(mined from M M. ‘
listed with the United Hatters of
North America have met in conven-
tion clothed with the highest author-
ity under its constitution to make new'
laws or amendments to existing ones;
to reaffirm old and settled mm, or
to inaugurate other policies with the
\iew that our organization would be
bigger, better and more adapted and
more useful insofar as wise legisla-
tion and the adherence to sound busi-
ness principles would contribute .to
that end.
“The delegates to this convention
are chosen the same way and for the
suite purpose. It is easy to outline
your work. It is for you to consider
in the light of experience had there-
under, what improvement can be
made at this 'time in the general laws
of our organization or in the adminis-
tration thereof.
“All of the legislation embodied in
our constitution and bylaws and all
the activities or our organization have
one general aim, and that—to better
- the working conditions of our mem-
bers, wages, working hours, sanitary
conditions. security in his employ-
ment while faithful and competent, a
fair share of the work coming to our
factories, support in strikes and lock-
outs, opportunity for employment as:
opposed to discrimination and the
black list, are all envolved in the
Work of establishing the fair trade and
the fair shop. At this convention, as
in former ones, you will express your
convictions as to what constitutes the
one and what is required of the oth-
er; submit the conditions under which
you will work without protest, and
make such demands as appear to you
to be reasonable and consistent with
the purpose to advance the material
welfare of those for whom you legis-
late. ,
“i will take the liberty to submit to
you for your consideration some mat-
ters of interest and concern to all of
us~omcers and members—rind re-
wectfully'ask that you give them the
consideration you find them deserv-
ing of.
Membership and Earnings. ,
"An examination of the reports of
the secretary-treasurer since the year
1906 to 1914 will show a gradual de-
crease in membership from 0.624 in
.1906 to 8,415 in 1911. The earnings
of our members have also greatly de-
creased, for using the percentage sys-
tem of collecting dues as a means of
determining the same, it will be
trite light and its worth to them;
treat it mthuuaoooseuilvssw
inss plan and an investment. rather
than dues paid the organization
However, I will point to what I con-
sider inequality in the awarding of
benefits under this law. '
“Under its provisions the member
who comes into the organization has
SLOOJmdeiately placed to the credit
of his Estate, though he has paid but
his initiation fee. He begins to pay,
as do the others, $10 a year and if
holding a traveling card but six doi-
In the event of his
i
_it paid back practically all that he'
had paid into the organization? it
than at the beginning. Ten dollars 2 '
benefits a year for t twenty-five years ‘pelled to ask you to examine your work’ workiugmau. The attachment of their,z Supreme Court, from the Kan
would amount to 8250 total benefit at iand find out if you can be the fightiproperty was unjustifiable. It has the: eral Court. finds as follows:
the expiration of twenty-five years. A {of recent court decisions involving some standing ‘3 if ”191953?“ 80'3““
bonus of $50 dollars added to this tibia. and other labor unions, what,'m°m were to institute criminal ”'0'
would make the benefit its present {if any. are the legal obstacles that‘fi‘etidmfis 33‘1“" an 0““er “053'
maximum of $300. New members and inlay be encountered in the administra-, 1101‘!" Of a railroad because the offl-
Particularly those who are fe—adm“. 1 Hon of the laws that you have made: 01818 Or the road were guilty Of V1018-
ted to member-gulp are frequently ior what the legal obstructions will be
elderly men and to admit them for in ‘put in the way when it is sought to ex-
initiation fee of $25 and immediately ecute your plans and carry out your one to be will! of conspiracy to re-
credit their estates with not) is 35901‘0133-
business risk which our board of di-i
found that the earnings of our mem-
bers were much lower in 1914 thani
ill many years.
“I would like to inform you what1
the actual membership of our organi-
z-ulion is at. this time, but i have not
sufficient information and it is to bel
regretted that we have not reliable
data at the office on this important
subject. The secretary-treasurer and 5
myself have concluded that a census
of the members should be taken and
an account kept at the national office
of the individual payment of national
dues by our-members.
.~ Death Benefits.
“The convention in 1907 enacted
what is styled a ‘death benefit luw,’
the amount of benefit paid to, be
waning busy season is doomed to idle‘
ness until the succeeding ‘trade'
well under way and the manufactur-f
era are compelled to fill up their shops ‘
again to get out their orders.
