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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

the right time l thought he was
listening. but he must have been
watching instead That's why
there had 10 be an Imitation IRE
instead OF a real one. It's IN this
box
She put her hand as she spoke
On Z wooden protuberance that was
where the prompters box would
have been II this had been q grand
opera stage. Il thought" Ehe add
ed that that picture locked sort OF
Like stage scenery but / couldn't
zee through tt nj all And there's
q glass On the front OF tt mn well
as on the back 20 ! don't believe
he can hear
It still seemed rather incredible
even after Martin knew haw the
trick was done. There WIS u thin
screen Of theatrical gauze between
the two plates Of glass You eouId
see IL wa painted since ff wasn't
equally transparent aH over and
the strong crOss-lighting from Just
above the frame which accounted
no doubt for the curious Uttered
look Of the light In the observation
post, would be enough 60 prevent
anything being seen through It. IN
less there was a Light back there.
he checked his impulse TO ask
Rhoda what she'd been doing for
hours and hours In the room they
were looking into and what she
meant by saying that Conley had
always come I'm at the right time.
What his mind fastened upon was
her conclusion that Forster's body
guard. stationed here where his eye
could command the whole room,
was mt able to hear what the
acters In tina scenes mo- wa1E1sed
were saying. III that were true.
the converse was probably true,
also. that Forster wouldn't be able
TO hear any ordinary soundR He
nnszBt hn n ttnRnKnHg old Emhhht of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

Bishop James Cannon. Jr. broken and old and III.
has been given a clean bill by the court Of bishops
who heard the charges and the evidence submitted
They dismissed the case and declared it a closed IN
cident.
Gen. Smedley Butler will not be court martialed
He has been given a severe r~eprimand by Secy- Adams
and admonished to SO and talk no more. Gen. Butler
is a gallant soldier. Re wears the decorations or gal
lantry in service aid heroic F4-or in the smoke OF
battle. In future II is 70 b. hoped that he viii think
before he talks.
There are army regulations There are naval
regulations. II a s5ldier who Is required TO be an or
fcer and a gentleman cannot accept the regulations
ne should resign and retire to private life. In private
life he IS permitted to talk until he is black in the
face and unless he rams afoul Or the courts Of justice
he escapes without a repTimand from any source
Now on with the battle for the iobless and on with
the task Of feeding hungry children as well as hungry
livestock.
Take q closeup Of VIII Rogers. the American laugh
maker. He writes q Tot. He talks a lot. He travels
. lot az home ana abroad. He has said In his time
many witty as well as cutting things. He tells the
truth many times III his homely style but he tells 10
in Q way that even the victims laugh and admire the
man He covered Texas and raised a large sum Of
money to Be used to feed the hungry and the down
and cutters through no fault Of their own. He covered
Oklahoma and more than 10000 In cash rewarded his
humane efforts and MS direct appeal for aid for
those who are ii need ~ aid. Laugh and the world
laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone One
VIII Rogers laugh-nlaker Is worth q million human
hornets VINO are forever hurting b-ickbats al their
fellows and are the apostles o. strife and sorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

This ~ a serious skin disease
usually Of a stubborn nature and
causes no end of trouble 70 folks
who are unfortunate enough no con-
tract Il.
The antiseptic Emerald OIL treat
ment takes right hold with the first
application and good results con-
tinue daily till the disease is en-
tirely eradicated.
IL powerful antiseptic Emerald
Oil doesn't conquer Psoriasis any
live druggist anywhere will return
the purchase price.
A Philadelphia man spent Thousands
OF dollars trying TO get rid of Psoriasis
Nothing helped until ne got Emerald
Oil-soon he wAs well-again free from
his stubborn disease.
Moone's Emerald OH costs but ~
cents a bottle. and it's so wonderfuily
helpful FOR other ailments such a. &c
zema. Ecne. Itching Skin. Old Sores.
broken Varicose Veins. Itching Toes and
Athletes Foot-It's "a great home rem
edy. Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19
Question OF the Hour.

question or the hour.
What a lot Of people want to know Is whether u Is
possible to take a southern trip on margin2
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF AN AVERAGE
AMERICAN.

