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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
For the Workers

The Newberry school at Willow
and Orchard streets is in a work
ing class district. The original
building was erected in 1853 and an
addition made in 1895.
The light in the Newberry school
is wretched. Artificial light is nee
essary much of the day. The venti-
lation is bad. The assembly room
is sometimes used as a class room
and has only the ordinary loose
chairs. The fire department has re-
peatedly said that loose chairs in
assembly halls are unsafe and are
likely to lead to and cause panic
in case of fire. The gymnasium is
an ordinary class room with little
equipment. The manual training and
cooking classes are poorly equipped
The toilet facilities are Of the most
primitive sort. The boys toilet is
damp, poorly ventilated and lighted.
The play-room in the basement is
also used as lunch room by some
Of the children and is far from clean
In the Newberry school the stair
ways are of easily combustible wood
and winding, narrow and unsafe look
ing. The class rooms are small.
No Sprinkler System.
There Is no sprinkler system, only
few old style fire extinguishers
could be seen. The building seems
to be settling in certain places.
There are 80 rooms with 1907
seats and about 1900 pupils. About
$50 children attend school on the
two-shift plan. There is a slide
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
| E GION VOWS
DEATH TO FREE
SPEECH FIGHTERS
Make Promise to Shoot
Speakers on Feb. 10

WILKESBARRE, Pa. - Speakers
from the American Civil Liberties
Union will be butchered by members
Of the American Legion when they
test the right of free speech in Will
kesbarre, Feb. 10. if members of the
local post of the American Legion
carry out their hysterical threats to
shoot down anyone taking the plat
form at a free speech meeting with
out their consent.
The Legion men, under the orders
of national Vice-Commander Healy,
broke up the Lenin Memorial meet
ing three days ago and say the next
man who attempts to speak at a
radical meeting will be pumped full
of lead. These threats were made at
conference between the mayor and
members Of the Workers Party,
which the Legion attended.
Mayor Hart wires the Liberties
Union that he will use the Legion
aires to break up any meeting the
union tries to stage.
White Guard Defied
The Liberties Union has sent an
urgent message to Governor Pinchot
demanding that he give adequate
protection on Feb. 10 and has also
served notice on Hart that the meet
ing will be held in spite Of his
threats Of violence.
1t is considered likely that the
Legion, which has practically taken
over the police power of the city,
may go further than merely breaking
up the meeting and will conanit acts
of bloodshed and violence as at Cen
tralia, Washington.
The speakers who will defy the
murder threats of the Legion are
Arthur Garfield Hayes, Wall street
attorney and liberal who is a veteran
Of free speech fights in Pennsylvania;
Bishop Jones Of the Fellowship Of
Reconciliation and Harry M. Winitz-
ky. Winitzky was hurled from the
speakers platform at the Lenin
Memorial meeting which the Legion
broke up.
Town Excited
Wilkesbarre is all agog with the
expected excitement. Miners declare
that unless Pinchot enforces civil
liberty his goose is cooked with the
workers who put him into power as
protest against abuses by state
cossacks under his predecessors.
Hayes went into the closed town
Of Vintondale, Cambria county, dur
ing the 1922 strike and was arrested
by local coal and iron police, later
turning around and having his assail-
ants arrested.
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being made in the formation of
Councils for the protection of
foreign-born workers. These
councils are made up from
separate national organiza-
tions in each city and have the
backing of local labor move
ments.
First Council Organized
Organization of the first
council has just been achieved
in Boston where eight national
organizations are represented
and two Workers Party organ
izations.
"If Boston had such an organiza-
ton during the time of deportations'
delirium four years ago, more effec-
tive resistance could have been made
to Palmer's excuses. The Deer
Island horrors, where one man was
driven to suicide and others insane
and hundreds were penned together
under the worst disease-breeding con-
ditions, are grim reminders of the
necessity of the foreign born work
ers banding together, with the sup
port of the rest of the class conscious
workers.
Danger Is Pressing
"The danger is immediate. Many
radical workers are facing deporta-
ton because they dared to think in
dependently and to organize for a
better society.
President Coolidge has recon-
mended the registration of all foreign
born workers. This means the ticket
ing of millions of men and women
like criminals. If proposals of GER
tain congressman 60 thru they will
be fingerprinted and mugged as in
penitentiaries.
Secretary Of Labor Davis, backed
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by the big employers, wants q "selec-
tive" immigration law under which
workers can be brought here under
contract to work in certain indus
tries. Radicals and other "undesir-
ables" would be barred. The others
be selected" to break strikes during
emergencies"
The Workers Party secretary has
made an exhaustive study of the
legislation now before congressional
committees which would take away
still more rights from the foreign
born workers but he was more in
terested in talking with the repre-
sentative Of the DAILY WORKER
on this occasion in outlining the plan
of organization of the council for the
protection of these workers.
Tells How Councils Are Formed
These councils, Ruthenberg ex-
planned, are formed in a practicable
manner by using the national units
which already exist and combining
them for the purposes Of solidarity
and action.
All the labor unions, fraternal and
singing societies of single language
are brought together into language
councils for each language. All the
language councils are then combined
into Council for the Protection Of
the Foreign Born Workers.
A national committee, represent
ing all the local councils, will be or
ganized at national congress, after
the movement has been extended
further.
"This is an issue that concerns
American union men, no matter
whether they are foreign born or
not" said Ruthenberg with emphasis.
"The foreign born workers are being
united for the protection of all labor.
We urge all Of them to unite with the
labor union OF their craft or industry
if they have not already done so and
to work for the labor party idea"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
PGrLidntent0riGnS
IN Germany GrieUe
Under Fascist Rule

