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The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
Stories of
GREAT
INDIANS
THE LOGIC OF TWO STRIKE, 4
BRULE CHIEF
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

4 BO:T thirty years ago a COM
L mission was sent from Washing
ton to arrange for the cesSion of Sioux
lands on the Rosebud reservation in
South Dakota. One night q Brule
chief named Two Strike agreed to sign
the treaty but the next morning when
it came time for him to make his mark
on the treaty rolls. he held back.
II will not sign" he announced.
One of the commissioners was great
Strike controlled more than 800 war
riors and his signature was very i'm
portant.
"Why not?" asked the commission
er. You promised last night to sign
this morning"
Il have thought it over and I will
Dot sign" replied Two Strike, firmly.
II notice that every time l touch that
thing'-pointing to the pen-"I lose
something." His logic was unmistak-
able and the name OF Nom-pa-a-pa
or ''The Man Who Knocks OFF Two"
did not appear on that treaty.
Two Strike was deed name" re-
ceived in sharp skirmish with the
Utes In Colorado. Finally the Utes
were defeated. Two Of them tried to
escape on one horse. Two Strike
urged his war pony alongside the
horse bearing the double burden,
raised his war club and knocked both
enemies off with one blow.
Although NOm-pa-a-pa fought In
some of the most important battles
of the Sioux wars Of 1S66-67 and 1876
II, he did not become well-knOwn
among the whites as leading chief
until the Ghost Dance troubles Of 1890
81 when he cast his lot with the hos
tile element of the Sioux. On the day
of the Wounded Knee fight he led the
attack on the troops at Pine Ridge
Agency, an attack that was repulsed.
The next day he attacked wagon
train near the st. Francis mission and
the Seventh Cavalry was sent out to
beat off Two Strikes warriors. The
Brule chief drew the soldiers into a
trap. Only the timely arrival OF the
Ninth prevented the mission Fight"
from being a repetition Of the disaster
of Little Big Horn in 1875.
After the uprising had ended Two
Strike became one of the leading coun-
cilors for the Brules In Washington.
He proved himself to be as willy and
shrewd a diplomat as he had been a
formidable warrior.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
SHORT BULL, THE SIOUX CHIEF
WHO "SAW GOD"

0UT on the Pine Ridge reservation
~ In South Dakota there lives a
tragic figure. Once he had been a
great chief, the herald Of millennium.
Now he is prophet discreditec, un-
honored and blamed for the deaths Of
many Of his people. This man Is Short
Bull (Tatanka Ptecila), chief Of the
Bruie Sioux, the "man who saw God"
Late in 1889 a thrill ran through all
the western tribes. Far out in Nevada
q man had arisen and proclaimed him.
self the Indian messiah. Delegations
from many tribes visited him. He
told them that a great day was COM
ing when the whites would be buried
under a new layer Of earth which
would spread over the whole country.
The buffalo would be restored and all
their dead friends and relatives would
be brought back to life.
Short Bull visited this messiah and
was deeply impressed. In his super
stitious nature there was no room Tor
doubt. He had seen the vision splen'
did-he had seen God. He could not
have known that this messiah was only
a fanatical Piute named Wovoka or
Jack Wilson, faker, whose mfracu-
lous appearance before the delegation
las though floating on air." was only
a cheap magician's trick. Exalted al
most to a fuenzy and believing himself
the personal representative of this holy
man Short Bull returned to his peo-
ple. gave them ghost shirts and taught
them the Ghost Dance.
The madness swept the Sioux. And
then-years afterward Short Bull
told his story. Some of the chiefs
saw in the craze the chance to sweep
the Sioux into q final desperate at
tempt against the white domination.
They distorted its meaning, according
to Short Bull. They whispered that
no white mans bullet could penetrate
the ghost shirts. They forced him into
war.
Soldiers arrived to put down the up
rising. Then some one blundered ana
the Battle of Wounded Knee reaped Its
red harvest of Sioux lives. When the
Ghost Dance madness ended, Short
Bull was taken to Fort Sheridan. near
Chicago. as a prisoner Of war. But
after some time he was allowed to re-
turn to his people. He found himself
almost an outcast.
"They blame me for a war-my own
people. my people who had sent me
to the sunset that might talk to Him,
the Holy Man, was the heartbroken
cry Of Short Bull. II saw Him and
brought them His message. message
of peace. But they would not hear 1t.
They changed it. They made It war.
, And they blame meme, who saw
Godl"
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
UNITED STATES GETS STOLEN CARS