The year ended December 81. 1880. showed q marked
depreciation in income all along the line from all
sources. Hopes during the early months Of 1880 that
there would be a gradual improvement we're not sus-
tanned and returns for the last quarter we're insult
ficient to cover dividends. Payments to the milk
man. grocer. landlord and coal man were suspended
at the close Of the quarter.
New Income.
There was no income during the year from new
sources. and very little from old.
Net.
A serious effort was made to conserve resources and
confine operations TO a minimum. but the usual i'm
patience on the part Of creditors hampered this pro-
gram throughout the twelve months. Net profit after
depreciation. interest, taxes, dues, meat bills, life in
surance premiums. and other expenses incidental to
keeping wolf from door totaIed $500, Of which $50 was
tn Confederate money. This compares with a paper
profit on Labor Day. 1929. Of sl56. 1868. after a de-
duction Of 100000 or 100000 for dreams, hallucina-
tons and general g%ulliOility.
Inventory.
An inventory at this time would be most uninterest-
ing and we are emitting It, except to say that It IN
cIudes possession Of a large stock OF Faith. Hope and
Optimism. which seems to be approaching daily. we
also nave II storage large supplies @ LdusHtrAs GoOu
Cheer and Chortles which will within a short time,
we feel, resume their former values.
Included IN the inventory there should also be a
number Of song sheets containing words and music Of
Happy Days For It's Always Fair Weather"
Everything IS Hoity-Toity Now and America, I
Love You" These are unmarketabie now. but We feel
that they viii 60 to par or above within the next six
months.
We have written of as useless our complete stock
OF smoked glasses, crying towels. squawks, lamenta-
tons. howls, complaints anc dire predictions.
Depreciation.
We feel that while depreciation has been heavy IN
AT lines there Is room for much more depreciation in
the predictions or another world war Of economic
world disaster and Of calamity bowling in general
Due 70 conditions last year We had no liquid securi-
ties ct the close OF 1880. In fact our bootlegger had
ceased calling I'D.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19
Brownsville Has:

!. A population in 1881 Of over $4,000
2. A mean average temperature Of 7S.
3. bank deposits. -, O0O.B0D
4. Four railroads. seven paved highways.
5. international airport. five air lines.
. "A 81. 100000 deep water port financed.
:. The best climate. soil In the world
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

Run. run. little man,
Catch me. II you think you can,
I am heart and fancy free
I would never think Of thee.
If YOU want me you must try
To convince me how and why.
I don't want to 10 your dishes
or obey your silly wishes.
I am happy as I am
You would get me IN a TAM
7 would have TO mend your socks,
Make the beds and wind the clocks.
Run, run. little man.
Catch me, II YOU think you can.
/ a spinster long will be
For 7 want to think OF me
Elizabeth Mae Wardrop
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

Or. Q. Lee Schattenburg. OF Hon
olulu. has figured that the mathe-
matical chances for twins are n
III 81: for triplets. one IL 7lo5: FOL
bankruptcies. one in T57nO0. and foi
quintuplets. one In 1880 900.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

During the rest OF the year whatever becomes 81
the middle-aged fellow who always blossoms during
the winter as a fancy skater7
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

Add SMILES: AS quiet as feeding time at a dog
show.
Copyright. 1881. BY The Associated Newspapers>
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-19

We contemplate no new financing at this time, as we
look forward to the immediate future with high op-
timism. II we are mistaken. however, we shall fall
back on the customary e~xpedient Of issuing p stock
with warrants. John g. Citizen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11
Berlin Police, Under Socialist Chief
Shoot Down Workers; 2 Captains Killed

against the Brueni11g and Sereving
system of fascism and starvation
Minor collisions took place in vari-
Gus parts of Prussia on voting day
but apart from Berlin there we're
no serious Incidents.
NEW YORK.-A cable dispatch to
the New York Evening Post by its
Berlin correspondent, Knickerbocker,
says that the Prussian government.
headed by socialists, is seeking to
outlaw the Communist Party. Knick-
erbocker writes:
1T has new become evident that
the Prussian government, encour-
aged by its formal victory over the
radicals, intends to proceed more
sharply than ever against ex-
tremists.
THE Communist Party now
stands in some danger of being
suppressed and at any rate its or
gans from now on will be subject
to more rigid police control than
ever"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11

