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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
(Ru nisnatch A. P. Wiral

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 21.-It is
impossible to define anyone's ances-
tors, Federal Judge A. l.. Reeves
ruled here late today when he sus-
tanned demurrer to suit for one
million dollars damages brought by
Mrs. Virginia Bridger Hahn, Kansas
City, against the Famous Players
Lasky corporation, producers of the
motion picture, The Coveerd Wag-
on" In her suit, Mrs. Hahn contend
ed the company had DETAINED the
character of her father Jim Bridger,
famous Indian scout, by depicting
him as the husband of Indian wives
and as q drunkard., The picture
Mrs Hahn contended, cast reflections
upon her life.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
Federal Judge Holds That It
Is Impossible to Defan1e Any
OF Our Ancestors; Suit Fails

In sustaining the demurrer, Judge
Reeves held that ones ancestors
might not be DETAINED because the
habits and standards of mankind
change SO with generations. What
might be considered perfectly proper
in one age, the court ruled, would
be considered improper in another.
BY common consent, the ruling
went on, the individual of today is
granted the right of standing or fall
ing, gaining or losing on his own
efforts and life and not on that OF
an ancestor.
Lawyers connected with the case
said tonight sustaining of the demur-
rer virtually meant an end to the
suit,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
BEBE DANIELS INJURED
WHILE ACTING FOR MOVIE
{ By Dlspatch a. n. W1re1

10y IHSpaLcIl A. 7. "1rA1
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Jan. 21.-As
bicycle rider, Bebe Daniels proved
today that she is motion picture
actress. In fleeing on a bicycle, pur
sued by motorcycle officers, in a
comedy picture the film star was
thrown from the bicycle and suffered
slight concussion when her head
struck the curb. One hand was also
slightly injured Her injuries will
prevent her working for few days,
her physician said. Members of the
film company said that Miss Daniels
fall was probably due to a rock in
the road or tho fact that she is in
experienced in bicycle riding.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
SHOWS in MOUNTAINS
(By Dispatch A. p. Wire)

BY Dlspatch a r WITeJ
PHOENIX, Jan. 21.-In measure
offsetting the reports of light SHOWS
in the Utah mountain watershed OF
the Colorado River, and more hope
full since it promises moisture here
tofore unexpected from that source,
reports of an eight inch snowfall
January 16 in the Blue Range noun
tains, ten inches of the frozen mois-
ture at the head of White River and
eight inches of snow from Alpine
west to McNary, reached the Phoenix
bureau of the United States wealth
er service today
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS
CHARGED IN 2 DEATHS
(By Dispatch A. r. wirei

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Jan. 21-
Criminal carelessness on the part of
Lyman N Hoag, chief druggist and
Leo A. Wagner, assistant druggist
of the general hospital was charged
by coroners jury here today in
the deaths of Mrs. Evangeline Lam
eve and Mrs. Anita Vasquez, patients
Testimony introduced at the inquest
was to the effect that the women
died last Monday from overdoses
of local anaesthetic. The jury re-
commended an investigation by the
proper authorities.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
Dispatch Conducting an Essay
Contest in Schools; To Print
First Ones on Sunday Morning

third, a prize of s1.OO. Seven other
competitors are accorded honorable
mention and the entire first 10 in
each grade will have their composi-
tions published
Mrs. C. H. Lund, Mrs. Rex Rice and
the Rev. E. w. Simonson are acting
as judges in the contest and are
naming the winners this week.
Teachers of the grades competing
select a group of II or Is questions
from which three are chosen for the
competing pupils to discuss in their
compositions.
In the Sixth grade contest this
week, approximately 80 essays We're
submitted to the judges for consid-
GRAFTON.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
TO RESTORE TELEGRAPH WIRES