J. Burns, head Of the bureau Of in
vestigation.
The outstanding feature Of the Dyer
law is that 1t places interstate trans
portation Of stolen motor vehicles un.
der federal law and makes such an
action punishable in federal courts.
Formerly bands Of unscrupulous men
had maintained assembling factories
at various points and were able to so
alter q stolen car as to make it prac-
tically unrecognizable to the original
owner.
Officials Of the A. A. A. are work.
ing with federal officials and heads OF
other organizations to induce motor
car manufacturers to mark permanent
ly all automobiles so as to make iden-
tifcation more easy.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09

downtown when the Rockefeller ma.
chine drove up. A package dropped
out. The boy picked 1t up and handed
it to Mr.. Rockefeller personally. The
boy got a dime and John D. Rookie
feller got an inspiration which he has
followed ever since.
Number "a lad was lost. He
wandered onto the Rockefeller mys-
terry links The oil king saw him. He
took him into the house, gave him a
dime and sent him home. And the
10-cent party sprang from that.
Whatever the cause, "dime day" has
become to the youth of Tarrytown a
day apart, ranking with Christmas
and the Fourth Of July.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
Richest Man Rarely Seen in Tar
rytown ard is Guarded From
All Questioners.
GIVES CAMERAMEN A CHANCE
Recently He Let Photographers Shoot
Him to Hearts Content, but Re
porters Still Are Barred
Stories About Dimes.

TarrytOwn, N. Y.-Is John ID. ROcke-
feller, passing the Indian summer OF
his life on his vast estate in the Po-
cantico hills, at last letting down the
barriers he has always raised against
photographers and reporters?
This is a question which has been
interesting the newspaper profession
ever since the worlds richest man, on
q recent Sunday, permitted camera
men to snap him to their hearts con-
tent after they had consented to fol-
low him into church for service.
Mr.. Rockefeller, who bears the repu-
tation of being one of the most CAM
era-shy men in America, may be be-
coming more lenient in his attitude
toward photographers. but as yet he
has given no indication Of taking re-
porters into his confidence.
An effort to interview Mr.. Rookie
feller on the recent occasion of his
eighty.fourth birthday anniversary
made, as usual, through third party
representing the household-br0ught
the response Impossible" AS no re-
porters as yet have succeeded in
storming the well-g-arded gates Of the
Rockefeller home, the modern Croesus
koes uninterviewed.
Enigma to Fellow Townsmen.
Even to his townsmen the little
man, slight of frame, who appears In
midsummer in leather waistcoat, over
coat and muffier, Is very much Of an
enigma.
Tarrytown points out to each visi-
tor the home OF John d. Rockefeller.
urges the visitor to 60 up and see
where Rockefeller lives, talks con-
stantly about Rockefeller-but rarely
sees him itself.
Very seldom do Tarrytowners get
inside the gates which guard the big
home back in the hills. Once In q
while they see John d. come down
town and sit in his machine while a
chauffeur goes into bank or q store
but Tarrytown almost never talks to
its richest citizen. He comes and
goeS-there Is excitement Wnlie ne Is
downtown, and discussion afterward.
And that is all Of Tarrytown's claim
on its most famous citizen.
Ever since the oil king celebrated
his eigth-fourth anniversary Tarry.
town has been seething over the ques-
ton Of who is its oldest citizen. There
is no question as to the most famous
An ancient who sits In front OF the
big hardware store just around the
corner from the station comedies first
place to John d. The ancient admits
he Is only eighty-three. But an Italian
has asserted his grandfather is eighty
eight. and there is farmer who lays
claim to ninety. Still. even in the
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
Youth, With It's Dual Nature, Has About an
Even Fight on Its Hands
BY DR. A. E. sTEARNs, Principal of Phillips Academy

Nobody understand with boys who does not first OF
ALL appreciate the dual Of the human being and particularly
intensified exemped youth because youth starts with just about
fight hands, and has that dual nature its ntensest and
vigorous the weaker the basez the
animal will pulling him the directions in which he knows on
his better he ought co. husng temptation his calling
him off the beaten track.
thn the other sde there those fine ideals finer
than the days Of YOUTH those beliefs and convictions the things that
fine and and manly and the spiritual side of his nature the
higher the manhood that in him. calling him from these
things and challenging him play the and play the fair
and true.
manhood the next generation is there just
waiting called control action Of ides
will uphold who will stand for the things that
and fine home and family and civic life who
this nation and not undermine its strength by their
weakne these conditions which youth
will perfectly and naturally and wholesomey respond
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
Lad, Asleep, Steals Ride
on Front of Locomotive

