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NECKWEAR PLANT
STRIKE FOLLOWS
WAGE REDUCTION
Organizers Arrested as Po
lice Bear Down on Picket
Line Before "Runaway"
Shop in New Haven.
New Haven, Conn. (ILNS)—
Another series of wage cuts has led
to a walkout of 300 neckwear workers
at the "runaway" plant of Arthur
Seigman, Inc. The workers, hitherto
unorganized, joined the Neckwear
Makers' Union in a body.
Continued success of the union in
holding a solid front among the work
ers has led the police, at the behest
of the Chamber of Commerc, to bear
down on the picket lines. Organizers
Hose Sullivan and Carmen Lucia were
taken off the lines and put under ar
rest for alleged "breach of the peace."
A similar charge was also placed
against Julia O'Connor Parker of the
Electrical Workers' Union of Boston,
although she had merely obtained
police permission to accompany Miss
Stfllivan to the station.
The walkout is encouraging to the
Neckwear Makers' Union, as Seig
man's had been a thorn in the side of
the organizatino. Formerly in New
York, this concern moved to New
Haven in order to obtain cheap labor.
The average wage of the striking
•workers is $9 a week, five times at
least below the wage prevailing in
New York. Manager Jack Roberts, of
the Neckwear Makers' Union, is in
charge of the strike.
TO PROBE FOOD PRICES
Washington.—A senate committee
is holding hearings on the Capper
bill, which provides for a probe on
differences between the price of food
and raw materials.
Wheat, flour and bread prices will
be first investigated.
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By the Western Union Telegraph
Arrangements are complete for
Vets' benefit ball and vaudeville, to
be held at the Fenmont Center on
February 25, proceeds of which are
for the Ohio building at the Veter
ans' Orphans' Home. The program
follows:
Vaudeville 8 P.M.
1. Man of Mystery...."Rajah" Keppler
Assisted by Mr. Alvin Thompson
2. Baritone Mr. Robert Richardson
Accompanied by
Mr. L. Vernon Benzing
(a) The Old Road—Scott
(b) All for You—Bertrand-Brown
3. Special added attraction
Postal employes for the most part
are on a 48-hour weekly working
schedule, and this legislation reduces
the workday to 44 hours. Certain
employes now receive time off on Sat
urday afternoon under a permissive
order of the postmaster general. The
Kendall-LaFollette bill will give all
employes the same benefit.
The productivity of postal employes
has greatly increased in recent years.
It costs today $133,000 less to produce
a million dollars in revenue than it
did in 1921. Labor costs, organized
postal workers show, are lower today
than ever before in the history of the
service.
The bill will give additional em
ployment to approximately 10,000
substitutes throughout the service.
Foreign War Veterans* Benefit
Ball at Fenmont Next Wednesday
By the Unknown
4. Reading Miss Hilda Fontaine
(a) Selected
(b) On Flanders' Field
5. Violin Mr. Luke Ehrgott
(a) Long, Long Trail
(b) Pack up your troubles
in your old kit bag
LESS HOURS FOR
POSTAL WLOYES
Washington.—The senate, by a vote
of 88 to 0, passed the LaFollette
44-hour bill for postal employes. The
bill had previously passed the house,
where it was sponsored by Congress
man Kendall.
This legislation will affect 150,000
thousand postal employes in first and
second class offices, and the railway
mail service. It has been urged by
the National Federation of Post
Office Clerks, National Association of
Letter Carriers, and the Railway
Mail Association, all A. F. of L. units.
MUSSOLINI'S HAND
SEEN IN DROPPING
OF BUTLER TRIAL
Duce's Fear of "Possible
Eventualities" at Court
Martial of Marine General
Led to Closing of Case, Is
Report.
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—The
New York Times says of the dropping
of the court-martial proceedings
against General Smedley D. Butler
that "Aversion of the Italian govern
ment to having its relations with the
United States disturbed by possible
eventualities in the court-martial of
Major Gen. Smedley D. Butler, of the
Marine Corps, was responsible for the
case being closed with the reprimand
delivered to Gen. Butler." As Pre
mier Mussolini is to all intents and
purposes the Italian government, it
is presumed that the Duce himself
sought to have the court-martial call
ed off.
