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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19

ing out that this strike against Hun
ger and terrorism is the battle Of
the entire working class in the United
States. The statement in full fol-
lows:
ION January LIST, the masses of
miners in Harlan and Bell counties,
Kentucky, will go on strike in re-
Spouse to call by the National Min
ers Union. The strike was decided
upon at the recent convention in
PineYille, made up of 263 delegates,
coming from 100 mines employing
1900 miners. The strike will in all
probability spread into Tennessee,
Alabama and Western Kentucky, a
number of delegates being present
from these very important fields. A
strike in southern West Virginia Is
also a definite possibility.
This is strike against starvation
and terror. Tn t'ontr efforts to force
he standards of living of the miners
GOWN 10 Id C-----4 ~S-L9, Gile lllilIe
operators have instituted a regime of
murder and gu1lman control unpre-
cedented In American labor history
The shooting down of many workers
and the arrests of hundreds of others,
many of whom are now facing the
electric chair, in Harlan County,
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All Workers for Daily Sub
Campaign Report 10 A. M.
Sunday; SPUR 5000 SnbDrive

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report Sunday at 10 in the morning for partic
patton in the Red Sunday of the Daily Worker campaign for
5000 12month subscriptions This is the first big mass
effort in the subscription campaign 1t has been set aside
for GENERAL MOBILIZATION of all Party members and
sympathzers workers homes to spread the Daily
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19
Chicago Bank Busts;
Many Workers Lose
Their Last Pennies

CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 18.-The
Ashland State Bank here crashed
this morning, many workers, most
ly Polish losing their last pennies,
Christmas saving funds were not
paid. The Party lost its funds in
the crash. This is a serious blow
to the anti-Criminal syndicalist
campaign and the struggle for I'M
for these campaigns are tied up in
employment insurance, as all funds
this bank crash.
The notice for the closing of
the bank was signed by Oscar
Nelson, one of the leaders of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, and
State Auditor He was involved
in Waukegan bank crash scan
dial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19

framed up charge of rape.
In 80 large cities protest meetings
will be held, demonstrations staged,
and sweeping publicity campaign
launched to focus a glare of attention
upon the legal lynching of these in
nocent young Negro workers.
Seven parents and relatives Of the
boys visited the boys in Kilby Prison
last week. General George w. Cham
lee, celebrated Chattanooga attorney,
retained by the 1. L. D. to defend
the boys in their appeal, writes of
the visit: =
1.-THE southern district of the I. L.
D. provided expense money for a
visit to the prison by Mrs. Ada
Wright, Mrs. Beatrice Maddox, Mrs.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19

and they cheered the reports
made by the delegates. The
drive for signatures demanding
passage of the Workers Unenl-
ployment Insurance Bill was
started right at this meeting.
Fourteen St. Louis workers joined
the Communist Party as a result OF
their experiences on the hunger
march. Among them was, the driver
OF one of the trucks. He was only
a sympathizer until he got a taste Of
the gas when the police attacked the
march on the way back through
Martins Ferry.
The delegates from points further
west were housed over night at the
Labor Lyceum and the next day con-
tinued on to their respective cities to
build unemployed councils, and pre-
pare for the National Unemployment
Demonstrations, Feb. 4
Defy Police Ban
In East st. Louis, over the river
from ST.. Louis and in Illinois ter
ritory, the police have openly de-
clared that no m things or parades
Of militant worries will be allowed.
Only three days before. the police
used poison gas on an indoor meeting
of the jobless, and killed one of their
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19

are now dropping the fastest. The
drop in production is general. cover
ing all basic industries, throwing new
hundreds of thousands out of work.
Each month now breaks low record
for capitalist crisis in the United
States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19
MACHINE GUNS FAIL TO
HALT MASS UPSURCE
IN BIG CHINESE CITIES
Undetermined Number" of Workers and
Students Murdered: Hundreds Wounded
by Military
BULLETIN.

preparations ChinchOw evoked
stiff
threatening Americas domination Kuomntang China
eiaIy since overthrow of Chang Ka-shek
in instructions Smson
Gin friendly positive terms
yesterday would permit the Senate
the secret exchanged between Son and Japan
the would be withheld the Senate
public that individual could
SCI hem n confidence
The Canton officials of the more democratic gov
eminent of the Kuonang celebrated their arrival in Nan
king yesterday with blood bath against Chinese workers
students demonstrating against the Japanese seizure of Man
chura and betrayal of the Chinese by the Kuomntang
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19
DEMONSTRATIONS
TO HIT AT POLISH
FASCIST TERROR
To Denounce Sentences
Passed on Toilers by
Pilsudski Fascists

