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1 10-W SUNDAY JANUARY 16, 1927 ii ii if ii Hi nn iii EW nia FEAR OF TWENTY-FOUR HOURS' urn ru sT I LI ML III II. ACTIVITIES Aaong Negroes ffDelilah I I I I III I I 1 1 Benito Mussolini, Premier of Italy told to B. MORGAN, Rome Manager of the United Pre. OoDvrfrht 1927 bv United Preaa Association. III I III III I V- final I a it 1 5 i It.

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He was trained In the College of Music at San Fernando and is considered especially fine as a violinist. The program this clubwlll render this evening will be educational, tending to show the development of Negro spirituals music by modern Negro musicians. Such noted men in the music world as Clarence Cameron White, who is recognized as one of America's great violinists, and Nathaniel Dett, the president of the American Negro Musicians' association, at one time connected with Hampton Institute of Virginia. The program will conclude with a group of songs arranged by Rev. Iroy.

Miss Margaret. Johnson, mes-so-soprano, of Oakland, will be guest soloist, while Mesdames Chas. Berry and Owen Troy will serve as accompanists. Rev. Troy will render a group of songs arranged for the violin, one of which, while Negroid in type, is not considered a spiritual but a very fine composition.

It Is "From the Canebrake," by Gardner. Other singers rendering solo parts will be, sopranos, Mesdames B. Greenly and Fisher; tenors, Messrs. Wm. Johnson and srTn7" it L.M If II flf ll In all Darts of th article on hit daily life and work United Presa.

Each article is thii Mussolini.) ed that no win shall be sold to any child who has not- reached the age of 16 years. We have further prohibited the employment of boys and girls In establishments dispensing alcohol beverages, until after they have passed their eighteenth birthday. With these restrictive measures, we have helped alleviate any danger of alcoholism- It Is the bard drinker who Is the problem with us. We are not burdened by many, but the provisions we have made have helped eliminate them to a minimum. Our regulations for restricting the sale to certain hours.

The Butchers' Union, Local No. 120, of this has elected Charles J. Wagner as official business representative for the ensuing year. Wagner Is familiar with the work of his present office, having acted In the same capacity a few years ago. Wagner was one of the active leaders In the campaign for the 6 o'clock closing of meat markets when he was representing the butcher workmen which resulted in the city council enacting a law governing the closing.

One of Wagner's first activities in his work will be the resumption of his work with the Asiatic Exclusion League, which he organized In this county some years ago. The local union engaged In the automotive Industries have been advised by the executives of their respective organizations that a con ference was held last Tuesday with rm rm 1 if till II If II If by REIT CRIPS ILL IF Calles Claims Support Army and Labor Organizations. of Everyone is wondering how Prvs idem Calles. ol the Mexican govern ment, will weather the storm, now that revolution is breaking out in that country. Carroll Binder, who t.

rs.m Cnlima. re -I. following despatch, how the situation stands.) Bv CARROLL BINDER. (Rneoiii cabin to Th Oakland TKIBrNE and the Chicago Daily Mewi.) COLIMA, Jan. 15.

An air of apprehension pervades all Mex ico today. Everywhere there is feeling that momentous events are brewing, -the nature of which no one can foretell. Revolution over the relierious laws Is talked about generally, and concern over the at- titude of the United States is al- ways resented. Occasionally the traveler Is told that If the signal is given the Cal- les government will be overthrown like the proverbial house of cards, More frequently one hears from the lips of foes as well as friends of the present regime, that it is sufficiently well Intrenched and well directed to sustain any as aults that may be made upon it. The writer can say that the country appears to be more order ly than it did when he traveled through it two years ago.

Jt does not seem necessary now to have trains guarded by large detach menu of soldiers in armored cars as was the case then. The. sol dlers are better equipped and look better fed than they did two years ago. ARMY IS LOYAL TO CALLES. Informants say that the army is loyal to Calles.

If that is the case, then the government Is safe for in the last analysis the stability of the Mexican government depends on the loyalty of the army. Calles also has the support of the labor movement, which Is considered a right arm of the government to be used as an army is used in time of stress. The dissatisfied element admits it has no leaders eompar able to Calles and former President Obregon in ability, force and popular respect. is, nevertheless, a feeling that the present sporadic outbreaks are the start of real trouble, and that with (the banner of revolt lifted the country will be unhappy for a time, no matter what the outcome. Inspiration for the trouble is frankly expected to come from the United States.

Some believe it will be Inspired by the oil companies. In. earlier despatches the writer has said that the Mexican Cath olic hierarchy deplores talk of revolution in its interviews, and It may be added that In confidential talks with leading oil men I have never once heard a hint that revolution would be welcomed by the oil Interests. When De La Huerta is mentioned those leaders turn up their noses in contempt. They consider him a failure, and an unreliable person, U.

