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Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24
Clip Is to Enter
Presidential
Race


SACRAMENTO, Oct. "a. -
Following the footsteps of the
father of our country, who was
without party affiliations, a new
candidate today declared his in
tentions of entering the presi-
Dental race, according to COM
munication received by Frank
c. Jordan, secretary of state.
Informality is the keynote of
the campaign of the most recent
candidate who addressed Jordan
as: my Beloved and who
signs his name as "Gip.' Los
Angeles is the home of the lat
est prospects.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24
So, 600, 900 BLAZE AT
MICHIGAN DOCKS
ny United Press Leased Wire

ESCANABA, Mich, Oct. "a
Fire destroyed the Reiss Coal Com
panv docks and two ore docks of
the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road on the lake front here early to-
day. Damage was estimated at
close to $2,000,00o. One man lost
his life fighting the flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24
Eastern Star In
Final Sessions

PASADENA, Oct. 24.-Today S
session of the grand chapter, state
of California, Order of the Eastern
Star, will bring to close the fifty
first annual convention. The con
clave will be officially closed with
the installation of officers for the
coming wear before the 1850 dele
gates.
Reports indicate that there are
5000 members of the organization
here, of which number only the del
cgates are allowed to attend husi-
ness sessions. Mrs. Grace Beckman
of Woodbridge and Waldo Postel of
San Francisco, were elected grand
treasurer and associate grand pat,
ron, rGpeetively, at yesterday S
session.
I,a -nt.lI
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24

Just when women ,-yere doing
nicely in politics someone springs
the report that it makes them fat.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24

One nice thing about having enc
mics is you can blame things on
them instead of on yourself.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24

They held pasade of girls with
long hair in Hull, England, which
was very nice and quaint and old
fashioned.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24
Junior College
Team Has Left
For Santa Ana
By FLOYD c. TARRAR
High School, Junior College
Reuorter

The junior college football team
left this morning for Santa Ana
whereethey win play tb6ir first
conference game. The Junior s'~cf-
lege men under directioG .af~ Coach
j. w. Cook, have been improving
very rapidly and with John Afford
and Jacobs in the backfield, they
will be Il hard team to beat. The
high school beat them two weeks
ago but that was before they had
the training that they have now.
The average weight of the Santa
Ana team is said to be about 100
pounds while the junior college here
is but $50 average. Nevertheless,
they promise fine game and they
are thoroughly confident that they
will come home with the honors.
Those leaving this morning were:
Elger Low, left end; Leon Neil
vaney, left tackle; Ray kilgore'
left guard; Charley Hill, center;
Powers, right guard; Joe Thompson,
right tackle; Donald Foss, rieh1
end; Frank Paine, quarterback;
John Afford, left half; Frank ia
cobs, Capt, right half; Maraooh,
fullback. Utility: Wantland, right
guard; Herbert Moses, center.
Soncs, right tackle; Mastiek, rlght
end; Jones, left half; John Angel
right half; Anderson, full back.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24
Levi Frazier Case
Set Over to 1925

Levi Frazier charged with the
murder of his brother-in-law Roy
Maize at Imperial on September 3,
has been remanded for trial on Jan
uary l3, 1925, as no provision has
been made for his defense. In the
meantime he will be- under observa-
ton, and a report will be given On
his behaviour during his incarcera-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24

Love laughs at locksmiths, but
only grins at Il bin collector.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24
Sec. Wallace In
Serious Shape

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Secre.
tary of Agriculture Wallace is in q
serious condition at the navy hos
pital here with toxemia, resulting
from an intestinal infection which
followed an operation ten days ago
for removal of his appendix, DR..
Joel n. Boone, white house physi-
elan who is attending him, SAID to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24

Germany plans to lead the world
in aircraft building. She once mis-
led in aireastle building
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24

In Victoria, b. c., already 1880
900 casca of salmon have been Pack
ed, boarders being powerless.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-24

The executive board of the hgh
school met Monday and discussed
the proposition of the tax that was
imposed upon the operetta last
wear and was not paid. The oper-
etta, of which Floyd C. Farrar was
the business manager, cleared in
excess of s240. The tax on this
amount was nearly $40. This
amount is to be paid by the first of
February. The amounts taken in
by the executive board on plays at
the high school go into the student
body funds and are used TO defray
student body expenses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23

