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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
PLOT TO DEPOUT
SORMENTI; HELD
AT ELLIS ISLAND
Arrested at Anti-Fascist
Meeting in N. Y.
tepeolaI to The paIIy Worksrl

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Enea sor.
menti, secretary of the Italian bureau
Of the Workers Communist Party.
and one Of the moss active fighters
against fascism in this country. was
today arrested at an anti-fascist meet
ing in Tammany Hall. He is being
detained at Ellis Island on charge of
having Illegally entered the country.
Bail is set at $1,000.
Attempt to Deport.
An attempt will undoubtedly be
made to deport Sormenti with dis
patch, before sufficient protest can be
organized against sending him back to
Italy to be murdered or imprisoned by
the bloody fascist regime.
A test case recently, with another
noted anti-fascist, Vincenzo Vacirca,
resulted in the labor department being
forced to permit him to remain in this
country as a political refugee.
Test Case Inconclusive.
That this case was not conclusive is
shown by the arrest Of Sormenti. The
right of political asylum in this coun-
try is being prostituted to the blood
thirsty demands of Mussolinis agents
in the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
HOW PAINTERS ARE SPEEDED UP

good days work. Now he paints
three and four kitchens in day and
sometimes even more.
Hire a Hustler
The bosses hire one hustler, who
receives fifty cents or dollar a day
more than the union scale, and he is
rushing and the other men have to run
after him. Sometimes we discuss this
speed-up problem of the trade at the
local union meetings, but nothing de-
finite has been done yet.
What we need is to establish by
the union a scale of production, and
this is the only way that we can do
away with the most inhuman evil in
the trade; the speed-up system-which
drives the workers out of the jobs
into the hospitals. Another evil in the
trade is the poisonous chemicals.
which can be done away with and the
sprayer; but of this another time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
Worker Tells of a
Subdivision Graft
Deal in Washington
BY cHAs. MlLLWARD
Worker Corresnondent.Y

BAYVIEW, Wash, Oct. 19.-My last
letter told Of the loss Of life and in
jury to employees of the English Logg-
ing Co. They are tearing out the rot
ten bridges. To save life? No, to save
their sac. 900 locomotives.
This time my letter is about the
small farmers and would-be farmers.
A short distance from the City of
Anacortes is Padilla Bay, four miles
across, east and west, and about 9 or
10 miles north and south. High tide
in this bay is ~ feet s inches except
when gale blows down the Georgia
straits when it is to feet higher.
This bay is called tide fats for the
tide runs out Of part OF it at low
tide, except several deep sloughs. A
few years ago some exploiters got this
bay from the state and then COM
meneed a campaign of misrepresenta-
ton, such as, Get you a small home
and be independent"
Even the Union Record Of Seattle,
a so-caIled labor paper, aided by full
page ad. Well, It sold all right and
after several years, work started
year ago. The dyke was to be from
$50 to 800 feet on the bottom, 16 feet
nigh and 25 feet OF more on the top.
| talked with several poor men and
women who invested their savings
and they said 1t had cost them more
than they can buy improved land for
on the LsConnor fats. Anyway for a
month or so the two dredges have
been idle. The men working on them
quit, as they were back two payments
on wages. but they have Just started
up again. Must have found more
suckers for ~Barnum was right" But
with less than one-sixth Of the work
done the small investor (even II It is
ever fnished) will be froze out and
their savings gone forever.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
KAISER IN AIR
ABOUT GOING TO
HIS 'FATHERLAND'
Law Banishing Him to
Expire Soon
Especial to The Daily worksr)

Especial to The Daily WorkeF)
BERLIN, Oct. 19-While rumor IL
rife that the ex-kaiser intends to re-
turn to Germany when the law Danish
ing him expires next June, the former
emperor is not ready to definitely COM
nit himself on the matter.
In response to telegram inquiring
about the exkaiser's return to Ger
many the following telegram was re-
ceived from Doom:
Regarding an event which his
majesty the. kaiser has placed in the
hands Of providence, it is, Of course,
impossible to give any information.
Signed at the all highest orders, Count
Won Schmettow."
Holland Worried.
Amsterdam reports received here
state that DR.. Kan, minister OF the In
terror for the Netherlands, has con
ferred with the ex-kaiser and discussed
his plans for the future. One report
states the Dutch officials have moth
fed the ex-kaiser they cannot counter
ance a return to Germany, lest It be
construed as a violation Of their agree
ment with the allies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
College Student, S n
of Poor Worker, Forced
to Slave in the Summer
BY M. PERLN
Worker Correspondent.)

