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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-20
By BARBARA RAND.

HARLAN COUNTY, Kentucky, is feudal king
ii dom Nothing neither paper, letter nor vis-
itor can come in or out of Harlan unless the
operators approve. Going to the post Office for
mail can cost man his job Even mans own
father and mother can't spend a night in his
house without the superintendent written per-
mission, in practically every camp in the county.
And this slavery and starvation are what the
miners are striking against, according to the
delegation that arrived today from Kentucky
to the National Miners Unions National Con-
ference which opens in Pittsburgh Wednesday
morning.
when man lives in our house Jack Dick
inson, general manager of the Allison and Ma
han Coal Co. in Stanfeld. summed it up, "he
votes and does like we want"
A miner applying to Dickinson for job, is
forced to swear with his right hand raised that
he'll die if necessary for the company and
never join union If he admits he ever Joined
a union, his card must be destroyed in the super
intendent's presence before he is hired. In Har-
Ian, there is no pretense of democracy. It's
q feuda1 kingdom.
81 reckon there's any number of people in the
county that haven't ever seen American money"
one delegate said cts been right long time
since I have When we get anything, it's scrip"
closed in by a high wall. Nobody is allowed in
Or out without a special permit At night when
the two gunner go home, the gate is locked. II
YOU put up fight when you're cheated on weight
on the tipple or complain when the little you're
supposed to get is held back for fake charges
or if you happen to be suspected of joining
union, you get 80 minutes to clear out OF camp
But if you aren't married, 10 minutes notice is
considered sufficient. If you owe anything to
the company store-and what miner does not?-
furniture is withheld
The old debtors law that flourished in Eng
land before America was settled, is enforced
today in Kentucky. BY firing man who has
been allowed credit. the coal company hands
down a verdict for a Jail term if they wish to
prosecute And it happened many times.
The yellow dog contract has grown into
tremendous document in Kentucky. In Level
Ivn. the Cornet and Lewis Coal Co. hands you
a yellow dog contract almost yard long. Min
ers must not congregate in groups to talk to-
gether Nobody may visit them without special
permits. To get job, the miners say, they must
first sign themselves into slavery.
Where the miners were starved back to work.
or forced back with the help of the militia, con-
ditions are worse than before the strike and far
worse than even the Pennsylvania miners knew,
the delegates say.
THE hours?. they never end one delegate
from Leggat said. THE WORK begins at o'clock
in the morning, and you can't quit until or
o'clock at night. And it amt unusual for you
TO double back, to be forced to go right back
to work at night shift, after putting in hard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-20
&Ass..~-
"Very Sorry" for Chang
By JORGE

anyone who has been In Japan will rernen1-
Der that all Japanese officials cops included
are always polite enough when they throw you
INTO jail for having dangerous ideas" ives
theres law against dangerous ideas"), to
assure you that they are Every sorry" If thew
execute you. they are "very very sorry" but
they execute you just the same
We thought of that when we read in the
japanese American" of July is. a Toxic dis
patch headed: "Manchuian Marshals Illness
Worries Japan; Chang Hsueh-liangs Possible
Demise Considered by Toxic"
Ofn When Toxic considers his demise
II sounds as If they we're going to take hin, for
ride OF course he is supposed to be sick now
but the way the Japanese Government b,,,nned
OH MS dad (Chang Tso-lin) makes this present
reference to young Chang sound dark.
Old Chang Tso-lin, who was .Janans man IN
Manchuria got sassy about two years ago. and
was put on the spot" When his all steel nrivate
traln was passing under the tracks of the Jan
aneSe military guarded South Manchuriap line
JUST OUT OF Mukden, about 1000 pounds of high
grade dynamite located on both sides of the
train in the concrete supports of the INNER
tracks, was set off by electric connection 81
neatly timed that it caught old Chanes coach
as 1t was on the moe and crushed both it and
Chang
Japanese news agencies at once said "the
REDS did it., and for week even wouldn't make
clear whether he was dead or just hurt. Added
proof was the fact that old Chang's most loval
general, whose name we forget now, but who was
IN Peking. hearing that something had hap-
pened, grabbed special train and started for
Mukden-but hasn't got there yet!
In fact, his train had to change from the
Mukden Chinese line to the japanese South
Manchurlan line, it got stuck for week, with
this general and young Chang And the general
entirely disappeared while young Chang YVES
allowed to get to Mukden only after making pub
nc statements of friendship for Japan
An added proof was the fact that old Chanc's
japanese advisers who always were with hin,
found some excuse to get off and get "left be-
hlnd" few stations before the explosion.
Now that Toxic is Considering the demise" of
young Chang we guess that it's because he has
been playing too much with Marking, which is
American property. And our further guess is
that the new militarist revolt against Nanking
IN the North has some Toxic backing. Don't
think this is none of your affair because these
tricks in the Far East can make war that will
get you too!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-20
suRscRIpr1oN RArEs.