NEW YORK. Dec. l7.-Protest
demonstrators are to be staged be-
fore Polish c2nsuletes In leading
American cities by the International
Labor Defense and other worker or
CARNATIONS to denounce death sem
fences passed on two Polish workers
In Tamarshow, Poland.
The call for these demonstrations
was issued by the national office OF
the LID. today when 1t learned that
the workers, Malezky and Sakrzew-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19
IRON MINERS ROBBED IN
PIONEER MINE
(By a Worker Correspondent,

ELY, Minn.-A fellow miner re-
ports that corrtol box burned from
the electric tugs er in the Pioneer. On
the next pay the miner from that
contract number received S14.00 less
pay. The electric tugger was over
heated due directly to the speed-up
and the miner had to pay for it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19
Start New National Campaign
to Free the Scottsboro Boys

With the appeal of the Scotboro to be heard before
the Alabama State Supreme Court next month"; the Intena
ona Labor Defense that January g. and 10 will
"Scottsboro Protest Days. to demand the immediate
the innocent Negro children facing eectr0cuon
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19
T.U.U.L. Says KY, Mine.
Strike Viii Spread to the.
N eigh boring State s.

NEW YORK.-Ralying all members of the Trade Union
Unity League behind the strike of the Kentucky miners set for
January LIST which is expected to bring $4,000 out in the Ken
lucky coal fields statement has just been issued under the
SIGNATURE of William Foster secretary of the TUUL point
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19
Hunger March
Smashes Thru
East St. Louis
Parade All Over Town Where Workers Meet
ings Are Forbidden: Demand Release of Is
City Officials Tied up With Shelton Gang;
Poison Mixed With Tear Gas Used in Raid

ST. LOUIS Mo, Dec 18.-The National Hunger Marchers
of Column consisting by the time they got only
ST. Louis delegation and those coming from the Southwest
smashed the terror East ST. Louis entered ST. Louis
Monday night The Labor LYceum damned of workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19

Every shop, mine and factory
fertile field for Daily Worker sub
scriptions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-19

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The Washington times., 1931-11-10
GRAND JURY SET.
IN POWERS QUIZ

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Nov. 10
QN.SD indictments again S t
Harry F. Powers, alleged blue
beard murderer" charged with
having killed two women and
three children after Turing them
here through matrimonial CORE
spondence clubs, will not be re-
turned before Thursday.
This was indicated here today
as the Harrison county grand jury
prepared to recess after hearing
the charge of Judge John C.
Southern.
In his charge Judge Southern
made no mention of the Powers
case specifically, as several cases
are before the November panel.
First of the 80 witnesses to be
called in the Powers case will be
called Thursday, it is understood.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
IDENTITY Of Il
ADR|FT TRACED
international Photos

COLON. Panama, Nov. 10
GN.SJ.-The first clue to the
identity of II men sighted by an
airplane floating in a lifeboat
and on a raft off the Coast Of
Colombia was received here to-
day.
The men were believed to be
either passengers or members of
the crew of the Costa Rican
steamship Baden Baden. which
left Rio Hacha, Colombia, 10
days ago for Colon and was re-
ported to have sunk off the
Colombian Coast.
The Baden Baden carried a
crew of IS men and a few
passengers aboard, however.
Read Admiral N. E. Irwin,
commandant of the Panama
Canal naval forces, today dis
patched the mine-sweeper Swan
to search for the II men re-
ported adrift in a life-boat and
on a raft in the Caribbean Sea.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Holiday Drinkers Warned
OF Liquor Dangers

Despite a material decline of
poison liquor deaths the last
three months, prohibition Off
cials said today that the holiday
season through Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year ln-
doubtedly would be marred with
another series of drinking cas-
ualtieS.
Over the last two years several
hundred have died in the United
States from drinking synthetic
wood alcohol or menthanol. This
product is widely used as anti
freeze mixture, now taking the
place, to a large extent, of de-
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Toothpick Trick Results
In Dresser Indictment

