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LABOR (Connecticut) NEWS
Bosses Refuse
to Arbitrate In
Boston Strike
After Agreeing to State Board's
Plan Renege When Building
Trades Sign.
Boston, April 8. Hope that the build
ing trades strike was on the verge of
settlement and that the men would return
to work at $1 an hour pending arbitration
was shattered by an announcement of
the master builders, despite the fact that
the strikers had formally notified the
state board of conciliation and arbitra
tion of their willingness to accept the
proposals made by teh board.
James F. Walsh, secretary of the
Building Trades Employers' Association,
left a meeting of the association to make
the official statement relative to the offer
of the men to arbitrate. He said:
"The letter which the Building Trades
Council officers have filed with the state
board of arbitration and conciliation, an
nouncing the council's readiness to accept
the terms of the state board's plan, and
that the council has named the three
arbitrators it is entitled to have under
that plan, means absolutely nothing to
the builders.
"It does not give us the assurance
the builders desire, namely, that every
local affiliated with the council has be
come a signatory to that agreement. V e
have served notice upon Chairman Fish
er of the state board to this effect. The
strike is not settled by any manner of
means, reports printed in the papers not
withstanding. The committee has been
instructed to report back to the state
board that the association would not
accept the plan until every local had
signed the agreement proposed by the
board." , . .
Although Walsh would not admit it
and refused to discuss the matter, it be
came more and more apparent that a
desperate fight is being fought in the,
ranks of the master builders themselves.
It is understood that many of the mem
bers of the association are incensed by
the action of members of the conference
committee in announcing to Chairman
Fisher of the state board that the asso
ciation would approve the plan for arbi
tration suggested by the board.
According to some of these the rep
resentatives acted in the belief that the
men, who recently voted 17,000 to "2,500
to refuse to accept the arbitration terms
ti ij j
of the board, would stand Dy mat vote.
Instead the action of the Building
Trades Council in formally notifying the
state board that its conciliation proposals
had been accepted, and announcing that
the men are prepared to return to work,
is admitted to have been a clever tactical
move, which places the unions in a much
stronger position than they had held
hitherto in the struggle.
Canada is Again
Asking Envoy Here
Revives Movement in Dominion
for Representation Officially
at Washington.
Washington, April 8. Advices re
ceived through diplomatic channels indi
cate agitation is being revived in Can
ada for direct diplomatic representation
in the United States.
Recently the Canadian minister of
justice was quoted as saying a minister
to the United States would be appointed
no cnrn as a derision could be reached
as to the man to fill the position. He
. also stated no "outside" objections had
been raised, apparently meaning Down
ing street has interposed no objection.
The principal argument against the
appointment of a Canadian diplomatic
officer here is that other British domin
ions probably would insist on the same
right, thus weakening British foreign
office control over the dominions' rela
tions with the United States and other
foreign countries.
TO NAME JUDGES FOR
INTERNATIONAL COURT
Geneva, April 8. Invitation to nations
signatory to the Hague conventions of
1899 and 1907, asking them to name rep
resentatives who will nominate candi
dates for judges of the permanent In
ternational Court of Justice have been
sent out by the secretariat general of
the League of Nations.
The United States will receive such
an invitation.
The council and assembly of the
league will be required to choose the
judges from candidates furnished by the
various nations.
PRESIDENT HARDING
INVITED TO SERIES
Washington. April 8. Invitations be
fore President Harding included one
from John A. Heydler, president of the
National league, to attend next falls
world series. Mr. Heydler presented the
invitation in person and said the Presi
dent told him that "nothing would please
him better if conditions permitted.
'PRESIDENT" YOU
NEVER HEARD OF
When zvas David E. Atchison
"President" of the United States?
You don't knozv?
Read this letter that appeared
in the Boston Transcript, and get
acquainted zvith a President you
ncz'cr knew existed:
Sir :Why is President
Harding designated as the
"29th President of the United
States"? Is he not the -30th?
The list which makes the
present President the 29th
omits all reference to Pres
ident David R. Atchison, who
was our President during Sun-dav-Mondav,
March 4 and 5,m
1849. General Taylor, Pres-V
ident-elect, refused to be
sworn in on a Sunday.
President Polk's term ended
of course on the Sunday. The
President of the Senate at
that time was David R. Atchi
son a Senator from Missouri,
who was therefore de jure and
for a day de facto President
of the United States, and, it is
presumed, took an oath to ful
fill the duties of President ad
interim. President Atchison
was born at Frogtown, Ky.,
in 1807. and served 12 years
in the United States Senate.