Hammonton, N. J.-When a
Pennsylvania railroad bridge
train from Atlantic City passed
through here at high speed last
night the motionless form Of a
lad was seen on the front Of
the engine. When the train
stopped at Broad street station,
Philadelphia, railroad officials
found the body Of a boy seven
teen years old lying inert on the
fore part Of the locomotive.
He was alive, but asleep, and
had made the ride, almost 70
miles, in this dangerous position,
sometimes rushing through the
darkness at 20 miles an hour.
The passenger was Frederick
Herbert of Shawnee, Okla,
homeward bound without the
formal.ty of paying regular
rates. The Philadelphia police
took the nervy lad in tow.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
Art Bolshevsts to the Incompetent Proletariat
of Paint and Brush


The chad cnch" when they started It
people they like believe and what their
all they had the they make
up the mass of Russia-was: "The land is yours"
So boevs say the ignorant and the incompetent Of
paint the proetarat Of the brush he walls Of the exhibition
are yours" picture reaches the firing ne of the National
Academy the Academy Of the Fine Arts Carnegie
"fre" they tell him: "Your picture good for
them"
How generations will take of bountul bring
back people their physical constitutions? How
ethical soundness will take repair the moral attron
How generations will take the eshec
boshevsm propagated most of schools by prof
sona modn? makes discussion futile
merely passing will be visited upon the third and fourth
generations.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
Loss to Labor in 1921, Due to
Disputes, Was s132, 900, 900.
survey Indicates 100000 Man Hour
Lost Daily In Disturbance
Building Trades Lead, With
Printers Second.

New York.-The loss of time due to
strikes In the present year VIII un-
donhtedly exceed that Of last year. ac-
cording to figures complied by the Ma.
tional Industrial Conference Board, ~
East Thirty-ninth street. The board
estimates that at present 1,25O,OOO
vorkers are idle because OF strikes
n various industries. entailing g direct
loss of approximately 100000 man
hours OF work each day.
There were 2,267 strikes and lock
ants IN the United States in 1921, says
ne board report, or less than any Of
TIE i've preceding years. The number
of strikes brought to the attention o.
he bureau Of labor statistics IN 1Sl6
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
NEW U. S. CURB ON NARCOTICS
Harder by Safeguards on
Blanks.

Washington, D. C.-Stringent regu-
lations to prevent dope users' from
obtaining narcotics on stolen blanks
have been issued by Internal Revenue
Commissioner Blair. All agents and
other persons registered under the
Harrison narcotic law were instructed
to. report Immediately the numbers Of
any stolen or lost order forms. The
new orders, it was explained, were
issued as another means of closing
the door to the illegal use Of narcotics.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
A List of Vacation Dos and Don'ts for the
School Children of America
BY SAFETY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA.

all you this summer, but full stomach if
overheated or extremely tired.
Learn paddle but rock the boat to the
fellow this has caused the death of thousands boys and girls
Fly wire instead Of twne
eecocuted when he kite wire
wires also don't climb telegraph, poles.
Hike out into the country but for than carry
fsaid XII with you; also learn recognize poison ivy
Of water but first make that its is clean.
Don't the streets for play there is vacant lot alley
playground nearby must streets for Fairgrounds pick
that has street tracks heavy automobile
Don't be jaywaler in the city regular crossings
the middle Of the block when walking country keep on
the rghand side d the road You can ses
approaching vehicles
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09

full force and effect precisely the same as toug ' ~ ~
never held it to be unconstitutional
century half foreahers shed their ood IN oruer
might upon this continent government w
lust powers from the governed which the Will OF e
people expressed through their duly representatives should be
gradual encoachmen uncertain ana t
first aggressive sovereignty has been wreso
from the people and usurped by the courts.
Today the actual ruler of the American people the Supreme court
United States they and not what the
through Aye the Constitution OF the On
States what its plain declare but what these nine men con
to be.
fact actually the supreme rulers Tor
majority has repeatedly oerrdden the Will OF the
people declared by their representatives congress- and has construed
the Constitution to mean whatever suited their peculiar economic and
political lawyers who constitute the Supreme court are
positions power life by the votes Of the people but by
presidential appointment.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
Actual Ruler of the American reoplo A0O"'
Is the Supreme Court


