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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
Bigger Prison for Hungry

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 15.--
The Council of the Unemployed calls
on San Francisco's 10000 jobless to
come out of the flop houses, the bread
lines, and away from the slave mar
ket on Monday at II a. m. to hun
ger march to the civic center. The
march starts at that time, at the
emnlovmcat agency district, Third
and Howard Streets.
Four hundred new members for the
Council of the Unemployed is the an
swer of San Francisco jobless to the
appropriation of half million dol
'ars by this graft ridden adninistra-
ton for enlargement of the state
prison, San Quentin.
While keeping up the fight for re-
lief here, the jobless expos the united
front of the Wobblies, Proletarian
parties. Salvation army, police and
fire departments.
Action in Seattle
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. Is. The
workers and unemployed of Seattle
and Bellingham are in action, In Sc
attic a united front conference is be-
ing held at Moose Temple, at ! p, m,
Sunday. with American Federation OF
Labor locals and groups from the
bread lines promising to attend, and
with basis laid for unemployment
councils in the neighborhoods, some
of which will send delegates.
The conference will nominate those
TO go TO the Feb. 10 delegation to
present the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill to Congress.
The ratification conference on the
Pill is set for Feb, l, in Moose Temple
There will be special issue of $4,000
leaflets on unemployment ard 2,oot
cory special issue of Labor Unity.
The unemployed council here has
to fight confusion created by the fake
insurance bills drawn by the Music
ties and the Central Labor Council
I
(American Federation of Labor. The
C. L. C. proposition is in the form OF
a charter amendment for the five-day
week ~ without mentioning wages
Bellingham jobless and workers are
holding their united front conferenc,
today,
Jobless in Aberdeen have held gooc
mass meetings, and have elected :
izing councils.
Three days ago lists containing l,07'
more names to the demands for the
passage Of the Workers Unemploy'
ment Insurance Bill were mailed te
New York, adding 10 $500 sent in q
few days before
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16

Hot Dog Jainhoree OF Rcd
bIildery News Club. 81 East
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INCREASE IN
AKRON BUNDLES

please increase our order for
Akron to S." - II. Larkin.
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BROKE FARMERS ASK
FOR $50 DAILIES

Wv ivO OEAAAAEO
You are making real hit with
the broke farmers. Mail us $50
papers at once"
-P.B.A., Roswell, n. Mex.
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IN
PITTS. MARCEEII

CONTINUED FRom PAGE ONE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24

room. She caught him by the shoulders
and chung to him for a second, and he
put his arm about her to steady her
For both of them what must, to the
watching policemen, have looked like an
embrace, was. of course wholly imper-
sonal. She sobbed once; then, amazing
ly, she was all right.
Peter, my dear, I'm so glad you've
comet" she said. Poor old Tack
Who did it. Martha?" he asked.
who could have done it2"
"Oh, they think I did, it seems" said
Martha. Her voice, instantly, was as cold,
as hard as ice. That's easier than
trying to find out who really did, 1
suppose"
'Oh. come. come" said Connolly in
his rich, pleasant Irish voice. That's
going too fast and too far. Mrs. Thayar
too fast altogether. We've our work
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shocked stare; his eyes shifted at once.
But Peter had seen enough to belle the
soft, kindly tone Of the mans voice.
He did think Martha had shot Tack,
damn himl 1t wouldn't matter to him
what Peter might say it wouldn't mat
ter to him that every one who knew
her must know that she hadn't done
this frightful thing. Connolly thought
she had; all these policemen thought
she had.
The entrance Of another man just
then gave Peter an excuse for keeping
still. This wasn't, Peter saw, another
detective; Connolly's respectful greeting
was enough to make that plain. He
was keen-eyed, nice looking chap, in
his thirties. hkable, well dressed. we'll
bred. He WINGED as he saw Tack: then
turned to Martha.
I'm terribly sorry to have to trouble
you just now, Mrs. Thayer," he said.
MY name is Barclay-I'm from the
district attorneys Office. And I'm afraid
I'll have to ask you a few questions"
Martha just nodded, without saying
a word
Mr.. Barclay" said Peter, my name
is wayne. I'm friend of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thayer. I'd like to point out that Mrs
Thayer has had frightful shock. In
Spector Connolly has questioned her al
Ieduy. onouIun she nave some OF ner
family with her-and-how about her
lawver?"
What makes you think Mrs Thayer
needs a lawyer, Mr.. Wagner" asked Bar
clay. Il am, in a sense, her lawyer in
this matter-that is, 1t Is my duty to
try to bring her husbands murderer
to justice. We, the police and I, will
need her help. Our experience has
taught us the Importance OF getting
statements from witnesses while their
Impressions are still fresh / can as
sure you that 1 have deepest sympathy
with Mrs. Thayer and that I will con-
slider her feelings as much as I can.
We are simply following a routine pro-
cedure now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
|E}4 MANHATTAN NIGHTEXA!1
n IN BY Villa" 1"'' W." ryN0N
,ysh. 1881. BY North American Newspaper Alliance Inc
BY William ALnaon Wolff