BERLIN.-The worm is turning
even in the reichstag. The abnor-
NAL condition Of government by mill
tary edict is getting on the nerves
of the parliamentarians who SO glib
IL voted away their powers by the
state-of-emergency law and who
now find that even the person Of
member of the reichstag, and of
a former cabinet minister at that,
is rot sacred to military com
hander.
The occasion for a protest by an
important committee of the reich
stag-that having to do with fixing
the order of business of the house
was furnished by the refusal of the
military commander in Munster to
permit. Wilhelm Sollman, Socialist
deputy and minister of the interior,
in the Stresemann cabinet, to address
voters meeting soon after he had
left the cabinet. The action of the
military excited considerable COM
ment at the time, but apparently
nothing more was done about it.
Now the question has come up in
the committee on rules and business
Of the house, and unanimously the
members agreed that Sollman had
a perfect right to speak and that
the state of emergency law gives
the military no right to prohibit
voters meetings.
The committee further decided
unanimously to express the opinion
to President Ebert and thru him to
the minister of defense that the de-
cree establishing martial law gives
no right to anybody to put a gem
eral ban on political meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
U. S. 0 " N ED
SHIP HE'LL HOLE,
SAYS SAIL 0 R
Horror Tales Told by
Student Who Shipped
CBy Tn. Federated Pres,

SAN FRANCISCO. - Carrying
tales Of horrors committed on the
crew Of the United States shipping
board vessel West Islip (Capt. L.
Safstron Of San Francisco, COM
mander), Russell Seymour, a law
student at the University Of Califor-
MIA who shipped on the West Islip
for experience, has returned to San
Francisco and preferred charges be-
fore the shipping board and the u.
S. district attorney.
Seymour claims the men were
beaten with Delaying pins by officers,
that one sailor was stabbed with a
screw driver by an intoxicated en-
gineer, that the men were served
meat infested with maggots and
when they protested were placed in
irons on the open deck to be at
tackled by swarms Of flies. All this,
he states, occurred between here and
Newcastle, Australia. There the
men attempted to go on shore to
complain to the local police. They
were referred to the American con-
sui, Romeyn Monmouth. Unable to
find him, they came back to the ship,
and there were prevented by officers
with guns from going ashore again.
Monmouth finally came on board,
and Seymour states he saw the con-
sui receive a gift from Captain SAT-
stron. Monmouth insulted the men
and refused to aid them. Safstron
then discharged the whole crew and
left them penniless in Newcastle,
where the consul declined any help
in securing food or shelter, and left
them to shift for Themselves as best
they could.
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blamed the suicide of his beautiful
daughter, Margaret, to the nerve
shattering social pace and the cigar
cite smoking Of Washington.
On the heels Of this. f. v. Soko-
lowski. retiring member Of the
Polish Legation staff, flung over his
shoulder as he departed from Wash
ington this barred farewell:
II 60 back to my country with a
disgust for social drinking that
cannot put into words"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
CROWDS HONORING
LENIN WILL FILL
GREAT N. Y. HALL
Meetings in Many Cities
Mourn for Leader
tspselaI . The pallr wsrhs.1