EDITOR'S NOTE Senator
Atchison, it appears, did not take
the oath of office for the tcmpor
arv time in which he served, and
for that reason it is questionable
whether or not he is entitled to be
really ranked as one of our Presidents.
An Hour With the Wishing Fairy
;Children's Dreamtime Stories Which Tell How the
Rabbit Got His Eats and How the Dearest
Wishes of Animal Land Came True
By CORINNE.
AM mniu; to tell you about Stella, the Wishing 'airy, wno live
at the Knd-of-the-earth and about all her animal ftlends who
went to her with their funny little wishes because she can make
any wish come true. ,
The Knd-of-the-earth is far, far away and It is very hard
to find Stella.
She lives in n beautiful place with flowers all about her,
and ; her little house is a big white lily. When she wants to
sleen. she proes into it and the lily closes up, and when she
wakes up the lily opens wide so she can come out again.
Stella has a teeny, weeny crown on her head with a star on it, and In
her hand she holds a -wand. That also has a star on It. Those stars were
jtoo small to stay In the sky where all the others are, so they fell down to
earth and Stella caught them "as they fell. Have you ever seen a falling star?
Stella's dress :.s made of rose leaves and she fans herself with a dragon-fly's
wing! What do you think she rides? A beautiful butterfly! She sits on the
butterfly's back and awaji they go through the air.
The bees are buzzing arounc all day getting honey out of the flowers, but
there are two bees who gSpt honey for Stella only. That is all she likes to eat,
but she drinks water out of a blueb'ell, because a bluebell Is a flower that looks
like a tiny cup, and every morning there is one drop of water 'jn"'y own in i'
There are lots of funny little men who
itake care of Stella. They are called
iPrownies, and they sit on mushrooms
''and in Jack-in-the-Pu'p ts. And what
do you think Stella's lights are at night?
Fireflies! Have you ever seen fireflies?
You watch some summer evening and
you will see little lights all around that
shine and then go out, and shine and
then go out, and you will know that
they are fireflies.
Have you ever heard of the little rab
bit who felt sorry for himself? He was
a nice little rabbit, and lived down in a
big hole in the ground with his big Daddy
and Mother Rabbit and his little brothers
and sisters. All day long he would
play around and look for good things to
eat. At night he would go to bed in a
soft corner of the big hole, curl up and
gc fast to sleep. Sometimes at night
when there was snow on the ground
and the moon was shining they would
wake, come out of the hole and dance
around and around. In the morning I
have seen the marks of the funny little
feet on the snow where they had been
playing and dancing.
They were all happy except the lit
tle rabbit who was sorry for himself.
His name was "Cottontail," because his
tail looted like a little ball of white cot
ton. '
On ?ht when Daddy and Mother
and the baby rabbits were sleeping he
got up very quietly so as not to wake
them. He didn't come out to dance and
play. He began running as fast as he could. After running klipperty-Mp, klip-perty-kip.
klipperty-kip for a long, long time he came to the End-of-the-earth !
He wanted to see Stella and to tell her why he was sorry for himself and
what his wish was, and I shall tell you all about it in our next story.
A Popular
One of Vienna's most respected citi
zens, writes the Vienna correspondent
of the London Daily Mail, is Josef Lang,
the "last imperial and royal executioner
of Austria," a handsome and imposing
old gentleman in his 66th year, who is
still active deputy chief of the fire
brigade in Simmering, the suburb in
which he resides, and probably the most
popular man in the district.
His volume of reminiscences, just pub
lished, and edited by Dr. Oscar Schalk,
reveals him as a man of humane and
generous disposition. He has brought up
15 children, of whom only two were his
own. He became executioner at 45, hav
ing been successively carpenter, soldier,
stoker and coffee-house keeper.
He is very proud of the fact that his
longest execution took only 65 seconds,
the shcitest 45.
But thi. most interesting of his dis
closures relate to women of all classes
l who sought interviews with him at
which they often made determined ama
tory advances. Some were content to
look into his eyes or touch his hand.
Many craved a thread of silk which had
formed part of a noose actually used by
him. Superstition was their main in
centive. He was once, on going to the gov
ernor's house to report himself, as he
was bound to do on arrival, introduced
The Home Light
. By Lalia Mitchell.