Is one rather large building which
abuts onto the stage, with lighted win
dows. It Is some sort of public meet
ing place, in poor quarter. He is
erect now, and more confident. He
has thot himself into a new moody
Where on earth am 1? This must
surely be the quarter of the workers.
Yes, these narrow houses. l
remember. Well, l must not for
get, tomorrow, to tell the Chief Secre-
tary to prepare all the papers on the
Cuban Compensation question. Then,
there is the Duke Of Cambodia who
comes to dine at eight. Also l have
heard that the tribesmen of Astolen
are becoming insolent. 1t is regret
table, but, if they will not submit to
our efforts to bring them peace and
civilization, we must act with firm
ness. The Air Force, hear, Is in ex-
cellent condition and morale And to-
morrow there is the matter OF a new
neet-there are not enough ships, it
appears, of the new formidable type
we must have more! We must have
more, so that My Government shall
be feared in all parts Of the earth!
All, this is the essence Of power.
have been foolish, thus evening. My
nerves. l was not used to
those rich foods. There was
once boy, who lived in poor house,
in village, and he ate plain oatmeal.
But this plain food fed his dreams. He
went out into the world, and men lis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23
POWER" Play in One Act By Charles AshIeigh

tics. Must l be bound to them all, by
these fools?
Voices-there are voices tonight.
There is the far-away crying Of mill
lions who seek freedom, bread.
India? All, it is not polite! We must
go on-despite all; the great machine
must go on.
But, why, then, this doubt?
All, there is the worst doubt Of all,
and it has only come to me tonight.
This is a poisonous and devilish doubt,
the most wounding of all. Do l in
truth hold power? Or have 1 been
made drunken by the outward forms
Of power? Can it be that those who
once despised me, still do so, beneath
their polite friendliness? Can it be
that those dark colossal forces are
using me, as they have used all 9TH
ers? Am / a tinselIed puppet in their
hands, drunk with the thot that l am
a new Messiah, come to make a new
world, or a new Napoleon of states
manship, come to rule. with firmer
power? Doth my right hand know
what my left hand doeth? Or am l
still he Of whom they talk with quiet
smiles of derision, in the high places
where the kings of gold and iron and
steel foregather? Have I sold my peo-
pie, and my early high thots and
dreams, for this empty show of power?
! Oh, there is blackness in the night,
and in my heart! Let this moment
be cursed. Put out the lights, deaden
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23

ties and the dope house agents,
priest, parson and rabbi tremble
with Nightmares.
The world still bIeeds from the
6ebacle Of the World War and
restitution is rampant everywhere.
While in one-sIxth Of the globes
surface (Soviet Russia) peace reigns
and workers go about with heads
upIlfted and brows not knitted from
dire wants.
On with the propaganda - the
DAILY WoRKERl More power to
your pressl
You editors that are riskine your
lives daily by exposing this viper
monster Of international bankers,
,cno livel More power to your
traIns and pens on war on war and
for the ultimate overthrow OF espL
talism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23

duty lies before usI let US not be
meek moral towards and so fail to
se'I the truth by not exposing the
war created by the international
bankers for their sole gain at the
saarifice of our lives and the en-
siavement of those that survived.
War ensIaves the workers of all
corrtriesl War destroys home and
d-generates the physical and men,
tai bodies of both sexesI War on
war! Comrades, let US war on war
now with our voices and interna-
tionaI solidarity. Expose the two
agencies, sole gamers, that create
wars: I. The dope houses (the
churehes), and 2, the international
bankers. Let our voices be a
clarion call to all our comrades to
war on war so that our voices will
make the corrupt capitaiistic socie.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23

forever. No more clash of interests,
Of races, religions and natjona'ism
would ever brew saain.
Today some of US live &c tel. the
tale about our experiences-ano a
sorry, pitifuI tals It is. A good deal
more wiser are ssne of US after
coming out with our akin. We old
not heed the Communists. Some o.
US now are militant conrunistsI
Since that slaughter which still
bIeeds from the workers bl@od, to
this date a new youth soIdiery has
grown up. We who had former ex-
reriences in the art Of warfare are
now going to talk to these younger
(future) soldiers like the commu-
nists talked to US. Are we going
to let them be carried away by the
empty bubbles that swayed US to
enlist? Comrades, a profound moral
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23
War on War
THE DisiIIusioned Soldier Speaks
BY LOUIS REGUERA.

