Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-31

I'll SOL, Madrid-As has already
- been announced in an official
notice, the recluses in the nfu-
IL nicipal prison at Barcelona have
entered upon a hunger strike, -
measure adopted, they say, by way Of
protest against the circumstances of
their Incarceration, and especially
against the treatment and meals &C.
corded them. Many claim that they
have been imprisoned arbitrarily and
without hearing In the courts. Seventy
six of these strikers are Communists,
imprisoned because they have not taken
the oath of fealty to the republic. Fifty
six other prisoners are members of
labor unions who have been stirring up
trouble. OF these all put two, who are
men of advanced age, have joined the
hunger strike.
In the city anarchists and the police
are having constant battles. In one of
these disturbances near the Arco de
Triumfo, two Workmen we're killed.
Telephone wires are torn down and the
officials Of the company are reluctant
to send men out to restore them be-
cause OF the menacing attitude of the
rioters. The SyndicalistaS (unions work.
mem have declared a general strike as
protest against the governments
treatment of political prisoners, and also
in sympathy with the general strike of
workingmen at Saragossa.
U.s.
Women Win at Casino
On Tips Given by Clairvoyant.
Neues Wiener Taghlatt, Vienna. -The
widespread belief OF the French people
in spiritism has lately received an In
teresting vindication in court proceed
ings at Lyons, where certain mediums
and clairvoyants gave demonstrations
which could not logically be credited TO
merely mundane or natural powers.
Now, from a French bathing resort on
the Riviera is reported another instance
which appears to give further support
to the validity Of so-called super
human phenomena or at least medium
istic communication. Visitors to a
gambling casino noticed that certain
young ladies were favored with unusual
runs Of lack, and always left the play
ing tables with constantly aggregated
winnings These participants invari-
ably wagered their stakes on the very
contradictions of the chances deemed
most favorable to all the others, but
while the latter generally lost, the for
mer repeatedly won. They were watched
by those who wished to know the secret
of their good fortune. and we're discoy-
cred to visit, after leaving the casino,
clairvoyant, who gave them tips for
their operations on the following day
These consultantS of the ornens are said
10 have garnered 100000 francs
through such auguries. Shall We ac-
cept these reports as true or rather con-
slider them but a species Of publicity
and advertising sent out by the French
gambling casino?
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Hawaiian Motorists
Careful, Survey Shows.
Honolulu Advertiser.-"For a period
extending practically over two and
half months not single child has been
killed In q street or highway accident
in which the motor vehicle has partici-
pated.n stated Stanley Livingston,
treasurer of the Honolulu Automobile
Club, after study Of the accident and
fatality statistics kept at motor club
headquarters.
This is q record that excels any
period of similar length in years and
shows that progress Is being made both
In convincing drivers that they must