S. HOLDS KEY. In large measure the United States holds the key to the Mexi can disorder. Let President Cool idge lift the present embargo, on iuib, ana tne.na win -De en. ves- sure has been brought to bear on the President for some time by ele- ments interested in, change of government here.

Recently the MEXICO I I I I I a is the executive council of the Amer.Scounty reported that his organlza- a'MY All (Thii is the tenth of a serief of B. Morgan. Roma manager of the reeled and approved by Premier I am a total abstainer. I am un- compromislngiy "dry" when it concerna the brainworker. As regards the Italian manual ker, I can be said to be "moist.

I abstain rigidly from all kinds of alcoholic beverages, even from, the lightest wines, because I feel no necessity for them. Wine is never bought for my househdld. At banquets and official dinners, even though the most tempting nectar may be Put before me, and despite me tact that I like the taste of good wine, 1 adhere rigidly to my rule of com abstjnence. The effects of alcoholio bever- ages have been very extensively treated. Physicians and temper ance reformers have propounded the evil consequences of drinking.

that It is almost universally ac cepted that indulgence In it must be practised with great caution. Its action on the brain has been too well tested through many centuries to admit discussion. We know that its effect is harmful and often the world Is called upon to witness some dire tragedy traceable to al cohol. Its moderate use has its relative harm for the brainworker Italy through the long ages has been a great wine country. Our wines have been traditional before the days of the Caesars.

Our people have indulged in them and have persisted as a hardy race. The vineyards scattered on our hills and valleys, are those same vine yards, from which the valorous le giona of the conquerors received their daily ration, Generation at ter generation have cultivated them and many of their vintages have become famous as the stand and of the world. WINE PROBLEM SLIGHT. Wine drinking has therefore been a heritage of the Italian people. The centuries of cultiva tlon have tafight them its use.

The severe problems or alcoholism which many nations face, are not found in Italy to the same degree as they are elsewhere. We have problem but it is slight in com parison to some of the countries of Northern- climates. In fact, even our problem Is-: greater in tne North than it is in the South, show ing that climate has a certain in-. nuence on aiconouc consumption. Our people are rather more disci plined in the use or wine, iney drink only the lighter kinds.

Heavy wines are but slightly used in Italy, while spirits, such' as whisky, brandy and ruhr never appear In Italian homes, except after contact with those countries where such Strong beverages are consumed. As I consider the question or alcohol, I see very little harm in the taking of moderate quantities by the manual worker. It might even do good. We have but to watch the dally routine or millions and millions of our peasants, who afe content with their daily demijohn of wine and large portion of broad. They are hardy people.

Viewing their physical capabilities. it is difficult to say. that their daily consumption has had a harmful effect on their vigor. The same thing applies to the workers in our factories and on our transporta tion systems. They are industrious and laborious people.

ABUSE IS RARE. If there be a problem in Italy, it in the very oocaslonal abuse. which our laboring class make of alcohol. It Is Indeed, an occasional annsa for. nur wines -being lisrht.

it requires the drinking of no small quantity to intoxicate. It Is Beldom that a workman takes it upon him- self, as. habit, to sit down and drink so much wine as to become Intoxicated. When the wine is really one of two quarts daily and not show the slightest sign or intoxl- cation but rather exemplify an ex ceptlonal hardihood. Thr Vnrfnra.11tla niri nn dr NimH MtfriimaffitiAAfl fit UTArr.ifl- lng a control over the amount of beverage consumed.

Light wines and beers' can be-partaken In Italy regardless -of quantity but within certain restrictions as to hours. We Jnaiflt. wihAF nation and a nation ready and fit at all times to, perform its dally work. If there should be harm in the quality Of since pur assumption to power, we have taken tip" the problem of al coholism, -slight though it be, and have enacted measures aiming at its complete, eradication. BAN the consumption-through all closses we are desirous or aiscipuning of our people; We prevent The fascist government has met this problem; In several ways-At sour advent to power, a license tor conduct a bar.

hotel, cafe, inn or bottling house, where alcoholic beverages were dispensed, was granted on the. basis of on license for -every 600 inhabitants. Shortly after we assumed power we passed a law providing that the maximum limit of licenses should not exceed on for each thousand Inhabitants- Temporary licenses were abolished. This- law has served -to keep' the places within strict limits to prevent any enoouragement of alcoholic abuse. We hav revised the-; licensee throughout Italy.

During the past year, the number granted baa been reduced by 4008. In January, there' were establishments. at which wines could be sold. When the revision will be completed throughout the country, we expect that this number-' wilt reduced to leo.ooo. Especially effective to lnsur the sobriety of all classes has been the regulation in the opening, and closing No establishment Is allowed to sell any alcoholic beverages before 10 o'clock In the morning and must close its doors at 10 o'clock In the -evening la winter and 11 o'clock.

