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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Jon TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATION FEBRUARY 25TH
Jobless Councils in a
Valiant Fight On
EvictiOns
BY SOLoN DELEoN.

An eviction warrant is legal club
by which a landlord drives penniless
workers out of their homes to freeze
on the wintry streets. Though it is
only paper, it is backed up by the
strong arm of the city marshal and
the wooden clubs of the police.
The present crisis has seen the
number of evictions in leading Amer
lean cities leap I'm almost four-fold.
In New York, Chicago, st. Louis,
Denver, San Francisco. Seattle and
elsewhere the story is the same.
In Baltimore, rent cases in the
courts used to number IS a day. Now
they number 100 a day Evictions
usually took place at the rate of 10
a week. Now they go on at IS to so
a week. In the first six months of
1880, Baltimore, with one-tenth the
population of New York, had 11,735
eyictions.
Thousands of Eviction Warrants.
During the first half of 1880 no
fewer than 72,79S eviction warrants
were issued by the bosses courts of
New York. It was estimated that for
the whole year the number would
probably reach 10000. In the middle
of January Judge Gothic ruled that
it was illegal" for city marshals to
delay serving eviction warrants be-
cause Of unemployment and poverty
OF the tenants. The landlords rights
to rake in profit from their tenement
properties must be enforced at all
costs. Mayor Walker endorsed this
decision as good law" In few
days the serving of I ,443 eviction no.
tices which had been prepared was
begun. Forty workers and their fam
lies were thrown on the Sidewalks
of New York" the first day.
Cutting off water, gas and cleo
tricity from workers who cannot pay
the city's taxes or the private COM
papies' bills is another form of VIC
limitation very much like evictions.
In youngstown, Ohio, where the steel
workers have been hard hit by the
Hoover crisis, 100 families were
evicted in two months. In addition,
the city threatened to cut off the
water Gas had already been stopped
in most of the workers homes, dan
gerous candles being used instead.
The head of the visiting nurses as
ISOLATION predicted serious epidemic
of disease if the city's threat to stop
the water supply was carried out.
In many cities the militant Unem-
ployed Councils have sent squads to
carry evicted tenants furniture back
into the empty tenements. Often the
neighbors are organized to resist fu-
ture dispossess action. In most cases
the landlords do not dare to push
the eviction any further.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
MINNEAPOLIS Worker
School to Open Feb. 9

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8.--The two
weeks full-time training school of the
Minnesota District will open up on
February 9th. There will be Is stu
dents from all parts of the District
representing all the important in
dustries.s There will be miners from
the Range and Copper country, Lum-
Der workers, Dock workers, Food
workers, ETC., coming from the Up
per Michigan, Northern Wisconsin,
and Minnesota.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

stated in his speech recently re
from your own experience, the
wolf law of capitalism is to de-
YOUR the weak. The capitalists
think they have starved you
now until you are weak!
The angry voice of the masses. by
thousands and tens of thousands will
roar a demand for unemployment in
surance from all parts of the coun-
try tomorrow. But to get that in
surance. and to get immediate relief
from the city and state governments
to be able to live on until insurance
is in your hands, you must follow up
the punch. A boxer who has stag
gered-shis opponent doesn't stand
back and watch him recover. He
jumps in and slugs his hardest and
his faStest-there is no other way to
win.
Demonstrations Grow.
We have had city demonstrations,
We have had and we will have more
statewide hunger marches. We have
a national demonstration tomorrow
for Unemployment insurance. Now,
on to the international demonstra-
tor the ,,~ited front of the workers
and the iobless workers of all capt.
talist countries. demanding with one
voice some relief. demanding that
they shall not starve, backing no their
6e'r2rd. with such an exhibition of
crgar.7ed strength that their voice
must be heard, and heaeedl
Ir~mediate Re,'@f.
- Tho r-'3 Ct tI1e $500 mist Par
ties and the militant lr>ions of the
vac'e r,--'d. Feb. % e -ct aside for
inferno ticnsl demor@'~~ 'cn for:
/. Immediate pa.-s Of a lump
sum of money &c v.'~ter relief for
every worker r'ac~,~'oved, sufficient
to ensure for s-@'' one minimum
eyisterce for at least two months.
The mea~s ~eo~ @ssry for this pur-
rosa are to h2 talren from the mill
tary budget aid other socially harm
ful items OF the expenditure of the
states.
2. An unemployment insurance
really appropriate to the necessary,
vital requirements Of the workers, OK
clusively at the cost Of the employers
and of the state In those countries
where there already exists system
of unemployment benefit. improve
ment of this system and increase of
the amount of unemployment benefit.
Determined fight against every pol
icy of retrenchment of social expen-
diture and a fight for progressive
taxation of the big capitalists and
big sgrarians.
3. Exemption of the unemployed
from payment of rent, taxes. and
expenditure for necessary communal
services, so long as they are not as
sured of an adequate social insurance
or social welfare. prohibition of evic-
ton of unemployed.
A. Seven-hour working day with
full pay, six-hour working day in in
furious trades and for all young
workers. Inexorible fight against
wage-cuts and for higher wages.
Workers of every industry-hold your
conferences, and make up your con-
crete demands against speed-up,
against spread-out, against piece
work. against horrible working con-
ditions. Do it now and the whole
worl.irG class of the world will sup
port tAeIl by mass demonstration
on Feb. PSI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
DEMAND RELIEF! FORCE
THROUGH THE INSURANCE!
FIGHT ALL WAGE CUTTING
Workers in All Industries Make Demands Now
and All Workers Will Support Them
Demonstrations in Every City in the World on
February Is; international Fighting Day

