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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-11
By Virginia Terhune Van
= de Water.
Us the author of many novels and
one OF the best known writer's
Of romantic short stories In
,. the cOuntry.)
- ~Hnrrrrrrn TEUV
CHAPTER LII.

AMUEL LEIGHTON'S daugh-
= ter surely has a remark
- - able amount of faith in
human nature" Jacob Perry re-
flected as he watched Desiree's
graceful figure pass from the large
store. ''She takes it for granted
,that everybody in her employ or in
her fathers employ is honest.
F"Yet somebody-either her maid
s6r her chauffeur-stole that pen
LdSnt and chain. Well" with a
-shrug of the shoulders-"if she
ssFould rather have her faith in hui
man nature than recover her prop
s-efty that is her affair-not mine
.4zso long as down here we are eX-
Generated from all blame. But I
Fancy her father may look at the
GNnatter from a different viewpoint.
s"Whew! She fairly bristled when
Issuggested that her new chauffeur
might have taken the thing. If L
shsd pretty daughter I don't be-
slieve 1 would quite care to have
as good-looking a chap as that
Young man drive her about"
Desiree walked on up Fifth ave-
1ue, her mind in too much of a
Turmoil for her TO think very
dearly.
The pendant was gone. She re-
FgTetted this, for it was very beau
atiful, and had been a gift from an
old friend. But the loss of the
PENDANT was not what was now dis
turbing her equanimity. 1t was
the indubitable fact that il had
been stolen, and that suspicion
would be cast upon some one in her
employ.
5For. Of course, the pendant had
been taken from the box while this
lay on her dressing table.
Sitting the Evidence.
sssNorah and Annie both had access
10 her room. AS she thought of
Annie she almost smiled Annie
was too stupid and too uneaterpris-
ing to think of opening the parcel.
Moreover she was too clumsy to tie
dttup again as neatly as it had been
Ted at first.
The only other person was Eorah.
Carefully, Desiree went back in her
mind over Norah's failings. her dis
agreeable temper, displayed for the
first time when she spoke of Smith.
she ha dalways behaved fairly well
until lately, and even with her inn
peFtinence she was certainly honest.
The girl had had scores of opportu-
S4ities to pilfer money from her
mistress purse, or some bit Of finery
from drawers or closets. But moth
Ing had ever been taken. No
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-11
By W. A. McKeever, M. D.

N/0UR boy has been working in
the store, the shop, the fac
= tory, or elsewhere during the
long summer days, and he now de-
serves a vacation. Help him to plan
an outing. In drainage bitches, in
sweat shops, on ice wagons, in
wheat fields, and with the road con-
struction gang have met this fine
young felloW-hundreds of him
bending his back under a heavy
load.
He is often hard to start. but once
you get him going there is no
truer, more dependable workman
than your ordinary high school boy.
For the first time within a century
the country has come to realize the
truth of this statement, as the youth
was pressed into the industrial
service in order to relieve a big
labor shortage,
But now that your young son has
made good, il is time to relieve him.
You can overdO a good thing. Plan
to give him a full week for rest and
relaxation at the end of the summer
season. To keep him at manual
labor the year through, unrelieved,
means a premature stiffening of the
body and a dulling OF the mind.
No matter how enticing the wages
and how scarce the laborers, plan
big on sending your boy back TO
school. His higher development
lies along the way of his continu-
Gus schooling. Your satisfaction
with him, and his with himself, in
the years to come is at stake here.
Now sthe weeks rest is neces-
sary for the youth long under the
strain of labor before he can judge
wisely as TO his educational course,
and before he can recuperate mind
and body sufficiently for mental
application. Many parent. anX-
ious to induce a son to go to school,
has sent the boy direct from the
work shop 10 the class room. With
the brain at its dullest from hard
work. and the ambition or vision at
its lowest ebb, encouragement and
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9uss in Boots
Jr.
By David Cory.

