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years old but admits that he has not
communicated with lis people sine
leaving home about tont months
ago. Police beiie,c that he has run
away.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-23

iona as one of the greatest helps
bill has received. 1t gave it emo
publicity to establish it as a Il
ing question and forced the at
tion of congress on the measure
DR.. Walker was delayed in
ting to the hall but began his
shortly after 8 o clock. He was
troduced by Judge A. c. Fin
His talk proved an interesting
tC all present.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-23
COUNTY BOOKS ADDED

Gibbs, George. "Thc tp.Grade. =
Gibbs, Phillip. Ioung Anar
ehy.
Gregory, J. The Desert Thor
oughbred.
Harker, l.. "Hilda Ware. -
Mulford. {. =. The Bar "
Rides Again. -
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The Bambino says he
blondes in blue. But he was
tleman enough to add that ga
net in pink dress amt at all
to lamp. -
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Money 20 Loan on AutomnD
Sterling Securities &c. inc. Free
Cross, Mgr. 6GU Main ST.
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THEAIERS

Kenneth Harlan, star of g" The
Sap the Warner picture at the
Palace tonight only, is particular.
interested in the derivation OF
words. During the filming of this
interesting character study of 8
man whose war record was that OF
a hero aud whose home record was
that of II coward, it became quite
the thing for everybody to be al
dressed as Say. sap, "all right
sap and ''hcllo there, sap il
friendly and iovial fashion.
SAYS the Warner star: "A sap Is
really somebody whom cverybod.
picks on. secure in their belief that
he won t hit back. He is easily in
fluenced, easily tormcntcd, ant
great fun for bully. Frequently
as in this case. he is the unfortun
ate victim of circumstances. toe
much coddling from his mother and
too little opportunity to strike out
for himself. Often. however, he i,
Il helpless, easy going sort Of a fel
low, with no particular ambition
and no particular ability. You kno"
just Il poor sap.
Aided by director Robert l.
Leonard. Norma Shearer, who !,
being starred with Lew Cody i!
THE Beni Bride, now playing "a
the Valley Theater, had her revenge
on Cody, who has somewhat of :
reputation about the Metro-Gollwvl
Mayer studio as a iokester.
During the making Of the pic
turc Miss Shearer WAS required by
the script to kiss Cody. The seen'
was taken from various angles an'
ut tn ccnd of each take the director
Let 5 take that again.
always vellcd:
About the tenth time she had Il
kiss the leading man she awakened
to the fact that while she was do
ing the acting the cameras were moi
taking anything except the first
scene.
The next day the script required
that Norma push Cody INTO Il fist
pond. She got Leonard to rctak,
the scene three times before Cody
got wise to the fact that he was
paving for kisses.
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new BOOKS AT
LOCAL LIBRARY
FICTION

Saint Michael's s Cold Bed.
ford-Jones, Fl. A thrilling tale OF
Revolutionary France.
The Benson Murder Case Van
dine, .. y. Another Philo Vance
story.
The Shadow of the WaR. =
Freeman, Richard \. Another griu-
ping detective story.
The Wind of Complication.
Ertz, Susan. a delightful collection
of whimsical, original short stories.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-23
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NON-FICTION

. y student in Sicily Jackson.
Mrs. Nevill. y charming sketch
book TO lovers of beauty.
" Airmen and Aircraft. Arnold,
Henry ". An introduction to aer-
onautics
"Of Many Things. = Kahn, OTTO
H. Miscellaneous, up-to-date talks
by this well known British leader.
a''Thc Appleton Book of Short
PLAYS. Nicholson, Kenyon. An
excellent list for the amateur.
The Romance of World Trade.
Dennis, Alfred z. The invisible in
fluenccs lying behind this vital sub
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Executive Committee Of
COmintern Declares Red
Army Hope Of Workers