"The manufacturers cannot "935°“; rights, as they were easily understood, I on one side.
ably claim that a large body of'tradeS-l and felt; secure in his person and pro”
v‘tion during life would not the organi- lguard and promote the interests of .
nation be doing well by his family if lman and women in he halting industry ; had never heard of the conflict be—' the firms -
have Drovide the means to advertise . tween the Loewe company ”“1 theuna “When after ninety days they foundi
label; to support our members in ; ion; each asked himself when at- a non-union man employed contrary to.
you agree with me in this you will ? their struggle for better wages and 7 “ch“: "“1“ have I “he that my? agreement made With them. they met
amend the law regarding benefits so 'working conditions; made laws in the, home 51‘0“” be attached?"
that ten dollars will be paid in bene- interest of proper discipline in the or-I . ~
his to a deceased member's estate for i animation and though as you lookedEboycott, I" ha! been declared. these: superintendent, knowmg that the no!»
every year he has been in the organl- ‘for the best solution of a question or 1' men certainly were not implicated. icy of the firm was to employ 01“!
zation up to twenty-five years, and iarrived at a final decision in a mats! They never believed it to be unlawful union men, and am“!!! that Connors
then if you think a bonus, should be i ter, you proceeded as this, and all oth- to belong to an organization whose of; was not a union man, discharged him.
added, let it be at the end rather ;er labor organizations have since the , ‘0'“ were confined to I betterment 01:
first day of labor unions. 1 am lentil-130mm”115 and Prqtectlon of American, Coppage vs. Kansas. on appeal to the
death benefit would be raised onlylmws'
when the applicant was in ill health.
Our Unemployed Memberg.
“At all times of the year in batting
districts, there are a number of our
members whoconnot find‘omp‘loymeni
in tire shops. in the lac-called busy
seasons nothing can be done to help
them,'lls it can be fairly assumed that
each shop has its full complement of
men, and it would be'tlnfalr for us to l
insist that the .manu actuppr employ
more men than he needs when his
factory is busy.
“In the dull periods the army of
the unemployed is greatly increased.
This feature can and ought to be pre-
vented and this without adding to the
factory pro-
ximity... onll’
cement on the earnings of mem-
bers inflict-toad by said article.
“Section 6 '6! Article 1 Of the N.
laws should be amended so that the
expense of calling s 111152th of the
board of directors to call a! I links
or lock-out might be obviated.
“Standing resolution We. 9 serves
. only to the opening of this convcnflon,
hence provision must he made ft the
ties of delegates to the convention I
the American Federation of lobar.
Sections 2, 3. 4, 7 and 9 of Article
XVI! of the by-lnws are in need of
attention and the secretary-treasurer
death is it not business folly for this land myself will explain to the com-
organization to pay $100 {on the ten 3mitteo on laws the necessity of rock-
or six dollars that it might have re- ling certain 0mm intheir IIDVHIOIS. I lived, many 0! them were retired and
ceived? Would not this member be;
doing well if his investment in the“
organization was paid his estate? Or, fa
if this member should die at the end in... m shop, problems with which
Of a 3"0‘3‘9'11' P611001. after 115va re- you are familiar, have shaped your
ceived the benefits of our organiza- flaws and rules of trade 50 to gafe‘
Our Union at Law.
”After you have given your-time
nd consideration to the problems of
“it and blown by that these
men were not made defendants in thin
use because of their activity ’in
their own infliction, past nr'pm
fit, or Decals.“ they We W
with the scope, plan or policies ofiho
inductions! Ishtar. 0n the contrary.
they were nearly all old men who have
long since caused to he s factor in
the labor movemr. They had been
We and string and had investr
at! their Warned may in little
how, or had deposited it in savings
bankshlthehopethntlamsdaytboy
might acquire a has in which to
pal Lbeir declining Yours.