Infantry National Guard, and
other lesser military lights are gloat-
Ing over the condition that unem-
ployment has filled the ranks of the
Regular Army, the National Guard
and the C.M.T. camps up to their
peace time quotas.
The Acknowledgement recently had
made this statement; 1.-THE economic
situation has caused hundreds of men
to join the summer training camps
in order to rest and relax from the
work and uncertainty of civil life.
We not only have every unit recruit
ed up to peace time strength, but
we have large waiting lists"
Imagine that! 1t is an open con-
fession of how these war lords ex-
pect to get large armies for another
war.
Railroad Supports Guard
More glaring yet is the case of Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11
MONSTER DAILY WORKER PICNIC THIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 AT PLEASANT BAY
PARK! SPREAD NEWS EVERYWHERE

At meeting Of Manhattan Daily
Worker Club held Saturday July "a,
Comrade Erenberg was elected
chairman with Comrade Plotkin as
temporary secretary. After a snort
talk by the chairman on Importance
of increasing bundle orders as wen
as advantages of holding open air
meetings, members of club discussed
various problems connected with the
Daily Worker.
Comrade TiIoby explained the
Importance of having articles writ
ten by workers themselves which are
simple and interesting 10 other
workers He suggested that COM
rades take more interest in the
Daily Worker and that Worker
correspondence Committee should
be appointed to meet every few days
TO collect. correct and discuss arti-
cles before sending them in TO the
Daily Worker. Motion was also
M ade that a committee be appointed
to look after the distribution of
copies of the daily I'm certain terri
tory.
Complete copy of minutes turned
over to Editorial Department for
answer on points relating to edl-
torials, news. etc.
ANNUAL DAILY WORKER PICNIC
Tickets for the annual Daily
Worker Picnic 20 be held next
Sunday August 16. can he procured
at the office of the Daily Worker.
fifth floor, so E. 18th st. Direc-
tons for getting to Pleasant Bay
Park, Westchester, N. v, are as
foIlowsi Subway to r. 177th So; car
20 UniOnport. At UniOnport buses
will meet you and take you to the
grounds.
Only few days left i'm which 10
send your entry in for the Labor
sports Union Field Meet and Now
city Races. comradesI Send your
Name, Address, Age. Sex, Affilih-
tlons to the Labor sports Union :
w. 18th ST. Room 500, mt once!
workers! Make this the greatest
picnic in the history of the Daily
workers! Come prepared TO have
the time of your life and bring
your friends with you!
silk banners will be given to the
most successful sections and mass
organizations in the Finance Drive
Prizes viii be given TO the victors In
the field contests. with the Daily
Worker Cup to the highest scorer
Prominent speakers viii address au-
dieuces on the progress Of the Pitts
burgh strike. the Scottsboro Case
the Chicago struggles. etc An ex-
cellent dance orchestra has beSn en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11
A. F. of L. ExpeIs Worker for Supporting the
Morning Freiheit'

ecutive board met as expected, and
decided that to support the Com
munist Press is equally to member
ship in the Communist Party and
therefore any body supporting the
Communists stands automatically
expelled from the Brotherhood. This
action is in accord with all the re-
dictionary policies of the Brotherhood
who are trying to eliminate all mill
tant workers from the ranks of the
Brotherhood, who dare to tight
against the treacherous policies OF
these politicians, and who dare to
come out with program Of class
struggle as the solution of the work
ers in the present crisis.
Tlhs act Of the general executive
of The Brotherhood, must arouse
every class conscious worker and all
workers of the Brotherhood must
protest against this decision, which
aims to stamp out every radical move
and eliminate the militant workers
from the ranks of the Brotherhood
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11
NEGRO MURDERED, 3 WOUNDED
IN BIRMINGHAM POLICE TERROR;
WORKERS! PROTEST AUGUST Il!

