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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

-FOUR years ago, &or the fESS time in the his
I to~v of colonial revolutions, the Soviet nag
Was hoyted in Canton The working class OF
China. under the leadership OF the heroic Com
r1unist Party of China, took up the armed fight
against the camp OF counter~revolution, against
the bloc of the boTgeoisie and land owners
supported by world imperialism. The Canton
prcletariat planted the Soviet flag, and set up
the power OF the workers, the peasants, and the
poor population Of the town.
After the whole of the Kuomlntang had gone
over TO the camp OF reaction, there swept over
China q wave of revolts OF the workers and
peasants who wished to maintain their achieye-
nlents and to prevent the defeat OF the revolu-
lion The situation in Canton became Increas@
ingly tense In reply to the brutal white terror
The Canton workers went on strike and organ
i5ed mass meetings and demonstrations in de-
tense of the Red Trade Unions and the Com
nllnist Party This movement met with q live
ly response from the masses Of the poor urban
population, from the artisans and soldiers The
peasants of the province of Kwsntung rose and
r-Cceeded to carry out the agrarian revolution.
The advance guard of the working class the
Communist Patry, began to prepare Tor the ap-
in2scring revolt. Workers defense corps and
l5ed Guard were organized; work was carried
~ in the army; the Canton Soviet was Gre
I'D The threat of Chang Fa Hui, the dicta-
Tor oil Canton to disarn the revolutionary sol
ders OF the Eleventh Regiment accelerated the
events, and on the night of December H. 1927
amidst the flames OF revolt, the Canton Com
tl-:}c aroS2. Tor three days without interrupt
ten tho fight was wsged against the white
troops. who we're aided by the English, Ameri-
en- and japanese guubo2ta Three days of I'M
cuUal igb, 3gainat the enemy, who was being
continually reinforced, who WIS supported by
the guns &C tho foreign cruisers Isolated by the
enemy from the peasants reVclts, surrounded by
the raEidly mcbiized forces of the imperialsts
and the whites, the Canton proletariat fought
in the streets Of the town and repealed the as
SsulC5 Of the enema But the ring of hostile
forces was closed ever more tightly. On Deem
b21 Il, the whites obtained possession OF the
tcvn and an mbriGled white terror set in.
Tlc -saction took revenge for the Canton Com
uiu~c. ..
The C2ntCl Commune wss a rearguard bat
tic C., the evolutionary fight of 1925-27. While
it marked the conclusion of the upsurge of the
T1crencnt at that time it at the same time
Iai7cd the revolution TO a now and higher stage;
it became the Flag or the new, the Soviet phase
C The revolution tVI Congress of the Comm
tgr7' The whole OF the subsequent course of
the struggle Of the working class and the peas
snsry CT China showed that the Canton Com
nouaa orc~ed new page in the history of the
working masses of the colonial countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
A Hard Job For
"GOOd Citizens"

Los Angeles worker writes Us that he has
been having hard time to live up to HoovG's
exhortation to good citizens" that they respect
the brave police and hate criminals instead Of
clarifying them"
We'll" he writes, ga friend Of mine Sust got
through serving on Jury that convicted an En-
Chief of Police for accepting brides.
Yesterday. I saw two plain-clothes dicau %
into and soon emerge from a notorious dive
while actually around the corner two Draw
harness cops beat up a woman for street. walking
and threw her into the squad car. It's hard 70
to tell, unless they are uniformed which are psi-
vate thugs and which are hired by the city.
Again, Hoovers brother in-law has Just been
indicted for bootlegging at Santa Barbara
Still more, a crime crusher squad to break
up mobs and gangs alongside the Red Squad,
has just been organized by decision OF the Mayer.
Police Chief and the Chamber Of Commerce. But
they were kept on the run for an hour by tho
workers demonstrating for the release Of Moousy.
Billings and the Harlan miners the other day."
The point Of Hoover's advice u.s. OF course, that
capitalism relies on the police to protect the
capitalists against the workers-and that the
workers who don't like capitalism are ''crin,-
inas." Workers, however, have quite different
view OF who the criminals" are.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
The Case OF Comrade Owens

