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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-23

ton and imperialism 1t has tendency to amalga-
mate with that camp. The more this camp is threat
ened by the revolts of the workers and peasants
the more clearly will this tendency come to the
fore For the moment however an amalgaxation
mas not taken place. 1t still possesses certain in
dependence and still greater apparent independ-
ence, and that ensures it still greater political
force in the country
inns fact is most clearly evidenced by the program
announced by the leaders of the bourgeois counter
revolution-as far it's '4deology" is concerned
ana by It's battles against Mukden as far as the
facts" OF the civil war are concerned
The tenth thesis of Chang Kai-shek's declaration
tof the Program of Action of the Marking gov
ernment) runs:
Three paths lie open before China:
1-Subjugation to mitarism and imperialism
20 follow the path of Communism
10 carry out in reality the three prin
clples of the Kuomintang and to create strong
government
The Liberals are turning this point of view 70
account most cleverly. They pose as genuine liberia
TORS OF CHINA and contrast themselves with the
communists whom they treat as agents of the
russian state" using for this purpose all the lias
OF Polncare, Chamberlain and the international"
soclal-democrats paragraph of the fourth thesis
Oh tne declaration referred to formuates the stand
point in very cunning and perfidious wav tbonob
at tne same time, viewed from the standpoint of
supplying the masses, in an extremely clever wav
in the following words: -
The Kuomntang NEEDLESS to say the right
chque OF Chang Ka-shek. N b. holds to the
standpoint of the right of self-determinaton
OF the peoples and of joining the world revolu
ZION lido not make jokesl N b. on the basis
OF equality between the nations, whereas the
communists kow-tow to the manipulations of
Russia" y
Inc masses will of course, from day to day, see
Ine mendaclty of these statements more clearly
ms lie is contradicted and will be contradicted nv
tne language of steel and iron spoken by the execu
IONS. ms language is being used more and more
frequently by the Liberal '1iberators, towards tbe
Chinese workers and peasants. This lie will be con-
tradicted by the reprsas employed by these strange
adherents of the "world revolution" against the
agrarlan movement and against the majority of the
ollihese nation In the end moreover this lie will
not be helped by the shameful speeches of ON,
opposition which, in criminal way calumniates
the policy OF our Party representing it as a policy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-23
TO JOHN D. - ON HIS, BIRTHDAY

Thy smiling face is made of all the laughter of the sad
Thy wrinkled brow of all the of young laid below
All thy pose rests the ches shattered broken men,
And this day marks but the spending of tong lives
Thy life is but the weaving of the web slavery humanity
IT. HEJURY.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Credit for Want Ad"
Goes TO Enplishnlau

In 1872 John Houghton, a fellow
OF the Royal society, established
weekly paper for the improve
ment of husbandry and trade and
undertook TO educate the mer-
chants of England in the art of ad-
yertising,' says Worlds Work.
First he established a bureau
for supplying servants to masters
and masters to servants, carrying
on operations through advertising.
From this he went into the adyer
tising of schools, houses and lodg-
lngs TO let and so forth, laying
down the idea of what has grown
info our present want ads"
He instructed the public class by
class, inducing lawyers. physicians
and farmers TO use his columns and
built up large miscellaneous pa
tronage for his papers, The clergy
in particular found his columns an
excellent medium for securing or
iisposing of secondhand sermons,
for there were no Monday morning
papers in those days, with ever
present reporters, and a sermon
could be preached around Ia vari-
Gus parishes until il was worn out.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Fe.O LeaUe Much Wealth

Eleven people out of hundred
Whose estates are probated with
the courts bequeath TO their heirs
less than $500; ten leave from $500
TO 81 600, twenty from $1,000 TO
s., 800, and eighteen from 81, 500 10
$1,000; about fifteen out OF a hun
dred will leave estates valued from
5000 to $4,000; fifteen will pass
on TO their reward and leave from
$4,000 10 S25. 1000; between five
and six will leave estates from
So, 900 to $4,000, according to fig
ures gathered by the federal trade
commission when it was making a
survey of our national wealth. The
records of the probate courts OF
fwenty-four sample" counties
throughout the United States We're
searched to see just what the aver
age individual leaves TO his heirs,
the records covering a period OF
twelve years. Thrift Magazine.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Many Pretty Legends
Concerning the Poppy

