Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-02-26

Thousands Of workers went back into
the pits, and the 125 producing com
panies planned to spread their prod
uct so that a little would go to every
body rather than all to a few. The
maximum output will be reached
about the end of the month.
After the contract between the Unit
ed Mine Workers and the operators
had been signed John l.. Lewis, presl-
dent of the union, said 1t was the
greatest contract ever drawn up In
the history Of organized labor. involv-
ing wages aggregating n billion and a
half dollars in five years.
ssrT<o ALLAY popular anxiety" and
i as a precautionary measure"
Premier PangaIos of Greece ordered
the arrest and deportation Of former
Premier Papanastasion. former Minis
ter of the Interior Kondilis and ten
other officers. The dictator said he
hoped the Investigation would not re-
veal anything serious. but, If It did,
exemplary punishment would be meted
out. All firearms. except those used
for sport, have been ordered delivered
to the police authorities before March
20. Though the country seems calm,
PangaIos evidently fears counter
revolution.
CALLES' government in Mexico
~ has just ordered the closing Of all
colleges, schools and asylums in the
country that are conducted by the Ro-
man Catholics. Some foreign nations
are rather peeved by this measure,
but probably can do nothing about II.
AT present the most distressing result
of the order is the throwing out on
the streets Of thousands of little chill
dren who had no other home than
those now closed. Also the school
facilities of the republic are greatly
diminished, at least temporarily. Pre-
sumably the. government will take
steps 10 meet both these conditions.
FRANCES demand that Poland.
L Spain and Brazil be given perma-
nent seats In the League Of Nations
council when Germany is admitted is
still worrying the other league mem
bers. for there is fear that Germany
will withdraw her application for
membership If Poland is admitted on
equal terms. France asserts she
wants Poland admitted to the council
so she tFrance) will be freed from
the duty of supporting Poland and
thus will be able to cultivate better
relations with Germany.
CAPT. GEORGE FRIED and his
~ brave men of the liner President
Roosevelt, rather embarrassed by the
fuss that has been made over their
rescue of the crew Of the Antinoe,
were given royal reception in New
York The big guns of Fort Jay fred
salute, the air was full of planes
and the streets were crowded with
shouting people as the city officials
greeted the heroes. Next day congress
voted them the thanks of the nation.
Modest Captain Fried says: 'sI'm avs
fully grateful, but it was Just part Of
our jobs. And, anyway, you can't say
too much for the men who actually
manned the boats. They did it--not |.
But they. too, feel they only did what
was expected Of them"
|nNE Of the attacks on Secretary
- of the Treasury Mellon by his po-
litical enemies, which also was an at
tack on the Department Of Justice,
has fallen through. Mr.. Sargent's de-
partment reports that after full inves-
tigaiion 1t has reached the conclusion
that contempt proceedings against the
Aluminium Company of America-ln
which Mr.. Mellon Is heavily interested
-cannot by any possibility be success
fully maintained
USTICE STAFFORD of the District
of Columbia Supreme court has sus-
tanned the validity of the conspiracy
indictments against Albert B. Fall.
Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Do
heny in tho oil-lease scandals. This
action of the court. unless special
hearing Is granted, means that the de-
fendonts will have to stand trial un-
der the criminal indictments which
charge them with conspiracy to de-
fraud the government Of the United
States by trickery. deceit and bribery,
NOTABLE deaths of the week in.
IN clude those of Henry Holt. New
York publisher, and Archbishop ]. r
CIeplak OF Poland. WHO was once sen
fenced to dsath by D Russian tribunal
but was released and came to Amer.
lea last November.