We who were dislIIusioned by
entering the World War for the
international bankers, let us pause
for a moment on that date, August
a, 1914, and also let us vision our
experiences through those years
that ended Temporarily In the
armistice Of November II, 1918.
With the flare of drums and flags,
patriotism = honor of home and
accIamations of the versatile pen
prostitute, Woodrow Wilson, we
enlisted. Thousands like myself,
believing that this was to end wars
for all time and peace would reign
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23

tened to his words, for he had great
power of words.
He painted a fair world that might
come, when all of the oppressed were
united. He told them they should
cease from complaining, and should
fight. There were some great gath
erings. and tens of thousands heard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23

my mind-I cannot look upon myself!
(He rushes into the night. The
scene Is bIackened; then again dim
forms appear; the forms of houses,
whose angles are just discernibIe
against the darkness. It is narrow
sordd street, along which he has
come, after hours of wandering. There
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23

ened thereby. But that was long ago.
It seems like centuries.
|. There was a strange fire in
me, in those early days when / still
believed. What have said? When
still believed? All, we must face
facts! There has been war, and the
world has crumbled. All that matters
is power. Let me grasp that amidst
the ruin.
What is that black shadow, bending
to pick, from the gutter, foul scraps
Of food. Look, it is rising, straighten-
ing its crooked height. 1t points at
me. What did you say? (He stassers
back, Whispering:) "Judas!" "Ju-
das," it said: and pointed at me it's
accusing finger. All, dream again!
must see the royal physician; am
sick. There was no one there.
Well, then-YES! l will be frank,
here in this dark place where no one
hears, frank with the shadows and
with my soul. 1 AM JUDAS, if you
will! WILL HAVE POWERI AM
PART OF THE GREAT MACHINE
OF POWER. Away with your trump
cry protests, fools! You were made
to be ruled, and ruled you shall be;
altho must lulI you in your chains
with the phrases you love to hear!
l have been disturbed by your pro-
tests, your cries Of revolution. 1t
seems I once aided that Illusion in
your minds. But now care no longer
for you. 1 have conquered! am
power! And you-you are silent, and
my servants.
lie stands, with folded arms, madIy
exalted, filled with a maniaeal self
worship. Suddenly the lights In the
windows of the hall darken from white
to scarlet. A great voice from within
cries, "Down with the traitorsI Long
live the RevoIutionI" and thousand
voices take up the cry. Then the
"Internationale" is heard, sung by
many voices, loud and fuII-throated.
The meeting is over. The doors of
the hall are thrown open, and great
red light streams out upon the stage.
The Worker-audience begins to pour
out, still singing. The crimson beams
are full upon the froek-coated, top
hated figure, standing in the center
of the stage.)
All, scum! What do you do? The
rabble is trying to overthrow my au-
thority. What is this noise of Revo-
luton? Where are my guards? Where
are the police? Order, we must have
order, so that we may proceed peace
fully, gradually, gradually, gradually
|. Where are the police, my po-
lice?
Several workers stop, gazing curl
ousIy at the distraught man. An inn
mense burly decker, in working
clothes, with a scarlet band about his
arm, and a rifle slung across his
back, comes up to him, and contempt
uousIy inspects the raving figure.)
The Decker: Gor'blimy, mates, look
at this toff! e amt 'alf excited!
Looks bit dotty, don't e? 'Armless,
tho, suppose. Ere, mate, you better
get off to bed, and out of our wayl
We got work to do tonight which amt
too safe for the likes of youl Come
on, mates!
(They once more start the Inter
rationale" and, singing, the mass
pours across the stage, from the hall,
and out at the other side. They are
still marching and singing as the cur
tain descends.
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Characters: A Premier,
A Decker, and
A Crowd Of Workers,
Men and Women.