Tie poppy has been The syinbol
Of death since the time tlIe sou
OF Tarquinius Superbus asked his
father what should be done with
the people of conquered city.
Tarquin did not reply. hut 90.
Ing into The garden he slashed oil
the heads OF the largest ponples,
thereby commencing the massacre
of the most Influential citizens.
The color@ o. The poppy re-
sembling blood, also symboii2es
death. When Persephone was stolen
by Pluto her mother, Seres,
searched for her day and night.
The gods. pitying her and unable
TO restore Persephone, caused pop
pies to spring about her feet. she
inhaled their heavy, bitter scent,
and put The seeds into her mouth,
and presently sleep closed her eye
lids and she gained that rest which
her weary body needed,
The state fewer OF California Is
a brilliant yellow poppy, which
shines on the mountain slopes
under which gold lies hidden. me
Saxon Game for poppy IS 'popig
II used TO be a custom in olden
days TO strike "A poppy petal IN the
hands 10 ascertain whether a lover
was faithful on not. II II broke
n sisnified that he was unfaithfui.
but if 1t held together and made a
noise il showed he was true.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Eorty Marriage Not
Best for Happiness

The ideal age for marriage is
twenty-nine years for the groom
ana twenry-four for The bride, ac-
cording 10 q report in the Journal
of Social Hygiene. Deviations OF
four wears en- either side for the
groom and Of Two years for the
bride make title difference. bur
marriage in which either party is
nineteen years or younger are from
ten 10 hundred times as risky AZ
AZ the ideal age
These conclusions were reached
from a study of 1900 impartially
selected cases from the domestic
relations court of Philadelphia. The
two most plausible explanations for
the findings are either thar prema-
ture or delayed marriage is a
symptom Of permanent character
traits that are unfayorable 10 sue
cess in family life, or that the boy
or girl under twenty-one has not
a sufficiently broad experience 10
select a mate with whom success
fnl home can be established.
II immaturity rather than per-
manent instability is the cause,
postponement of marriage and eda-
catioual guidance may do much 10
eliminate domestic disaster,
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Nominating FELIX GRANGE.
BY NORMAN E. BROWN.

Because he is the 1872 balkline
billiard champion Of Europe.
Because he is now in tn Z. S.
10 show his wares and gave MS our
first glimpse OF him the other
night while beating Dave McAnd-
less, former national junior balk-
line champ, in an exhibition match.
Because he has impressed cue
experts with the perfect execution
of his draws and his confident
manner of handling masse shots
Because he IS entered in the
worlds championship tourney TO
open in Washington, March l.
And because he hopes to emerge
from that tourney as king al the
balkline army and give France an
other sport crown.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Jewels in Watches

Watches do not have even mum.
bers of jewels. II a watch has 23
jewels, then the going band or cen
ter wheel and third wheel, tile
fourth wheel, the escape wheel, the
lever and the balance have d whole
jewel at each arbor, which make
Il. The balance, the lever and the
escape wheel have end stones as
well, which make 6 more Then
there are jewels in the escape
ment, which make %. IF the move
ment has Il Jewels, then the hole
Jewels of the going barrel have
beea omitted. If 19, the end stones
Of the escapement wheel have been
Nonitted also. II the watch has
only Z jewels, they usually consist
Of the 3 escapement Jewels Nand 2
end stones for the balance arbor.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Odd FELLOWS Old Order

The "Odd Fellows" Is such.
were formed iii the Eigmae cen
tury. bur with the intermediate link
of the trade guilds they stretch
back 10 Roman times. From q
marble monument found al Lanu-
rum, near Rome, il is clear thar
the practice of combination fof
providing decent burial, and peri
odicaIly spending a convivial time
in each others company. was fea-
ture of the life of the ancient
Romans. and those two objects
with others) have always been
part of Odd Fellowship. Some, in
deed. contend thar the Roman le-
gion founded lodges ia Britain -
London Mail.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
The Departed Hero

Now there is no place in the
modern novel for the hero. The
novelist maintains, not without ir-
ritation, that it is none of his do
ing; he has no choice but 10 write
Of things as they are, and he finds
no hero in modern life To occupy
the place "Tono Bungay" set the
pattern for Il whole school Of nov
elists, until Dorothy Richardson
and james Joyce broke it again
In "Tono Bungay" H. G. Wells gave
to his principal character. young
Ponderevo, a reasoned excuse for
his inadequacy in the heroic role :
Il began with the supposition that
life consisted in doing things
discovered that il consisted in hav
ing things done TO ne. Isabel Pat
erson in the Boekman
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Best Kno.un in America

