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The Washington times., 1924-07-17

has q cinch Of 4 time, according
to Leonard Marx Of .I'M Say
She Is" at the Casino Theater.
Mr.. Marx said:
The modern audience is
fairly dying for q chance to
laugh. All you've got to do is
to screw up your face and the
audience bowls. The trouble
these days is finding space be-
tween the laughs to crack the
jokes. It was different in the
olden days.
"Instead of appearing in
clothes that might once have
fitted q human being, and ii
ones natural complexion, 3
comedian had to wear clothes
that were supposed to be
humorous, and either burnt
cork or q lavish coating of
grease paint. He had to Be
able to sing, dance, say pieces.
do sleight Of hand, juggle, take
tickets and play the bass drum.
Nowadays we comedians come
on in evening clothes, like Z
waiter, wear q genial smile BY
way of makeup, and give vent
to mild wheezes.s
And where, as in the old
days the chances were one in
one hundred of getting laugh,
nowadays you can't get away
from the laughs. "
P. 4. Barnum may have
been right so far as he went.
but he didn't complete his
story. So long as he didn't
I'll say for him that the Ameri-
can people like to laugh. II
really believe we are the
slaughiest" nation on earth.
II got a letter tod.y from
some stage struck kid asking
for the recipe of being a good
comedian. It's the simplest
thing in the world Just give
the public the chance to
laugh"
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
COLUMBIA
''The Enemy Sex"

The photoplay season Of 1924-25
will be inaugurated at Loew's Co.
lumbia Theater, Sunday afternoon.
with THE Enemy Sex" u James
Cruze production, based on owen
Johnson's novel, THE Salamander'
and featuring cast that in.
cludes Betty Compson, Huntly
Gordon, Percy Marmont, Sheldon
Lewis, Kathlyn Williams and De.
Witt Jennings.
THE Enemy Sex" Il the story
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
STEAMER ST. JOHNS
River Trims.

Colonial Beach Is said to be hay
ing an unprecedented season. Salt
water baths fishing and grabbing,
dancing, concerts and other out
door amusements help to make
the beach popular. Machines and
carriages for hire take excursion
lists through the beautiful coun-
try.
The Steamer st. Johns makes four
weekly trips to Colonial Beach,
leaving Washington on Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday at 8 q. N.
and Saturday at 2s30 p. m. Re-
turning, every trip win be made
from the beach at s p. m. % O.
to reach the city about IL O'Clock.
The forty-mile moonlight trips
Of the st. Johns to Indian Head
and return leaves Washington on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at TIC b. m. Music and dancing
are featured on every sailing OF
the st. Johns with music by the
Meyer Davis Dance Orchestra.
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sIs 32d. Private iesSona 7Ie.
GeyEae. PRIV, elass les. 50. W.1130
MSS Josephine JacIxaon. private dancing
son. aes6 18th n W. th. Pet. va.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27