Angela is a clever boy. He is not
Is yet and is already a student of
the Northwestern University.
Angela's parents are very poor and
he has one brother and two sisters
younger than him. His father is a
tailor, and most of the time he Is out
Of work. Therefore, the young stu.
dent is forced to help out his father.
No one can tell Angela that he should
give up school.
Loves School.
When some times he starts con-
versation with his father and mother,
and the parents start to tell him how
hard it is for them to make a living,
Angela answers them that he does
make as much as he can in his spare
time. Then his parents answer him
that II doesn't amount to much, but, If
you would quit school and get a
steady job, you would surely bring
in about $40 week, and that would
help us very much.
When Angela hears his parents tell
him to quit school, he becomes ve<y
sad, and he gets up as II from a ter
rible dream.
He takes around his mother and
father and with tears in his eyes he
begs Of his mother and father, not to
force him to give up his education,
because education means more than
the world to him.
As an ise-Helper.
When vacation came. ne began to
look for Job RE couldn't find any.
thing better than job as helper
on an ice-wagon. He received three
dollars day and he worked from 7
a. m. TO z p. m.
He carried pieces Of Toe, ranging
from 30 TO 100 pounds. to the houses.
In hot days he carried TO the build
ngs from 10 to 10 cakes OF ice per
day, A cake Of ice weighs 400 lbs.
Once on a very hot day, when It
was SO DEGREES in the shade, stood
and watched how this poor boy carried
tho ice on his back. The water was
dripping from him as much as II was
from the ice, and thought to myself,
what little pleasure this poor boy got
out OF his vacation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21

Labor Committee, of New York.
The first decision holds unconstitu.
tional the law which prohibits EN-.
ployment Of children under 16 years
of age in any occupation that Is de.
clarsd by the state industrial COM
missioner to be dangerous to health
and morals.
The Excuse.
The ground given by the attorney
general for his decision Is that the
legislature has no power to delegate
to a state officer the right TO say
what occupations are injurious or dan.
gerous. This is in direct opposition
to the present trend OF legislation
regulating employment OF minors in
dangerous trades, states Swift.
Twenty.three states now have laws
which, in addition 10 specifying Ger,
tain occupations as dangerous 10
health or morals, give 10 some state
authority-labor or health--the power
70 extend the list OF such occupations
and TO prohibit employment OF miners
therein.
Many Children injured.
One OF the most serious indictments
OF child labor is It's heavy accident
toll. From two TO three times as
many children as adults in proportion
to the number employed are killed or
injured in industry. A recent study
made in Wisconsin, Massachusetts
and New Jersey by the U. s. ohil-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
Deport Eight from
Russian Colony in
Angeles After Raid
BY L. p. RINDAL
worker Correspondent.)

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Oct. 49,
The local Russian colony, Little Rus
STA, was gripped with terror the
other day. A squad of uniformed i'm
migration inspectors, led by Alfred
Dick and Frank Ellis, swooped down
on the unsuspecting workers from
Sovietland, surrounded the colony in
military style and took eight prison
ers. Everybody and everything came
in for inspection. The search for al
legal entrants" was on in earnest.
Those who escaped the raiders-and
many didware now on their way back
to the Russian cooperative colony
near Guadalupe, Mexico, a check at
the port Of entry revealed today.
John Kurbutoff, colonizer Of his
people, who entered the United States
legally in 1920. is the most colorful of
the prisoners. Later on he went to
Canada, South America and European
countries with his colonization work.
Then back to his homeland, Soviet
Russia, where he met his present
wife, Anna Popoft. After a trip to
Turkey and France, the pair entered
Mexico in April, 1928. Two years
later, 1922, they were granted a per-
nit to visit" America, gods country.
Now the governments dicks claim
that the couple has "overstayed the
permit by three years" That "over-
sight will cause their deportation" in
spectors say.
Coolidge Clock aorseked.v
It is hard to figure out, however,
how there can ba three years "over-
stay" in one year. Time on Coolidge's
political clock is running too fast.
The apparatus is due for a complete
breakdown-soon. Their kick over
these workers form of marriage is
also "ashy" affair. What about the
style of Aimee, the evangelist, in this
respect? The government of Coolidge
does not even care to take actien con-
corning her two fake ransom letters.
Why not deport her?
A few days ago, the federal grand
jury indicted Is foreigners for VIOLA
ton Of immigration laws, so the work
ers from Little Russia" will have
pleasant company when they leave the
land Of the free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21

