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New Britain herald., 1925-06-02
Confirms ReDOrt

New York, June 2.-Thomas w.. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co. to- day confirmed the news from Rome that the Morgan firm had arranged revolving credit of s5o,o0o,0oo for one year to a banking group, headed by the Bank of Italy and consisting of the three Italian banks of issue, the Bank of Italy. the Bank Of Na- ples and the Bank of Sicily.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-02
Foreign Countries Watch,

Paris, June 2. (AP)-French au- thorities are satisfied their one cruiser at Shanghai needs no rein forcement, 1t was said at the for eign office today.
 Officials announced they would re- ly upon the French authorities now in Shanghai to take measures to protect their nationals during tho disturbances in that city.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-02
Toll in East Is Four Dead and
 Score of Persons Injured
 Heat Prostraions N
MIDDLE WEST REPORTS v SEVENTEEN FATALITIES


 Assumed GsIc-iike Proportions Sioux City Has Damages Totaling s1oo,OOO. ...
 New York, June ? (AP)-Four persons have been killed and a score injured in wind and rain storms accompanying a heat wave In ths east. ' -.
 Seven heat prostrations were re- ported here and three in Albany. Two deaths directly attributed to the neat were recorded in Pittsburg. One died in Newark. while the Sorm took a fourth life in Green Held, Mass.
 Heat Records Broken
 The temperatures broke all rec ords for the first day of June, but tell several degrees below the rec ord for this year registered May 23. It was s5 degrees in Philadelphia, ss In Pittsburg, Ss in New York and sAlbany.
 Central New York and New Eng land bore the brunt of the storm. Six towns were thrown in darkness In Massachusetts. Trolley and tele- phone services was disrupted. Heavy rains and falling trees blocked highways.
 Excitement Is Fatal
 Morris J. Duryea of Greenfield, Mass. died of heart Sfailure during the excitement of the storm. A It. sle girl in South Deerfield received [. fractured skull when falling tree hit the automobile in which she was riding with her mother. A farm hand at Suffield. Conn.,. was struck by lightning, but escaped with a fractured jaw. -& LA. Worthwhile, N. T., and surrounding towns in the Adirondacks were iso- lated. Reports reaching Gtoyers- vile told of heavy damage but no loss of life.
 Great Property Damage
 Hau and wind caused more than s10o. 900 damage in ontario, Canada. stables and buildings at the Devon shire racetrack at Windsor were wrecked. The roof of the Pari- hntuel building was blown several
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New Britain herald., 1925-06-02

London. June , (AP)-A Reuters dispatch from Tokio today said Ja- pans previously announced policy ot watchful waiting regarding tho Shanghai situation anticipates com hined action of Japan with other powers concerned if that should be come necessary. a
 Machine Guns Used Shanghai, June 2. (AP)-Machin guns opened fire on a mob Of Chi nese students ss demonstrations wer, continued against the treatment O Chinese workers on strike at th. Japanese spinning mills here. Th. machine guns were brought int play in the Thibet- -Nanking roa6 one Of the principal thoroughfar in the central district Of Shanghai
 Americans On Duty
 Tn another section of the city su, rounding the town hall. g troop Q American cavalry carrying draw sakres and carbines was on dut' with members of the American foo volunteer corps and mounted tur banned Sikh police with drawn r6 volvers,
 The Sikh police guarded th' streets In the vicinity Of the hall while a special meeting o' "rat' payers" was attempted. The meet ling proved ineffective lacking a quorum, although 500 persons as sembled to witness the proceedings 1 The American forces guarded tho main entrance and doorway ap- preaching the hall. Failure Of Jap anese taxpayers 10 attend the meet ! ing resulted in the lack of quorum. was to reconan end remedial iegisia- The purpose of the proposed meeting
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New Britain herald., 1925-06-02
THE WEATHER

Hartford, June 2-ForeCaSt for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and We'd nesday; warmer Wednesday.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-02

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New Britain herald., 1925-06-02

Average Daily Circulation For Mss Msst sstR aS'.ns .'. 12,045
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
STORY OF IRISH FAMINE WILL BE
TOLD TONIGHT AT MASS MEETING