the National Security League, no
The United States government
spends more than 83 per cent of its
total budget for military purposes
(past and future wars)-more than
junker Germany expended before the
fatal days of 1914, and when Kari
Liebknecht's anti-military activities
were most energetic.
Just as the traitorous Social-Demo-
cratic Party of Germany, not only
overlooked, but discouraged and sabo,
tagged anti-military work and rebukeo
Karl Liebknecht for his fearless
campaign against the growing mill
tary octopus, so in this country the
official labor movement shields its
gaze at the attempts of Pershing anc
his cohorts in their attempt to mill.
tarize the entire working class OF
this country.
Every revolutionary youth move
ment, per sc, is an anti-military or
ganization, not in the pacifist sense
but from the class, the communist
point Of view. In France today the
major activities Of the Young Com
munist League centers about anti
military work.
In the United States a struggle
against increased ornaments and
the pernicious schemes to militarize
the American working class must be-
come one Of the vital problems Of the
American Communist youth organ
ization, the Young Workers League
of America.
Every day vast numbers Of the
American youth are permeated with
militarist propaganda, most partic-
ularly in the secondary schools, the
high schools, and colleges. Expert
ence has taught the American mill
tarists that what is needed for effect
i've warfare is large and well train
ed group Of officers. Devious plans
have and are being prepared by the
United States Army Department to
be able to put into action millions
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of the crowd.
eyes. Yes. /. But you,
don't you shout SO loud. Come
along quickly"
They went to the wooden board
ed-up booths, the remains Of the
old bazaar--nowadays used as
latrine by the market folk They
came there, and, looking round,
Gornuikh said in his deep bass
voice:
"And what are you doing here,
Ell? Walking about? Watching?
Just so. There is work for US all
here. It's a pity that you called
attention to me. Today I had
worked most carefully over my cos
tune and face. In Winter. no one
would have known. True, we met
today. =. Find Klimin at once
and tell him. =. =
Gornuikh looked round. He look
ed with his eyes only, not turning
his head.
"Tell him that | waited for him
two hours today in the Commission.
And don't you look for him in the
Commission. He does not 60 there
in the evenings. Probably in the
Party Committee. He got mixed
up in this business Of getting wood,
and chucked his work in the
Cheka. Attic, TO tell the truth,
there is nothing to be done there
without him. He is a good organ
izer and more energetic than any
of them. All the same it's pity
that nowadays he IS SO seldom in
in the Cheka. Well, find him. He
is either in the Executive Commit
tee, or in the Party Committee, or
with Karaulov in the Commissariat
for War. Look for him ali thru
the town"
"But what are you so excited
about?p Stalmakhov. interrupted
him; che is sure to be in the Com
mission tomorrow. You will see
him there, and cAn tell him your
self everything you want to-"
Gornuikh gripped Stalmakhov
firmly by the arm. In his made
up face there was an unaccustomed
anxiety.
'Listen to me, Stalmakhov, and
dc as / tell you. -. fear to-
morrow will be too late. :. There
is to be a revolt today. -. Almost
for certain
"Revolt?" said Stalmakhov
amazedly. "But what grounds
have you got for thinking that?"
"Grounds for thinking it? There
are and there aren't. See what a
lot of carts from N Govern
ment on the market. / can al
ways tell an N peasant from
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admitted even by those who most
sublimely believed in the slogan adj
vanced during the hysterical days OF
the conflict. The world war settled
for the American imperialists the
fact that to rely upon voluntary re-
cruiting for military forces in ma
ton SO alphabetically advanced as
the United States, or to depend upon
the quick training Of the youth n1obil-
lied at the outbreak Of the war, is
.disadvantageous if not disastrous in
the face Of the more drastic measures
resorted to by most of the European
and Eastern powers.
The youth movement in this coun-
try faces precisely the situation that
confronted the youth Of Germany IN
19OS-14 when Karl Liebknecht took
up the cudgel against the German
iunkers and militarists who were
building up a powerful military ma
chine, on the one hand, TO protect the
established predominance Of German
imperialism, and on the other hand,
to wrest, by force, the much needed
world markets.
The United States, on a larger
scale, is just in that situation today.
fndustrially and financially this
country developed tremendously
during and following the world war.
Americas formidable position in the
world market is daily being ques-
toned and contested by British.
French and Japanese Imperialism.
The struggle for oil sharpens the
competition. If this country is to
maintain its impcrialist predomi-
nance, as we'll as, (by the dint Of
necessity double it's role as oppres-
sor in Mexico, South America and
China, it must build and maintain a
greater and more efficient military
organization than 1t now possesses.
This fact is known and propagated
by the general staff Of the United
States Army, and is seconded by the
foremost financiers Of the United
States, in an organized form, thru
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one of our own. think they have
got weapons hidden in them. But
how am / to find them? A search
would have to be made and the
whole market surrounded, and now
it's already late. Yes, and you can
tell by the general feeling. Here
they are always longing to see the
end of us. But today the mar
ket women are saying with such
confidence that today, precisely,
not tomorrow, will be the end of
the servants of Anti-Christ
that's us, of course" Stalmakhov
laughed. Gornuikh continued:
"You think it funny that Cor
niukh should be listening to the
babbling Of women. But / know
that sometimes it's well enough for
a Checklist to pay attention to
women's babble. You can
always tell if, under the
babble, there is the seed Of plot,
or if it is simply hostile feeling
towards us. In general the
mouzhiks need understanding. They
do not see far, but what is before
their eyes they examine and turn
to account better than you or /.
Well then, find Klimin, tell him,
stir him up, and at least let him
take come precautions. The rest
Of our Checklists are a useless
crowd. Today / quarrelled with
the whole lot of them. tell them
that we must be on our guard, and
they make a -oke # It. It's tue,
I've got no sort Of clues. If there
was anything to get hold Of, I'd
had it already, There's nothing;
hut I feel it in everything, in the
last bulletins, in the answers of
prisoners, in triviaities that you
can't call proofs, but enough to
make me anxious. They've lust
killed one Checklist, two hundred
versts from here, and it seems to
me that all this taken together
speaks only one thing, and that is
Of revolt in the near future. =
"Killed? What was his name ?"
Sta.makhov asked in agitation.
Not SurlkoV!
"Surikov. He probably got
nervous, made mess of the busi-
ness and did for himself. A good
fellow, but a bad Checklist. But
did you know him.
1--WE lived together. Tell me
more about his death. :. I. Perhaps
it's only rumor.'
mo. Not rumor. Information
from agents. :. They buried him
alive in the ground. /. But that
is beside the point. You go and
find Klimin, without fail, do you
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
Only Revolution
Can Bring Republic
to Fascist Spain