dren's Bureau reveals that in one
year there were 7,47S accidents to
minors OF which 3S were fatal, 92O re-
suited in permanent disabilities and
$3.50 in temporary disablement.
There are certain industries and
processes of work hazardous to
adults. doubly so for children who are
naturally irresponsible and cannot be
depended upon TO recognize industrial
dangers says the Child Labor Com
mittee head.
Second Constitutional bubble.
The second opinion holds unconsti.
tutional the provision that no child
under IA years Of age shall be en-.
ployed except under permit from
the board OF education and then only
upon certificate OF reputable physi-
clan and an affidavit OF parent or
guardian.
The ground given here Ia that II is
an attempt upon the part Of the leg.
islature TO vest in other persons a dis.
cretionary power which Is vested
alone In the Legislature. This Is even
more out OF line with modern state
child labor legislation, declares
Swift.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
BY DAVE RAPo
(Worker Correspondent Student
ALL


One of the greatest evils of the
building trades workers is the speed
up system. Especially is this true of
the painters. He who has most chance
to stay on the job is the one who is
the most speedy. You come up on
a building and you see how the paint
ters drive themselves like automatons.
The paint chemicals and the lead
smell terrible in the room and poison
the air.
Pile on Work.
The painter in his dirty overalls,
with heavy brush in his hand is
seeking to throw quicker and start
another room. He is sweating, the air
is hard to breathe and he is rushing.
A few years ago, if a painter painted
two kitchens in day it was a fairly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21

gang, including Frank Morelli, Pas
quale Morelli and Fred Morelli, at
the Providence, r. l., police head
quarters. Police inspectors and
counsel for the Morelli brothers
were present.
1t can easily be surmised Just
what the Moreln brothers would
have to say to the Massachusetts,
prosecutors. They resorted to the
usual refuge Of criminals, denying
everything.
The Morellis said that no one of
the I'VE brothers ever lived on North
or South Main Street, in Providence,
but that their home in 1920 was at
62 Marietta Street; that they did
not know, nor had ever known,
Celestino Madeiros. Each one, in
monotonous repetition, declared he
had never seen a person who re-
sembled in any way the person pic
tured.
Frank and Pasquale went a little
further. They declared that they
were in Providence during the en-
tire month Of April, 1920; that they
did not come to South Braintree on
any day Of April; that they did not
know where South Braintree was
located, and that they had never at
any time gone to South Braintree.
Frank and Pasquale thus confess
themselves just as absent-minded as
Joe. now confined at the Leaven-
worth Federal Prison. Joe had de-
clared that he, too, was ignorant of
South Braintree, especially of the
Rice and Hutchins shoe company at
that place, until he was reminded
that one of the counts In the indict-
ment under which he was convicted
charged that he was guilty Of
thefts Of the goods of this company
in interstate commerce.
The prosecutors forces even went
30 far as to send one of its staff,
Assistant District Attorney William
P. Kelley, for the southeastern dis
trict OF Massachusetts,, to visit
James F. Weeks in his cell in an eff
fort to get Weeks to repudiate his
testimony. It will be remembered
that Weeks, who was involved in
the Wrentham National Bank rob-
berry, gave testimony supporting
much that Madeiros had admitted
concerning the South Braintree at
fair. Kelley denies that Weeks
ever said to him; 'You have Just
offered me this cigarette, and not
so much as this cigarette has been
offered to me by anyone concerned
in the Saceo-Vanzetti defense" It
is, Of course, the word of Weeks
against Kelly. Since the govern
ment forces have admitted that any
methods are tusti1able in their
struggle to get their victims, the
reader can easily reject Kelley's
piece Of fiction, and believe the
original story as told by Weeks,
himself, who has nothing to gain by
giving aid to the Sacco-vanzetti
defense.
Thus the New England gang
meets with little success in resist
ing the net of guilt that the ex-
posures in the Sacco-Vanzetti case
are weaving about capitalist justice
as 1t is dispensed by the United
States government.
Tomorrow:-A member Of the
Massachusetts, state police visits
Joe Morelli at the Leavenworth Pri-
son, and of course Joe denies every
thing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
COMMUNIST PARTY OF
SOVIET UNION HOLDS
CONFERENCE OCT. Is

