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New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
HUNGRY MINERS DEMANDING FOOD
Meanwhile Lewis and Inshs Re.
 main SteadiaSt in Stand

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 90 Rl-- While legislation before the Penn. sylvania general assembly for con trol of anthracite mining awaited tho action of committees today ad. ditional reports of hunger and dis trcss, privation and bankruptcy as a result of the hard coal strike were received from the coal regions
 So great was the demand for food at the chamber of commerce relief station in Shamokin yesterday that Il crowd of 100 persons stormcd tho doors of the building. The doors had 10 be locked and the police were called twice within two hours to quiet the hungry crowd of men, women and children. Four hun drcd families there are being cared for by the relief station and hun drods are being looked after by other charitable organizations. Funds of the relief bodies are rapid ly being depleted and public ap. peals probably will be made short ly unless the strike is settled.
 Similar conditions prevail in many parts of the region. Relief work on a large scale is being conducted at Mt Carmel. Ccntralia, Ashland, Shenandoah, Girardville and Ma honoy City.
 Hotels and merchants at scran- ton and Wilkesbarre report a scri- ous business depression. Two Wilkesbarre hotels have closed their main dining rooms for the period of the suspension. and merchants say that travelling men have almost ceased to come 10 the coal belt. Not only the miners are idle. but hun. dreds of street and railroad em. ployes, store clerks, walters and oth- CTS havc been made jobless by the mine suspension.
 Each Blames Other
 John J. Lewis. president of the United Mine Workers, and Major w W. Jnglis, chairman Of the anthra- cite operators negotiating commit tee. continue to lay the blame for the continuance of the strike at the door of each other.
 The miners leader was back in Wilkesbarre today after q tour of the mining fields, during which he gave the striking miners first hand account of his conduct of the strike. Everywhere he was receiv- ed with enthusiasm and at Shenan- doah, where he spoke yesterday, the city took on q holiday appearance. Flags t1uttered along the main thoroughfares and the principal buildings were decorated A brass band and perhaps ten thousand per sons greeted him when he arrived by automobile from Wilkesbarre.
 In all his addresses MT. Lewis de- clarod that the operators deliberate ly had forced the strike In an at- tempt to reduce wages and to crush arbitration was the one issue at the present time. he said that the min- CTS representatives would not sign a contract which embodied that principle.
 Major Inglis, in g formal state ment, reiterated the operators dec larations that they have no desire 10 destroy the union and said that such statements by Mir. Lewis were made "as part of campaign to justify continuance of the strike"
New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
Remedy
 For Cold Feet

Codl, icy feet In bed on wintry nights and chilly knees and limbs during the day forecast stiff, swol- len. achy. rheumatic joints. Avoid them by taking a tip from profess sional athletes. Get a soc bottle of Mike Martins Liniment at the drug store Athletic Liniment) ap- ply to feet and ankles before climbing into bed --- 1t keeps feet warm as toast and you sleep like top all night. Apply again in the morning keeps you warm on cold est days for hours. Helps prevent chills, colds and rheumatism. Be sure to get Mike Martins Lini- ment."
New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
BROTHERS SENTENCED
England Bucket Shop Kings Are Given Six Years in Penal Scryi- tI,dc,

London, Jan. 20 Pl -- Three brothers. Alexis, Henry and Walter Vaudeville, who have been running bucket shops In England since 1909, were sentenced today to six years penal sorvitude each for fraud in stock dealings.
 In the course of the proceedings in old Bailey, the prosecutor said that the brothers. by means of cir culars and a paper called the "Fi- nancial Mail" had induced people 10 spend money for investment in various concerns which they con ducted.
 He declared that more than S900,000 had been misappropri- atcd, while one witness, a Scotland Yard inspector, said s2,5oo,o00 would be modest figure for the amount the brothers had secured by fraud.
 The Mandevilles lived In good style and spent their money lavish- ly. Alexis was employed at the ministry of munitions from 1918 to 1920, while some of the frauds were being committed.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
"DAD" NORRIS DIES

West Palm Peach, Fla. Jan. % r. WDad"O Norris, so believed 10 be the last of the Seven Jolly Corks," an organization from which the Benevolent and Frotec tive Order of Elks is said to have been founded. died early today at the Good Samaritan hospital here. He had been suffering from asthma and h. ' disease.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
NOTHING MODERN LISTED