I purpose shortly to introduce proposed amend
mont to the Constitution would amend the consul
tuition so us to provide O That no inferior federal
indge shall set aside law of congress on the ground
that it is unconstitutional (2) that if the supreme
court assumes to decide any law of congress unconst'
tutiona or by interpretation undertakes to assert
public policy at variance with the statutory decara
ton of congress-which alone under our system Is
authorized to determine the public policies OF govern
ment-the congress may by re-enacting the law null
if tho action Of the court Thereafter the law would
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
John D. Enigma
to NeighbOrs

face Of odds TarrytOwn stands Loyalty
behind its prominent citizen and an
nounces to the world that its oldest
citizen today is none other than the
man who made oil famous.
But the town maintains that Mr..
Rockefeller IL still a youngster in
spirit.
ANY man who plays golf as fire.
quently as he does" began one citi-
zen, when he was interrupted with a
question as to whether John DIS. prf-
vate links were regular size.
Certainly. but John D. goes around
slowly" replied the citizen. but an
other Tarrytowner broke in with a
denial.
1T is not. 1t is only about four
holes Of normal course. And John
D. takes three hours to make two Of
'em."
Last but not least, in Tarrytown's
viewpoint toward its leading citizen is
the tradition of the dimes, the day Of
days for the boys and girls. Spasmod-
ically John D. Rockefeller gives 10
cent pieces away to children. How
did 1t start?
Stories About Dimes,
1hree stories are current:
Number 1-Three boys, many
years ago, walked up the hill, climbed
the stone wall, went up to the porch
and saw Mr.. Rockefeller. They asked
him for a dime apiece-and got 1t.
Since then, 1t is said, the Oil magnate
has held his yearly party.
Number pa boy was standing
The St. Charles herald., 1922-09-09
A Memory.

sYou talk about the good old days
and the fun you used to have. Why,
you didn't have moving pictures; but
we had living pictures."-Judge.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
Ruth Knocks Ball
Over Fence First
Time Up

NEW ORLEANS, La, March
11.--He's here! He in this
particular case being none
other than George Herman
Ruth. otherwise known as
Babe, the Bambino, the Sultan
of Swat and the Big Hitter.
The Babe, bats, golf sticks, bag
gage, trunks and everything
else arrived at the Yankees
training camp at IL o'clock
yesterday morning and two
hours later he drove the ball
over the center field fence at
the local ball park.
1t was q regular Ruthian
clout, the kind that gives the
baseball fans real thrill. The
ball skyrocketed into the air
and cleared the center field
fence by Many feet. Phil
Schenck, the Yankee ground
keeper, said the distance was
about $50 feet. John Heine-
man, president of the local
ball club, declared that the dis
tance was 488 feet and that
the fence was IA feet high.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
TRACK WIZARDS
SHINE TONIGHT
IN TITLE MEET
Nations College Stars to Com
pete for Championships in
Annual Indoor Events.
By TOM THORP.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE
greatest track and field stars OF
the collegiate world win compete In
the first annual indoor carnival OF
the intercollegiate A. A. A. A. at
the 22nd regiment armory tonight.
Not a single name known to cinder
path followers Is absent. Each OF
the twelve title events Ia filled to
capacity with top.notch perform
ers. New records should be estab.
lished in several races.
The fact that college performers
are given an opportunity to cap.
ture indoor titles is due In great
measure to the untiring efforts OF
Gustavus T. Kirby, chairman of the
American Olympic committee. Mr..
Kirby is a great believer in track
and field athletics. During his col.
lege days at Columbia University he
won many honors for the Morning.
side Heights school Of learning.
Since then he has been promi.
nently identified with every move.
ment that has to do with the bet.
terment OF amateur sports. II was
through his efforts that the Inter.
collegiate Association Of Amateur
Athletes Of America decided to 60
to the great expense of staging its
first indoor meet.
No doubt the success Of the meet
tonight will be tribute to the
good Judgment of the American
Olympic committee chairman. Mr..
Kirby viii act as referee this eve.
ming.
The contestants will be able to
perform under track conditions ap.
preaching closer to outdoor stand.
ards than at any previous games.
The special eight-lap-to-the mile
banked track and sprinting straight.
away, built at an expense Of close
to $1,000 will allow the stars to per.
form In spiked shoes. This no
doubt will result In many new
records in the running events be.
ing set.
1t Is expected that a new record
for the 70-yard dash will be written
In the books. Seven of the fastest
sprint stars of the country have
been named TO parade to the start
ing line in this important event.
Each will have his mind set upon
bettering the present figure Of lis
seconds, held jointly by six men.
II IL likely that II the mark Ia to
be broken this season the smashing
will talce place tonight.
Joie Rays record of four minutes
IL 3-5 seconds for the mile. made
at Chicago in 1919, will be in danger
when Walter Higgins, of Columbia,
leaves the mark In the one.mile
title race.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
INDIA SENDS CHALLENGE
FOR DAVIS CUP HONORS

