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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
SOUGHT CONTROL
OF LABOR UNIONS
COMMUNISTS PLANNED TO BORE
FROM WITHIN" AGAINST
GOVERNMENT.
NEARLY $500 IN CUSTODY
Manifesto Issued Urges Reputation o.
AT. Of /. and Seeks to "ReVolu'
tionize the Trades Unions"
as Now Conducted.

washington.-Plans of the commu'
Met and communist labor partes'
against whom the great raids by gov
eminent agents are directed 10 gam
control Of all labor organizations do
the means of tomenting revolutlon,"ere
revealed in documents made pubic Dy
the department of justice. Assistant
Attorney General Garvan MADE puono
the documents, which were selzeu III
several cities, with the desire, ne salu'
that the American people might learn
"tne real purposes of these mehacine
groups and the nature OF the polson
they were spreading
The party rolls were said 10 carry
the names Of many persons wen known
in their respective communities anu
American citizens. Although there is
M federal law under which the Amerl-
can communist can be dealt WIN, ue'
partment agents were not overlooKlns
these. Their cases will be turned over
to state governments.
| Two hundred and eighty persons
arrested in Detroit we're added TO the
I list OF those LdhOh AAbO
t is fast approaching 1880.
i Among those arrested in Portland
r was Victor Saulit, who attracted at
tention by his activities as a delegate
I TO the August convention OF the com
j. munist labor party in Chicago. Ii
i. Spokane. federal agents took lntc
T. custody Peter Fedorchok, who OH
v cials said, had been one Of the mos
D. dangerous agitators with whom the!
er had to deal in the northwest.
D. In their plan to bore from within
in the labor unions, as disclosed II
q the manifesto and programme, tn
r. leaders of the communists and CON
IN mnnist labor parties outlined for tnel
s- adherents the programme for lncltln
ar simultaneously small strikes and d
st velopments Of these small strikes. int
e, mass action. The plan of action wa
ny given in detail from small strikes
ng minor mass strikes; from minor mas
as strikes to general strikes, and fro
he eenral strikes to the dictatorship
hit the proletariat through revolution"
ev- Deploring the trend of unionism, u
he manifesto says:
ed, "The older unionism was based
eer the craft divisions of small industl
me rhe unions consisted primarily 4
not skilled workers, whose skill in its'
ia a form of property. The unto
he are not organs of the militant ella
raj struggle now. Today, the domino
of lunionism is actually bulwark
try. capitalism, merging in imperiali'
of and accepting state capitalism"
ecu- The manifesto" admonishes
,old narties followers that they must
. % lively engage in the struggle
of revolutionize the trade unions"
cen adds that as against the unionism
ard he American Federation OF La
aid there is need for emphasis Of rev.
.ionary implications and that:
eve recognize that the Ameri
Federation of Labor is reaction
ran. md the bulwark of capitalism.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
EARTHQUAKE CAUSE
OF MANY DEATHS
THREE MEXICAN CITIES ARE DE-
sTRoYED AND OTHERS
BADLY DAMAGED.
1000 DEAD IN SINGLE CITY
An Entire Garrison Either ht''eo Ut
Inlured-HeartIess Outlaws ADD
Terror to Terrib situa-
ton BY Lootina.

Nsavico City-Couzetlan was Dc
stroved by Saturdays earthquake win
. oo0 casualties, including more tnan
600 dead, according to oiIlclal re-
norts given out here by presioentiai
military headquarters, from auvlces
received from officers in the vera
Crrz center of disturbance.
The entire garrison at Ieocolo
was killed or injured. The dead num-
bered 30 and the injured o.
Virtually all the roads IN the sur
rounding district were flooded or 10
storved. according to reports.
Three hundred dead are reported
Of Barranca Grande, near Coutzeiah'
The water level at Port Barranca
del Aqua rose 25 metres.
| A detachment Of soldiers has peen
sent from Huatssco to bury the VIC
TINS.
Another incident Of tragic interest
ia the story that comes from San Juan
Cosmatepec, where it is said outlaws
roided the ruins of the town, arriving
|. the survivors Of the earthquake INTO
the fields and jungles. Cosautlan, .
village of $500 residents, was lett
> with only two buildings intact. An
nncounted number Of victims is stu
beneath the ruins.
The three towns were apparently
: close to the exact center OF the eartn
ouoka area which extended about OF
miles on the eastern slope OF the VOL
= cano of Orizaba. Death came not onII
70 from crumbling homes and churcnes
E but from floods in hitherto peaceIu
"a streams which were swollen by olaci
sulphurous waters, which swep
10 wrecked settlement along their banks
u drowning the injured and carryln
80 scores of bodies down stream inextrl'
70 ably mixed with uprooted trees dea
10 cattle and other debris. From pom
70 nm the Mexican Railway, known a
OF puente Nactional bodies of men, won
ne on and children have been seen floa
IN ing downstream, with no chance
ue being recovered or identified, or eve
>. counted.
1t AT San Francisco 25 bodies hay
an been taken from a stream and ca
for fresh water has been sent to Ve
Tor Cruz. Rinconada also reports the
on- covery Of about score OF bodie
is while residents OF San Francisco
to Ponas are busy taking victims from
iai stream which passes through the '
lage Here also there is fear OF p'
thence.
cE In addition to deaths in the ma
- earthquake area, IA were killed
:. falling buildings at Huatusco, Teo
inc 10. which apparently has been
eled. reports many casualties, but
figures have been sent as yet. 1t
believed certain there will be ma
Leel casualties at Salmaral, Chichulca'
anu Jalcomalco, Xico, Tlacotepec ana
oVO nampa, which were partially or
ny tirely destroyed.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
SHERMAN FILES A PROTEST
President United States Housing 5u'
reau Opposes Abolition OF
the Bureau.

