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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05

theatre. He represents in his pro-
fusely illustrated and very we'll writ
ten book the various tendencies in
the Russian theatre from the realist
to the old school as exemplified by
the Moscow Art Theatre to the Revo-
lutionary Meirhold Theatre. .,c
RUSSIA TODAY: THE OFFICIAL
REPORT OF THE BRITISH TRADE
UNION DELEGATION.-This report
by prominent English labor leaders is
still the classical report on conditions
in Soviet Russia by foreign workers.
RUSSIA AFTER TEN YEARS:
REPORT OF THE AMERICAN
TRADE UNION DELEGATION TO
THE SOVIET UNION.-This is re-
port of the first American Delegation
which has just returned from Soviet
Russia. The delegation headed by
James H. Maurer, President of the
Pennsylvania State Federation of La
Dor, has presented splendid report
which gives the reactions of the
American delegation and what they
observed in the Soviet Union. This
book should be in the hands of every
American worker who has been propa-
gandized a great deal by the capitalist
press and the reactionary labor lead-i
ers against the Russian Revolution
The Report by the American Trade
Union Delegation shows an honest
workers opinion as to what is actually
taking place in Russia at the present
time.
In addition to the above titles the
International Publishers are now at
work preparing for publication two
volumes by Lenin which contain his
writings during the periods of 1917
and which therefore deal with the
March Revolution, as well as the No
vember Revolution.
Another book which will be pub
lished soon will be the Illustrated
History of the Revolution, which will
be published in two volumes and will
contain contributions by the most
important Russian leaders covering
the various phases of progress in the
Soviet Union.
A Guide to the Soviet Union con-
sisting of about 1000 pages especially
designed for all those who travel
through Soviet Russia will soon be
published.
In the series of 'Voices of Revolt"
some of which have already been pub
lished, there will soon appear volume
containing speeches of Lenin.
A book is also in preparation deal
ing with the protection of the work
ers' life and health in industry by a
specialist who recently Travelled IN So
Wet Russia.
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DISILLUSION AND DOLLARS.
DUSTY ANSW

DUSTY ANSWER. By Rosamond Lehman. Henry
Holt and Co. $3.50.
.sVOU might write book now, and make him one of
the characters; take up music seriously; kill
yourself muses. Judith Earle page 268. The modern
young Cambridge, England graduate; idle rich
Variety you see, is very very blase. Miss Lehman
wrote her book, and it will probably create quite
saon because it is the first fairly frank novel about
life in a womens college.
One Cambridge co-eds drinking, smoking, sitting
the floor talking about sex, skipping classes and
sneaking into their dormtories. In other words
the first thing the emancipated has done is to
adopt all the good, bad and Indifferent vices of
The soul of poor little Judith is supposed to get q
dusty answer" when hot for certantes in this
life" George Meredith says, four occasions She
sees a handsome, conceted youth with whom she is in
love marry another. Her best college chum abandons
her to go off with Lesbian. She is unable to get
childhood companion to marry her after she seduces
him. and lastly when she is willing to be the captive"
her college chum, who has become hardened Lesban
the said chum gives her stand-up
With such a theme, Miss Lehman will not be very
kinds of novelists get. However, it must be ad-
mitted that many Of Miss Lehmanns observations
the relations between and women are very pro-
found.
The novel suffers greatly from the fact that it is
only record Of Judith's consciousness life. Non1
of the characters except Mabel Fuller the college BRAIN
sucker, actually alive Miss Lehman should have
explained that her idle rich young and
blase because they from decayed arstocracy,
and because of inherited incomes need only wdde their
thumbs. But such viewpoint would have meant scrap
ping her theory-that we are all blase.
WALTER SNOW.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
BOOKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LATER

Boss Tweed: Story of Grim Generation. By Denis
Tilden Lynch. Bon & Liveright.
Latest Contemporary Portraits. BY Frank Harris.
Macaulay Co.
John Paul Jones. By Phillips Russell. Bon Liveright
I'VE" By Col. Charles A. Lindbergh Putnam.
Up From the City Streets Alfred Z. Smith. By Norman
Hapgood and Henry Moscowitz. Harcourt, Brace g.
Co.
Communism. BY Harold J. Laski. Henry Holt G. Co.
That Man Heine. By Lewis Browne Macmillan Co.
Russian Poetry: An Anthology Chosen and translated
by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. In
ternational Publishers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
Soviet Celebration of
November Revolution to
Start Officially Sunday