MADRID, Feb. 26.-There will be
no republic in Spain without social
revolution. The "I'm mad at YOU
attitude of the liberal politicians here
toward the king has ended in sort
of "Let's kiss and make up affair
on the occasion of his nibs' birthday.
When his Observation-Disclosures de-
clared on the occasion of signing the
decree granting dictatorial powers
to Prima de Rivera that the parha-
mentary ministers and parties were
too corrupt for any of them to con-
tinue in charge Of "his" government,
the liberal leaders and, in fact, the
heads of all parties, being thus in
suited, loudly declared, 81 won't play
with you any more. The next time
you send for me, won't come. When
the Marquis Of Estella fails, you'll
fall with him, and no matter how
much you cry, we won't come to pick
you up. Well have republic, so
there"
But when the king heard them say
"Never, no MORE" he imagined that
maybe thew had added under their
breath, IT'LL next time" or being
politicians, "till we get the chance
So, on the occasion Of his serenity's
most exalted birthday, he invited the
Seniors Maura and Sanches de Toca,
the Count OF Romanones and other
political leaders to come and kiss
the hand that had slapped them,
They carne--all except the Marquis
de Alhucemas, who said he was in
mourning, tho he had been seen in
the box Of theater here the night
before. He will probably be coaxed
out of his sulk soon, too
The republic, like everything else
Of Importance, will be left TO the
..o..nI..As. ~. a -. ...nIoAn.snl
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Of men under the leadership Of the
reserve officers being trained from
day to day in all high schools and
colleges in this country. Also, the
standing armed forces have doubled
in the last few years.
Practical plans Of universal militia
lry training receive the serious atten-
ton of all legislative bodies, state
and national. The citizens military
training camps are only an appetizer
to the big meal for the military gor-
mands that is to follow.
How completely the entire capital
list press is behind the scheme Of
citizens military training camps and
any other form of universal military
training emphasizes the determine
ton Of American capitalism to create
a monstrous and effective military
force
In this country the development Of
aircraft is solely a military mono
poly.
Even the mildest of pacifst agita-
ton is met with vigorous assaults as
for instance, the plethora Of abuse
that greeted the spineless action OF
the Wisconsin socialists in voting for
the reduction Of the state militia.
The whole weight Of these facts
rests on the shoulders Of the Young
Workers League of America, small
as it is, since no other working class
organization has a well-dehned
workingclass anti-militarist program
Anti-military activities in this
country must assume special and
varied forms due to the manifold
makeup Of the military forces. The
American working class does not
relish militarism, as many Of them
have had a taste Of its blessings in
the recent world war; and the stink
Of shattered putrid carcasses is as
much part Of militarism in the
mind Of the ex-soldiers, as are the
polished boots and shining sabres Of
the strutting and pompous officers.
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What Do You Think Of "A Week"

