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Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-01
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
.Julv 1 190a

T. d. McKeehan s safe was rob
bed of $50 last night.
Mrs. r. w. Peterson departed on
a summer visit to her former home
in Chicago.
j. E. Porter of Long Beach is in
town for a few days on business.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-01
TEN YEARS AGO
july l, 1914

Sheriff Mobley Meadows return
cd from trip to Folsom prison
where he took two prisoners few
days ago.
| Henry Carr, who has been en-
ployed at Varney left for his
old home in Georgia.
Mrs. S. +. Willard departed for
summer trip to Canada.
Evening star., 1924-02-22
GREAT WASHINGTON
TRIBUTE is URGED
Congress Asked to Note
200th Anniversary of Birth
by National Fete.

planS for q great national celebra-
ton of the 200th anniversary of the
birth Of George Washington in 1892.
would be made under the terms of a
resolution introduced in the Senate
today by Senator Fess of Ohio, and in
the House by Representative Il. Wal
ton Moore of Virginia.
The resolution proposes to establish
a commission to frame the plans for
this celebration. \ statement issued
in conection with the resolution said l.:
The worlds best opinion gives
Washington the highest rank in the
history of nation building. His mon
umcut is the American system Of
government, pronounced the greatest
experiment yet devised. The federal
system, Of double sovereignty, at once
inSuring sufficient central power to
maintain order. and also full reten-
tion of local government in the states
to preserve liberty, is the product
of the best constructive genius of
any age.
In the heated contest Of great
minds the supreme dominating figure
was Washington. one hundred and
is conceded by the best thought of
thc world to have wrought for man
kind the greatest achievement in
government in history.
His handiwork is the great re-
public whose influence reaches to and
is felt in every land by all peoples.
I'm 1882 We will reach the 200th
anniversary of his birth. 1t is fit
ting that steps he taken early to
give that day the interila tional rccoE-
milton such 4 world event deserves.
The resolution creates a commits
sion largely official To serve without
compensation To prepare plans and
To give consideration to other plans
which may be submitted. and 10 take
such steps as may be necessary to
cooperate with the various states
and civic bodies which will desire TO
co-Operatc. and also other nations
which might wish IL participate, such
plans to be finally submitted for ap-
proval of the Fine Arts Commission
before being reported lo Congress for
authorization. and for appropriations.
The resolution fines the name of the
proposed commission as th" United
States commission for the celebration of
the 20oth anniversary of the birth of
George Washington. 1t is to be com
posed of nineteen commissioners. COM
rrising the President of the United
States. the President pro TEN. of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House.
rx-ofiicio: eight persons to be appointed
10y the President OF the United States
four persons by the President pro TEN.
cf the Senate and four representatives
hy the Speaker of the House.
The commissioners shall serve
without compensation and shall Sc
lcct a chairman from among their
number. The commission after Sc
lecting chairman will also select
u vice chairman and employ a s"cre-
tary and such other assistants as
may he needed for clerical work, and
also engage the services Of expert advi-
SurS
Th.. commission is directed to rdaka
q report to Congress on OF before
March l. 1925. So that enabling legiS-
laIiuu may he enacted to carry cut
th, planS finally approved.
Evening star., 1924-02-22
PuzzIers' Session Runs Riot at Hotel
Where Delegates Go by Nicknanes
Jack o. Lantern Pens Fantastic Anagram for 81 st
Semi-AnnuaI Convention of Jolly SOjourners
From Many Sections Of Country.

"A sly dog, Ann, can view the place
a nut convention is held"
"Answer.-HoteI Occidental, Penn
sylvania avenue, Washington, d. c.
What do you make of those two
sentences? PuZZlerS, assembled at
the hotel in convention call the SEN
tences an "anagram." This, being in
terpreted, means that there are the
same letters in the first sentence as
in the second.
Clear? Perhaps. but not half as
jolly and full of pep and fun as the
eighty first semi-annual convention
| of the National PuZZlers' League run
ming riot over at that hotel today.
For instance, that particular ana
gram was composed for the occasion
of the convention by Jack O'Lantern
Well, who in the name of common
sense is Jack O'L.antern, some one
asks.
oh, yes. that's another part of the
fun. Everybody has a nom de plume.
or a freak name, under which he
writes his fancy anagrams, cryptic
grams: homonyms, transdeletions,
etc, etc. Jack OI.anteru is Joshua
Price, who came all the way from
Bangor, Pa, where he is the city
tax collector, to mingle with his old
friends, the puzzlers, and swap quips.
jokes and all the tricks of the jolly
trade
Folks don't go by their own names
at the ruZZlers' convention They
are called by their mons" There's
+ Scream for instance, who is J. 4.
Rohr. real estate man of Washing
ton. and "k. II. Did, who is Walter
=. Kaye, chief of the identity section
of the War Department., where he is
III charge Of all the fingerprlnts of
the Army.
The roll call Of those present, all
done by nomS de plume. sounds like
mixture between Il Chinese puzzle
and an Eskimo trying TO learn the
Hnttentot language. Look ut these,
for instance:
Evening star., 1924-02-22

