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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
LIBRARY HAS A
@SITTINC BULL
SIGNED PHOTO

NASHvIIL4E,i Tenn, Dec Is P-'
Tennessee has in it's library an auto
graphed" photograph of Sitting Bull,
Sioux Indian chief whose band mas
sacred General Custer and his force.
d. p. Wrenne, of Nashville, fur
nished the photograph to the state.
1t was sent to Wrenne by Edwin
A. Coles, Dakota Indian trader, TO-
gether with letter to his Nashville
friend, dated Fort Yates, Dakota,
1886, explaining how the autograph
of the dangerous chief was obtained
Sitting Bull refused to autograph
his likeness and after much persua-
sion Mr.. Coles wagered the Indial
that he could not even sign his own
name. At this the chief took resent
ment, and did write his name, Sit
ting Bull" in lead pencil on a strip
of brown paper. Mr.. Coles later
rasted the strip bearing the sigma
ture under the picture.
''He, after much persuasion, wrote
this for us this evening" wrote Coles.
"The old cuss has been sitting In
my chair in the office all day, ana
I don't dare ask him to give 1t up.
He says white man waits on Sioux.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
ST. LOUIS WILL
BEAUTIFY ITS
WATERPROOF I

ST. LOUIS, Dec. IS P.-The Mis-
sissippi river front here, long an
eyesore with it's dilapidated buildings
more than century old, would be-
come show place Under $20,O00,O00
Improvement program announced by
the city plan commission.
The plan calls for construction OF
a 1O0-foot double deck street to skirt
the river front for more than three
miles. The two levels would be used
for motor and vehicular traffic.
bend in the river would be
Strengthened 50 as to reclaim 4,00G
acres of land for an aviation field
and recreation park. There would
be two other park strips along the
river.
Money for the project would be
raised either through a bond issue
or by special assessment against bene-
fitted property.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
MUr1LArE FACES FOR SAFETY

DAKAR, Senegal (P. = Women's
faces are mutilated into ugliness in
Africa, as a sort of theft insurance.
E. Captain, just back from a trip
in the Congo, is making report
to the French Academy of Medicine
on the mutilat1on customs in the
Sara-Djinge country. He is provided
with pictures showing the develop,
ment of hole pierced in the lips
of girls and dilated through the
years until old age. The wooden
disks worn in these orifices were
sometimes seven inches in diameter
He says the practice originated in
an effort to make the women un-
attractive so they would not be car
ried off as slaves.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
BRITISH MAKE
FIREWOOD OF
OLD FURNITURE

LONDON, Dec. Is (P).-Victorian fur
niture, once in demand by home low
ers and later much sought by COLI
lectors, has sustained a setback ana
tons of it have found their way to
the carpenters storehouse, or to
the fireplace, now that coal is scarce
and dear, due to the miners dispute
with the mine owners.
Thousands of pieces of former
priced Victorian sets of all kinds,
the pride of many drawing and bed
rooms years ago, have lost most of
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
SCREEN TEARS
BONA FIDE. SAY.
The ACTRESSES

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Dec. 8 P,-
Screen actresses find that they can
cry naturally without resorting 20
glycerin, peeled onion. ammonia or
smelling salts
The tear making artices, once inn
portant items in the motion picture
property mans paraphernalia, there
fore have been displaced at most
studios by lacr.mose music.
Eleanor Boardman maintains that
real tears may be procuced if the
actress plays her part thoroughly
and feels the poignancy of the situa-
tion.
Ducts Run Dry, However
however Miss Boardman says,
"just so many tears can be cried.
The tear ducts run dry after while
no matter how much emotion you
have, so I work myself up just to
the point of tears and allow them
to come just when it is time to shoot.
1 remember once that 1 cried dur
ing the time the lights and cam
eras were being arranged and by
the time everything was ready !
couldn't weep another tear"
Joan Crawford, before tearfui
scene starts, sits in a corner with
her head in her hands listening to
soft, sad music. Marceline Day has
no trouble at all crying. In fact,
her directors say, it is much more
difficult for her to laugh than to
weep.
when Mae Murray weeps she says
she feels as grief stricken as though
her screen woes were real. She adds
that sometimes it takes her an hour
to recover from a strong emotional
scene.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
HER RABBIT FARM PAYS