In the midst of preparations for
the coming trial, attended by the
keenest public interest attaching to
any Washington incident for many
months, there came the sudden an
nouncement by the navy department
cancelling- all arrangements and the
abandonm^it of the court-martial
Butler was to be tried for asserting
that Mussolini ran over a child and
continued on his way without aiding
the victim.
Club Pledged No Publicity
Investigation of past records had
shown that the Contemporary Club of
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A typical cottage at the V.F.W.
National Home, Eaton Rapids.
Michigan, where the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the U S are
caring for more than 100 chil
dren of deceased or totally dis
abled world war veterans Be
low are five of the youngsters
who live at 7 W
6. Military Tap
Misses Marjorie Serviss and
Amelia Dilg
Mrs. Meade Connell, Pianist
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
V. F. W. National Home
Major Fred K. Myles
National Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Raffles appears on the dance
floor between 10 and 10:30. "Watch
for him."
Master of Ceremonies—Colonel Ray
McAdams, ranking member, Council
of Administration, Veterans of For
eign Wars.
Dancing until midnight with Glenn
Wortendyke and his orchestra.
TKfe young lady who captures "Mr.
Raffles" will be given a prize donated
by Dow Drug Co.
Philadelphia, before which Gen. But
ler had made the statements under
criticism, had several months pre
viously adopted a resolution to the
effect that all speakers should have
perfect freedom of speaking, and that
no publicity should be given to any
remarks. Gen. Butler conveyed this
information to the secretary of the
riavy, and it was the convenient hook
on which was hung the reprimand
which saved the face of the admin
istration. Incidentally, there were re
porters present at the meeting ad
dressed by Gen. Butler.
Meanwhile there have been pub
lished in the New York press and in
the Italian II Nuovo Mondo of that
city, copies of a letter alleged to have
been sent to the Italian paper, giving
a circumstantial account of the events
of the incident to which Gen. Butler
referred, with the names of eye-wit
nesses, together with the statement
that three Italians who were present
and identified Mussolini had since dis
appeared and nothing had been heard
of their whereabouts. The articles in
these papers were spread on the rec
ords of the United States senate at
the request of Senator Hein, of Ala
bama.
What Butler Charged
Gen. Butler had charged on the
basis of information said to have been
given to him by an eyewitness, that
Mussolini was a "hit and run" auto
mobile driver that he drove an army
car at a high rate of speed through
an Italian village, running over a ten
year-old girl that he did not stop to
pay any attention to the matter, but
remarked to one who was with him,
"It is only one life. What is one life
in the affairs of a state?"
It is stated in the times account
that the compromise settlement of
the case was sought by the adminis
tration at the insistence of the presi
dent.
WHAT NEXT?
An electrical detector of the in
visible cracks in rails which have been
a source of accidents ever since the
beginning of railroading is now being
successfully used. It was the last
major scientific achievement of the
late Elmer A. Sperry, famous inven
tor. The device causes an electrical
current to disclose the transverse fis
sures which grow like living things,
their presence often unrevealed, until
the rails fall apart. The first detector
was placed in service two years ago.
The fissures are now being located
before they cause any damage.
TEXAS WOULD
PROHIBIT RAIL CON
TROL OF BUSES
Austin, Texas.—Prohibition of rajl
control of buses is proposed in a bill
introduced in the state legislature by
Representative Terrell.
The preamble of the bill declares
that such control creates an exclusive
right upon railroad companies that is
in violation of the Texas constitu
tion "and is detrimental to the pub
lie welfare and contrary to sound
democratic principles of government."
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THE BUTLER (50UNTY PRESi
CAP
AND
BELLS
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
*1 don't take tips, sir.**
"Our prices are reduced.**
"Things were much better In otlr
day."
"I shan't want a holiday this year,
sir."
"May I offer you my seat, miss?"
"The editor will be pleased to ac
cept your contribution."
"I never criticize the government"
"Yes, we've had our cook six years."
"I think she is better looking than
I am, dear."—Passing Show.
Still at It
"Can anyone tell me,** demanded
the orator, "who did most In thi
Nineteenth century to raise the work*
lng classes?"
"Yes, guv'nor," replied one of the
crowd, "the Inventor of alarum clocks."
A Doctor's Night
"I attended a wild party last night,"
remarked the doctor.