Hit em againi The capitalists of America have their
minds fixed hanging onto all the profits they
labor while working They will not easily give
them just because you starving AS Comrade Stain
stated his speech recently reported and should
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

CHICAG O.-Suicides in Cook
County, which includes Chicago, in
creased % per cent in 1880 over the
previous year, official records show.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

Read the list of returned Red Shock
Troop Lists to see if your list has
reached the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

refo-mists, an additional reason for
repudiating the leadership Of this
treacherouS element.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

Show your Red Shock Troop List
to members Of your union. They will
help to build the Daily Worker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
GERMANS WIN VOTE
OF WORLD Y. NJ. C. A.
Resolution on War Guilt
Passed Despite Pleas of
French Members.
ny the Associated Press. .

ny the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, August TO-
German delegates to the twentieth
Christian Association left for their
homes last night victors in a sensation
al conference battle to absolve Germany
from sole guilt for the World War.
In midnight session, lasting only an
hour, the conference acceded to the
stubborn demands of the German group
and passed a delicately worded resolu-
ton.
Personal Vote Only.
The action was the mot solemn and
dramatic of the conference, with Ger
man delegates sitting at the front OF
the hall and declining to vote. 1t was
carefully explained that the vote was
a personal one by the delegates and
did not bind their national ADVANCES
to that view.
Thus was brought to close two full
days Of study and elaboration over
problem that caused great question
among the delegates. Principal figures
III the controversy were the French and
German delegations, at opposing views.
The final vote was 201 to 2, with six
refraining from voting
After sessions yesterday in which the
conference was duuIeSScu Wy olohOP
William Fraser Mcdowell of Washing
ton, d. c.. and DR. John r. Mott, presi-
dent of the Worlds Alliance, the con-
ference was adjourned.
Council Stirs Interest.
Tomorrow the National Council Of the
Y. M G. A. of the United States goes
into a session that promises to exceed
that of the present conference in gen.
eral interest.
One of the questions to come before
It is that Of admitting women to equal
privileges in the organization. 1t was
holly debated at the World Conference
and referred finally to the National
Council.
Several hundred delegates remained
in Cleveland for the meetings of the
National Council Several questions Of
political importance are generally &C
knowledged to come up for discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
LUNCH ROOM THIEF
Is SHOT BY OWNER
Another of Trio Is Captured at
Frederick Junction Dur
ing Robbery.
special pispateh 70 rhe ser.

