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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26
By JAMES Il. DoLsEN.
+" A ND so you are from South Afri-

IN
"A ca" remarked.
His eyes frightened as he recalled
the country in which he had been
born and had passed most OF his life.
'Yes," he responded. "An interesting
country, but he'll for the native work
ers!"
He paused a moment, and then con-
tinued in a vehement manner and
with such rapid flow of words that
had to ask him to slow down so /
could take notes. To my question
why he did not himself write the
story for The DAILY WORKER, he
replied that writing" was not in his
line-a characteristic response among
workers, altho mistaken one.
The mineowners of South Africa, he
said, have improved ON the peonage
system of our southern states. If la
Dor is needed, the manager reports
the fact either to a government Off
cial or a private contractor, who then
calls on the chief of one of the ma
tive tribes. The latter gets the re-
quired number of workers from the
members of his tribe.
The Kafirs, who comprise the ma
tive Negro population, refuse to work
in the mines unless forced to. Their
needs are few and were supplied in
the old days by hunting. Now, how
ever, they have been herded into re-
servations, each tribe on it's own. Care
has been taken to see that the lands
allotted them are insufficient for their
leeds. Consequently some of each
tribe must seek elsewhere for their
living. In addition, tax equivalent
to nearly $40 family has been laid
on the natives. This drives a very
large number of them into the mines.
Sold Into Slavery.
The Negroes are delivered over to
the managers in lots of one hundred,
just like a bunch of cattle or any
other commodity. Individual con-
tracts running for not less than six
mOUtHS dI6 tIHtUe W4Oht EACH man. L ue
natives, being entirely uneducated,
sign whatever is placed before them,
tho they seek in every possible way
to escape the mines and will work for
a mere pittance at any other kind of
a job. This makes it possible for
white fellows who fill the positions of
petty foremen, ETC., to hire the blacks
for almost nothing and unload all the
dirty and mental tasks upon them.
The result is the drawing of very
sharp and distinct lines of separation
between the fifty to sixty thousand
whites who comprise the skilled la
Dor in the mines and the half million
blacks who are conceded to be moth
ing more than slaves. Curiously enuf
however, in times of labor struggle
the two groups are dependent upon
each other. If the whites strike, the
mines close and the blacks are de-
prived of work. If the blacks refuse
to labor, the whites have nobody to
superintend and drive. The situation
especially so far as the whites are
concerned, is more complicated fol-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-26
The Land of Gold and Diamonds

the bosses because OF the enormous
difficulty OF replacing them. Strike
breakers must be imported principal
ly from England at a great expense,
their transportation requiring, as
well, considerable time.
Life in the "compound."
The mine properties are all sur
rounded by high stockades, a square
mile or more in area depending on
the extensiveness of the workings.
Mining is all done underground and
at a great depth. The natives toll,
stripped naked. Within these enclos-
ures, or compounds" as they are
termed. the Negroes live during their
contract term. They sleep in long,
narrow shacks, like flimsy construct
ed cattle sheds with only straw under
them for bedding. They are not al
lowed a candle after dark so that
when the sun sets they must crawl in
to sleep.
The work-day is from seven in the
morning to six at night, with their
lunch to be eaten ON the job. They
get one day off every two weeks when
they are paid. The mines work day
and night. On the change of shift the
natives are allowed to leave the COM
pound only on securing a permit
Wages for the blacks run from 80 to
so shillings for two weeks work ($15
to SIS a month";.
AS in our American mining and
logging districts, the owners have
established company stores within
the enclosures. These overcharge the
workers, as might be expected. If the
native remarks about the price, how
ever, he gets a blow in the face and
is kicked bodily out.
The Superiority Of the White.
So far, indeed, is this superiority"
of the whites enforced that Negroes
are not allowed on the streets after
nine o'clock at night without per-
NIT, and on no account after one
o'clock in the morning. A native,
meeting a white, takes off his hat,
bows in humility, with the greeting:
"In cosa, pezalu!" Translated; Il
greet you who are above usI" Cor,
You who are like god!v). This en-
forced servility is carried to fantastic
extremes. For example, il a white
man were to kill Negro in the pres
ence of a black policeman, the latter
could not touch the white but would
have to summon the white police for
that purpose, nor could the colored
officer even interfere with the beat
ing up of native if done by an Eu-
ropean. The native police are not
even allowed to live in the cities but
must walk to their homes out in the
country after their patrol is COM
pleted.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
Fairgrounds.
GUT STREET
DEATHS
Statistics Show Fewer Cas-,
ualties Where Children Can
Be Kept on Them
Nv international News Service.