"Why, you told me you were going
to see a patient," exclaimed his wife.
"I did," grinned the doctor. "He
was the wild party, and they had Jut
brought him hoifle from one."
WAS NEVER LIFTED
i
"Has she ever had her face lifted?"
"Where could you find a thief who
weuld want to steal such a thing?"
Ficklo
The styles arc changing very fast,"
Said Besale to Marie.
"And It's just the same with husbands,
too,
rm changing mine, you see."
He Was Curious
Counsel (for the defense)—Now,
what time was It when you were at
tacked?
Complainant (angrily)—I don't know
ask your client—he took my watch.—
Exchange.
Let's Ju*t Pretend
Policeman—What! Do you suggest
that I would take a bribe? Why—
Erring One—Excuse me, I—
Policeman—But now, supposing that
I was that kind of & man, how much
would you give?
The Easiest Way
Ship Captain (excitedly)—All hands
on deck! The ship has sprung a leak!
Voice From the Hold (sleepily)—Aw,
put a pan under It an' go back to
sleep
A Toss-Up
"What'i an oil prospector?"
"About as good a definition as any
Is, a man who doesn't know whether
he Is four feet from a million dollar*
or a million feet from four dollars."
That's Pretty Near
'Ow near do you think that light
ning was, 'Arry?"
"Dunno, kid—but this fag wasn't lit
second ago."
ON THE SQUARE
a.
She—Why is this boxing ring not
round? It has four corners.
He—Well, this match Is on the
square.
Wags on Wags
I told my dachshund such a Joke
I thought he did not see,
But, ere five minutes had elapsed,
He wagged his tail in glee.
Last Is Not Least
many
Income Tax Inspector—How
dependents have you?
One of the Many—Two children
and a landlord.
SHORTER WORK WEEK
WITHIN NEXT DECADE
Niagara Falls, N. Y.—The shorter
work week within the next decade
was predicted by Dr. Joseph H. Wil
lits, of the University of Pennsyl
vania, in an address before the Amer
ican Management Association. Dr
Willits is a member of the president's
emergency committee on employment,
NEW ORGANIST AT
CONG'L CHURCH
STANLEY B. SHOUPE
The Congregational Church, through
its pastor, the Reverend Robert
Stemme, is announcing that it has
secured the services of Prof. Stanley
B. Shoupe, of "The Shoupe Music
School, as its organist and choir
director.
Prof. Shoupe is a born musician
who, by ability, training and expe
rience has won his way to distinc
tion. He is very highly recommended
by musical critics. Prof. C. A. Fish
wick, of London, England, with whom
Mr. Shoupe studied pipe organ at the
Detroit Institute of Musical Arts, in
commenting on his ability, says: "He
has the musicianship of a genius his
sense of vibration and tone is per
fect his impulses and accuracy are
unsurpassable."
Prof. Shoupe is the founder and
present director of the Shoupe Music
School, and for the past twenty-three
years has been one of the outstanding
music teachers in this city. During
that time he has taught thousands
to play their favorite instrument. He
organized and directed one of the first
Sunday School orchestras in Hamilton
and directs his own orchestra and mil
itary band. This wide and varied ex
perience will mean much to the Con
gregational Sunday School, as Prof.
Shoupe will not limit his activities
to the choir and church services alone
but will supervise the entire musical
program of the church.
Prof. Shoupe will" be ably assisted
in his work by Mrs. Shoupe, who re
ceived her musical training in Cin
cinnati. Mrs. Shoupe possesses a
mezzo-soprano voice of rare excel
lence and her enunciation is perfect.
For four years, before coming to
Hamilton, she was a soloist in the
Westwood Presbyterian Church in
Cincinnati. Mrs. Shoupe will serve as
soloist and assistant choir director.
The Congregational Church consid
ers itself exceedingly fortunate in se
curing the services of these richly
endowed musical leaders, and under
their capable direction it is destined
to make a distinctive contribution to
the best in the musical life of Hamil
ton.
Vocational Guidance
"You ought to make a good osteo
path."
"Why?"
"Because you have such a idee way
of rubbing It In."
Social Pi«
"Why is young Mr. Sklgge such
a
great social favorite?"
"He can eat anything that ever
came out of a chafing dish and act as
If he enjoyed It."—Washington Star.