Messrs. Smith. Johnson and
Brown are the three best known
individuals in the United States,
a nationwide search of city and
telephone directories reveals. There
are at least 100000 Smiths in
America, 100000 Johnsons and
100000 Browns. Then come the
Williamses and the Joneses. with
GS5O0O and 65S.O00 respectively.
The Millers. according to tllis unof-
fetal census. number 626,0oO and
the Davises 53S,000.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Must Have Pulled Hard

The occupation of dentistry is
not usually rated as dangerous.
Unless patient snaps at a dem
tiSt while the latter is busy with
one of the formers molars. and
seldom does patient act in such a
way, there Is small hazard to the
profession.
Nevertheless, at times accidents
do occur. A man, tortured by a
toothache, called up a dentist and
asked him for help. The office at
tendant replied that Doctor So
andso regretted to state he would
be unable to take patients for some
days TO come as he had sprained
his wrist pulling a tooth
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Roman Numerals

The Romans had no symbols to
Indicate mathematical processes
and operations. Originally they ex-
pressed every process and opera
tion in words OF full length. Their
mathematical calculations were
never simplified further than 10
abbreviate centum. 100. into c.;
mile, 1000, into NJ, and SO on. The
Romans We're never reputed spe-
cially good mathematician aud
they contributed little to the sci
ence.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

Let the Puritan in us learn 10
play, and the opposition learn to
pray, and America viii achieve its
place in the rising sun of a higher
civilizatfon-Govenor Ralph O.
Brewster. of Maine.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

The American people is renlete
with The facility of juvenile ad-
miration, with collective and
docile infatuation for anyone who
can boast of having accomplished
anything Robcrt de Beauplan.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

just what proportion Of the ma
terial for the so called intelligence
tests has 10 be looked up by those
whe eompils them.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

Christmas has become an un-
bearable nuisance, but the dim
Guilty Is to draft q bin making the
celebration OF Christmas crim-
inal act and compensatlng the
sllopkeepers who are just enabled
by the Christmas trade to pay
their rents-G George Bernard Shaw
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

Canadian boot manufacturers are
seeking TO have higher protection
against the british merchant.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

Ii any OF the Wolves were ever
bitten by a fox it must have been
Gallagher as he hasn't lost an argn-
r9ent for six months.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04
Jud Tunkins

Jud Tunkins says man who
loves dogs at least has The enjoy
inent ot friendship that don't hand
him any sassy SarcasInS. - Wash
ingtOn Star.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

cry day. But what they really want
TO know is whether he is going 10
run.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

Politicians are interested to learn
that President walks two miles ev-
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

Would not this unnecessarily cause
the Shoe TO pinche
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

History is an Interpretation in
perspective-N Nicholas Roosevelt.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-04

Make your wants known
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
@. Henry Is Held
Example For
Ohio Prisoners
By Uuited Press Leased Wire

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. $50.
Henry" was the pseudonym used
by w. s. Porter after July "a, 1901,
and it was under that name he won
his reputation as one of the world s
greatest short story writer's.
But the pen-name before July "a,
1901, was not name but number
From April %, 1898, until three
years and four months afterwards,
w. s. Porter was known as Number
30G64 in the Ohio penitcntiary. He
won all honor possible under his
first nom de plume.
The go. P. News the newspa-
per of the Ohio penitentiary holds
up w. S. Porter as an example and
model to the 1929 convicts now in
carcerated behind the gray walls of
the prison, in a recent editorial.
The parole system based upon the
indefinite sentence law now in use,
was not in force at that time, and
prisoners were given definite pc
RODS Of Imprisonment, with days
deducted for good behavior.
o. Henry earned more than 600
days off for good behavior, in little
more than three years.
The prison paper also used o.
Henry's later achievements in the
world Of letters as an example to
the men in prison, suggesting that
"a record' need not prevent them
from attaining success.
o. Henry was 81 years old in
April, 1898, when he entered Ohio
Penitentiary. While i'll the peniten-
tiary,, Number 30664 was assigned to
work in the pharmacy. Early train
ing as a pharmacist enabled him to
fill such position.
Although biographers generally
agree that O. Henry was not guilty,
that he was not even employed at
the Austin, Texas, bank on one of
the days he was charged with EN-
bezzling $1,153, and that he was
convicted largely because of his
flight to South America, the 90.
P. News" concerns itself but little
over that possibility.
1t only mentions that w. Sydney
Porter ''served time behind the
walls of Ohio penitentiary, and left
behind him record that all prls-
oners would do well to emulate.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
GERMAN SAVANTS LEAVE
ON MALAYAN EXPLORATION
By United Press Leased Wire