NOGALES, Jan. 21.-Information
received here from the west coast Of
Mexico states that hundreds of work
men from the state of Guadalajara
and Colima have been dispatched to
the scene of the recent flood de-
struction in the state of Nayarit to
restores telegraphic communication.
President Gales recently addressed
circulars to the governors of all
states in the republic asking action
to relieve the suffering in Nayarit
where 10000 persons are reported
homeleses.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
sHEEPMAN WINS SUIT

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.-S. r
Johnson, sheepman of Las Vegas, N
NJ, was awarded a Judgment in the
United States district court here to-
day against the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad for $93O4 damages
due to the loss of ten percent of q
carload of sheep transported by the
railroad from New Mexico to Rupert,
Idaho.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
TO MEET BODY

BISBEE, Jan. 21.-John F. Bank
erd, ecretary-treasurer of the Ahu-
mada Lead company will leave
here tomorrow for Ell Paso in the
private car of the late General John
c. Greenway, who died in New York
City last Tuesday, to meet the west
bound train containing the funeral
party. The body of the general will
be placed in the private car in Ell
Paso and the party will proceed
directly to Ajo, where the funeral
services will be held next Tuesday
morning.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22
SEEKS TO ASCERTAIN
GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
REGARDING INCOMES
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

WASHINGTON, JAM 21.-With its rights under
the California community property laws defined by the
recent supreme court decision the treasury today put
machinery in motion to establish it's position with
spect to federal income taxation in Louisiana Texas,
Arizona Washington, Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico,
which also have community property statutes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-22

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-
Copper steady; electroly-
tic, spot and futures, IA
@14B. Bar silver 67.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
PLANS NOVEL TO EMBRACE
QUARTER MILLION WORDS
Fl. g. Wells, London Author, Hopes
to Complete the Work by
Late Spring.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. =
LONDON, February 27.-H. G.,
Wells is working on a novel which,
1t Is reported. will contain a quarter
OF a million words. This work, which
will probably be completed in the late
Spring, is said to be somewhat in the
style Of his novel. 1.-THE New Niche
veli." Although Mr.. Wells denied It,
the general opinion was that many of
the characters in that novel were
thinly yelled sketches Of celebrities,
including Lord Balfour.
Our idea of a great man is one who
has Travelled extensively and neither
lectured nor writes about 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
MOCK TRIAL is HELD.
Ancient Lincoln's Inn Scene o.
Jovialty.

LONDON, February 81 R.-Lin-
coins Inn, one Of London's four
ancient legal institutions which exer-
cises exclusive right to admit per-
sons to practice at the bar, recently
held its first moot or mock trial since
1888. Lord Cave. lord chancellor,
presided and a hundred lawyers and
students. were present to hear two
young barristers thrash out an imag-
mary. case. concerning baker.
The inns of court-Lincoln's Inn,
Grey's Inn, the Inner Temple and
Middle Temple-are societies of "stu-
dents and practicers of the law Of
England" From British revolution
airy times distinguished American
lawyers occasionally have been ad-
mitted to honorary membership, the
last being Secretary of State KEEL
logg, when he was American Am
bassador to the Court of st. James.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
ONLY COCK CONDEMNED
TO SILENCE AT NIGHT
Lord Of Poultry Yard May Not
Grow in Paris After Dark on
Pain of Death.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 27.-Dogs may
howl, asses may bray, horses may
neigh, goats may bleat and cats may
caterwaul. but the cock, proud en-
blem of the French Republic, may not
crow at night in Paris. under pain of
death. So the law stands.
This strange anomaly was brought
to light by distinguished artist who.
recovering from a long illness, was
kept awake at night by the barking of
a neighbours dog. He applied to an
eminent lawyer, Leon Barthou, broth
err of former Premier Louis Barthou.
but on looking up the authorities it
was found that the cries of all ami
mails are tolerated. with the single ex-
ception of the Growing of the cock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
ORR IN SARGENT HOUSE.
Artists Friend Paints In Masters
Studio.