Albany, Jan. 20 R)-The Charles ton, modern menus and everything suggesting the goth century ie banned at tonight's annual dinner of the New York State Agricultural so- ciety. Instead the minuet. the quad rifle, the fashioned fiddler and an fashioned turkey dinner will be offered for the entertainment of he diners
New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
Body of Sailor Drowned
 At BridgepOrt Found

Bridgeport, Jan. 20 P -- The body of Edward Hilbert, 42, of New York, who was drowned Mon day night in Cedar creek, was re- covered today at the foot of How ard street.
 A brother of the drowned man, Francis Hilbert, .156 Webster ave nue. Bronx, New York. a member of the New York police force, was notified of the recovery by the bu- reau of missing persons and will come to Bridgeport to take charge of funeral arrangements.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
FRANK THOMPSON DIES.
Was Son of Dcnnian Thompson Of
 "OId Homestcad' Fame.

Waverley, Mass. Jan. 20-Frank Thompson, 57, son of Denman Thompson Of The Old omestead" fame died in a hospital here today after an extended illness.
 Mir. Thompson appeared in the role of Happy Jock" m his fathers company. and later managed the production. He was at one time prominently connected with the Keith interests in New York. Mir. Thompson was born in Toronto, Canada. He leaves a widow and two sons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
US. OIL CONCERNS FORCED
TO COMPLY WITH MEXICO'S
LAND LAWS, SEEK PERMIT /

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 27.-Three
large American oil companies OPP
Grating in Mexico have slenIfied
their compliance with the oil and
land acts of the Mexican govern
ment by applying for concession
rights on the land they now town."
according to provisions Of the laws
of 1917.
The three companies include the
Penn-Mex Fuel company, Marland
Oil company and Richmond Petro-
Ieum company, a subsidiary of the
Standard Oil company of California.
Various other companies are ap-
plying for concession permits for
the use of land in Mexico under the
new laws.
The oil and land laws provide that
If applications for concessions are
not made the land will be given to
the ones the government sees fit,
according to best interests Of the
nation, regardless of previous con-
troll.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
Sproul Defends Ware
in Expenditures, Says
Ousting Revolutionary

NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-"To deny
William S. Ware a seat in the senate
would be revolutionary and an attack
on the constitutional rights of the
states" declared William c. Sproul,
former governor of Pennsylvania in a
speech before the Pennsylvania So
ciety here.
Such action would be dangerous in
the extreme" he said. 'If 40 men in
the United States may determine the
qualifications outside of constitutional
provisions as to the eligibility, of AZ
other men who have been duly return
ed by the sovereign states. as their
associates, then we shall have an
example OF tyranny of the majority
which would surely be fatal to our
democracy" he declared.
Sproul said there was nothing
wrong with Ware spending such huge
sums to be elected. "He saw his op.
portunity and took It," he added.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
Radio Legislation
Hits Snag Over Who
VIII Weld p o W er

WASHINGTON. Dec. q. Up
Conferences of the house and senate.
each determined that their respective
radio bills shall be adopted, report
that no agreement had been reached
as yet as to the report they are to
make.
Senator Dill, of Washington, author
of the bill which is designed to deny
to the secretary Of the interior full
control Of the air, announced that the
disagreement between the representa-
tives of the two houses was on the
question OF how much power shall be
vested in the commission. his bill
creates. House conferees insist on
giving it as little power as possible,
and the rest of the power to Secretary
Hoover, while the senate conferees in-
sist on reversing the position.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
RUSSIA BUILDING
SHIPS TO HANDLE
INCREASED TRADE
Soviet Spends Millions
on Commerce Vessels