MOSCOW, Nov. 4.-Hundreds of
visitors are pouring into Moscow
daily for the celebration of the tenth
anniversary of the Bolshevist Revolu-
ton which put the Soviets in power.
Already thousands of people have
gathered here from all parts of the
entire world. The formal ceremonies
will begin Sunday.
There are many Americans in the
huge throngs of visitors who are tax
ing hotel accommodation to the ut
most.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
U. S. S. r. Employs Over
200 Foreign Engineers

According to a survey of the Su-
preme Economic Council, over 200 for
eign engineers were in the employ of
Soviet industrial organizations in
June, 1927. The Supreme Economic
Council has given permission to va
rious industrial organizations of the
U. S. S. r. to invite 1877 more engi-
neers within the near future.
Among foreign engineering author
tiles engaged by Soviet organizations
are a number of American firms. The
most important are Hugh l.. Cooper
G. Co., Stuart, James, Cooke & Co.,
Hugh L. Freyn Co. and Allen & Gar
cha Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05

WHITTIER RUSSIA - TOWARDS
SOCIALISM OR CAPITALISM? By
Leon Trotsky.-In this book Trotsky,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
TRIED IN FOREIGN TONGUE.

Ludwig Lee, Norwegian carpenter,
who speaks Norwegian and who was
tried ina language he did not under
stand;~was found guilty of murder in
the first degree last night in Judge
McLaughlin's court in Brooklyn. The
verdict carries with it sentence of
death in the electric chair in Sing
Sing.
Lee was tried on the charge of
killing Mrs. Selma Lassen Bennett
and Miss Sarah E. Brownell, his land
lady, in Brooklyn, July 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
Wealthy Couple Try to
Kidnap ''Perfect' Baby

WASHINGTON, Nov. A. = A dar-
ing attempt to kidnap the 20month-
old wonder baby" of Mr.. and Mrs.
George P. Kimmell failed today. The
child was given considerable publicity
because of his unusual physical de-
velopment. Doctors had pronounced
him "the perfect child"
During the absence of the parents
last night, the baby's nurse reported
a \ well-dressed couple entered the
home and sought to seize the child.
Both-wore silver masks. They finally
fled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05

THE NEW EATRE AND
CINEMA OF SOVIET RUSSIA, by
Huntly Carter.7The famous English
authority on the theatre went to Rus
STA and for some time studied the eff
feet of the Revolution on the Russian
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
B O @ K r E VIE w S

Boss Tweed: The Story of Grim Generation BY
Denis Tden Lynch, will be reviewed by T. j. OFaherty
in the BOOKS column Monday. It is especially appro
pirate in view Of Election Day on Tuesday when the
Tammany Hall descendants of the notorious pirate vho
IN period of less than three years stole over
from the New York City treasury make their annual
curtsey to the gulibe voters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
ANOTHER TRANs.oCEAN FLIGHT

LISBON, Nov. 4. = The German
seaplane D-1220, piloted by Horts
Merz, which will attempt flight to
the United States, took off for the
Azores today.
The plane il making flight from
Germany to America by way Of Lis
bon and the Azores.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-05
QUAKE SHOCK IN LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4. A
sharp earthquake shock, the vibrations
of which lasted three minutes, was
felt here at 5:49 a. m. today.
Pasadena, Glendale and nearby
cities reported the temblor.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Jury Disagrees
In Cotton Case

4 draw battle was fought at Call
patria yesterday in the noted legal
tanelr over the Everett Van Horn
and Prescott West ranches.
This time the clash came in crimi-
nal court before Judge Myers. the
PENDANTS in the action being j. >.
DYER and John Wilson. They were
arrested as representatives of tn"
Imperial Farm company and Hart
man Mill and Ginning company up
On complaint of Van Horn, chargin,.
them with malicious trespassing and
disturbing the peace.
They were apprehended on war
rants by attaches of the sheriff s of
flee while picking cotton ON the Van
Horn ranch.
The ownership of the cotton is IN
dispute in the legal tangle. The
complainants in the criminal action
claim ownership, holding that they
obtained lease to grow and harvest
the cotton crops when the property
Vas in the legal possession of Irene
+. Capron, as administrators of the
estate of Sarah F.. Donley. Later
tie court turned the property over
to the Van Horn and Scott interests.
After presentation of the evidence
.hc court turned the ease over to
jury but the jurors after consider
able deliberation reported that they
were unable to reach verdict. The
jury was then discharged.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Southern jailed
On Theft Charge