W
pic of the communities in which they
inactive members of our union. Were
it not for the associations and mortu-
‘nry benefits they would have undoubt-
edly been out of the organizations long
before suit was brought. Upon being
attached. each was amused. Many of
Eyour
and statutory laws,
to what’lle‘ls' permitted to do,
what he must refrain from doing. in had known the1 men in California and
' order to keep within the law and hold } other states were boycotting the 300‘“:
membership in the union of his cratt.‘ of Loewe f: (30.. or committing anyl TROOPS-
“The trades union is founded on the other unlawful acts, they were DOWGf'i
theory that what one can do in act-’ less to restrain or punish them; HONF tE e the antiseptic powder to
lug alone, he can agree with others to‘ would it occur to them that they were; 00 . :5" ur shoes or dissolve in
do collectively. when it is to his lid-9 in any way responsible. Shake n 0 yo
‘0 ”‘0 piece workers WhO are l vantage to do so. Prior to joining a:
paid only as they "‘8“ 0" finish hats, labor union. his right to stop work : rendered, it only remains for the indu-
I venture the orinlqn that few “70“)“: without liability in the absence of a ’ ment creditor to collect. and that he
be the employers W110 W011“ commericontract was never questioned. He ex-II propones to do this forthwith is evi-
'it an unreasonable ”“0““ were we'to ; erclsed his conceded privileges tol danced by the letter I read Mild! WM.
require them to keep ”’9‘“ planks and , spend his earnings as be elected: to‘
:I'allchf f‘lllll in dull as well :3 Ibusy , trade with one or to refrain from pat- h .
““53- 5 5 “0W 3. man W 0 0593 ronlzing another, for any reason or r , Bethel and South Norw’alk. l 6; ‘
‘ShOD' during the 1118i weeks 0f thalfor no reason. lie supported his friends , Reyes the defendants live in. grams OF SPERRY MEN COMES
and opposed or ignored his enemies}
them scarcely knew and many of them
“If there was a ‘grand conspiracy’ to’
' tion of the law.
I “These men were not held by any- tain employment in company '1“!
strain trade. only, as it could be shown
“The struggle of the working man. to the court and jury, that they were)
rectors hesitates to take. Whereas if iagainst the employer has at last ‘got : paying members of an organization unless the employ W
the flat rate obtained during the first Illlm into court: His acts and utteranc- 1 which was affiliated with the A. F. of employ any non-union men.
years of membership, the (“nation of ’es are now measured by standard of h This proven, the Jury convinced, ' mmr Mattel-u. ,
and with federal, state, common i that the A. F. of L. practiced boycott;! President Scull! reviewed brteny n
injunction and ‘ that the goods of Loewe d: On. hadL number of mm matters that have
conspiracy laws, principles of law as i been boycotted in other states. and ”i come up for readjustment in the past
yet undetermined or undefined. laws ' Uta judges charged the jury. ‘these de-! four will. He spoke g: the Simon &
to restrain interstate trade and com- 5 fendants knew or ought to have known. Keane dttllcmty in Danbury, Mr. Scul-
merce; 'sntl-monopoly laws' and the
“Now that final judgment has been
sent to the defendants and published
in papers having circulation in Don-
"Some animals of the brute creation,
is as he felt inclined; joining at will any when they have their prey secured
society that did not come under the‘ kill at pleasure. enjoy tormenting ”9'
ban of the law; was» responsible only
fore striking the fatal blow, even play-
it. then it only rammed to fix the:
all embracing laws of ‘publlc policy amount of damages sustained. the, mm“ one and one which called
it is not difficult for those who would‘ same to be borne by the viétllns select-? for the removal of the label from tho
destroy labor unions or minimise their ed by the Anti-boycott society. Thesel factory. 'iie “m that the removal of
usefulness to find an accommodating men must suffer the loss of their; the label was dociarodiustlnod by the
law that can be envoked to curb their? homes and savings for acts of men; board of directors. He said that all
activities: It is more difficult for a! whom,they nevbr heard of, and who; these mttcrshnve been settled.. .
labor utilon’ mu do inform himself as f lived hundreda'knd some times thou»; M the comma,” 0, mg “mg,
and] ands of miles away; and even if they‘
3!
should work now than three
months underthoopcnlbop condition.
hmflmfludutarincthom
ployofthe cm Mr.vaal
be thlpollcy 02- the shop to employ
only “$01. Juan and run a union shop.