NDf~~AeA - AAr N@~At W~A~~-f
NEW YORK.-Madison Square
Garden, the largest meeting place In
New York City, will be Allied 70 over
flowing next Monday evening, man
ayers Of the Lenin Memorial say.
Nothing has so stirred the hearts
Of New Workers. this winter as the
death Of the great proletarian leader.
Every labor organization and radical
and liberal movement in the city
will be represented in the vast
audience.
The New York Times, maryeling
at the sincere sorrow felt in Russia
says the explanation must lie In
some essential difference between the
Russian and American people. II the
editor Of the Times visits the Garden
next Monday evening he will see the
masses Of this country assembled in
honor Of their departed Russian COM
rade.
c. e. Ruthenberg and William 2.
Foster, representing the movement
for which Lenin gave his life, will be
among the speakers who will tell Of
the achievements of their leader and
the work that lies before his follow
ers. Moving pictures Of the life Of
Lenm will be shown and the Russian
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Modest Altschuler, will render q
musical program worthy Of the oo-
.casion.
Tickets are being sold at all party
headquarters and by scores Of volun-
teer agents. Admission is 25 and so
cents.
Meetings In Many Cities
Other Lenin meetings will be held
as follows:
Washington, D. c., Pythian Temple,
Friday, Feb. 1, 8 p. m. Ben Gitlow,
speaker.
Philadelphia, Musical Fund Han.
9Th and Locust street, Saturday
evening, Feb. 2.
The following speakers win address
the meeting: Ludwig Lore, Editor
Volkszeitung; w. w. Weinstone,
Eastern District Organizer Of the
F. S. r. Schachno Epstein will speak
in Russian, and M. Olgin, Philadelphia
manager Of the Freiheit, will be
chairman.
A large Russian Orchestra will
supply appropriate music.
Minneapolis. Richmond Halls, Sun
day, Feb. 3, at p. m, with James
p. Cannon, w. S. Virgins, assistant
county attorney; Norman H. Tallen-
tire, speaking, and H. d. Kramer,
editor Of the Minneapolis Labor Re
view, presiding.
st. Paul, Labor Temge, Sunday
reebb. 8 St S~p. m. James 2. Sanno ion
and Norman H. Tallentire, speaking
Detroit. Arena Gardens. $50
Woodward ave-, Sunday, Feb. 3, at
2 p. m. Speakers: Dennis Bait and
c. E. Ruthenberg. The Ukranian and
Russian choir will sing the Russian
revolutionary funeral ma2h.
Warren, Ohio, Hippodrome, Sun
day, Feb. 8, 7 p. m. Speakers in
English, South Slavish, Polish and
Finnish.
Youngstown. Ohio, M. A. c. Hall.
338 West Federal street, Sunday,
Feb. 3, 8 p. m. Max Lerner WI
speak in English followed by speak
ers in Jewish, Slavish and Hungarian.
Springfield, Mass, Feb. 8, s ,. m.
Connecticut Meetings
bridgeport, Conn, Carpenters
Hall, Sunday, Feb. 8, at 8 D. m.
Ansonia, Conn.,, City Hall, Sunday.
Feb. 3, at 3 p. m.
Hartford, Conn, Sunday, Feb. 5,
at p. m.
New Haven, Conn, Hermanson
Hall, Feb. 6, at 8 D. m.
Stamford, Conn, Feb. z. AZ n m
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31

Representative Upshaw. who has
been leading fight against drinking
in Washington official circles, saw
DR.. Sokolowski of at the station,
commended him as "high toned
gentleman" and gave him n letter
declaring that he was convinced Soks-
lowski was simply the victim Of that
custom Of Official and social loose
ness on the liquor question"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
Mos. Children Underf.d.