P1NEVILLE. KY. Nov. 10
GN.SD Theodore Dresser, noted
novelist, and a woman designated
as Marie Pergain. were formally
charged with adultery in an in
dictment returned here today by
the Bell county grand jury.
The indictment was returned
following the examination of sew
eral witnesses who were reported
to have seen the woman enter
Dreiser'S room at a local hotel
while the novelist and a special
committee were here to inveSti-
gate labor conditions in the coal
fields.
r. E. Wilson, clerk of the Bell
county circuit court, stated that
he would issue warrant for the
arrest Of the author and the
woman Immediately.
Investigation Of the charges Of
The Washington times., 1931-11-10

misconduct against Dresser was
requested by Circuit Judge D. C.
Jones.
Prosecutor Walter B. Smith
said:
"The actions of Dresser and
the woman at the Continental
Hotel aroused suspicion. An in
veStigatOr raped on the door
to the wOman's room, but she
was not there.
"She was seen going into Drei-
Ser'S room. Investigators took
some tOOthpicks and stood them
against the door of Dre;ser's
room. Hours later the tooth
picks had not been disturbed"
Reached at Bristol, Dresser de
clared it was impossible for him
to have committed the offense
charged by authorities Of Bell
county.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
CANNON ASKED
To RESIGN

COLUMBUS, Ca, Nov. 10
INSD-Condemning the practice
of clergymen engaging in political
controversies, the board OF stew
ards of the st. Paul Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, today
had unanimously demanded the
resignation of Bishop James Can
non, jr.
A resolution passed by the stew
ards said:
1--WE are apprehensive Of the
future of the Methodist Church
and the support by the laymen
should the church repeat its
activities of 1928"
The resolution declared:
eve heartily condemn the
practice of bishops, ministers of
the gospel, presiding elders, or
other church officials in en-
gaging in political controversies
and political campaigns as such
officials"
The stewards requested the
South Georgia conference to take
similar action.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
DECLARE SHE
+ WE'D DONOR
AFTER HIS
REQUEST
S5, 900, 900 Are Claim Invalid,
Declares Spokesman
For Smithsonian

Officials at the Smithsonian In
Stitution here we're unperturbed
today by the announced plan of
the widow of the late John Gel
latly to ask Congress to refuse
her husbands gift of $5,000,0 900
in art treasures on the ground
that he had not provided finan-
cially for her.
Alexander Wetmore, assistant
secretary of the Smithsonian, re-
minded that Gellatly had donated
the art works and they had been
definitely accepted by the Gov
eminent and installed in the Heck
sher galleries in New York months
before he married Miss Char
layne Whitley.
AZ Years His Junior
Gellatly had a burning de-
sire" to enhance Americas art
. possessions, and also to be famed
for his generosity, says his widow
in explaining the gift. She was
az years his junior.
He gave beyond his means, for
he died Sunday in New York in
abject poverty. His widow said to-
day the cost of bringing his body
to Washington for interment to-
day in Congressional Cemetery
will be betrayed through bor-
rowed money.
Gellatly, she said, was penniless
when he died Sunday at the
age of IS o. pneumonia. Be-
cause he had expended his for
tune and a lifetime in the accu-
mutation of the collection which
, Congress accepted in 1929 for the
National Galleries of the Smith
sonian Institution, Mrs. Gellatly
said today she would ask Co1-
gress to reject the gift, as she
was left unprovided.
Married in 1929
Mrs. Gellatly is a granddauga-
ter of the late Senator Richard
H. Whitley of Georgia.
She married the art collector IN
1929 at Belle Anne, Md. They
lived apart in New York. His
financial straits came to light
when Mrs. Gellatly sued him for
nonpayment of her apartment
rent, then $500 in arrears. She
declared all he had left aft&'
making the gift to the country of
his collection was an annuity of
$3,750.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Youth Fined SIS;
Struck Policeman

Joseph F. Ferrell, "a. of 1876
Eleventh st. S. E., today was
fined SIS by Judge Isaac R. Hit,
after he had been convicted of
diSorderly conduct and of assault
ing Fourth Precinct Policeman B.
r. Torrance.
Ferrell denied that he was dis
orderly, and said the officer struck
him without provocation as he
was standing in garage in the
rear Of his mothers home.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
TORTURE TALE.
INQUIRY IS
ORDERED
Hobo Animal He Is Charged
With Mistreating Faces
Noted Doctors Test