The story OF the famine situation
in Ireland will be told this evening by
John p. Mccarthy, who has just re-
turned from a visit to the west Of
ireland, at a mass meeting in North
Side Turner Hall, S27 North Clark
St, near Chicago Avenue.
Mccarthy returned to this country
to take UP famine relief work after
he had made tour Of the most sever
ely affected spots in the famine re-
gion. In thousands OF homes even the
humble potato has not place on the
bill of fare. The standard OF living
OF those poor people is usually low,
so much so, that even slight change
for the worse even In the best Of
times makes their condition desper-
ate.
The Workers International Relief
With headquarters In Berlin has sent
out call TO its sections In all coun-
tries TO send aid 10 the starving
workers and peasants OF west ireland.
The Russian. German and British
workers have sent contributions.
America is expected to send more
than all other countries together.
There are about 10 millions OF the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Girl CONFESSES
NEGRO ATTACKER
STORY Was HOAX
Virginia Mob Arrests z
Negroes for Grape"
IspeeIsI to Ths Daily work.r,

BRISTOL, Va, May IA mob Of
1000 persons aided by the entire
police force gave up a search for a
Negro accused Of raping an IL year
old girl when the girl Thelma McCary,
confessed she was Joking"
The mob searched several nearby
counties, terrorizing Negro quarters,
holding up Negroes on the streets and
searching them, and setting blood
hounds on the trail" of the Negro.
The girl went to a filing station on
Sixth St., and told several loungers
there, that a Negro had attacked her.
All the white men in town we're called
out and began the man hunt. Two
Negroes had been arrested charged
with the crime" before the girl con-
fessed. ffF
Several Of those taken into custody
were threatened with lynching. The
girl described her attacker infinitely.
Later, in heTconfession, the girl said:
mo Negro attacked me, but 1 spread
the alarm because was late for school
and was afraid my father would whip
me. tore my dress to help make the
men believe me-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
More Delay h reapot Case.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Govern,
ment oil counsel seeking new con.
spiracy indictments against the prin
cipals in the naval oil reserve scandal
today decided TO postpone present
ment of their case until the additional
grand jury meets here Monday.
Previously they had planned to &c
ahead before the special grand jury
The last minute decision to alter the
procedure was reached to prevent de-
PENDANTS filing demurrers claiming
that the regular grand jury was pre-.
vented from sitting in the case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
CAL Silent ON
BROKE farmers
RULES FOR RICH
Coolidge Refuses to An
swer Tax Questions

WASHINGTON, May Five ques-
lions have been asked OF President
Coolidge by the Farmers National
Council, since the White House
spokesman has asked for a summer
Of silence on governmental matters.
T5sy are:
Does your plan of tax reduction
include reduction Of the internal re-
venue taxes, nearly s60o,O00,O0O of
which are paid by the workers and
poor farmers, who now pay Infinitely
more taxes in proportion to their abili-
ty to pay than your secretary Of the
treasury or any other extremely
wealthy person7
The Bankrupt Farmer
do you think Secretary Mellon,
Senator Butler, Judge Gary and VIM.
Wood Of the wooden trust are entitled
to the benefits OF the present tariff on
products in which they are interested,
until they lay their costs of production
on the tariff commissions table, as
the farmers have done and are ready
to do?
"Why doesn't the federal trade com
mission start its investigation of open
price associations and Of the power
trust as ordered by the senate?
How many hundreds Of thousands
more farmers do you hold should be
banlrupted of their farms, before the
agricultural situation attains the
dignity of a vital issue?
Cal Maintains Silence
~Since the governments approval
was necessary to the entering of the
packers consent decree, how long will
respect for courts and government
continue If this decree is suspended,
without at least appeal to the highest
court In the land?"
Coolidge's only response thus far is
to deny that he has legal authority to
interfere in the packers trust case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
COMMUNIST STRIKE
AGAINST 4ilNDEHBURG
BACKED BY WORKERS
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
BERLIN, Germany, May 7--The
Communist Workers Councils have
Endorsed the call Of the Communist
Party Of Germany for 24-hour gen.
eraI strike on Monday, May IL, when
Hlndenburg Is due to bc inaugural
ed In Berlin.
The Communist Party's manifesto
against the menace Of monarchy has
stlffened the opposition OF tho work
era within the social democratic
party to president elect linden
burg. Many Of tho workers will
Join In the general strike called by
the Communists.
The socialist party contest Of
Hndenburg's election, on the ground
that pressure was exerted on many
workers, forcing them to vote for
the monarchist, will come up In the
election court, composed of five dep
titles, tomorrow.
The Communists are continuing
their demand for amnesty for class
war prisoners imprisoned because
Of activities In Workers organIza-
lions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Baltimore May 1st Rally
Protests Sentence of
Crouch and Trunibull