ing much / asked her II she'd no.
titled the police, and she said she'd
done nothing but call me. She asked
me to do that for her and then come
on up here"
Yeah? What time was this?"
Peter didn't know. Except that the
call must have come between 3 and 4,
he couldn't AK times at all-beyond
saying that he'd got headquarters on
the wire less than three minutes after
Martha had called him. as nearly as
he could guess Peter didn't know that
all incoming calls at headquarters we're
timed and recorded; he was very far,
indeed. from having any idea of the
routine efficiency Of the New York
police.
Big help you're going to be-" said
Charley. contemporary, and turned to
take two or three steps away from
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that. 1t wasn't the way to think of
man who was dead. Still, that didn't
alter the fact; no one would. 1t was a
rotten epitaph for any man. perhaps
but it was true. Or so Peter thought.
He still made poor time, for all his
hurrying, when he got out in the street
at last. He had trouble, first, finding a
taxi. Cruising cabs are thick along
lower Fifth avenue, as a rule, at almost
any hour but that morning he had to
walk clear over to Union Square be-
fore he saw one. And even that one
he almost didn't take, because it was
one of the gyp cabs that still charge
the old high rate; it struck him. after
he'd got in. that that was an index OF
the way ones mind worked In crisis
What difference. in Heavens name, did
10 or 20 cents Of cab fare make just
then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24

to do and all and there are questions
we have to be asking. But that's a
long, long way from saying that we
think you did It,"
Good Cod" Peter cried out. II
should hope so! Why"
He stopped short. He was looking at
Connollys eyes, and suddenly all the
vague fears and premonitions he'd had
outside, all the ugly, outrageous implica-
tons OF the way the detective called
Charley had treated him, came to
focus. Connolly wouldn't meet Peters
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Peter hesitated; Barclay. after eivins
him q chance to speak, went on. But
now his voice had changed; o curious
and indennable menace had come
"It is Mrs. Thayer's privilege. of
course, not to answer my questions or
70 refuse to answer them. except with
the ADVICE OF counsel. But"
oh, it's all right, Peter" said
know. It's not very much. You'll wait,
won't your"
Thank you, Mrs. Thayer." said Bar
clay. Il, too, will ask you to wait, Mr.
Wayne. I'd like to talk to you. For
the moment-you won't mind waiting
outside? You'll stay in here with US,
Inspector"
but" Peter began. Then he
stopped and went outside. There was
nothing else for him to do Charley, in
moment. followed him. He didn't
speak to Peter, but the sulky way he
shrugged his shoulders. with a scowling
backward look at the door, showed that
he, too, had been put out, and that he
resented it. His cigar was still in his
mouth, but 1t had gone out and It
smelled rank in the cool, fresh air.
Peter sat down on the parapet, feeling
sick, and shaken, and scared.
He looked east across the roofs. There
was a low. white mist on the river. It
was just beginning to grow light over
beyond Long Island. He remembered
the last time he'd seen the sun rise from
this roof, two or three weeks before
He'd been sitting in just about the same
spot he'd chosen now, with Martha be-
side him, and Tack and some others
the dregs OF long party, all pretty
tight, had been IN the house singing,
while Tack played the piano.
Ito be continued)
The big i've" among British banks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
TNSTALLMENT /.

