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Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
WILL ASSIST WITH
 INCOME TAXES
Deputy Collector Wilson Will Be At Municipal Building
 Feb. 23-27
Exemptions Raised For Both Single
 and Married Persons


 
 Leon T. Wilson. a United States Deputy Collector of Internal Reye- nue. has been assigned to this city from February 23 to 27. inclusive, for the purpose of Assisting the gen. eral public in making their income tax returns for the year 1925 Deputy Wilson will be at the Council Cham Der, Municipal Building, the same as last year No charge will be made for this service. The matter of fil- ing your income tax returns should be given your immediate attention. in order to avoid penalty and interest
 Deputy Wilson has also been as signed from March to March l5, in- elusive. at Willimantie
 Form i040A is the only one releas- ed by the government at present. which is the form used for net income of not over 5000 received from salaries, etc.
 Changes In Instructions
 Under the heading Liability for Filing Return single person hay ing a net income of Sl .50o instead of Sf.00O, or married person having net income of $3.5o0 instead of S2.- 300 must file return.
 Under the heading Personal Ex- emptions and Credits" a single person is allowed an exemption of St.500 instead of S1.000, and head of a family or married person is allowed an exemption of S3.500 instead of S2.500. Where a head of a family l. married during the taxable year the exemption shall not exceed S3.5o0 instead Of S2,500.
 The tux on the income reported OF line l4 on the face of the return must be computed al the rate of one and one-half per cent instead of two per cent
 All other instructions printed on Form l040A must be observed
 Form i040 should be used If the income IS more than 5000, or Is de- rived from trade or business, in cluding farming.
 Your return for the calendar year 1925 shall be filed not later than March 15. 1926, with the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district in which you reside or have your prin- cipai place of business.
 A penalty of not more than SlO,- 900 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and in addi- ton, 25 per cent of the amount of the tax. is imposed by the statute for willful failure to make return on time,
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
MARRIED FIFTY-SIX YEARS
Friends of Mir and Mrs John Lepire
 Surprise Them

Many friends of Mir. and Mrs. John B. Lepire pleasantly surprised them with call. Monday evening. it be. ing their fifty-sixth wedding anniver. sary. During the evening there was dancing, a radio concert. singing and cards. Mir and Mrs. Lepire pleased their friends by singing two duets Many gifts were bestowed on the venerable couple and refreshments were served.
 Mir. Lepire many years an esteemed citizen of Putnam, is a veteran of the Civil War He is nearly 70 years of age. Both Mir. and Mrs. Lepire are in good health. their ages considered, and thoroughly enjoyed the evening The guests were given souvenirs of the occasion and at late hour left for home after wishing the honored guests of the evening continued life and health and hoped to be with them another years observance.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
BODY OF EUGENE YOUNG
 FOUND IN UNION BARN

Eugene Young. 8, for the past fifteen years a resident of Union, com mitted suicide. Thursday. by hanging himself to beam in the barn. The body was found suspended from the beam about noon by a grandson Harry Hathaway.
 The only reason assigned for Mir. Young's act is that a son, Henry E. Young. died several months ago. since which time the father has seemed very
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
C. A. C. CHECKER CHAMPS

The Canadian Athletic Club won the championship checker match from the Putnam Checker Club. The score was t2 to II with five draws. In the final match the C. A. C. had only their own members taking part in the con- test, and some of the players have only been at the game for a year. Mr La doueer starred for C. A. C. with four games to his credit.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
DR. USHER SPEAKS
Has Had Varied Experiences In For.
 eign Lands


