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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
|RANCHER is HELD
IN $4,000 THEFT
Money Hidden Under Walk
Surrendered in Confession
Involving KIDNAPPING.

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OAKLAND, Calf, March Al. B.
Palmer, rancher, was held today on
charges of grand theft and kidnapping,
having surrendered $4,000 he was
alleged to have obtained from the Oak
land branch of the Bank of America
on a worthless check.
Ofiicers said Palmer led them yester-
day to the money, hidden under board
walk at his ranch home Police quoted
the rancher as confessing an inspiration
!. Of the moment led him to force j. w.
ACardoza, cashier of a Hayward, Calf,
bank, to go with him to Oakland and,
under threat of death, recommend pay
ment on Palmer's check.
The purported confession added
Palmer's concealed pistol was out of
order and that he didn't know what
to do with the loot after he had re-
leased Cardoza.
District Attorney Earl Warren said
he was not satisfied that the death last
August of Louis Bianchi, neighbor Of
Palmer, was a suicide, as a coroner's
jury had decided. A few days after
Bianchi's death a will bequeathing the
entire estate, variously valued at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, to Palmer,
was fled for probate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

now TO be worth 100000. and he 10
head Of a dozen large concerns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
.ELLIOTT'S LAST ACT
IS BILL FOR CAPITOL
Retiring Indiana Representative
Sponsored Great Development
Program for d. c.

In the closing hours of his legisla-
tive career, Representative Richard ~.
Elliott of Indiana, chairman of the
House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, who sponsored and put
through the House practically all of
the stupendous program of public
buildings and development projects for
the National Capital, and who today
retires from Congress after IA years
service, won victory in the House by
having passed a bill providing for
further additions to the extension of
the Capitol grounds.
Representative Elliott, who is about
to become assistant to the controller
general, by virtue of his retirement from
Congress, also leaves several important
commissions engaged on specific Capt.
tai development projects, including the
Commission on Enlarging the Capitol
Grounds, the United States Supreme
Court Building Commission, the Airing
ton Memorial Bridge Commission and
the Public Buildings Commission.
The bill passed last night authorizes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
Girl Workers Tea
Saves Employees as
Acid Tank Explodes

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, March
4.-Devotion to the afternoon
tea ritual saved the lives Of many
girl employees at the Nobel ex-
plosive works. at Deer Park yes
terday.
During a storm an acid tank
in the mixing room was struck
by lightning and exploded. Win
dows were shattered for miles
around, but there was no loss OF
life, since the girls working
there had left the room a few
minutes previously for the after
noon tea interval.
Several men received minor
injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
HILL ESTATE DIVIDED
Museum Gets Half of $500, 900
Left by Seattle Man, Kin Rest.

SEATTLE, March 4 (P)-The will of
Sam Hill, one-time host to Queen Marie
of Rumania and good roads enthusiast
who died last week, ordered division of
his 100000 estate between relatives and
the Mary Hill Museum on the Columbia
River.
Half of it is to go to the museum
under terms of the will, admitted to
probate yesterday.
The other half is to be held in trust
for daughter, Mary Hill; a son. James
N. Hill. and cousin, z. N Hill. No
bequest was made to Hills widow, the
will said, because she had been suitably
provided for by a marriage gift of
100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

office boy In one Of Nobels explosives
factories at S1.25 q week. He is said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

Out of the storm of drab business re-
ports in England recently has come the
story of another poor boy who has risen
to riches in spite of everything. He is
Sir Harry MCGOWAN, who has just been
made chairman and managing director
of Imperial Chemical Industries. He
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Sc years
ago. and started his business career as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
Belgian Galleries Close.

BRUSSELS, March R.-Several
collieries in central Belgium have sus-
pended operations as result of con-
tinuing economic depression. Coal
stocks on hand in Belgium total $780,
600 tons, a new high figure for this
time of year.
Belgium's unemployed on January 81
totaled 1874 and 108,694 workers
were on part-time jobs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

The seal is the cleverest diver in the
animal world, and his nose is a very
ingenious continuance indeed. Each
nostril is provided with muscles, which
close it Theoretically at the owners will.
And the shape of the nose is such that
when the nostrils are closed not drop
of water can enter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

charges In the civil action in which
Miss Setril alleges criminal assault
Taylor, a paroled convict, was kept in
the county jail by State officers while
they determine whether he has violated
the terms of his parole through his
activities in connection with the suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
GRIFFITH PROBE ENDS
Prosecutor Finds No Evidence on
Which to Charge Actress.

