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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-27
Mexico MOVES
AGAINST TRADE
WAR BY Church
Catholic Society Heads
Are Arrested
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
MEXICO CITY, July rs. = DeeIar-
ing the economic boycott being agl-
tated by catholics in Mexico as danger.
Gus to the security Of the state, Mex
lean authorities have closed the offices
of two catholic leagues and arrested
their officers.
Society Leader Taken.
The organizations proceeded against
are the League for Religious De-
Tense" and the catholic Young Mems
association. In addition to the officers
of both these groups and a number of
members, Sonora Lascurain de Silva,
socially prominent and wealthy Presi.
dent of the women's section of the
former organization was taken into
custody.
The action of the authorities was
precipitated by the printing and dis
tributing of leaflet urging all cath
olics to use every possible means after
July 81 to make effective a boycott,
consisting of the complete paralyzing
of the social and economic life of the
nation"
New School Decree.
President Gales has issued decree
regulating teaching in private schools.
All instruction in private schools must
hereafter be given by lay teachers.
All schools are to be strictly under
state vigilance in matters of hygiene
and educational program.
A report that all churches would be
closed after July 31st has caused
thousands of catholic mothers to
scurry with their children to cathe-
drals and churches for baptism and
confirmation.
Munde!eia Does His BIT.
Chicago catholic church goers
yesterday listened to episcopal letter
from George Cardinal Mundelein ask
ing them to observe the feast of est
Peter in chains" as day of prayer for
the relief of the catholic church in
Mexico
1--WE are rather unfortunate" the
letter reads, Gin having at our south
ern border government, not content
with its attack on American interests,
is now engaged in attempting to
stamp out religion in general and the
inherited catholic faith in particular"
Similar propaganda is being sent out
to the parishes in every archdiocese
in the country.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
JUDGE Lands
VISITS GRAND
CANYON TODAY
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

WILLIAMS, Jan. 5. BasebalPs
czar, Judge K. M Landis today bowed
at the shrine of one of the nations
most glorious natural spectacles,
when in company with President Will
liam Veecl1 of the Chicago Cubs and
Mrs. Lands, he. visited Grand Can
yon.
Insisting on enjoying every phase
of his trip the venerable leader of
the baseball world made the excur-
sion to the bottom of the gorge on
mule and had a great time, he
said. He and Mrs. Landis together
with President Veecll intend to stay
here for several days. 1t is not
known whether the former jurist will
go to Tucson and meet the special
train carrying baseball notables there
on January II or continue on to Los
Angeles.
He is scheduled to preside at the
National Association of Minor Base
ball leagues meeting on Catalina Is.
land January IA.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
Man Reported Dead Is
Alive and Well Here

Every so often, an individual who
is supposed to be dead and buried
appears somewhere in life's game
alive and happy.
Edward d. Walker of Tulsa, Okla,
a linotype operator. who was re-
ported on press wires to have frozen
to death last week in New Mexico
came into Douglas hale and healthy
on Monday after being termed
rdead.'
with W.. G. mick Carter, an
other printer, walker was motoring
toward this city when their car
became emeshed in a snow drift on
a New Mexico highway Walker re-
mained with the stalled machine
while Carter came to this city for
help. A telegram was dispatched
telling of the plight Of the men and
if is believed that it, was miscon-
strued thus leading to the belief
that Walker was no longer an in
habitant of this sphere.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
(By Dispatch A. p. Wire)

PHOENIX, Jan. 5.-The final plea
for the life of rWHlliam A. Lawrence
of Muskogee, Okla, who is doomed
to die on the gallows at the state
prison Friday, will be made in the
morning at. a public hearing before
the state board of pardons and par
oles.
Petitions bearing approximately
5000 signatures will be presented to
the board asking that the death PEN
atty be commuted to one of life inn
prisonment. Mrs. Lucy Lawrence,
aged mother of the condemned man,
and his constant companion during
the trial, also is expected to make a
plea to the board to spare the life
of her son,
Representatives of the Maricopa
county attorneys office will be pres
ent to resist the plea for commuta-
tion of sentence.
Lawrence was sentenced to be
hanged for the Staying Of Policeman
Haze Burch of Phoenix last Febru-
airy. The state supreme court up
held the Judgment of the lower court
and recently the United States SUI
preme court refused to review the
case.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
A Talk With A Douglas Man
Mr.. Beene Tells Something of In
terest to Douglas Folks.