 The speaker at the third of the se- ries of Nine Friendly Evenings at the Congregational church next Sunday evening will be Clarence D. Ussher, NJ. D.. of Worcester. Dr. Ussher is a native of Illinois, praeticed medicine for two years in Kansas City. Mo, and was sent to Turkey in 1898 as medi- cal missionary from the First COngre- gational church of Springfield. Mass. After serving a year and half at Harpoot he was transferred to Van, where he married a Connecticut girl, Il daughter of Rev John Otis Barrows Mrs. Ussher laid down her life in Red Cross work there during the war, and Dr. Ussher was invalided home. be- ing carried for nine days on a litter
 In 1919 he headed Unit No. of the A. (. R. N F. Red Cross to the Cau- easns and the same year he was sent as a special delegate to the Peace Con ference in Paris He worked in the Caucasus under the Near East Relief in the midst Of danger from the Bol- sheviki when official appeintees had fled for safety, and finally returned to this country in such poor health that he was unable to return. He is now practicing medicine in Worcester and is in constant demand as a speaker on the Near East situation.
 The story which he will tell on Sun day evening is of his most critical ex. perience when a fanatical young Turk Governor General invited him to his house to give him a chance to accept Islam tthe Mohammedan faith) be- fore being deported.
 The public is cordially invited to this address. There will be no admis- sion nor collection.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19

kicked the block over thereby stranel. ing to death.
 No reason can be assigned for Mir. Parsons act The mill of which he was the popular head. was In receipt of orders and the outlook for the future seemed bright. The mill clos. ed down upon receipt of the news of its owners tragic death and the em- ployes stood about in groups discuss ing the sad affair during the morning hours. The whole life of the villag, eentered about the mill and its own CT was idolized by the workers
 Misses Grace and Mary Parsons were the only others in the house. Mrs. Parsons, mother of the dead man and Miss Anna Perry. an aunt. being in Florida for the winter. They were notified of the death by telegraph.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
CAPTAIN LIVINGsToN's
 TEAM VICTORIOUS

Thompson There is local interest in the fact that the Williams College wrestling team went to New York last week and secured two victories, one over Columbia on Friday and another on Saturday over Brooklyn Polytechnic The captain of the Will Hams team is Putnam Livingston of Thompson. He wrestled in the l5s- pound class and on both occasions threw his opponent.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
MISS RITCH HAS PART
 IN FILLMORE MUSICALE

An interesting item gleaned from the New York papers is that Miss Mabel Ritch of Woodstock has a prominent place on the program of the Biltmore Friday Morning Musi- cale. today. Feb. 10.
 With Althaus and other celebrities from the Metropolitan Opera. Miss Ritch, whose many friends in the vicinity have long been interested in her musical attainments. will give. on this occasion. an operatic program. largely selections from Italian opera
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
GRANDSON OF HIRAM
 GRANT MARRIEs

Announcement is made of the ma E. riage in Fairfield of Grant Elliott Gay and Miss Marie Louise Lyon. Fri day, February 12. MT. Gay is 9 grandson of the late Hiram Grant who for many years lived on School street opposite the Israel Putnam school. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Hiram Grant of Fairfield, g graduate of Putnam High school
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19

much depressed. After the body was viewed by the medical examiner per mission was given for it's removel to the house.
 For several years Mir. Young has been in the employ of the Quinebaug Forestry Company.
 He leaves his wife. Mrs. Ora Young, and three daughters. Mrs. Russell l. Harmon, of Stafford Springs, Mrs. Harold Gilbronson of Union. and Mrs Raymond Hathaway. of Mashapaug.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
ST. JEAN BAPTIST
 OBSERVES MARDI GRAs

The St. Jean Baptist gave another of their delightful annual Mardi Gras observances in their hall on Provi- dence street, Tuesday evening. There was the usual large gathering and the usual good time. There was varied entertainment preceding . social time. Refreshments were serv-
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
REV. BOYNToN MERRILL
 RETURNS TO DARTMOUTH

Rev. Boynton Merrill. associate pastor of the New old South church, Boston. formerly pastor of the Put nam Congregational church. spent last Sunday. Monday and Tuesday in Han over, N. F., where he conducted the chapel exercises at Dartmouth col- lege. Mfr. Merrill graduated from Dartmouth in 1915. Chandler Morse of Amherst, son of Attorney and Mrs. F. C. Morse, was also 6 weekend visitor at Dartmouth.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
HOSPITAL BIRTHS