Whether the road be steep, or whether
the sky be gray,
You can sing and smile o'er each lag
ging mile,
If only you know that after a while
There's a tryst to keep, and tear to stay,
And a hand to greet you, though long
away.
Whether the task be hard, or whether
the hand be weak,
You can laugh and jest, if the hours
for rest
Bring peace and calm to your troubled
breast,
The flush of joy on a dear one's cheek,
And home the haven you joyful seek.
Whether the night be dark, or whether
the toil be vain.
You can lift your voice and at heart
rejoice,
' Though hard the effort and ill the
. choice, I
If the courage lost you can find again,
In the light love sets in the window
pane. $100,000 FIRE DSTROYS
OLYMPIA BOXING CLUB
Philadelphia, April 8. Only crum
bling, blackened walls remains of the
Olympia Athletic Club building which
was destroyed by fire. The loss is esti
mated at $106,000. A number of houses
adjoining the club were badly damaged
and several families were made home
less. The cause of the fire has not yet been
determined. The fire department is in
vestigating a report there was an ex
plosion in the boiler room of the build
ing before the flames were discovered.
The club was built in 1908 exclusively
for boxing bouts and was one of the best
equipped buildings for this purpose in the
country. Harry D. Fdwards. boxing
promoter and president of the club, has
not yet decided whether the clubhouse
will be rebuilt.
CHICAGO CARPENTERS
REJECT WAGE CUT
Chicago, April 8. Prospects of a
building boom in Chicago through a re
duction in wages of labor received a set
back this week when it became known
that 150 delegates, representing 15.000
carpenters, had voted against accepting
a reduction of 25 per cent.
PRINTERS CALL WAGE
REDUCTION LOCKOUT
Boston, April 8. International presi
dents of unions affected by recent an
nouncement of the Boston Typethetae
of a reduction in wages in the printing
trades here Sunday characterized the
action of the employers as a lockout.
In telegrams received by local union
leaders, the international presidents
pledged full moral and material support
toward action to resist the wage cut
scheduled for last Monday.
Stella, the Wishing Fairy.
Hangman
to an aristocratic "afternoon tea," for
which he was ahvays well dressed on
professional dutv, as "Hofmeister Lang."
There was some consternation when his
identity was discovered, but this soon
gave place to a fever of curiosity, and
women surrounded him for hours with
a fusillade of questions and stole his
pocket handkerchief as a momento of the
occasion.
Women offered him anything he liked
to ask if he would enable them to be
present at an execution. He could take
a certain number of men as his assist
ants, giving in their names beforehand,
but he never took even men who had
not some genuine scientific ground for
asking, and never women, though there
were many women who were quite will
ing to act as his actual assistants. He
never had to execute a woman and was
heartily glad of it.
If only for its sidelights on super
stition this is a remarkable book. Lang's
pre-war correspondence, much of which
his wife often burned .unopened, con
sisted mainly of requests for locks of
hair, bis own or else from a "patient,"
and -for all imaginable articles that had
been touched by him or by a hanged
murderer. And Lang himself is not
without superstition. He always carries
about with him a tiny skein containing
a thread from each silk noose he has
used to launch a man into eternity.
MICK1E SAYS
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ASSESSED VALUATION
OF NEW HAVEN
OVER $235,000,000
Town ICerk Doughan has received
from the board of assessors the usual
annual report and tabulation of the
property assessed for taxation in the
city of New Haven for transmission to
the state tax commissioner and the same
was forwarded to Commissioner William
H. Blodgett. The report and tabulation
is as follows :
Dwelling houses, 16,952, and valuation,
$83,650,546; 5,762 barns, sheds, store
houses, private garages, ete.. $3.992,708 ;
33,812 houses and building lots, $73,608,
274 ; 2,079 stores, saloons, shops, theaters,
banks, halls, hotels, offices, public gar
ages, stables, etc.. $17,584,730; 537 build
ings used for mills and factories. $16,
274,865; 1,141 acres of land. $180,455;
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1,519 horses and mules, $11,730; 118 neat
cattle, $3,525 ; 207 sheep, goats, swine,
etc.. $6,200; 11.706 auto and motor
vehicles, $8,071,824; carriages, wagons,
and bicycles, $80,571 ; watches and
jewelry, $102,326; furniture, libraries
and musical instruments. $765,607; goods
and merchandise. $19,093,358; vessel
property, net earnings. $58.200 ; cash on
hand and in bank, $209,170; other tax
able property, $10,755; 10 per cent, ad
ditional on lists not given in, $1,610,
567; total value of taxable property as
corrected by board of relief, $235,766,
326 ; valuation of exempted property,
$277,150.