Washington. president of the league:
&C. Saw" Lewis Trent of Washington
Irving High School. New York city
wave" William w. Delaney of New
York. song writer and publisher, who
is treasurer; "Primrose." John ..
Boyer, instructor of the Maryland In
Md: "Arty Ess," Rufus 7. Strohm,
editor of the Enigma official magazine
of the league and assistant dean of
faculty, International CORRESPONDENCE
Schools, Scranton, Pa; IL IA. H. L. IL.
Harrison. oil operator and producer. of
y. Jineer," Miss Olive w. Dennis, civil
engineer, Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. Baltimore. Md; Miss Fits.
George II. Pryor, auditor of disburse-
ments, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
Baltimore, Md.
And so it goes. These were only
few of the folks ut the meeting today,
who performed in the formal sessions
of the league like no other members oi
any organization. To say the
mildly, although business was trans
acted, reports read. and finally officers
We're to be elected. 1t appeared the
principal purpose of the meeting was
more the mental sport of clashing wits
than the solemn business Of trying to
look important.
For instance. during n tilt over q
matter before the body, one said: -"
we have to sign this thing by retiec-
tion?" To which the retort jolly
was: NO, reflect by signing"
a wocful dearth of good puzzles
in the newspapers and magazines to-
day was the first business to seize
the attention of the convention, When
"PrimroSe," otherwise Mr.. Boyer,
read a committee report by himself
with a minority report by IN. Jiner,
which deplorcd the lack of good ina
teral now being published.
Then there was Il feast, now n
famine declared "Primrose. con
occurring that perhaps, nevertheless,
the country might be on the verge
of "A 'puzzilistic renaissance
Evening star., 1924-02-22

18th and B streets, where they board
ed special trains that conveyed them
to Mount Vernon. Leaving the cars
at Mount Vernon, the scouts took up
their formations and marched into
the grounds with bands playing and
flags flying.
Gathering at the tomb or Ameri-
cas- first President they listened to
an address by Col. Irving l.. Hunt,
Corps of Engineers. after which they
took the scout oath and recited the
allegiance to the flag. Single file, the
entire body passed by the tomb and
as each scout passed he paused to
of Washington.
A large wreath was placed at the
door OF the vault and Scout Leverson
of Troop ~, the Park View School
Troop, sounded taps" Following
these ceremonies the scouts prepared
their dinners outside the Mt. Vernon
grounds and began field day of
Evening star., 1924-02-22
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II Is served in individual packages by the
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Evening star., 1924-02-22

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Mothers should take Immediate
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Evening star., 1924-02-22
BOY SCOUTS VISIT
MOUNT VERNON TOMB
122 Troops Make Trip to Honor
Memory of Washington-Wreath
Is Placed.

Washington's youth paid homage to
the founder of their country today
when more than thousand of the
Districts Boy Scouts made a Pilgrim
age to Mount Vernon and placed a
wreath at the tomb of George Wash
ington.
One hundred and twenty-five troops
massed with their bands and flags at
Evening star., 1924-02-22

massed games, the principle feature
OF which was q treasure hunt, to
which the CrandalPs Theater donated
Evening star., 1924-02-22

ADVERTISEMENT.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
Barefacts By J. M. BAER, The Consressman-Cartoon International Labor News Service Curnnins His Flop

This week myself and Cummns of Cunnin Esch Law fame stawart defender of Coolidge hold the sample of old political
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
LABOR MINISTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN
 COMES TO FINISH
Macdonald and Cabinet Overridden In Parliament and Take Issue To
 The Country.