Recent births at the Day Kimball hospital:
 Feb 16, q son to Mir. and Mrs. John Comes of Goodyear.
 Feb IT, daughter to Mir. and Mrs Henry Brawn of Brooklyn.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19

Joseph Marion of School street has resigned his position with P. Zaltas of DanielsOn and has accepted a posi- lion as manager of a grocery and meat market in Artic, K l.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
KEITH WOULD BE
 POLICE CHIEF

Merrill P. Keith. state policeman at the Danielson barracks, an East ford boy and well known throughout Wfndham county. is one of the several applicants for the position of chief of police at Whitinsville. Mass.
 Miss L. Lorcna Gallant and Miss Elsie A. Gallant were Hartford yisi- tors last Thursday and Friday.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
Miss Mary A. Wheaton entertained

Miss Mary A. Wheaton entcrtained the East and West Bridge Club at her home on Grove street yesterday af- ternoOn. Mrs. Frank Thayer, snbsti- tuting for Mrs. S Nikoloif, was the highest scorer. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be with Mrs. George W. Twigg, King street.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
MRS. LoWN IN RECITAL
Putnam Musician Win. Favor of Pro
 videnee Audience

Mrs. Nelson Lown, Grove street gave pianoforte recital in Provi- dence, Wednesday evening. She was presented to an audience of music lovers by Frederick Very Mrs Lown's recital received much favorable crit eism and she was obliged to respond to several encOres.
 A Providence music critic has tn, following to say of the recital:
 Mrs. Katharine Seward Lown of Putnam, Conn, pupil of Fredericl Very. made her debut in Providence before an audience af about one hun dred at a piano recital in Froebel hall, Brown street. last night. She played with good expression and balance of tona parts The most pleasing selec- tions were "Allemande," by dAibert Romance in F sharp" by Schu- mann. and Spinning Songs by You. feroff.
 The program in full was the fol. lowing:
 Prelude in ( Bach Gavotte in C
 Allemande dAlbert Gavotte
 Etude in F Minor Chopin Romance in F Sharpe Schumann Novelette, in F. Prelude in A Minor Debussy Clair de Lune
 Minstrels
 Spinning Song Iouferof Liebestraume in A flat Liszt Carnival from "Faschingschwank'
 Schumann
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
FUNDS INVESTED
 IN "CATS AND DOGS
CITY BUDcE T
Common Council Prepares List of EN
 penditures For Fiscal Year

The common council held It's ad- journed meeting for the purpose of up it's annual budget, Tues day evening The recommendation to be submitted to the voters at the an- nual city meeting in March, totalling xh2. ZOO are made nn AS follows.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19

MT. and Mrs. Herbert Miles and Ar. and Mrs Joseph A. Michel at. tended the recital of Mrs Katherine lsown, Wednesday evening, at Froe bel hall m Providence.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19

Ht tAahEtn tlA AHAH 9tAA Y bhuktA over last years budget are as follows: Decrease in fire deartment appropria- tion, sl 900. City court eiiieials in- crease, $400. Increase in general ex- pense. $I 800. Decrease on interest account, $f00. Fuel and light, $70.
 Fire Chief Thurston appeared be- fore the council urging that the city buy tractor to be equipped with q snow blow as an economical and safety measure in clearing the streets after a snow storm. The chief told of the im- possibility of getting fire truck to the scene of fire after such storms as recently experienced.
 The matter of recharging the motor generator for the fire alarm system was brought up again and the import ance of the city owning q duplicate charging apparatus was pointed out. Charles T. Thayer. superintendent of the fire alarm system, also spoke in favor of this purchase.
 A report of the superintendent of streets disclosed that the recent snow storms cost the city $500.
Putnam patriot., 1926-02-19
Covered Up Losses

