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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24

after the coming Of Christianity 1t was
centuries before these pagan customs
and practices were eliminated And
1t was not until after the Middle
ages that the meaning and the sig
nificance OF the season began to dawn
upon the minds and hearts Of men,
In old England Christmas became a
time of feasting, drinking and hilari-
Gus merrymaking not a very adj
vanced conception, but step beyond
the pagan idea Later the spirit of
Puritanism began to influence English
customs and public zeal ran so high
that all gayety and all festivity came
to be considered sinful.
All observances Of special days we're
declared designed by the "deville,"
and the famous Roundhead parlia-
ment set aside the celebration Of
Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide.
For twelve years no special days
were observed In England, and when
they were once more taken back into
favor the result was what might have
been expected, for the Christmas sea-
son became time of feasting, drink
Ing, dancing and wild revel, lasting
for twelve days and nights. The lord
OF misruie came into existence this
was the chosen master of festivities,
INTO whose hands the keys of the
house were given and whose word was
law while the revel lasted. The days
and nights we're full OF "all manner Of /
hilarity, and most wild and merrie
time was had we are told.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24

A Greenville (Me.) newspaper says
that 1t is very old Indian tradition
that all the bull moose of eastern and
northern Maine make journeys to the
west shores of Moosehead lake at the
close of the year for the purpose Of
casting their antlers. Though the
story has passed for fiction among the
residents, there are not few old
hunters and woodsmen who believe it,
and relate tales about the abundance
of moose antlers among the maple
woods % miles north of this village"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24

the lighted candle In the window, and
the midnight singing Of carols.
Still later Christmas became day
marked by bountiful dinners given to
the poor by rich landowners, rather
than merely time of feasting and
merrymaking.
And slowly the real Christmas spirit
is coming more and more into the
hearts of humanity, as we grow each
year to better understand the song
the angels sang that starlit night on
the Judean hills. And "on earth
peace, good will to men," means more
with each recurring year as we open
our hearts to the Child of Bethlehem.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24

At first only the royal households
had these lords of misrule, but the Gus
tom spread until almost every house
hold had Its ruler OF the seasons
revels. But gradually, as time passed,
these wild celebrations gave place to
festivals none the less joyous, but
more betting the season.
The ceremony of bringing in the
Yule log was observed, of decorating
the house with holly and mistletoe,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24
The
Song Of Christmas
By
JAMES H'huTCOMB RILEY

INFANT me a rhyme OF Christmas
- And though IT is Allied with laugh
ter. let 1t be pure and strong.
Sing of the hearts brimmed over with
the story of the day
OF the echo of childish voices that will
not die away.
OF the blare of the tasseled bugle, and
of the timeless chatter and beat
OF the drum that throbs to muster
squadrons of scampering feet.
But. o. let your voice fall fainter. till.
blent with a minor tone.
You temper your song with the beauty
of the pity Christ has shown.
And sing one verse for the voiceless;
and yet ere the song be done.
A verse for the ears that hear not,
and verse for the sightless one.
For though it be time for singing a
merry Christmas glee.
Let a low, sweet voice of pathos run
through the melody.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24

Catarrh is a Local disease greatly In
fiuenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists of an Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local application. and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces and assists in Kidding your System
Of Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24

fore the coming OF the Christ Child
Christmas came from early Egyptian
civilization. from the Teutonic barba,
rians, or the pagan Greek and Roman
nations--or perhaps from all of them.
But In the days of the early Chris
tians Christmas ceased to be observed
merely as day of merrymaking and
feasting. They celebrated it as a day
Of good Will and kindness, the be-
slowing of gifts, and time of peace,
but they considered it holy festival
and too filed with solemnity and sa-
cred Joy to be made time of hilarity
and boisterous joIlity.
That the very date is uncertain
makes little real difference. In those
early days of the Christians they
thought 1t following the heathenish
customs to observe birthdays. We
cannot wonder at this when we re-
member that every god and goddess.
every noted man, and every animal
considered sacred. must each have
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-24

q pIIz1I1Iz IIdfC 60
go farther back
than the Christian
era to find the
source Of Christ
mas celebration,
for we borrowed 1t
from the nations
existing long be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

ers. Thanking you for your CO.
operation, we remain, Sincerely
yours, A COMMITTEE OF COLI
ORED STRIKERS"
Urban League Behaving.
The committee on employment
agencies reported that the Urban
League has agreed not to furnish
scabs to the dress manufacturers TAX
ing the stand that they will not help
defeat the workers in their fight. But
they barred the fact that scores Of
employment Offices on the south side
are trying to break the strike. The
girls on the committee reported that
they had been put out Of one employ
ment Office for attempting to talk to
the girls who were applying for jobs.
Aggressive action is being taken by
the militants.
These employment Offices charge
the people who want jobs anything
they think they can get and make all
rosy promises that girls who have
worked in the dress industry for years
realize cannot be kept. All the en-
ployment agents promise that the
scabs will be transported to and from
home in taxi cabs and then when the
girls go to work they are told to pay
the fare themselves and the boss will
pay them at the end Of the week. This
is never done.
Negroes on Picket Line.
The colored girls who have been
on the picket line since the strike be-
gan said at the meeting that they are
receiving aid not only from the union,
but also from many militant colored
workers who are not in the dress in
dustry. Many Of the militant colored
girls who are not garment workers
have come out on the picket line and
helped the strikers. One of the girls
reported that she had talk with a
white detective who had been assigned
to accompany colored scabs to and
from work. "He told me that he did
not want to be seen walking on the
street with colored girls" she said.
Police Brutality.
"The treatment we colored girls
get at the hands of the police may be
accounted for by the fact that the
police don't like helping colored girls
and so they take out their resentment
on the colored union girls. We all
know and everybody knows that the
police are twice as hard on the coll
ored girls as they are on the white. +"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

clusion Of one anti-tuberculosis
society, "and is five times as
great in the downtown tene-
ment section as in the outlying
districts"
While the extravagant mausole-
ums and monuments costing many
millions grandly adorn the landscape
in the fashionable cemeteries, the
workers, crowded together in filthy,
unlighted rooms, die in increasing
numbers from the dreaded white
plague which thrives in small bed
rooms and dimly lighted halls. The
money used by milnonaires to build
themselves fancy palaces should be
used to decently house the workers,
Robert Todd declares in a report of
an extensive investigation he con-
Quoted for the Municipal tuberculosis
Sanatarium at a time when Chi
cago housing conditions were not so
desperate as they are at present
(191s).
eff good house can be construc-
leu III q AdIB6 Guy lOT ten 10 twenty
thousand dollars, absolutely complete
for the physical welfare Of its occu-
pants, on what are the values in ex-
cess of that sum, which exist in
thousands Of mansions based?" asks
Mr.. Todd in his survey. billions
Of dollars are invested in sentiment,
which covered % blocks scattered
west of North avenue.
Billions Of dollars are invested
in sentiment. They have no base
except the mental values that exist
in the mental life of the owners.
Millions of dollars have gone into
elaborate monuments and mausole-
ums in the cemeteries of the larger
cities. II there are phases Of the
mental life among the prosperous
that seem different from the mental
life Of industrial workers, the differ.
ences are due to the results of the
privileges which the prosperous have.
"The tenements Of the crowded dis.
tricts must have better value in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

OF the largest Negro employ
ment agencies has promised to
send no scabs into the strike
zone. Vigorous picket-line
work by the colored and Negro
volunteers from other indus
tries was also reported.
The committees which had been
elected at the last meeting reported.
The committee which was elected to
get the cooperation Of the colored
churches reported that they had writ
ten q letter TO all the ministers of
colored churches in Chicago asking
them to call the attention of their
congregations to the fact that here
was strike on in the dress and waist
industry. Speakers win follow up the
letter.
Letter to Churches.
The letter follows:
Reverend, Sir:
owe wish to call your attention
20 the fact that at present there is
strike of garment workers of this
city against their employers. The
strikers are demanding a ten per
cent increase in salary and forty
hours Of work a week.
"There are a large number of
colored girls in the unions and they,
along with their white co-workers,
are determined and devoted to the
cause Of organized labor. For they
feel that only thru organization
and resistance can the colored girl,
who when not in the unions, is the
most exploited and oppressed, pro-
cure reasonable living wage.
"The greatest blow to the cause
of the strikers at this moment is
the constant stream Of non-union
colored girls, who are now being
brought into the shops to defeat
the strikers. These girls are being
supplied by various colored labor
agencies on the south side. This is
unfair to the union girls of both
races, and it is the thing that has
contributed more to the state of
antagonism existing between the
two races today than anything else.
eve are kindly asking you to
give this condition your most earn
est consideration, and hoping you
will help these girls in their ardent
struggle by advising your congrega-
ton not to aid the employers to de-
feat the union by sending colored
girls to take the jobs of the strik-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
MAYOR DEVER IS.
HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR GROVE THUGS
COMMITTEE of Is" Call
at City Hall


under the guise of unionism, seek to
wrongly interfere with our business
and employees"
Strikebreaking Collision.
Collision between Groves men and
the police was shown again in the
case Of Albert Shaffer, active picket
and speaker at strike meetings who
was arrested by Groves men, taken
to the Shakespeare avenue station
and then to the states attorneys
office.
But after leaving the states at
torney's Office the first time he was
again seized by Groves men and
taken again to the Shakespeare
avenue station where he was held by
the police.
Upon failing to give assurances
that he would cease picketing Shaffer
found himself again taken by force
to the strikebreaking states attor-
ney's Office where he was roundly
abused by Groves DULLES and ordered
to promise not to picket. From there
he was moved, late at night, to the
w. Chicago avenue station and i'm
prisoned all night without bail In
the morning, to his surprise he was
charged with felonious assault and
released on $4,000 bail. Union at.
torneys are furnishing the facts to
the Federation committee which is
probing Grove.
The following strikers arrested in
the Loop yesterday will appear in po-
lice court today where they will de-
mand jury trials: Mary Meuhlaujet,
Rose Wolf. Marcella Haron, Marion
Brosdik, Tillie Gasiorek.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
FOrd's Cheap Manure
Plan, Cheap OnL
for FLiUUer Maker

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Oppo-
nents of Henry Ford's offer for Mus
Gle Shoals today prepared to unloose
another flood of amendments de-
signed to nullify the bid. /.
Because Of the many amendments
offered, House leaders feared final
vote on the Mckenzie bill providing
for acceptance of the Ford offer
would not be reached today.
The chief amendments pending
would cut Ford's lease on the power
property from 100 to so years and
force him to put the plan under the
jurisdiction of the Federal Water
Power act.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
COOLIDGE BURNS
TEAP OF OIL
OVER DAUGHERTY
Final Straw Revelation
of Parole Graft

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Presi-
dent Coolidge has "reopened" the
question Of Attorney General Daugh-
erty's resignation, according to infor-
nation from persons close to him.
Recent developments, which have
furnished the president with addi-
tional information concerning the de-
partment of justice are held to be
responsible.
While the senate committee named
to investigate Daugherty was TODAY
sitting a great mass of tips and
"leads" preliminary to beginning open
hearings next week, Mr.. Coolidge was
understood, on excellent authority, to
be again considering whether he
should ask Daugherty to withdraw
from the cabinet.
"Car is Doing Some Thinking.
Daugherty himself was on his way
back to Washington from Miami, Fla,
prepared to resume active charge of
the department of justice and to de-
fend himself before the senate COM
mittee.
When Daugherty left Washington
hurriedly several days ago, it was
generally accepted in the capital that
President Coolidge had tacitly at
least agreed to let him have his hear
ing before the senate committee be-
fore asking him to quit the cabinet.
This view was based on the silence the
president maintained.
Daugherty Morally Sick.
Disclosures regarding pardon and
parole cases said to involve members
Of congress and other considerations
not vet revealed are understood,
however, to have prompted the presi-
dent to reconsider. Strong argu-
ments have been advanced to him
that he ought at this time to have at
the head Of the department someone
with a clean bill Of health who would
attack with vigor the work pending
before the department.
Join the 81 want to make THE
N n Ii
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Chinese Smuggling
Narcotics, Marine
Secretary Declares
By HARVEY O'CONNOR
(stan Correspondent Of the Federated Press,

(Stan Correspondent OF the Federated Pressl
SEATTLE, March THE steady
flow Of illicit narcotics into the
United States will never be stopped
until the big American shipping COM
panies discharge their Chinese crews
in the stewards department, accord
ing to John r. Norkgauer, secretary
of the Marine Cooks and Stewards
union here. Norkgauer recently ex-
posed the methods of recruiting
Orientals for the American ships, de-
monstrating the inevitability Of dope
smuggling under the present plan.
Campradors labor agents) in
Hongkong and other Chinese ports
have charge Of employment Of the
Orientals. They charge $4,000 for
signing full crew of 1870 men, the
complement for an American trans
pacific liner in the stewards depart
ment. To meet the high charge, the
Chinese hand topether for the privi-
lege of getting jobs for which aver
ase pay IS but $3.50 in United States
currency.
Clearly, the jobs do not pay enough
to justify the high employment fee.
Norkgauer says it is understood by
the comprador, by the American ship
ping lines, and particularly by the
Chinese that their money will come,
not from wages, but from the pro-
ceeds of smuggling narcotics, liquor
and jewelry into American ports.
Hardly an American ship enters
port without big seizures by custom
officers but the Chinese manage to
secrete most of their contraband and
later to sell it thru go-betweens in
the American ports.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
DGugherty Felt at
Home NTH Silent
Cal and Fat Bill

WASHINGTON, March Harry
Daugherty marched into the Joint
session of congress with Postmaster
General New, Secretary of the Navy
DENLY, Secretary Of State Hughes
and the rest of the official family, on
the occasion Of the Harding memorial
service.
Daugherty appeared to feel quite
at home in the front row with the
president and Chief Justice Taft. on
this occasion. In the gallery sat
General Sawyer, George Christian.
ex-senator Frelinghysen and other
members of the Harding Memorial
Association, listening to the eulogy
pronounced by Secretary Hughes. Il
was last review Of the Old Guard.
IMPEACH COOI IDCEt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
HIGH P RICES
FOR LUM B Err;
PAY REDUCE Ed
Lumber Trust Makes
Huge Profits
CBy The Federated Prsss)

SUPERIOR, Wis, March Low
wages paid labor in the logging
camps of northern Wisconsin and
Michigan make possible the huge
profits of the lumber trust. Lumber
is selling close to 100 per cent above
the pre-war price level while The
workers who endure the hardships
are getting only from $40 to $50 a
month, with emphasis on the lower
figure.
The wages Of these workers in
creased slightly in February when
the companies could not get enough
men to work for the low rates paid
in January. According to reports to
the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood
Association, teamsters, sawyers.
swampers and roadmen in northern
Michigan got increases ranging from
II to So a month. Woodsmen's wages
in the Wisconsin bay shore district
show increases Of from 81 to 81 a
month.
The report shows wages Of COM
mon labor at the mills in northern
Michigan running from 1925 to $3.50
with an average Of 1888. a day
Swampers are averaging $51 a
month. In the Bay Shore and east.
ern Wisconsin districts common labor
Is getting from $2.75 to 1915 a day
with an average of $3.4O. Swamp
ers average $50 a month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Troubles Of Coca Cola Family.

