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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04
Appropriating Mines.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand. New
Zealand Labor Leader H. E. Holland
has introduced into the parliament
coal mines bill for the general control
of the mining industry, to be vested
in a council comprising four govern
ment nominees and four elected by
the union of mine workers. Such coal
mines as the council decides to ap-
propriate will be deemed state mines.
A board of three members represent
ing the government, owners and
unions respectively will be appointed
to assess and purchase. The price of
the mines appropriated will be pay
able in a bond issue with a currency
Of 25 years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04
Try COMPANY Union.

SYDNEY, Australia.-An organiza-
ton known as the Coastal Seamen's
and Firemen's Association was refused
registration as union by the indus
trial registrar Of New South Wales on
the ground that the various ship own.
ers had co-operated with the organiza-
ton to bring II into operation, and
that applicants we're approved by them
before they could be admitted as mem
bers. The evidence given before the
registrar established control over
the union by the employers so that
the organization was not genuinely
representative OF the employees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04
ATHEISTS ORGANIZE TO WRENCH
NATIONS YOUTH FROM GRIP OF
CLERGY THRU JUNIOR ATHEIST BODY

The organized atheists
the according
by Charles Smith
of Atheism this
the Atheist subsidiary
Gap
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04
More Solidarity.

WELLINGTON, New zealand.-The
United Mine Workers Union OF New
Zealand has sent out call to all other
unions in that country for a confer
ence to bring about closer unity in
the trades union movement OF New
Zealand. II is suggested that there
should be a general trade union coun-
ell TO deal with all matters for improv-
ing the status OF the workers. includ.
ing adequate housing facilities, a
weekly minimum wcse OF $3.50. lib.
erzilSetten of tha Tpykexs' sompszsa-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04

Why not a email bundle Of The
DAILY WORKER sent to you regular
~ TO take 10 your trade union nestlng7
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04
Labor Fights in Australia

-tion act, and a 44-hour week. It Is
further suggested that the conference
be held at Wellington on August 2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04

ME have wounded the feelings Of
w some subscribers by our facetious
but well intentioned comment on
Rudolph Valentines death. No doubt.
as one of our readers repeats in agree
ment with our movie critic, Valentino
was "a relief and a way of escape"
but so is needed beer and hasheesh.
One of our principal occupations Is
the de-bunking Of things in general
and If a reader detects little Of the
same commodity in The DAILY
WORKER he or she IS at liberty to
write us about It. Should Charlie
Chaplin happen to die this column will
throw fit Of real regret, not because
Charlie is a social rebel. If he is.
he is quiet hand at keeping It secret.
But there is intelligence in his work.
and purpose, which is more than can
be said for ninety-nine per cent Of
screen actors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04

raise. This happened in Shanghai. The
strikers are lucky that WI Pei En- and
Chang-Tso Lin are not in the vicinity
else their heads would be decorating
a lot Of pixies by now Unless the
Chinese workers and peasants get rid
of their war lords and the foreign inn
perialists before those lads have a
chance of staging a comeback, It
won't be so interesting for them later
on.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04

BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
Hope to Save Man From
 Christmas in a Cell

Boston. Dec. g Pl-Attorneys for David Abbott, Providence, R. l., bus line proprietor who was sentenced to four months imprisonment for disregarding a federal court order to discontinue interstate business, left for Manchester, N. H.. this afternoon to attempt to return Ab- bot to his family for Christmas.
 Judge Lowell, who had pro- nounced the sentence for contempt of court last week, refused to re- consider the case here this morn ing. Judge Anderson declined to sit on the matter because he holds bonds of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, which was the plaintiff in the injunction proceed ings.
 Abbott's attorneys then deter mined to seek a writ of super sedeas from Judge Bingham. New Hampshire justice of the federal circuit court. This writ if obtained would make it possible for Abbott to be admitted to bail pending a hear ing. Abbott's brother committed suicide in Providence about two weeks ago on the day Abbott was to have been sentenced. Mrs. Ab- bolt is soon to become a mother.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
NEW RECORD MADE
 BY POST HANDLERS
Sale of Stamps and Dispatch Of : Parcels at High Figures