NEWC3ASlrL LF1- ON-TYNE tF.-Lady
Rachel Byng, who four years ago
gave up her millinery shop in Lon
don's West End to establish the first
rabbit farm in the British Isles
has found her business SO profitable
that she has been obliged to trans
fer it bodily clear across England to
larger quarters.
Accordingly special train was
chartered and her 400 Angora rab-
bits, which she breeds for their fur
shearing them as sheep are sheared
We're loaded on board and sent to
WINFIELD, near Windsor.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
4 PRINCE CAN asHUFFLE''

LONDON @lR.-It took former
Ziegfield. Follfes girl to teach the
Prince of Wales how to do the
"Black Shuffle."
Miss Edith Baker, blue-eyed
blonde, who appeared for six years
in Broadway musical comedies, was
the princes instructor. 1t all hap.
pened at private party in Paris.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
PRINCE HAS AN
INTEREST in
WOMEN'S CARB

LONDON, Dee. IS tE9.-The prince
of Wales displayed keen interest in
a number of beautiful women's fur
coats shown at the Empire products
exhibition. A special mannequin pa
rade was held for him and he en-
gagged one of the most charming
mannequins present in conversation.
After few inquiries about the pre-
vailing fashions he thanked her for
her. display of dresses.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
PONCAIRE HAR
A le-HOUR DAY

PARIS, Dec. IS R.-Premier Poin-
care, Minister of Finance, puts In
16 hours day at his JOB, either
at his office or at home. Unless forced
to attend an official luncheon OF
dinner, he rarely spends over 20
minutes at the table. His beverage
is water. And he does not smoke
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

their pep, and are not in demand
any more even in second hand shops.
Numerous once wonderful horse-hair
sofas, now that there has been a
revulsion against Victorian furni-
ture. are being. chopped up for fire
wood, along withf the great side
boards.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
DUKE NOT For STYLE

LONDON, Dec. 18.-(P--It is no Sc
cret that the Prince of Wales dresses
with more taste than his brother, the
Duke of York. The Duke of York
often shocks his tailor by ordering as
many as six suits of identical pattern
at one time, thus sacrificing to con-
venience the chances of change in
masculine fashion.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
! NEWS ABOUT WOMEN
MRS. MILLER BIG sTOCKRAIsEI

MRS. MILLER BIG STOCKRAISER
SALT LAKE CITY P.-Mrs. Min
ME w. Miller of this city, has made
more than ordinary success of the
business of stockraising., In addl-
tion to her livestock activities she
is a regent of Utah Agricultural col
lege.
Mrs. Miller owns the Thousand
Springs ranch, an island in SNAKE
river in southern Idaho. her WORK
with Hampshire Sheep was recog-
nized last year by election as presi'
dent of the American Hampshire
sheep association. She IS the first
woman to head any association Oh
livestock breeders. Her Guernsey
cows also have won numerous prizes
in eastern and western cattle shows
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
LIANE DE PoUGY's DIVORCE

PARIS R).-Liane de Pougy, once
the idol of the theatrical world who
thrilled millions with her romances'
has come out of retirement to get
a divorce.
She is the Princesse George Ghika
but, she wants to be Lame again
She left the stage to be princess IL
years ago but her husband fell IN
love with her best friend and left
her.
Lame de Pougy fired the imagina-
ton of many when she was young.
The then Prince of Wales was among
her admirers. She was married
temporarily-to French naval Of
ficer at 16 Shevawas carried off and
kept prisoner in Russian palace
by another worshipper. Later she
left broken hearts in trail through
many countries. Then she became q
staid wife and, for years only a
small group of friends have known
The unhappiness of her noble mar
riage,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

Neither Queen Mary, nor her daugh-
ter Princess Mary, smoke.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28
N. Y. Daily Worker
Builders to Have
Outing September S

New York DAILY WORKER Build
ers will celebrate the seventh ami
yersary of the Communist and Com.
munist labor parties with an old-fash-
toned picnic at Edenwald, near the
Dyer avenue station on the Westches-
ter Railroad on Sunday, September 5.
The affair is under the auspices of
the DAILY WORKER Builders Club
and will take the place of The DAILY
WORKER excursion which had been
announced some time ago for Stony
Point. No admission is charged and
all friends of The DAILY WORKER
are welcome. There will be music
and games galore, and a grand and
glorious time is promised all. Pro-
ceeds will go to The DAILY WORKER.
Every reader should make note Of
the directions: Take Third avenue
AZ" to 133rd street, Bronx, and trans
fer to Westchester Railroad, or Lex
ington avenue express subway to 1S0th
street, Bronx, and transfer to West
chester Railroad there. Tickets for
Dyer avenue costs only cents. so
even grandpa and the babies can come
without causing family bankruptcy.
Guides at Dyer avenue will point the
way to the woods nearby.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28
MEXICAN CHURCH
WANTS TO CEASE
LOSING STRUGGLE
Consul Says Clergy Have
Slight Hold