to-day the group of western powers begins to
see in Russia its chief adversary. 49,"
Hoover's moratorium announcement is de-
finite step in this direction. The visit of Mellon
and now Stirnson to Europe is a campaign to
line up the European countries against the USSR
Listen to what the Philadelphia Evening Public
Ledger, June % has to say about Hoovers NOR
atorium. ut is at least conceivable that behind
the newest plan for dealing with the sore prob
lem of the war debts is a new sense on the part
of European statesmen of the folly they have
followed since the end of the war. 1t is plain to
everyone who is not statesman that western
Europe must be somehow refrigerated for a
common political, social and economic purpose
to survive the savabe economic and political
pressure of Russian Communism. -. 1t seems
useless at the moment to wrange over ques-
tons of war guilt. The important fact is that
both Germany and Austria are in desperate
straits and that Germany has been more than
once in mood to collapse into Communism
moratorium might help largely to hold Europe
together to preserve the traditional forms of
its civilization" The Hoover moratorium has
not helped Germany one bit. Germany is now
in worse crisis than before it and is bringing
into maestrom of chaos al 1of Central Europe
revolution in Germany would be used as
pretext for an in1periahst attack on the Soviet
Union.
After the Hoover moratorium, what?" So
wrote Simms foreign editor for the Scripps-
Howard syndicate in the World Telegram of
June 26tth. Unless some definite international
program can be agreed upon leaders warn fascism
or Communism will sweep Europe. Therefore
the U. S. and the great powers today are on the
eve of the most critical period since the war
Thus Secretary stimson's visit to Germany Eng
land, Italy and France begins to assume an I'M
expected CD Importance"
An imperialist attack on the Soviet Union is
not a thing of the future merely but an imme-
date possibility.
Against this war preparation to attack the
Soviet Union, every worker must enter the dem
onstration onh August 1st Defeat the interna-
tional war moves against the workers republic.
Demand the war funds be turned over to the
unemployed unemployment relief!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-20

the very existence OF the Girardot Railroad
Workers Union the basis for the strike to
be organized. Had the everyday activities of
the revolutionary workers within the Union been
consistent and systematic. they would have
awakened to the growing mood Of the workers to
strike, in the face Of the unbearable conditions
in which they live.
We are of the opinion that we are today
living in very favorable situation in Colombia
for the further development of the independent
strike actions of the working class Before the
rapid crystallizaton Of the independent revou-
tionary unions such as the Bavaria Bre very
Workers Union and the Germania Brewery
Workers Union. the Banana Plantation Work.
ers Union in the Magdalena region, etc. the
National Trade Union Committee finds itself in
the most favorable conditions for the organisa-
ton of mass trade unions " Colombia
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-20
Christ Life"