(The sun Is dying in the brown haze
OF London evening. The water of
the Thames Is darkening into cold,
black steel. Down the long curve of
the embankment the lights stud the
dusk like row of liquid pearls. In
an angle of the embankment wall, the
Premier stands, leaning against the
parapet, gazing down the long quiet
reach Of the river. There are shadows
about him. He is resting, after his
short, but nervous and violent, walk
from Downing Street. AS he speaks,
the sun goes down gradually and COM
pleteIy; the shadows thicken, and the
details of the place are lost in dark
ness.)
This Is new thing-this doubt
This is the first time it has arisen
since L have come to my new power.
What can it be, this treacherous
creeping doubt, which came gnawing
at my heart, while was in the midst
of my great discussions? There are
princes and premiers of all the earth
who come to speak with me-with me,
who have come up from the low places
to confound them with admiration!
All, once there was contempt in the
eyes Of the rulers. Once they looked
at me with pity or with a negligent
despising. / have shown them! Now
/ am at the highest place-all the
secret dreams of my long nights are
fulfilled.
Then why doubt?
Oh, this is solid, if anything in the
world is solid! Here is the massed
might Of an empire which obeys my
word, which stands about me to pro-
tect me and do my bidding. have
stood with the princes territorial, and
the princes of the church; l have well
coined kings, and have supped with
ambassadors from far empires. Surely
l have not failed?
Out of the ruin of the world, said l
would make order. l, the poor one
who once was Knocked, am to be the
restorer. Now / am come-and let
the world know there is new master,
ordained by God and everlasting right
eousness! Look, you people of the
world, am he who is the new Sa-
vior!
Then, why this creeping doubt?
Perhaps 1 am not well tonight; my
labors have made me tired, and my
thots will not be stilled or controlled.
Yes, it is true that, in pursuance of
my great purpose, l have done things
came to this power, it seems that
only the power is essential-and the
means do not matter. Otherwise,
why should I be put in this place-by
God, by destiny, by whatever powers
rule this shifting life?
Yes, can remember how, in the old
days, we cried out against some of
the things to which l now willingly
set my hand. My hand.
My hand? What? Here raise it
till the beam falls upon it. Is there
blood upon it? All, fool! My nerves
are broken with the strain. What are
the lives of few-or of many-when
world issues are at hand, for me to
settle? Those yapping idiots who
pirate about promises and pledges!
What said in this speech or in that!
There were a thousand speeches, and
a thousand things said-that is poll
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
ASSURANCE GIVEN FARM
RELIEF BLOC IN SENATE

Washington.-Formal assurance was
given in the senate by administration
leaders that opportunity would be
given for adequate consideration of
Some farm relief measure" before
congress adiOurns.
The decision of a recent Republican
party conference that a farm relief
measure would be taken up Immediate
~ after the revenue bill. Senator Wat
son, Republican, Indiana. said had not
been altered.
Senator SmoOt, Republican, Utah,
one of the Republican Spokesman,
whose views were sought during a dig.
cuSsiOn OF the subject. declared, how
ever, he saw little indication that the
session would he concluded about the
first of June" a date declared by sew
eral senators TO have been agreed
upon.
The declarations Of the administra
ton snOkeSmen were made when Sen
atOr Norris, Republican. Nebraska. Sug
! gested that definite assurance he giver
those interested in farm relief Iegisla
ton that adjournment wOuld not b,
taken until some one Of the severa
measures already presented had beer
considered.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
AGREE YOUNG PEOPLE
OF TODAY ARE ALRIGHT
'@''onsi Congress of Mothers and
raren--Teacher Associations Hold
Annual Convention in St. Paul