NEW YORK, March 16.-The
toll Of deaths and injuries to chill
dren in street accidents is reduced
by Fairgrounds in many cities, &C.
cording .toSthe annual report OF the
Playground and Recreation Associa-
ton of America. which has just
been made public.
In Duluth the safety committee
of the Chamber OF Commerce
placed markers at points on map
Of the city where accidents had oc-
Cured. The committee was struck
by the appearance of several prac-
tically spotless areas.
Shortly afterward the chairman
of the committee was passing a
playground, and he stopped to
watch the children at play. An
idea came to, him. He called the
committee together, and they
marked playground locations on the
map.
All he spotless areas proved to
be territory Immediately surround
ing the Fairgrounds.
In Massachusetts, October has for
several years been the most dan.
gerous month in motor-vehicle &C.
cidents to children. due in great
measure, according to Lewis T..
McBrayne, general manager of the
Massachusetts, Safety Council to
the fact that summer Fairgrounds
have been closed, and children
nave no place to play except on
the streets.
There were no drawing acct
dents to children in Nashua, New
Hampshire, in the winter of 1924
a record never before equaled in
that community. This was attri-
buted to the provision of safe
skating areas by the recreation
commission. The skating Kinks
were lighted until 10 p. m. every
night.
/ The National Safety Council and
Secretary Herbert Hoover's COM
mittee on safety have requested
the cooperation of the Playground
and Recreation Association OF
America in promoting the. safety
movement.
The Automobile Chamber of Com
merce of America recommends
Fairgrounds as safety zones.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
PERSH|NG
To GET BIG
WELCOME
Long Automobile Parade on
Avenue Part of Tonight's
Celebr alton

A real welcome home has been
arranged for General John ]. Perish
ing when he reaches Washington.
on the return from his South
American trip, tonight.
The War Department will join
with local patriotic societies in
greeting BLACK Jack at the Union
Station. which he reaches at $50
o'clock. Boy Scouts and high school
cadets also will take part.
In the Presidents room at the
Union Station addresses will be made
by Mrs. Noble Newport Potts, presi-
dent of the National Patriot c Coun-
Gil; Commander Peckham, Engineer
Commissioner Bell, Brigad err General
Amos A. Fries, for the War Depart
ment; Captain. Adolphus Andrews,
for the Navy Department: Major
Bennett II. Puryear, for the marine
corps, and J. Harry Cunningham, for
the local commercial and civic. or.
carnations.
Following that an automobile pa
rade, led by platoon of mounted
police, VIII escort General Pershin3
down Pennsylvania avenue to the
State, War, and Navy building. Paul
b. Lum, pres dent of the Washing
ton Automobile Association, has ap-
pealed to all of Washington's auto.
mobilists to participate in the parade.
The welcome at Union station will
be broadcast through station WCAP.
Frank III, Peckham, department com.
mander Of the American Legion,
heads the group of local. patriotic
societies. The army band will play
within the concourse while the Navy
Band will play outside the terminal.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
Solution To Friday Puzzle.
WIFE SIGNS DEATH
LETTER WITH KISS

WILMINGTON, March 16.-The
.nprint Of her rouged lips was the
,nly signature to'a note left for her
husband when Mrs. Gladys Mathew.
ION, tfirty.two. committed suicide
- taking gas at her home. With
final plea to kiss her, the. woman
had evidently imprinted a passion
ate kiss on the epistle before she
turned on the gas which ended her
life.
Mrs. Mathcwson was found by
three women who went to call upon
Ter and detected the 'odor OF gas.
The room in which she lay was
lightly closed and every crevice
,tuffed to retain the gas. She lay
n an improvised bed Of three
hairs covered with. rugs and
',iankets.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
AMATEUR BANDIT GIVES UP;
CONSCIENCE RoTHERS HIM