The DAILY WORKER wants know what its readers
first serial novel offers its readers We have
already published three nstaens of this gripping story.
appears today. What do you think of the story its
setting its characters far have gone? We want
Write down your views and send them
in to the DAILY WORKER 1910 N. Hasted ST. Chicago
We will publish many of these letters find
for. Don't delay. Write today.
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Observation-Disclosures of 'AWeek"

hear? It's too late to declare
state of war, but at least let them
get the Communist Company under
arms. Or they will cut the
whole lot to pieces like chickens.
Well, off with you"
He shook Stalmakov's hand
firmly.
"Then it's true about Surikov?"
"Of course, true! There's moth
ing to be done; our work is like
that, one must be ready for any
thing, and probably it was his own
fault. :" And Gorniukh, bent
and ragged, with a sack on his
back, went off and disappeared in
the crowd.
Stalmakhov walked home by the
uneven, half-frozen road. His
mind was empty, and thoughts ran
thru it like mice thru cold, bright
room.
Killed him. i. And in moment
he would be home, and on the
threshold Of the house door, the
orphaned mother would ask for
news of him, of Sergei. And hard
tho it would be he would have to
lie to her. He would have to. fov
in his pocket lay note from Sere-
zha (affectionate diminutive of
Sergei) Surikov, written at the
last station before he had gone of
there into the blue steppe:
Dear Sta.makhov, if l am killed,
tell Mother that have gone of for
some years on a distant mission.
To Germany or America. That
will be my last request. In memory
of our friendship, take my photo
graph. 1t is fastened to my old
certificate, which is lying on the
upper shelf Of the what-not.
Live and work well.
SERGEI SURIKOV.
P. S. In case Of my death give
the letter enclosed with this to the
President Of the Cheka, Comrade
Klimin.
And when in answer to his emf
phatic knock the door opened, Stall
makhov saw her, just as he had
expected to see her, little thin
old woman with a wrinkled face,
and her kind blue eyes, over her
spectacles in their furnished copper
frames, looked enquiringly up at
him.
And he heard the question:
Nothing has happened to Sere-
zha? You do not know if there
is a letter from him ?"
StalmalShov thought how Sergei,
her beloved Serezha, the thread Of
silver light that held her joyless
old age to joyful life, had died a
terrible lonely death in the endless
steppes away there to the south
east. Unaccustomed pity stirred
in his heart.
81 know nothing fresh, Anna
Petrovna," he replied, not looking
her in the eyes. She stood on one
side and let him go past her, and
he went into his room where two
beds stood, his and Serezha's, Sere-
zha who had been killed in the
far blue steppes.
"Do you not need a samovar
Andre Vasilievitch?" she asked
following him into the room. She
sighed and sat down on a chair BY
the door.
ITO be Continued Wednesday,
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Wickersham to the Front.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-George
w. Wickersham, head Of the Japan
ese-American Relations Association,
has come to the support of Secretary
Hughes in demanding that the House
immigration committee strike oII Of
the pending immigration bill the
clause excluding japanese because Of
their membership in the yellow race.
He is counsel fer Japanese CORPORA
tions in America.
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By Jury LIBEDINsKY