nt' Paul, Minn.-The younger gen.
FFsnoh' often the target of attack by
reI"rmers and others, was defended
og speakers at the annual convention
OF the national congress of mothers
ana parent-teacher associations here
May 8.
Dr. Valera H. Parker of New York
'I'y' Director of the department of
protective measures of the American
social Hygiene association. was one
OF the defenders.
IF, with the greater freedom . Of
youth and opportunity calling them OF
every hand, they seem to show a false
'uea OF the values Of life, it is because
we OF the present parent generation
nave not prepared ourselves to guide
young people by understanding their
normal physiological and p~syscholngi-
cal development, and the effect OF fhe
changing world upon them she said.
Mrs. b. f. LangwOrthy of Chicago.
chairman Of the recreation and social
standards committee of the congress
also toOk up the defense.
There is nothing the matter with
the Young people of the present day
she said. They not only are no worse
IMAM the young people of preceding
generations, but in many ways they
are better-in courage, or initiative
IN willingness to assume responsibility
The thing that gives us such a panic
about them is simply that they are
freer Of expression. hat they say IL
public what other generations have
said in private and that they are les.
ashamed of themselves as physical be
ingS than young people used 10 be-"
Mrs. L~angwOrthy said she had beer
looking through mothers magazine
from 1850 to the present and the bur
den Of them all was "What are tn,
young people of the present day com
ing TOT"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
r BACK HURTS
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Drink Plenty Water and Take Glass of Salts
Before Breakfast Occasionally

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a lot
of drugs that excite the kidneys and
irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep
your kidneys clean like you keep your
bowels clean, by flushing them with a
mild, harmless salts which helps to re-
move the body's urinous waste and
stimulate them to their normal activity.
The function of the kidneys is to
filter the blood. In "a hours they strain
from it 500 grains of acid and waste, so
we can readily understand the vital i'm
portance of keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of good water-ysu can't
drink loo much; also get from any
pharmacist about feur oumees Of Jsd
Salts. Take a tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast each morRang
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Seek Martin by Air

Seattle, Wash.-A search by air
plane for Maj. Frederick L. Martin.
missing world flight commander Of the
United States army. will begin at CHG
nix. Alaska, in about two weeks. ac-
cording TO plans revealed here. May 8.
Meanwhile. the latest advices indi-
Gated that three flyers Of the army
had taken the air from Aka island in
the Aleutians. May s, On their way
around the earth.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

for a few days and your kidneys may
then act fine. This famous salts - naade
from the acid of grapes and lemon u.1e,
combined with lithia, and HIS b.ea ,2ed
for years to help clean and stimulate
clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the
acids in the system so they are no longer
a source of irritation, thus often reliev-
ing bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes a delightful ef~ervescent
h~thia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to help keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this; also keep up the water drinking,
and no doubt you viii wonder what
became of your kidney trouble and
backache. BY al means have your
physician examine your kidneys at least
twice @ year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Arizona Forest FIaninc

Douglas, Aria terrific forest fire
was raging in Longs canyon. east Of
Light. 40 miles northeast Of here. May.
3. Forest Supervisor Hugh Calkins
has left Tucson by automobile for the
scene. Troops at Camp Jones. here.
were held in readiness by Major Town
send to leave Immediately if assistance
was asked.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Herder Beats Up Boss

Lander. WyO.-Archie Bader, fore
mar for the Diamond o Sheep COM
pany Of RivertOn, is in the ShOshOni
hospital in a critical condition as a re-
suit Of a series of clubbings given him,
it is charged, by A. Meraldo, a Spanish
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

herder, at a sheep camp near Moneta.
Meraldo came TO Lander and was
picked up by City Marshal Tom Ferrel,
May s., while Sheriff L. B. Gaylord and
bis two deputies were securing the
east end of Fremont county. looking
for the asSailant.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

st. Louis. MO.-Miss Marie McNair
Bakwell. 80. socially prominent ard .
descendant Of Alexander McNair. first
governor Of Missouri. shot and killed
herself al her home here. Relatives
said she had been IN and ervOus.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
TRY SULPHUR ON
An ECZEMA SKIN
Costs Little and Overeomes
Trouble Almost Over
Night

Any breaking out of the skin, eves
fiery, itching eczema, can be quickly
overcome by applying Mentho- Sulphrr.
declares a noted skin specialist. Be-
cause Of its germ destroying properties
this sulphur preparation instantly brings
ease from skin irritation, soothes and
heals the eczema right up and leaves
the skin clear and smooth.
1t seldom fails to relieve the tormeae
without delay. Sufferers from skin
trouble should obtain a small jar Of
Rowles Mentho- Sulphur from any
good druggist and use it like cod
cream