In summer. This has been an especial help to-the industrial workers. Clubs and anvment -places cannot sell wines or liquors without a special license. On election days the sal of wine Is prohibited entirely. FORBIDDEN TO YOUNG.

We hav also extended the scop of the laws to ear for the young. and elrla eould fre I quent the win shops and purchase whatever they wished. Of course, the children generally bought wine for household us, sent en errands by their parent. but there waa Tat dancer that thy would ao- aulr a drinklnc habit whan all to tZZXM VIA ksvv. ttereta r.royid 10 -fl PV By THOMAS a it th HOLIDAYS AFTER SIX LEAN YEARS Chilclrne, Starving Then, Are Happy as Returning Peace wrings Plenty to Land.

By JUNIUS B. WOOD. Spaeia Correapondanoa af The Oakland TRIBUNE and tna Gnioara Dally Kawa. CHITA. Siberia, U.

S. Jan IB. "Just a holiday." said the lzvostchek who drove me from the station yesterday, past a street with all stores closed. "But what holiday?" "Don't know, Just a holiday," he repeated. "Children's day," explained the waiter in the town Soviet's restaurant, noticing half a dozen little girls In their Sunday frocks.

"Stalin's birthday," the pro prletor of the garden restaurant Insisted, suggesting that a libation of vodka would be a fitting observ ance. "Some church day," the secretary of the local committee ex plained this morning. "Anyway, It was postponed from two weeks ago and I don't know what holiday it was." CHILDREN ENJOY TT ANYWAY. I never did find who was to be thanked for that holiday either on account of his birth or political deeds. Anyway, as school started today, It might be called children's day, for they were out for their last romp.

AH adults, paid 15 cents to enter the public park, a venerable teacher with a Caucasian embroidered skull cap and unimpaired lungs marshaled the youngsters for games In the arena, and a free performance of "Little Red Cap and the Bear," which Is a Rus sian version of "Little Red Riding Hood," was given for their bene fit in the old wooden theater. Children's day recalled another children's day when I was In Chita six years ago. On that day they had a parade, one of the dest parades ever seen. A soldiers' band in ragged uniforms of many styles, their battered brass keeping up a cheerful tune, the only cheerful note to the column. After them came the children, few of them with shoes and those patched and cracked, dresses clean but old, clothes which showed they had served for several years, while young legs were growing, thin feces marked with worry and hardship, for food was not plentiful In Siberia, In those days.

Few of the teachers or mothers who marched with the column wore stockings! All they could spare had been sold In the baraholka to buy food. FEARED RAIDERS. Chita then was the capital of the Far Eastern republic. which lived for a year in a vain hope of recognition Dy outside powers before it was merged with theSovjet union. Those were perilous days, for Ungern.

Semienov and other ruthless raiders were threatening its borders, while its villages had been devastated and its railroads and factories wrecked by years of fighting. In China the public food station, -with its daily dole of soup and a piece of black bread, was sav ing 5000 from starvation. Children's day was set aside for the workers, of which there were few. to eon-tribute a few kopecs to help the little ones. Only' the railroad was working, with BUI Shatov, once I.

W. organizer, minister of communications. Children's day this year was different. The old public food station is now the municipal restaurant, clean and crowded at noontime, stacks' of fresh bread on its tables, the first good bread I had eaten during more than a year In Russia. The children did not parade, but they were In the streets, healthy, fed and well dressed with fathers and mothers who.

showed no lgrts of want. SIlK stockings covered hianyi legs which were bare tlx years ago. PAVING PROPOSED. Chita's streets still are shifting seas of Sand but a start ras been made toward- paving one Samsonovitch's foyr-story. store, hotel and theater, which tnce was the largest building east of Irkutsk.

still is a blacked rufn. The railroad administration continues to occupy the once fine Vtorov building, now falling into ruin, shabby, dirty and unpainted, with rough boards nailed across the unused doors. On the main street Is a clean little store with a sign in front announcing that It is owned -by the former employees of Vtorov. all that Is left of the once pretentious mercantile establishment. For that evening a concert was advertised in the workers' hall, named Luhatcharsky after the aged Lothario, who is' minister of education.

It was followed by a dance until 3 a. m. Coming from Moscow, where dancing is frowned upon if not absolutely forbidden. such levity seemed unusual. UDt ir MOSCOW DANCING BAN.

"Dancing every night until o'clock, only tonight we don't cora-petewith the concert," the fat girl selling tickets to the municipal park announced. But it's stopped In Moscow." I informed her, thinking that direct word from the seat of government might be impressive. Only cold weather stops It she replied, and a couple of soldiers laughed beartlly, It does get cold in Chita 0 below zero which may discourage outdoor dancing. It Is far from the capital with the nartv fetiches and orators reeling off words like automatic phonographs. Private business pays Its taxes and prospers.