KANE, Pa, Nov. 10 G.N.SD.
Hobo" giant German police dog.
which already has figured promi-
nently in the strange case of
Professor Elisha Kent Kane, will
be used by the defense to give
mute testimony for its master
when he goes on trial at Hamp-
ton, Va, December 8, for the
murder of his pretty wife, Jenny,
it became known today.
1t was Hobo" great-grandson
of "Strongheart," movie dog, who
entered into the early stages of
the case when w. H. Hop"
Graham, brother of the drowned
woman. testified the animal had
been brutally mistreated by Pro-
lessor Kane.
Graham'S testimony at the
coroner'S hearing aroused senti-
ment against the handsome pro-
lessor, defense attorneys claim
Perjury Is Charged
Now they intend to use this
same testimony as a boomerang"
against the prosecution. Prof.
Kane maintains that he never
miStreated the dog and that Ora
hams testimony came from a
mind warped by prejudice.
The defense, headed by Attor-
ney E. Kent Kane, Bradford (Pa.)
attorney and cousin of the ac-
cused, and J. Winston Read, New
port News (VaD lawyer, have
seized upon this angle and are
having the dog examined by a
noted animal specialist in an at
tempt to prove that Graham per-
jured himself when he gave his
startling testimony.
DR.. E. H. McCleery, of Kane,
famous throughout the world as
the Wolf Man." has been Sc
lected to examine the dog. DR..
McCleery, who once owned the
largest pack Of wolves in captivity,
is considered an authority on
treatment and psychology of ami
mails.
Dog Now At Kane
The defense believes that DR..
McCleery'S examination will prove
Prof. Kane never pricked the ami
mails hide with forks or otherwise
tortured it, as Graham testified.
They are of the opinion that
scars from the wounds would show
in some degree if the alleged tor
lures actually had been perpe-
trated.
Also the defense is of the be-
lief that DR.. McCleery will be able
to ascertain from the actions of
the dog whether it holds any fear
or hatred for its master as
naturally would follow torture at
his hands.
Hobo arrived here late last
night from Hampton in an ex,
press car. He was kept at Hamp-
ton by a veterinary. DR.. j. T. Will
son. DR.. McCleery will give the
animal the first of a series of
tests today.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Of PITTS
BLAMESH|S
TREACHERY
Emory L. CobIentz Says Broker
Promised Not to Use
Papers He Signed

G. Bryan Pitts, former execu-
tive head of the F.. H. Smith
Company, today was accused by
Emory L. Coblentz, Frederick,
Md, banker, of double-crossing
him when documents signed by
Coblentz were introduced in evi-
dence during Pitts trial for con-
spiracy to embezzle funds of the
Smith company.
Coblentz readily admitted to
Justice Let's, District Supreme
Court, that he signed certain
papers at Pitts request, but that
at the time he signed them, while
a guest at Pitts home in Florida,
he had a definite understanding
that they would not be used as
evidence in Pitts trial, which
was held a short while later.
Contempt Is Charged
Pitts was placed on trial today
for alleged contempt OF court as
a result of some 145 spurious
documents being put in evidence
during the former trial. Cob
lentz appeared as a voluntary
witness" against him.
The first witness for the
Government was John H. Ed
wards, former associate of Pitts,
who testified that Pitts had Sug-
gested to him the drawing of a
number of fake authorizations for
withdrawal of company money.
Edwards said that number
of different typeWriters, different
kinds of paper and different
colored inks were used in making
the fakes, in an effort to hide
the fact that they were all made
the same day and at the same
place. The papers were then
treated to make them appear
aged, he said.
Both Serving Time
Pitts and Edwards both were
convicted for conspiracy to en-
bezzle Smith Company funds,
and are now doing time.
The papers referred to were
allegedly made to cover approx
mately 100000 of $4,000, 900
which Pitts, Edwards and c.
Albert Annadale were convicted
of having conspired to convert
to their own use.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
GARN { R MAPS
LEGISLATION

A complete Democratic program
of legislation to better economic
conditions will be presented to
Congress December 7. Representa-
tive John N. Garner CD of Texas,
slated to be elected Speaker Of
the House, said today.
Garner refused to discuss re-
ports that President Hoover would
seek bipartisan action in Congress,
but said he had not been invited
to the White House. He OBJ
served:
II think the Democrats will
have a concrete program for
this session and they will meet
any emergencies arising. We
will be perfectly willing to pre-
sent this program to the public
whether we organize the House
or not"
The Democrats, he asserted,
should organize the House II they
have a majority.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Times Staff Photos

natured grain alcohol. Because
it may be purchased without re-
Strictions and is frequently sold
without the required poison label,
it has been used as a beverage
with dire results.
DR.. j. M. Doran, commits
sioner of the Bureau of Indus
trial Alcohol, has urged all deal
ers in menthanol to carefully
label containers in which the
product is distributed.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
JURY
ENDSQlJ|Z,
READY To
REPORT
Speedy Completion of Probe
Said to Mean Indictment;
Girl Captive Appears