That is the name of "A devotional Magazine
for Young and Old". published in Pittsburgh,
the July number of which has not word on
the miners strike, but long list of anti-Con-
munlst, anti-Soviet articles, among EN- some of
the most awful drivel we've SEEN
Fish is out-Fished Listen to this stuff. taken
from an article headed: Divine and Satanic
Strategy in the Coming World CONFEDERATION
you will note is also preparing the dupes of the
church for war
rs 1t not true that the Church Is ,srpe,v
ignorant of the influence that demons are
playing liz the worlds affairs? MANY of the
worlds greatest statesmen have said in the last
lew years that all our efforts seemed baffIed
ana defeated. They have put forth every effort
10 Drlng order out of the present chaos, but as
they go from one expedient to another they
see failure of each, until despair seems writ
ten everywhere. These demoniacal forces seem
not only to be succeeding in overturning gov
ernhents, but they seem to be as successful in
bring confusion and disaster to the Church."
So, workers, if the Hoover Plan can't "save"
Germany, if 100000 of you are thrown onto
the street by your bosses to starve while said
bosses are living on the fat of the land cts de-
mons" that ere to blame
Moreover. Satan has a throne" somewhere.
which the article first says-"I cannot help but
believe that that throne is in Central Asia.
probably Tibet" Since nobody knows much about
Tibet, he is safe in saying that Satan's throne
is there.
1t would be awkward to say that Satan's
throne is located in Andy MELONS bank or the
headquarters of the Pittsburgh Coal Company
as the editor of Christ Life" would have to ex-
plain why NE does nothing about it, He can't
be blamed if it's in Tibet, so Tibet it must be
No. wait a minute, here further along in the
article, we find that he has switched it over to
Moscow!
Seated there, does II not seem that the
Soviet Republic Is Cog preparing for Mayog
and Germany Is Conner. Does 1t not all seem
BiblicaI?"
1t does! Also 1t seems ante -diluvian, pre-
historic but altogether the kind of medieval
superstition and darkness that capitalism needs
now to stifle the revolutionary cry of the toll
ing masses who are arousing to destroy their
slavery which they have too long endured Let
every worker understand that the Church is on
the side of his enemies, on the side Of the boss
and the police!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

One of these sturdy leatherette
shopping bags will hold many
small packages, thereby making
your shopping easier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

These irrieators
are slight sec
ondS. Each comes
complete with a
syringe, I u b | n 9
and fittings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

ATE TICHENOK slept at tns
Bar H that night. but returned
to the Circle K early next
morning, with two men hs had
picked up in Valley Center. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22
Lost Ugly Fat.
Her Husband Says She
Looks Five Years Younger!

There Is a certain weight at which
every woman looks her loveliest-I
not skinny underweight nor pendu-
lous overweight. but normal weight.
My husband says I look five years
younger" writes this lady of 90 who
thanks to her daily dose Of Kru-
schen Salts - has unburdened her
body Of lS pounds of ugly fat. Read
her letter:
Having heard from a friend of mine
that she had lost considerable weight
since taking kruschen salts, / started
using them In July last, when weighed
Ia lbs. i have lost weight stea Oily since
tneH. and am now 159 lbs.--my normal
weight Moreover, 1 feel brighter and
mere energetic IN every way. l have
enauired Of my dressmaker my me suFe-
ments, which ~ Angust last were:-
Last week they were;-Bust 80. Hips 80,
waist 81 inches, which Is normal for INV
height. which is Is &c. In, MY age il
-. My husband is q very severe critic.
BE says ] look five years younger, There
Is no other reason for my loss Of weight
except kruschen, as I do not take any
particular diet"
tMrs) y. r., London, England
A bot.,e OF Kruschen Salts that
VIII las four wees costs but 85
cents Try one bottle-if not joyful
ly satisfied--money back. - Adver-
tisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

recently, as I discovered when run
ming down the title at the court house
in Gold Run. The local bank holds
$4,000 worth of Rance Kershaw'S
notes, unsecured, overdue and with
interest in default, and the president
and controlling owner of that bank
holds also an overdue first mortgage
in the sum of $250,000, with years
interest in default. In addition, the
Kershaw estate owes the Bar H Land
& Cattle Co. more thsn three hundred
thousand dollars. The bank and the
banker are going to foreclose, but the
Bar H insn't"
Good news" the lawyer inter-
jected, as Nate Tichenor paused for
breath. 1T would seem that the girl
is not in a position to hold you up. so
you ought to get that 1000 acres
cheap"
Precisely. But I'm not going to
give her the opportunity to begin to
think she can hold me up; there1l be
no argument as to the price. I'm
mailing my bank in San Francisco
today check in its favor for $400, 900,
with instructions to issue a certified
check in favor of Lorraine Kershaw
and send it over to your Office. Mean
while, prepare a deed from Lorraine
Kershaw to the Mountain Valley Power
Co. for that 1000 acres"
Why not do little trading? Offer
the girl $50 an acre and work up"
Listen, Paddon. You transact my
legal business for me, but I do not
need you for my general manager.
That land is worth $500 900 to me If I
can get it without a fight and without
leaving bad taste in Lorry Kershaw's
mouth. / can afford to pay for my
fancies. have a fancy for this 1000
acres and I fancy it nowl But I do
not wish to be known in the premises,
so do not come up yourself to close
this deal The girl would suspect col
fusion. Understood"
AYE, aye, sir"
The following afternoon livery car
from Gold Run arrived at the ranch,
bearing Mr.. RUDE Tenney, Mrs. RUDE
Tenney and two little TenneYs, boy
and girl. Mr.. Tenney, in his younger
days, had been Hensley bodyguard,
willing (albeit never called upon to
do sol to kill Kershaw out of 10y
atty to the bread ne ate. He was
riding boss under Nate Tichenor's
father, and when the latter died was
elevated to the position of ranch SUI
perintendent, which position he had
held with credit and honor until Nate
Tichenor had gone out of the cattle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