DRESDEN, Germany.--In the tex
tile region of Saxony, where there is
widespread unemployment, 90 per
cent of the children are underfed.
The condition Of the boys Is worse
than that of the girls. Less than 8 per
cent of the children were found to
be normal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
Amalgamation Talk at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND.-"Why we must
amalgamate our craft unions into
industrial unions" will be the sub
ject of an open mass meeting which
the English Collinwood branch OF
the Workers Party will hold next
Sunday, at s D. M, at Gum Block
z. 152nd st. and Aspinwall. John
Loucks will speak and the chairman
will be Anton Wehouch, who is the
chairman Of the federated shop
crafts here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
DUKNING ASYLUM
CALLED FIRETRAP
BY CORONER,S JURY

The coroner's jury of six prom
inent citizens" that Investigated
the fire in the Dunning Asylum for
the Insane, a state institution,
where is persons were burned to
death recently, found that "the
chief cause Of the tragedy was the
physical condition Of the buildings
that burned" The buildings, the
verdict said, were frame and with
out fireproofing and the floors and
stairs were Of flinisy worn wood
that burned easily.
Will it take the verdict of a
coroner's jury to arouse the people
Of Chicago to a realization Of the
danger their children are facing in
public school buildings as unsafe
as the buildings that burned at
the Cumming asylum with the loss
Of Is lives?
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+ don Granted
FeILOW Who Tried
to Grab b ergdOII
tspecIaI % The Daily werk.rl

WASHINGTON. - Germany has
yielded to unofficial American pret-
sure and will free Lieutenant Grik
fis and his colleagues who were cap
tured in a kidnapping attack on
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft
avoider, it has been learned.
Some time ago Griffis sent tear
full letter to a Chicago newspapers.
asking for money to spend on his
pardon plea and pleading his patri-
otism without a trace Of modesty.
He was serving a 81 months SEN
tence in Mosebach, Baden.
The capturing of Bergdoll has
been one of the detectives and ex-
cuses for existence of the American
Legion. Reports that the young
Philadelphia has been enjoying
huge scoops Of beer and the charms
Of light opera have been like fiery
poison to the patriotic spirits in the
ex-ofiicers' organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
Sir Arthur Coming.

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 30.--It is
reported here in reliable quarters
that Sir Arthur Currie, commander
Of the Canadian expeditionary forces
in the great war and at present the
principal Of McGill University, Mon
treal, will be appointed Canadian
ambassador at Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
Ruthenberg Tells Of Councils
Formed to Fight Davis Peonage
and Coolidge Registration Plans

So pressing is the danger the millions of Americas
egborn workers from laws before and from the
ill feeling being engendered against them in American
that the Workers Party devong much energy the
organization of a movement for resistance.
In interview with the DAILY WORKER, c. E. Ruthen-
berg executive secretary of the party told of the
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fire escape of the type that is even
more dangerous in school buildings
than no fire escape at all.
The entire building and its equip
men and sanitary arrangements are
glaring examples of the public
schools in working class neighbor-
hood.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
u. S. Recognizes
Gre k Fascist
Rule of VenizeIos

ATHENS, Jan. 30.-Premier veni-
zelos Of Greece has been taken i'll
once more and forced to give up tenn
porarily the pressing affairs Of state
into which he had plunged. The
American charge d'affaires today re-
sumed regular diplomatic contact
with the Venizelos government, fol-
lowing recognition Of Greece by the
United States, announced yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31
Daily Workers Exposes Cause
Closing of One School FIretrap;
Dangers Lurking In Many Others

pers fretraps
that working children has resulted the closing Of build
ngs 1884 Orchard Mayor
Dever,
ay public impatience the whtewash-
of education conducting with the aid
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31

Watch the Daily Worker" for the
first instsllment of "A Week" the
great epic Of the Russian revolution.
by the brilliant young Russian writer.
Jury Libedinsky. IL will start soo..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-31

Browder In Kansas City.
Earl r. Browder will speak at the
Lenin Memorial meeting in Kansas
City, at Fraternal Hall. next Sunday
evening, 8 o'clock.
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Washington, D. c., Home of Teapot
Scandal, Revealed As Social Sever
Especial to the DAILY WORKER)

wAsHINGToN-wahngto lively social today gaspng
bitter Indictment
First w G. Harding former
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-01
IMPERIAL
by Press STAFF Correspondent

IMPERIAL, July L. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Huffer are the proud
parents of an eight pound baby son
born yesterday morning. Both
mother and son, who are at the
home of Mrs. r. G. Banta, are doing
nicely.
Ruell Walton had the misfortune
to have his hand painfully crushed
yesterday in some machinery in the
home bakery.
During the summer months the
meetings of the Epworth League and
Christian Endeavor have been and
will eb combined. Some very inter
esting meetings have been conduct
ed with a leader from one league
i'll charge every other Sunday eve
ming. Commencing next Sunday eve
ming the young people will meet at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Cook west of town For the several
summers past theCooks have offered
their home for these meetings. All
the young people whether connected
with either league or not are cordi-
ally invited to fome. to these meet
ings, which are scheduled to begin
at 1880 o clock. ~ -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-01
FOWL TUBERCULOSIS
AFFECTS SWINE is
BELIEF OF EXPERTS