NEW YORK, March Linda
|cabled a challenge for the Davis
Cup to the United States Lawn
Tennis Association yesterday. The
challenge was signed by A. Gupta.
|of Delhi. honorary secretary Of the
Lawn Tennis Association OF India.
This is the ninth challenge received
for the 1922 tournament f~
In view of the long trip which
the team from India made last
year to England, then to the United
States and then back to England
before returning home. It was fear.
ed that they might not enter the
lcontest this year. g
Their team. which included L. M
Deano, A. Fyzee. Mahomed ,Sleem
and 8. NJ. Jacob, surprised man,
tennis followers last year by de
Ifeating France. This brought tn,
Indian team against Japan at Chi
|cago. The players were obliged to
return TO England Immediately af-
ter the match, so they did not com.
pete in any Eastern tournaments
but they said before leaving that
II they returned in 1929 they would
try to include some of the princi.
pal American events on their sched-
lule.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
GEORGETOWN 5
ATHLETES OFF,
TONEW YORK
Connolly, Legendre, and Relay
Team viii Run In Big
Meet Tonight.

GEORGETOWN has sent to the in
door intercollegiate, to be held In
New York tonight. Jimmy Connolly
and Bob lie Gendre, the Hilltop
aces of track and field competition.
and also the champion South At
lantic two-mile relay team.
Connolly will run the mile and the
$50 as anchor man on the relay
team. The Hilltop captain has
never been defeated In an inter.
collegiate meet, and on the basis OF
past performances should annex the
indoor mile title tonight. He will
have plenty. of competition, since
among the starters there will be
Larry Shields, of Penn State, inter.
collegiate mile champion in 1920:
Crawford. of Lafayette; Burke, of
Harvard, and a score more of fast
distance men.
II his form Is on a par with that
exhibited in the Buffalo, Johns Hop
kins. and Georgetown meets he
should win by a comfortable margin.
Connolly turned the distance at
Cambridge last spring in 4:17 and
should be able TO do 1t again tonight
II pressed. A special banked track
has been built that admits the use
OF spikes, and especially fast time is
expected In all events.
Bob LIE Gendre Is entered in the
sprints, where he viii encounter the
fastest competition OF the season.
Although primarily Americas pre-
mfer all-around athlete, his per-
formances In the sprints and hurdles
entitle him to consideration as a
formidable entrant In the specialties.
He won the hundred at the Johns
Hopkins meet In Baltimore two
weeks ago, defeating fast field
with ease. At the Convention Hall
carnival last week he won the fifty
yard dash, breaking the tape ahead
OF Bernie Wefers, jr., and his team
mate Kinnaly.
Although victors over Virginia I'm
the South Atlantic title race last
week. the Hilltoppers' two-mile re.
lay four have not had sufficient COM
position to give any accurate idea
of their capabilities. Brewster, lead
off man, turned the $50 in Balti,
more, with the assistance OF a gen.
erous handicap, In 1857 2-b. Hig.
gins, running next, is fairly con.
sistent, and In counted upon to do
his turn In about two minutes.
Marsters did 1853 In Buffalo and an.
pears able ITO better that time IL
pressed. Connolly, II the mile is not
too much OF tax on his strength,
should step the distance In 1857 or
better.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
Odd Names Suggested
by Playfenow
Suit

Racegoers win be reminded Of
the Playfellow suit for several
years. James F. johnson, who
sold the colt to Harry F. Sin
clair. for 100000, and was or
dered by a jury in Brooklyn ten
days ago to return the money,
has given several Of his two-year-
olds names he thought Of during
the trial
Among them are Poor Sport,
Falsifier, Caveat Emptor, the
Latin for "buyer BEWARE" Money
back and Squealer. All of the
names did not meet with the ap-
proval Of the Jockey Club, and
several Of them were rejected.
Two Of those accepted were Poor
Sport and Caveat Emptor.