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The Republican., 1925-02-26

Mrs. Harland L. Jones is at Cham
bersburg, Pa, visiting her sister, Mrs.
W. o. Zacharias.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Dixon
announce the birth Of a daughter,
born to them on Sunday last.
Mrs. Frank Westlake, of Oakland,
visited at the home of Mrs. Summer
vile in Grafton several days last
week.
Miss Virginia Duvall, who was in
Pittsburgh several days last week re-
turned to her home in Oakland on
Sunday evening.
The local troop of Boy Scouts gave
a demonstration of their work at the
Oakland High School assembly on
Friday of last week.
Miss Mary Vandervort, of Morgan
town, West Va, spent the weekend
in Oakland where she was the guest
Of Miss Lucie Trickett.
Mrs. W. NJ. Trickett returned to
her home near Oakland on Saturday
after having spent week or more
in Keyser, West Va, with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bush and
daughter, of Kingwood, West Va,
spent Sunday in Oakland with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Bush. r. } K
Rev. A. J. Torrey, rector of St. Mat
thew's Episcopal church, Oakland, Wis
tied friends in Baltimore and Wash
ington on Monday and Tuesday of
this week.
There will be a meeting of the Boy
Scouts Auxiliary held in the organ
ization's rooms on Friday, February
9th, at $3.50 p. NJ, to which all men,
bers are invited.
Joseph E. Foley, of near Oakland,
qualified before the Orphans Court
Tuesday as executor of the last will
and testament of his father, the late
Joseph Foley, Sr.
Mr.. Gilmor S. Hamill, Mrs. G. S.
Hamill, Jr., and Miss Virginia Ham
i'll, who are touring the Pacific Coast,
were guests at Hotel del Coronado,
Coronado Beach, Cal, on Tuesday of
last week.
Mrs. w. L. Davidson, of the Park,
who was in a Cumberland hospital
for several months as result of
an accident which befell her during
the late fall in which she sustained a
fractured hip, returned to Oakland
Tuesday afternoon and is at the Will
liam-James Hotel with her son, Mr..
Greg Davidson.
The Republican., 1925-02-26

by opening an Interest Account with us and
making small deposits regularly.
Thousands of men and women are build
ing up substantial balances with us by this
simple method of small, regular. deposits at
compound interest. Why not try it yourself?
The Republican., 1925-02-26

Su 70 OdhadIU SuLUdy Wnele Iney
spent the day with relatives. They
were accompanied to Oakland by Mrs.
Milton Sincell, who had been their
guest for a week.
Mr.. Harrison Beachy, of Grants
vile, where he is engaged in buying
and selling live stock, meats, maple
syrup and country produce generally,
visited Oakland on business last Sat-
urday and called at The Republican
Office on business.
There will be an oyster supper at
Red House on Friday evening, March
9Th, at 1880 o'clock. All are most
cordially invited to be present with
their friends. The proceeds will be
used for the benefit of St. Johns
Lutheran church of Red House.
Misses Marguerite and Stella Hart,
of Oakland, after spending a few
days in Baltimore and Washington,
sailed from the former port Monday
for Jacksonville, Florida. They will
visit many interesting cities in that
State before returning to Oakland.
Miss Catherine Miller, of Grants
vile, returned home yesterday from
the Western Maryland Hospital,
where she had undergone an opera
ton for appendicitis. Her father,
Rev. Jonas Miller, accompanied her
home.-Friday's Cumberland News.
The Oakland Hardware and Furni-
ture Company is now located in the
new McIntire building corner Third
and Alder streets. In addition to the
old stock Of goods moved from the
store on Second street to the new
quarters of the firm, several carloads
of new merchandise, consisting of
furniture and hardware, have been
received and are now on display in
the present handsome and well-ap-
pointed store room.
The Republican., 1925-02-26
DOYOu Want
Extra Money?

TT may be that you cannot
i increase the amount you
earn-but it is almost certain
that you can have extra money
by saving it.
You can save Systematically
The Republican., 1925-02-26
WE LEAD-OTHERS FOLLOW

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry W. Matheny
and daughter, of Cumberland, motor
ed to Oakland Sunday where they
spent the day with relatives. They
were accompanied to Oakland by Mrs.
Milton Sincell, who had been their
guest for week.
The Republican., 1925-02-26

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1925.
Fox Special-Buck Jones, In
WE S ERN LU OK"
NOTE-We were fortunate in Sc
curing for this date the famous
"Mountaineer Orchestra" of seven
pieces, which has return engagements
in the larger cities of West Virginia.
They will play from 7:15 until 9:15
p. m., at the Grand and afterwards at
a dance in Fraley's Hall. Admission
to the Grand only Is, 25 and 35. An
evening of real entertainment assur-
ed.
The Republican., 1925-02-26
F. G. SCHOCH|
SANITARY GROCERY
81 Day Clearance Sale !
Positively Ending Tuesday,
March 31st, 1925.