BECAUSE OF HIS LEGS
"Do you call him your beau because
he's your sweetheart?"
"No I call him my bow because
Of
his legs."
Press Agent Triumph
The critic's pace I cannot strike.
Perhaps I'd better quit.
For every show I most dislike
Turns out to be a "hit."
Odds Against the Men
"Is there a war between the sexes?"
"If there Is, the men don't stand
much chance. Some fellows surrender
•very time they see a pretty girl."
Whew!
"Did you know your wife very long
before you married her?"
"Oh, yes. I've known her since we
were the same age."—Echoes.
The speaker said there will be an
increase in the company "union" plan
which he called "employe representa
tion." The growth of employe stock
ownership and an increasing sense of
"social responsibility" on the part of
industry and management are also
significant, according to Dr. Willits
Investment in the electric light and
power industry is $11,000,000,000.
ESPIONAGE APPEAL
CAMPAIGN IS ON
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—A cam
paign for repeal of the wartime es
pionage act, provided in a bill which
passed the senate unanimously last
June and now before the judiciary
committee of the house, is under way.
The espionage act, passed in 1917
as a war-time measure, was "sus
pended" in 1921 until the "next emer
gency." However, one section was
left in force giving the post office de
partment power to exclude from the
mails any matter which it regards as
"seditious." Under that section the
post office department has banned
four radical papers in recent months.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Mon
tana, author of the espionage act, was
responsible for the introduction and
passage of the repeal bill in the sen
ate. In favorably reporting the bill,
the senate judiciary committee said:
"It is to be borne in mind that the
statute has no application except in
the existence of war. It would seem
as though congress might safely be
relied upon in the deplorable event of
the occurrence of another war calling
for legislation of an extraordinary
character, to meet the emergency as
it may arise.
"The committee is further of the
view that it is unwise to invest the
post office authorities with the power
to determine whether an article or
articles in a newspaper does or does
not offend against the statute, a ques
tion often so delicate as that learned
judges of the supreme court have
different in the conclusion at which
they have respectively arrived when
called upon to solve it. The statute
has been so administered as to make
it to all intents and purposes a cen
sorship law."
MACHINERY DOES
WORK COAL MIN
ERS ARE IDLE
Washington. Machinery has
brought idleness to Montana miners,
according to a letter to Senators
Welsh and Wheeler, of that state.
The Montana workers urge govern
ment relief.
'Mechanical devices in coal mines
have reduced the number of men for
merly employed about 48 per cent, or,
in other words, out of 100 men for
merly employed, only 52 are left to
do the work, and the machines art
displacing 48 men out of 100 who
were formerly employed. As to out
put of coal, basing our figures on the
tonnage output, the 52 men under this
machine system will and are produc
ing more than the 100 men working
under the human-labor system."
ARMY IS DISTRIBUTING
SALVAGED CLOTHING
Washington.—Charitable organiza
tions, to secure salvaged clothing
from army depots for relief pur
poses, should apply through the gov
ernors of the states concerned, ac
cording to General Van Hohn Moseley
of the war department.
"Army depots are being scoured for
property of this general character
that may have been accumulated in
addition to that which is turned in in
the routine manner, in order to sup
plement the measures already being
taken to relieve distress," said Gen
eral Moseley.
",
9,000,000 LISTED
AS IDLE IN EUROPE
Washington.—Unemployed in Eur
ope was placed at 9,000,000 by H. C.
MacLean, Paris representative of the
International Chamber of Commerce
in a report to th^ American section
of that organization.
The European situation, said Mr
MacLean, is complicated by impend
ing strikes resulting from the re
sistance of workers to the installa
tion of machinery which they believt
will displace labor.
Wage reductions are carefully in
stalled throughout the Continent
These are referred to as "slight, but
downward revision."
SIX CYLINDER.
SENTENCES
By DR. JOHN W.
OO
HOLLAND
Fear is the soul's tanclefoot.
Few roses grow alone the path
way to the Temple of Fame
Tf you can kill nn enem.v with
kindness he will stay dead
The employee who watches him
self will not need watch in?
The boy's worst day Is the dav
when he "gets away with"
his first He?
Can you rememher when brides
and hrideprooms began their
housekeeping with a Family
Bible?
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Counties in Florida have started
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