NEW YORK, March 16.-Arthur
Prohaska,. of 1O4 West Sixty first
street, walked into the West Sixty
eighth street station and said he
wanted to see a detective. He was
turned over to Detectives Martin
owens and Neil Winbery. He told
them he was married eight months
AGO in Boston and that he came
here recently to get job to sup
mort himself and his wife, Sadie,
who is with her parents at East
Dedham, Mass.
He soon spent the SIS he had.
hut failed to find work. He owned
q revolver, and with it in bis hand
he walked into the grocery OF Michael
Hack 3 dourian. at 127 West Sixty
first street. The grocer handed
Prohaska, a dollar from his pocket
and said that was all he had, al
though there was $25 in the cash
register.
want it," Prohaska said, and walk
ed out. The grocer reported to the
notice. but they had made no prog
ress on the case when Prohaska
surrendered, afta9 explaining his
conscience troubled him.
Prohaska was tarraigned in West
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
3URIAL URN, 1000 YEARS
OLD. FOUND IN ARIZONA

PHOENIX, Ariz.. March 16.-A
,'urial urn, estimated by archae.
ologists to. be 1000 years old, has
,een unearthed north of Phoenix.
According to Doctor 0. A. Tunney,
professor Of archaeology; and an ex.
pert on prehistoric ruins and relics
OF the canal builders, the urn Is
one Of the most rare and valuable
relics Of that early period ever dis.
covered. ,..
1t contained the ashes Of a child,
according to Doctor Tunney, Who
based his belief on the absence of
jewelry with which the ancients
bedecked the adult dead:
The Washington times., 1925-03-16

Friends, tested by time, the real
est friends there are! Such does
attractive Miss Lucille Hudgens, of
Hayti, Missouri, consider Black
and White Beauty Creations
which she's been using since she
was 10 years old-and she's per-
haps twice that now: She says:
"Black and White Creations are
NV. old standbys, my favorite be-
'ng the soft, pure Cold Cream
It surely keeps my skin smooth,
'ovelv and free from blackheads. u
OF highest quality and excel
ence. these delightful toilet requi-
ties can be had for the low, pop
lar prices of 25c and SOC, only
hecause of their huge sales OF
over 10 million packages a year,
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
GIRLS STOMACH GIVES
UP 1o OUNCES or HAIR

FITCHBURG, Mass, March Is.
Surgeons who operated on u
thirteen-year-old girl here removed
from her stomach. a ball of hair
Weighing nineteen ounces. Her
parents said she had been in the
nabit of swallowing strands of her
own hair from infancy.
The girl will recover, physicians
uaid
The Washington times., 1925-03-16

waists, dresses. coats, stockings
sweaters, draperies, coverings, hang
ings, everything new.
Buy Diamond Dyes"-.no other
kind-and tell your druggist
whether the material you wish &c
color is wool or silk, or whether
it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods
The Washington times., 1925-03-16

Side court before Magistrate Douras
and held for the grand jury IN
"a, 500 ball, on charges of attempted
robbery and violation of the Sui
livan law. But the detectives call
ed him the most ethical hold.up
man they had met.
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
CONCERT

BY the United Slater Marine Band
Orchestra at Marine Barracks
this afternoon at p. m, vii.
liam III. SanteImann. leader;
Taylor Branson, second leader.
March, Vienna Swallows"
SchloReI
Overture. French Comedy
"Bedouin Love Song $50. .PinsutI
Intermezzo, "FaIse BIuette". DriRo
Excerpts from The Grand
Duchess" 1890. .Offenbach
Waltz. Danube Waves" Ivanovici
Orchestra Suite, "Atonement Of
Fan :. Hadiey
Dance of the Nymphs. andante-
tempo valse
Intermezzo. allegro CON fuoco
Entr' Acte. moderate
Dance of the Harpies. allegro
con fuoco
Grand March, Entrance Of
the Guests in the Wart-
burg" from ''Tannhauser''
Wagner
Marines Hymn, THE Halls OF
Montezuma"
THE star Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1925-03-16

Perfect home dyeing and Uniting
is guaranteed with Diamond Dyes.
just dip in cold water to tint SOFT,
delicate shades, or boil to dye
rich, permanent colors. Each 10
cent package contains directors
90 simple any woman can dye OF
tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, Skirts
The Washington times., 1925-03-16
Women Without Partners