Field observations by Federal
veterinary inspectors support the
belief of research workers that
tuberculosis in poultry is an i'm
portant source of similar infection
among swine. A report submitted
to the Bureau of Animal Industry,
United States Department of Agri'
culture by DR.. Ralph Graham, one
of it's inspectors, is of particular
interest because it indicates how
easily tuberculosis can be detected.
Inspection of the premises where
the hogs originated showed that
none of the cattle were infected
and that no dairy products from
any public creamery had beer fed
to the swine.
With this possible source of in
fection eliminated the veterinarians
turned their attention to the poul-
try. Slaughter of few suspicious
looking fowls revealed the presence
of avian tuberculosis.
This was the case on more than
two-t thirds of the premises visited
1t is believed by; the veterinarians
making the inspections that avian
tuberculosis could have been located
on virtually all, of the places visit
ed if it had snot beemjfor the prac'
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-01
Oil Company I'm
Offer to Reduce
Lighting 100 Pct

The Shell Oil Company of Califor
MIA, who operate gasoline service
stations throughout Southern Cali
fornia, was the first company to
voluntarily offer reduction of IoC
ner cent in its service station light
ing, provided all other stations
would do likewise.
The acute shortage of power
prompted this action. Specifically
the offer is to open all service sta.
tlons at Z Il. m. and close them at
o clock in the evening.
A canvass of a large number of
consumers of gasoline reveals de-
sire on the part of the public to CO.
operate to the fullest extent in this
crisis.
Due to the necessity of formulat-
ing a uniform plan for light conser-
vation at all Shell stations through
ont Southern California, slight de
lay in cutting down the lights was
unavoidable. This delay caused the
impression in some districts that the
Shell Company was opposed to de-
ducing their lights. This, however,
was in error.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-01
Miss EnoEo Peterson
Honorpd on Rirthd0Ll

Miss Imogene Peterson of 522
Brighton avenue was the guest of
hoslor at delightful affair on Sat
urdav evening at the Peterson home
when her sister Miss Enola Peter
son entertained.
The party, which was in the ma
ture of a surprise, for Miss Imogene
marked her birthday. Many lovely
gifts were presented to her by the
guests. Delicious refreshments Were
served on the lawn. following the
playing of various games. At the
table, upon which was eentered q
beautiful basket of fruit, covers
were laid for 80 friends of the young
women.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-01
NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that
the property of the County of I'M
rerial hereinafter described, will be
pld at Public Auction on Monday,
July 7th, 1924, at = O'Clock p. m.
at the Main street entrance of the
County Court House in Imperial
County, Ell Centre, California,
THAT said sale win be made at
said time and place, to the highest
cash bidder subject to the condi-
tions and reservations hereinafter
mentioned; 8efr,hs
THAT said property win be put
up for sale at said time and place
in three separate parcels and also
.En Masse and viii be sold subject
'to any legal incumberances which
may exist against the same.
| Said property is described as fol
lows:
Lots z and 8, Block 23, in
| the Townsite of FL Centro,
County of Imperial, State of
California, according to- Map
No 953 on file in the office Of
the County Recorder of San
Diego County, copy of said
map being on file in the office
of the County Recorder of I'M
perial County.
Lot SO, Block %, in the
Townsite of Ell Centre, County
of Imperial, State of California,
according to Map No. 953, on
file in the office of the Coun-
ty Recorder of San Diego Coun-
ty, copy of said map being on
file in the office of the County
Recorder Of said Imperial
County.
Lots 9 and 10, Block 90 in the
Townsite of FL Centre, Coun-
ty of Imperial, State Of Cali
fornia, according to Map No.
953 ON file in the office of the
County Recorder of San Diego
County, copy Of said map be-
ing on file in the office of the
County Recorder Of said I'm
perial County.
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby
given that the right is hereby re-
served to reject any or all bids
upon any or all of said property
and to postpone the time of said
sale and re-advertise the same.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF IMPERIAL
COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFOR-
MA. l.r
G. G. MOUSSEAU,
County Clerk and ex.officio Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors, I'm
perial County, State Of Califor-
MIA.
Ju 26 5.