Il am convinced that the catholic
hierarchy in Mexico meant to give up
their attempt to prevent the enforce
ment against them Of the national
constitution a few days ago." said
Luis G. Lupian, Mexican consul in
Chicago, to representative of The
DAILY WORKER, "'Of course the
reason they did not is hard to tell for
certain, but easy to guess. They we're
probably overruled by their superiors
in Rome, who do not understand the
situation as well.
Bishops Have Plenty.
1.-THE bishops in Mexico know now"
said Senior Lupian, "that they have
made a mistake. The refusal of the
priests to perform the services in the
churches is causing the population of
the country to get out Of the habit of
going to church. Most Of the people
In the country have gone to church
merely as a custom. The churches
are supported largely by contributions
and donations. Without the services
they will begin to lose.
1.-THE churches Of Mexico are, many
Of them, adorned with precious met
ais. But there is no way In which
the clergy can use this wealth, pre-
served there since the time of Span
ish domination to finance their fight"
It's a Habit.
Senior Lupian stated that in his
opinion not more than 10 per cent of
the population of the rural districts
was seriously concerned or worried
about the ending of the services. The
people of even the country villages
easily give up their religious prac-
tees when they come to the United
States and fall into different envir-
onment. The church has no real grip
on them, and as it continues to make
plumbers in its struggle with the Mex
lean government 1t will continue to
lose prestige.
The consul does not believe that
the so-called League of Religious
federation" in Mexico has any mass
support. It is certainly not powerful,
and its reported activity in distribut-
ing millions of pro-church leaflets is
probably largely imaginary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28
Mine GUARDS
BEAT UP PA.
UNION MINER
81 a Worker correspondent.

WASHINGTON, Pa. Aug. 26.-Mine
guards in District of the United
Mine Workers are aiding in the open
shop drive by clubbing union miners.
John Pernaby, a union mine black
smith. while passing by the Bulger
Block Coal Company's mine, asked
one of the mine guards how many
scabs were working.
Beat Up Union Miner.
The guards reply was an order to
Move on or get arrested and beaten
up" Pernaby's answer was that he
had been union man all his life and
thought that no one should help the
coal operators to break up the United
Mine Workers.
The mine guards then arrested Per
naby and beat him up, breaking two
ribs and beating him so brutally on
the head and back that he became I'M
conscious.
While in this condition the guards
drove him to Midway, two miles away
secured the keys to the borough Jail
from the wife Of the justice of the
peace, and threw Pernaby in Jail
locked him up and drove away, re-
CARELESS of his condition.
Pernaby's screams being heard by
man named ellis, butcher OF Mid
way, ellis called the people of Mid
way together and they broke the jail
doors down, finding Pernaby uncon-
scious and covered with blood. They
secured a doctor for him and thus
probably saved his life.
The United Mine Workers has OBJ.
tanned an attorney for Pernaby, who
was taken to Washington, Pennsyl-
vania, to be tried for abusing the
guards" The company guards know
where to take a union miner to get
the kind OF verdict they want. So
the open shop drive against the union
goes on, with no powerful labor party
yet formed to check the abuses and
violence of capitalists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28