BERLIN, Feb. 25.-.With the sup
port of the German Foreign Office,
German scientific expedition de
parted recently on an exploring ven
ture in the Malayan archipelago.
Under the leadership of DR.. B.
Rensch, professor of zoology at Che
University of Berlin, the expedition
will attempt to establish that a
common stretch of land once joined
the little Snnd"a islands with one
another. The scientists will also
study the anthropology of the van
ishing prir tive races in the Maiay-
an area. To this end the German
explorers will devote their time to
the rarely visited island, Lambok,
Sumbava and Flores.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25

whether Finland 8 experiment with
prohibition is succeeding or failing.
Government statistics for 1926 just
issued show that while there was
considerable decrease in the guam
tity of liquor seized by prohibition
officials in 1926 as compared with
1925, there was an increase of APP
proximately three per cent in the
prosecutions for drunkenness. Fif-
teen times as many men were ar.
rested as women.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
Pair Charged
With Larceny

Thomas Mareno and Mike Corillo
entered pleas of not guilty to charge
Of petit larceny when arraigned be-
fore Judge Edgar b. Hervey in po-
lice court this morning. They waiv-
ed right to jury trial and will be
given hearing Monday morning.
They were released on their own
recognizance for appearance at that
time
c. L. Collins, local contractor,
caused the arrest of Corillo when
he found him wearing coat which
he had reported as stolen to the
police. CoriIlo, when questioned
said that he had obtained the coat
in a trade with Mareno and Mareno
claims he found the coat on the
highway, about six miles west Of
FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
4bouE
CALIFORNIA
NRY1N ENGlERo
LAKE TAHOE

Captain John C. Fremont, "The
thfinder," discovered Lake Ia
lie February IA, 1874, on his first
|pcdition into California. He nam.
it Bonpland in honor of a
ench Botanist, but it was later
enged to Lake Bigler for the sec
HI governor of the state. Later a
bvement headed by Thomas Starr
ng restored to the lake its origi-
i Washoe Indian name-Tahoe,
pnounced and spelled "Tao" by
r Indians. The elevation is 6225
[et; it is 90 miles long and 13
les wide with a total area of 100
uare miles-the largest body of
|lter in the world at such an Gle
[tion.
EQ.-How many acres are under
tigatiop in California?
AIN 1920 there were 1906, ,2o7
Pres included in irrigation projects.
constitutes treason
fainst the State of California?
A.-Levying war against it, ad-
ring to, or aiding and comforting
enemies.
where did the name
Mare Island' Gomez
tA.-Years ago Victor Castro own
much property including the is
hd, and when troubled by Indians
saling his horses, he transported a
! nd of mares to the island for
fety. Hence the ''Isla de la
kgnna, y or literally, Island OF the
lare.
Q.-How many state civil service
hploves are there?
|A.-7,l3S on August -, 1925.
kese Questions Will Be Answered
! Tomorrow:
How many building and loan as
tiations are there in California! !
Have there been any national run
fg horse records made in Cali
frnia which are still standing9
PWhen was the United States mint
San Francisco completed
FWhen was the woman suffrag ge
|hendment passed?
C(Questions about California will
answered if sent to the Californ-
h Information department of this
cwspaper.)
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
Thieves Still
Active Here

Two thpfts were reported to FL
Centre police last night. The first
came from Hcber advising that a
1926 Ford roadster, the property of
V. J. Chapel, had been stolen.
The second report was filed by a
local garage company. 1t stated
that two ovcrcoats had been taken
from an automobile while it was
parked in the garage. One of the
coats was described as being of a
blue gray color while the other was
a gray one. A pair of gloves is in
the pocket of one of the coats.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
IMPERIAL
By Press STAFF COrrcspOndrut