MOSCOW, Dec. 27.--At the begin
ming of the navigation season of 1926
the following Soviet steamship lines
we're in operation; Archangel-Mur-
mansk-Vardo, one trip every fort
night; Leningrad-London, a rapid line
with two sailings weekly; Leningrad-
Hamburg, rapid line with two sail
ings weekly; Odessa-Near East, one
sailing in two weeks; Odessa-Vladi-
vostok, five trips every year, and vlad-
ivostok- Standardization.
Open New Line.
In addition to this, the Soviet mer-
chant marine has opened the Black
Sea-Baltic Line, a rapid line alongside
the European coast, which will con-
meet Leningrad with the Black and
Azov Sea ports.
The proportion of Soviet export and
import trade carried in 1925 on YES
sells Of the Soviet merchant marine
was S.5 per cent of the total.
AS compared with 1924, 80 per cent.
This percentage represents a certain
reduction in spite of the fact that in
1925 the freight turnover increased by
80 per cent as compared with 1924,
and also in spite of the improvements
effected and the increase OF its ton
mage from 49, register tons IL
1924 to $4,000 register tons in 1925.
Building 81 Ships.
AT the present time all ships have
been repaired. In the Soviet ship
building plant 81 ships are now being
built, their total value amounting to
$4,000, 900 gold rubles.
Buy Ships Also.
Orders have been placed in other
countries for the construction of four
vessels for coast shipping with a total
tonnage of about 5000 tons, and for
four tankers for the oil syndicate with
total tonnage Of about 36,400 tons.
Since the spring, 1925, freight trans
port was reorganized along new lines
the entire freight transport being sub
mitted to the supervision Of the Peo-
pies Commissariat for Trade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29

but to compare what they have dons
coming as an insignificant minority 70
"a protestant country and building a
church which is strong, growing. ac-
tive in its support of the government,
which prides itself in being patriotic
and loyal. and the position Of the cath
Ole church in Mexico which had an
unchallepged monopoly for three and
"a half centuries and which has left
desert Of ignorance. misery and super
stition which is apparent to even the
most casual visitor?
II Is true that there exist now IN
Mexico restrictions to limit tho pollti-
cal activities OF the clergy which do
not exist in the United States.
II is true that there is an attempt
now being made in Mexico by legal
means to limit the further perpetna-
ton OF superstition and ignorance
among the Mexican masses Our ~
tory tells fully, convincingly, pathetic
ally, why these laws have been found
necessary.
Such conditions do not exist In The
United States and could never exist
because in America there has been
tolerance and religious liberty.
II the Roman catholic clergy In
Mexico would conhne themselves 20
their spiritual duties then the so-called
religious question-which IL not 4
religious question at all--woulA have
been settled long ago
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
1exican ConsulGeneral Replies to Catholic Hierarchy

Cardinal Hayes pastoral letter, sign
ed by two archbishops and two bishops
as representatives of the catholic
clergy in the United States, asks that
the position of the Mexican govern
ment "be judged by American stand
ards"
While II should be obvious that
Mexico being different country. and
one in which different conditions OBJ
tain, it might be wholly unappropri-
ate and misleading to judge conditions
there by American standards" the
Mexican government is very happy IN
deed to have this particular issue
the issue of the catholic church In
Mexico versus the Mexican people
judged by american standards"
More than that. We should be de-
sirous Of having the catholic church
in Mexico judged By the standards ap-
piled by tho catholic church and to the
catholic church in the United States.
The fundamental tenot of the Amer
lean people in regard to religion is,
as the bishops pastoral letter points
out, religious freedom--toleranco. This
means the right of every person OF
every creed to worship freely as he
sees 1T.
Many OF the early settlers in Amer
lea fed from the old world to escape
religious persecution. Among those
who were conspicuous In planting on
the soil Of the new world the seed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29

the clergy were not beaten, however,
and altho the reform laws remained
on the statute books they were multi
fed in practice and in fact.
Religious liberty and tolerance, in
deedl
| refer the eminent cardinal and
bishops OF the United States to any
and every pastoral issued by their
colleagues. the archbishops and
bishops OF Mexico ct that time so that
they may note and ponder the IN
variable references to religious free
dom and tolerance as "impious,"
"sacrilegious," "un-catholic" and in
famous" They have not changed.
Yes, Il was quite different in the
United States where in the words OF
that eminent cardinal, Gibbons Of
Baltimore, under the American sys.
tenn OF tolerance catholicism could and
did blossom like the rose"
Let the cardinal and catholic bishops
OF the United States ask any OF the
protestant missionaries who are now
In Mexico to relate the early ex-
periences OF many who were beaten,
set upon, and how some lost their
lives. martyrs to their religious faith;
and OF others who narrowly escaped
death for the crime OF being pro
testants."
II were not the peaceful Mexican
Indians who spontaneously attacked
them with sticks and stones aud
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29