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GOMPERS DEFENDS
HIS STAND AGAINST
SOVIET RUSSIA
Washington, April 8. Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, this week announced as
"unpatriotic Americans" those labor
leaders who have severefy criticised his
refusal to indorse the Russian soviet
government or to urge its recognition
by the United States.
Flat refusal to retract in the slight
est from his position was expressed by
Mr. GompVrs in a long letter to the Cen
tral Trades Union of Kalamazoo, Mich..
Phoenix. Ariz., Laramie, Wyo., and
other similar labor organizations which
had adopted resolutions condemning the
present administration of the federation
for its Russian stand, as subservient to
capital and against the best interests of
the workers. The action of these bodies,
the letter said, apparently was on con
clusions drawn from "utter misinforma
tion" of the true situation in Russia.
"In the many years I have been an
official of the American Federation of
Labor," the letter said, "no document
has been received by me containing more
misinformation or conclusions based up
on a lack of knowledge. It is true that
I have read much of the propaganda
that is being circulated throughout the
United States in favor of the bolshevik
government of Russia and it is true that
the letter adopted by the Kalamazoo
Trades and Labor Council gives voice
to that propaganda.
"In these days it is past understand
ing how American citizens can bring
themselves to aid and comfort a propa
ganda that has for its purpose the de
struction of the trade labor movement in
America and the overthrow of our re
publ ic."
The letter quoted from numerous
official announcements of the Russian
government as to the necessity for "mil
itarization of labor" in order that "mass
es of labor should be moved about, ord
ered and sent from place to place in the
same manner as soldiers" and commented
on measures Trotzky had taken to force
the return to work of railroad and bank
employes who had "voluntarily" .quit
their positions.
"Does the Kalamazoo Trades and La
bor Council support this program for
the United States?" Mr. Gompers in
quired. He declared that "the communist par
ty in Russia the real rulers of that
country numbered less than 10,000
members." This was shown, he said, by
the fact that while each member of the
party was entitled to an allowance of
two popnds of bread a day, less than
10,000 applications for that allowance
were made to the food commissaire.
Assertion of the Kalamazoo central
body that unemployment in America
would be relieved by lifting the em
bargo on Russia. Mr. Gompers denied on
the ground that there is no such embar
go, and if there were, lifting it would
have no material effect on trade relations.
"It may be news to you that the great
est amount of American manufactured
articles sentto Russia, outside of muni
tions, was Jn 1913," he yfrotii "and then
amounted to onlv $40,000,000." .
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WILLIAMS Kb
CHARGE THA
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COMPANY IyGOUGER
Washington, April 8. Repeating his
previous charge that the Steel Trust was
guilty of "unconscionable" profiteering
(luring the war and is today seriously
interfering with the work of reconstruc
tion, John Skelton Williams, formerly
controller of the currency, has- addressed
another letter to Judge Elbert H. Gary,
in which he specifically points out that
unnecessarily high prices for steel are
in large part responsible for the present
conditions of the railroads.
Mr. Williams says the roads are pay
ing three times as much for steel cars
as they did before the war. In addition
the roads are forced to pay 8 per cent,
or more for money which they formerly
secured for 5 per cent. The net result
is that the interest charge against
freight cars has gone up about five hun
dred per cent.
The remote, but distinctly connected,
cause of the present troubles of the
railroads, Mr. Williams says, "is the
principle so many of the roads enforced
years ago. of extorting 'all the traffic
will bear.' " The Steel Trust, he con
tinues, may containe to exploit the pub
lic, but in the end it, too, will be called
to book for its disregard of the ethics
of business.
"It seems to me that the same rule
that applies to the citizen should apply
to the conduct of a corporation com
posed of citizens," Mr. Williams adds.
" 'The good old rule, the simple plan,
that he shall take who has the power
and he shall keep who can,' is not Utop
ian and is not good business, and in this
country is not possible as a perma
nency. as proved by many lamentable
incidents."
Judge Gary is assured that it is in
his power to quiet. disturbances now ex
isting and more which are threatening
by abandoning policy of "hogging."
"You can not. Judge Gary," says Mr.
Williams, "defend a reduction of wages
at the same time that your corporation
is gathering in such profits for share
holders as those to which I have direct
ed attention."