Aluminium Rolled Oats, large box rs
Small size Rolled OATS any brand ~
Corn Flakes any brand 10
CampbePs Soups per 10
Seeded and Seedless Raisins, per box .12
Rumford Baking Powder, pound .28
Kenney's Salmon, pound .39
Armours Baked Beans, 8 cans for rs
Campbe1's Baked Beans, cans for rs
Hentz's Baked Beans per .12
Hentz's Catsup, large bottle .28
Hentz's Catsup, small bottle is
Hershey's Cocoa, pound can 32
Hershey's Cocoa, Il pound can .18
Hershey's Chocolate, u pound cake .18
Large Bottle Vanilla, Bee Brand .28
Libby's NInce Meat per pound rs
Boris Lima Beans per rs
Boris Fancy Peas, for rs
O1ney's Fancy Corn, two cans for rs
Tomatoes large cans two cans for .2S
DeMonte Peaches and Apricos large .2S
Fancy Head Rice, 3 pounds for rs
Fancy Navy Beans, 3 pounds for rs
Fancy Lima Beans pounds for AZ
Armours Star and Swft's Premium Hams, pound .2S
Fancy Breakfast Bacon, per pound .2S
Fancy Cream Cheese, per pound .2S
Fancy Loose Coffee per pound rs
Uneeda Biscuits, per box .O6
Fancy Grape Fruit each .O5
Cranberres, quarts for rs
The Republican., 1925-02-26
GRAND
OAKLAND, MD.

OAKLAND, MD.
Weekly Program at the Theatre
Showing Only First Run Pictures
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1925.
Paramount-Betty Compson and The
OdOre Roberts, In
L o c X E ID DOOR S"
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1925
Another ParamOunt-Anna @. Mill
son, James Kirkwood and Ray
mOnd HattOn, In
THE TOP OF THE WORLD"
Substituting for "Miss Bluebeard."
The Republican., 1925-02-26

suns SET TRAIL"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
They Cut Melons

A genuine holiday spirit has pervaded the ranks
of the biggest industrial and financial interests
Fabulous dividends are being declared. This is
the season for JOY amongst the exploiters who are
now cashing in the most profitable industry in
the United States-coupon clipping.
An outstanding example of gigantic melon cut
tings is at hand in the announcement by the Gen
eral Electric company that it's Christmas melons
for the bosses will be around $100,000,0O0.
No wonder the biggest explOiters of the country
as well as those who do not understand the me
chanism of American capitalism are talking about
the high tide of prosperity. While the wealthy
stockholders corraling huge profits, the workers
in industry after industry are experiencing pain
full wage slashes Every melon cut by the capital
lists in the Christmas season translates itself into
a New Year wage cut for the workers.
1t is no accident that the General Electric com
pany should be the one to cut so big a melon. The
General Electric company is an international cor
poration IMPLYING in the worst sense the growth
and character of American Imperialism. In France,
in Germany, in Italy, in Japan, in the Near East,
in the African jungles we find huge investments
of the General Electric company or one Of its
camoufaged subsidiaries.
The chairman of this gigantic Yankee imperialist
monster is Owen D. Young the real father of the
vicious Dawes scheme The General Electric cor
poration is notorious for it's hostility to organized
labor. The profits of the General Electric COM
pany monuments to the snuffed out lives of the
thousands Of exploited workers at some time or
other on the payroll of this company.
The working masses of this country had better
ponder seriously before rejoicing in these holidays.
The huge melons cut by their bosses are nothing
but i'll omens of what lies before them Immediately
Already there is considerable noise about the need
for ''readjustments" in industry. The only read
justments the employing class knows is the slash
ing of wages to the marrow. The General Electric
company melon should prove a factor signalling
the dangers that the working class of this country
is face to face with the threshold of the new
year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
Views of Our Readers
Set for Six Months.