Washington.-L. X. Sherman presi
dent of the United States Housing Cor
poration, has written to Chairman Fer
Maid of the Senate committee on pup
lie buildings and grounds, protesting
against the pending bill to abolish I'M
mediately the housing corporation. MI.
Sherman expressed the belief that tne
corporation should be permitted 10
nroceed with the sale Of housing pro
iects so that it may on June 80 iSzo
turn over the affairs in an orderly
manner to its successors.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
PROHIBITION LAW
HELD TO Be VALID
SUPREME COURT SAYS CONGRESS
HAS RIGHT TO DECLARE SALE
OF ALCOHOL UNLAWFUL
OPINION IS NOT UNANIMOUS
Four Judges Dissent From maJ0r'S
Opinion as Prepared BY Associate
Justice Rrandles-Faint Hope
Left For "Wets."

enthusiastically a majority OF one
vote the supreme court upheiu n
light of congress to define lntoAlcAtlne
I,onors. insofar as applied to wartime
In a four to five opinion, rendered.
Associate Justice Brandeis, the
oo,rt sustained the constitutionanty
of provisions in the Volsteao prom
hit;on enforcement act pronloitlns tno
monufacture and sale of beverages
oontoining one-half of one per cent
or more of alcohol. Associate Justices
~ Van Deyanter, McReynolds and
| Clark dissented. ,L,h;t,or
constitutional amendment ana poi
+ions NJ the volstead act atfectlns us
onforcement was not involved In the
Droceadings. but the opinion was re
9ordad as so sweeping as to leave III
hora among "wet" adherents
Wovre r Wheeler, general counse
for the Anti-Saloon League OF AHelloH
ha,,ed II as a sweeping victory anc
a. statement he said the only prom
/ hition question left open by the cour
row is whether the 18th amendmen
: :. ~ a nature that can be consldere'
&c federal amendment and wnetne
4 Il was properly adopted.
y In rendering the opinion tne coui
J. sustained federal court DEGREES ols
= missing Injunction proceedings 10 u
oil TIN federal authorities from proven
s ing Jacob Rupert, a New forK piev
y or from manufacturing beer contain
l, ,Do in excess of one-half OF one pr
g. cent but which he alleged was HUI
d Intoxicating. .,od
Tho "wets," however, received
brief ray of hope when shortly al'e
p wards. Associate Justice LAY III :.
! unanimous opinion. sustained the o.
r,isval of indictments brought una
r. the wartime prohibition act again
the Standard Brewery OF BaltllnOi
a7d the American Brewing Compai
of New Orleans, for manufacture
or TX beer before the Volstead act W
ar nassed. In sustaining this action, I
es court held that congress has the rig
DIS 20 determine what is intoxicating d
Ill erages, but in view OF the Iacl
ny. volstead act had not yet been pass
lb. manufacture of low alcoholic Ok
was permissible under the war u
ia, rrohibition act providing it was
er intoxicating.
lay Following the rendering OF
to opinion, Assistant Attorney Gene
the Frierson, who has been IN charge
the prohibition cases in the coun'
announced that the department
m Justice was ready to begin prose
~ ton of all persons who have
beer since the passage last OCTOBER
to of the volstead act. The names
all persons violating the act have D
obtained b ythe department and c
indexed and prosecutions, he
the would begin at once.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
STEEL STRIKE CALLED OFF
Announcement Is Telegraphed to inc
Headquarters Of the American
Federation Of Labor.

Pittsburgh.-The strike in the steel
mills and furnaces called Sept. % and
which at its inception involved $4,000
men. was offilially called off here by
the national committee after an all-day
meeting.
Announcement that the national
committee had decided to proceed nc
further was contained in a telegram
sent to the headquarters Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor in Washing
ton to the heads of all internationa
unions interested and to the organizer
and field men in all strike districts.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
ALLIES MAKE FIUNE
INDEPENDENTSTATE
CUSTOMS UNION WITH JuGo'
sLAvlA NATION is ONE OF
THE PROVISIONS.
CONCESSIONS ARE MADE
italian Character Of City ls Recognized
Italy is Granted Full Sovereignty
over Islands Near the Dali
nation Coast.

paris.-Groat Britain, France ana the
limited States, conceding the Itallan
character of Fiume, will grant that CITY
complete sovereignty under the league
of nations, preserving only customs
anton with Jrgo-Slavia, according 10
a memorandum concerning Dalnatla
and Fiume recently presented by these
mowers to Vittorio Scialoia, the Italian
foreign minister. A summary OF the
memorandum telegraphed by its Rome
correspondent, Is published by La Ma
cion. ,.s
In the memorandum the United
States. France and Great Britain rec
ognize as reasonable the demands OF
Italy with respect to the Islands OF
polagosa. LISA and Lussin, off the
Dalmatian coast, granting full SOY
areignty to Italy. The three powers
concede to Italy a mandate over Ar
bania and complete sovereignty owe
Aviona with the hinterland necessar!
to its defense.
The memorandum observes ina
these concessions appear to safeguar'
sufficiently the rights and aspiration
Of Italy. Nevertheless, guided Dy
gpirit of friendship, the powers WI
Iake into consideration other demand
Of italy, especially the diplomat
representation of lara, with respeC
"a which a decision will be left TO ID
population of that city.
Upori the Italian proposition to Sc
arate Fiume and constitute 1t and u
hinterland as a buffer state complet
Nv independent, leaving the port al
railroad to that state, the memora
dunn says that the existence OF FUN
and OF the buffer state appear to ELL
Inate each other reciprocally becau
any form Of separation would be
the prejudice of the city as well as
the hinterland. In order to safegua
the Italian character and autonomy
Plume the powers presenting I
memorandum are disposed to mainta
the city under protection of the leag
of nations, and, as Italy is part OF
league. the memorandum says,
should be easy to safeguard tall
interests. :,
The Italian demand for a corrit
which would establish territorial G
tinuity between Fiume and Italy
held to be superfluous and tending
create grave economic and territol
Complications.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
NEGLECTING THAT
COLD OR COUGH?
WHY, when DR.. Kings New
Discovery so promptly
checks it

IT'S natural you don't want to be
careless and let that old cold or
cough drag on or that new attack
develop seriously. Not when you can
get such a proved successful remedy
as DIR. Kings New Discovery.
Cold, cough, grippe, Group does not
resist this standard reliever very long.
Its quality is as high today as 1t al
WAYS has been-and it's been growing
steadily in popularity for more than
fifty years. COO. and $1.2O a bottle
ST all druggists. Give it trial.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
Tardy Bowels, Inert Liver

They just won't let you put pep
into your work or play. Sick head
ache comes from retaining waste mat
ter and impurities in the body.
Feel right for anything-make the
liver lively, the bowels function regu-
larly. with DR.. Kings New Life Pllls.
Smoothly yet positively they produce
results that cleanse the system ana
make the liver and bowels respond 70
the demands of a strong, healthy Dody.
sin 25c-at all druggists. Try them
tonight.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
IN MEMORY OF ROOSEVELT
Memorial Exercises For Great Amer''
can Held in Many Cities Through
out the Country.

New York.-Memoria exercises Tor
Theodore Roosevelt, who died year
ago. were held here and in other cities
throughout the country. Many friends
of the former president made a Pill
grimage to his grave at Oyster Bay
Special services were held in the pub
lie schools Of the nation.
The Roosevelt Memorial Assocla
ton which is collecting funds to per
petuate his memory, made tne ga
the occasion for increased efforts q
obtain new members to assist In TN
work.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
DEMOCRATS MEETIN FRISCO
Western City Selected as Place For
Holding Next National Convention
Of Democratic Party.

washington.-San Francisco was Sc
iected by the Democratic national COM
mittse, In session here, as the place
for the party's 1920 national convention
on June %.
Resolutions Endorsing the treaty OF
Versailles and denouncing as unpatri-
otic the attitude of senators who
would defeat 1t directly or by nullify.
ing reservations was unanimously
adopted by the Democratic nltional
committee in session here.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
CONVICTS FORCED
TO SEE HANGING
SHERIFF AT CHICAGO MAKES a
GRUESOME EXPERIMENT
IN PSYCHOLOGY.
PROTESTS ARE UNAVAlLlNG
officer Commended That a Sight OF
Death Trappings and Execution
Would Have Statutory Eff
feet on Criminals.

Cctcago.-An experiment in psychol-
ogy was tried at the county JAIL IN the
grizzly dim hour of dawn, when 2oO
prisoners were forced to witness the
! hanging of Raffaelo Outrage, convicted |
| murderer. Hardened criminals-se-
lected from among other murderers'
and felons whose expiation is not yet
the gallows-were placed in cells tier
On tier of which surrounded the square
in which the scaffold had been erected.
It was the contention of Sheriff
Peters that the sight of the gruesome
trappings would have a most Statutory
effect upon those in whose life might
come future temptations to STAY or TO
rob or to burn.
And so firmly the sheriff believed
in the efficacy of this idea that ne
persisted in it, despite the request OF
Gov. Lowden that he abandon ms
plan, and other persons who thought
the scheme unnecessarily brutal.
| Accordingly the stage was set in
4 the death chamber, Outrage was led
forth. The quiet in the death cham
=. her became absolute for a moment.
: Then the moose was slipped over the
murderer's head. From one Of the
4 higher tiers came a strident shout:
e when do we eat?
II Tier by tier, cell by cell, the cry
y was taken up. 1t became a roal
d above which the wardens' voices could
not be heard.
II The trap was sprung Durrag'
g. dropped into the space beneath INT
pr scaffold-dead.
e. when do we eat?" was his requiem
|. Sheriff Peters later issued a state
r. ment answering critics who oppose
at his action. The statement READS d
=, follows:
no 'In my opinion the modern coddlin
of criminals by well-meaning' out MI
l. guided, sympathetic, theoretical +
%, formers and self-constituted organic
~ lions is one Of the greatest causes
- tho, present crime wave In this CIT
e' Their interference with the vlgoro'
~, enforcement of the law has destroys
hu the fear of punishment by crlmlna
to the extent that it is no longer
get deterrent to the further commissi'
of crime to be incarcerated IN o
hir nenal institutions. A large number
ism prisoners openly acknowledge thu
Oh they would prefer to be incarcerat
me in the county Jail, where they are b
ely ter fed and where sanitary condltio
rk- are far better than in their ordlna
ore environments.
hn "The reformers. are constantly (;
ism vocating the adoption and enactme
'er' of laws which are for the purpose
10 alleviating the punishment OF
AK criminal, forgetting and losing ent
he'd sight of the protection that the II
ara abiding and peaceable citizen Is
'ing titled to as against these human pa
i'''e' sites.
l''a- "If one-half Of the energy
V"i" spent in sympathy on murderers
me criminals would be devoted to
families of the victims and the OF
half to bringing to justice the DIT
who have blotted out the lives OF
lana abiding and peaceful citizens
the darkened forever the lives OF 9th
ling. this would be happier and
back world to live in"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
cl.an.up sale.

Here is humorous definition that
e rather timely: -Indian summer IS
merely an arrangement between the
weather man and the Ice man to en-
ahle the latter to get rid of his rem
unnts."-Boston Transcript
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
Rio German Trade.

Washington.-Gro trade with
Germany was shown in the November
report, issued today by the Department
of Commerce. Imports from Germany
in November totaled S3,22S,919, com
narad with $2157,6OS in october, and
Tnorts totaled s23,O44,142, against S2OS
663, 521.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
catarrh Cannot be cured

Nv LOCAL APPLICATIONS a. s,.sass.
cannot reach the seat Of the dis .afu.
Catarrh is local disease, greaIS AIS
enced by constitutional conditions na1arrh'
Il IL taken internally and acts tnrovs -
the Blood on the Mucous surfaces ,a.eSsSSt q Ne
system. HALLS CATARRH Me- Me- tonIcS
is Composed Of some Of the nes u sO nest
known, combined with some onL,,,hina zion
blood purifiers. The pertect cccnhiTTARRH
Of the ingredients in HALLS CA AL TSor,.
MEDICINE is what produces aStiona
derful results in catarrhal con1 traS
Druggists 75c. Testimoniar olsdo. Ohio.
3. J. Cheney & Co.. FrOpS''
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
WIPED out FLYERS
EnuIish Airmen Made Short WORK
of Turkish Enemy.
Breakfast Proved a Very Much Oe-
lsyed Meal, but Still the Results
Were Worth a Little Spell
of Hunger.