Mr. Williams repeats his allegation
that the profits of the Steel Trust while
the nation was at war were so large that
the wages of every worker and official
could have been doubled and leave a bal
ance sufficient to pay dividends of com
mon and preferred stock, meet all in
terest and depreciation charges, taxes
and extensions and a substantial balance
for surplus.
WHY JOIN A UNION?
HERE'S THE ANSWER
Charges are made by unorgan
ized workers of the New York
Central Railroad that they had
been forced under threats of losing
their jobs to sign an agreement
providing for wage reductions of
$25 to $30 per month. About 600
men were called into the office of
Walter B. Pollock, manager of the
marine lighterage and freight de
partment and told to sign.
Those who demurred and in
sisted that ihe matter be permit
ted to go before the labor board
were, it is said, listed for dis
charge. The officers of the New
York Central have not attempted
to deal so high handedly with em
ployes who are members of rec
ognized labor organizations, but
feel entirely safe In arbitrarily
imposing new conditions upon un
organized groups.
ORGANIZED LABOR
HAS 32,680,000
NOW ENROLLED
Phenomenal Growth of Organiza
tions in Last Ten Years
Forcibly Shown.
Figures have been collected and made
public by the International Labor Office
at Geneva which show the phenomenal
increases in membership of the world's
trade unions during the 10-year period,
1910-1920. Total ' membership in 20
countries has increased from 10,836,000
in 1910, to 32,610.000 at the beginning of
1920. Central European states have
made the largest increase. The follow
ing table shows trade union member
ship in the 20 countries in 1910 and 1920:
Country 1910 1920
United Kingdom.... 2.400,000 8,024,000
Germany 2,960,000 9,000,000
United States 2,100,000 5,607,000
France 977,000 2,500,000
Italv '.. 817,000 1,800,000
Helgium 139,000 750,000
Denmark 124,000 360,000
Sweden 115,000 339,000
Xorwav 47,000 144,000
Finland 15,000 41,000
Switzerland 75,000 224,000
Spain 41,000 211,000
Austria 200,000 772,000
Hungary 86,000 500,000
Czecho-Slovakia ... 100,000 657,000
Canada 120.000 378,000
Australia 302,000 628,000
Xew Zealand 57.000 100.000
Serbia (Jugo-Slavia) 7,000 20,000
Of the 32,680.000 shown above, five
countries United Kingdom, Germany,
United States, France and Italy in
1919 claimed over 27,000,000 members.
WOOD BACKERS SUED
FOR $12,465 BY HOTEL
Broken Chairs Included in Bill
Rendered for Rent and
Service at Chicago.
Chicago, April 8. The campaign com
mittee for Major General Leonard Wood
when he was a candidate for republican
nomination for President, today was
sued for $12,465 for rent and other ex
penses by the Congress Hotel. 'The bill
against the committee Covers the months
of April, May and June, 1920, when the!
committee s headquarters were at the
hotel.
Members of the committee named in
the suit included : William C. Proctor,
who was chairman; Major A. A.
Sprague, J. J. McGraw, Ponca, Okla.,
vice-chairman, and Fred Stanley, of
Wichita, Kansas.
Items named in the hotel's sworn bill
of expenses included $10,000 for parlors,
where headquarters were maintained, and
$1,365 for meals. Other items covered
broken chairs, laundry bills, shoe shines
and room rents.
The hotel's account showed total
charges of $22,465, towards which a cash
payment of $10,000 was made May 1,
according to the bill.
Colonel Proctor has brought suit
against Major Sprague for $110,000,
alleged to be due on joint notes signed
to cover funds obtained for the cam
paign. LOS ANGELES LABOR
UNION WIDE AWAKE
A few weeks ago the "Better Amer
ican Federation" of Los Angeles had the
city council come across with $2,000 from
the city treasury to investigate "the reds
and radicals" among the workers and
drive them out of town. A committee
of the Central Labor Council then went
before the city fathers and demanding
that a similar sum be voted to probe the
"Better American Federation" and ascer
tain if its members were responsible for
a nation-wide compaign of false advertis
ing that has brought thousands of un
employed into Los Angeles to face
hunger and want. The union laborites
put the matter so convincingly that the
finance committee of the city council has
recommended that the money be appro
priated. Those live wires in the Angel
City are right on the job.
UNIVERSAL TIRE AND ACESSORIES CO.
