Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1913 — Says Tramp Is Not a Hobo [ARTICLE]

Says Tramp Is Not a Hobo

President of International Association of Unemployed Defines Claseee. Chicago.—Tramp—A man who roams the world but will not work. Bum —A tramp without ambition to travel. Hobo —A migratory worker. Anyone wbo has an idea that a tramp, a hobo and a bum are identical Is sadly mistaken, according to Jeff Davis, president of the International Association of the Unemployed, the dignified name for the hoboes’ union. Davis tqld members of the Chicago Federation of Labor that there is a great difference between the three classes, of men, and that they should be careful in judging the “down and outs.” “If a man applies at a farmhouse with unshaven wblßkers and outstretched hand, asking for a ‘bite to eat,’ and then runs away at the sight of a wood pile, he Is a tramp,” Davis said.

“If a man sits all day on the curbing in front of a ‘barrel bouse,’ without nerve or ambition to look for work, be is a bum. “But when a man applies at the door of a farmhouse and asks the right to work for a few hours to pay for breakfast, he is a member of the International Association of the Unemployed—a hobo.” Davis yesterday afternoon asked the Chicago Federation of Labor to speak of the organization he represented In terms of respect because the members are union men. ‘We were forced to* organize for self-protection,” he said, after defining. the three classes of “down and outo.” "When the police could not tell the difference between an auto bandit and a man looking for work they arrested men who could not produce a sample of the coin of the realm, and booked them as ‘bums.* “Society has been Investigating the hobo for a thousand years, and now the hoboes are going to investigate aoclety.

“This Investigation will be made at the convention of the hoboes’ union, to be held at New Orleans. We are going to ask that any member of the hoboes’ union with a card In his pocket be given the right to vote at a national election, no matter In what part of the country his fancy may Igad him"

GABY DESLYS GEMS STOLEN — i Robbers Enter Wardrobe Car on Train and Break Open Ten Trunka With Axes. New York. —The wardrobe car of Gaby Deslys, which reached this city from Albany over the New York Central, was found this afternoon to have been broken open and ten trunka rifled. Miss. Deslys figured that she had been robbed Of jewels valued at $75,000, but the railroad officials, while admitting that the trunks had been smashed and the contents tossed about, were non-committal as to the value of gems stolen. Miss Deslys said that among her Jewels were three strings of pearls, a large butterfly worked in diamonds, several rings and other gems. This would be her loss, she declared, provided all her Jewels were stolen. The pearls Include some given her by exKing Manuel of Portugal. The famous ring he gave her is still In her possession. Railroad detectives and the police are working on the case. They found that the thieves had used an axe and after prying open the locks or breaking in the backs of the trunks had distributed the contents all over the car. t , On the floor of the par was found one loose pearl of large size and a pearl ring. Both these jewels were claimed by Miss Deslys.