It is part of the general terror
against the working class, part of the
general attempt of the bosses to
force starvation, wage cuts and a
lower standard of living upon the
toiling masses, white and Negro.
Connected with it are the whole
sale raids and deportation of mil
liant foreign born workers, the de-
portation and falling of strike lead
ers-Ann Burlak, an American born
worker was held three days for de-
portation by the nited States Labor
Department!
Against this boss terror and per-
secution of Negro and foreign born
workers, and of native white work
ers, the International Laho Defense
is oganizing nationwide demonsta-
tons on August %.
The workers of the whole world
will demonstrate on August %. They
will demand the unconditional re-
lease of the Scottsboro and Camp
Hill victims, of Tom Mooney and
the scores Of other class-war pris-
oners held in the dungeons Of AM
erican capitalism, of the class wal
prisoners of European capitalism
against the Kuomintang terror
against the Chinese workers and
peasants.
Negro and white workers Prepare
gigantic demonstrations for August
%! Commemorate the martyrdon
of Sacco and vanzetti! Fight against
the system which murdered them
Fight for the release of the Scots
boro- Camp Hill victims, for the re.
lease of all class war prisonersI De-
'snonstrate August 2&
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11

pany K, of the bath Infantry This
National Guard Company is com
monty known as the Union Pacific
Unit. 1t boasts of being the best
equipped infantry company in the
United States. Why? Simply be-
cause it receives, besides its army al
lowances, financial support from the
Union Pacific Railroad Co. This
units tents are all stamped with the
Union Pacific emblem. From this
corporation Company K received eX-
ira fine uniforms, extra rations and
a great amount of recreational equip
ment. How is that for capitalist dom
nation of the military machine?
Workers! Don't be wheedled into
the capitalist army! Don't defend the
parasites who suck your life blood
A Worker Correspondent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11

used: --r-
a milder method, coming as We
have been told, into increasing use,
is to exhaust the prisoner by keep
ing him awake or constantly awak-
ening him after brief sleep. Or
a man may be exhausted by long
delays of questioning. Sometimes
the questioning tasks place in the
presence of several burly officers,
who rap the tables sharply with
their night sticks to terrorize the
suspect. Deprivation of food is
also practiced.7
The reason for the use Of the
"milder methods" is not because the
bosses police have suddenly become
any less brutal but because these new
methods do not leave visible marks
Of the torture, and the same results
can be obtained by their use.
Legalizing Glass Justice
The report of the Commission as
usual gives a number of recommen-
dations TO make the attack on the
working class quite legal"
The workers know that such re-
commentators on the part Of inves-
tigators are but means of critic
izing" the capitalist legal system and
its brutality to try to make he work
ing masses believe hat they can ex-
pect something else under the Jus
tice" Of the bosses.
This brutality is a part of the bos-
ses system The bosses are tighten
ing up on their police oppression
because they think that in this way
they will be able to crush the nil
itancy Of the working masses. They
are using this brutality as means
TO put across wage cuts, and speed
up, as a means for tn oppression
Of the Negro and foreign born, as
a means for breaking the strikes Of
the militant workers.
In commenting on the Wicker
sham Report on the third degree
methods used in New York Acting
District Attorney Kane brazenly adj
mitted the complete truth of the
charges. He stated: Its absurd
what are we to do, give our baby
killers ice cream cones?" While
making this admission he tries Il
! Socair7o +I7e ,.,o,.lye,.c into ha1fa,,;,.
that these methods are used agains
criminals. Turnout the country thest
methods are used not against tn
underworld criminals with whom tn
capitalist political machines are al
lied, but against the militant work
ing class. Kane admits that in thi
| persecution third degree methods 0
the most gruesome kind are used.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11
ALL NEW YORK WORKERS,
TAKE NOTICE
The New York Trade Union
Unity Council and all its affiliated
unions have moved TO E. 10th st.