business. RUDE Tenney was nearly so
years old now. but active and still
trustworthy He greeted his old mas
ter as informally as If they had not
seen each other since 1917.
well, got your wire ordering me
to report, Nate" RUDE Tenney an
nounced. so 1 come a-runnin'.'
Tichenor smiled When the Bar H
retirement had left Tennev without a
job Nate had financed his old SUI
perintendent in the lease Of a ranch
and a band of 1000 sheep. Sheep
were and always had been repugnant
to RUDE Tenney but he had worried
along with the nuisances and even
during those lean years had managed
to make more than a living off them
you left a good man in. charge of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

"Ah! Closin' In on them Kershaws,
eh?" Tenney grinnedI r.
Patiently Nate proceeded to disillu-
sion him. and while he was doing 1t
the Tenney head wagged understand
ingly. Never did f1gger you'd be able
to keep up steam like the Henslsys,
he declared, That's your fathers
blood. Very well, SON. I'm glad to
have the job"
miss Kershaw knows all about you
knows I've sent for you. There's q,
Miss Bachman staying with her at
present. Tell her I suggested she send
Miss Bachman back to Valley Center
In this rented car of yours"
He gazed long and affectionately
after the departing RUDE Tenney and
his brood. "Old Faithful" he solilo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22
Milkman Delivers
Route Despite Term
As Drunken Driver
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, September 22.-To-
day was unlike other days for L.
A. Larson, local milkman, under
sentence for drunken driving, but
he got his work done after all.
A jailer awakened him at 2:30
am. He took out his truck and
made deliveries as usual. This
afternoon he was TO return to the
work house. to remain until early
tomorrow. He will continue this
schedule until his l5-day sentence
expires.
Larson was the first man SEN
fenced under a new plan of
Municipal Judge Clayton Parks.
In certain cases, due TO economic
conditions. sentences will be ar
ranged so men with families may
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

your sheep, I hope, Rube?"
'I sold 'em to a good man. NV
lease was expiring in October, an after
three bad feed years I reckoned I'd
better quit before my sheep died o.
starvation" He handed Nate a check.
There's the money you staked me to.
got few thousand over an above
that. Thank God, the rest o. my life
will be spent with decent, respectable
cows"
'Now's a fine time to git back into
the cattle business" Mr. Tenney went
on. Prices is advapcin', but you can
still stock up cheap"
I'm not going back into the cattle
business, RUDE. But you are You're
to be riding boss of the Circle K-on
the salary of a ranch superintendent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

uuized. Gle doesn't suspect I bought
him out of the sheep business and
took a loss to do it. But it's worth
it to have him back on the job-to be
free of worry about that Kershaw girl
and her finances-and mine. Fine
joke on RUDE and me If she takes
a notion to fire hin1-for a woman's
reaSon!"
Ito be continued)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

ter, named Lorraine But two years
ago he gave deed of gift to his
daughter of those 1000 acres I spoke
to you about-you have the legal de-
scription. Well. Lorraine Kershaw
fled that deed OF gift for record very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-22

100000 Aboard Steamer. :.
BUENOS AIRES, September % up.
The steamer Eastern Prince is on the
way to New York with 100000 in
gold to apply on the $5o,0oo,0oo Ar
gentine loan, due October /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Mis- bee-haUe
Park Tree Is Cut Down
and City Florist Goes
Away From There.