Studio.
LONDON. February q R).-Alfred
Orr, the American artist friend of
the late John Singer Sargent. has
achieved his great ambition and
moved into Sargents house in lite
street. He Is now engaged In paint
ing his first picture in the studio
where Sargent produced many of his
masterpieces.
This has been made possible by
the generosity of a patron who pur-
chased the Sargent property and
gave the artist a long lease. When
Sargent visited Mr.. Orr some years
ago and he asked II he intended to
devote his life to portrait painting
Mr.. Orr said he did.
Then you have my sympathy"
remarked Sargent. and added, "oh,
those women"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-03

well draw inspiration on the ques-
ton OF majority and minority from the
experiences of the first American
Revolution. The workers and ex-
plotted farmers of this country are the
overwhelming majority of this coun-
try. But in view of the fact that the
capitalists who are a small minority
are speaking so much against the
Communist Party because it frankly
says that the proletarian revolution at
the outset may be initiated by a
minority in the interests of the great
majority, it is worth while to analyze
the background of the first American
Revolution for extremely valuable les
sons.
At the time of the first American
Revolution the Patriots chose who
were against the government were in
a minority The Loyalists Chose who
were for the then existing govern
ment) were numerically very strong.
The conscious supporters of the gov
eminent at that time were at least
a third of the entire colonial popula-
ton. They formed a majority in such
important colonies as New York,
South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. It
is estimated that at least 100000 per-
sons who were for maintaining the
government existing then in Ameri-
ca, were exiled by the revolutionists.
Their property was confiscated. They
were tarred and feathered and they
were treated much more roughly in
many respects than the Czarists who
were for maintaining the old reaction
airy government in Russia were by
the Bolsheviks. The Communists of
today can learn many lessons from the
American Revolutionists of 1916 in
treatment of counter revolutionists. of
Loyalists, of Tories. The noted his
torian, Adams, in his book New Eng
land in the Revolution" declares that
More colonials served in the Imperial
than the Revolutionary army" He
further says, IF we accept the esti-
mate that at the beginning of the war
one third of the people were in favor
Of independenee. a third OF the people
were opposed to it, and one third in
definite, it is evident that two thirds
could not have been counted upon to
sustain the Patriots (revolutionists,
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/ spirit of mutual good will had devel-
oped between the North and the
South, strong political reaction set in
against the Negro thruout the South.
This was expressed thru legislative
acts of political disfranchisement of
the Negro, the instituting of Jim Crow
cars, mob violence, etc.
Booker T. Washington, the Southern
Negro advocate, rose to prominence as
the embodied spirit of the Negroes ac-
ceptance of the New South with it's
policy of Negro repression and racial
inequalities. The central principle of
the Washingtonian philosophy was
that the Negro should turn to the soil,
to become useful as basic industrial
factor, to postpone an active desire
for political power and that industrial
education was more necessary to the
Negro at that time than the higher
branches of learning. 1t was a philos-
ophy of reconciliation and acceptance.
In opposition to the Washingtonian
school of thought on the Negro ques-
ton there arose in opposition in the
North militant group of Negro lead
ers having at it's head such men as
William Monroe Trotter of Boston and
VIM. b. Dubois. These men saw in
the Booker Washington program SER
vile submission and the ultimate de-
feat of all that the Civil War had Sc
cured for the Negro in respect to his
civic and political rights. The group
crystallized about Trotter and Dubois
stood for liberalism for the Negro,
demanding for him his full-fedged
rights and privileges as an American
citizen.
With the death of Booker Washing
ton, in 1915, and shortly afte- Ameri-
cas- entry into war, followed by hun
dreds OF thousands Of Negroes coming
North working in the Industrial CEN
ters and many going across in the
American Expeditionary Forces, lib
eralism was REINFORCED.
The New Negro.
THE World War turnout the world of
- the oppressed races produced q
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those against the government side
with any ardor."
Force and Violence.
American workers have been sent
to Jail for defending themselves
against the terrorism of the existing
Tory government in the United
States. Many states have passed laws
which provide for severe Jail penalties.
and years of Imprisonment to be Wis
tied upon any worker who dares even
insinuate in the most indirect manner
that the workers and poor farmers
have right to defend themselves
against the brutalities of their ex-
ploiters.
In this light it is interesting to re-
call the declaration of the Continental
Congress of 1774, which so forcefulIy
declared
1--WE are reduced to the aterna-
tive of choosing an unconditional
submission to the tyranny of irri.
tated masters, or RESISTANCE BY
FORCE. THE LATTER is OUR
I CHOICE. We have counted the
cost of the contest, ana rnd nothing
is so dreadful as voluntary slavery"
No more inspiring words have been
uttered for American workers by any
Communist section of the world.
Let us go on to listen to one of the
leaders of the American Revolu-
ton, Tom Paine. Incidentally, we
should remark that Tom Paine has
been much underestimate BY the
bourgeois historians and has been
much neglected. These classic words
of Tom Paine mean very much to the
American workers today. We should
think very seriously of what Tom
Paine meant when he said:
"5y referring the matter (the
grievances against the British ruI-
ing class) from arguments to arms,
new point for politics is struck.
All plans, preparations, ETC., prior to
the 18th of April (the battle of
Lexington), are like almanacs Of last
year."
Let the American workers think of
Ludlow, Calumet, the Bisbee deporta-
tions, the slavery in the mining sec
tions, the tyranny in the steel regions,
in the light of these meaningful words
of Paine.
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7 profound stir In America the deep
unrest among the American Negroes
was sort of back-fire to President
Wilson's IA points for peace and
democracy. During the World War
socialist thought began to have its
influence upon an appreciate area of
young Negroes in the largest cities of
the North. But the development of
socialist interest and understanding
among the Negroes at this time was
overshadowed by the rise and phenom-
email growth of the Garvey movement
purely Negro Zionist movement with
the African continent as its objective
The Garvey movement has had it's
strong appeal for the Negro proleta-
rlan class, but has always been more
or less frowned upon by the Negro
petty-bourgeoisie and the intellectual.
Today the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
and the Garvey movement constitute
the two most influential liberation
movements among American peoples.
The former, based upon ideas of Negro
nationalism, the latter the achieve
ment of the Negro rights in American
society thru the publicity Of Negro
racial merits and moral suasion. But
daily there is growing among the
Negro proletariat a group who sees
the ultimate solution of the Negro
problem in neither of the programs Of
fered by the above organizations.
This new group in increasing volumes
is clamoring for radical changes in
the social structure of the American
order. Its central thought is that the
social inequality the Negro suffers
arises from economic class exploita-
ton and that only thru the abolition
OF capitalist exploitation can the Ne
gro attain complete emancipation. To-
day the Negro suffers lynching, Jim
Crowism, political disfranchisement,
inadequate educational facilities, in
dustrial discrimination, residential
segregation, etc. These are his imme-
date racial problems today, as yester-
day.
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The Negro Since 1776