enough while was in the Kremhn Hospital
in Moscow, for the two months that was there,
to float battleship. The doctors here express
the opinion that will show considerable i'm
provement by the time they get through with
me.
The trip down here from Moscow was through
lovely country. 1t was level prairie land, and
almost treeless, and reminded me of Kansas and
Nebraska. Practically all the farms have been
collectivized, and we passed numerous tractor
and farm implements stations Machinery not
in use was parked orderly and mostly covered or
under a shed and gave every indication Of being
well taken care Of. We passed the gigantic
tractor plant at Karkhoy and the farm imple-
ment factory at RoStov, and they appeared larger
than anything have ever saw in America. And
the new cities that have been erected for the
workers who will operate these factories made
me mighty proud of what my class is doing over
here. Every village has its workers club and
the buildings float the Red Flag. Here the flag
is the symbol Of workers rule. In America they
put you in prison if you display it as a symbol
of workers aspirations.
Kremlin Hospital assigned Marguerite" TO ac-
company me to Pyatigorsk. She made me go to
bed early at night and kept me lying down most
of the day. 1t is the custom here to carry a
tea kettle and your staple food when travelling
But at each station there is host Of food ven
doris selling vast amount Of foodstuffs. Mar
guerita would be among the first to leave the
train at the stations when we stopped and when
she returned she would be loaded down with a
kettle Of hot water and foodstuffs abundant In
quantity and variety. / never tasted such roast
chicken. Then the young lady would cut
couple of thick slices of bread and fill plate
with Vctuals and then say, "Kushat" which
means eat.
They have an idea over here that If you don't
eat whenever opportunity presents itself that
you should be subject to observation. When I
would protest against the endless stuffing her
eyes would take on a steely CLINT and she would
begin rolling up her sleeves, and she was fully
able to administer great gobs or force and vio-
lence. She spoke no English and my Russian Is
abonlination in the ears Of the native sons and
daughters, but we got along fanolgly have
y Russo English and Anglo Russian dictionary,
and by resortlng to these and making faces and
waving arms We managed to communicate all
right. Food here is simple and abundant The
bread is the best have ever tasted. Tell Nick
can now understand the Caucasian enthusiasm
for bread I have never tasted its euual. and
SHAH u,isz IT when 7 leave Cavkas
EDGAR cwNEs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
The Socialists"
Are Particular

Quite discussion is going on in the San
Francisco capitalist press letters to the editor
over the great gain made by the Communist
Party In the local elections. All the Frisco grey
boards are shaking over it and various smart
boys are whetting their wits to explain" how IL
came about that the Communists gained so much
in comparison to the fake socialists" who nom
mated a candidate with the moniker OF Horr.
Another socialist bearing the name of Wells
contributes to local sheet letter trying to ex-
plain the comment Of someone named White who
had remarked upon the Communist gains rela-
tive to the socialists" Wells brushes White
aside with the following:
"The evidence which he did not produce is
the fact that the socialist party is an Amer
lean organization and as such receives no cam
paign funds from Moscow"
OF course Moscow might have been pleased 70
learn that a lot Of workers in San Francisco
voted Communist instead of socialist" but only
nit-wit or "secret service revealer' could ire
veal' that Moscow was so hoped up about who
should be mayor in Frisco as to send money that
is much better used in building factories
The Socialists" are particular, however, about
what town their funds come from. The only
thing they are not particular about is what capt.
talist furnishes them. Aid from Moscow would
be-if 1t were received and 1t wasn'tat kast
aid from workers. The socialist" party prefers
the financial aid Of American bosses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
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Do Your Red Sparks
Buying Early

After much toil and trouble, we've not sAA
earn thing off the press again At Least @k
going on the press about the time this no&sra
does We refer to No. 2, "Red Sparks" pansph-
iet, winch has quite a lot more Sparks and, W
believe, much better ones. than Pamphlet Ne. 1
had
rms NO. pamphlet is illustrated by Nme&,
and the one he made of 'RoossvefSs Great
Heart" is just one OF those things ttss give yoe
more laughs for nickel than anything we Azscw
o. The No pamphlet is guaranteed 30 ess&
lunce'onar1es' occupational disease CtaSfng ua$
sell too Seriously) and improving deviattcns fszss
as n1istak1ng capitalists as human beanxsD.
No will bring to light teeth that are scss
easy to whiten" and hard to wlaiter." yss
rub 1t in well. Sample copies at rive cents eess
and bundle orders at IS per cent reduceior Sur
firty or more should be sent to-workers xGtrxxy
Publishers, Box 14s, Station 80" New Ycssr css&
Do your Red Sparks shopping early az the ed
don is not a big ona
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