Published bv THE DAILY WORK
Err thru special arrangement will
B. w. Huebsch, Inc, of New YorI
City. Copyrighted, 1928, by B. w
Huebseh a Co.
(WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE)
The Russian Communist Party
branch is governing this frontier
city and fighting the counter
revolution. Earlier installments
tell of the fuel shortage that pre-
vents seed grain from being
fetched on the railroad. The Party
meeting decides to send the Red
Army far away for fuel, at the
risk Of leaving the city open for
bandits and Observation-Disclosures.
1t also decides to conscript the
local bourgeoisie for wood cutting
in a nearby park. Varied types
of party members are flashed on
the screen: Klimin, the efficient
president Of the branch, who still
finds time to have a sweetheart;
Robeiko, the consumptive, whose
devotion is killing him; Gornuikh,
the brilliant youth of 10 on the
Cheka; Matusenko, the luxury
loving place hunter, and Martui-
nov, whose middle-class anteced-
ants allow him to fit with some
difficulty into the movement to
which his idealism led him. In
the last issue the party has organ
lied Saturdaying expedition into
the Public Gardens for frewood.
Lisa, a school teacher in the Red
Army, goes, glowing with ardor for
the work. She returns to her
rooming house where she finds Re-
pin, the counter-revolutionists who
is posing as a revolutionary mill
tarv erver."-lNOW GO ON
WITH THE STORY.)
CHAPTER vi.
a FROSTY wind had been blow
4 A ing, but the sky had remained
blue and the colors of everything
were sharp and bright. Now, high
up. blue-white clouds were floating
and the wind with unseen hands
carried them across the sky till
they covered the sun, when every
thing became gloomy and dull.
Stalmakhov walked hurriedly from
his Office thru the big square where
the market was spread out.
Suddenly his attention was
caught by a young fellow shrinking
with cold, in tattered .ocket.
Stalmakhov noticed the strong
hands, dark with dirt and cold, the
sack on his shoulders !. probably
a workman from the Depot who
had stolen some tools from hunger
and was exchanging them for
bread.
But that forehead, that shaggy
head of hair protruding from I'M
der his cap, seemed to Stalmakhov
strangely familiar, and an irresist-
ible impulse made him hurry after
the fellow, lay his hand on his
shoulder, and ask, "Comrade, what
have you got for sale?" And the
other turned, winked, looked round,
and said in dull, gloomy voice:
"Good day, Comrade Stalma-
know"
YOU doing here?n But Gornuikh
already had Stalmakhov by the
sleeve, and was pulling him out
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AMERICAN MILITARISM AND ANTl-MILITARISM
Bv HARRY CANNES.

MYTH the foremost
w imperative necessity increasing it's military machine be-
o. this growing
and active group capitalists who the United States
expoier
absolutely essential
to all wars the slogan which
is not yet is
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For information concerning the
Young Workers League Of Amer
lea, address Y. w. L., 1909 n.
State ST., Chicago. Ill.
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The Englewood Branch Of the
Young Workers League announce
good speaking and social and dance
Thursday night, Feb. %, in their new
headquarters. 6357 South Ashland
Ave. Everybody welcome.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-06
Medicine Lake

Mrs. M. Ousley and Mrs. ]. H. Do
line were in PlentywOod between
trains Saturday. calling on friends.
Bert Romine from Tribune, Cana
da, father of Miss Leila Romine, was
present at the Glass Play last Friday
evening.
H. Sparkling, our hardware merch-
ant, and w. H. Dilley, one of our
tonsorial artists, were en- route for
Minot, n D., Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Esther Sorenson attended the
school play Friday evening and went
to Plentywood Saturday. to complete
arrangements for teaching school
during the summer.
BORN-On Saturday, May oath,
to Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Nelson, a
baby girl, weight 1912 pounds. Moth
er and babe are doing nicely, and
Bonnie is wearing a smile that won't
come off.
E. Kaposen cf Homestead has been
here for a few days operating Nels
Miller's blacksmith shop during Mr..
Miller's absence in North Dakota,
where he was called by a serious ac-
cident of Mrs. Miller's sister. Mr..
and Mrs. Miller returned Wednesday
and report the injured lady to be on
the mend
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TRAIN PASSENGERS ARE
ROBBED OF 5000;
BANDITS GET AWAY

Kansas City, Mo, May 25.-A
masked bandit boarded Atchison, To-
peka & Sante Fe passenger train No.
9, the Navajo, as it pulled into Kansas
City tonight from Chicago, robbed the
passengers of approximately 5000
and escaped before the train reached
the Union station.
The bandit boarded the train at
Sheffield on the East side, entered a
Pullman car and lined up the four
victims in a smoking compartment.
Come on" the bandit ordered
Gust put up your hands and nc, one
will be hurt"