, 2B, City -.
Collected by F. A. Comfy,
Jackson, Mich-K. L. Con
by, 81; B. F. Comfy, SIZE.
V. Comfy, 81; A. Comfy, 81;
E Comfy, 81 ............
Comrades Chorus (Kamra-
terna), Rockford, Ill. -.
Z. Fornar, Creighton Nu-
cleus, Creighton, Pa. -.
+. Rallies, Indianapolis, Ind.
Collected by Int. Branch,
Union City, N. frank
Bacc, 81; Charles Cerny, 81;
P. J. Root, So. -.
L. Mutton, Chicago, III .....
Comrades from w. Concord,
N. H. Observation-Disclosures.
J. kunzelman, st. Joseph, Mo.
Collected by Geo. Palestys,
Niles, Ohio-L. Harry, Soc;
A. Nicolaon, sec; M. Bory,
soc; G.. Palestys, Soc; P. Ka-
kovlly, SOC; T. Nicolaon, SOC
Collected by S. Copereon, De-
troit, Mich.-G. Stoica, ST.;
L. Sebesan, 81; S. Cojereon,
Section I, collected by Kri-
loft, City ................
Collected by Karl J. Malm-
strom, South Bend, Ind
X. ]. Malmstrom, s2.15; A.
Anderson, Csc; j. BRO, Soc;
A Friend, 10c. -.
Dan Rodgers, Warren, Ohio.
Collected by A. Lerkoff, Spo-
kane, Wash.-G. Hameff,
soc; d. Scottacff, Soc; D.
Hosroeff, SOC; A. Kosoff,
l 25c; G. Hadaeff, 2oc; I. Sur
vekoff, 25c ..............
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
NEW USSR POWER PLANT.

MOSCOW, by Mail) 1.-THE con-
struction of the Kondopozhsky n.y.
dro-electric station in the Karelia
Region has recently been completed.
The plant is equipped with two
turbo-generators with a total ca
pacity of 1880 horsepower.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
BY OTTO HALL.

National Field Organizer OF the
Workers (Consmunist) Parity
In travelling through industrial
'enters in the United States,
me is impressed with the general
similarity in appearance of the So
Jailed "Black Belts" in the various
:'ties. Go to any city that has a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
SHOE MACHINERY IN USSR.
TENTNCPAD (Rv Ma;N TIL,

LENINGRAD, (By MaiD THE
Nevsky Misunderstanding factory il
Eeningrad has commenced the pro.
duction of shoe machinery. During
the current year it is planned tc
produce 230 complete sets of ma.
chinerY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
NEW USsR TEXTILE MILL.

SARATOV, U.S.S.R.. (By MaiD.-
In the Saratov region a new trico.
tage factory has been opened. The
factory will employ LEO workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

The other classes decay and finally
disappear In the face of modern in
dustry; tn prOlctariat Is it's special
and essential p-oduct.-SnrI Marx
H'nt>mu~t~t Mrw.fesfo).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

The Headlight, District Is, refers
to the takers of the railroad brother
hoods in both its numbers, but does
not elaborate to make the situation
clear. The Southwest Miner, Dis.
trict 10, carries on an excellent cam
paign against the officials. The
Stanton Miners Blast, District s.
carries veritable blast against the
officials, and, together with the Had
dock Miners Light, District 3, car
ries on a splendid campaign during
the miners struggle in the bitumi-
nous against the officials in the
anthracite, as well as in the entire
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
PARTY CONVENTION DISCUSSION SECTION

who are not yet advanced enough to
supply the solution themselves, even
when it is obvious to the class con-
scious worker, the paper sounds like
a bad-tempered kicker, dissatisfied
with everything, and doing nothing
but whining and complaining.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
MELONS POLICE
MURDERED MINER
Coal Diggers Aroused
at Brutal Staying

Continued from Page One)
and iron police and Melons con-
nection with them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
Linking Up Organization With
Shop Conditions.

Where most papers fail to link
up their political material with shop
conditions, they show much more
skill in the matter of the organiza-
ton drives. A few exceptions, how
ever, must inevitably exist in order
to prove the rule. The Milwaukee
Harvester Worker, District s, runs
a half page called "News from De-
partments", terse sentences giving
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
T. U. E. L. and Left Wing.

Too few papers develop the idea
of the Left wing and the 7. U. E. l..
The Packing House Worker, District
10, for instance, in Ito, runs an
article on the Labor Unity series
of articles on the packing industry,
calling it the magazine of the pro-
gressive and Left wing unions. While
the idea of urging the reading of the
articles is excellent, the paper fails
to explain what the Left wing move
ment is, and does not even mention
the T. U. E. L. and what it stands
for --. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
Dealing too Abstractly.

Other papers, while offering rene
dies, do so too abstractly and gen.
orally. For instance, there are big
lay-offs in the shop and the, paper
demands resistance on the part of
the workers, but says not word
about union or a shop committee.
The Winchester Worker, District
Is, in numbers 2 and 8, speaks only
of the workers joining union, but
nothing concrete about any particu-
lar union. If there is no union in
the field, then certainly the organi-
cation of shop committees must be
advocated as the beginnings of q
union.
The American Bridge Worker,
District 5, for instance, in its very
first number, speaks of mill COM
mittees as a basis for a national
steel workers union, and links the
idea up excellently with shop con-
ditions. In the Mascot, District 2,
we see the conscious development
in each consecutive number of a
clear consistent line on organization
the first number emphasizing the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01

shop conditions everywhere in the
shop. But they are so run together
that all opportunity for drawing any
concrete conclusions is out of the
question. The Eagle Pencil Worker,
District 2, IL, treats the same sub
ject in a much better manner. A
guide takes the visitor through a
department, showing the conditions
there. The running conversation in
a tone of fine irony and sarcasm
brings out the need for organization
splendidly. Issue I-3 takes another
department with the same effect.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-01
Creating International Solidarity

The shop paper must consciously
foster the feeling of working class
solidarity not only on a national
scale, but on an international scale
New Britain herald., 1929-08-20

Lieutenant Bamforth felt ill in T local theater which he usually at tends twice a week before going on duty. As soon as he reached headquarters he told of his feeling and arrangements were made to drive him home. Rather than alarm his wife, the lieutenant told her ha had sprained his ankle and Ser geant Feeney undressed him and helped him into bed.
 Lieutenant Bamforth reached his 70th birthday anniversary August 5. Officer G. W. Hellberg is the only member of the regular police force who has been in the service longer than the lieutenant, who was appointed supernumerary officer August IT, 1893, and a regu- lar on January 19, 1895. He was detailed 10 detective duty April 1, 1907, and became detective ser geant June 15, 1914. On May 3, 1918, he became lieutenant. He is a native of England and made his home in Southington before moving to New Britain.