ETER WAYNE wasn't asleep when
l. the telephone rang. He ought
to have been: 1t was late enough
i in all conscience: we'll after 3.
nearer 4, probably. And he'd
been in bed since 1880. He wasn't
able. later, to tell just when the quick,
stabbing sound of the bell reused him;
that was to seem important, for a while
But he was lying in the dark, so that
he couldn't see his watch. He had
turned out the light some time before,
because. though he couldn't sleep. he
had found that he couldn't read, either.
Peter was in vile temper, and he
lay in the dark silence of his room.
giving way to 1t, as one does, stupidity
enough. sometimes encouraging it to
grow worse and worse. Nothing is more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24

The big five" among British banks
now have nearly 5000 branches, 1000
being in London.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09
JUST LIKE A MAN

your husband is always complain
ing that he leads a dogs life"
Eyes, he comes home with muddy
feet, makes himself comfortable on the
hearth rug, waits until he is fed and
often growls."-Lustige Kolner lei
tung, Cologne.
UNBECOMING
Constable (having pulled up fair
motorist for spsedingJ = Forty at
least, l said to myself as soon as you
turned the corner.
Indignant Overwhelming OF the
kind! It's my hat makes me look
old!-Passing Show.
Why not send Wales to India? He
is a good hand at bringing orders out
of chaos.
NO LEFT-HAND TURNS
Airplane Passenger-How do you
know your way back?
Pilot just notice The shape OF
the clouds and then it is easy.-Il
Travaso, Rome.
Millions spent for education to de-
velop thousands whose chief ambition
Is to get q hole in ono
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09

Urging people to have an apple
may help the jobless. Eve got old
Adam a job Of work that way.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09

The ant, however, got his reputa-
ton for industry in a land where the
walks never got covered with snow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09

Fifty thousand years of mental de-
velcpment, resulting at last in the
discovery that people should expose
their hides to the sun as savaees do.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09
NOW YOU TELL ONE
SEE BY THE PAPERS

"Beginning tomorrow n Daily
Lewds will publish the astounding life
story of Lottie Zeelch, Cleveland de-
partment store clerk, who was just
sentenced to prison for five days for
creating a disturbance. In her story
to appear in daily installments, Mill
zeelch unashamedly reveals how
drink and petting parties led to her
downfall. The Daily LeWds believes
that Lottie's frank confession Will
serve as an object lesson TO YOUTH
Judge.
DEAR COMPREHENSIVE
Wife-John, is it true that money
talks?.
Husband-That's what they say.
my dear.
Wife-Well, I wish you'd have a
little here to talk to me during the
day. I get so lonely.-Prairie Farmer.
Fifty thousand years of mental de-
velcpment, resulting at last in the
discovery that people should expose
their hides to the sun as savaees do.
The ant, however, got his reputa-
ton for industry in a land where the
walks never got covered with o
France makes debtors pay her In
gold francs, worth about 20 cents and
pays the English with paper francs,
worth about a cents, so she really
doesn't expect another row with Ger
many.
The most effective law is the UNI
written one everybody agrees on.
Note how unfailingly the late conner
takes his place at the tail end Of the
line.
Urging people to have an apple
may help the jobless. Eve got old
Adam a job Of work that way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
COTTON VALUES DROP
ON SMALL SELLING
Market Turns Easier After Over
night Buying Orders Are
Executed.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, September 12-After
steady opening on some overnight
buying orders, cotton turned easier
today.
December contracts sold off from 694
to 6.81, and closed at that figure, with
the general market barely steady at net
declines of z to IL points.
The opening was steady unchanged
to an advince of 4 points on the over
night buying which may have reflected
some nervousness over the further
course of the tropical storm. october
sold up to SIS and March to 7.22 on
the initial demand, but buyers found
no encouragement in the Liverpool
cables, while it was reported that the
tropical disturbance was diminishing in
violence. Offerings increased after the
initial demand had been supplied. and
the market worked gradually lower
ing the lowest levels of the day in the
late trading. october declined to $50
and March to ITO, and closing quota
tons were at practically the lowest.
A good part of the days trading was
attributed to the usual week end eve
ming up and business was generally
quiet with the market sensitive to COM
paratively small orders. The weak
ness in the stock market seemed largely
responsible for the decline which 1ol-
lowed the opening advance. while there
also appeared to be little more South
ern selling at times during the morning.
The hope that the tropical storm would
pass over without any damage to the
cotton crop no doubt contributed to the
decline and some Of the selling was sup
posed to come from people who have
either bought or covered short con-
tracts on the storm news of yesterday.
Liverpool cables reported that cover
there had been supplied by hedging
and prices were just about as due to a
shade lower than expected on the New
York close Of Friday. The weather
reported in the South was considered
generally favorable. The amount Of
cotton on shipboard at the close Of
business awaiting clearance yesterday
was estimated at $1,000 bales against
1O4 600 last wear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
PETROLEUM TRADE
TAXES INCREASED
Thirteen States Have Added
to Levies on Gasoline,
Survey Shows.
BY JOHN F. MILLER.

AS the drive for increased taxes, d.
rect and indirect. gains momentum
throughout the country. it is apparent
that favorite sector on which to launch
an attack is the petroleum industry
| Information obtained today from q
countrywide survey shows that 13
States already have increased the rate
of their gasoline tax in the year to date
with Florida holding the distinction OF
levying the heaviest tax, cents per
gallon.
The States boosting their gasoline
taxes are: Massachusetts, from to 3
cents; Wisconsin, from 2 to certs !;
Utah, from 3i2 to cents; North Da-
kota and Washington. from to
cents; Alabama, Arizona. Maine and
Oklahoma. from to 5 cents; Arkansas.
North Carolina and Tennessee, from 5
to cents, and Florida, from 6 to 7
cents.
City and County Taxes.
Only four States. connecticut, Mis-
souri,, New York and Rhode Island, now
have a 2-cent rate. While Florida's Z
cent tax is the highest figure so far
lCdA1ACA AL l1llo SOOLLLy, AldDoIlId 0AlI
Missouri have county and municipal
taxes in addition to the State levy, and
in few Alabama jurisdictions the total
rate is even higher than in Florida.
Arkansas. Georgia, North Carolina
South Carolina and Tennessee are the
States now having a Scent levy
The rate of the first gasoline tax wa:
a cent gallon and was levied by the
States Of Oregon. Colorado and North
Dakota in 1919. In 1920 Kentucky was
added to the list, and New Mexico
adopted a 2-cent tax. In 1921 Oregon
lifted the rate to cents, and IL other
States came in with 1-cent tax. Ir
1925 all but four States were using this
! method Of raising money for highway
construction and maintenance. New
York, which adopted the levy in 1929
was the last to enter the fold.
The amount of revenue derived from
the gasoline tax is enormous. In 1896
1t amounted to nearly $500,000. 000 the
average consumption for each motor
vehicle in the country being 556 gallons
Ohio with Accent tax led all the Other
States in the amount collected from
this source, with California, Pennsylva-
mia and Texas following in order. New
York, which led in the amount of fue
consumed, was fifth in collections due
to its 2-cent rate.
BOOtlegging.
The high rates have resulted in one
evil-gasoline bootlegging. During the
last sessions of the State Legislatures 4
number of new laws tightening up the
administrative features of the various
acts were passed and In some jurisdic-
tions. it is claimed. the evil has been
practically eliminated
nnnSt States 0ronfiN0I1u all nf the
money derived from the levy is used for
road work In few of them. however
p part goes to the schools and for GER
tain other purposes. Many bitter legis-
lative battles have been fought over
such diversions. and in view of the
present shortage of funds in many OF
the States the 1882 sessions will un-
doubtedly witness a continuation OF
the controversy. California is now the
scene Of hot fight over the proposed
diversion Of gasoline tax funds to prof.
ects other than road building, notably
to irrigation work
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
WHEAT PRICES LOWER
AS STOCKS DECLINE
Grain Market Unfavorably At
fected by Action of Securities.
Corn Sharply Depressed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September IL. Grains
pursued a general downward course to-
day, rejecting the action of securities,
especially in the late dealings A lead
ing professional trader was conspicu-
Gus seller of corn and that cereal gave
way faster than wheat. Meagerness of
new export business In wheat from
North America had bearish influence.
Wheat closed heavy, sale lever;
corn, 1ha15sc off; oats, l4a 1ac down,
and provisions varying from SC decline
to l0c advance.
Downward momentum Of wheat prices
increased sharply as result Of stock
market weakness. Bears laid stress
also on advices that weather in western
EUROPE had improved, tending to facili-
tate threshing and to help dry out
wheat still lying in the fields through
out many parts of France and Ger
MANY. Talk was current that with no
artificially high prices to bring domes-
tic wheat out from the farms 1t was
likely the farm storage CT wheat the
connina season would be the greatest
Pit traders took to the selling side
of corn. and soon demonstrated that
the market was almost bare Of de-
n1and. Comment that heavy use Ct
wheat for live stock feeding was prob
able tended to pull corn prices down,
although Chicago receipts of corn were
only Al cars compared with ITO a year
ago.
of hog values,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
BEAR TRADERS MORE CAUTIOUS
AS THEIR FOLLOWING GROWS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 12.-With-
out changing their attitude toward
either the market or the business stu
alton, the bearish professionals who
dominate trading on the Stock Ex-
change just now have become decidedly
cautious.
For one thing they realize they have
accumulated too large a following
This week one of the best known ope-
rators has been advertised as selling
leading industrials in large lots, and
the result has been that host CT small
traders put out odd lots. The market
has invited that sort of thing. Up to
the afternoon of Friday it appeared
to be easy money to sell short almost
anything, railroads, industrials or utili-
ties
The stage is all set for a violent re-
covery once this weak short interest
becomes alarmed. The chances are that
the larger traders would not be averst
to seeing a good-sized rally. partly fol
the sake of Kidding themselves of this
undesired company and partly for the
opportunity it would afford for putting
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|Copyrisht. 1872