Sole Agents for
MADISON AND GORDON
TIRES and TUBES
Vulcanizing and Free Road Service.
Complete Line of Accessories.
109 TEMPLE ST. Telephone Col. 880.
SIG. HERRMANN
Maker of Stylish Clothes
HERRMANN'S DEPENDABLE WORSTEDS
HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR OVER 40 YEARS
THE PRICES ARE RIGHT TOO.
427 STATE ST., NEW HAVEN, CT-
doors -from
MALT EXTRACTS
And Home Brands Are Guaranteed to be 100 Pure Barley
Malt Extracts.
We carry a full line of Imported and Domestic
MAL T and HOPS
Crown Caps and Capping Machines, Bottle Stoppers, etc.
Everything furnished for the ones who make their Home Brew.
HOME PRODUCTS SALES CO.
486 STATE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Phone Colony 5928.
Wholesale and Retail.
Mail orders promptly filled.
Sales Tax Will
Net Huge Sum
Will Take Billion and Quarter
Out of Pockets of Poor
Consumer.
Washington, April 8. New revenue
legislation designed to keep the govern
ment's tax income up to $4,000,000,000
began to take definite shape this week,
when Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
received from Senate leaders a tentative
draft of a tax revision measure.
After a conference upon the proposed
tax changes with Secretarv Mellon and
Government Actuary Joseph McCoy, the
main features of a proposed program
program were outlined by Senator Smoot
of the senate finance committee to in
clude the following:
Imposition of a straight sales tax of
one-half of one per cent, upon practically
all sales lw manufactures and mer
chants; repeal of the excess profits tax,
and a scaling down of the higher sur
taxes to a 32 per cent, bracket.
Senator Smoot asserted that the pro
posal for the sales tax of one-half of
one per cent, would raise for the treasurv
$1,250,000,000 and possibly in excess o"f
that figure.
The aim of the senate leaders. Senator
Smoot said, is to readjust the tax laws
so that the wealthy will not find it pos
sible to escape liability to the government
by investing their funds in tax exempt
securities.
"By bringing the higher surtaxes
down to 32 per cent, the rich will not
have the temptation to place their billions
in bonds that are not taxable," Senator j
Smoot said. )
"The government must get its share
of the taxes from this source. That is
not now possible through the retention
of high surtax rates that drive million
aires into tax exempt investments of all
kinds."
BROTHER OFFERS
SELF FOR FUGITIVE
Columbus, O., April 8. "I am my
brother's keeper," is the feeling of James
Connors, penitentiary prisoner, who re
cently walked away from the prison farm
at London. The brother has offered
Warden Thomas to serve until Connors
is apprehended.
"I was my brother's keeper." is the
feeling of the brother of George Mendel,
who walked away with Connors. He has
offered $500 in addition to the state's
$50 reward for Mendel's re-arrest.
Mendel and Connors were placed on
the farm at the request of their broth
ers, that they might be permitted to
make good.
APPEAL AWARD ON
1 GROTON WAGES
Government Not Satisfied to Have
Iron Works Handle
$18,000.
New London, April 8. Notice of an
appeal was filed in the superior court
by the United States of America
through the U. S. Shipping Board Emer
gency Fleet Corp. from the decision of
Judge Banks in the placing of the un
claimed wage fund, approximating $18,
000 at the disposal of the receivers of
the Groton Iron Works for 'payment of
receivers' commitments.
The two' funds have been the source
of contention between the receivers, the
Groton Iron Works and the Emergency
Fleet Corp. for several months. Pro
vision for the disposition of the funds
was not made in the order of the super-
ior court a year ago ordering the Gro
ton Iron Works plant and its assets to
be returned by the receivers, and the
determination of the funds has been the
subject of several hearings here, all
three parties claiming ownership.
Throughout the entire controversy
Lawyer Arthur M. Marsh of Bridge
port, representing the Emergency Fleet
Corp., has maintained that the govern
ment would not submit to the jurisdic
tion of the superior court until the final
hearing, last week, when he said that he
would submit to the jurisdiction of the
court arid abide by the consequences.
Now comes the appeal from Judge
Bank's decision.
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LEWIS THROWS PESEK.
New York, April 8. Ed (Strangler)
Lewis of San Jose, Cal., world's heavy
weight catch-as-catch-can wrestling
champion. Monday night threw John
Pesek, of Ravenna, Neb., with a bar
and arm lock, after wrestling one hour,
34 minutes and 32 seconds.
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