The private" restaurants are cheaper and their food is better. The state has the largest building ior its notei and pays little rent. Seasoned travelers patronize the private hotels, cleaner, cheaoer ana run ior tne accommodation of guests, rather than to support political appointees. State business must right to meet the comoetition. even with the handicap of taxes and official Interference.

ivopynini, 18X7, tna Chioas Daily Xawi.) Lafayette Pupils Give Play for LAFAYETTE. Jan. 15. At. the meeting of the Parent-Teachers' association a play, "The Silly Goose," was presented by th pupils of th fifth.

and sixth grades. -The: leading parts wer taken by Alamo Soever and Georg Keen. -Sewing classes th. direction of Mrs. Alice Brown hav been organized.

An Invitation wa extended by the A. to all residents of -the Lafayette school district-for-a com munity party to. be held' th even ing of January, 21.t v. Tickets are being sold tor a wnist party to. bt fivea -ydday Fehru- 1 1 Benito Mnuollni, at told to Tfaomat icriei bai been personally revised, or- have prevented the filling of drink lng places in the early morning.

The workman has been protected on his way to work, while the es tablishment of early closing hours has insured that he will not stay about the bars and cafes, robbed of his rightful rest, until the early hours of the morning- We have adopted these measures that even the threat of an alcoholic problem may be obliterated. We want a sober- nation that Its productivity may not be Impeded, that Its efficiency may be Increased and that its wealth may be enhanced for the happiness of all. lng tomorrow evening for their ap proval. Donald Wftt, sixth vice-president of the California State Federation of Labor, which comprises the district covering Alameda and, Contra Costa counties, gave a resume of the recent meeting of the executive council of the federation at the last session of the local labor council. Witt stated that the reports rendered by the various vce-presl-dents indicated that the organizations affiliated with the state, labor body had made excellent progress during the past year.

He (also stated that the legislative program of the federation had been taken up and that several proposed labor laws and amendments will be presented to the present session of the state legislature. Witt, who is also the presiding officer for -the Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs, Local No. 70, of this tion had made progress during the past year and the indications were that the coming year would be a banner year for the union and its membership. The following new delegates were seated as members of the local labor council at its last regu lar meetings: Butchers Union, Local No. 120, R.

Bopp, A. E. Noble and Charles Wagner; National Association of Letter Carriers No. 76, C. H.

Batton and E. L. West; Bakery and Confectionery Workers, Local No. 119, Oscar Dittmar; Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, Local No. SO 2, William P.

Fee, J. T. Betten-court, William E. Franklin, E. J.

Fitzgerald, George Denison and Fred Sllverthorn. TS STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 15. Four appointments, including two noted European edu cators, for the Stanford faculty fo the summer session have been an nounced, by President Ray Lyman Wilbur. The foreign professors annolnted are Dr.

Maurice Wilmotte, professor of Romanic languages at the university or Liege, who will Join the department of Romanic philology, and Dr. Carl Bubler, of the university or Berlin, noted nsvchol- ogist. Dr. Buhler studied at the ITnl- versity of Berlin and later at Munich, and is a leading authority on the psychology of languages. He, will give lectures in that phase of psychology at Stanford this summer.

Other appointments are Dr. Kate Gordon of Los Angeles, formerly professor of Psycholoev at tn Carnegie Institute of Technology, who will Join the Stanford psychology faculty, and Miss Ruth Went-worth, a former Stanford graduate student, who will be an assistant professor In the rlai department. Miss Wentworth is now at me university of Southern California. 1 a Napa Lodge Names Man to 36th Term NAPA, Jan. 15.

R. M. Kvaer. treasurer for Court Paragon No. 48.

Foresters of America, claims the long service championshiD in fra ternal orders fh California, this as a result or his re-election last night ior nis tnirty-slxth term. Thirty-five years ago last night, on Jan uary it, i2, ityser was elected treasurer of the local lodge and has been returned to the office year after year, always without opposition. Japanese Diet To Stay Pending Ruler's Funeral Political Strife Is Shunned Until After Rites for Yoshihito. By- J. RUSSELL KENNEDY.

Br Radio to The Oakland TEIBtTNE and the Cblcaro Dally Mew. TOKYO, Jan.15. It is virtually certain that neither a resignation of the Japanese cabinet nor disso lution of the Diet will take place until after- the funeral next month of the late Emperor Yoshihito. Leaders of the opposition have agreed that political strife must be avoided pending completion of the Imperial fumeral rites. This will give the.

present gov ernment time to consider its posi tion. The only political question remaining now is whether adjournment will be declared' immediately after th reopening of th Diet session next Tuesday, possibly, after the ministerial speeches are delivered. Regarding the customs Peking government pro poses nr establish February japan ts expected to lodge a formal and Independent -Acquiescence under, protest is deemed Inevitable. Japan desire to expe dite treaty revision and negotia- ttnn fit naw nMvldnml 'trtv loo- v. n.ji- NOTED Al GOTOSTANFORD The writer wishes gratefully to acknowledge copies of the West ern Clarion, weekly published and edited by E.