out short lines at more advantageous
prices.
Another reason for caution at this
stage, from the bear point of view. is
the indication, plain to those who
would heed it. that banking support is
in the market. How much stock these
banking interests would be willing to
take they alone know. but 1t is regarded
as significant that the support appeared
right at the point where the June lows
were about to be violated.
Then there is always the possibility
OF some unexpected good news, or what
the market would regard as good news.
Along this line Is the ever-recurrent
story about some modification of the
Volstead act. There is also the GER
tainty that sooner or later there will
be improvement in the steel trade. The
Street heard this week that export bust
ness to the Far East had picked up,
which may or may not be a straw
showing which way the wind blows.
Then it Is a maxim of speculation that
when bear market has run as long
as this one has and there is an over
whelming majority Of bearish traders,
a turn Is near.
tCopyrieht. 1870
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
Youngstown Suits Continue.

YOUNGSTOWN, O.. September r.
-(P)-Twenty-o suits against the
Youngstown Sheet g. Tube Co..
brought by dissenting stockholders to
fix fair cash value on their stock
after the company's proposed merger
with Bethlehem Steel Corporation had
been enjoined. were continued today
by Judge j. H. c. Lyon until october
L. Today's continuance was the
seventh since the cases were fled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
Will Decrease Common Stock.

NEW YORK, September II R.-
Alpha Portland Cement Co. has notified
the New York Stock Exchange OF it,
intention to decrease its common stock
to $1S,486.000 from $24,134,500. The
stated value of the no-par common will
be reduced to $26 a share from 1894
as at present, to have a larger part
of the book value of the stock repre-
scented in surplus.
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in Boston of the Financial Advertisers


Association.
John r. Waller, president of the In
ternational Bank, jackson place, has
returned from a short vacation spent
at Pocano Hills, Pa.
Miss Mary J. Winfree, Commercial
National Bank, hes returned from her
vacation, which she passed on an ex-
tended trip north both by land and
sea.
Robert K Carpenter, manager of the
local Office of Goodbody & Co, stock
brokers, has returned from a vacation
spent in Maine.
The North American Co. has applied
to the New York Stock Exchange to list
165,934 additional shares Of common
stock.
Loews, Inc. which has many local
stockholders, has declared the regular
quarterly dividend of rs cents, payable
September 80, to stock of record
September 10.
Washington Clearing House figures
for Saturday, 315,352.52.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
Crude Oil Price Raised.

PITTSBURGH. September IL (P.-
An increase of Is cents in the price Of
Pennsylvania crude oil was announced
here today by leading purchasing agen-
cieS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
Financial District Notes.

Eliot II. Thomson of the Washington
Loan & Trust Co.. left here yesterday
on q motor trip to New England and
also to attend the national convention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO, September IL (A1 Omitted
States Department of Agricnlture) -
Potatoes, 90; on track, 1866: total U.
s. shipments, $50; dull. trading slow;
e0ae0; occasional car higher; Minnie