LOS ANGELES, March R.-Al-
though Earl Taylor, friend of Fern
Setril, actress, was still held today
District Attorney Buron Fits said his
investigation of a 1901 900 damage suit
filed by the actress against David w.
Griffith, film director, had been closed
Fits said he found no evidence upon
which to base extortion conspiracy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04

an appropriation of $4,000 for the pur-
chase Of two small plots, which had
been overlooked in the earlier authorize
tions for enlargement of the Capitol
grounds,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-04
FASTIDIOUS FARMERS
Manufacturer Says Blue Shirts Pre-.
ferred as Grease Resisting.

CHICAGO, March 4 (P).-The boys
down on the farm are getting fastidious
about the clothes they wear while now
ing hay and threshing wheat.
l. Eiler of New Orleans, a manufac-
turer, talked about this before the con-
vention of the international Garment
Makers Association.
"In the old days" he said, speaking
Of shirts, ''the farm lads would accept
any color, brown or gray, just so they
would cover their backs, but now all
they want is blue"
He said they liked blue because it
doesn't show grease so much.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
Demonstration In
Yonkers, Aug. y
To Hit Terror Of the
Yonkers' Police

YONKERS, N. "a demonstra-
ton will be held here on Sacco- Van
zetti day, Saturday, August 22nd at
Larkin Plaza at p. m. under the
auspices of the local branch of the
International Labor Defense.
The demonstration will score the
conditions forced on the 10000 I'M
employed workers here who receive
no relief from the city. The action
of the city in spending money for
arnored cars while the jobless starve
will be exposed. The expulsion of
the unemployed delegation from city
hall last January when the jobless
demanded relief, will be recalled to
strengthen the present fight for re-
lief.
The LID. committee in call ur-
ges all Yonkers workers to attend
this demonstration and strike blow
against the police terror in this city
as we'll as demanding amnesty for
all political prisoners throughout the
country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
START DRIVE FOR
THE LIBER ATOR

NEW YORK.-Frem August 22nd
to october 22nd will be the 2
months drive to increase the circu-
lation of the Liberator in the New
York District. This campaign in
wolves not only the LSNR groups but
also labor unions and fraterna1 or
CARNATIONS in assisting the LSNR in
building up a mass circulation among
the Negro and white masses.
Already great enthusiasm has been
shown among the LSNR members
end many fraternal organizations in
assisting in the Drive. Many work
ing class newspapers have also
pledged to support the Drive in CIV
ing wide publicity and getting their
members to assist in getting subs
and establishing the paper on the
news stands.
All working class and fraternal or
CARNATIONS, which have not as yet
received any direct communications
should Immediately communicate
with the LSNR New York District,
so East 18th St., Room 201 for sup
plies and directives in order to con-
tinue this work in their respective
organizations and localities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
COUNTY MEETS IN
N. ]. ELECTION

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 19-County
conferences are being arranged by
the Communist Party Election Cam
raign Committee in the various
counties of New Jersey to ratify its
candidates for General Assembly and
Freeholders in the respective coun-
ties for the coming elections to take
place November 3.
Calls have been sent out TO all
working class organizations to elect
delegates, committees are visiting Or
CARNATIONS, and leaflets are being
prepared calling upon the unem-
ployed, Negro, Women, Young Work
ers, and A. F. of L. workers to send
delegates to these conferences.
County Conferences will be held in
the following places: Essex County,
at Newark, Sunday, Aug. 23rd, at
Belmont Ave, TWO Hall at 10 a. m.
Mercer County, at Trenton,
Wednesday, Aug. 26th, at Workers
Center, 20 End st. at p. m.
Union County, Elizabeth, Sunday,
Sept. 18th, at Workers Center, 106 E.
Jersey St., 10 a. m.
Hudson County, Jersey City, Sun
day, Sept. 18TH at Workers Center,
302 Henderson ST., 10 a. m.
Workers are urged to elect their
delegates to the respective County
Conferences and to rally behind the
candidates of the Communist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
$4,000, Los Angeles Bank
Shut: Chi. Bank Head Is Thief