Bang! Cr-r-r-ash. Another rec. ord!
 No, it isn't the echo of another Mexican revolution-neither is it q family argument in New Britain.
 It is just Postmaster H. E. Err win and his staff all the way from the assistant postmaster. the super intendent of mails and others down to the janitor. smashing another precedent and breaking another record.
 It is a slow day in the New Brit ain post office which finds an un- broken record.
 So far as is known today there isn't single record for volume, speed. efficiency, esprit de corps, and financial proceeds which hasn't been broken several times this week.
 ''Doh't' he surprised" says Post master Erwin to Assistant Postlnas- ter Edward Hunson, If you see a statement that we broke our record on Monday by selling 75,00o two cent stamps
 T won't be surprised q bit" said Mir. Munson, "because on Tuesday We broke it again and sold S0,o00.'
 Superintendent of Mails James B. Grace, the athletic looking man who keeps himself physically fit by working off surplus avoirdupois by Juggling tons and tons of packages at the parcel post station emerged from under an avalanche of Christ mas presents in time to see another carload disappear on fleet Of trucks and to receive the informa- ton that 125 sacks had just arriv- cd at the station.
 Santa Would Cry Quits
 Parcels" he said. Why Santa Claus himself would have to 'holler' for help if he handled q small part of the packages we get here. There is no such thing as a record here. We began breaking them last week and we expect to keep on breaking them every day until Christmas"
 It's just pep and willingness to
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
Bro0ker's Funeral in
 Ansonia This Afternoon

AnsOnia. Conn, Dec, 23 LP}-.tt- tended by scores of men prominent in business and political circles both in Connecticut and outside it's boundaries, the funeral of Charles F Brooler, chairman of the board of directors of the American Brass Co. was held at 2:S0 o'clock this afternoon at Christ church. Mir. Brooker died in Daytona. Fla, Monday.
 The officiating clergymen at the church were Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster and Bishop Coadiutor E. Campion Acheson of the Episcopal
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
COBB SAYS HE BET 0N BUT TWO GAMES
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scandal of 1919 uncovered in Chi cago a few days ago was said under oath to Commissioner LandiS. Any further statements should come from him."
 Wood returned from Chicago last night, and after getting In touch with Harold F. Woodcock. general manager of the Athletic Association arranged to call upon Mir. Winslow today. The latter after the talk said that the baseball commission would meet and probably it would refer the matter to Prof. c. H. Nettleton, chairman of the board of athletic control. The university is In holi- day recess which does not end until January 4.
 Decline to Comment.
 Coach Wood, declining to talk about the inquiry, saying that there was no sense in going over the matter again." called attention to a portion of the Associated Press des- patch quoting from Commissioner Landis records, a reference to a bet of $500 against $420 being placed and ability to get odds at 5 to 2.
 Said he: If a game had been fixed and was going to be thrown do you think that any bet at any odds. would be turned down."
 Mir. Winslow, after seeing Coach Wood said: There is nothing to say. The baseball committee will meet but I do not know when. II probably will not meet right away for as far as I can see the situation is too much up in the air to dis cuss."
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
City Items

Dr. Edward S. Dray today con- pleted an eight week course in dia- betes given at Montifeore hospital in New York by Columbia university
 James T. Connolly, . student al Catholic university, Washington. D. C., Is spending the Christmas holi- days with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. James Connolly of Chestnut street.
 Henry T. Bray is visiting his mother in this city during the Christmas vacation. He is 8 student at Vermont university and was regu- ular quarterback on the freshman team of the school.
 Miss Viola Markie Of Washington. D. C., Is spending the Christmas holidays with her parents. Mir. and Mrs. H. c. Markie Of 22O Bassett street. Miss Marllie is assistant sec retary to Senator Hiram Bingham.
 A son was born at New Britain General hospital today to Mir. and
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23