| in the latter part of the 18th century
that the Negro slave and the institu-
ton of slavery in the Southland took
on new and increased economic value
and political Importance.
Arising out of the new alignment of
economic class interests are the politi-
cal controversies centered about the
question of loose and strict interpre.
tation of the federal constitution. The
growing interest of the young com
mercial and manufacturing class of
the North was to be thrown in increas-
ing opposition to the agricultural and
slave barons of the South. This oppo-
sition and contradistinction of class
interests was to find itself reflected in
their development of political thought
and party organization.
Rise of the Republican Party.
THE birth of the republican party
l. in the middle of the 10Th century
marks the definite organized attempt
of the young manufacturing class of
the North to win the reins of the ma
6OfSA OluCl "
in the interest of it's class and to de-
feat the opposing interests of the rul-
ing class of the Southern states. The
abolitionist movement was the moral
reflection on the question of slavery
of this new manufacturing class of the
North. The latter class was not only
opposed to the extension of slavery
into the Southwest, but desired its
complete abolition. A slave-owning
society bought little in the way of
manufactured goods and desired a low
tax on imports from England The
bitterness of the struggle between
these two classes ever became more
intensified, thus eliminating in the
Civil War in 1861. The emancipation
Of the Negro slave in 1863 was war
measure, one of the means utilized TO
break the economic power of the
Southern states in rebellion.
Epoch of Reaction.
COON after the Southern states had
- been taken back into the Union on
l basis OF perfect equality and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-03
Second Thoughts on the Fourth of .Julv