L. Hubbard in Los An-geles; and also a copy of the Pasa dena Evening Post which contained the following interesting news items under the title "High school girl shows remarkable ability as artist Laura-Brock, 15 years old, a local high school girl, who show rare promise in field of art, an oppor tunity for her to attend an art school Is being sought by the Urban League of Los "After winning more than twenty prizes for art work contributed to the Los Angeles Junior Times Times magazine, Miss Laura Brock, 15-year-old Pasadena high school student, has attracted the attention of Mrs. Katherlne J. Barr, executive secretary of the Los Angeles Urban league, who came to Pasadena yes terday to arrange ways and means for Miss Brock to develop her re markable talent by advanced art study. Noah D.

Thompson, industri al secretary of the league, and a member of the Los Angeles housing committee, accompanied Mrs. Barr. The Pasadena girl has designed nine prize winning covers for the Junior Times and has won a dozen or more special awards. She has done many illustrations for the Aunt Dolly column and for some time contributed a weekly comic strip. At the sevententh national orange show at San Bernardino last year, she was awarded third prize over a large field of competing artists.

"The Urban league has as its pur pose the creation of openings in industry, business and professional life for Negroes of marked ability and talents, besides doing a great amount of welfare work among members of the colored race. Thompson said yesterday 'Miss Brock Is the most promising find ever discovered by the league. An attempt will be made to raise funds to enable her to pursue her education, and develop her talent In some recognized art school." Continuing, the article said: 'Noah D. Thompson was formerly daily newspaper man. having been employed for a number of years on a Los Angeles paper, and the object of this visit was to meet this girl and bring her prominently before the reading public through an article which he will write and publish in a maga zine published in New York city on the study of Negro life.

It is the official organ of the National Urban League, of which the Los Angeles league te hut-a branch." EMANCIPATION DAY ADDRESS, George M. Johnson, of San Ber-nardina, delivered the principal address on New Year's day at the Emancipation Day celebration ex ercises held in the Third Baptist church of San Francisco, under the auspices of the Junior branch N. A A. C. P.

of that city. He spoke on the "Emancipation, Its history and significance." His address was well received by a large audience. John son is a University of California graduate with the class of 1923. with the degree of A. majoring in anthropology with a minor in bacteriology and philosophy.

He is at- present enrolled In the U. of as a graduate student, candidate for the-degree of J. D. is one of the founders of and an active member of Epsllon chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity of the Univer sity of California. He is also one of the founders and an active member of the Young People Lyceum of Oakland, and was instrumental In 'getting the organization to establish a scholarship fund to be given to the member of the lyceum who, upon entering college, has maintained the highest- scholastic average for his or' her entire high school career The-'high schools of the bay district have coaperajad In thw movement by "furnishing scholastic records up on-request.

The lyceum. has hut very recently awarded its first 'annual scholarship of $75 to Reghald Jones of San Francisco. William A. Johnson, mentioned through this column last summer as graduating from trie college of medicine of Howard university 'in Washington, D. Is a brother, of George M.

Johnson. He Is now serving as an interne In the old-city hospital In Kansas City, Kansas. These young men are descendants of an old and highly respected California family whose activities are entwined Into the history of the state. CHORAL CLUB GIVES CONCERT The Pacific Union college, located at' St. Helena, California at intervals during the year presents the student body and the community a series of lectures and concerts In which the participants are distinguished persons in their particular line.

In accordance with this, policy they invited the Golden Gate Choral club of Oakland to render a concert this evening in the college auditorium. The club has been invited to also render a short' program In the afternoon In Saint Helena sanitarium, which 1s about eight miles from the college. The Golden Gate Choral club Is a product of Oakland, consisting of thirty selected -Negro singers whose voices have been trained by Rev. Owen A. Troyj pastor of Market I TRIPLE IMF.

CONCORD, Jan. 15. Fraternal circles in Concord are looking toward the triple installation to be held in I. O. O.

Monday when Crockett Encampment, Mt. Diablo Rebekahs, and Pacheco Lodnt of Odd Fellows install new of fiveVs. Esther Moody, district deputy grand president, wiU install Lucille Hlckle, noble grand; Mary Bibber, vice-grand? Ella Jones, secretary, and Nlch Mkrunlch, of Mt, Diablo Rebekahs. Pacheco Lodge, I. O' Ou ceremonies wiU be In.

charge of District Deputy William Buholz of Bay Point. The 1927 officer are Henry: Hahn, noble grand; Henry Bottv treasurer; J. E. Frank, vice-grand, and Frank Humphrey, sec retary. FRIGHT SHOCK FATAL.