INDIGNANT bees have left
L their marks-fifty of them-on
Orval Robson, chief florist at the
city greenhouse in Garfield park,
because he wouldn't run.
Robson was directing several
men in chopping down a dead
sycamore tree in the park Tues
day afternoon. For six years bees
have lived in the tree.
When the last stroke of the ak
toppled the tree, the bees left
their home and the workmen left
the tree.
Robson, believing in the theory
that the bees would not trouble
him if he remained still, did not
flee. In less than a minute he
was in flight, though, with fifty
bees concentrated on his face and
neck.
A Negro workman, who said he
was a "bee man." attempted to
remove the hive from the tree
later and was rewarded with
several stings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
3 INJURED IN
SKIDDING CARS
Rain DrenChed Streets Are
Cause of Crashes.

Three persons were injured Tues
day night in automobile mishaps
in rain drenched streets.
When the car in which she was
riding smashed into a railway abut-
ment at Missouri street. and Ken
lucky avenue, Mrs. Mega Lang, 80, of
305 North East street, sustained
head and neck cuts. Her daughter,
Ethel, 5, riding with her, was not
hurt.
Police today sought the driver of
the car who, Mrs. Lang said, had
been drinking and fled after the
crash.
C. c. Berry, 60, R. R. 10, suffered
head decorations when struck by
an auto driven by Fletcher NIaholm,
4e16 North Temple avenue, at Penn
Sylvania and Market streets
Side injuries were sustained by
Carl Lanfer, 80, of 522 East Tenth
street, when he was struck by an
auto in the 500 block North
Capitol avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
State Kiz,anianS
Study Plans for
Aiding Children

BIZ United Press
WEST BADEN, Ind, Sept. 10
Child welfare activities of the
states seventy-three Kiwanis clubs
NsRgc the attention of delegates to
the organization fourteenth an
nual convention here.
Chief among several welfare pro-
posals discussed was that OF Will
liam H. Trimble, indianapolis.
Under Trimble's plan, KiwaniS
clubs conduct systematic surveys to
find needy families, provide treat
ment for the children in Riley me-
mortal hospital Indianapolis, and
check up on their welfare, both
health and educational, long after
they are out of the hospital.
Trimble's plan is being followed
in forty-two clubs in the state, the
convention was told. Last year, the
report said, 500 children were
treated.
A net gain in membership in In
diana for the first six months OF
1881 was reported by James Fischer,
Indiana district governor.
Large delegations were registered
from Evansville, Gary, Richmond,
Columbus and Indianapolis, all
seeking the $500 scholarship award
which will be given the club having
the largest representation travelling
the greatest number of miles.
The golfing team from the Sixth
district won the state champion
ship. 1t was composed of Doyle
Kessell, Newcastle; Denver Harlan,
Richmond; Glen Plymate, Shelby
vile, and Emmett Bartel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
SHERIFF FILES
REPLY TO SUIT
BY IRA HOLMES
Asks Specific Facts in Liti-
cation Involving Fight
in Jail.

Through his attorney, Charles
(Buck) Sumner today made his first
official answer to an assault and
battery suit in circuit court, by
which Attorney Ira Holmes is de-
handing $4,000 damages.
The answer, in form of motion
to make the complaint more def
mite, requests that Holmes state
fully and definitely the facts neces-
sary to sustain the alleged conclu-
sion that Sumner assaulted and
beat the plaintiff.
Holmes filed the suit several
weeks ago following a fight at the
county Jail in which the prominent
criminal attorney departed with two
black eyes and the sheriff with a
broken finger.
The argument resulted when
Holmes attempted to interview his
clients, Charles Vernon Witt and
Louis Hamilton, who face trial at
Lebanon, Oct 10, as accused MUIR
derers of Lafayette Jackson, chain
store owner.
The new motion, filed by Attorney
Harvey Grabill, brands Holmes
suits as "the most general allega-
ton of assault and battery which
can be imagined under our law"
1t demands that it state definitely
what damages the plaintiff is al
leging he has suffered whether he
was damaged in his head, his foot,
his feelings or elsewhere, and of
what the alleged damages consist. !"