enter into the spirit of the game" " says Jack" Meehan, who is doing
 wonderful work, according to the postmaster.
 But. remember this young man." and a United States postal inspector from Washington who arrived unex- pectedly and unannounced as postal inspectors. railway auditors, bank examiners, reporters and other nui- sances are won't to do, added, This office has record breaking crew, but back of it all is record break ing postmaster" Thus even Wash Iington acknowledges the superiority of the New Britain post office. While figures are not available, there seems no doubt that not only the bulk of mail. and the speed in which it is handled each day eclipses that of any previous day in the his- tory of the office, but also the finan- previous day.
 Ask Them to Come In
 There is one little hitch in which the public can help. according to re- ports which drift in from time to time. Special and parcel delivery men who are required to wait for signatures on certain packages are left standing in the cold until people return with the receipt. Not often does anyone ask them to step inside while waiting. ''Of course" said a mail man, i've don't expect to stop and visit or gossip or even hang around, but anyhow the invitation to wait indoors stead O, out would be appreciated"
 Mail men sometimes are taken for something other than their real characters. Many an amusing story is told of a parcel post man who is mistaken for a bill collector and does not get in until his identity is re- vealed.
 At West Main street home yes- terday no one answered the post mans knock. Peering through the window the postman perceived the man of the house hiding behind a chair. At another house no one answered, but a perceptible move ment behind the window curtains revealed tEe presence of a woman. When the mail man started away with his package. she darted out and called him back.
 But" philosophically comments a weary tier carrier It's all in the job" And that's the whole story of the New Britain post office.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
INCOME BLANKS AVAILABLE

Income tax report blanks for 1927 filing op the 1926 income will be available here January 1 for the benefit of those who go to Florida for the winter. according to Stanley A. karpinski, income tax collector. MT. Karpinski was notified today that all collectors in the Hartford district will be supplied by the first of the year.
 Returns must be filed on a com bined income by a married man and his wife of ss3,50o a year, or Sl,500 for single man. Married men are allowed an exemption Of Si00 for each child,
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23

Mrs. Emory Orcutt of 126 Smith street.
 Miss Alice Doyle, student at Bayview Seminary, Providence, l.. l., is spending the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. T. J. Doyle of 229 West Main street.
 Leo J. Waskelewicz, a recent grad uate of the Suffolk Law school in Boston, is home for the holidays He will take the Connecticut Bar examinations next week.
 Martin F. Stempien of Yale Law school is home for the Christmas vacation.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT TO BE HELD AT HARTFORD ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING THE FIRST MON DAY OF JANUARY, X. D., 1927.

The undersigned respectfully peti- tion:
 That an act entitled "An Act In cooperating The Hartford Coke Company" passed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut at it's January Session, 1925, be amended by changing the name of said Company to The Connecticut Coke Company. or some other ap- propriate name, and by authorizing said Company to build a plant in New Haven, Connecticut, for the manufacture of gas and coke and to sell gas to The New Haven Gas Light Company of New Haven, Connecti- cut; and that your petitioners be granted either a further amendment to said act or an independent char, ter providing for the acquisition of a proper right of way and the con- struction of pipe line and neces- sary appliances in connection there with from said plant at New Haven through the towns of New Haven. HdmueIl, NUTlH Meriden, Berlin, New Britain, New inston, and West Hartford to Hart ford. and from New Haven through the towns of New Haven. Orange, Milford and Stratford to Bridgeport, for the purpose of transporting and conducting gas manufactured at said plant in the town of New Haven and selling the same only to public service corporations authorized to furnish gas for domestic, public or other uses in said territory through which said pipe lines may be con- structed.
 And your petitioners will ever pray etc.
 Dated at Hartford. Connecticut, this ,22nd day of December, 1926.
 F. F. EYSENBACH
 EDWARD M. DAY
 JOSEPH r. BERRY HUGH r. SMITH
 JOHN s. BROOkES. JR.
 CLARENCE S. BLAKESLEE
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
Conn. Breweries Is No
 Longer Held by Receiver

Bridgeport, Dec. 2S.---A four and one-half years receivership of the Connecticut Breweries of this city was ordered terRinated today and the assets returned to the directors of the company by Judge John w. Banks in the superior court today. The judges decision is against the plea of a group of minority stock holders of the organization who sought to have the assets of the company, totalling about s130,000 of which s75.000 is in real estate. sold to the highest bidder and the pro- ceeds divided among the stock holders.
 In making his decision Judge Banks stated that brewery Is a hard piece of property to dispose of.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
KILLED DEFENDING WIFE
Chicago Man Slain by Bandits-22 Robberies Reported Within 12 Hours in Windy City.