country. Here in New York a conference VIII
be held Sunday, December 20, at Manhattan
Lyceurn. 1t Is very important that every or
ganization should not only elect delegates TO
the conference, but should visit other orsani-
cations In their neighborhoods, acquaint nonclass
conscious members of other organizations and
draw them into the struggle for the defense OF
the foreign born. All those bills that we emu
merated above, have every opportunity to pass
all Legislative bodies, unless we put up mighty
hard struggle TO prevent 1t. The working class
Is hardest hit BY these bills and therefore this
ones that should be seriously interested In IL
struggle The workers and only the wusapnu
can soros the soyssRHent to AssH - -
1e1s2o0A u
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

On December x, 1927, the Canton Commune
YES oye1thrown. The reaction celebrated its
y;ct)Iy. The counter revolutionary power prom
i5ed to bring about the unification of the coun-
IT,. to destroy the rule of the inperialists, to
improve the position Of the working class and
the peasantry. -Four years have passed. Not
enc OF the hypocritical and high-sounding prom
ises made by the Kuc-l1tclg' has been fulfilled.
On the contrary, under the rule of the bloc of
the bourgeoisie and the land owners, China has
arrived at the edge of the abyss. Instead of the
unification of the country we see China torn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

one night in May, 1881, Comrade Edgar
" Owens, one of cur oldest fighters, stepped
out of coffee shop on the skidway in San
francisco arS made his way towards the flop
house he was in the habi tot patronizing The
streets were wet and greasy and the odors of
hot dogs and stale onions filled the atmos-
phere. The roar of a passing truck drowned
his cry a pair of Red Squad policemen
sprang from an alleyWay and dragged him
into it.
His friends found a bundle of bloody rags
covering cc-ne human limbs which were twisted
into grotesgue positions. With sobs of anger
he was carried 10 home nearby and doctor
was called. The doctor said that there was a
fighting chance to save COmrade Owens life
but that Iigaments and nerves in the limbs
had been severely Iascerated that death
would probably be more merciful- Some hours
later Owens recovered consciousness and the
fight fer life began.
The case was brought to the attention of the
Soviet Government which, with its usual con-
Sideration to the toiIing masses, offered to
provide disqualification and medical attention
for Conirade Owens. provided that he was sent
10 Moscow. A collection was taken up and
the paraIyzed was carried to the train
and cheered on his way,
We will now let Comrade Owens continue the
story:
Pyatigorsk G. KAB
Sanatoriurn 8, Cottage IS,
October H. 1881.
Dear Comrads:--
/ have been in the Sanatorium at Pyatigorsk
since Oct. /, taking the baths here. We are
located in the northern Caucasus, some one
thousand miles or more southeast of Moscow.
1t is beautiful here, formerly the stamping
grounds OF the aristocracy and the nobility now
into health resort for the workers
of this mighty country. These lovely villas and
palaces now serve the workers rest homes
and sanatorta The mineral water district covers
an area of thirty or thirty-five miles In dam
eter, and In this area nature has concentrated
a multitude of mineral springs, both hot and cold
for drinking and bathing purposes There is q
Lake of medical mud about fifteen miles from
pystigorsk and this mud Is piped to the vsrl-
GUS mud baths in the district.
I am getting mud baths two successive days
and then sulphur bath, and this Is repeated
during the treatment which, In my case, will
take month or a month and half. I am
ssking no medicine, at this time, which surely
does meet with my approval. for ! took
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

Join the Unemployed Councils
and Build Block Committees
In Your NeighborhOods
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
KIRKLAND JURY
TASK HOPELESS
SO Questioned, Dismissed
Since Trial Start.
By Times Special