The District Grand Jury, after
questioning five witnesses, today
completed it's investigation of the
captivity of Edith Riley, the 49,
year-old girl who was found in q
closet at ITO Rhode Island Ave.
N. w., where she was said to
have been imprisoned four years
by her stepmother, Elsie Riley,
with the knowledge of her father,
Harry Riley, both of whom are
charged with cruelty to the child.
The witnesses called were
Francis Riley, 15-year-old brother
Of Edith, who was responsible for
her release; Louise, Edith's 20
year-old sister, who lives with a
maternal aunt; Mrs. Ruby G.
Brandt, the poIcewoman who ef-
fected the child's release; DR.. 1sa-
dore Rod, of the Gallinger Hospi-
tai staff, who has been treating
Edith since her rescue, and pale,
emaciated Edith herself.
Carried to Jury Room
Clad in a red dress, blue coat
and a red tam o. shanter, Edith
was carried into the Grand Jury
room by Mrs. Brandt to answer
the few questions of which she
is capable, and of giving the
more important mute testimony
by exhibiting her scared fore
head, broken teeth and a small
body that bears the marks Of
long incarceration without air
and sunlight or sufficient food.
Before being taken before the
jury, Edith was the center OF
interest and on one or two occa-
sions surprised her audience by
speaking loudly to numerous rela-
tives that clustered about her.
Her words we're intelligible as
she called the names of her auntS
and uncles, her brother and sister
and other relatives. many OF
whom she has not seen for years.
Red Ribbon Intrigues Her
An attempt to interest the
child by drawing pictures for her
was futile, but when Mrs. Pearl
Mccall, assistant District Attorney
gave 1lGT D. ULlSLlGS leu 44DHOA oA4A
told her it was for one Of her
many dolls presented to her by
kind-hearted persons since she
has been at the hospital, she
seized it quickly and with her
thin little hand tied it about her
neck. One of the rare smiles
that have been exhibited only
on one or two other occasions
twisted her grim little mouth,
but vanished quickly.
The Grand Jury'S brief inveSti-
cation was believed to indicate
the testimony had been sufficient
to warrant an indictment. How
soon it will make it's report is not
known, but the failure of the jury
to question almost a score of
additional witnesses who were
present is reported to indicate
satisfaction on the part of the
inquisitorial body that the charges
are we'll founded.
Former Nurse Present
Among witnesses who gathered
at the jury room door was an old
nurse and colored dressmaker
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The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Byrd Testimony Aids
Bob on Trial in Fraud

NEW YORK, Nov. 10. - Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, appear
ing as a character witness for
Charles v. Bob, being tried in
Federal Court on a charge of mail
fraud. said the mining engineer
had a good reputation for truth,
honesty and character. Bob, who
is also an aviation enthusiast,
was one of the men who gave
financial aid for Byrd's expedi-
tion to the South Pole.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Reception HOnOrs
Mt. Carmel Pastor

The fifty-fifth anniversary ex-
ercises at Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church closed last night with a
reception in honor of the pastor,
the Rev. w. H. Jernagin.
A program participated in by
members of the Baptist Ministers
Conference preceded the reception.
Rev. Jernagin has been pastor Of
the church for 19 years.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Defendant, on Bail,
"Tqken for Ride"

DETROIT, Nov. 10 U.N.SO .
John Barrett, 40, free on bail
in a prohibition case, and be-
lieved to have possessed some
secret of gangland. today was
"taken for a ride" and his body
thrown from an automobile at
Elmwood Cemetery. He had been
shot through the back and his
face had been crushed by heavy
blows.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Physician Found
Slain in Garage

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass,
Nov. 10 1NSD DIR. F.. j. Car
ley. a well-known physician. was
found shot to death today under
mysterious circumstances. The
body of DR.. Carley was found in
his garage. He had been shot in
the head. There was an empty
purse near the body but no pistol.