Chicago, Dec. 2S tF1 The 22d robbery reported to the police with in 12 hours resulted in the shoot ing to death at midnight of Robert Levy, 25, d delicatessen proprietor, who. unmindful Of a pistol aimed at him. dashed to the rescue of his wife when she was menaced by one of two negroes who had robbed him.
 Mrs. Levy was telephoning in the rear of tho. store when the negroes quietly robbed her husband of S4. One heard her voice and started toward her. while the other mo- mentarily held Levy at bay. AS Levy leaped to his wife's assistance he was shot twice in the back, dy- ing instantly.
 Mrs. Levy pursued the robbers to the street but they escaped.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
M'DERM0TT CLAIMS
 HE WAS FRAMED UP
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He denied that he became acquaint- cd with Eudner and Nadel when all three were in Atlanta peniten- tiary.
 Attorney F. l.. Mills. defense counsel. asked McDermott several questions about his alleged conver- sations with Prosecutor c. E. Me Clintoch after his surrender. All of the questions were objected to by the state and the objections were sustained
 The questions asked McDermott included queries about alleged of- fers of money and immunity to McDermott if he would testify against Rudner and Louis Mazer, indicted jointly with McDermott.
 McDermott said on cross ss-exami- nation that he did not ride from Massillon to Canton with Mazer on the night of July 9, but that he came to Canton alone on an inter- urban car and Kascholk came later.
 He said he changed his name when he returned to Cleveland from Canton because he was afraid he would "gct mixed up" in the case9in that he had warned Mel lett"
 Twice carly in the cross-examina- tion, Judge Diehl was forced to reprimand McDermott for retorts to McChntock. McClintock's as sistants implored him to move away from his position close to the witness stand. McClintock moved back. but soon was at McDermotts s side. punctuating his questions by thumps on the wooden witness box Defense Attorney Durand leaped to his feet and protested the prose- cutor's methods" Judge Diehl in- terjected with:
 Peace. gentlemen" McClintock resumed his seat.
 McDermott declared: i've been framed"
 Do you mean that Bitzler and Kascholk and the others framed you?" McClintock asked
 Says He Was Framed
 Exactly" MeDermott shouted. leaning across the rail of the wit ness box.
 McDermott refused to divulgo the names of some of those who helped to hide him in Cleveland but admitted Ben Nadel and Dan Pfaff were among them.
 Why don't you want to tell. Pat?" Mills interrupted.
 I'm no rat McDermott re- piled. He steadily refused to tell any names other than those of Nadel and Pfaff.
 The prosecution asked that Me Dermott be held in contempt of court. The court did not rule on the request.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
Falcons New Year Party
 To Be Held January 2

At I meeting of the board Of di- rcctOrs of the Falcons Nest No. SS it was voted unanimo lsly to hold the annual New Years party on Sunday, January ?, at the Falcons hall The party will commence at o'clock in the afternoon and will last until late in the evening.
 A committee of President Karpin- ski. B. A. Grzyhowski. s. Wojtusik s. Smarkus. s. Cendrowski and Fr. Barszcz, was elected to make prep arations for the party. Dr. Roman Lekston will be the speaker.
 The committee will meet tonight at the Falcons hall at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
CASE IS DISMISSED

Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. g tP'- The case of Mr. and Mrs. W. 1T. Bennett, Of Rome, Ga, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in criminal court here a year ago and scn- fenced to ten years in the state penitentiary in connection with the disappearance in 1915 of Miss Au- gusta Hoffman, aunt of Bennett, was dismissed here today. Motion
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
COULDN'T BRIGHTEN HIM
Held Up With Own Gun, Boston Man Disrcgards Warning for He Knew It Wasn't Loaded.