ATLANTA, Ca, March 7.-Walter
T. Gambler, wealthy son of Asa G.
Gambler, multimillionaire soft drink
manufacturer, charged today he was
being blackmailed in the suit for
100000 damages on trial in DeKalb
superior court filed by Mrs. Clyde
Byfield. The woman charges Gambler
with attacking her in her state-room
while en- route to Europe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
1 o W a Labor Leaders
Feel IlsuLted When
e.. o. p. Bans BrOOkhart

DES MONIES, Ia, March PRO
testing against the failure Of the
Iowa Republican Convention to en-
dorse Smith w. Brookhart for United
States Senator, Iowa labor leaders
today called upon the voters to
answer the insult by casting a I'M
animous ballot for BroolShart at the
June primaries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
tuberculosis and Other Diseases
Find Fertile Breeding Ground in
Congested Workingclass Districts

Unsantary and congesed housing conditions in the work
ngclas districts in Chicago greatly blame for the
crease in tuberculosis and other diseases according
tuberculosis societies which have investigated these regions
where the landlords seeming to take of life
their greed for profit have turned dapdaed
mansions into overcrowded rooming houses
The rate of death from tuberculosis varies directly with
the crowdng of the population into tenements the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Another ENGINEER killed

OMAHA, Neb., March Tom
Pendy, engineer, Perry, Iowa, was
killed and several other persons were
reported injured when Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul passenger train
number 20 jumped the track near
Persia, Iowa, early today, according
to reports here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Rabbi Zitneck 10 Lecture.

The new Russian plan for 's.sfrte
land for the Jews is the subject Of
lecture to be delivered by Rabbi
Zitneck, at the National Socialist In
stitute, 1922 Douglas Blvd, Monday,
March 10, at p. m. Admission is
free and everyone is invited to at
tend this meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Homes for Red Hats.

NEW YORK, March Reports
that Archbishops Patrick ]. Hayes
Of New York and George w. Mum
delein Of Chicago will be made car
dinals gained credencc today when
it was learned both churchmen have
booked passage for Europe and will
sail Saturday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Y. W. L. Branches Meet Sunday.

Rosa Luxembourg Jewish Branch)
1921 S. Blue Island Ave-, at p. m.
Hirsh Lekert (Jewish Branch),
2613 Hirsh Blvd, at 3 p. m.
Irving Park English Branch),
4021 N. Drake Ave-, at p. m.
Nicolai Lenin English Branch),
2733 Hirsh Blvd, at 2 p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

them for the same reasons that the
prosperous apply to their elaborate
homes. The congesreu district is
the great stronghold Of disease
1.-THE congestion Of the population
is one Of the reasons for the excess
Of the disease" another part Of the
report declares, "and tuberculosis is
one Of the great reasons why con-
gestion should be reduced. Boarders
in the homes Of the Industrial classes
are universal. The risks of the or
binary family in the crowded district
are greatly increased by this prac-
tice. Excessively large numbers of
extremely small bedrooms in Chicago
induce crowding. The pressure of
economic necessity is back Of much
Of this crowding."
Work Daily for "The DailyP"
Remember German Relief
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Page Secretary Hughes! Pope to
Ship Three Red Hats to u. S.

ROME March I've believe the appointment Of Archbishop
In
officials said today.
His Ho ne has for time contemplated
Archbishop Hayes and this would consory
Alfonso
South American
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08
Militant Negroes On Picket Line:
Put ScGb Issue Before Churches

Success attends the opening of the campaign which coll
ored girl strikers wagng the furnishing of scabs
to the garment bosses.
At rousng meeting of colored girl milians at 100 w.
Washington yesterday announcement was made that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

How many Of your shop-matcs read
THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of
them to subscribe today.
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D. BARD, Tailor

SUITS MADE TO ORDER
French Dry Cleaning, Dyeing, Re-
pairing and Pressing Of Ladies' and
Gents Garments at LOW PRICES
Tel. Canal 443S
1925 S. Halsted St. CHICAGO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-08

Remember German Relief
Day, March 9Th.
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Remember German Relief
Day, March 9th.
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under the guise of unionism, seek to
wrongly interfere with our business
and employees"
Ctrikoh.n.Li-- oalI...a
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Work Daily for "Ths DailyP