BALTIMORE. NJ. D., May 7.-At our
May Day celebration the best attend
ed mass meeting yet held here, we
did not forget the two privates, Crouch
and Trumbull convicted for their
mously adopted declaring that we, in
principles. Resolutions were unani-
mass meeting assembled voice our
severest protest against the highland
ed, savage and unjustifable court
martial that condemned privates
Crouch and Trumbull to inhuman SEN
fences that amount to a living death
in military prison-demand the i'm
mediate release of the aforesaid sol
diers and the punishment Of the off,
GERS responsible for their imprison-
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
ouakes In Philippines

MANILA, May 7.-Considerab
damage turnout the southern Philip
pines as result Of the epidemic OF
earthquake shocks which has plagued
the islands the last few days was
feared by weather bureau officials
here today.
Seven shocks have been felt within
the last 80 hours. Negroes province
was reported to have felt the tremors
most severely, machinery In several
sugar plantations having been dis
lodged from their positions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Plan New Rail Merger

Possibilities of a merger Of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail-
road with the Southern Pacific system
after the annual meeting of the man
agement Of the Southern Pacific June
LIST" were divulged here today by ]. E.
German, president Of the Rock Island
lines. Germans statement was made
after meeting of the Rock Island
stockholders at which retiring direct
ors were reelected for another year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Soviet Envoy to
Japan Says u. S.
Recognition Near
tspeeIaI to rhe Daily Work.rl

TOXIC, Japan, May Victor
Kopp. first Soviet Russian ambassador
to Japan, declared his belief that the
recognition Of Russia by Japan would
influence the attitude OF the United
States toward Russia. Opinion gener
ally in Russia was that the change OF
American secretaries OF state was a
factor in American recognition, Kopp
said.
M. Kopp said that the next move
toward Soviet recognition is up to
Washington, as Soviet Russia has
stated her position, which remains un.
changed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
MELLON Rebuked BY oevernor.

BALTIMORE, Nd, May 7.-Gov.
Richie, OF Maryland. today refused to
comply with request Of Secretary OF
the Treasury Mellon that Maryland
assign a number Of free automobile
licenses and operators permits for
use Of federal prohibition agents.
Richie informed Mellon that auto
mobiles Of dry agents would be sub.
iect to the same requirements as cars
Of other government ofloiais.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
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Continued from page -
Of the samples OF West Virginia's
capitalist press:
"ThlnIy Glad and shlverlne."
'"rhe men drove thru the city in
trucks, closely followed by officers
and state police, arriving at the mine
a few minutes later. The union men
parked themselves along the highway
near the entrance to the mine. Many
OF them, thinly clad, shiyering with
cold as they stood the long and futile
vigil. There was no disorder, and no
effort was made 10 modest the men
going 10 work.
1T was reported that the outfit
would march down thru the RESIDENT.
al and business section. All OF the
city police. augmented by special Of
fcers were about to be ordered 10 20
TO the city limits to turn the men
back, when scouts reported they
would come thru In trucks.
Tear Gas and Lawyers.
mo chances are being taken. The
county deputies sleep each night in
a room in the court house, while the
day police sresreQuired to report at
. a. m, during the favorite hours for
marching.
"oflcers on duty In the early morn
ing hours and the special deputies are
all heavily armed with rifles and
small machine guns. Tear gas bombs
are also provided for each man to use
in case OF emergency Prosecuting
Attorney NJ V. ogden was out early
this morning." He had the day be-
tors succeeded IN getting two strik.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
soab Companies Conceal Assets.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Attorney
General Sargent announced today
since July 1, 1924, the bureau of in.
vestigation of the department OF
justice at Chicago has recovered con,
cealed assets totalling $211,7Oo in
eleven bankruptcies cases.
Sargent said the principal cases in
volved were in the Clark Jewelry
company, the Champion Tool company
and the Porter Spark Plug company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
LABOR DEFENSE
COUNCIL DEFENDS
CZECH EDITOR
Was Arrested on Charge
of Labor Union Fink