MOSCOW, Feb. q. - All over
the Soviet Union celebrations took
place in honor of the ninth ami
versary of the organization of the
red army, Feb. %. The Revolu-
tiOnary War Council issued an or
der of the day pointing out that
the Red Army is improving daily in
all departments of military art and
science. The fall manoeuvers show
ed considerable achievements in the
training of the Red Army.
The Executive Committee of the
Conintsrn addressed greetings to
the Red Army. It declares that the
workers Of all the world are quite
certain that the Red Army together
with the workers of the u. S. S. X.
are enthusiastically engaged in the
creation of new socialist culture
and will be able to resist the in
trigues, the threats, and the attacks
Of the imperialist powers and their
agents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
RUSH TWO MORE BRITISH UNITS TO
SHANGHAI IN WAR ON THE CHINESE

tonese tho the Nationalist govern
ment is decidedly opposed to giving
the imperialists any excuse to arouse
mthinking indignation against them.
They wish TO disarm the imperialists
of moral" cause for a declaration
Of war.
fnperialists Fall Out.
It is believed that Japan's decision
to send Chang Tso-Lin and his
army south the Nationalist govern
ment troops was prompted by a
desire to bloc Great Britain, which is
reported to have the intention Of in
augurating an aggressive policy in
Southern and Central China.
There is much talk Of a regroup-
ing Of the powers in the Pacific.
Indications are that Britain is seek
ing to patch up the old Anglo
Japanese alliance and trying to or
ganize bloc that would weaken
American influence in China. An
other reason for Britain's filtration
with Japan is an attempt To stem the
growing influence Of the Soviet
Union in the Orient.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Call the Marines Back!
Machine Gun VOIIey in
Philadelphia, Pa, Streets

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.--0ne
man was killed and two others were
wound, as a machine gun barked
its nj lge of death from an auto
mobile which speeded by the Club
Cadir here early today.
Men and women participating in
a private party in the night club
fled in terror after the shooting,
believed to have been the climax of
an underworld feIj.
The dead man is John 'Bricker,
.29, address unknown. Six bullets
riddled his neck, forehead and back.
Five bullets penetrated the neck,
shoulders and abdomen of Mike
Duffy, 43, who according to police
is dying in Hahnemann Hospital.
The doorman of the club, Earl
Brown, 81, is being treated in a To-
cal hospital for two bullet wounds
in the thigh.
There are no arrests yet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
CONGRESS JUST
TkIK0 ANN GAGN
SELF TO DEATH

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Sunday
the dying Sixty-ninth Congress drew
breath and looked itself over. APP
parently its work is done. The worst
legislative jam in history cOnfronts
il. Any minority can stop action on
any important bill by filibuster in the
senate, unless cloturc is invoked, and
though some senators show an almost
fascist eagerness to gag" their as
sociates, the necessary two-thirds ma
i0rities are probably lacking The
Boulder Dam cloture was defeated
yesterday by SO against TO 81 votes
for il.
The presidential bee is buzzing
quite audibly. News reached congress
within two hours after the veto Of
the McNary-Haugen bill that the
Iowa legislature had started petit
ton in favor of Senator Frank Low
den's nomination for president by the
republican party.
There is no question of "split"
between Mr.. Coolidge and Mr.. Dawes.
That already exists. There is an Of
fetal GOODNESS between the president
and the vice-president of long stand
ing, and which has been particularly
marked during the present session.
Branch Banks Multiply.
The McFadden branch banking bill,
which the farm bloc was neatly
Continued on Page Tioo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
dime CART ARE IS
NEAR; NO RELIEF
FROM TAMMANY
Politicians tumble With
No Action in Sight