revealed that the bank heads robbed
the banks from the inside.
John Bains, leading Chicago citi-
zen head of IL banks closed in June,
borrowed" 100000 from his banks,
Half million of it was borrowed
within so days and 100000 within s
days before the banks were closed.
Even the capitalist class is forced
to give front page publicity to this
open robbery by a leading Chicago
citizen, 100 per cent patriot, sworn
enemy of the reds, whose IL banks,
all in the working class sections,
robbed about 10000 depositors of
their savings to the amount of nearly
$150OOOO0.
In order to quiet down the cheated
depositors and the public in general,
another big crook, former u. S. Sen
ator Deneen, personal attorney to
Balm, came out with the endorsement
Of Mr., Bain's character and with his
doubts whether the report of the re-
ceivcr is a correct one. According
to Mr.. Gelruff, the receiver, not a
cent of the $2,o6,356.7o borrowed by
Balm without any security is collect
able. In order to save their face,
the Bank Bureau will probably sub
NIT the Balm bank management to
e,-opd i,,r,, jy,vaetIry.+Jo1, Tho do
positors may well know what this
investigation means to them.
The only way to fight for the re-
turn of the stolen money is by the
organization Of Workers Depositors
Committee, which will force Mr.. Os-
car Nelson and the other grafters
in charge of the banks to refund the
lost money of worker depositors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
TOUR N: ]: FOR
RED ELECTION
DESPITE TERROR
Route Two Speakers
In Many Cities

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 19.-The
state tour of j. sepesy and M. E.
Taft in behalf of the New Jersey
Election Campaign Committee of the
Communist Party, and its candidate
for governor, John j. BALKAN and
the respective county candidates has
met with considerable success.
Meetings of the tour have so far
been held in Perth Amboy, New
Brunswick, Carteret, Freehold, Lin
den, two meetings in Trenton, and
two attempts we're made to hold
meetings in Long Branch and As
bury Park.
The attendance at these meetings
range from 300 at Freehold (the
smallest meeting held and for the
first time in that city, to as high as
1000 as happened at Carteret, the
first time we ever had a meeting in
that city. A lot of literature and
Daily Workers are sold at the meet
ings, contacts are gotten for the
Party and for Vote Communist Clubs
to be built.
Twice the Ku Klux Khan author
tiles of Long Beach prevented the
Election Campaign Committee from
having a meeting. At the first
meeting 1000 we're present and the
campaign manager and two others
we're arrested when they tried to
hold the meeting, the second at
tempt saw 5000 workers gathered for
the meeting, but the police prevented
the speakers from entering the city,
The meeting place looked like an
armed camp, with police from sew
eral cities concentrated at the meet
ing, also the fire department and
hundreds of Ku KluX Klan mem
bers. Another attempt will be made
to hold a meeting in Long Branch
on August goth, Saturday, at Morris
and Chelsea Ave, 8 p. m.
Meetings for the state tour of j.
Sepesy and M. E. Taft are scheduled
for the following cities:
Thursday, Aug. Goth, Kearny at
Schuyler and Hoyt ST., $3.50 p. m.
Friday, Aug. 21st, Bayonne, 23rd
and c Ave, 7 p. m.
Friday Aug. 21st, Jersey City,
Newark and Jersey Ave, $50 p. m.
Saturday, Aug. 22nd, Hoboken, 5th
and Washington st., 2 p. m.
Saturday, Aug. 22nd, Passaic, 4th
and Essex St, 8 p. m.
Thursday, Aug. 9th, Elizabeth, End
St. and Broadway lin Jackson Park
p. m.
Thursday, Aug. 9th, Newark, Mill
tary Park, p. m.
Friday, Aug, 18th, Garfield, p m
Friday, Aug. 28th, Lodi, 8 p. m.
Saturday, Aug. Goth, Paterson,
D. m.
Meetings are also being arranged
in Morristown and Roselle.
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Peace with honor" of the A. F. L.
unions means peace with wage cuts
and more miserable conditions than
before.
The Paterson workers in the UTW-
Associated unions are greatly agi-
tated at the outcome of the Allen
town strike. They see that their own
leaders permitted the workers to go
back to work without calling the
strike off, or in q disorganized
fashion, leaving them at the mercy
of the bosses who will worsen the
conditions.
G. G. G. Discriminates.
In the G. G. G. shop the discriln-
nation policy of the bosses and the
UTW- Associated are openly appar-
ent. In this Mornings Call the fol-
lowing ad appeared: Wanted. Elk
perienced weaver on hard silk. As
ISOLATED union members only need
apply. Union wages. G. G. G. Silk
Mill, 4s Warren ST." The picket line
has kept scabs out of the shop which
the A. r. of L. unions settled" The
workers in the shop are working
under the price list of the U.TW,
The boss is now negotiating with
the N.T.W.U. for the withdrawal of
the picket line. He promises no dis
elimination but the N.TWU. is going
to be sure that the workers will gain
something before the shop is settled.
Adam Stupor was arrested this
morning on the picket line at the
Eagle SILK Co. on Manhattan st. for
singing.
General Membership Meeting.
The Executive Committee of the
,!TWU will meet Thursday, 2:3o p.
n. In the Turn Hall TO prepare for a
General membership meeting, which
IS to take place Friday at p. m. at
the Turn Hall. At the general mem
bership meeting the role of the union
in leading the strike will be dis
cussed as we'll as the building of the
union during and after the strike,
the function of union members in
the shops, in minority groups, and
elsewhere. There will be reports
from the chairmen and members of
NTWU controlled shops Sam Weis-
man has been accepted by the Strike
Committee as TUUL organizer to
help organize picketing on more
systematic basis. At this morning
meeting this was started.
A delegation of workers from the
Allentown strike will report to the
special mass meeting which will be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
US. GOVT AIDS
ITALIAN FASCISM:
HIT ILLAVATORE'
P ost Office Refuses
Mailing Rights
By RYAN WALKER