Walter f. Southern, 43, of Braw-
ley entered pleas of guilty to three
charges of petty theft when ar
raigned before Judge Griffin at
Brawley yesterday. Southern was
sentenced to spend 90 days in the
county Jail on each of the three
counts, but the court ruled that the
sentences would run concurrently.
Southern was arrested about two
weeks age on complaint entered by
C. A. Bridgers, manager of the
Piggly- -Wiggly stores of the valley.
The complaint merely charged pet
ty theft but it was intimated that
Southern had made away with an
amount considerably more than
81 900 from the branch store at
Brawley. 1t was also intimated
Yesterday that he had restored more
than 5000 of the money to Bridgers
and the latter asked that he be
granted probation provided he make
further restitution.
The court, however, denied pro
baton and Southern was turned
over to the county authorities.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
COURT IMPOSES
HEAVY fine ON
PISTOL CARRIER

Eddie Ovieto of Fl Centre enter
ed Il plea of guilty to charge OF
carrying concealed weapon when
arraigned befor. Judge Perkins in
city court this morning. Oviedo
was arrested early yesterday morn
ing by city police with Frank Pa
tiko when search of the car III
which they were riding revealed a
pistol.
Oviedo was sentenced to pay a
fine of $3.50 or spend 250 days in
the county Jail The judge then
suspended sentence on 5000 of the
fine. Oviedo was committed to the
custody of the sheriff in default of
payment of the remaining $50.
Patiko was charged with vagran-
cv and entered a plea of not guilty.
His ease was set for trial on Dee
emberr % and bail was fixed in the
sum of $50. He was remandcd to
the custody of the sheriff in de-
fault.
John Ulich, AZ, was picked up by
city police yesterday afternoon
charged with peddling on the streets
without having first obtained a Ii
ccnse.
Ulch pleaded guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to pay fine of
40 or spend 10 days in the county
Jail.
John took his seat after sentence
had been pronounced, then as court
ended he got up and started to
leave.
"You re not going that way, you
come with me-" remarked Patrol.
man Pennington as John started
out.
~ IN going this way John said.
"Not unless you pay $40, re-
marked the patrolman.
John paid the $40 and went his
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Infested Fruit
Owner Draws Fine