“Taking the statement of the law in
the in the court’s charge, the you
Get n7 had the legal right to
ntuslnconspiwousplacesinthefsc-
tori announcing that the plant was a
unionfummdthatit was toen-
PD!’ only union monanti women. Can
any one question the right of men to
ages with an employer on the terms
under which he becomes employed?
There was not a man in that shop who
did not know that they were to work
, for three months under open shop con-
iditlons. Theynotlfied thenrlnintho
l beginning that unless the shop became
j union in ninety days they would leave
employ.
1 together to talk over the situation and
while they were talking the factory
“Now. Judge Pitney, in the case of
sac Fed-
‘Cnn it
i be doubted that a labor organization.a
l voluntary association of working man,
i has the inherent and constitutional
j right to deny membership to any maul
‘who will not agree that during such
‘melnberehip he will not accept or re-
{non-nnlon men. or that a union man
has the constitutional and inherent
: right to decline proffered employment.
‘ or will agree not to
fey said that the point It issue was an
gPresident Sculley was liberally ap~
iptaudod; . , -.
.......—————--—————~—'
Over 100,000 packages of Allen“:
-the foot'bath, are being used by the
iGerman and Allied troops at the front
!.lt rests the feet. prevents friction of
!the shoe and makes walking easy.
'Sold evc.ywhere. 25c. Sample sent
:FREE. Address, Allen S. olmstead. Le
*Roy, N, Y. , . ‘
l
M
1 IN WATERBURY.
l rwsrrznnuuv. May 13.~Flfty lab-
iorers, employed by the Sperry Cons-
ltraction Company. went out on strike
' yesterday morning for $2 a day instead
lfor his own acts; knew his legal , mg with it, though the pleasure 1” all; of $1.75. Their demands were refused.
“The Anti-Boycott society and Mr.
based, 0 , . . . ~
u continuous membership in .men should be kept in idleness ln'peny as long as he did not transcend ‘ Loewe selected their victims in 1905'
our organization. According to its
tel-instinct under its operation the es-
tlttc of every-member who died since
the date it, went into effect, has re-
Vceivcd an amount equivalent to, and-
ill mallyvcases in‘excess of, the sum
total of-his different payments into'
the organization dufing life.
“This “statement is based on our fin~
ancial reports which show that the
average payments of the members in-
to the organization do not exceed $10
and in many cases a great deal less.
[am not opposed to the policy of pay-
ing death benefits, nor to the maxi-
mumiamount provided for in our laws.
I know of no-mbney that we expend
that-does more good or reflects great.
or credit entire organization. But
those. who grumble about the high
dues they have to pay. I would have
consider that the organization is run-
dertalring to pay them back—practi-
cally; if not all of it, in benefits. ‘
~“Considered as a business proposi-
tion, can the organization afford to.
pay ten dollars for each year of mem-
bership in a death benefit when it is
found that this is the same amount
paid in yearly by this.J bar in
dues?" . if“ .9; 1,
President Scully then submitted a
table of deaths augrtdegtjh finality.
paid for the reafsv'ilib’f to 1514",:ih’:
elusive. This 'table‘showed thatthe
total amount paid;- dudli‘g'rgtl‘l‘fitlnime
. ' -'(
yearly sisal-7368; ~
with whom I have talked on this mat-
ter have agreed with me. that
manufacturers can co-operate with us
to relieve this situation without added'
expense and one of them—~a large em-
ployer of our people—told me it ap-
peared ‘to him' from a humanitarian
standpoint and he has maintained his
factory force undiminished since that
the
"i think it is proper to call your
attention tojome sections oftour‘couq .
stitution apathy-laws. the waning or icourt and quite a different thing in am but choose rather to let you decide for
which 1", not «an understood. and toiother. There is much conflict and di-i yourselves and the organisation you
ask you to change the language of‘v‘mitl’ 1“ the "Pinion” 0’ judge“ lrepresent what you will“ in the mat-
the same no that no doubt willi-emalu ‘ '
as to the meaning they intend to, con-
"Artlcld-‘V'I of the constitution reads,
‘The revenue of this organization
shall be raised by a percentage "as-
sessment. on the earning of its mem-
bers. IIf this conection you might no-
ties that we levy assessments inothen
ways such as through initiation fees,‘
monthly dues, formembers, etc. But in
, ‘ -. ”w .9 this rule of our con-I
altitutlon remni‘ns‘i'n force we could not
compel otfishlfdma‘of mutant,
was $263,892.46; the average benefltoexwt' hfizoiaassiugtwflxaqnnr lift-Wide
paid. $230.94, and the. nv'érage- paid any other way for the payment of
‘ ldflfifivtll '{ililhl‘
Continuing, Mr. Scully‘s'aidt” "um collectiouii. Wimflrfllflfl
an examination or this table the up: ltmlxaeadsufi'lliladlmrd coitdiirmtt
my opinion or
who
parent answer is that,” as lathe *shdndhnmthommr lamina melanin:
rut-issue during the pub sight gain - it necessary to tum-man.