Great Britain's Labor Government came to an end this week when on a division in Commons, the government s position was overriden, and the crisis taken to the country. The test came on coalition on a vote on bill for an investigation of the dropping of charges against the editor of The Workers Weekly, socialist labor or nag who was charged with melting sedition among the British forces. The debate was heated but on final vote the bill was carried overwhelmingly and Premier Macdonald moved ad- journmment of parliament, which was done, and then announced the issue will be taken to the country.
 The labor government of Ramsay ! Macdonald came into power in Great Britain in January of the present year, when the Conservative ministry of Stanley Baldwin, which had been at the helm only few months, was dismissed by the House of Commons with a vote of lack of confidence be- caose of its espousal of protection.
 The defeat of the Baldwin admin istration was the elimination of a laborite amendment to the reply to the Kings speech from the throne. The amendment declared that It was the duty of the house respectively to submit to your majesty that your najesty's present advisers hhave not the confidence In the house" The amendment was introduced by John R. C1ynes, at present Lord Privy Seal then deputy leade- c .t-e parliament ary labor party. It Wa 2dc2ted by d vote of 328 to 250 after MT. Mac Donald had moved closure of the de bate.
 l On January p MT. Macdonald went to Buckingham Palace at the request Of the King and accepted the task of forming the new government of which he became the head. Thus Great Britain can1me under the donin- ation of laborite government which included members of the nobility in its makeup.
 At the time of MacDonalds as sumption of power al the request Of King George 1t was realized that at any timel by coalition of their vote the liberals and the conservatives could overthrow him on a question of high import, for in the general elections of December 1923 the con servatives had 259 and the liberals 15o seats, while the 1aborites had only 1 1o1.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
ONE INTERNATIONAL TRADE
 UNION FEDERATION

The International Labor Office hnIs "a new movement on foot in Europe looking towards the re-establishnent of trade union solidarity, which has for two years been the subject of negotia- tions between the international Fedora ton of Trade Unions and the Moscow International. The third Congress Of the Moscow International, which took place at Moscow from July to l5, has de- cided to enter upon general propagan- tla campaign in favor of a single trade union International to be formed by the anlalgamation of the 1nternauonals ot Moscow and Amsterdam. The Moscow International will instruct its members to enter the organizations affiliated tC the Amsterdam Federation.
 1 Further, in accordance with the de cision taken at its Congress at Vienna the International Federation of Trade Unions has sent an invitation to the Russian organization to enter into nego- tiations with 1t The Russian organiza- i tions have replied that they are ready to send delegates to a meeting of this nature.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
RAILWAY CLERKS
 START MOVE FOR WAGE INCREASE
Want Restoration of Rate of 1920 As
 Given Other Crafts

R. c. -Stearns, the general chairman of the railway labor clerical forces on the New Haven road is in Chicago to appear before the Railroad Labor Beard in Chicago, to ask for increases of pay for the clerks ranging from six to 12 cents an hour, which would make the pay higher than the peak of 1920.
 There will be a big fight on at Chi cago, as the roads are opposing 1t
 Eastern roads that are fighting the matter besides the New Haven, are the Boston & Maine, the New York Cen tral and the Boston & Albany.
 The clerks have been agitating for restoration of wages for several years and year ago made a tentative con tract with the New Haven which gave them certain rights for sickness and the like pending the decision of the Labor Board It is said that the road now claims this to be binding contract re- moving the matter from the Labor Board The clerks think differently and are joining the movement for res toration of the former payrate.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
CUMMINGS AT PITTS BURGH, PA, 1913

If the supreme judicial tribun- al of any state holds law, which vitally affects the welfare of the people, to be unconstitutional and the voters desire an oppor- tunity to express their opinion with regard to 1t, the law itself ought to be submitted to, popu- lar decision.
 When the day of the election comes, let the voters say whether or not the law shall be put in operation, the Constitution to the contrary, notwithstanding.
 "A law ought, before it be- comes effective, to receive the affirmative assent of such a pro portion of the voters as would make 1t clear that 1t embodies the popular desire. If 1t be SO adopted, then let 1t have the eff feet of amending the Constitu- ton rather than the effect of overriding the construction which a judicial tribunal has given to the Constitution"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
CUMMINS AT OTTUMKA.
 IOWA, SEPT. z5, 1924

It IS my judgment that if the Constitution should be so amend ed as to withdraw from the Su- preme Court of the United States the power to declare an Act of Congress or an Act of state legislature unconstitutional, the United States as a government would not endure a single decade.
 If we should take away the authority of the courts to deter mine whether an Act of legisla- ton has been prohibited by the Constitution, or whether 1t is within the powers granted by the Constitution to Congress, we might as well abolish the Con- st1tution, for in the conflict of jurisdiction which would inevit- ably follow there would be no resort save to brute force and Might instead of Right would all ways prevail. This means, what ever 1t may be euphemistically called, a military dictatorship, or, as an alternative, the abolition of state governments.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
Thrice Since 1856 Have Its Candidates Man aged to Break Into Electoral COlle g e. Contest of '92 Like That of Now.