LONDON, March 1.-THE sur.
plus of women at most of the sea.
sons leading balls has. compelled
many to dance together.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

the horsepower advertised. The COM
pany brought suit and DR.. Abbott's
analysis of the water used in the
tractor boiler was used as evidence
to show that the machine had not
been properly handled. The farmer
lost his case.
During the war a great demand for
potash and mineral salts caused an
investigation of several North Da
kota lakes to determine if they con-
tanned these valuable minerals. A
man who sought to sell worthless
land adjoining lake as valuable be-
cause of these deposits was threat
ened with exposure by the chemistry
department and a swindle scheme
was blown up.
Several varieties of "pink pills for
pale people" are analysed by the de-
partment annually and some are
found to contain only a grain or two
of any active chemical matter. Other
health service tests include blood
sugar tests and Investigations Of
deaths, in which men have been
found to imbibe wood alcohol, lemon
extract. imitation vanilla extract
made of tonka bean, and tincture of
digitalis.
Spun sugar candy of. delectable
pink was being sold to hundreds on
the fair grounds here; the chemistry
department found it contained a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06

poisonous dye soaked from red
yarn. Lemonade vendors were found
to have a weakness for using tartaric
acid and other harmful substitutes
for lemon.
One town was provided with an
iron-free water supply. The state
sanitarium at Dunseith was equipped
with a water softener after CONNER
dial appliances for that purpose had
failed for some time, at great en-
pense, because Of necessary boiler
repairs.
One woman who had bobbed her
hair and found it impossible to dress
it suitably, sent in two hairs for an
alysis and asked what to do about it.
A husband who suspected his wife of
giving her affection to another and a
wife who knew her husband to be
insanely jealous were among the APP
plicants for chemical analysis.
One woman found glObulc of
melted glass in the stove, sent it in
to find the value of the "diamond,'
and threatened the department with
prosecution when it failed to return
the "stone" she held so precious.
NSeveral bits of "fool's gold" are re-
ceived annually and shipped back to
| their finders.
Several women have SEM in two
or three samples of cosmetics to ask
which is the better for their skin.
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The Good Max1ye4-25 MILES TO THE GALLON

rial be erected to his memory as
a Democrat who by personal sac
rifice demonstrated the official
economy which President Coolidge
breaches.
One suggestion for such memo
rial is a lfe-like and heroic-sizcd
American dollar, placed in an APP
propriate niche over the treasury
doorway. And on the memorial
plate beneath would be inscribed:
"Tucker Wouldn't Take Emil
Republicans who are trying to
draft Gen. John j. Pershing, for the
battle to hold Missouri's one G. O.
p. seat in the Senate, seem to feel
that Senator Selden Spencer will be
unable to swing another victory in
that border commonwealth.
Friends of Pershing, however.
feel that while it would be fine for
the G. o. P. to have Pershing as it's
candidate, it would not be so de-
sirable for Pershing to be a candi-
date.
The party would have everything
to gain by his nomination. He
would have everything to lose.
1t is not to be expected that Per-
shing. as a senator, could add any,
thing to the prestige and fame he
won as commander of the American
armies in the World War.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
To Stress Four
Departments of
Work at Meet

Minot, N. D., April 6.-Four de-
rartments of work in the Federation
Of Womens' Clubs, the American
home, legislation, international rela-
tons and public welfare, are to be
stressed at the annual state meeting
of the state federation, according to
announcement today by Mrs. J. E.
Fcatherstone, state president of the
organization, through Mrs. F. H
Waldo, publicity chairman.
The convention is to be held at
Valley City next October. One day
of the meeting is to be given over
to each department with speakers of
international Importance present
according to announcement. The
speaker on the American home day
will probably be Mrs. John Dickin-
son Sherman. of Estes Park, Col.
president of the general federation;
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, of Minnea-
polls, past president and present
chairman of the international rela-
tons department.. expects to be pre-
sent, while the department of legis-
lation has already secured Mrs. Ed
ward Franklin White of Indianapolis,
first vice president of the general
federation as the speaker on legisla
ton section of the program. Mrs.
X. e. Weible, of Fargo, state chair
man of the public welfare depart
ment has several prominent speak
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
S0L0NS MUST
TAKE RECENT
PAY INCREASE
Any Member of Congress
Who Refuses to Sign Pay
roll Is Law Breaker
BY HARRY b. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