By Tunes Special
VALPARAISO, Ind, April 3d.
Obtaining a jury in Porter county
for the second trial of Virgil Kirk
land, 20-year-old Gary athlete, on
murder charges, is an impossibility,
his attorneys told Judge Grant
Crumpacker today, because ola the
fixed opinions of great majority
of the residents.
Oscar B. Thiel, chief of defense
counsel for Kirkland, who is ac-
cused of killing Arlene braves, his
18-year-old sweetheart, during q
wine and gni party in Gary, pre-
faced the defense examination of
prospective jurors with that expla-
nation.
The defense hopes, Thiel indi-
Gated, that Judge Crumpacker will
take advantage of an Indiana law
which permits a court to obtain
jurors from outside the county in
which trial is being held. Prose-
cutor John Underwood declared the
state would fight such move.
The defense questioned candi-
dates all morning without find
ing single man satisfactory as
a juror.
A total of thirty-three venire-
men has been dropped from the
jury box since the trial started on
Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
BAN BOOZE FOR
CITY FIREMEN
Warning Is Given Force by
Mayor Sullivan.

city firemen must not drink in
toxicacing liquors!"
Ears Of sixty fire captains and
heutenants rang today with this
warning given by Mayor Reginald
II. Sullivan.
Captains and lieutenants on the
off-shift met with Sullivan, Chief
Harry Voshell, and Charles r. MY
ers, safety board president, Wednes-
Gay night at fire headquarters to
talk over problems relating to the
department. The second shift Off
GERS will meet for the same purpose
tonight.
Firemen are bound both by their
duty as citizens and also by the
fact they are members of the city
government, to obey the prohibition
law, Sullivan said.
He discussed numerous communi-
cations he had received from citi-
zens, complaining Of conditions.
Voshell and Myers praised record
Of the department for last year,
when a 100000 decrease in fire loss
was shown, and urged the impor-
lance of discipline in the fire de-
partment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
536 KILLED IN
RUSSIAN QUAKE
1000 Injured; Floods Add
to Horror.
BY CHARLES MALMUTH
United Press Staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, April 30.-Deaths in
the TranscaucaSus earthquake were
estimated today at $50, with approx
imately 1000 injured.
Doctors, engineers, volunteers,
troops from the red army, firemen
and militiamen were aiding scores in
the nine districts and forty towns
affected.
Thousands of shelterless will be
cared for under direction of govern
ment commissions and the Russian
Red Cross, which has collected near
ly 100000 rubleS by volunteer sub
scription. The council of peoples
commiSsars has assigned 100000
rubles.
Approximately 100000 were affect
ed in the NakhitcheWan areas,
where normal economic activities
have been suspended and miners
have returned to their native vii
lagos.
At the same time new center Of
distress had developed with flooding
OF villages along the Dneiper river.
Herding their cattle to the hilltops,
thousands of the town and country
population were abandoning their
homes before rising waters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
Marion County Corporation
Would Pay Fixed
Annual Return.

Proposal for taking over and OPP
Grating the Citizens Gas Company
for this city, in event the city's
right to acquire the company is suS-
tanned, was submitted to Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan's special gas
committee today by William G.
Voolfolk, president of the Marion
County Gas Corporation.
Details of the proposal were sub
mited to Henry L. Dithmer, COM
mittee chairman. The committee
will meet at 3 Friday with Sulli-
van to outline its program of con-
Sidering various gas proposals.
Under the proposal. the Marion
county company would assist the
city in financing acquisition of the
Citizens company, paying the city
fixed annual return together with
a percentage of the net income from
operation.
It is proposed to make gas avail
able for use in heating homes by
reducing prices and by mixing
natural gas with artificial gas, in
creasing the heat units.
The company is associated with
the United Light and Power Com
pany, the Columbia Gas and Elec-
trio Corporation and other firms
said to be able to finance the
project.
Associated companies own large
natural gas fields in Texas. Okla
homa, and Kansas and has pipe
lines to this territory nearly COM
pleted. In addition a connection
would be made near Muncie with
the Eastern pipe line system, assuT-
ing uninterrupted supply.
The mayors committee also has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
q AUFHoR at STf4E AUsB8Nb HuNIEE Sc ~ q