Of tolerance were the Roman catholics
under Lord Baltimore.
BY the time the colonists were ready
to form a nation, their love of religious
liberty and their detestation for the
imposition Of any kind of control or
compulsion in the matter of religious
belief we're so thoroly established that
the first amendment TO the constitu-
ton adopted in 1891 declared:
Congress should make no law
respecting the establishment OF re-
ligIon or prohibiting the free exer-
else thereof; or abridgIng the free
dom of speech or press"
This has been the policy Of the
United States ever since and It is one
that every liberty-loving individual
must and does applaud.
Now, what was the situation in
Mexico?
It was nearly half century later
(from 1s10-1S20) when the Mexican
people sought to establish their inde-
pendence against tyranny and OPP
preston far greater than that which
the American colonists had rightly
considered intolerable. The Mexlcans
fought, likewise, against far greater
obstacles.
The holy inquisition still existed,
and so dominant was the catholic HER
archy that II was able to write into
our constitution not merely that the
catholic religion would be the state
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
Baltimore Conference
Plans Passaic Bazaar

BALTIMORE, Dec. 27--A bazaar for
the benefit Of the Passaic textile
strikers will be held here on Friday,
Jan. 2S, and Saturday, Jan. 20, by the
Baltimore Conference for the Relief
Of Passaic Strikers.
Contributions to the bazaar can be
sent to the Freiheit Office. 1147 East
Baltimore street. Tickets can also be
purchased there. Admission Is Is
cents.
Anyone who has contributions to
make is asked TO inform the confer
ence and they will be sent for.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
u. S. Rubber Barons
Would Give Liberty
to Moros for Rubber

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-Students
Of Filipino problems, commenting on
the Introduction Of bill by Represen-
tative Bacon, of New York, providing
for the removal of the Moro provinces
from the jurisdiction Of the. Filipino
legislature, declared that the primary
object Of the proposed measures was
to remove the most valuable rubber
plantations to a place where Ameri-
can interests can deal with them more
conveniently than while jurisdiction
rests with the Philippine legislature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
ACCIDENT IN ROME;
BLACK SHIRT BRUISES
APPLE OF OUR" EYE
lspeeIaI 70 rhe DaIIy Worksrl


I RoME.-The right to control the
education of youth is the main issue
raised in the Pope's recent aIIocutIon,
according to the Italian government.
The Pope regards the Fascist oraanl-
cations for youth as q menace to the
Catholic Action Organization, which
the Pope in his aloeution referred 70
as "the apple of our eye"
The Fascist state objects to the
Catholic organizations because they
are international in tendency and are
in some cases allied with the anti
Fascist groups. The Pope abhors the
Fascist organizations for youth be-
cause they are irreIlgious.
Mussolini will attempt to aIIay the
fears Of the Holy see--whiIe sticking
strictly to his plans to organize youth
and train them in the doctrines and
discipline Of the "black shirt"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29

knives shouting, "Mueran los Pro-
testantes" death to the protestants).
Liberty, tolerance, indeed When
the word "Protestante" is today used
by the Mexican catholic hierarchy and
unfortunately by many Mexicans who
have been under their sway, It is as an
epithet Of contempt!
Tolerance! LIBERTY
Where else in the world do catholics
now celebrate Holy Saturday by burn
ing Judas in efigy and where else does
the word Judo" Jew) rival PRO
testante" as a label OF infamy?
Who was II that taught the Mexican
people that?
Nreedoml The Mexicans want free
dom with the passion OF a people TO
whom II has been denied. They want
education, they want to go TO those
schools. those civil schools against
which the catholic hierarchy in Mexico
have always conducted and are now
conducting an intransigent warfare
denouncing them as goddess" and
"atheistic" merely because they are
public schools.
DO the catholic clergy in the United
States condone that?
This Is but a small part OF the
story. The task OF setting down the
full truth about the catholic hierarchy
as II Is In Mexico ie revolving. what
better evidence do the catholic
hierarchy In che United States need
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
stop Work on Mexican Roads.