The Labor Defense Council. ma
tional headquarters In Chicago. Is Just
in receipt OF certain legal documents
pertaining to the deportation case of
Emmanuel vajtauer, editor of the
Obrana, a Czech Communist newspa-
per, which reveals the manner in
which the immigration act of May,
1924 works.
Vajtauer was arrested for a depor-
tation hearing in Chicago on April 4,
1924 as result of an anonymous
complaint" from a so-called union
man." to the effect that Editor Val
tauer was "inciting the people against
the government and convincing them
that their only hope was in the Com
munist Workers Party Of America"
In August, 1924 he was ordered de-
ported, and in February, 1925 sent to
Ellis Island. The case was appealed
and in April, 1925 the writ was dis
missed by Judge Hand who remanded
Vajtauer for deportation. However,
deportation has been stayed and few
days ago Vajtauer was released from
Ellis Island on $4,000 bail.
Refused to Answer.
Thruout the hearings Of the case be-
fore Judge Hand Of the United States
district court of New York, vajtauer
awaited himself of the constitutional
provision that allows defendant not
to answer questions that might in
criminate him. Vajtauer's hearings
began before May, 1924, when the act
was passed. The prosecution, United
States attorney for the commissioner
of immigration, introduces section %
Of the above act, which says in part:
TN any deportation proceeding against
any alien the burden Of proof shall be
upon such alien to show that he en-
tered the United States lawfully"
The prosecution completely fell
down in proving its case against Val
tauer The judge admitted that. But
at the same time he was forced to
take cognizance of section % of the
immigration act. Judge Hand said,
"A refusal to furnish evidence for
what ever reason and a reliance solely
on the defendants passport does not
meet the burden Of proof or require
the government to go further"
Continuing the Fight.
In other words section % is de-
signed to give the prosecution in de-
portation cases full leeway and while
it does nof prohibit the use OF the
constituti6r al provision that allows re-
fusal to answer discriminating ques-
tions, it nevertheless makes it dang
erous for the defendant to avail him
self of it and at the same time take
upon himself the complete burden of
proof.
The Labor Defense Council is con-
tinuing the fight against Vajtauer's
deportation. The case, which is the
usual deportation frame-up of the
United States department Of labor
will be carried to the limit. Any one
wishing to contribute to the legal
fund for the carrying on Of this and
many other cases can send donations
to The Labor Defense Council, 10
South Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09

Irish race in America. The overwhelm
ing majority OF them are workers. /,
is to those particularly that their
brothers and sisters in Ireland look
for aid.
Other speakers on the program
tonight will be William F. Dunno
T. J. O'Flaherty and Robert Totten
The meeting is arranged by the Irish
Workers and Peasants Famine Relief
Committee. Slides of Irish scenes
will also be shown.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Chicagoan's Average
Life AZ Years, Say
Homeopathic Docs

Homeopathic doctors in convention
here at the Auditorium Hotel, say that
The average span of life in Chicago is
AZ years, IL years longer than it was
in 1887, when IS per cent of the
deaths were Of children under years.
A better understanding Of sanitation
is responsible for the improved condi-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Comrade Felix VIII
Speak on Shoe Making
Trade In u. S. S. r.

NEW YORK, May IAN important
meeting Of comrades of the electrical
shoe repairing trade who are inter-
ested in going to Soviet Russia, will
be held on May 10, 1880 p. m. at
$50 East 146th st. Applicants for
membership in this new group are
welcome.
Comrade Felix will gladly commun-
icate additional information. Address
him c o Prushin, 2110 Honeywell Ave-,
Bronx, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Legion Drive Falls

NEW ORLEANS. May THE
American Legion drive for funds has
utterly failed in New Orleans altho
sponsored by the Mayor and high So
ciety
1t is a noticeable fact that society
and the Mayor have not been record
ed as donating, the working man and
woman being, the target for the fund
solicitors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Whitney DodnIna Taxes.