pa " amend unless to m"-u “fl"nsur [illuminant payment! mm
=4" op..- . .‘.‘
maintenance of Which no law has ev-
of the high . and
many are but In arrogant abuse
iudiciai power.”
which appeared recently in the pen-
‘courtuinw the me owa. E. wowed
Co. vs. 250 lumber: of the United Hat-
‘tefi: arbor-thumb ‘
their vicinity subject to their call at ‘ them; but when he joined a labor j and there has been no intention of let-
8 time when thcyare indispensible to ! union against the establishment and
the manufacturer and that these same
manufacturers should not he’concern‘
ed about the well being of these men
ting them escape. It is not going to
, mitigate the pain to be indicted to tell
er been directed or proposed. and the , them that someone else is at fault and
economic necessity of which is ‘no; should come ln‘lmd take up the bur-
when work is scarce, Many employers ‘ longer intelligently denied, what were i dens the cams have placed on them»
his legal rights before he jotncd thc‘l 1‘, do“; not make theirs-position any
union are frequently made to appear better to he told, as Loewe tells them
, ngal wrongs under the laws or the in his letter. that he is holding them]
construction placed on them, after l as hogwges, and if their friends do not
this same man joins a union.
“There is not a lawyer however ‘ time. that they will have to suffer all
learned or experienced in law ‘who_ plugged, ‘ ,1, ‘
will advise in cases where labor ’un-l “I think that it is advisable at this
ions are involved, with the same con- ' time not. to make any recommendation
fidence and opinion that he will in. to this convention as to what your 30'] the result of impaired digestion and
other cases. in is found that the law “on should bewhen you are consider-It0 id liver Foley Cuthartic Tablets
as it applies to labor unions and the' ing this case. _ I have been careful noti mafia on light cheerful and energetic.
members thereof. is one thing in one‘ to commit you to any plan of action; y ’
pay the price he demands in a certain
low courts and‘ tar.”
low degrees‘in labor cases even when
, they occupy the same bench and hear
the some facts of such cases.'Many
decisions are influenced by environ-
ment, some shaped by prejudice and I after reading the charge of the ludse
for and relating the 53"“ of ”1.6 c“.
i '35»: briefly. said: "The layman will con-
Connon Case.
President Scully told the delegates
of the meant decision against the Unit.
ed Matters in the Connors case :and
tend that the month the Von Gal shop
'Mr. Scully then read the letter of did what. they thought they had a liar-l
the D. E. Loewe Co. of Danbury.‘ feet right to do. Three months prior
‘ to thsldate of its actual‘happenlng the
Most, and then said: "By the recent‘ men made what is construed an at-
and final decision of the supreme tempt, momenta-” mm “Wm" . .
153110.0me £11638 melt hadi Don‘t miss this. Cut out this slip, on-
“kén employment in the von Gal “0': close with five cents to 'll‘oley boo" -
.71 _ I“ ”- WWW.” Chicago. till, writing your name and
H " d mw'cmddross clearly..You will receivsjn
and when they threatened other work‘- I
imen the police were called. Sergean‘ll
‘Thomas Dodds and a squad of patrol-
man went to the'place and dispersed
the strikers although the men said
at first they would not move. The com-
pany has now engaged special police-
Ejnell to guard the place. The building
is being erected for the Scovill Manu-
' factoringw company and will be 600
. feet long and 200 feet wide.
t
l ‘ DON'T BE A sanction."
‘ Many persons acquire a reputation
‘for crankiness and grouchlness when
,thelr dispositions are not to blame.