John Ulich, who tried to walk.
himself out of a SO fine in city
court this morning, was arraigned Il
short time later before Judge /.
Mayfield, charged with bringing
oranges and lemons into Imperial
county which were infested with
scale. Uich in city court had plead
ed guilty to peddling without hav-
ing first obtained a license and he
entered plea of guilty to the sec
ond charge before Judge Mayfield.
The judge sentenced him to pay a
fine of 500 or serve like number
of days in the county Jail. Sent
once was then suspended with the
provision that Ulich take the fruit
out of the county at once. Com
plaint was entered bv p. V. Hari-
gan, deputy horticultural commits
siOncr.
That Imperial county is putting
up big fight to keep scale out
was emphasized by Harrigan, who
stated that Imperial Valley is the
only territory in Southern Califor-
mia which is free from this condi-
tion.
cit costs Southern California
three million dollars annually to
combat the red and purple scale, or
$27 for every acre planted to citrus
trees Harrigan stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
new DOCUMENTS
DISCOVERED ON
MEXICAN TANCLE
Two Additional Sets of
Papers Declared To Be
FCrgeries.
By PAUL R. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Fec. 1.-Two
.Iew sets of forged documents hav-
inc to do with relations of the Unit
ed States and Mexico are in exist
cnce and may be disclosed by senate
committee $ investigation, the Unit.
CO Press learned today.
The information that the doeu.
ments had come into possession o.
responsible authorities, was convey
cd to the foreign relations committee
IN an executive session by member
If the committee.
One of the sets Of documents pnr
ports to deal with activities of this
government in handling Mexican
matters and the other is said to IT
late to alleged activities of Catholic
organizations in Mexico.
Forgers of the documents are
known, it is related. One of their
is an American, but according to in
formation given the committee they
, are all members of an international
hand of forgers of state papers.
1he state department has gained
knowledge of the papers, it was said
snd it was intimated it has posses
sion of some, if not all of them.
The matter was divulged when the
committee met to consider the Reed
Missouri, resolution for investigating
a set of allegedly forged papers nov
being published in Hearst newspap
Crs.
No action was taken upon the rcs-
olution in view of the startling in
formation given the committee. It
was decided to wait to see how far
Tie investigation, which is to be
opened here tomorrow by the spc-
cal Reed, (Penn.) committee, goes.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
SHORT CIRCUIT
STARTS PANIC
ON STREET CAR
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1i.-More
than 45 passengers of an inbound
Pacific Electric Hollywood ear were
thrown into panic today when a
Snort circuit caught the roof afire
while the ear was passing through
q subway.
The electric was about a mile in
the tunnel which starts at Glendale
boulevard and First street when the
trolley slipped from the wire and
touched the wet iron of the roof.
Sparks flew from the contact and
tine wood ignited, sending heavy
clouds of smoke into the car. Glass
doors were smashed and passengers
were ioStled as men and women tried
to escape from the ear.
The motorman and conductor were
unable to reach the trolley before
sinouldering wood and sparks fe.i
to the interior, adding to the con
fusion. Both side doors ON the car
and the exit door near the motor
mans seat were smashed in the
crush.
The ear continued to the Hill
street station where the minor blaz-
Is were eXtinguished. Georgia and
Hin Street receiving hospitals re-
ported no injury cases were handled
and it is thought that bruises and
scorched clothing was the extent OF
damage.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
BACK TO NATURE
DEVOTEE SOUGHT
NEAR SAN DlMAS
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Dee. 1i.-An III
clad ny ymph, who left material eVi-
Gence in the form of clothes and a
set of nature study books in an OAK
teee, was being sought today in the
hills near San Dimas by deputy sher-
ifs.
Although peace officers believe
that the owner of the clothing is n
"back to nature advocate and
tnat she is roaming the hills in the
nude, the possibility of foul play is
also being considered.
The nature of the books found
with the clothing led to the opinion
that their owner is carrying out the
Theory advocated in them. One of
the books is titled "Nature Study
and Life and is inscribed ON the
inside cover with the name "Jessie
W;ggs, Plainfadca, Nebraska, Nov.
s, 1907
"The Divine Plan of the Ages
is the title Of another and a third is
"Advanced Geography. -
The clothing, consisting of dress,
underwear, stockings, a white cloth
lat and garters, was found by Dave
RatZlaff, of Covina.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Drug Peddlers to
Answer In Court

Jose Lopez, Juan Talamente,
Francisco Pcralto and Vincentc
Beldarano, were ordered held to
answer to superior court on charges
of unlawful possession of narcotics
when arraigned before Judge l..
Mavfield this morning. d. H. VOL
ford appeared as their attorney anG
after the charge against the men
had been read and they were in
formed of their rights he waived
preliminary hearing in the ease.
Bail was set at $500 each and the
men were remanded to the custody
of the sheriff in default.
The four men were picked up in
the city recently bv p. A. Thaanum
federal narcotic agent and Captain
Lon Cromer of the city police. A
small quantity of alleged mariiun-
ma. five alleged bindlcs of NOR
phine and crude needle outf"
were found hidden in the bed cloth
ing Of room in which the men
were located.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Drivers Fined for
Faulty Tires

The state traffic department has
opened war against use Of trucks
on the highway without sufficient
rubber to insure protection to the
pavements Bcnnic +. Summers ~
Los Angeles entered a plea of guilty.
10 such charge this morning and
vas sentenced to pay fine of 500
while A. Castaneda of Brawlev
pleaded likewisc and was fined $50.
NJ. G. Warren of Yuma was arrest
ed bv J. w. Holcomb on similar
complaint last night but has not
been arraigncd as yet.
1--WE are going to impose penal
ties which will make the drivers
and owners of these trucks realize
that they can not afford to disobey
this ruling Judge Mayfield declar-
ed this morning. "We have had
considerable difficulty with our
highways due to the extensive use
of them by trucks and we are going
u take every precaution possible 20
protect the pavcments.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Pair Charged
With Murder