There's nothing more convincing
than the statement of someone you
know and have confidence in. That's
why this talk with Mr.. Beene of
18th street, should be mighty help
full here in Douglas.
T.. G. Beene, prop. rooming house.
$50 18th street, Douglas, says: my
kidneys became weak and acted ir-
regularly. Mornings when getting up,
my back was lame and achy and If
1 stopped, a catch of pain took me
andnI could hardly straighten. A box
of Doans Pills did me a world of
good They flushed my kidneys,
my back and relieved it
of lameness and distress
Mr.. Beene is only one Of many
Douglas people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Pills. If your back
your kidneys bother you,
don't simply ask for kidney rem
edy-ask distinctly for DOANS
PILLS, the same that Mr. Beene had
the remedy backed by home testi-
mony. go cents at all dealers. Fos-
Co, Mfrs, Buffalo. N. Y.
when Your Back is Lame Remem-
Der the Name."--Adv.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
HUNTER
LASSOES TWO
YOUNG LIONS
(By Dispatch A p. wire1

PHOENIX, Jan. Sleeve Miller,
state hunter working under the di-
rection 70 the United States bureau
of biological survey, lassoed two
half-grown mountain lions after hav-
ing killed the mother, according to
a report made today by M e. Mus
grave, in charge of the bureaus
work in Arizona in the control pre-
datory animals.
The kill and capture was made
last week north of Clifton. The
young lions will be shipped to the
Kansas City geological gardens for
exhibition purposes.
Four lions were killed last week
by Manuel Gasman. another state
hunter working with the bureau.
Gasman was operating north of
Phoenix, near the headwaters of the
Cave and Lime creeks and close
to the summer camping grounds at
Camp creek. Gasman got one large
male, two good sized females and
a yearling.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
Agriculture Unable to
Stand Higher Rates On
Freight, Grimes States
1Rx Dispatch A. P. Mirel

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 5.-Far from
recovering from the period of de-
flation following thewar, agriculture
is not in condition to have increased
freight rates ssaddled upon it, w. E.
Grimes professor of agricultural
economics of Kansas State Agricul-
tural college testified today at the
Interstate commerce commission
freight rate hearing,
Professor Grimes testimony was a
part Of a general attack on the pro-
posal of western railroads to increase
freight rates five per cent. Econo-
mists and rate experts, testifying for
opponents of the increase, declared
the plan would take millions of dol
lars in additional revenue from the
pockets of the western farmer.
Professor Grimes saw no immedi-
ate prospect for relief for the agri
cultural industry,
The farmers have had but one
good crop in the last four years, the
economist declared, and that was in
1924.
'The years from 1920 to 1923 were
had and it will require several years
for the farmer to overcome the re-
verses suffered in those years Also
the period since the war has not
been long enough for the farmer to
readjust himself"
Under cross examination of Ken
meth F. Burgess, general solicitor fol
the Burlington railroad, Professor
Grimes declared that prospects in
THE cattle industry were anything
but rosy"
He admitted, however, that cattle
men were on the upward trend
R. NJ Green, farm economist, also
Of the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege, declared wheat speculation'
largely responsible for the advance
in wheat prices.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
PRINCE ADMITS
His PART In
COUNTERFE FEITINC
(Ry Dispatch A. r. wire)

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. s.
Prince Ludwig Windisch- Graetz has
made full confession of the vast
counterfeiting plot, involving thirty
million 1000 franc notes, the police
assert, duplicating number of the
prominent persons of Hungary. In
consequence of this confession, the
state attorney ordered large force
of detectives TO arrest all those
mentioned
Police President Nadossy, who is
on unlimited leave of absence" is
reported to have already been ar
rested, and the arrest of the war
minister, Count CHARLES De Czaky,
is said to be imminent.
Several persons of minor import
ance implicated in some way in the
huge criminal scheme have been ar
rested. They include an army cap
tain, member of the clergy and
various workmen. The detectives now
are concentrating their efforts on
what became of the spurious notes
known to have been printed.
Prince Windisch-G -Graetz occupies
the cell from which emerged ten
minutes previously the former min
lister Of the interior Edmund Beni-
czky, imprisoned because he had ac-
cused Admiral Horthy, the regent,
of ordering the murder of two news
paper men.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
FINAL PLEA TO
SAVE LAWRENCE
COMES UP TODAY
cBy Dispatch A. P. wire,