To the DAILY WORKER: Enclosed
find $500 for a three months sub
scription to the DAILY WORKER.
Here's how got the money. My
neighbours COW died and he gave me
the calf as had fresh COW. fed
the calf for six weeks, using about
$500 worth Of milk and finally selling
the calf to stock buyer for $500.
have been selling apples, fine ones
too, for $1.00 a bushel. The store
keepers retail them for $500. The
producers certainly get it in the
neck, both industrial and agrarian.
We are up against an unbeatable
game as long as the capitalist system
lasts. The capitalists sure know how
to train us, so that we think every
thing is o. K.
The DAILY WORKER is fine for
me. don't know what / would do
without it. I'm stuck here among a
lot of ignoramuses who don't know
anything about history, geography,
economics or the solar system. am
sitting pretty for three months now.
I'll know what's going on with the
workers and capitalists outside of
Lexington.-(Signed) Charles Mills,
Lexington, Mo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02

after he explained that he aimed at
Wallace the Negro porter and hit Pull
lis by mistake"
Evidently the southern courts con.
slider 1t no crime to kill a Negro, for
Motlow has not been punished for
attempting to kill the Negro porter
Wallace has sued Motlow for $4,000
in an effort to establish race equality
but the law Of white supremacy
which dictates that a Negro has no
rights has so far prevailed in Mot
lows case.
Attorneys for Motlow played on the
southern preiudices of the jury, sing
ling out the one Negro witness, and
heaping abuses upon him. Wallace
was called an "impertinent niger,
the bad kind who have ambitions for
race equality, who would intermarry
with the whites and who resent being
shown their place. The south loves
the Negroes who know their place, "
said Motlow's lawyer.
The defense called Wallace ''liar,"
and secured his acquittal, the only
evidence in Motlow's favor being that
a Negro testified against him, and
that he is a millionaire. The testi-
mony of another witness, Joseph
Broida, who saw the murder, was as
sailed by Motlow's lawyers because
Brodia is Russian Jew" The Negro
press is denouncing the dragging Of
race prejudice into the millionaire
trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
DAVIS EXPECTED
/. TO RESIGN FROM
JOB NEXT March
John L. Lewis Wants the
Job Very Badly
Especial to The Daily wOrker)

WASHINGTON, Jan. l. The
question of whether Secretary of La
Dor James J. Davis will retire from
the cabinet next March, as has been
expected, was raised here today fol-
lowing the secretary's return from a
52-day tour of South America.
Davis declined to confirm or deny
that he would relinquish his post, and
indicated he would talk the matter
over with President Coolidge before
deciding.
The first intimation that Davis
would retire came from the White
House itself. In reply to question
some time ago concerning possible
cabinet vacancies, it was announced
that Secretary Davis had indicated q
desire to retire on March 4.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, has been men.
toned, as Davis successor. 1t was
with this appointment in mind that
Lewis friends attribute his non-eleva-
ton to the presidency of the A. F. of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
MUSIC

n S soon as the curtain went up on
IN the opera "Tannhaueser" at the
Chicago Auditorium last Sunday after
noon one could tell that an uncom-
monty fine production was forthcom-
ing. For the ballet, in some previous
performances so disappointing, was
not the disorganized mob it has been.
Given difficult scene to do, the sup
posedly obscene revels Of the follow
ers of Venus, Mr.. Oukrainsky develop
ed an artistic and worthwhile scene.
"Tannhaueser," Richard Wagner's
third completed opera, is significant
among the German masters works as
marking the end of his early period of
imitation and the beginning of his
individual style. The two preceding
operas, "Rienzi" and "The Flying
Dutchman" are conceived along the
traditional German lines developed by
Weber. "Tannhaueser.' tho it has
many OF the set melodic scenes of the
older style, shows the beginning OF
the use of defamation instead of
arias that is typical of the fully de-
veloped Wagnerian style.
The plot of the opera is interesting
as showing the fusion Of the pagan
Germanic religion with christianity
Near Eisenach is a mountain known
as the Hoerselberg. Legend has II
that Horsa, the pagan goddess OF
spring. retired to a subterranean cave
in this mountain when the christian
faith dislodged her. She was later
confused with the Greek Venus
In the first act of the opera the
knight, Heinrich Tannhaueser, one OF
the followers OF Venus, sickens OF her
realm and goes back to the outside
world. He returns to the castle of
the Wartburg and enters in a singing
contest, the reward OF which is Eliza.
beth, daughter Of the duke of Thuer-
ingia. The contestants are command
ed to improvise a song describing
love. Wolfram Won Eschenbach does
30. Tannhaueser disagrees with the
knights idealistic conception, and in
the course Of his song reveals the fact
OF his life in the Venusberg. He is
commanded to go to Rome TO seek
the forgiveness OF the pope. In the
last act Elizabeth is seen praying for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
BIG STORE IN
OMAHA GIVES
UP THE GHOST
Over 600 Workers Swell
Ranks of Unemployed