Golden, former prosecutor for six
years, as we'll as the attorney for
the U. M. w. A., former U. S. SEN
ator John M. Robinson, are in i'm
mediate danger of bodily violence
when they step into court in Har-
Ian.
Usually coal operators only insist
upon 100 per cent loyalty to their
side. But in Kentucky they demand
about 10 per cent.
They don't even set up any Of the
false gallantries concerning the
women Jessie Wakefield, LID. or
ganizer, has been dragged into Jail
twice within one week on charges Of
criminal syndicalism bail in the first
case $4,000 and $4,000 in the second
case,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11
COPS USE NUMEROUS TORTURE
AGAINST WORKERS, REPORT SHOWS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,
of the bloody methods used by the
thugs in uniform and in plain clothes
TO obtain Confessions" from jailed
workers.
Third degree methods authOri-
tatiyely reported to us as recently
employed including: Punching in
the face, especially hard slap on
the jaw; hitting with billy; whip
ping with a rubber hose; kicking
in the abdomen; Tightening the
necktie almost TO the choking
point; squeezing the testicles.
The police of the different cities
use their own particular brand OF
barbarism against the working class
The Wickersham report outlines
these methods as follows:
Different cities have different
methods. In Boston prisoners are
made to run up and down iron
stairs in their bare feet. In New
ark the hard and soft system is
popular one officer threatening
bodily harm and a second pretend
ing to defend and feed the prisoner
in an effort to work on his soft
side. In Philadelphia they place
them incommunicadO in what is
called "cOId storage"
In Cleveland prisoners are forced
TO stand against a wall without
food or drink for hours while be-
ing questioned, and if they fall as
leep on their feet they are awak-
ened by hard slaps on the face. In
Detroit they shoot suspect
around the loOp"-that is, they
bundle him from station 10 sta
ton at late hours so that friends
and attorneys cannot find them.
In Chicago they beat up pris-
Oners with a rubber hose or club,
kick them in the shins and stom-
ach and slap them on the side of
the head with the telephone book
which is exceptionally heavy.
Mild Methods of Barbarism.
"NIilder Methods" are coming int
use by the police. These method
are such as to try to break dow
the mental stability of the prisone
to drive him crazy if possible, 6
that a confession can be obtaine
from him According to the inves
tigation, this method is now the fay
orite one used by the police in Ne
York. This does not mean that tn
physically brutal methods have bee
abolished. The actual method in us
IS a combination of both methods
mental and physical torture.
The Investigators give the follow
ing sketch of the mild methods
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEI


socialist police chief. Grzesinski, Or
dered the closing down and sealing
of Liebknecht House till Aug. 20.
meaning the practical prohibition Of
the Berlin organization Of the Com
munist Party.
Eighteen persons we're arrested on
the premises and hundreds in nearby
streets
In the plebiscite 9,7936O3 voters
favored the dissolution of the diet.
The Communist press service points
out that this is practically half the
total poll of the last diet election.
Despite terrific terror on the part
of the police, the Red mobilization
of the workers under Communist
leadership was great success. In
Berlin and in all other industrial
centers the referendum was com
pletely under the leadership of the
Communist Party. The referendum
is the beginning of mass action
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11

gagged to play all day Also perform
ances by the Workers LABORATORY
Theatre, songs by the W.IR Chorus,
cartoons by members of the John
Reed Club and Daily Worker ed
torial staff. and refreshments and
food aplenty!
Daily Worker Club News
All letters bearing bearing on
Daily Worker Clubs should be ao-
dressed to the Daily Worker Club
Department, so e. 18th St, New York
City, TO make sure that they will be
received without delay.
Reports of meetings of clubs are
very slow coming in What, for in
stance, has happened to the club in
Kensington, Pa. We have heard
nothing from this city for several
weeks! Tampa and st. Petersburg
are also strangely silent! Is 1t pos
sible that the hot weather has put
a temporary quietus on activities!
If true, what about holding open air
meetings where they can be heard by
everyone? Meetings should be open
to all workers who wish to attend.
reports sent to the Daily Worker
Club Department for publication in
the Daily.
NEW CLUB IN CLINTON, IND
81 am an old man, "a years old"
writes a comrade from Clinton,
UP the movement. Many of the
subscribers and some of them
Party members are way behind In
paying for the paper here in Gin
ton, but we are building n Daily
Worker Club now and with the as
sistance of the Unemployed Coun-
ell will struggle to pay up the
Daily TO date MS we are very anS-
ious that our paper keep coming
out'. Good news indeed, comrade.
Keep the Daily Worker Club alive
by continually increasing member
ship and you will find strong
movement growing mp in your sec
tion before long! Lets have report
of first meeting soon! Good luck:
Interest in Daily Worker growing.
in Davenport, Iowa. Increase my
order to 10 copies a day." writes G..
j. p. 1--WE had meeting last
wednesday night. l told the audi
enee about the Daily Worker and we
sold quite a few. Demand is getting
bigger" More open-air meetings
will increase sales Of Daily, com
radesl Workers are ready to read
the paper. Talk to them about u,
Watch how quickly they respond
Keep good supply on hand for emer-
gencies.