A boost in subway fares looms
closer than ever and the possibility
Of transit relief recedes farther and
farther rs the republican majority in
the legislature primes itself for war
against the $3Oo,OoO,00o subway bond
amendment
Mayor Walker. who has returned to
New York after little vacation in
Cuba, Palm Beach, ETC., discovered
that opposition had crystallized
against his scheme for granting bus
franchises to the Third Avenue and
Equitable Coach Companies as well
as against the $3O0,0O0,O0O subway
bond amendment.
Determined to fight the republican
opposition to his plan, Mayor Walker
viii visit Albany some time this week.
The republicans favor the present sub
way system while Mayor Walker
wishes to amalgamate the BIN T.
and the l. r. T.
The defeat of the subway bond is
sue will leave New York workers at
he mercy of the subway barons who
have long been contemplating a raise
in fares, and the defeat of the bus
project viii postpone Indefinitely what
was in the first place an Intellectual
attempt at transit relief.
Charges that various bus bids had
been surreptitiously changed were
made several days ago by John H.
Delaney, chairman of the board of
transportation. This and the request
that action on the proposed franchises
be postponed for week, which was
made by Comptroller Berry, furnished
the last meeting of the board Of es-
innate with plenty of excitement.
While members of the board Of es-
innate are wrangling with each other
over fat bus contracts which they
wish to hand out to their friends, New
York workers are anxiously waiting
for long-pronised transit relief and
hoping that action will be taken which
will prevent boost in subway fares.
Disguised with the failure of city
and state authorities to take action,
residents of Jamaica have protested
to the Port Authority, pointing out
that many Jamaica and Queens resi-
dents have to walk more than a mile
to a bus line, to find that they have
to stand on running board for three
or four miles. The Jamaica Board of
Trade declared in letter, that "ade
uuate transit facilities should be pro-
vided for the greater Jamaica district
as well as for the entire borough of
Queens"
The inadequate transit facilities in
Jamaica and Queens has its parallel
in all of the outlying districts of New
York, where many workers are COM
PEELED to live because of high rents
in Manhattan. Formal protests by
various civic bodies have already been
made to the Board Of Trade and
Transportation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Labor Rallies
To Defend
SOrmenti
DenOunces KeIlOgg's Effort
To DepOrt Italian Editor

That the United States government
has cOnspired with Mussolini TO hound
Italian political refugees and deport
them to certain DEATH" was the
charge made yesterday afternoon at
Webster Hall, where the international
Labor Defense held a protest meet
ing against the deportation proceed
ings aimed at Enea Sormenti, editor
of the anti-Fascist II LavOratOre.
Joseph Brodsky, labor lawyer, act
ing as chairman, Arturo GiOvanitti, of
the Italian Chamber Of Labor. and
Ben Gitlow of the Workers Party,
were among the speakers who scored
Secretary Kellogg and Secretary
Davis Of the labor department for
scrapping the ancient American ira
dition Of political asylum.
Sormenti, anti-Fascist leader in
America, was arrested last October
after a fiery speech against Mus
solini in Tammany Hall. He was
taken to Ellis Island for deportation,
but later released under $4,000 bail.
Clarence barrow, prominent lawyer
of Chicago, will appeal his case to
Washington onsa plea of haven for
political refugees.
Deportation to Italy will mean GER
tain death to Sormenti, declare Of
ficials of the Anti-Fascist Alliance of
North America. The American Civil
Liberties Union is cooperating in the
Sormenti fight, according 10 tele-
gram from Forrest Bailey.
Former Haven Of Oppressed.
When Kossuth, Gsribaldi. Carl
Schprz and other champions of liberty
had to ~ from their native coun-
tries, they were met in America with
open arms, said Giovanitti. "It was
considered an honor Tor Garibaldi to
be in America" he declared.
"Now TIE Italian people are again
fighting for freedom. But now, when
champions of liberty are denouncing
the most foul and abject tyranny the
United States is irving to hurl these
refugees back Into the bloody jaws
of Mussolini. The excuse is that they
are here illegally.
"Why is Sorrnenti going to be de-
ported? Only because he entered IL
legally? If he were bootlegger,
if he had accumulated fat American
dollars and grown fat on wealth hm-
self, he would be allowed to stay.
There are thousands and thousands Of
illegally entered immigrants who are
allowed 20 remain The reason Why
they are going to deport Sormenti is
because Mussolini wants his head, be-
cause he is a rebel and Communist"
Boo MussOlini.
At each mention of Mussolini the
audience broke into prolonged boos.
The name of Sormenti was greeted
with cries and cheers.
Giovanitti declared that Sormenti
had committed two-fold crime
against "the tyrant of Italy,; first in
opposing the fascist regime and sec
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Mutinies and DesertiOns
Among Northern Troops