By Press STAFF Correspondent
IMPERIAL, Feb. 25.-Mr. and
RS. Lawrence Niles and daughter
ances, were guests Sunday of Mr..
ID Mrs. Curtis Bridgcrs on South
|street.
Imperial residents who attended
Se Y. W. c. \. pep" luncheon
|ednesday noon at the Barbara
forth Hotel in FL Centre, were
frs. w. d. Gott, Mrs. III. V. Gray,
RS. j. Harlan Butler and Mr.. and
lrs. Fern Young. Mr. Young gave
Every interesting talk on ''World
fellowship. !"
Mrs. William Heyman of FL Cen.
p, and Mrs. Glenn Cardiff of Cali
Ptria were called last week to the
fdside of their father, Mr.. Swindlc
/ San Bernardino, who is seriously
y Mr.. Swindlc and family for
|rrly resided in Imperial.
'Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Hallowell, who
I've been quite i'll, are convalcscing
|pidly.
Hilda Reynolds, daughter of G..
synolds, is ill with dipthcria.
|sere are number Of eases of this
|sease among the school children.
Mrs. Lawrence Niles entertained
n Bridge club at her home on
birth G. street Monday evening
pc house was beautifully decorated
| the patriotic motif. Those pres
M were, Mr.. and Mrs, w. O. Hin
rks, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Y Preble,
i r. and Mrs. George Paulin, Mr.
1 d Mrs. n. f. Durham, Mr.. and
[rs. Motcn Dizney, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Capron, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Iidgcrs, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Gott,
|d Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hcnd
Eks of Hoitville. Ladies prizes
IRE awarded to Mrs. Clarence
|endricks, first, Mrs. NJ. Dizney
tnsolation. II. S. Capron won
|hn's first prize and Mr.. Gott con
|lation. The main feature of the
|ening was surprise dinner. Plans
| d been made to dine at the Bar
ra Worth hotel, but when every
|e arrived at the Niles home, Andy
Eeble and George Paulin dressed in
ef's garments, met the guests and
Enounced a dinner they had pre-
|red themselves.
Miss Charlotte Preston, Mrs. w.
1 Townsend. ID. V. Stewart, Perry
Nton and Mr.. and Mrs. II. ii. Ogan,
y Of Imperial were note din FL
kntro Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
WORKMAN LED TO DEATH
BY AFRICAN HONEY BIRD
BY United Press Leased Wire

DULWAYO, South Africa. Feb.
PA honey bird recently lurcd 4
native workman at Nchanga to a
deadly snake hidden in tree. The
snake struck the man who died
within a few minutes.
This adds strength to the popular
belief that the honey bird some
times maliciously leads its victim
to a lion, leopard Or snake instead
of store of honey. 1t is under
stood that the workman saw the
Bird fluttering from tree to tree
and followed it in the hope Of lind
ing a store of wild honey.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
DOGS KILL FOX CAPTURED
ON HUNT 80 YEARS AGO
BY United Press Leased Wire

FRANKLIN, N. c., Feb. 25.-In
1897 Zeb Shope and two other men
went hunting foxes. Near Skeenah
Greek they caught a full grown
grey fox alive, cut crop out of
one ear, twisted off half the ami
NAL s tail and let him loose among
their dogs. The fox eluded his pur-
suers and disappeared in the tim
ber.
The other men died in the inter
vening years, but Shope went hunt
ing here recently alone. He came
back to tell this story.
My dogs 3mclled fox near
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
GAMBLING LURE RESISTED
BY AMERICANS AT RESORT
ny United Press L~nsed Wire

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Ameri-
eahs are stronger against the lure
of the gambling table than any
other people, according to an ex-
cronpier at Monte Carlo, who ex-
poses the secrets of that gambling
resort in the current issue of the
Elks magazine.
Russians, he says, are the easiest
and most reckless losers while the
Greeks are the cleverest and sanest
Of gamblers. Men, because they
play systematically, lose less pro.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
SALMON PoAcHERs BUSY
by United Pres. Leased wire

CORK, Feb. 25. - More than
ton Of poached salmon, iced and
ready for shipment to England was
found here recently. The salmon
had been stolen from fish preserves
owned by the government. 1t is
understood that the thieves have
teen rodbing the preserves for some
time
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25

Thorn mountain and started after
him. When I caught up they'd
killed the snimaI aud there was the
bobbed tail, cropped eat ara ALL
Shore brought the fox home and
said there was no doubt but that
, the 81 ilnsl was the same be had
, caught 80 years before.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25

portionately than women, who fol-
low intuition.
GA system has never yet been
found to wm," he says, "but sys-
tens do limit your losses
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-25
DANIEL WEBSTER DESK
GOES TO DARTMOUTH

HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 25. -
Dartmouth College has regained pos
acssion of the desk used by Daniel
Webster while q student here.
The desk came back to the college
under the will of the late Mary r.
Cummings of Lisbon. 1t is a fold
ing desk, two feet long, one foot
wide and six inches deep, containing
several secret drawers and reposi-
tories.