He not only admitted that he was m embezzler and defauiter at the .ime he was elected state treasurer in
 Continued on page Four)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
The Morgan Coalition

a
investigation of the Mellon aluminium of areach
ing political significance signifies unmsakabe trend to-
ward lasting coalition democrats and republicans
carry out every policy the House of Morgan and the trusts
Of this country
Certain ot they Of nvestiga
would give them campaign issues for the Fall con
gressona elections They had chosen the trust the
easiest target Mellon Pittsburgh Millionaire and the secretary
of the treasury hodng office violation of law is the real boss
OF the republican administration Coolidge
for Mellon One of the most powerful financial
mates in the nation Melons policy government
openly and brazen in the interest of the trusts make
apologies for it.
On question world court the democratic senator's
with two exceptonssuppOred the Coolidge program
IA insurgnt republicans Borah
and two democrats made the opposition Walsh
of Montana of the world proposed alum
mum trust investigation matter political
the stable Morgan camp like I'm
derwood of Alabama Bruce of Maryland Virginia.
the surgent republicans and the other
Gratis with the result that the failed
The Morgan coalition clearly evidence Washington
herads the endorsement of the Italian debt cancellation prob
ably means victory for Coolidge securing approval APP
pointmen of Thomas Woodoc of New interstate
commerce commission because Woodock VIGOROUSLY an agent of
the trusts will aid commerce commission in the
interests of the Morgan railroads
As predicted trend of politics to-
day In the United States toward permanent hdebound
uonary boca democracrepubcan coalition that will
the political interests of Wall not mean the inn
mediate destruction of the twOpary SYSTEM mean that
for all practical purposes be no conflict between tbe lead
ing strata of the republicans democrats because ey both
the economic group coalition viii he
the irreconciable repubcans led Inv Bor
Johnson LaFoee and Bookhart democrat jim Reed of
Missouri who will have following of the campaigns
Such feeble opposition based the of the
petty pougeo can have no vitality Time and again this
proved that incapable of leading Independent political
existence And Borah and Reed VIGOROUSLY cannot
repeat he performance LaFOe secured the SIM
port OF large of organized workers. reason that most
OF these leaders have deserted their Plumb ideas in
dependent political action and Administrations
proposals Tor railroad legislation butressng class
schemes
This situation clears the atmosphere development of
class party OF labor that will be able appeal and rally large
and
resisting the unbrded deotm of the combinations of
lta that rule thru the Morgan coalition Washington
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02

between the various nationalities.
They know very well that If the work
ing class gets together on a common
basis, to fight as workers against the
capitalists, the capitalist system will
be in serious danger. pc
What is the position Of the native
worker? Can one talk of Equal
rights and Justice? Sufficient has
been said by our jurists, among them
Chief Justice Taft, about the failure
Of the law toward the 'paor man"
that is the worker He cannot carry
on in the court as can the capitalist;
if he commits a petty offehse, he goes
to prison, while the rich man escapes.
If he commits a major offerse, murder,
he hangs, while the rich man is de-
clared insane. till a certain time when
the whole thing has blown over and
he is freed and becomes anew "a re-
spectacle member of society" This
is inherent in the present system
the laws being made by the capitalist
class thru their representatives, for
the benefit of the capitalists who are
the dominant power in society, owing
to their control of the economic and
therefore of the political slife of the
country.
The most powerful Naturalization of
this fact is strike. The capitalists
use every means possible. to break
a strike even if it is on fair grounds.
The movies, speakers, press, church,
and finally the courts, police and mill
tia, all are used by the capitalists "in
protection of their rights and their
property" while the workers cannot
get the protection of the law at all.
When, as in West Virginia the miners
and their wives prayed before a prison
they were sent to jail. When the
anthracite miners demanded that the
books Of the coal operators be opened
for public inspection, it was consider
ed unreasonable. When the workers,
demand the right to organize, it is
considered against the constitutional
right of every individual to freedom
and to work" When the capitalists.
the banks, railroads, food manufac-
turers. oil companies, etc. etc, COM
bine to monopolize the. trade, it is
declared a natural development.
No Equal Rights.
HoW can one, in face Of these basic
II facts of the present system of
society, the capitalist system. talk of
equal rights and justicds? There is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
The Negro Workers and Equal Rights and
Justice" Under Capitalism