When in the winter of 1911-lS' CEN
oral AIlenby decided to wipe out the
Turkish army the next fall, he pialliieu,
with the assistance of Emir Felsal anu
his Arabian troops, O take Naza'e'n
opd EoIilee. Feisal led a camel troop
of tyo thousand men inland into tue
dosort IN the late summer of 1915 says
n writer in the Red Cross Masa%ii'o'
There were heat and flies tiat le"
,rbi.a men could endure, and the way
led far north behind the TURKISH III my
that was facing Allenby.
When they had cut the only railway
nv which the Turkish armies uo"il
below could get their supphes' anu
had blown up bridges and long stretcll-
| ee of track. the Arabs fell back lhto
| the desert to await AllenhyS urlNe,
ana there the Turkish airplanes touho
them. Nine machines spent most VI
their time over the huddled FelSa
army.
Nv good luck, Colonel Lawrence
| Feisal's adviser, an Englishman WhoS'
endurance proved equal to the haru
shins of the trip, had arranged Una
General Allenby should send an ar
nIspe for reports, and at the appoint
cd time he went out on camel to NEE
the machine. 1t came, speck III III
sky at first, and finally it landed an
u British officer stepped out.
You stay here" said Lawrence
s.NIv servant will take care of you.
must 90 to Allenby myself to ask hi
for airplanes."
Before the officer, could protest, Law
~arca was off and in a few hours Wa
talking with Allenby.
"We must have airplanes," he 10
the general. IF we don't stop tho
Turkish planes our Arab army W
> dissolve into the desert. The men 81
.hev emit stand still and be Kill
q from the sky"
"AU right" Allenby replied.
70 send three planes and cargo OF
= troll TO YOU in the morning. Day all
II tomorrow I'm going to start my dri
- Keen the railroad broken until thel
4 Flying back to the waiting ONO
~ Lawrence took the good news to Fei'
20 in his tent, and at five o'clock the ne
N morning three big machines landed a
six hungry men clambered down 10
~ sand.
IN First thing Wen do is have bre
nd fast" they said to Lawrence. who
q. come out TO meet them. But as Il
ri. began to unpack their food bags Il
10. saw five Turkish machines coming
no their daily slaughter of Arabs
-er camels.
ave finish breakfast after we
,rs those fellows" said the airmen.
ho Within the next half hour 4
ich FeisaI and his Turks saw five Turl
airplanes come tumhling down out
"a the sky. The flying men then CT
- back to breakfast. hut they had IA
got started again when two more Il
ish machines appeared. Once n
T. they left their breakfast, eand WI
mo another half hour two more Tur
,ffi- machines were wrecNe'' III '"e "e
,ost sand. Then they once more CAM
how eat. Although they had begun br
fast at five. the meal was not fms
,,.n until ten O'Clock. But II artery
in transpired that the Turkish fl
tbo force was finished at the same
ON. The pilots of the two remaining
hair chimes burned their planes to q
ting going M with English machines IL
de. neighborhOOd.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
r,... In Southern Waters.

washington.-Four months OF ma
,arver and drill in southern waters, TO
teen the ships at fighting pitch and
rain the great number of recruits,
constitutes the programme for the
1readnoughts, destroyers and subma'
lines of the Atlantic fleet.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
Investluate Dock Needs.

Washington.-Pending Investigation
of necessity for construction OF large
drv dock at the Charleston, B. C''
navy yard, Secretary Daniels was
asked to suspend work on the project
for a period of two weeks in resoiu'
ton adopted by the senate naval com
mittee.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
n,..-lhute million Books

cbicago.-A million books, home
from the war, where they were read
Nv American soldiers in idle hours.
ore to be divided into libraries tor
AMERICAN merchant ships, coast guards
and lighthouses.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
rravsI R.strIetlons l.lfted.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. General Blue
announced, in answer to many inquir
les, that all restrictions on travel be
twee this country and Cuba, had been
lifted by the public health service.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
aeroer Is BoastfuI.

Now York.-Victor L. Berger, repre-
,ontative-elect from the Fifth Wiscon-
in district, boasted to an audience OF
ahout 1900 socialists here that ne
o,,Id carry the socialist flag either
- congress or to prison.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-17
,ohn .. contrlbutes Heavily.

New York.-A gift of $2,OOO,oOv iio -
s : sum q, 5000 900 which the national national
q sum ~ =, the Northern Baptist
comni.se "nnounced had been raised IN
t nay victory campaign which ci0S''
nec 81,