PHOENIX, Jan. 5.--The final fight
for the life Of william A. Lawrence
of Muskogee, OKLA, who is under
sentence to be hanged Friday, was
started today vixen a petition was
presented to the state board of
pardons and paroles asking that the
death penalty be changed to one of
life imprisonment
Lawrence, convicted slayer of Po-
liceman Haze Burch, of Phoenix, will
be hanged at the state prison at
Florence at 5 O'Clock Friday morn
ing unless a commutation of his
sentence is granted. The petition
presented today contained approxi-
mately 5000 names. Mrs. Lucy Law
renee, aged mother of the con-
demned man, appeared before the
board and asserted that if more time
had been given in which to circulate
the petition nearly everyone in Phoe-
nix would have signed it.
The hearing of the board on the
request for Communication of sentence
will be resumed in the morning. To-
day the board heard Mrs. Lawrence,
who made a plea for the life of her
son, and of Attorney L. C. McNabb,
who asked that the board commute
the sentence to one of life imprison-
ment. He announced that num-
Der of other witnesses would appear
tomorrow asking that the life of Law
renee be spared.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
DRUNKEN N. Y. POLICEMAN
KILLS MAN IN STATION

NEW YORK, JAM 5.-In front of
the lieutenant's desk in a Brooklyn
police station today Policeman John
j. Brennan whipped out his service
revolver and shot Samuel Kraniof,
a glazier, who had gone to the sta
tionto complain against Brennan.
Kraniof was taken to a hospital
where he later died. The policeman
Vas arrested and a physician re-
ported him as intoxicated Brennan
went into the GLACIERS store at noon
today and demanded 50. Refused it,
he hit the glazier on the head with
his police club 1t was of this that
Kraniof had Zone to the station house
to complain when he was shot.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
FANATICS FLOC
FRENCH PRIEST
CBy Dispatch A. r. wirel


BOIBON, Department of Seine-Et-
Marne, France, Jan. 5.-7Marie Mesmin
a janitress of Bordeaux, who in 1904
founded the fanatical "Order of Our
Lady of Tears" has been judicially
summoned to appear before the local
authorities who are investigating a
mysterious attack on Abbe Des Noy-
ers, the parish priest at. Bombon.
The attack on rather Des Noeyrs,
who was scourged with cords by
members of the fanatical order, saw
ors of the dark ages.
Bombon, a village near Meuln, was
the seat of Marshal Foch's headquar-
ters at one time during the war. To
this town, intent on expelling from
the body of Father Des Meyers, the
spirit of evil which possessed it,.
came a dozen persons from Bordeaux,
some of them aged women. They
invaded the priests sacristy stripped
and gagged him and proceeded to
scourge him. The priest was left in
such serious condition that doctors
say he will be unable to resume his
ministry for at least a month";
The prosecutors first impulse on
hearing the story told by the mem-
bers of the "Order of Our Lady Of
Tears was to pack all concerned off
to a mad house, but he ended by re-
leasing ten women and keeping in
custody Albert Froger, a bookkeeper
and Maurice Lourdan, son of a veal
thy farmer who had become a street
sweeper to mortify his PRIDE
It is alleged that Father Des Noy-
ers himself was a member of the
sect, and that many sick persons
came to him to have evil spirits ex-
orcised in accordance with medieval
procedure.
1t is believed that Marie Mesmin
will be charged with being the insti-
gator of the attack, since all the par
ticipants were her followers and re-
ferred to her as "our saint" Today
she claimed that Father Des Meyers
was casting a spell over her.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
DOUGLAS DISPATCH WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY
TO BE
PRESENTED BY
San CARLO CO.

The circus is coning
Do you remember the old cry
when, down the street came the blare
of the brass bands, then the first OF
the elephants, the gilded wagons
and the clowns? In those days, a
generation ago almost, the circus
was the great American institution.
Now the cry is:
Grand opera is coming!"
Not with the same blare of brass,
without the animals and the clowns,
but with songbirds from all corners
OF the earth, more wonderful than
even the promises of the circus
barkers of other days. Grand opera
is now the American institution.
the entertainment for everyone
1t has taken years and hard work
to place grand opera on the national
plane which it deserved and eventu-
ally won, and it was the work of
Fortune Gallo and his noted San Car
10 Grand Opera company which led
the fight for national appreciation
and recognition of the beauties OF
opera. Today, with his company Wis
iting more than $50 cities in the
United States and Canada, with an
artistic personnel greater than ever
Travelled with a circus, and with a
special train which makes the old
circus train look like an antique, a
relic of the past, the San Carlo
stands alone, as the medium of the
message of music to the great Amer
lean public.
Were grand opera handled in the
circus manner-Gallo surely coulo
have his "ballyhoo" men cry the
praises of the singers They could
tell of the artists gathered from
the four corners of the world" for
about every country is represented
in the San Carlo lineup. There is
Japan, there is South Africa, there
is of course, Italy, France, Germany,
Switzerland, even the Scandinavian
countries, the Balkan states and oth-
er unusual places, from which have
come the artists to sing for the
American public, as members of the
San Carlo organization.
And, just as there usually was
grand American finale" to the cir
Gus performance, with mucn flagwav--
ing and playing of national military
airs, so America has a strong repre-
sentation in the Gallo company with
almost so per cent of the artists be-
ing native born.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
BODY OF RANCHER SLAIN IN
MExTCO NAV RE RETTIRNED