no justice either for the black or the
white worker.
That is the reason that both the
white and the black worker is turning
toward the Communist movement. II
is not because the Communists make
any pretences. They show up the
sham of the present system of equal
rights and justice" They show the
workers, both white and black. that
under the present system, they must
submit the control of their lives to
the capitalist There can be no "just.
ice" under capitalism-and the Negro
worker who suffers most of all, under
the present system, in spite of the
fact that a civil war was ostensibly
fought to give him equal rights" in
spite of the fact that he was promised
equal rights" to enlist in the world
war, knows this best of all.
Hence he naturally and logically
turns to the revolutionary movement.
All attempts to wean him away will
only have temporary success. The
capitalist system depends on reserve
labor, the decentralization of indus
try will reserve the skilled work to
the favored few, the aristocrats of la.
Dor. The vast majority of the work.
ers will be condemned to perform the
mechanical, unskilled work. This pro
cess will become ever more extensive
with no hope for the broad working
masses.
Hence equal rights and justice"
fundamentally incorrect and illusory,
no longer deceives large numbers of
workers-the blacks above all. These
workers lack organization, which will
be furnished them by the only ones
who see thru the hollowness of the
system, and provide a sane state or
ganizational form for the working
class.
The capitalists know this, And in
stead of bestowing requal rights and
justice" upon the Negro workers and
the tenant farmers of the South, they
do everything in their power to pre-
vent them from seeking to improve
their position by organization. This
may intimidate for a time, but soon
the conditions will force the Negro,
the foreign-born and the oppressed
section of the American working
class, to organization and united &C
ton, economically and politically, as
class to get equal rights and just
ice" for their class by getting power.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02
Defend Right TO Picket!

Long experience in mill town strikes proved the efficacy
OF mass pickeng So long the picket hold firmly the strike
extends The spectacle day after day. of workers
pcketng the mills inevitably has its minority that
remains at work during such strikes strike this
tactic has again proved its effectiveness thooy that the police
at the beest OF the aborhang chamber striving
to prohibit picketing
One Abram Preskei police that city, follow
ing conferences with the chamber of the
surd excuse that pcketng under parad and
because city ordinance requires permits parades he has pro
hibited picketng.
AFTER few weeks struggle this period suppression always
reached In every strike OF similar nature Paterson silk
m sIlke OF 1924 similar threat the occurred
IN similar situation Defany workers violated the
police orders and precpitated the right
picket and to hold meetings Their determination soon forced the
police to captulate.
In Passaic the strikers should likewise police are the
agents OF the mill and the chambers commerce Not for
moment should the strikers obeyng the order Of noe
satrap but should openly defy as the one against
projecting The only reply to such intensfcaon of
pickeing. -
III the strikers attacked with police clubs then entire fam
lies OF the ten thousand strikers and
be called upon to the thugs woud host
e 10 attack women and children and they would aro
the workers and the whole population political significance
strikes and pave the for effective political action against
the administration responsible for terrorzng the strikers who arc
hghtng for merely the elementary creature comforts
that every human being ought to enjoy
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-02

I'm the solemn moment of our re-
ception We did not forget the miser-
able situation of tens of thousands
of unemployed workers in Austria
The delegation approached the cen
trail council of the Russian trade I'M
ions with the request that it should
make possible the immigration of
Austrian workers who seek work. The
delegation found complete understand
ing for its situation and received the
promise from the central council of
the Russian trade unions that 1t
would make representations to the
government of the Soviet Union re-
questing it to take our suggestion in
to consideration.
viii Study Conditions.
"The delegation will proceed conf
IDENTIFY to study of the conditions in
the Soviet Union and hopes that by
its work it may render the proletar-
lat of the Soviet Union a service, that
proletariat which has held out thru
years of terrible misery and suffering
and maintained the first workers and
peasants power in unexampled strug-
giles. In working for the consolida-
ton of the brotherly connections be-
tween the proletariat of the outside
world and the proletariat of the Sow
let Union, the delegation hopes also
to assist in the building up of the
united trade union front for the unity
of the fighting proletariat.
Signed on behalf of the delegation:
"Farkas, Chairman,
FSommer, Secretary"