Special DlSpatch 10 Inc star.
FREDERICK, Md, August 10
Shot by the owner, Ashley M. Abend-
schein, this city, formerly a theater
manager of Washington, who laid in
wait for them as they tried to rob his
roadside lunch room at Frederick
Junction, Arthur Haller, IS, near
Frederick. is at the Frederick City Hos
pital with a serious abdominal wound
and his two companions, David Roberts,
10, and Clyde Smith, 26, this city, are
in the Frederick County Jail await
ing action of the grand jury.
Abendschein closed his place of busi-
ness at midnight Saturday, came to
this city and returned shortly after
o'clock. suspecttng that an attempt
might be made to enter the property.
He said that robbers had tried to force
an entrance several weeks ago. He
parked his automobile a short distance
from the stand, and, accompanied by
Clarence Wagner, q railroad man Of
Frederick Junction, stole up to tbs
building. They saw a light shining
through the window, and looking in
saw the three men piling up merchan-
disc preparatory to hauling it away in
an automobile they had stolen from a
public parking space in this city Sat
urday night At the same time the
three saw Abendschein. who drew a
revolver and fired twice, one shot hit
ting Halter.
Although wounded, Halter and his
two companions fed through a win
dow. Roberts was caught by Abend-
schein, Halter and Smith heading for
the Monocacy River, a few hundred
yards away. Unable to find the other
two. Abendschein and Wagner brought
Roberts to this city, and returning
| found Halter lying along the Monocacy
conscious but suffering severe pain. He
was taken to the hospital. Smith was
! caught yesterday at the home of q
relative near Reels Mil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
ANOTHER RICHMOND
ROAD TO Be ASKED
Authority for Project to Be
Sought of Next AS
SembIy.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
staf Correspondent Of The Star.

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, August 10.-Eforts will
be made at the next session of the
General Assembly, which convenes in
Richmond next January, to secure leg
islation directing the Virginia State
Highway Commission to provide new
route to Richmond and the South, by
passing Alexandria, it was learned to-
day
This proposed route was one of the
recommendations made by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion in its last report and is one that
is expected to become increasingly nee
essary as the volume of trafflc increases
through the opening of the new Ar
lington Memorial Bridge.
FOur-Year Program Provided.
At the last session of the General
Assembly the Porter Rhodes act was
passed, providing four-year program
of lateral road construction. At that
time it was generally understood that
no more mileage was to be taken in,
with the exception of the regular 100
miles yearly, at the next session. The
General Assembly, however. may do ss
1t wishes in this respect, and the next
Assembly. with its many new members,
may not feel disposed to abide by the
plans of the last in this respect.
AS recommended by the Federal
planning body, the new road would be
on route that was surveyed by the
Bureau of Public Roads of the Depart
ment of Agriculture as q possible route
for the Mount Vernon Boulevard and
was later abandoned in favor of the
river route.
The Federal Government did provide
direct route to Mount Vernon, but
eliminated what is believed by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission to be a most necessary main
route to the South.
Connect With Telegraph Road.
The proposed route would skirt the
property of the Army-Navy Country
Club in Arlington County and then
continue through Arlington County to
make connection with the old Tele-
graph road, west Of Alexandra proper.
It would join the present Washington
Richmond Highway at Pohick Church.
The survey of the Bureau of Public
Roads presents to the State an OPP
portunitv to study the situation with
out itself making a survey. Previous
negotiations by Federal authorities for
free rights of way would also be made
known to State authorities by those of
the Federal Government. it is claimed.
Experience on Boulevard.
This situation is based upon the ex-
perience that the State has derived
from the Mount Vernon Boulevard and
the Yorktown project, where the State
authorities were not permitted to work
the roads into their own system and OBJ
lection has been made to crossings and
connections with State projects.
The proposed new Washington
Richmond route would necessarily be a
State rather than a Federal project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
SEVEN ADRIFT RESCUED