been quite clear and obvious to me
that recognition is not implied in your
dispatch Of June 16, acknowledging
my note Of June 4, notifying you Of
the abolition Of the office of commits
sioner of foreign affairs, and the de-
cision Of the ministry of foreign af-
fairs to deal with all International
cases In the future"
1t should be understood that at each
important point of contact with for
eign nations the Picking government
has an official termed commissioner
of foreign affairs, who is the local
intermediary for foreign relations. It
is that representative of the Picking
government in Canton to whom Mr.
Chen refers. Chen's note continues:
Though in ordinary circumstances
your letter might call for no specific
reply, believe the best interests of
the American people and Of the Chi
nese people, as represented by my
government, would be served If 1
make a categorical statement that
while my government (Which has
stabilized an independent political
regime founded here nearly ten years
ago and has unified a group of terri
tories larger in area than France and
Italy combined, with population of
6O,O0O,000) demands that 1t be treated
with respect, it neither desires nor ex-
poets from America and other foreign
powers the sort of recognition which
even considerations of political real
ism and international dignity have not
prevented them from granting to phan-
tom governments successfully set up
in Picking by mandarin sQueezers, mil.
itary plunderers and ex-bandit chiefs.
"The foreign powers have not yet
realized that it is today but an organ
Of exploitation and plumber in the
hands of the mandarins and northern
militarists.
"As long as this fundamental fact
remains ungrasped by the foreign
powers the state Of China must neces-
sarily become worse and some of the
ominous possibilities of the situation
may become realities"
Mr.. Chen's reference to the Picking
governments status as an organ of
exploitation" not yet being realized"
by foreign powers, can be taken as
diplomatic euphemism, since the basic
reason why these foreign inperialists
continue to deal with Picking is exact
ly because they do realize it repres-
ents an organ of exploitation, with
these foreign governments being the
exploiters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28

Thus it happened that a young com
rade for the transport Of illegal liter
ature was sentenced to death in Lem
berg and another comrade for posting
up stickers-on sentenced to ten years
hard labor.
The police acts according to the
principle that all elements suspected
of Communism must be locked up; If
also many innocent" persons, i. e.,
persons who have nothing to do with
Communism, are robbed OF their free
dom, maltreated, sentenced and tor
tured to death, one has to put up
with it.
In the time from April 1925 to
February 1926, 1900 persons were ar
rested on suspicion of Communism.
During the time from June 1925 to
February 1925. 1,4OO political trials
took place in which sentences totalling
5000 years of hard labor were passed.
Terror Against Trade Unions and
Cultural Organizations.
THE proletarian trade unions and
- cultural organizations are under
the permanent pressure OF terror.
Every attempt to develop an indie
pendent proletarian activity, every at
tempt Of liberation from the guardian
ship Of socialdemocracy (Polish So
cialist party which apart from the
nationalist labor parties has the
monopoly (granted by the state) for
defense of the workers." is punished
by brutal suppression.
All labor organizations which are
politically not as mild as the Polish
government wants 1t, are declared
"Communistic" and delivered to the
Defensive" The organizations are
disbanded, their property and local..
ties confiscated, their Offices trans
formed into police stations and the
responsible persons" arrested.
The list of the trade unions. cultural
organizations, labor colleges, etc,
which were destroyed like this, is i'm
mensely long. We mention here some
prohibited organizations, arranging
them in the succession in which the
took place:
On the Suppression List.
1. Council of the Class Trade I'm
ions in Warsaw.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28

AuouL hL E1OuS-hOuB.
Part Of Antl-lmperlaIIst Movement.
The campaign against WI Pei-fu
and the swarm of lesser northern mil
itarists, is declared by Cantonese to
be merely part Of the anti-imperial-
list drive of the liberation forces
against British and Japanese imperial
isms which subsidize the militarists
to uphold their special interests.
Heavy fighting Is reported between
the Cantonese armies and the troops
Of WI Pei-fu in northern Human prov
ince, where the Canton troops are fore.
ing their way toward Hankow, the
headquarters OF Marshall WI. This
reactionary general is fastening rein
forcements southwark along the
Picking Hankow railway. Serious de-
fections aomng Wu's troops and form
er supporters are reported. The sol
diery in Szechwan are turning from
WI to support of Cantons liberation
armies.
WI In Shaky Position.
On the lower Yangtze, Sun Chuan-
fang, who has held a measure of oon-
troll in the Shanghai area, is COM
Wandering ships to transport troops
to Kiangsu province to stop the north
ward drive of the Cantonese and aid
the perilous position of WI Pei-fu,
whose alliance with Chang Tso-lin for
joint control of the Picking govern
ment is becoming ever more shaky,
and the government at Picking wholly
ignored by everyone both foreign and
Chinese.
An interesting example Of how the
United States continues to support
the mythical Picking government and
refuses to recognize the strongest
power in China, the Canton govern
ment, is seen in the letters exchanged
between the American Consul General
at Canton, and the Canton govern
ment's minister of foreign affairs,
The consul had need to make some
request of the Canton government con-
corning some American hospital pro-
perty, but in his note stated specific
ally that it was not to be understood
that the note constituted any sort of
recognition of the Canton government.
1t was answered by Eugene Chen
Of the Canton government, Chen being
an able Chinese liberationist who had
recently been imprisoned at Tientsin
by the northern militarists. Chen
comes back at the American imperial
list representative as follows:
canton's Pointed Remarks.
Il have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of June 30 in
which you explain-what has already
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28
Gets ITS
TANCIER DEMAND
IN SECRET DEAL