Both the established party cam paign managers, William M Butler and Glenn Shaver, have declared Sen ator La Toilette Is sure to receive al least some votes in the 1924 Electoral College, which Is to e1ect-if it IS not deadiocked-our next president.
 It is a rare thing in American poll tics for third party candidate to re- ceive electoral votes The Republican party, which started as third party movement, was formed in 1856 There have only been three elections since then in which third party candidate has broken into the Electoral College, in 1860, 1892, and in 1912.
 So thoroughly disorganized were party 1ipes in 1850 and 1860, just be- fore tKe Civil War it is hard to say who were the regular and who the irregular candidates. In 1892, as this year there were two major parties with third party headed by Gen. James B. Weaver, forever to be known as Pop" centered in the West and mainly supported by bankrupt farmers and radical union labor. The last election in which three candidates received electoral votes was of course in 1912 when Roosevelt walked off with the Republican party.
 There have been, during the years, many third parties and third party candidates, those of the Equal Rights party, the Prohibition Home Party, the United Christian Party, the United Labor party, the Social Democratic party and dozen others. But if a vote in the Electoral College can be taken as a water line, all these have been hope1essly submerged
 They have boiled at times, sizeable votes, yet the votes were thinly spread over the whole country, and a few > votes in each state bring no votes in the Electoral College. It is only when,
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
FORMER FUTILE THIRD PARTY BATTLES VIVIDLY RECALLED
 BY PRESENT 1924 CAMPAIGN

as in 1892, and in the present cam paign, the third party's strength, Ii collected in a few states which 1t can carry outright, that the party can stick it's head above water
 In the elections of 1850, 1892, and tC some extent Tn the present election the third party has represented a dis tinct new group which has not been before powerful in the political life of the nation. In 1912 Roosevelt $ votes were almost entirely Republican, and his party proved itself to be a special creation for the purpose of just one election.
 While the greater part of Senator La Follette's strength is expected to come from states normally Republican, yet it represents the least powerful element in the Republican party. Most of his states have shifted in guberna- torial elections from one party to the other, and have voted to have them selves represented in Congress by a separate, often non-partisan, bloc. The third party of 1924 therefore parallels the third party of 1892 rather than the third party of 12 years ago. ~
 Politicians of the two great parties are most concerned with Senator La Follette's ability to swing the election, They do not fear his candidacy. What worries the Republicans is that he may defect enough Republicans to elest Davis, and the Democrats on their side fear he will arouse and solidify the ultra conservative vote on behalf of Cooo1idge.
 Weavers' Vote.
 In 1892 Pop Weaver and his Popu list uprising did very little to swing the election His 2 electoral votes came like those La Toilette expects to get, from normally Republican states, and he took credit for swinging Cali fornia and Indiana te the Democrats. Benjamin Harrison, however, won the election with 277 votes III the Electoral College, to Grover Cleveland's 145. It was a handsome victory for, the Re publicans, and Gen. Weaver could not claim he had done much more than aid in bringing out their standpat vote to ward off the "1ong-haired menace So practically the parallel between
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-18
WAGES ADVANCE IN
 BUILDING TRADES

By International Labor News Service.
 Washington, D. C., Oct 18.-Both skilled and unskilled workers engaged in the building trades have benefited by wage advances over the past year.
 The Department of Labor gathered information on the prevailing union scales of skilled workers in forty rep resentatives cities throughout the coun- try An average of these cities com pared with the average of wages paid in 1913 and 1923 showed the following ::
 Plasterers' wages now average IF per cent above 1913 compared with o2 per cent. a year ago.
 Carpenters wages now average no per cent above 1913 compared with % per cent. a year ago.
 Bricllayers' wages now average 103 per cent above 1913 compared with o7 per cent. year ago.
 Thus among the skilled workers the pldSleIGIS Have IIIdue Lle SiCdlSol Poi- centage gain over 1913 and also the greatest over year ago.
 The Labor Department also furnished information on the wages of building laborers in fourteen cities. Since 1915 building laborers have secured wage raises equalling 134 per cent but since last year their wage gains equal but three per cent.