Washington, April cit may be
a shame to take the money, but
Any member of Congress having
dons cientious scruples against &C
ceptng the recent pay increase that
body voted itself will just have to
accept it. If he doesn't take it will
ingly, it will be forced on him.
Such is the ruling of Comptroller
General J. R. McCarl, who normal
ly is the last man in the govern
ment to let loose of penny that
he doesn't have to part with.
In his job, as independent audi
tor of Uncle Sans expense, Nc
Carl disallows all sorts of bills that
people want I'aid.
But the stand McCarl takes in re-
gard to congressional salaries is that
the law says they are $4,000 year
and $4,000 they must be.
ANY member who refuses to sign
the payroll 'on the $4,000 basis
seeks to evade if not actually break
the law, he holds. And of course
that is not to be thought of.
The only legal course, McCarl
rules, for members who do not fee
they are worth $4,000 a year as
congressman. is for them to accept
the full amount, receipt for it, and
then return such amount as they
deem an overpayment to the treas
ury's conscience fund"
The McOa:rl ruling came as re
suit of the refusal of the Hon. Henry
st. George Tucker of Lexington, Va.
to accept his first salary checl
drawn at $4,000 instead Of $3.50
year.
It's matter of family pride, il
seems. with the Hon. Henry St
George.
One of his ancestors was serv
ing in Congress when the bill wa!
passed raising congressional sal
aries from SIS to SO day.
This ancestor refused to take tn
money-or at least objected to tax
ing it.
Just how the thing was final!
settled, history doesn't make quite
clear. But as one who has made
it lifelong practice to uphold tn
precepts and traditions of his an
cestors, Hon. Henry St. Georg
Tucker is impelled to protest tn
pay raise. even to the point of de
| Ginning his salary check.
If Tucker persists in spurnin,
the cash, it is suggested a memo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-06
CHEMISTS
HAVE MANY
CONTACTS
Nest Spectacular and Import
ant Section of Chemistry
in Connection With
Crime
Uy The Associated Press)

Grand Forks, n. d., April C.
Those who have the impression that
a chemist is dusty little man, cut
off from his fellows with a micro
scope hiding his face and a vile
smelling test tube in his hand,
should visit the chemical laboratory
at the state university here and there
meet DR.. G.. A. Abbott, who accord
ing to the universltys extension d.
vision "has as many contacts with
life as newspaper and more prob
lens than an arithmetic.
The lawyer, doctor, farmer. ma
chinery maker, husband, wife,
swindler and flapper all come to
him for information. They come
from the whole Northwest, asking
what to do for their hair, if this or
that face powder is better, if so-and-
so. is guilty of murder and whether
they should drink this water or some
other.
According to the extension depart
ment's work, the most spectacular
and possibly the most important sec
ton of it is service in connection
with crime.
In one case farmer was convicted
of killing his wife with Ratchet
only after DR.. Abbott's department
had determined through chemistry
that blood on the Ratchet was that
of "a human, instead of that Of a
chicken as the defense in the trial
insisted.
A physician was convicted Of ad-
minstering the wrong medicine
through chemical analysis by the
department.
Four young men were convicted af-
ter the chemistry department had
followed the officers beliefs that a
slight cut would not have killed a
fifth of their crowd, by finding that
knockout drops" had been given
him.
Prisoners themselves are often
protected. Poison was recently found
in a piece of pie served by prison
cook to one Of his fellow prisoners
1t was found that the poison used ir
he prison kitchen to kill water
beetles had been used by the cook be
cause of a grudge against the other
inmate.
A farmer refused payment for /;
tractor because it did not >develol
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Club at the Grand Pacific Hotel at
noon today. Judge l. c. Davies was
in charge of the program.
The mace, Congressman Hall point
ed out, used to be used as club IN
time of war centuries ago. Then it
came to be used as symbol of power
carried by the king and those in ,au-
thority. Handed down by the Ro-
mans to the English and by the Eng
lish to the colonists, it has in time
become the symbol of authority in
the United States Congress.
Set on pedestal at the right of
the Speaker and attended by a SER
geant-at-arms, the mace must be
present to legalize the congressional
sessions. Until the mace has been
brought from its vault and placed on
the pedestal, the sneaker has no
authority to proceed with the bust
ness of the day, the representative
explained. He also described the
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ers in view for that section of the

ers in view for that section of the
convention.
Other features of the program are
being planned, Mrs. Waldo said. and
Il large attendance at the meeting is
expected.
Plans are being made by several
North Dakota clubs that are members
of the federation for observance of
Better Homes week, May 10 to IT..
the press chairman said. 'Local
chairman have been appointed in
number of North Dakota cities and
many clubs are already planning
more or less elaborate observanccs of
the week." she said Although not
directly under the auspices yof the
Federation, she added, the Better
Homes move is being made under the
full cooperation of the organization.