‘Eeevlshness, irritation, morbidness bil-
’iousness, melancholic most often are
‘ SUE FOR INSURANCE.
WATERBURY, Conn, May 13.v—De~
positions are being taken in Water-4
bury for the coming trial ofdthe suits
of Roswell A. Clark againat‘a number
n of insurance companies which have re-
fused to pay him insurance carried
~ on his 'Hotcbkissville , Knife factory.
The amount of money involved is
$126,000. Clark was arrested charged.
with firing the place. but he and a com-t
panion. were acquitted. lawyers from
Kansas City, Mo, are here conducting
the inquiry.
{pun “JlTNEY” OFFER—rule AND
I FIVE calm
li-i'l “d” ”wrotlwnpavtrlal marinetcoutalmgrol;
‘ “3‘1pr
* '6. M, 'limshnusoldsrmfi
“' mi 1
i
scream: after nu- period a would:
make such an washes: and to put; up1
went to work after the trouble, who;
_ suffer. ..0ne of._tbn injuries .often is
hand tanks sloped the tire. The track
en's-mom .mutl'anf‘eqmromdt for, . _ ‘
’ J 01 the leading expert? accountants of;
(Continued from First Page.)
union nude hats. Thc’second trial
of the suit in the United States
court in Hartford in August, 1912,
was practically a legal struggle be
tween the National Anti-Boycott
Society and the American Federation
of Labor. John Mitchell, Samuel
Gompers and other high ofleials of
the federation were witnesses. As-
sociamd with Daniel Davenport of
Bridgeport as counsel for Loewe and
Company, was Walter Gordon Mer-
ritt of New York, an official of the
Anti-Boycott Society. The batters
were defended by John K..Beach of
New Haven, now a justice of the
Connecticut Supreme Court, and by
Frank L Mtholland of Toledo, 0.,
organizations.
Mr. Gregory's Opinion.
trial commission President Gregory
of the Bar Association, sketched
rapidly the rights that belong to the
laboring man in common with all
West Virginia and the Moyer cases,
lation of constitutional rights.
of trial by jury, free speech, and
Black before the Supreme Court in
order to accomplish this result.
he thought, was on more secure
ground because of the power of the
‘ pm which at times he admitted. ney, 21' who Were arrested “use“.
was prone to go to lengths that seem ,with burglary on three counts ,0: and;
to be an abuse, "me” than a ““9 tering the Brunswick Pool Purim-s,
enjoyment of a right. But after all,
the witness said, he was inclined to .
better to have newspapers without
gmremment than to have government state reformatory at Cheshire. 9"?
without.newspapers because of the
grout 3"“ they d° in the protection their attorneys. Gaffnay was repre-
of popular intelligence and liberty.
"Wrongs practiced at the expense and Delacca was represented by ,Atw
0' the humble.” “a” M“ 6’93"!“ .torney G. F. Mara. They were placed
“a” ”0‘ 6" much “med as [9°39 under the supervision of a probation .
which the rich and powerful may
excessive bail.
"in all these matters of right there ‘
can be done by legislation.. The
Clayton act has afforded a remedy
in many respects. As a. rule, the at-
titude of the courts in labor questions
is largely a matter of the tempera-
ment of the judge. which is always
an uncertain factor. It is to be ad‘
mltted'that judges become prejudiced
against. labor. This is due to the ex-
cesses that are sometimes committed
in strikes. Such excesses imputed to
all labor men who go on strike
prejudice all men, including judges.
And judges, more than average men.
are' impressed by violence, and so'
become prejudiced against labor
leaders.”
-v.
TRESTLE ON FIRE.
.._.—
All the rights that safeguard the formatory, the sentences were sul—
life of the'indlvidual. including that pended as it was their first. offense.
free press, he held to be vital. as button officer to report to him for one ~ '
quoted the famous saying of Jere year. .
the Golden Circle cases, that King ‘ guilty to the charge of statutory burg-
Alfred was the greatest of all kings levy and received a sentence to the w "
because be secured for his subjects formstory, but‘Judge Case suspended
the right of trial by jury and of the sentence, and, after cautionlug tho
habeas corpus, and maintained those young man about mending his ways.
rights, although he had to hang turned him over to the probation out.
forty-four judges in one year in our.