OMAHA, Nebr, Jan. 1.-Burgesc>
Nash company, one of Omaha's larges-
department stores, closed its doors
Saturday night for the last time. Over
900 employees have Joined the ranks of
the unemployed Monday morning. The
manager, T. P. Redmond, goes to the
Brandeis Stores as superintendent, the
Brandeis Stores having bought the
stock and fixtures of the defunct COM
pany.
"Where Do We Go From Here"
After the farewell speech by the
manager the reporter heard the varied
comments of the employees. Many,
especially among the older women,
we're visibly affected. Others took the
closing in matter-of-fact way.
Where do we go from here?"
hummed several girl clerks. ooh
hell" sighed another so loudly that
all within ten feet of her could hear.
The Burgess-Nash store was the
second largest department store in
Omaha, the Brandeis Stores being the
largest. This store had been doing an
apparently fourishing business for
eleven years.
Twenty Years and No Pension.
Over 100 of the discharged en-
ployes had been with the company
since it was organized. Many others
had service ranging from twelve to
twenty-three years in the store, hav-
In worked for previous owners of the
store. Many of those are beyond the
age limit and will fail to find employ
ment at that which they have spent
all of their useful life.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
By Alfred V. Frankenstein

the success of Tannhaueser's pilgrim
age. Tannhaueser returns, and tells
Wolfram that the pope refused his re-
quest. The representative of the god
of love on earth declares it is no more
possible for Tannhaueser to be for.
given than it is for his staff to put
forth leaves.
A funeral procession comes into
view. Elizabeth is dead. Tannhaue-
ser kneels at her coffin and dies. Then
comes a band of pilgrims with the
news that the pope's staff has flow
cred, and Tanunhaueser is forgiven.
Except for the overture and the
march of the second act, it is the last
act which contains the musical hits.
In it occur the world famous lode to
the Evening STAR" the prayer of Eliza
beth and the Pilgrims chorus. The
whole score is brilliant and alive.
There is not a superfluous note. There
are none of the extended, actionless
scenes that occur thruout Wagner's
later work, that are so tedious to the
iullldtCus IL 10 lOi lHlS ItdSOn LHdl
"Tannhaueser" vies with "Lohengrin''
as Wagner's most popular work. And
the very fact that the Chicago Civic
Opera company put it on at all proves
its popularity.
The opera was adequately cast, and
we'll staged. Probably the most effec-
tive work of the afternoon was done
by Joseph Schwartz, who played
Wolfram. He has rich, full baritone
voice, and he can act. To sing the
evening star song in an original way
is feat. He accomplished 1t.
Forrest Lamont seems to be the
companys only Wagnerian tenor. His
voice lacks some OF the heavy quail.
ity Of the ideal Wagnerian tenor, but
his acting makes up for That lack. He
was especially good in the song con.
test scene.
Olga Forrai played and sang Eliza.
beth, who is a sort Of emaciated
saint, with considerably more OF life
than the ordinary.
In fact the only inadequate perform.
lnce was that OF Cyrena Van Gordon
rs Venus. She made the lady a virags
% stay away from And that was sur
prising. for Miss Van Gordon Is one
Of the biggest artists OF the company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
WALES MINERS
ARE REBELLIOUS
AGAINST BOSSES
Young Worker Predicts
Class Civil War
BY A. L. CONRAD.
tFederated Press star Corresponds

Federated Press STAFF Correspondent
CARDIFF, Wales, January 1.-The
coal districts Of Great Britain have
no more important center than this
Welsh district surrounding Cardiff
which employs more than 100000 min
ers. The country is composed OF
great hills and small narrow valleys
and a century ago must have been
picturesque and beautiful, with its
streams and woodlands. Today it is
a black waste, without a vestige OF
green anywhere. The little valleys
are, many of them, almost closed UP
with waste, from the mines, but there
Is always room left for a railroad
track along which constantly roll
trains loaded with coal for the export
trade.
% War MiIIionaires.
During the world war Cardiff pro.
duced 20 brand new millionaires The
houses of the miners perch unsteadily
on the black hillsides, the smoke from
the great chimneys below pouring
over them and in at their narrow
windows.
In the Rhonda valley there are
$4,000 men at work and 10000 unem-
ployed. Most of those still working
are on part time.
In spite of the efforts of the British
conservative party to convince the
workers of this Welsh district that it
is their appointed place in life to Gre
ate wealth for others, there is a
strong rebellious feeling among the
miners. 1t cannot be called revolu.
tionary. Very few of these men have
any plans for altering the system that
has debased them, but they are wax
ing up to the fact that clubhouses
and restaurants and reading rooms
and churches do not compensate them
sufficiently for the hours they spend
underground nor for the miserable
homes they occupy.
Good Position for Defense.
Many of them refer to the strike of
1921, with Lloyd Georges threat to
starve the workers out by preventing
food from coming in. A number of
the secret passages which enabled
the miners to obtain their fuel during
that strike are still guarded by the
workers and have not yet been dis
covered by the authorities and bosses.
One young man pointed to an easily
defended hill with the comment-"a
good place to occupy in the civil war
that's coming"
The Welsh miners in the Cardiff
district are not satisfied with the con
ditions under which they are working
The next strike may take more than
police to suppress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
Distress Among the Miners