FRESNO. Cal. Dee. IA cor
oner's inouest into the death Of
Phillip Trau, 40, merchant patrol
man and one time stage clog dancer,
found last night that Trau was shot
either by his wife, Mollie, or her
asserted paramour, Clifford Burdg.
Trau was found dead in his home
here last week with a bullet wound
in his neck. Murder charges Were
lodged against Mrs. Trau and
Burdg despite the latter's insistance
that Trau committed suicide after
a drinking party at the Trau home.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Riverside Girl
Sought in Valley

Edna Louis Getty, aged 16, of
Riverside has run away from her
home and is believed to be some
where in Imperial Valley.
As near as can be determined the
Gul left Yesterday afternoon and
boarded a train for the valley. A
letter was received by her mother
this morning which she posted from
the train. While the girl did not
indicate in the letter where she was
going, it is believed that she is
somewhere in the valley.
She is described as follows:
height, about five feet; weight. =
fout 40 pounds; blue eyes, brown
bobbed hair, light complexion. When
LAST seen she was wearing Il black
silk dress, tan coat, light colored
hose and tan oXfordS. She was caa-
rying a small leather suit case.
Any information relative to the
girl should be forwarded to the sher-
iif s office.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
Helen Wills TO
Play in Europe
Nv United Press Leased Wire.

BERKELEY, Dee. 1t.-lIelL
Wills, ranking woman tennis play
er, will form one member of q two
woman team of American net stars
to tour Europe next summer. The
team will officially represent the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion and will play matches in Eng
land France, Germany and Belgium,
Miss Wills announced today.
Miss Wills will participate in the
Wimbledon matches, defending the
title she won last year. Her tour
will be preliminary to the England
tournament.
Penelope Anderson or Mrs. Char
lotte Hosmer Chaplin is expected to
be the other member of the team.
The tour will start the latter part
of April or the first of May.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
What's Doing
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
FL Centre Chapter. Order of De
Molay meets. Masonic hall, 1850.
Traffic Cops dance, Red Wing
Brawley.
Ell Centre College Women's
Club party, Mrs. Robert Todd s.
7:30.
Valley theater: MAN, Woman
and SIM
Palace theater: Fighting
Love-
Midweek services, various
churches.
Young Peoples Club meets, st.
Mary'a hall.
Radio: KGEN, 5:30-6:30.
Chamber of Commerce Direct-
ors meeting.
Indoor Ball game. See page
three.
TOMORROW
Rotary Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
Woman's Ten Thousand Club
Christmas party, club house, $3.50.
Executive board, El Centre
Federated Missionary Societies,
meets at rest room, 10 a. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-14
PROGRAM
Sc n I TO
CONGRESS
Provides for $S00,OOO,OOO
Expenditure for New
Defenses.
COOLIDGE APPROVES
Secretary Says ApprO-
priatiOn Not In Conflict
With Economy.
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Dee. l4.-Sccre-
.ary of the Navy Wilbur today
transmitted to Congress IA Naval
Building program providing for III
new vessels costing nearly $500, ,000,-
900, with letter stating that this
program is "nOt in conflict with
The financial program Of the presi.
lent.
4 bill embodying the program
was introduced. Immediately by
Representative Butler, Republican
Pennsylvania, chairman of the Ma
val Affairs committee. The pro
gram provides % light cruisers, nine
destroyer leaders, 32 submarines and
five aircraft carriers.
No time limit is provided for their
construction.
Under the terms of the bill, con
struction of light cruisers and air
craft carriers is subject to the
Washington Arms conference treaty
of 1922. The president is cmpow-
cred in the bill to suspend the pro-
gram in whole or in part at his dis
erection.
Wilbur explained in letter to
Speaker of the House Longworth,
transmitting the program, that the
estimated cost is merely specula-
tive" but submitted schedule of
unit costs totalling $720,000, 900.
Referred To Budget
Butler said the cost would be be
tween $700, 100000 and 100000, 900.
"The cost of unit vessels of each
class will depend on their character
istics as well as labor and material
costs,' Wilbur explained. - AS the
program develops, the Characters.
ties of the vessels TO be constructed
will be changed to meet modern
conditions.
"Thc proposed legislation was
referred to the Bureau of the Bud
get for transmission to the president
and advice as to whether or not the
proposed legislation was in conflict
with the financial program of the
president.
"Under date of December IL,
1927, the director of the Budget Bu-
leau advised the Navy Department
that he had been instructed to ad-
wise the NAVY Department that the
proposed legislation is not in con
fGct with the financial program OF
the president.