LONDON, May Harry Payne
Whitney, New York banker, today ap-
pealed to the house of lords over a
recent tax levy against him, protest
ing that it was assessed against
stock holdings in England. He claimed
England had no right to tax a non
resident.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
MIIltarIsts Buoy In Nicaragua

MANAGUA. May 7.--The first Mica
raguan aviation meet is on here. The
nilitarists are pushing plans for a
mail servicey to be conducted with
planes that can easily be converted to
war use.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Khan Main Issue
in Primary Poll
of Indiana Mayors
Especial to The Daily worksr.)

Especial TO The Daily Worker.)
GARY, Ind, May THE ku klux
khan candidate for mayor on the re.
publican ticket, Floyd Williams, won
the nomination in the primaries here
with a plurality of 5000 votes. Khan
candidates were overwhelmingly de-
feated in South Bend. however.
Municipal primary elections were
held In all sections Of Indiana. The
khan was the principal issue. and khan
and anti-klan nominees won about the
same number of victories.
In Indianapolis, John L. Duvall, in
dorsed by the khan, won the republi
can nomination for mayor by a plural
ity Of 5000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
claim Eseape from eandIt..

MEXICO CITY, May THE three
British citizens kidnapped by Mexican
andits near Cuautitlan, north Of
Aexico City, Monday, reported their
scape TO the British consul OF Cuau.
titan today. They were Mrs. j. ~.
Westerland, Elizabeth Best and Frank
Doughty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Russia Gives Whaling Concession

SEATTLE. Wash, May 7.-Soviet
Russia has granted the Vega Whaling
company a fifteen year concession to
operate in the Boring Sea, of the coast
of Kamchatka, B. R. Anderson and
company, northern Pacific agents for
the corporation announce.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
$500 Chickens Burn to Death

TAYLoRsvILLE. H.. May 7. =
Twenty-Five hundred spring chickens,
owned by Andrew Parks, poultry fan
cier, were destroyed by fire Of un-
known origin which swept thru their
pens early today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
Argentine to Export Gold

BUENos AIRES. Argentina. May T.
1t is reported that Argentina intends
soon to permit the expectation Of
gold. The bank OF conversion has ac-
cumulated $3.50. 100000 In gold, 1t 10
rsportsd.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09
AS WE SEE 1T
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for EvangeHne. The salvation army is
Of greater value to the capitalists
than fire and birthstone magician
who can turn a chunk Of clay into a
democrat or republican politician.
Among the blessings that war brought
to this country is prohibition, said
Miss Booth. No doubt the prohibit
ton agents will agree. Prohibition
Is now among the leading indus
tries Of the land. In the same paper
that carried Miss Booths propaganda,
was the story of a station-full Of po-
licemen who are charged with receiv-
ing money for protecting rumseller
from the attentions of prohibition
agents who might have charged more
for protection than the police.
.DROHIBITIoN was a blessing al
= right to some. We would not be
surprised to learn that there is enough
money running loose as a result of it's
operation to finance the salvation
army and the anti-saloon league. The
other two blessings that flowed from
the war, according to Evangeline, are:
added membership in the salvation
army and increased interest in re-
ligion and welfare work. This means
more money to the professional God
peddlers. Let us have more and bet
ter wars! If any deluded christian
was under the impression that fol
lowers Of Jesus were enemies of war,
they should read the history Of the
christian religion. 1t is no accident
that piece Of biscuit and a glass of
red eye are turned into the "body and
blood Of Christ" at catholic services.
ENVANGELINE BOOTH, and her
- army of panhandlers may beat the
tom-toms for another war, happy in
the thought that the development Of
poison gas will make the next more
horrible than the last. The manufac-
turers of wooden legs. glass eyes and
other substitutes for parts of the
human body carried away by shells,
or carved up by bayonets will also
make merry, and contribute to the
treasury Of the salvation army. All
the churches without exception are
willing to put out any kind of poison
that will help the capitalists keep
the workers doped and patriotic. 1t
pays.