London, Feb. 27-The British
Shanghai defense force yesterday be-
came an actually with the arrival of
the troopship Negantic with General
Duncan, who has been given supreme
command of the British forces in
China.
General Duncan's ship also brought
the first battalion Of the DedfordshirS
regiment and the second battalion of
the border regiment.
The rival armies of the defeated
Sun Chang Fang and those of Chang
Tso-Lin's ally Chang Tsung- Chang
had several clashes. Suns forces are
going over to the Cantonese in large
numbers.
Militarists Lying.
Considerable propaganda against
the Cantonese is sent from here to
foreign countries. Individual acts of
violence are attributed to the Can
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Yorkville Landlords First
to Organize Higher Rents;
Queens Becoming Slun
Middle European Community of Last Century
Now Rackrented by Efficient Band of
Tenement PrOfiteers

VIII de Kab in has surUey of Yorkvae the old Manhattan
settlement cenerng 86h St. tells today ho landlords there
formed the first rencOnscious organization IN all NeW York
Yorvers pressing into Queens find themselves badly
off nou friends they left behind them IN Manhattan With
average monthly of $45 balanced against Oeeky
of 1884, Queens tenement dOeer is better off than his
feuoaO aoorkers IN other sections of the metropolis
Of communities
the early fores, when New York City
the melting of the
Immigrants from Germany Hungary Czecho-Slovaa
Continued on Page FiUe)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
City's Workers
Cheated of
$l,OOO,OOO
Iammany Keeps Promised
Pay Rise Safe in Treasury
Where's that 100000?

Where's that $1,000O00?
Municipal workers, marshalled into
line to vote for Tammany before the
November election, were promised a
nice fat reward in million dollar pay
boost.
But to date there has been no boost.
Instead, the million berries have suf-
fered lonely confinement in the city's
cash boxes, or banks, or wherever
hey are kept, while city workers get
along as well as they can on their
meager pay.
Early in March, city machinery will
begin creaking and groaning when
Charles L. Kohler, Tammany budget
director, submits to the board of es-
innate a proposal for disposing of
he fund. But who will get it?
Last year similar fund, supposed
70 be used for low wage workers, was
parcelled out among magistrates,
municipal court justices and some of
he trusted lieutenants Immediately
urrounding Jimmie Walker. These
elbows, already getting $4,000 a year
u more, stopped up the gravy.
Real Workers Get Low Paw.
In the meantime nurses, stenogra-
piers, typists, elevator operators,
bridge tenders, telephone operators
and ungraded workers, the majority
Of whom make less than $50 a week.
have gone without their promised and
sorely needed raises. Under the new
scheme, they will get $4,000 of the
million, if and when the board of es-
innate decides to give it to them. Ar
ether s25O.o00 may go to clerical
workers, also badly in need of more
pay.
Under present Tammany plans, the
rast of the money, including an sd
tional $4,000 accumulated this
ear, will be left for the big boys to
split.
Saved FOR Election Time.
Comptroller Berry, head Of tho fl
nance department, opposes any in
ease 20 eity ~o1Asse a. SIX H =
W NSGPAiiB Liz lAOA1El III Liz AIS1lS-
ury, presumably into use before the
next election. Sewing away" money
oa wage increases now would be a
waste Of money, it is understood in
The best Tammany circles. Distributed
Defore. the 1928 elections, it will have
o refreshing effect in stiffening the
Tammany line for AL Smith, ard what
ever local and state dignitaries are
running for office.
Few of the city's workers who ex-
pect to benefit under the S1,0o0,00O
wage increase are organized. This is
compelling reason for no distribu-
ton, in the eyes Of Tammany, which
has q high respect for organization.
Strong municipal employees unions
could open the Tammany blind pigs
eyes and make him see Immediately
The advantages of living up to pre-
election promises.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28