The Post Office Federal authorities
refused to grant, I'll Lavoratore."
Italian language organ of the Com
munist Party, second class mailing
privilege, because one issue of this
workers weekly was found "unmaiI-
able" 1t does not require great
deal to guess" the real motive. "Il
Lavoratore" mobilizes the Italian
workers and organizes them for the
daily struggle against wage cuts,
against lay-offs, against persecution
OF foreign born workers, against the
fascist reaction which is having its
inception even here, in the land of
prosperity" and the cradle of lib
erty," to know why the Post ONCE
has decided to ban I'll Lavoratore."
I'll Lavoratore" is the only organ
which calls on the italian workers
not to let themselves be terrorized.
III Lavoratore" is the only Italian
paper that explains to them not to
remain passive in the face of the
miseries and prosecutions to which
they are subjected.
That is why the government,
through the Post Office is attempt
ing to suppress the italian organ of
the Communist Party.
The italian workers, supported by
all the other workers, must show the
Post once and the Government their
determination to struggle in de-
Tense of I'll Lavoratore."
The italian Bureau of the Central
Committee is launching big cam
paign in which must participate all
the italian members of the Party in
order to rally all the Italian workers
and the workers of other national
tiles to support I'll Lavoratore.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
PATERSON STRIKERS PROTEST
POLICE BRUTALITY AUG. 2

held Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Mother
Bloor and Comrade Amter, district
organizer of the Communist Party,
will also speak.
The youth conference has been
postponed to Saturday at p. m.
This conference will take up the
youth demands and following this
there will be recreation, dancing,
etc. The conference takes place at
the Turn Hall.
The Section strike headquarters
have been changed to $50 10th Ave.
near 22nd ST.
The following shop meetings will
be held:
Shop Meetings.
Kaiser Silk Co., Thursday, 9 a. M,
Turn Hall; Solid Textile Co., Thurs
day, a. m, 81 Lafayette St.; Harry
Wolfe, Thursday, 1890 a. M, 81
Lafayette St.; Fidelity silk Co.,
Thursday, 10 a. M, Turn Hall; Arbus
Silk Co., Thursday, $3.50 a. M, Turn
Hall; Friend Silk Co., Thursday, 2
p. m, Turn Hall; Levine Silk Co.,
Thursday, p. M, Turn Hall
Medal Silk Co., Thursday, a. M,
205 Paterson ST.; A. L. Rosenstein,
Thursday, $3.50 a. M, 205 Paterson
St; z. & L. Silk Co., Thursday, IL
noon, 205 Paterson ST.; Berne Silk
Co., Thursday, a. M, $50 10th Ave,
near 22nd ST.; Landow Bros, Fri
day, 10 a. m, 2O5 Paterson St.; Cor
don Silk Co., IL M, 205 Paterson st. /;
Equity Silk Co., p. m, 205 Paterson
ST.; Well-Made Silk Co., 4 p. M, 2O5
Paterson ST.; M. Blank Silk Co., 9
a. m, Turn Hail. Lipshitz Silk Co.,
9 a. m, 81 Lafayette st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 19.-The
United States National Bank and its
eight branches crashed today, cheat
ing the small depositors of their
funds. Over s13,OOO,0OO is involved.
Three open air meetings in front
of the banks were held and five thou
sand leaflets were distributed The
Provincial Committee of workers and
small depositors is calling an indoor
meeting tomorrow night Of all small
depositors to further consider ways
and means of carrying on the fight
and force the bankers and city au-
thorities to return the life savings Of
the small depositors.
Hundreds of workers attended the
open air meetings in spite of the po-
lice and red squad attacks. Two
workers were arrested and held for
criminal syndicalism suspicion.
NEW YORK crashes in To-
ledo, Ohio, involving over $1o0,O0o0o0,
tying up nearly the entire business
life of the city, throwing new hun
dreds onto the streets without work,
threatening thousands Of unemploy-
ed with immediate starvation, has
spread to the entire Northwestern
section Of Ohio.
On Tuesday two more banks crash
ed in Ohio, with over half a million
dollars in deposits involved.
Runs started in other banks, and
the capitalists tried to do everything
possible-Iying with their usual vigor
to keep down the bank runs.
From investigation made in the
recent Chicago bank crashes it is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
THE MAN ON STILTS" AT
PLYMOUTH IN SEPTEMBER

Arthur Hopkins announces the
opening of his seasons first produc-
ton, 1.-THE Man On Stilts," at the
Plymouth Theatre, Wednesday eve
ming, September g. The new play
is by Edwin L. and Albert Barker.
Among those in the cast are Harry
Eilerbe, Flora Isabelle, Helen Dodge,
Lillian Emerson, Hobart Cavanaugh,
Eda Heinemann and Robert Cum
rnings
Vera Ross will return to sing her
we'll known part of "Katisha," in
THE Mikado," last of the Gilbert
and Sullivan operas at changers.
Miss Ross will then go on tour with
the organization. Howard Marsh
VIII also be back in the "Mikado"
singing the part of Nanki-Poo.
Dwight Deere Wiman announces
an extensive road tour of Paul Os-
born's comedy, 1.-THE Vinegar Tree"
starring Mary Boland beginning in
Boston on September 14th.
The Shuberts announce that the
noted star, Fred Stone, and his
daughter, Paula, will appear under
their management this season in a
new musical comedy, now being
written for them. Rehearsals will
begin soon, and the New York open
ing is planned for October.
The Hippodrome is showing on It's
stage: The Great Huber, Roy Sed-
ley Pat Henning, Glorianna Lea and
Harris Twins, Dave Mallen and
Patsy o'Neill, Kohn and DePinto,
Paddy Saunders and Dave Busby.
on the screen: "Too Many Cooks"
with Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
Int'l Sports Club to
Organize a Tractor
And Auto School

The International Labor Sports
Club has arranged for a special
meeting Thursday, August 20, p. nl.,
at 122 Second Ave, 3rd floor. The
question of the organization of a
tractor and automobile school will be
raised.
The school, it is reported, has as
it's purpose the training of workers
as operators and mechanics on trac-
tors and autos.
This will be the only meeting only
to those who wish to register for the
school.