Ell PASO, Tex, Jan. 5.-Negotia-
tions are in progress for bringing
the body of George Ell1ins, prominent
New Mexico ,ranchman and agent
of the War finance corporation, who
was found shot to death in the
mountain wilds of Mexico, about SO
miles below Columbus, N. M. to the
United States, it was learned today.
The bare news that he had been
found shot to death is the only
word. concerning the mountain trag-
edy that has trickled across the bor-
der. The cryptic message telling of
his death failed even to specify the
incidents It is generally accepted
that Ell<ins met death at the hands
of Indian marauders, who have been
committing depredations in the rug
ged below Colubus. :.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
WITNESS IN U. s. GRAND
JURY INQUIRY INJURED

PoNCA CITY, OKLA, Jan. 5.--Henry
Cornett and William Lucas, both wit
nesses in the federal grand jury in
vestigation of the Usage murder
mystery, were injured last night in
a fight at farm house near Fair
fax, it was announced today by Of
ficers after the finding of both men
in a highway near the house.
At first officers Thought the men
might have been attacked by persons
who wished to keep them from ap-
pearing before the grand jury. After
investigation, however, officers said
the affair appeared to be an ordi-
nary row.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
INHERITANCE TAXES FOR
HALF WEAR

PHOENIX, Jan. 5.-The collection
of inheritance taxes for the first
six months of the present fiscal year
ending June 80, 1925, total $94,522.2S
according to a report issued today
by Vernon S. Wright, state treasur-
er and Neri Osborn, Jr., state inher-
itance tax collector. 1t is estimated
by the officials that the focal col
lections of Inheritance taxes for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1926, will
total about 100000. The total col
lections for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1925, were about $4,000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
PARrsrANs FLEE HOMES

PARIS, Jan. 5.-Parisians and the
people of the suburbs residing for a
mile on either side of the Seine rel
ttired tonight filled with anxiety lest
they be driven out by the rising
walters before morning. The Of
ficial announcement that the highest
crest of the muddy wave threaten
ing Paris from the north and east
will not be reached until tomorrow
and the incessant rains have caused
the population the greatest pertur-
bation since the present foundations
began.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
THREE KILLED, MANY
III URT IN EXPLOSION
OF OIL co. b A r G E
(By pispatcn A. 2. w1rel

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. 5.-An
explosion of the Gulf Refining COM
pany barge Gulf Sprite" here late
today resulted in the death of three
members of the crew and the in
jury of several others.
The dead:
Thomas Andrews, 81, engineer.
Howard Johnson, 20, ciler.
L. Davis, S2, engineer.
The injured included Captain
Harry Hanson, of the barge, severely
burned.
Clayton Vogel. superintendent Of
the Gulf Refining company plant,
bruised and burned.
The explosion followed a flare
back which occurred during an at
tempt to ignite the furnace fire with
a blow torch used for that purpose.
The three dead men were in the en-
gine room at the time of the explosion
and were burneo to death.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
PRINCE OF WALES GIVEN
HONORARY MEDICAL TITI

LONDON, an. 5.--The Prince of
practice medicine. midwifery and
surgery" when he was Invested at
York House with the unique distinc-
tion of an honorary diploma of the
Ancient and Honorable Society of
He is the only hon
orary member. The diploma was en-
closed in handsomely designed cas-
ket of Shagreen and silver.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06