way-it was just the way Beryl
thought of hin).
She had a habit of talking to him
in times of stress. This, she deemed,
was one of them. We'll, Dad, old
Indian, you wouldn't cringe, would
you? Heads up, what? All right,
here we go. and to he ah, ali
no swearing, Ell Dad? But don't
they just make you so mad?"
She was in the living room now,
standing just within the doorway,
making mo attempt either to at
tract attention of to conceal her
presence.
For a while they did not notice
her. Irene was Storming, as Beryl
expected. Tommy stood before her,
helpless. Finally BeryI spoke to
him. Wont she let you explain.
Torlmy?"
Irene whirled upon her. 80
you've had hand in thisl" she
exclaimed. making the accurate
guess through full knowledge of
her sisters capabilities.
Beryl nodded. why don't you
let Tommy tell you about it," she
asked quietly. She had learned long
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

before that the way to drive Irene
frantic was to speak to her calmly
when she was excited.
Irene seemed to want the sparks
to fly in every direction. Cool peo-
pie disconnected her. Being discon-
certed always caused her rage to
mount.
"He needn't bother" she cried.
1--WE been waiting here for hoursl
I'd like to know what he thinks I
am"
Berry, turned to Tommy. why
don't you tell her?" she asked
sweetly. Il wish she'd give me the
opportunity"
Tommy's answer cut through her
like knife. Il think you ought
to know, Irene, what I think of
you" he said I'm crazy about
you Now. are you coming with
me?"
y
a WAVE of anger, overwhelming
1 n and savage in its intensity,
swept over Beryl with Tommy's
words. She could have taken him
in her thin brown hands and
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

Come in. They won't hurt you, -
she said.
The child came back into the
room and drew near, to gaze with
childish curiosity at the lion.
Without warning, the animal
leaped, swapping it's leash. The
impact hurled Vivian to the floor
and the lion slashed her with his
claws.
Pandemonium broke out While
the woman trainer fought to catch
the lion, other occupants of the
room screamed and fled to the exits.
Some one called police. Patrol
man Howard Miller responded. He
snatched the child from beneath the
snarling beast, then using the train
er's rope, captured the lion.
Harwood, meantime, was said to
have fled.
The girl was removed to Price
Hill emergency hospital, where ply
Sicians, after a hasty examination
said an emergency operation might
be necessary to save her life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

Detectives today received requests
from Ohio authorities for deScrip-
ton of CordeI and Palmer, whom
they believe are wanted for crimes
there.
Tells of other Third Degrees
Both bandits refused to say any
thing when quizzed by detectives.
However, Cordells description is
said to tally with that of q bandit
who robbed bank in st. Glars
vile, o., Tuesday.
''You can beat me, kick me, or do
what you damn please, but I'm not
talkin,' Cordell, the younger man,
told detectives. ''I've been in hos
pitfalls as long as three weeks after
one Of these sessions, but 1 never
told anything"
A moment later he denied ever
having been in trouble before, and
said he. couldn't be wanted for
anything in Ohio.
Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson said
he would rush indictments against
the pair as soon as possible, and
work to bring them to trial without
delay.
Robbers with guns are potential
Killers" he said.
When Edgar Mock, assistant cash
Ter, opened the bank at 7:30, the
pair arose from behind counter,
with pistols in their hands.
Get 'em up, quick" one COM
manded. Then he looked out of the
window. noticed that the holdup
might be seen, and commanded
Mock to lower his arms and walk
behind the counter.
Threatening death if he stepped
on alarm buttons or refused to obey
them, the bandits ordered the vault
opened. From it they scooped
$4,000 into a sack, and forced Mock
into the vault
Pulls Burglar Alarm
Once inside, swiftly he grabbed
steel door, and slammed it shut
to protect himself, pulling burglar
alarm at the same time.
The alarm sounded in the fire
station nearby. AS the bandits FLED
through the rear door of the bank
seven men ran after them. Some
Of the citizens were armed with
shotguns. Others had no weapons
The chase led west Of the town
with the villagers gaining on the
bandits. In an open field. half g
mile away the bandits split, one
darting in one direction, and other
in another.
Close behind one Of the bandits
was Alexis Riley, unarmed.
stop, you'll Or I'll drill you," he
yelled at the painting fugitive.
Els bluff was not called. The
bandit stopped, and surrendered
without any opposition. Before he
discovered his captor was unarmed
four other men, with shotguns, hac
covered him.
They we're r. v. Bruce, Otto Ap-
pie, Paul Burk and Jess McCord.
Riley took away the gun, anc