NEW YORK, August 10 tPl.-The 40
foot cabin cruiser Dixie Greyhound,
carrying three women and four men,
YVES found drifting in the North River
by police launch last night, its engines
disabled ard leaking from a collision
with a log
George Smith of Memphis, Tenn, the
owner Of the motorboat. said he had
just completed a run from Annapolis,
Md, when the boat struck the obstruc-
ton, bending its engine shafts. He did
not name the persons in his party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
Mother Says Boy, III,
Who Shot Sister, Z,
Gagged Her Cries
Parent Tells Coroner's
Jury That Youth Had
Fired on Girl Before.
special plspatch to 1he star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, August TO-
Authorities Of Franklin County, Pa.
were puzzled today over what to &c
with Harold Burkholder, IL years old
following the testimony at an inquest
that the boy did not accidentally shoot
and kill his 7-year-old sister Vera.
Stories of the boys quick temper, his
dislike for his sister and his frequent
threats to shoot her and his mother
were disclosed in the testimony Of Har-
ODDS parents and neighbors.
The boy shot his sister In the kitchen
Of their home at Upton, Pa, after re-
turning from a grounding hunt. His
mother, Mrs. Mary M. Burkholder, said
he placed his hands over her mouth
and attempted to prevent her giving
the alarm after the shooting.
On one occasion he attempted to
shoot her, the mother said. but she
took the gun away. One night last
Winter Harold shot at his sister and
the bullet came very close to her, the
mother testified
The fatal shot was fired with gun
belonging to Harolds father, Jacob
Burkholder The father said he at
tempted to hide the shells for the gun
but the child found them somehow.
Harold appeared happy and uncon-
cerneQ until placed on the witness
stand when he broke down and cried.
Asked about the shooting, he replied,
II don't want to talk about that"
The shooting was at first termed
accidental by the authorities, but the
inquest was called when Coroner S. d.
Shell heard reports that it was not an
accident. The jury's verdict merely
said the girl had been killed by her
brother, but failed to state whether
the shooting was intentional or acct
dental.
In statement today States Attor-
ney S. d. Benedict declared the case
was still open and under consideration.
He pointed out that under the law a
child under 7 years old is not pre-
sumed to be able to form an intent
and between and IA years the pre-
sumption still holds, but may be shown
by testimony as to the general tenn
permanent ard statements of the child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
zEMO RELIEVES ITCHING
BURNING ECZEMA

Soothing, cooling ZEMO brings
prompt relief to itching. burning
skin: even in severe cases relief
comes as soon as ZEMO touches
the tortured skin. Eczema. Ring
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and other annoying skin or scalp
troubles generally yield TO this
soothing, antiseptic lotion ZEMO
is safe and dependable. All Drug
gists. 35c, 60c, $l00. Extra strength
ZEMO best for chronic oases-Sl.25.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
ARIZONA RAINS DISRUPT
RAIL AND ROAD TRAFFIC
Santa Fe Yards Washed Out and
Two Bridges Torn Away
by Floods.
q the Associated Press.

NEEDLES. Calf, August 10.-Heavy
rains in Northwestern Arizona had de-
moralized rail and highway traffic to-
day
The Santa Fe Railroad yards at
Nelson Station. Ariz., were washed out,
and 800 feet of nearby track was torn
away.
A bridge at Yampai Station and an
other at Peach Springs were reported
washed out.
Emergency bridge and track gangs
were organized here and at Seligman,
Ariz., and sent to the scenes of damage.
Five passenger trains were held up at
Eeligman and Kingman. Eating houses
ct these points were equipped to care
for passengers during the delay, which
the railroad believed would end today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
WOMAN HANGS SELF
AT LAUREL HOSPITAL
Mrs. Mabel B. Coggins, SO, Was
Wife of Resident Doctor at
Sanitarium.
BY a stan Correspondent of The star.

BY stan Correspondent of The Star
LAUREL, Md, August 10.-Hanging
herself by a belt hooked to a window
easement when her nurse momentarily
left the room, Mrs. Mabel b. Coggins.
80 years old. committed suicide in the
Laurel Sanitarium, according to a GER
tificate issued by Justice of Peace H
M. Scott Mrs. Coggins was the wife
Of Dr. Jesse c. Coggins. Baltimore
psychiatrist and resident physician at
the sanitarium.
Mrs. Coggins had been i'll for more
than a year and was under the con-
slant care of nurses at the sanitarium,
where she and her husband had an
apartment.
She was alive when found, but died
within an hour despite efforts al re-
Suscitation.
The body was taken to Baltimore for
burial today. Beside her husband she
is survived by her mother and two sis
tiers, all Of Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
BANK POLICY PROTESTED
Baltimore Bankers Called to Porto
Rico for Farley.

Baltimore Bankers Called to Porto
Rico for Farley.
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. August 10
(P).-Officials and directors of the Bal
timore Federal Land Bank are coming
to Porto Rico following upon protests
of farmers on the island against the
banks policy. according to cablegram
received from President Walden of Bal
timore by Jose Pesquera. president Of
the agricultural association.
The message said the bankers would
sail from New York August 10 and re-
quested that mass meeting of farmer
borrowers which had bsen called to take
action on the banks policies be pest
poned until after they arrived here for
conferences.
Pesquera answered that the meeting
would be postponed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
Auto Robbed Second Time.