PARIS, Aug. 26.-Backstairs diplo-
macy has again accomplished a terri
torial trade among the imperialist
powers in the agreement between
England and Italy to give to SRain
the territory of Tangier and the zone
back of it on the African mainland
which now is ruled as an international
area.
Secret dealings have been going on
between London, Madrid and Rome
over Tangier, and the outcome is fatty
contrary to the interests of France,
which is ambitious for control of Tan
gier and a share of Gibralter's COM
handing position over the Mediter-
ranean and the orient.
The United States, which also was
one of the signatories of the conven-
ton Of Algeciras that made Tangier
into an international zone, is ignored
in the secret dicker, on the ground
that the United States took no part in
the recent conference which revised
the statutes Of the International zone.
British Make Trade.
The British granted the African port
to Spain on the understanding that
Spain would withdraw its demand for
permanent seat in the council of
the league of nations and would cease
to press its claim for Spanish control
Of Gibralter.
1t is expected that France will seek
aid from the United States to oppose
the Tangier cession to Spain, and a
merry fight among imperialists is al
most certain to result.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28
German Censors Fear
Black Sea Fleet Play

BERLIN, Aug. 26. - The Russian
moving picture rlay. "Armored Cruiser
Potemkin," is still fighting its way
thru the movie censors of Germany.
The Berlin censors approved OF the
play II certain portions were cut. The
authorities in some other parts of the
country agree with the published state.
ment Of the minister OF defense that
the witnessing of this portrayal OF the
temporary successful revolt OF the
Black Sea feet lis calculated to shake
the respect for constituted govern.
ments everywhere.
The respect OF the Russian workers
and peasants for their own govern.
ment was not shaken to any appre.
ciable extent by the showing OF the
picture all over the country, so those
anxious TO see II are pointing out that
apparently only capitalist governments
.nualka, hefora IL SO ,- - -.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28
PORTO RICAN
CIGAR MAKERS
IN WALKOUT
Demand American Trust
Increase Wages
BY }. NAVAREs sAoER
Secretary AII-Amerlea Antl.lmperlalist
League, Porto Rican Section.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 12-
(By MALL .-Eighteen hundred cigar
makers are out on strike turnout the
Island against the American Tobacco
company the trust which is one of
the principal benefciaries Of Amer
lean imperialist rule in Porto Rico.
The workers are demanding wage
agreements and recognition OF shop
committees.
Leadership OF the strike is in the
hands of the shop committees. Altho
the members Of these committees are
nearly all members of the Cigar
Makers Union and the Porto Rican
Federation OF Labor, these organiza-
lions are apparently taking no part
in the struggle.
lgIesIas Silent.
Santiago Iglesias, head of the Porto
Rican Federation of Labor, has not
indicated in any way that he will back
the strike. (glesias is an official of
the so-called pan-AEerican Federation
Of Labor and the right-hand man Of
the A. T. OF L. in Latin-American. }
Nevertheless, spontaneous support for
the strike is manifesting itself in
many Of the unions affiliated with the
Federation which are demanding that
the Federation take official action.
Pointing out the imperialist role Of
the American Tobacco company in
Porto Rico, the All-American Anti
Imperialist League porto Rican sec
tion), is giving full support to the
strikers. The San Juan subsection
OF the league has issued manifesto,
published in La Democracia" which
has aroused much comment among the
strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-28
Marx Chides Germans
for Lack of Respect
for State Authority

BERLIN. Aug. 26.-Censure against
those who lack real democratic
spirit" marked the address of Chan
cellor Marx at the Catholic congress
at Breslau, where the chancellor acts
as chairman. A reflection of the de.
cay of state authority is given in his
words.
How little we find of the spirit OF
real citizenship among our people.
The spirit of individualism reigns too
much among our people-individual-
ism which STILES and kills all sense
of collaboration. Enemies of the re-
public persistently and mockingly cri-
ticize and SANDER the existing author
ity, but refuse to put their hands to
work restoring state authority"