Boston, Dec. 23 LP> Floyd H. Gutman refused to be. held up with his own rife today when two men took it away from him and de manded his money. Gutman knew that the weapon was not loaded and when he shouted for help the pair fled. Harold Taylor was cap tured and charged with larceny of the rifle.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23

10 dismiss was made by Attorney General John Lively when the case was called again after having been rcmanded for new trial by the supreme court. The attorney gen.
 eral said the state had no material evidence other than that introduced
 at the first trial.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23

corner of Main and Commercial. streets about II o'clock this fore. noon and the police sent him tt New Britain General hospital. It is expected he will be able to leave shortly
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
Fire Sweeps Through
 White SoX Ball Park

Chicago. Dec. 25 LPi Work of increasing the seating capacity of Coniskey park, home of the Chi caso White So&, to 6o.Q00, was hampered today by fire which swept through the right field tleachers and destroyed part of the wood framework used for holding concrete. Secretary Harry Ora biner said that the damage was small and would not delay the work enough 10 prevent completion for the opening game next season.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23

diocese Of Connecticut. Rev. Dr. George A. Barrow. rector of Christ church, and Rev ]. C. LinsIey of Torrington. Burial will be in the family plot in Torringion tomor- row morning.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23
TO THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF HARTFORD, OR HIS DEPUTY, GREETINGS:

TO THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF HARTFORD, OR HIS DEPUTY. GREETINGS:
 By AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT you are hereby commanded to summon the parties adversely interested In the foregoing petition of Ernest E. Eysenbach, Edward M. Day. Joseph r. Berry, Hugh r. Smith, John S. Brookes. Jr., and Clarence s. Blakeslee to appear | before the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut at its session to be held at Hartford on the first Wednesday following the first Mon- day of January, A. D. 1927, on the second day of said session, then and there to show cause, if any they have. why the prayer of the fore going petition should not be granted. Hereo1 fail not but due service and return make.
 Dater at Hartford. Connecticut, this 22nd day of December, 1926.
 James w. Carpenter,
 COMMISSIONER OF THE
 SUPERIOR COURT. State of SS Hartford.
 Connecticut, December 22, County of Hartford 1926.
 It appearing to and being found by the Subscribing authority that the foregoing petition of Ernest l.. Eysenbach, Edward M. Day, Joseph r. Berry. Hugh F.. smith, John & Brookes, Jr, and Clarence S. Blakeslee is of an adverse nature, and the adverse parties consist of more than twenty individuals, it is therefore
 ORDERED: that notice of the pendency of the foregoing petition be given by publication of said peti- ton and the foregoing citation once in daily newspapers published In the city of New Haven, in the city of Bridgeport, in the city of Meriden, In the city of New Britain and in the city of Hartford. on or before the 24th day of December, 1926.
 Leonard J. Nickerson,
 A JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
New Britain herald., 1926-12-23

TAKEN ILL ON STREET
 John Mushinski, aged 75. of Prov .dence, R. l., was taken ill at the
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
DEFENDS BOXING
Hep, Magrcgor Plays Mcthodists Who Would Not Permit Lcgalizcd Matches in District of Columbia.

Washington, April 6 tPl--An at tack by the Board Of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal church on bill to legallze boxing in the District of Columbia, brought sharp retort to- day from it's author, Reprcsentath c Magregor, republican, New York. As serting that boxing was endorsed by mayors of cities where it was legal ized and had proved beneficial sport in the army and navy, he de- clared that if some of these public moralists would look after their own (morals) for awhile, they would not have so much time 10 look after the other fellows.
 "I would be willing" he said Ito stack the general morality Of n crowd of men interested In a good boxing match against the morals of an equal number of the members Of the organization that is afraid Q man should be q man."
 The Methodist board has been con- ducting a campaign against boxing for some time,