Reference was made to the declar- puto, 16. were before Judge Case
atlon by Judge Daniel Thew Wright charged with breaking into the Wash-
of the Supreme Court of the District ington Park Bowling alleys on 'May 3,
of Columbia, that a man could be
enjoined against committing libel, They entered pleas of guilty. Both of
and Mr. Gregory came to the conclu- the boys had bad records, the Cnputo
clan that it was bad law, and that the
individual could not be deprived, of
the right of free speech, although he to which he was sent in 19 . after
must always be answerable for what being found guilty of theft. Judgo’Casov
he said if an injury was done an- sentenced the two boys to the reform.
other. The right to a free press, story.
from the Reform School in Mt 'tl
agree with Jefferson that it was yesterday afternoon.
it not much, in my judgment, that ten days in jail.
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“is
Egbt prisoners who entered ml 1
guilty. wen messed. but their sfis
tences were suspended and they w%_
placed in charge of the probation arse.
oer for one year. MarkvflcGumnemfi.
yam, pleaded guilty to stealing 8135
from his sister. Mrs. James Callahan.
of Bridgeport. and he was sentenced.
to the reformatory at Cheshire, but
Judge Case suspended sentence but! ‘
turned him over to the probation oifi- ,
oer for a year. McGuinness’ previous
record was good. He served three
years in the United States Anny and
received an honorable discharge.
Court Continues Clemency.
Herman Robinson, 22 years. entered
a plea of guilty to breaking into Fred
widely known as counsel for labor 6' Scherer‘s auto repair works on .—
Main street and stealing goods. He
was sentenced to the reformatory, but
In his remarks before the indus- Judge Case suspended the sentence"
and ordered Robinson to report to the"
probation officer for a period of one
year.
Frank Stromsky. 17, Chester Zo-
citizens of the republic, and cited the nizlnsky, 18, and Edward Marmula, 19.
pleaded guilty to breaking into Roll! . ‘ M
which be regarded as subject to Reich's clothing store on Water street
criticism because they were in vio- on January 22,1181811‘ stealing cloth-
ing. After being sentenced to the non ' ‘
They were placed in charge of the pro-
Edward Randyke, 19 years, pleaded
lilenry Kaufman. 17. and Tony Ca-
last. and stealing tobacco valued at :7.
boy having but. recently been released
c
Loos! Boyd Probutnd.
Harry Delncca, 23, and Walter Gum
Challengers new store andHarry
Quinn's cafe in the Superior Court
Judge Case sentenced them to the:
suspended sentence on a. plea from“
sented by Attorney D. E. Brennan.
ofiicer for one year. _ ,
Ferd Van Sony changed, his not. gull-
ty plea to guilty on a charge of vb
grancy and was given a sentence of 3‘
A WISE MERCHANT
advertises his goods. if he cannot ‘93;
it in a large way, he uses the Sentinel,
classified “For Sale" columns. . Cali
up the office. and an no. man will «if ‘
:
H0: Goals Caused Blue on" Rhllroad
Brldfls in Danhury. ‘
The long railroad trestle of the Cen-
tral New England division caught fire]
shortly after midnight yesterday morn-.
ing at a point not far from "the D. El
and for a. time the timbers blazed
merrily. The firemen received notice of
the fire by telephone from Patrolman
Bernie 8. Bradley, but the location of
the fire .was misunderstood, so that
over lWest street.
’No fire being discovered there the
fireman then went to the other trestle.
The blue evidently started from but .
coals dropped from the fire “box of».
locomotive. To application of sever-
al polls of water and chemicals from
was not. burned enough to cause any
cessation in trains. ' ’
NEW 'BANK EXAMINER"
HARTFORD, Conn. May 13.—l‘rank
ll. Souls, of New Milford. has been ap-
pointed an examiner in the watchdog.»
inu‘de'ps‘rtment. He is considerations
the state." _-
m so so -
Loewe & 00. but factory, in Danbury, ‘ .-
the apparatus first went to the bridge ‘
‘ room in the house for a saintly
JACOBYSQ; '
not-:00: Function:
in high quality Wall Papal-i7
from the mills, wherein you may
ticlpate. Our stock includes.
est novelties and designs for ye
room in the home. We have, ‘
larvae that you'fmsy decorate
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