Robert I. Miller, local attorney. tolo
police last night that sneak thieves had
stolen SIS clock and mirror from hi:
car, which was parked in front Of his
home at 1914 Eighth street Severa
weeks ago, he sssd, thieves took $500
worth of clothing from his machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
NAUTILUS NEARS ARCTIC
wilkins Faces Last Hop to Base
at spitzbergen.

TROMSOE, Norway, August 10. (E9).--
The Arctic-bound submarine Nautilus
of Sir Hubert wilkins arrived yesterday
after a trip of four days frcm Bergen.
The submarine now faces the last lap
of her voyage to her Spitzbergen base
Once there, 1t is expected that a voyage
of two or three weeks into the Arctic
will be begun.
The submarine plans to return to
Spitzbergen about the middle CT De-
eember.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
DOCTOR HELD AS SLAYER
Woman Companion of Dead Police
man Involves Employer.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, August 10
R).-Dr. c. S. Roath, 50, North Little
Rock physician, was arrested yesterday
in connection with the Staying of
Luther w Lindsey, So patrolman, in
a car parked on a roadside near here
Saturday night. Mrs. M. A. Griffin, Lind
sey's companion, also was held.
Prosecuting attorney Carl Bailey said
Mrs. Griffin in a statement asserted the
killer reSembled DR.. Roath, her en-
ployer.
Mrs Griffin. in reporting the Staying
Saturday night, told officers two masked
men approached their parked car and
shot Lindsey when he resisted an at
tempted hold-up.
Lindsey was married, as Is DR.. Roath.
Domestic servants in sman towns OF
France now receive only SIS d month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
Electrocuted for Attack.

RALEIGH, N. c., August 10 LP1-
Wilson Aubrey, 20. icoiored, convicted
of attacking the mother of 7-week-
old baby. was electrocuted at State
Prison here today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
MEXICANS NARROWED
Hundreds Still Kept in Treetops BY
Floods in Three States.

TAMPICO, Mexico, August 10 LP.-
Large sections of Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz
and San Luis Potosi were still under
water yesterday as a result of recent
floods. Hundreds of people were re-
ported marooned in treetops.
Thousands have taken refuge in the
hills, and 5000 refugees were jammed
here.
Many persons are reported to have
persisted. but a reliable check-up has
been impossible
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
BREWER, JUDGE ASPRANT
arlington Bar Head
Files for Trial
. Justiceship

j. Hammond Brewer, jr., presi-
dent of the Arlington County
Bar Association and chairman of
the county board Of zoning ap-
peals, today announced he will
be a candidate for the office of
county trial justice of Arlington
in the November election.
Mr.. Brewer is the seventh can
didate to announce for this office,
having been preceded into the
field by Bryan T. Gordon, VIII
liam Dudley. Walter u. Varney.
Thomas w. French. B. M. He'd
rick and Melvin G. Ely.
Mr.. Brewer, a lawyer. has been
q resident Of the county for the
past IA years. He is active in
civic affairs, and is serving his
third term as secretary of the
Arlington County Rotary Club.
In making his announcement
Mr.. Brewer pointed to his ex.
perience as an attorney with
practice confined solely to the
jurisdiction Of the post he is
seeking.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24

There were no crime problems
and no racketeerS among the
earliest Americans on record, &C
cording to DR.. Ales Hrdlicka, who
has just returned from a fruitful
expedition to the Alaska PENN
sula. The Curator of the Ma
tional Museum admitted, how
ever, that these early settlers OF
the barren tongue of land ex-
tending along the south of Alaska
and westward into the Bering
Sea, ending in the Aleutian ISL
ands, had their criminals, but
strict discipline prevented any
thing like organized crime.
Race Wiped Out
These prehistoric settlers prac-
ticed polygamy, were brown
skinned but not Of Asiatic type,
and were cannibals, he found on
his summers expedition. The
date of their occupancy OF the
deSolate mountainous country
has not been definitely deter
mined, but he believes they were
distinctly the first real Ameri-
cans and that the entire race
was wiped out before the Russian
invasion began centuries ago.
DR.. Hrdlicka plans to take
student volunteers when he re-
turns next summer. He also said
airplanes would be "a great bless
ing" but doubted if they would
be made available for him. He
added: