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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
Six Held Prisoners
BY "Confdence Men"

Tampa, Flask persons, members
of two families, were held prisoners
for II days in room in the Latin
quarter by confidence men, police have
discovered. The gang, during the -
days, extorted more than $1,000 from
relatives of the two families. The
relatives live in Massachusetts. One
of the six prisoners was a seven-week-
old baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Germano Seorra and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Santos and their
two children arrived in Tampa in
search of homes, police said.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
CHASTITY RITES
OF VOODOO AT
GATES OF PARIS
Sacrifice to Serpent Made
BY Blacks Described
BY Frenchn1an.

The other day Marcel Nedaud, the
well-known authority on French agri-
culture and economy and pioneer in
aviation war fiction, told in lie Petit
Journal of voodoo gathering near
Paris which he attended as q favored
spectator. He said:
"All the transplanted African races
were represented. A pure negro sat
next to a quadroon; not far from them
was COngOleSe woman, holding
whimpering baby in her arms. yelling
up from them all was an atmosphere
heavy with animality, of morbid and
uprooted human beings who had
broken all ties with nature and were
attached to their native soil only by
the bond Of criminal mystery.
"Gradually the agglomeratiOn took
shape. circle formed in the clear
ing. Two men brought in a sort of
cage, which they placed near the CEN
ter and put some burning sticks to one
side Of it.
Beginning of Ceremony.
"a gong sounded near me. The cir
Gle closed in. The blacks now knelt
instead of squatting. A tall old man,
clothed in a white mantle, beneath
which his polished shoes could be seen,
stationed himself between the cage
and the fire. He stood motionless for
some minutes, his white locks in strik-
ing contrast with his dusky face.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
AS Pretty as
Could Be.

udU! Silc was
| jealous and she was envious and she
was not always quite loyal.
| She wouldn't exactly tattle-tale. She
would do even worse than that. She
would give an idea of what someone
had been doing who had been naughty
without actually tattle-taleing.
She had little way of making
someone suspicious of someone else
without saying very much. She was
underhand in the way she did this.
She was SO jealous that she couldn't
bear to see anyone else successful.
She couldn't bear to see anyone else
have anything nice. She wasn't jeal-
Gus of those she loved so much as
she was jealous of anyone having any
thing nice at all.
She wanted everything herself.
When she was given lovely present
she did not bother to look at the pres
ent, but would look at the person who
gave her the present and would say:
"That's a nice bunch Of flowers you
have. like flowers
Then when she would be given the
flowers she would say:
ooh, what q cute handkerchief that
is Of yours"
And sometimes she would get the
handkerchief. Even then she was not
happy over her gifts. She was not
happy over anything.
She never took the time to enjoy
,ho ho ho NJ
thinking of something else she might
have.
She never knew what it was to be
thrilled about a present. No, not with
her disposition.
Her family was pretty much to
her sly little hints:
ooh, sweet little Katrina does so
love flowers. Oh, isn't Katrina OBJ
servant?" That meant to them that
Katrina observed everything because
she was so smart-they didn't realize
it was envy. Nor did they seem to
realize how spoilt and naughty and
selfish she was.
So you mustn't blame Katrina too
much.
These things did not, as. you can
understand, make Katrina happy.
While she was so pretty to look at and
while she enjoyed looking at herself
and begging her daddy for more
dresses and more toys, and putting
her arms around someone when she
was trying to get something, her little
heart was never gay, never really gay
at all.
And Peter Gnome knew that. He
had been worrying about her for some
time. So he and the Dreamland King
had talk.
They sent Katrina a most remark
able dream.
She dreamed that she kept looking
the way she felt. No longer did she
look so pretty. She began to feel
jealous and suddenly she was shrivel-
ed up and mean-looking and hateful
/ looking.
She began to think with envy Of an
other child who had silver necklace
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
Mrs. Coolidge Prefers
Old Sentimental Songs

Swampscott, Mass.-Although Or
chestras of the summer hotels near
White Court were ready with all the
latest hits, it developed that Mrs. Cool
idge preferred the old songs Of senti-
ment
Gerald Griffin, opera singer, who
was one of the theatrical delegation
which called at the White House in
the last campaign, stopped at White
Court recently. When Mrs. Coolidge
asked him to sing. he requested that
she select the number. expecting
something from one Of the operas. She
asked for "My Wild Irish Rose"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
Maine Highway Police
WAGE War on Sienboards

Lewiston, Me.-Signboards along the
highways Of Maine are to be torn
down. This announcement was made
by Chief Arthur H. Field Of the state
highway police.
The campaign will not be confined
to the removal Of signs within the
highway limits which violate the pro-
visions of the law passed by the last
legislature. Signs at intersecting high
ways, whether within the limits Of
the highway or not, which obscure
the vision Of the motorist, also will
be removed.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
Death FollouDs Dare

Pawtucket, r. l.-Albert Holland,
fourteen, when dared by two. of his
companions to climb the tower of the
New England Power company at
Quinnville, touched live wire and
was so severely burned that his CLOTH
ing almost fell from. his body. He was
rushed to hospital. but died.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10

gOl d en- a n q
curled naturally.
Her eyes W. re
blue as blue
could be. Her
skin was white
and soft. Her
cheeks were pink
and never, even
when she ran or
played am e $,
became red and
hot-looking. !
She was very
d a i n t Y, veSy
grac e f u |. She
was as pretty as
could be.
But oh, the
t h o u G h t s she
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
For Safety's Sake

"Say what you will about John, but
when the call for contributions goes
out, he is the first man to put his hand
in his pocket"
Eyes, and he keeps it there until all
danger is over"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10
Uses Dynamite to
Make Suicide Sure

Winnemucca, Nev.-Jack AL
Ian, handbook miner. blew
himself to bits with dynamite In
a downtown hotel here.
The blast was heard through
out the business section and
caused panic in the hotel.
which was badly damaged
Allan had just been discharged
from a hospital. where he had
been i'll for months. He engaged
q room. undressed, fired a fuse
to the dynamite charge and
then lay down on the bed. with
the explosive beneath him.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-10-10

face had the most dreadful express
sions. For her size and her express
sions seemed to be showing just what
she felt, but what no one had seen
before.
Oh dear, how she did feel about it.
And then Peter Gnome and the Dream
land King took her right up to Sleepy
Time Mountain and they had a long,
long talk with her. 1t was really a
wonderful talk. And you've no idea
the change in Katrina after that.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09
PurceRs Speech

The delegates Federation of got
greatest jolt of their lives esterdahose who understood what the
speech PURCELL all and this
all Of them by any
When say "he greatest jolt of their lives"
delegates the A. F. of L. conventions because of them
been attending its sessions for many 1t the business
of being "labor leader"
urging the trade union unity there have been speeches hail
ing the class struggle there have been Communist speeches
But PurceFs speech Landmark of labor history
the position because the world situation
president the Amsterdam International urging
union unity company with the unions Russia
against Imperialism the States powerful
unit!
This spectacle confirm all the fears of the
Imperialism the labor of Amerather bossinpred
that the of the working and the expos
rayed phrases fair days wage
fair work. and dentty of interest between employer
and employee" meaningless terms.
President Green however, have to the occasion
He pledged American labor join with the ARussan
the that they he Aussian union
government This the
unions the foundation the stable gov
eminent in the world today!
Purcell speech delivered with the view
erg labor ocialdom to the struggle 1t show
working that they escape
labor ocialdom benefcaes of the rich fruits
mperast robbery will but the American working
class its victims will read Purcells speechand think
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09

could find the way out, how is it that
you with your world-proclaimed clever
ness as administrators have failed to
find it, why not be, honest and step
aside and let us do the job, and we
shall do it on an International Com
munist basis? Why are you turned in
side out at the very thought of Com
munist propaganda in India? If as an
industrial nation with your Western
mind you have failed to discover
humanitarian cure for the ills of an
agricultural population in an Eastern
country why play the-dog-in-the- man
ger? Why not permit the Russian
nation, which haslactually discovered
the way out of the darkness, to come
and help your"
THIS is no parliamentary bombast.
These words are true words and
the lords by right OF birth and bank
roll know them to be true. The colo
NAL liberation movements are shak-
ing imperialism the world over and
AdAAobo nAOW UCNJCA bndu
any other ruling group that the eyes
Of all the colonial people are turned
towards Soviet Russia and that in
Moscow are the headquarters of the
Communist International which links
up these movements with the struggle
of the working class in all lands.
THEY will ask even their bitterest
= imperialist enemy to prevent their
working class being Corrupted" and
moral aid being given by them to the
Indian liberationists.
But Saklatvala speaks also for the
British working class-the working
class that in the last year has asto-
unded observers by the rapidity of its
development to consciousness as a
class. The organized section of this
class-the trade unionists has sent an
official delegation to Soviet Russia
and has published report that has
shattered the lies of the capitalist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09
The Deadlock at LocarnO

which substanated the predic
by Locarno conference. They
The deadlock the the question revi
sion of the German eastern frontiers.
The given representatives of the Soviet Union by
the delegation officially that Germany will not be party
calling military action against the Soviet Union
allow the treaties with Poland and CzehO
Slovakia.
assumption allied impeas concerning the
that the existing
with the composing the sanitary GORDON not to
be subjects discussions.
Germany this idea cooked hat and by her
Union has attempted force the
whole question Of her boundaries
Hence the deadlock.
capitalist willing explain the real basis the
the differences between
France and England the other with both
trying agreement that would allow Germany
brought anSoviet bloc eate would know that
deadlock inevitable But the capitalist trying
optimism around the conference and u the
into feeling of security for which exists
1t is that the of American fnancecapital will
among it's debtors Debfunding
and Roumana in the United States
mortgaged the House Morgan
will be weld these nations with France and Germany
alliance against the Soviet Union.
outlook peace the Soviet Union the peace
the world gloomy it has been the abandonment of the
policy Intervention by the allies following their defeat by
the red army.
present deadlock Locarno and the tremendous
and Polish policy by the
that the weight the
the House cannot weld into
the warning capitalist nations of Europe. Hs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09
By R. DoMsUscH

The International united front
against Communism and against the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is
already more than an idea, wish Of
extreme reaction generally. The
struggle against the Soviet Union, ac-
cused of the deadly sin of being the
union of the liberated peoples of a
sixth part of the earth and as such
exercising great influence in the his
torical liberation movement of all peo-
ples-this struggle has now taken on
real and concrete organiaztional
forms.s aasuG
1t is now no longer a question Of
bowling against the first workers and
peasants, state, not only are calum-
MES circulated, which are very often
helpless and absurd as tho the pro-
duetion Of some circus clown; now
organization is actually being taken
In hand. OF course, for us this is
nothing new. We have already ex-
perienced the organization of an arm
ed Intervention against Soviet Russia,
during which the capitalist govern
ments got the worst of it. But that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09

was during war time. The govern
ments making this attempt were op-
timistic, for how should these govern
ments of stockholders and profiteers
know what unbounded strength the
people liberated by revolution pos
sess and what fighting power the SOL
idarity of their own" working class
in the proletarian revolution signi-
fies?
Preparing Intervention.
1t cannot be said That capitalist gov
ernments have learned nothing from
the experiences of the first interven-
ton. They haYe grown cleverer. they
are preparing Intervention more care
fully, more thorolYS They are carry
ing it out on much larger and in
their opinion, more suitable form. The
official form is expressed in that col
ossal and finely spun diplomatic man
euver which is manifested in the ne
gotiations and proposals regarding the
guarantee pact, the basic idea Of
which is not as the official diplomats
maintain, the pacihst combination Of
the entente powers with the conquered
state, but a continuous cunning en-
deavor to organize an international
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09

/ press and given to millions OF work
ers an insight into the wonders of the
Russia of the workers and peasants.
THE British trades unions have,
4 with the all-Russian unions, taken
the lead in the drive for world trade
union unity. An English worker, chair
man of the Amsterdam International,
A. A. Purcell, is leading figure in
the Anglo-Russian Trade Union Unity
Committee.
The British miners force the govern
ment to subsidise the coal industry
and while the coal owners will profit
largely by the settlement it is never
theless only a temporary one, repre-
sents huge concession by the tory
government and it has allowed the
alliance Of miners, transport workers
and railwaymen nine months In which
to prepare their forces for still more
serious struggle.
THE government subsidy to the coal
\ industry, the cost of which is estim-
ated variously from $5O,O0O,OO0 to
$1OO,OOO,O0O, is made possible by the
super-profits from the colonies = Ind
ia in particular
Yet the British Trades Union Con-
gress meeting at Scarborough passes
a resolution (by some 100000 votes
with a negligible majority voting
against) endorsing the liberation
movement in the colonies and uphold
ing the right of any or all of them
to separate from the empire at any
time. This is great historical act on
the part of the organized section of
a class which has been bound up with
imperial exploitation for decades. It
has been proverbial that to scratch
any Briton was to find an imperialist
but the chains of tradition were brok
en- at Scarborough and British labor.
at least the very powerful left wing,
now acknowledges that the empire
must be broken up if the British work
ing class is to save itself from utter
slavery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09
ARTICLE II.

ONE has only to read one extract
~ from Saklatvala's recent speech
in the house of commons to realize
that to British imperialism he appears
as the forerunner of the day when
India drives out British hangmen and
becomes an ally and friend of Soviet
Russia. Said SakIatvala to the repre-
sentatives of British Imperialism:
at may be that you are honest in
compentents but why not learn
from others, Our Russian Bolshevist
friends have in five years time been
able to give the political franchise to
the agriculturists of Russia, who as a
class are parallel with the agricultur-
list population of India. The are also
people of diverse religions, including
Mohammedans, Jews, Greek church
people and others. The Bolsheviks
have been able to give them education
in five years, yet in the Cars days
these people were treated with that
same callousness and brutal cruelty
as that with which you have been
treating the Indian peasant for $50
years. In five years after the Com
munist International revolution in Rus
STA, 65 per cent of the agricultural po-
pulation have received education and
you have today the testimony or half
dozen British men and women that
in spite of the bloodcurdling articles
in your newspapers, the Russians have
done their job well. Why play dog
in-the-manger part? appeal to this
committee to allow commission of
Indians to go to Russia to study and
to find what the British have failed to
discover-the way of granting to the
people of political franchise and edu-
cation, scientific laboratories, institu-
tons, health homes, compensation and
allowances for industrial workers. If
Russia, country of agriculturists,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09

TWHAT has brought about this
w change?
The outstanding fact is that with
all the loose talk of the %stabiliaztion
Of capitalism" the trend of Great
Britain's national economy is definit-
ely downwards.
Unemployment is on the increase
and conservative estimates place the
total number OF jobless workers at
100000. The numbers of these work
ers on part time is at least double this
figure.
THE report of the ministry of labor
as of September II, published in
the London Daily Herald. states:
For food alone the corresponding
percentages were, 20 and 6S respect
lively. A housewife who has one
pound to spend on food is receiving
now in values eleven shillings and
nine pence as compared with 1914,
and during the month of August the
price of food rose per cent.
The British pound is worth appro-
ximately S. in American money. There
are twenty shillings of the approxim-
ate value of rs cents to the pound.
The penny rates at about two of Anne
rican pennies. In other words the
British workers is able to buy with
one pound nominally rated at SIS, food
only to the value of $2.93
INCREASING unemployment and
= rising food prices! i,
1t is no wonder that the British i'm
perialists want no talk in the United
States or elsewhere of the oppression
by them of the Indian and British
working class - or of any other sub
ject which would tend to explain the
need for working class solidarity with
the colonial peoples.
british seamen are on strike. In
defiance of Havelock Wilson, the
imperialist tool who heads the union.
the seamen have tied up shipping
turnout the empire. They have re-
ceived sympathy and support from a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09
ImperiaIist RiUaIries in China Increase

that world Imperialism is like
syphc patient in the hands Of quack DOCTOR The
the pain of ulcer by the application patent ointment
but is it done than lesion appears other part
the body.
Healing aves and smelling bams being applied
rong world imperialism Locarno
threecornered anagonism between America
Japan breaks out afresh
dispatch sent by great capitalist service says:
belief exists tonight judicial nvestsa
ton into the Shanghai rotg Of last May serious differ
of opinion Finley
the American the British Japanese Judge john
skeptica
the Inquiry and feels that America should
participate owing the possible adverse of Chinese
opinion American interests. az
American mperiaist policy based the open door, doctrine
for China has been appear the friend champion of the
Chinese people against the other mperast powers The
to see
imperialism its The dispatch gunboat
400 miles Yangz river punish alleged
have fired ship of American registry has of additional
value in this respect.
Japanese in particular have been
demanding joint action by the foreign representatives against
Shanghai workers students but the dispatch quoted
the American mpest that
with the other further enmy
Chinese that will inevitably expoters in the
category with the British and japanese
directly than heretofore in the antmpeat
sweeping China.
this division interest and conflicts arising therefrom
among impe powers greatest to the
liberation movement To dsnsion the enemy
which generally appear against
the Chinese cannot help but the drive against
foreign robbers
working States must take full advantage
of these impas ryalres the possible sentiment
and action for the withdrawal Of all troops warshps from
China.
II by building working class in the great
nations and the colonial and semicoona peoples mperast
yaries grow bitter, that victory both
worlds proletariat be achieved
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09

ent. We get picture of the nation.
al organization from the reports of the
delegates. In this connection too
great Britain in conjunction with
other countries takes the lead. The
centrap council of economy league
which has for its object the task of
forming "a united front against tbo
agents of the Third InternationaI,
subdivides its work into five sections.
l. Propaganda amongst the intelli.
gentsia.
2 Press propaganda amongst the
masses.
3. Propaganda by organizations.
a. Education and development Of
reporters.
D. Work amongst the youth.
penetrating Communist croups
The British delegation drew atten.
ton to the special danger of the Min
GRITTY Movement which was ENJOYING
such great success amongst the trade
unions. This movement requires the
organization of anti-Bolshevist cen
ters. The system of penetration into
communist organizations is one of the
chief organizational principles of the
Aubert league. For this purpose
"anti-agitators" are being educated.
what are the methods of struggle
OF these protectors of the bourgeois
order" We must admit that it dis
plays definite sympathy for the pre-.
vailing forces of Communist organic
ations. Communists form nuclei in
the factories. What is simpler than
to form "anti-Bolshevist nuclei" in the
factory? At the head of these nuclei
we find the people, who are doubtless
the most interested in the matter: the
employers themselves. This inst,tu.
ton of the fascist nuclei gives the
employer the possibility to observe
Communists, their organization and
their activity. The tasks of the mn.
clei are to disclose plots against the
social order" to betray the existing
Communist nuclei and destroy them
to maintain the strictest discinline
to watch systematically each worker
during work, paying especial atten.
ton to foreign workers, to organize
the inspection of the factory, etc.
Anti-Bolshevist nuclei are "built from
above" The Communist factory nu-
cleus is the bearer of elementary eco
nomic and most extensive political
interests Of factory nuclei. whilst the
Auoert nucleus is an organ for at.
tack on the interests of the workers
and hence remains a while guardist
sectarian organization which can
strike no roots in the factory masses
s,3 (To be continued)