said about the tremendous increase in
the number engaged in trade and in
clerical pursuits. The gain Of 57129 20
in these two groups, raising such nom
productive workers from 1851, 723 to
S,420O00, exceeds by more than
100000 the decrease in number Of
farmers and other agriculturists.
The number of clerical workers
alone rose from 1,737,053 in 1910 to
100000 in 1925, an increase of
1909.
Lots of Useless Workers.
Less than quarter Of the popula-
ton is today engaged directly in the
Continued on Page Ttoo)
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ana transportation.
While the entire population of the
country increased from 91,972,266 in
1910 to III, 100000 in 1926, q gain
of 25heo, the number in agriculture,
mining, manufacture and transporta-
ton increased only little more than
go, from 26,890,402 in 1910 to 27,-
100000 in 1925. In the same period
the number in non-industrial occupa-
tons increased from 11,276,934 to 49,
10000, more than $40.
Useful Producers Decline.
The decline in the number engaged
in producing agricultural raw materi-
ais, from 12,659,082 in 1910 to 10,-
100000 in 1925, has been given con-
siderable publicity. But less has been
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
BUY THE DAILY WORKER
AT THE NEW STANDS
Students to Defend
Selves From Suicide

An anti-suicide club has been
formed by the students of New York
University to counterfeit the suicide
epidemic that recently started. 1t
plant to unite into national organ
ization all the anti-suicide clubs re-
Gently formed at various Institutions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Woman Victim
To Greed of
Landlords
Perishes in Fire Under
Wooden Stairway

Landlordism today chalked up an
other victim. She is Mrs. Carmelo
Sgroy, 48, who was trapped in q
tenement fire at 125 Madison ST., yes
terday. Overcome by smoke and
flame, she died despite an hours eff.
fort with pulmOtor to revive her.
A wooden stairway, unprotected by
rireproofing, was Immediately respon-
sible for the death of Mrs. Sgroy. II
raging flames in her apartment.
But the real responsibility for her
death NY upon the landlords lobby
at Albany, which last year killed a
measure which would have forced
landlords to fireproof all staircases in
nanents.
Stairway Mass of Flames.
Fire Of undetermined origin burst
forth under the stairs of the five
story tenement building at 125 Madi-
son ST., directly under the Brooklyn
bound walk of the Manhattan bridge
in few minutes the entire stairway
was wrapped in flame and crumbling
away.
Mrs. Sgroy opened her eyes to
a room illumined by red glow and
filled with smoke. She heard in an
adjoining apartment the crying of her
grand daughter.
Rusnes to Grand Child.
Mrs. Sgroy might have saved her
self. But she rushed to the aid of
the child. The room was filled with
smoke.
Mrs. Sgroy gathered the baby to
her breast. She ran to the window,
but a whirlwind of flame blocked her.
She ran the other way, but the hall
way was roaring flame. She was
hemmed in.
Clutching the child, she lay on the
floor. She placed the child under
meath her, covering it with her body,
and wrapped her skirt and dress
about her, so that no smoke or flame
might reach the child's lung. She
didn't cover her own mouth.
Firemen Climb to Rescue.
Firemen James ]. Sullivan, Capt.
David Lynch of Hook and Ladder Co.
No. J., and driver Walter Hilles were
told Of persons trapped up on the
fifth floor. Flames were leaping
from windows and it looked like death
to attempt rescue.
They raised 75-foot aerial ladder
and clambered up.
Sullivan scorched by flames and al
most suffocated crawled in a window.
Then Lynch and Hilles also disap-
peared through the window and
grouped around in the dark. Finally
Sullivan's hand touched the grand
mother and child. Weak himself, he
dragged both back few feet, and
then Hilles dragged them further and
then Lynch. They were getting
weaker every moment. Lynch carried
the two unconscious forms down the
ladder.
Firemen Unconscious.
The firemen returned and grouped
some more. They found Angela Leo,
the 70-year-old women, who had been
i'll, unconscious under couch. They
dragged her out and carried her
down. Then out in the air, all three
firemen became unconscious.
The pulmotor worked for an hour
on Mrs. Sgroy. 1t was futile. But
the child was revived after half
hours work.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Shoots Son In accident.

A victim of circumstance
crazed because of the wound he had
accidently inflicted on his 5-year-old
son, Joseph, with weapon brought
to him by nephew-Cataldo Vitanzo,
35, was held today on a charge of
felonious assault.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-28
Read The Daily Worker Every Da
Taxi Passenger Killed.

Alfred Watjen, 81, of Brooklyn, was
killed yesterday when the taxicab in
which he was passenger, collided
with another taxicab, rebound and
struck a trolley wire pole.