GUAYMAS, Sonora, Mex, Dec. 81
The Southern Pacific, in suspending
work on the line between Topic and
Guardalajara, has thrown 10000 men
out of work. The stockholders of the
railroad are unwilling to furnish addi-
tional funds for construction, and the
railroad Officials claim that the Mex
lean government is unable to continue
the subsidy, owing to the cost 1t is
under in suppressing the Yaqurs up
rising.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
Railroad Men to Try
Board of Mediation

WASHINGTON. - Following the
grant of a seven and one-half per cent
wage increase to employees on eastern
railroads, $4,000 conductors and train
men on roads of the Southeast have
made a similar demand. The rail-
roads have countered with a demand
for modification Of some Of the work
ing rules.
Unable to agree, the disputants
have taken the matter before the
Mediation Board erected under the
Watson-Parker Act.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
AMERICAN ADVENTURER
DECLARES ADVANCE WAR
ON CANTON GOVERNMENT

PARIS-col. sweeny, an Ameri-
can adventurer, Is threatening to
declare war on China. He was or
ganizer Of the American EscadrllIe
which fought in Morocco and Is
again becoming FESTIVE and snort
ing fire. He Is trying TO recruit
American flyers to make China safe
for Imperialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
BOLIVIA CATHOLICS DO
NOT WANT ADVENTISTS
TO CONDUCT SCHOOLS

LA PAZ, 8oliVla.-La Union. .
Catholic organ, is protesting vlgor-
ously at the action Of the minister
Of instruction in granting permits
sion TO the Adventist sect to estab-
lish schools and colleges in two
provinces Of Bolivia. The paper de-
elares it is "the means used by the
AdVentists to disseminate their err
roneous and perverse ideas against
the true church Of Christ"
A League for Religious Freedom.
such as the Catholics have started
in Mexico to further their own ends.
finds no duplicate here. The shoe
is on the other foot.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
IN 1927 We SHALL Be
WELL SHAKEN BEFORE
ECONOMICALLY TAKEN

ROME, Dec. 27-AccordIng to Ben
DAM, Of the Faenza Observatory,
there will be many seismic disturb
ances over the world in 1927. Earth
quaRes are predicted in southern
Europe, South America, the Philip
pine Islands and parts of Alaska.
Another volcanic eruption is prom
ised for Japan. These disturbances,
it is predicted, will begin by the
middle of January and will continue
till the close of the year, when
Trans-caucasus and Armenia will
come In for their share.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
OUR FIRST CHALLENGE ANSWERED!
Denver Colo, Dec. rs, 1926.
comRADE:

TEAR ccMRADE:
challenge which
will remember sometime
the splendid showing made raising
We this drive appeal
in good deal
donations
challenge forgotten
DAILY WORKER will find by nclosed
affair raise that Denver
top with Its quota.
enclosing o.
! $500 previously.
districts which
we'll al Kansas cIty.-WILLAM DIETRICH.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation or Labor radio
broadcasting station WCFLsis on the
air with regular programs. It is
broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
600 p. m.--chicago Federation Of La
Dor Hour.
6:3o-The Brevoort Concert Trio;
Little Joe Warner, Charlie White, John
Miller, Harry Dream Daddy Davis.
1o:oo-Alamo Cafe Orchestra.
1f:o0-Alamo Entertainers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-29
Lord Mussolini Grabs
Thunder of Plus XI

ROME, Dec. 27.-By decree q new
fascist calendar has been established,
dating from Oct. 2s, 1922, when the
black shirts marched on Rome. In the
future all official documents will bear
two dates, the ordinary date. in this
year of our lord. and the other IN tina
year Of our Mussolini. No one has
yet suggested another, to date from
the occasion when the cackling OF
geese saved Rome.
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religion but that NONE OTHER
WOULD BE TOLERATED. OF course,
freedom Of the press was not permit
ted. nor freedom OF assembly, nor free
dom Of thought.
In 1915 the holy inquisition had "re-
Taxed to the secular arm" for execu-
ton the great patriot and statesman
Jose Maria Morelos, himself a priest,
for the "heresy' OF supporting indie
pendence. Then began, and Is still in
process after over a hundred years OF
blood and anguish, the struggle to at
tain what the American people
achieved at the time OF their indie.
pendence but which was denied the
Mexicans.
The Mexican people thought they
had achieved II in the middle OF the
last century when our great leader,
Benito Juarez, and a group OF liberty
loving Individuals of them pious
and devout catholics, incidentally
having long realized that religion was
one thing and political and economic
control another, managed legally TO
separate church and state. But they
reckoned without their foe. The hi
erarchy precipitated a bloody three
year civil war for the retention OF
their special privileges and when final.
ly defeated brought about a foreign
intervention which imposed as en-
peror the Hapsburg Archduke Mar
imilian. Never after this empire fe.h