the American workers in 1926. What
is timely for us at this time is to trace
certain facts of the first American
Revolution, to see what lessons we
can draw from this tremendously sig
nificant historical event and to see
how the experiences of our forefathers
stack up in the light of the estimates
of these experiences given by our
bourgeoisie. More than that, what is
most valuable for us is to compare the
tactics, the practices and activities of
the American masses and their leaders
in 1776 with the. advice now being
given to the American workers by
those whom they still, unfortunately
in the main, recognize as leaders to-
day.
Much ink is being spilled by the
ROBBED, untitled and well-paid de-
tenders of the present system in their
attacks on the opponents of the cap
italist order. These apologists of the
exploiting class are shouting against
the revolutionists. They are yelling
against a dictatorship by the prole-
tariat. They are ranting against the
use Of force. They say that is foreign.
that is un-American. They are yelling
from the housetops against the Amer
lean workers having anything to do
with other workers from the different
countries in their struggles against
the bosses. The official historians
and editors of our ruling class are
working overtime propagating the idea
that the present form of the American
government is eternal, and that it af-
fords the workers of this country an
opportunity in pursuit of life, liberty
and happiness.
Let is examine these eternal
truths" that are hurled so gratuitously
by the exploiters at the workingman.
1t i'll becomes the defenders of the
bourgeois class which is a small
minority of our population to speak
of the sanctity, of the inviolability of
the majority rule. American democ-
racy today is the most Grass, tho in
spots well camoufaged, expression of
minority rule in the interests of a
minority, at the costly expense of the
vast majority of the population, in the
world.
The American workers can very
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-03
BY LoVETT FoRT-WHITEMAN.

THE American Revolution Of 1776
= was not complete national revolu-
ton, and it's achievements amounted
to hardly more than a political sever
ance of British authority, yet remain
ing economically dependent upon Eng
lish industry. 1t was only after the
second war of 1912 that the American
people were able to enjoy economic
independence of England; thus we
have the political and economic indie
pendence of America arriving at dis
tinct periods in American history. The
geographic features of the early re-
public at once manifest themselves to
the evolution of its economic institu-
tions and the differentiation of group
interests. The rock-strewn soil of
New England, in conjunction with an
unfavorable climate, was enimical to
the development of agriculture; but,
on the contrary, these parts, by virtue
of rugged coast line, swift flowing cur
rents, abundant timber land close to
the coast line, ct al, constituted some
VI TIC DdSlC ldClOIS conductive 10 snip
building and maritime trade. Atho
Negro slavery existed in the New Eng
land colonies and continued in those
parts for some years after the birth
Of the republic, slavery in New Eng
land was never an important economic
benefit. The Negro slave in New Eng
land found his chief occupation in the
homes of the Puritans as a domestic
servant.
But. turning to the tidewater re-
gions Of Virginia and the broad, fer
tile areas of the lower South, natural
features at once lend themselves to
the rapid development of an agricul-
tural society into which the Negro
slaves fitted as an exceedingly impor-
tant economic asset. This became
more so after the invention OF the cot
ton gin, resulting in the increased pro-
duction of cotton and 1t becoming a
staple commodity OF those regions. II
was the result of the series of inven-
tons in the treatment of cotton