"SALT- LAKE CITY." 'Utah- Frightened bv the eollloion'- mt liar autp wlth' a truck, Mr. K. T. Heath TE PLANNED I. to ih Aged Recluse Remains atj Site of Vanished Religious Colony.

LEBANON, Jan. 15. A picturesque settlement which existed in Warren county for more than a century has finally broken up and today there remains here only one member or the BnaKer sect. a denomination that had Its genesis! in 1805 The remaining member of th Shakers is Elder James Fennessy.f an aged man who has elected to' spend the rest of his life in the? community in which he waa and raised. In this thriving little-; town, Elder Fennessy remains with his books, clinging to the old traditions of the As far as is known, there is only 7, one other living person who "was member of this colony.

Sister Ellen Ross, once a leader in the colony, Is living with relatives in Indiana. FOUNDED IN 1805. The first Shaker settlement was, founded near here in 1805 when in March of that year, three men wearing broad-brimmed hats and dressed in the fashion of the early Quakers, appeared at Turtle creek, four miles west of Lebanon. They had left New Lebanon, N. the last day of January and had made i the 1000 mile Journey on stopping for a short time In Ken- tucky.

The Sunday after John Meacham, Benjamin Young and Issacher Bates -arrived they obtained permission of the pastor of Turtle creek church to occupy his pulpit. There followed a revival apd the pastor and several members of his congregation were converted to "The United Society of Believers," as the Shakers called thfemselves. The popularity of the new sect spread rapidly. Within a month a dozen families had embraced Shakerism and had given their ft UFC1 -J- i.u -JUUI-JIl. WIJU i became members owned large; tracts of land which they all con- secrated to the use of the church.

In May 1805, the society was duly organized at Union Village. As the years sped the community prospered and gradually acquired more tnan 4uuu acres of some of the most valuable land In Warren county village extended uvuk miio one street, inv, nouses and shops were large, manv of them of brick and all neat and substantial. QUAINT DRESS WORN. The men wore gray homesDun. woven at the village.

'The little girls dressed like their mothers and tneir grandmothers. Thev wore long-eared white cans without ribbon or lace, except for two pieces of white tape for tying under the chin. flsJads, necklaces or ornaments of anv kind were banned. Their lone skirts were full and plain and gathered In at the waist. They wore straw bonnets, made in the village, called "Shaker bonnets" to this dav.

The people of this ouaint. villa walked to church in single file, the men going in one door and the women In another. Before dancing, which waa. nnrt the shlp, the men removed their coats.l In 1892 Union Villacra Its zenith In population with 500. iiiemuers.

livery nome was plain and painted brown; the walls white plaster. No ornamentation of any kind was allowed. In 1913. the heads of the nltv in East Canterbury In conlnnrtlon with the remaining elders at Union vuiage decided to sell the property. Elder Fennessy is virtually a recluse and about the only connection he maintains with th world in general is thrnne-h hi radio.

Federated Clubs of Mt. Eden Meet ASHLAND, Jan. 15. The Federated Improvement clubs of Eden township held their installation of officers and banquet in the Masonic temple, Hayward. Vaudeville numbers by talent from the Ashland Improvement club dramatio troupe was presented, under "the direction of L.

E. Ferrera. Charles Long, Rose Ferrera, Lou Ferrera and the 'all beauty" chorus gav song and dance numbers an sketches. The federation has been in existence for one vear. Frank Hann, Its president, spoke of It past acnievements and future aims.

Prisoner Sa ves $610 From Pay In 3 Years' Time State Highway Getting 75 Cents a Day, Puts 56 Cents in Bank. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15. Fred A. Grace.

55, a state prisoner work- ing on the state highway in the prison road camp In the Yosemite Valley, may have erred against 3 society, but, according to Ben H. 3 MiniKen, superintendent of the prison camp, he possesses a trait that the average citizen could do well to follow. This is his ability to save a large amount of money from the meager dally pay allowed him under the convict pay law. Grace, who is servine- term for robbery in Los Ane-eW was received at the Yosemite Valley camp on Januarv 16 1951 since that time ha8 saved more than $610 from his daily net wag of not to exceed 75 cents. During December of last iroo ings amounted to J16.04 out of al the commissary maintained at the camp, where, the men may buy tobacco and a few luxuries allowed by the camp officials, during December amounted it Grace has been an Ideal fl both at San Quentln.

where he first was confined, and u. 1. During the more than fm.r Lye8 he ha been in servl-w never Jbeen Punfthed for any offense. This good record and his hiiit th mTe'tlng ftf the board of prison director TwheC wl1' coar sidered. -Graeef in the event hli parole application i.

reed February la.TszT'lf maintain a nr.m A 'because good conduct n. ZrSSi becaua. 7 cora. polloy of permitting arms to eome tnrougn to the Mexican govern- pure, that is, when It comes diluent while prohibiting passage to rectly from the grape, it would be non-government agencies has been hard to intoxicate a man unless he supplanted by a complete embargo, drank an overwhelming quantity. The government' request fpr per- Pure -wine cad be drunk In large mission to bring in ten aeroplanes quantities before any "effect is felt.

iWas refused. There have been Our millions in the fields can drink Jtinta that the embargo will be lift- J. Dent; baritone soloist, H. Scott, and H. Mitchell, base; soloist, F.