NCOnIlllu6U HAOIu 16S OANS/
with $1.75 to pay for the stolen
fowl. The owner had not changed
his mind however and still refused
to sell the bird which in reality
had already been stolen and prob
ably eaten.
So Lange was brought into court
and there under questioning intimat-
ed that he had not stolen the bird
but that he had offered to pay for
it. This proved quite a puzzle, for
what man will offer to pay for
anything which he has not in his
possession?
Anyway, the court did not care
Ito unravel this issue and the man
with such an overwhelming appetite
for New Years chicken is spending
five days far away from his neigh
boris coop.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
RABIES BORN IN TAx1CABs

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Two mothers
gave birth to daughters today in
taxicabs while being rushed to hospi-
tails. They are Mrs. John Cherner
and Mrs. Jospeh Blank Both mothers
and daughters were reported as
doing well tonight.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
OLD AGE PENSIONS

LONDON, Jan. 5.--One of the out
standing SOCIAL Performs brought
about by the Baldwin government,
the extension of old age pensions
to include also pensions for widows
and orphans, came into operation to-
day when the first pensions became
payable under the new law.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06

Presbyterian ladies will serve
luncheon, Thursday in the church
annex from 12 to 1880 p. m. Price
SO cents.-Adv.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06

Dispatch Want Acy 1sring Quick
Results
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-06
Negro Who Stole Chicken
Gets 5 Days in Jail

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BOWDoIN COLLEGE

1t was announced Tuesday at
Bowdoin college that President Stills
has invited representatives of the
other three Maine colleges to meet
here next Saturday morning for an
informal conference on matters of
mutual interest. Each of the four
colleges will be represented by its
PRESIDENT and a member of tn faculty.
Colby will be represented by President
Roberts and Professor Parmenter,
Bates by President Gray and Profess
sor Mcdonald. University of Maine
by Acting President Boardman and
Dean Hart, and Bowdoin by Presi-
dent Sills and Dean Nixon. The con-
ference will begin at II A. M. At
noon President and Mrs. Stills will
entertain the representatives of the
other colleges at luncheon. This will
be the third time in the eight years
that President Stills has been at the
head of Bowdoin that the presidents
of all four Maine colleges have been
together on any occasion. The ques-
tons to be discussed will be such
things as the relation of the colleges
to the preparatory schools, the value
of intercollegiate student conferences,
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HARTLAND

At the K. Of P. hall. on Friday
evening, the Pythian Sisters OF
Anoka Temple presented the play,
"The Rag Doll Party to full
house. The cast included the follow
ing: Bertha Hazeltine, Elsie Weber,
Beatrice Hunt, Beulah Rove. Bertha
Parker, Mable Brooks, Sadie Drawn,
Fidelia. Gowen, Carrie Seekins, Mar
jorie Parker, Margaret Braley, Maud
Southards, Helen, Wheeler and Jen-
ME Nichols. After the entertain
ment, refreshments were served and
a social and a very good time was
reported by all.
Several members of Sebastieooi;
lodge. K OF r., went to st, Adams,
Friday, to attend the funeral of the
late Herbert Cole Of which the de-
ceased was O member.
Mrs. Lena Sweet passed the day
in Pittsfeld attending to matters OF
business.
Winston Norcross passed the week
end with his parents. DIR. and Mrs.
G. z. Norcross, from his studies at
Colby College.
Thomas Thomas, agent for the
American WOODEN Co.. returned from
Boston. Sunday, where he has been
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Countess Cathcart's
Play Presented in
WASHINGTON. London

washington, March 16.--(AP) ~
Ashes of Love-" the Countess of
Cathcart's play, based on her South
African elopement, with the Earl of
craven. was presented simultaneous
~ last night in London, and Wash
ington, censored in London but, so
far as can be learned, untouched by
the blue pencil here. where the eff
Tort to bar the countess because of
moral turpitude" originated.
London dispatches said the play.
rewritten to prevent reflection upon
the Earl, moved the audience to
laughter in the midst of scenes sup
posed to, be- serious; the unexpur-
gated version here with the countess
leading the cast, prompted one news
paper critic to say that "as drama.
1t was just so much talk, and the,,
more talk" Distinguished Wash
lngtonians, members of the diplo-
matte and Congressional sets. view
ed the play but their reactions to
1t We're not divulged.
The audience here experienced the
novelty of listening to plea from
the stage that it and the critics be
KIND to the play and its star. The
plea was made by George Vivian,
the director, after the newspapermen n,
at first advised that they could not
see the show, were admitted when
one of them suggested that a court
suit might be resorted to. The play,
Vivian explained, was intended to
be more narrative than drama and
he suggested that common hospital
lty toward the countess was to be
expected of the audience.