MOSCOW, Oct. 12.-(5y MaiI) -
According TO decision Of tho cen
trial committee Of the Communist
Party Of the Soviet Union, the 10Th
Party Conference which was ar
ranged TO commences on the 18th OF
October, has been postponed until
tho 2oth Of ootober.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
Net of Guilt Is Holding
Strong Against Efforts
of New England Gang
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

.>ENVERY move made by the defense
IL in the fight to secure a new
trial for Sacco and Vanzetti, has
been -counter-moved by the forces Of
the prosecution, that now have these
two Italian workers within the sha-
dow Of death in the electric chair
Every effort to save the lives Of
Sacco and Vanzetti confronts some
counter-move Of the would-be cap
italist assassins.
This is best shown by the strenu-
Gus efforts made to break down the
testimony of Celestino Madeiros,
who absolves Sacco and Vanzettt
from any part in the South Brain
tree robbery and murder. But all
these efforts have failed miserably.
Thus we find DR.. Albert c.
Thompson, superintendent OF the
state hospital for the insane at Fox
boro, made an affidavit as to his
examination Of Madeiros on April
8, 1926, in company with DR.. Elish
H. Cohoon.
Madeiros was asked why he had
made his confession. He said he
would rather not talk about it, BUT
1T WAS TRUE; that he had not
known until shortly before his con-
fession that>Sacco and Vanzetti had
been convicted of the crime that he
had committed.
Madeiros told the doctor that he
got no money, that he did no shoot
ing, that shortly after the South
Braintree crime he was arrested
himself. Dr.. Cohoon made an afH-
davit in which he corroborates
everything that DR.. Thompson testi-
fed to.
Even the keeper OF the Provi-
dence, R. l., county jail, Charles e.
Linscott, is forced to help give
strength to the affidavit of Madei-
ros. He showed from his records
that Joseph Morelli, Pasquale Mo
relli, Paul Rossi, Joseph Imundi,
Raymond McDevitt and Frank Mo-
erlli were none of them in Jail on
April Is, 1920. This is the date Of
the South oBraintree crime, which
the Morelh gang is charged with
having committed.
Many affidavits introduced, sign
ed by Mary Splaine, Frank ]. Burke,
Lewis L. Wade and five other wit
nesses, reveal that all these indi-
viduals picked out the picture Of
Joe Morelli as the man seen doing
the shooting.
Then there is another affidavit of
Officer Oliver ]. Curtis, deputy She
riff of Norfolk County and deputy
master of. Dedham Jail. He says
that on Nov. 16, 1925, two days be-
fore Madeiros made his confession
to Sacco, that the runner, Edward
Miller, came with the request that
Madeiros be allowed to read the
financial report of the Sacco-van-
zetti Defense Committee; that Ma.
deiros kept the pamphlet 80 or 40
minutes, and then sent it back with
a statement duplicating his confess
sion Of two days later, addressed to
the news editor of the Boston Amer
lean.
Not only Winfield M. wilbar, dis
trict attorney of Norfolk County,
but also his assistant, Dudley P.
Ranney, told how they made a trip
to the Rhode Island metropolis and
talked to members of the Morelli
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
CAL Relieved
AT new QUIET
OF KHAN HEAD
Stephenson's Mumness
Causes Conjectures

WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-FP) -
White House spokesman are very
mum indeed when the Klan-Stephen-
son scandal affecting the republican
state administration in Indiana is
mentioned.
To a we1l-known spokesman of the
White House this question was put:
viii the president inquire into the
reason for the visit of an agent of
the Department OF Justice to D. G.
Stephenson in the Indiana state pris-
on just before Stephenson appeared
before the grand jury? This question
is asked in view of the seeming sug-
gestion by the Washington Post that
national politics was responsible for
the visit and Stephenson's silence
thereafter"
Sargent Is Ignorant.
There was no sign from the spokes-
man that he could even read the ques-
ton. Attorney General Sargent had
previously professed that he knew
nothing of the activity Of his subor-
dinate. He did not offer to make an
inquiry.
Speculation was rife as to whether
the national politics" in this prison
interview was to be found in the send
ing OF the agent of the Department Of
Justice by Senator Jim Watson or by
the republican senatorial campaign
committee, and whether the detective
carried a message to Stephenson from
Governor Jackson regarding possible
parole or pardon.
In any case, Stephenson's sudden
decision to refuse to talk gave great
relief to the national administrations
fear that it would lose two senators
in Indiana.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
u. S. Naval Dictator
of Samoa In Trouble
for Ousting Civilian