W. Gatliff. Rev. Reed will give an illustrated lecture on the Life or Christ tonight in Market Street Day Adventlst church of Oakland. ART AND INDUSTRIAL CLUB SPONSORS CONCERT.

The Art and Industrial club while anxious to begin building its club house, also believes in prac ticing its motto, "Lifting as we climb." The club members pur chased $10 worth of tickets to the Charity Ball given during the holidays, the proceeds of which were equally divided between the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Peo pie, and the Fanny Wall Home and Day Nursery, rne ciud next ae elded to assist Eugene Anderson of Oakland in his efforts to raise funds to go east and complete his musical education. This club presented him in song recital Thursday evening at First A. M. E. church to a crowded house.

He has a fine ten or voice, and rendered an entire program oi classical music in seve ral languages, covering a wide ran en of composers. He closed with a group of Negro spirituals which had been arranged Dy jas. vyeiaon Johnson Harry Burleigh. He was most fortunate, in having as his accompanist.Mrs. Lillian Jetter Davis, a well trained and experienced musician, who Is a product of a Philadelphia school of music, and the Neff School of Elocution and Oratory.

The following committee was responsible for the success of the affair: Mrs. Lawrence Sledge, president; Mrs. M. W. Saddler, chairman; Mrs.

P. A. de Bigney, and Mrs. J. R.

Hosklns, members of the Art and Industrial club. NEGRO SPIRITUALS. The reader will notice that Negro spirituals were included in the program of both these Negro concerts. Not until the Colored American clubwomen began to glorify thee songs would any Negro singer include them on a program. Following: their activities on behalf Of preserving the.m, Percy Gran-ager, the great musician, in a lengthy article in the dally press, spoke of their beauty and classed them as "the only American folk songs." The tremendous hold Negro spirituals have taken on the public mind can be perhaps better under-stobd when it is recalled that the Harmon Awards Judges did not think-the Negro race haA created anything new in music during the year; nevertheless they did award a prize to-James Weldon Johnson's book on Negro spirituals ana its fine historical introduction.

The American under date of August, 1926, 465, contained a' review written by Read Bain of: the University of Washington of Johnson's book of Negro spirituals. The review, among other things, said: "The Negro artists who are Justifying and glorifying their race are doing a work of the utmost sociological Interest and social value. They are creating and stimulating the self- respect and pride the Negroes have so long lacked and- without which they cannot achieve their, real emancipation. At the same time they are. doing yeoman service In breaking down the (traditions of superiority whichjiprfvents white people from treating Negroes as real human -beings.

"When one hears Roland Hayes holding white audiences spell bound, compelling their highest respect and admiration, one real izes that he Is in the presence of a most significant sociological phe nmenon. The same may be said of the lecturing of Kelly-Miller, and the writings of Dr; DuBols." The above quotation recalls to mind a statement made by Dr Alexander Stewart, a California musiclart'-ef note, who said, after listening to- a high-class Negro concert during the P. I. "I believe that music win be one of the greatest means of creating a Deiier unaerstanumg between the races." Spring, Tra La! Pussywillow Is Forerunner LAMO, Jan. 15.

Pussywillow. harbinger of spring, is in bloom along the creeks of the San Ramon Valley and motorists from the bay cities are taking home large clnstert of the furry bods Owing to the fact that the rainfall this winter has been above normal '6 far, the willow is growing thii-season in greater profusion than Whist Benefit Will BeGivenbyS.P.R.SJ; PLEAS ANTON, Jan." 15. A whist party, will be given by the Pleasanton Lodge of 8. P. R.

S. I Tuesday, evening. January 25, In the S. hall. -Proceeds from the -affair will be donated to the Pleasanton -township health center assist lh' supporting a child at J3elValle farm.

of access aocoraea to an who I nesiraarms. That would mean real I trouble. Of Course. President inallna mmI 1 his associates mav find anllltlnn tor the problems aow agitating this country and the United States, -and ji me present apprehension prove to bave been for naught. in meantime ail business moves SlOWly.