The prospects confronting the American working
class during the coming year are decidedly bright
according to a statement made by William Green,
secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers
of America and successor to Sam Gompers as
president of the American Federation of Labor.
Green's statement appeared in the capitalist press
He did not utter a word on the burning question
of unemployment which is raising so much havoc
in the ranks of his own organization.
While the faker Green was spouting his optimism
and verbally bolstering up the capitalist system,
Arley Staples, of Christopher illinois, candidate
for vicepresident of the United Mine Workers of
America in the recent elections against Philip
Murray, busy organizing unemployment coun-
ellis in southern Illinois Staples is a Communist.
On last Sunday a big mass meeting of miners
was held in Christopher, at which it decided
to begin the formation of unemployment councils.
The first one will be organized at SCISSOR, where
the mines have been closed down for one year.
There are two thousand miners idle in Franklin
county alone.
The unemployed miners of southern Illinois have
until now managed to live on their savings and on
the credit extended to them BY shopkeepers. But
they are at the end of their resources and only
collective action prevent the most terrible suf-
fering during the cold season. The reactionary
officials at the head of the Illinois Miners Union
have ignored the unemployment problem. Only
the radicals under the leadership of the Workers
(Communist) Party take the initiative in organ
izing the miners for action.
One of the resolutions adopted by the Chris
topher conference demanded work or compensation,
and pointed out that the government ordered them
to work or fight during the war. The miners are
now determined to fight for themselves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
THE WARSOF THE CAPITALISTS

War! We mean capitalist
wars.
How do capitalist wars hap
pen?
In the first place a capitalist
society lives by robbing work.
ers. Capitalists put workers to
work and give them only a
small share of what they earn.
So workers can buy back only
hat small share. But they pro-
duce very much more.
The capitalists must find
some way of using up all these
surplus goods that remain un-
sold. Otherwise they would
not be worth anything. So
they look around for new Gus
toners.
The capitalists go after ter
ritory where capitalism has not
yet developed. Usually capital
lists Of other countries desire
that same territory for purposes
of exploitation. That brings
about a war.
How do they get a war
started? The schools fall in line
because the capitalists own the
government; the newspapers
fall in line; the priests fall in
line because they own the
churches. All these agencies
start at once preaching against
the enemy country. They say
everything bad about it. They
say we must as decent" fair
minded" people save the people
Of that country. : They say we
must defend democracy. T"
Beautiful clothes to dress up
their lies!
In a capitalist country the
schools, churches and news
papers are used to spread lies.
That is one reason why 1t is 80
hard to get workers to understand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-02
What Sam eOmpers Left.

To the DAILY WORKER: Samuel
Gompers left over $4,000 worth of
property.
He was supposed to represent the
POOR man. He was supposed to see
that we got SQUARE deal.
Many times his decisions were
alleged to be unjust. 1t may be
possible that he acquired some Of his
wealth by selling the workers out.
Anyway, he as a representative of
the workers many times has double
crossed them, and today, we see the
only hope for humanity in the SAlon
of the Soviet Republics, and in the
great Third International Of Mos
COW.
Today, we see people lacking bread,
and others gouging themselves, yet
we can do nothing This is America,
and the motto of our masters, is ito
hell with the laws" Until the
workers wake up and unite, and stop
chasing shadows, they will have the
same things happen as with Gompers,
they will see their labor bosses laying
up big stacks of kale, and the laborers
going hungry, and they will see the
capitalists bribing them, as that is the
way things are put over in, this won
derful land-B. Yorkstone Hogg.
Pafr0nize otlr adverfieape