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-United States
naval administration of Samoa will
come into court with the hearing of a
suit for $4,000 damages brought by
Samuel Ripley OF Richmond, Cal,
against Captain Waldo Evans, com.
mandant Great Lakes Naval Training
Station.
The Chicago federal district court
is the scene, states the American Civil
Liberties Union, which is supporting
the case.
Ripley charges he was practically
shanghaied" from Samoa in 1921 on
Captain Evans order-Evans then
naval commandant at Page Page.
Ripley helped Samoan chiefs draw
mp a statement Of their grievances
against the U. S. naval administra.
ton for presentation at Washington.
Upon his second visit to Samoa, he
charges, Evans prevented him from
landing, which he declares no naval
commander has authority to do.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION AGAIN
STRUCK BY CAPITALIST COURTS:
DECLARE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL

ls-(FP)-Sate child labor is
most serious setback by the decisions General
try OF Missouri holding unconstitutional features of the Nu bd
Of Missouri holding features Of the Missouri d
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Tomorrow:-A member Of the
Massachusetts, state police visits
Joe Morelli at the Lesvenworth Pri-
son, and of course Joe denies every
thing.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1926-01-22

the press and have been mailed to all
newspapers and all Legion Posts in
the state, according to state head
quarters
The churches of Idaho will be
asked to devote one service on Sun
day February to Peace and to dis
cuss the Legion's program. Each
post will furnish speakers during the
following week for schools, lunch
con clubs, and other groups desiring
to hold peace meetings. A twelve
minute talk on peace will be broad
casted from Idaho Station KFAU,
Boise High School, on February 9Th
at 1850 p. m. Oscar w. Worthwine,
State Commander of the American
Legion will be the speaker, it is an
nounced
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1926-01-22
GETTING THE MONEY

Idaho editors realize the import
ance of more capital investment in
our state. At their midwinter con-
vention the other day in Twin Falls
they went on record again most en-
phatically for the fullest protection
to capital legitimately invested and
for the fullest guarantees to pros
pective investments.
Capital has too many fields ex-
tending open arms to take chances
on antagonistic territory. If adyant-
age-seeking politicians and resolu-
ton passing commercial and lunch
con bodies would all take the same
firm attitude as the Idaho State Edi-
toriaI association, we would soon
witness a genuine additional inter
est in our state along investment
lines.
Treating fairly what we have, and
giving assurance to those looking
our way, is only q practical appli-
cation of the Golden Rule, anyway.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1926-01-22
INCOME RETURNS
ARE HELD UP

Heretofore taxpayers have been
urged to file their icome tax returns
early. The filing of returns this year
is delayed, pending the enactment Of
the new revenue act now before the
Senate, which, as it passed the
House, contains changes in regard to
rates and other features. However,
there is nothing to prevent a taxpay-
er at this time from closing his books
and computing his net income. Such
computations will not be affected by
any provisions of the new act. The
actual preparation of the return it.
self. after the computation, requires,
in a majority of cases, but few
minutes Therefore, it is advised
that all figures and data be as
sembled, pending receipt of blanks by
taxpayers When released, blanks
will be sent to taxpayers and also
may be obtained at the office of Col
lector of Internal Revenue, Boise,
Idaho.
Forms 1899 and 1896 used for
making information returns, are now
available at Offices Of collectors of in
ternal revenue and branch offices.
Such returns are required of persons
"in whatever capacity acting who
made to a single person during the
year 1926 a payment of $1,000 or
more, or to a married person a pay
ment of $4,000 or more. Such pay
ments iclude salaries, rent, interest,
'or other fixed or determinable
gains, profits and income"
Collectors of Interal Revenue are
rot authorized to receive information
returns, which should be addressed
o the Commissioner of Internal Rev
niue. Sorting Section, Washington,
,. C.