NO' One makes new pnm. snitmenta and everyone proceeds lowly with ventures la, which he aow Is engaged. Ever; since the lean Federation of Labor, St. Pe tersburg," regarding the question of starting an organizing campaign. The information states that representatives of twenty-two or ganizations attended the conference, which was an exceptionally interesting one, adopted a pro gram which will be considered at an early date.

Members of. the Blacksmiths' Union of this district have been advised of the death of William L. Phillips, general vice-president of the Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers at New York during the past week. Phil lips was a member of the orpanlza-tion for a period of thirty-five years. He was an active, enter-getic trade unionist from his young' manhood until death.

Joseph Flynn, international sec retary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Bcilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of America. has resigned on account of ill health. Charles F. Scott, formerly international representative of that organi-ation In Philadelphia and vicinity, was appointed fill the unexpired term. Oscar Ader has been appointed by the Bakery and Confectionery workers International union as the organizer for the Cracker Bakers' Union of San Francisco and vicinity.

Ader has been an active official for the membership of his craft. At the recent election of the Bill Posters' and Billers' Union, Local No. 44, comprising the districts of Alameda and San Francisco coun ties, A. G. Schurtz was elected busi ness representative for the Oakland district.

Jak Baumgarten and Joseph i Sweeney were elected the organization's delegates to the Central Labor Council of Alameda county. Ben Brundage. seoretary of the union for many years, was re-elected without opposition. The reports of the various officials for the. past year showed that the or ganizations had made progress and that the industry was flourishing.

The last regular meeting of the Building Trades Council of Alameda county was attended by prac tically every delegate affiliated therewith. Frank C. MacDonald. general president of the State Building Trades Council of Califor nia, and Abe Mulr, special repre sentative for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. and Joiners of America, Were the speakers of the evening, speakers gave a resume, of the general conditions of the building trades industry and called attention to the program that had been mapped out for the ensuing year.

Following the conclusion of the addresses the delegates by a unanimous vote agreed to assist the officials of the building artisans In program for the upbuilding of the building crafts. William Garlich, eighth vice-president of the Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America, and member of the' Butchers' Union, left on an automobile trip throughout-the state yesterday afternoon, accompanied by his wife. Garlich will make an official visit to the various unions. affiliated with his national organization and will convey to the membership at their regular meetings the wftrk that has been outlined by the executives of the organization for the coming year. Garlich has been actively identified with the local labor movement for the past ten years and is well known In organized labor-circles in the bay district.

At the last of the Central Labor Council of Alameda county the law and legislative committee of the council was instructed to prepare several amendments to the state workmen's compensation law. It was the opinion of th delegates that the amounts paid the law -are not sufficient and should be In creased. Secretary William. A. Spooner was instructed to communicate with every central labor council in this state regarding the matter and request their coopera tion in bringing about th change that will proposed by th coun cil' legal Nathan H.

Miller, attorney for th council and affiliated unions, is the chair man of the council's law and legis lative eommittee and he 1 cooper ating with Secretary Spooner and rest er th committee in drawing op th amendment which will fee submitted to th delegates of lit fiWAcU i ibtlz- jregjilar meeU revolution, capital has tendeflNto the wine consumed or in the man-concentrate in' the larger cities, nor of consumption, the fascist particularly Mexico City. Mining governtaent wpulfl soon meet the -and petroleum interests, of course, problem with means. lucawa ouisiae tne capital, but uncertainty as to -the operation of the agrarian laws has acted a a sharp curb upon stock raising nd agriculture generally. Today, the correspondent has ridden through a region in which there are green fields in abundance, but taken as a whole agriculture la not flourishing- as it should, Critics of the government place the blame for the present business dullness partly on the agrarian laws calling for the division of large estates and partly, on the labor laws which exact more from employers than any code In the world. Oopyrla-ht, 19W, ttaOalono pally Krwi.) Australian Church Fights Sunday Flights SYDNEY, Jan.

IS. -Because Sir Alan Cobham, famous British airman, flew from. Sydney to Melbourne on a Sunday to complete the outward portion of his recent great flight from London, the annual assembly of Presbyterians in Melbourne have -condemned officials who were In charge of the schedule. The Presbyterians declared a solemn- and emphatic protest, saying that "this unjustifiable violation of the Christian Sabbath, had an injurious effect on the young life in the towns along the airman's route and in Melbourne." They called upon those In authority "to da all In their power to arrange publie functions of such a character for days other than the Sabbath." i Stilt Races at Ashland Monday ASHLAND. Jmm.

II. Next Hon-day afternoon at "o'clock the girls and boys of the Ashland school will hold their first stilt day, probably the first to the country. The affair has every Indication of bates; a success from the amount of interest being Various tunta and contests will be performed on the high stilts for which prize will be awarded. Fifty en-ttie have already been registered. ambr ftiiif expect' hl.rMnte"cfUt "Sht meu.

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