a FTER Puss Junior had said
IA goodby to Blueheard, he
an dGoosey Gander came to
a-little red schoolhouse on a hill.
The schoolmaster was unlocking the
door, but on seeing our small hero
astride the gander, he said:
The land was white. the sea was black
Itll take good scholar TO riddle me that"
Fa+Let me come inside and ! will an
sRer it for you" said Puss Junior
with a grin. Then he got off the
gander and went into the school
house. where he sat down at a desk.
Give me some paper, and give me some
And give me a pen that I may think.
Thai ! may think and then write what
The schoolmaster began to smile.
fer I guess he thought Puss knew
the answer to the riddle. And after
that PUss wrote on the paper with
this verse:
Upon the paper as white as snow"
The land IS the paper. the sea is the ink
The riddles answer Is WRITING. I think
-SIou have guessed correctly"
said the teacher. and he gave Puss
Gmedal. Il wish you'd stay until
school is over, for / would like to
have the children meet you"
lila, hai" laughed Puss. Il think
1-bad better not. You remember
what happened when Mary's little
lamb went to school"
: OF course, the, teacher did. and he
began 10 laugh, and just then who
should arrive but Mary and her lit
tie lamb. And when she saw Puss
she Rugged him and said:
s.You dear, dear Puss Did you
6pd your father" And when Puss
answered YES" she laughed again
ard said she was so glad, and
otter that lamb and GoOsey Gander
became very friendly. But. oh,
dear me, all OF a sudden the school
ben rang, and so they had TO say
goodby.
well, the Gander few wiz. Fuss
over hill and treetOp, over IowIy
but and stately castle, until by and
BY they came TO lake. There
we're ever and ever so many white
swans sailing over the bright
water, and one had a wreath o:
roses round her neck. which made
Puks Junior very curious, so he
said to the Gander: Let us stop
here awhile, for maybe we will
have a strange adventure"
-sWho knoWs?" answered the
GRnder, turning toward the earth
and alighting on the edge of the
lovely lake just as the swan with
tsae rose wreath came up.
..Welcome TO Swan Lake" she
said. bending her stately neck most
Rraciously. welcome, o little Puss
IN Boots Junior and Goosey Goosey
&ander," But before our two
friends could reply a black swan
came up and began to hiss hercely.
Ard. what happened after that we
viii have read in the next story,
for there Is no more room in this
one
To BE Continued.
e1atcobyright. 1913, by David Cory
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They Never Call Again.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty and considered good
looking. ] have been kept at home
until lately when ] have secured a
business petition. Altogether I have
met about six young men and after
going out with them they never call
again. ] am little shy in their com
pany. What would you suggest TO
overcome my shyneEE
BROKENHEARTED.
Why not try entertaining your
friends at home instead of going
out? I am sure you can overcome
your shyness, If you will try and
make the young men who call on
you feel perfectly at home and at
case. You can spend a very pleas
ant evening playing games or max
ing candy and letting him help.
Boys always like TO be treated Gs
pals
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Advice to the
LOvelOrn
By Beatrice Fairfax.
How Long Is An Evening?

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
To avoid many rows at home with
my parents please let me know
whether IL is wrong for 4 girl of
twenty when going out with a
respectable young man absolutely
good company TO come home at
o'clock. II happens. that whenever
! pave had real enjoyable evening
m& father waits for me. watch in
hand. only TO create trouble and give
me scolding. am simply dis
gusted. Many a time he has inSulted
my friends Just because he wants me
TO come home It II o'clock. B. L.
There is only one thing to do,
while you make your home with
your parents, which is to accede to
their wishes. It is not unreason-
able to ask a girl to come home at
IL o'clock and ! o'clock is surely a
very late hour. For the unpleas-
antness that you refer to I should
say that your parents were by no
means wholly to blame.
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Against Peace on Earth.

Jones doesn't believe in promot-
ing the good old idea Of Peace on
earth and good will toward men
what makes you think sO?" HE
has bought his son a cornet."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-11

The Summer Noon at Her Best.
TURN your operaglasS binocuar on the full moon to-
night if the weather is clear and see how beautiful
her shining mountainous regions and her gray empty sea
beds appear even with SO Slight optical aid The bright
spot in the midst of broad light patch in the lower
Southern Hemisphere is the celebrated ring-mounain
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
S(ji5 Pc ct IN
I..ANI.E:R CASE:
|. /: EVEN
FLOl)RS,' DIES
by Associated Pressl

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.-Charles
Mcclure, assistant engineer of the
Municipal Department of Public
Works, ended his life with leap from
the office Of the district attorney on
the 11th floor of the Hall Of Records
building, late last night. He was be-
ing interrogated in connection with
the bomb explosion in the Lawler
home and was told that he would be
indicted on the charge today.
McGuires enemity against Lawler
dates from the time he was removed
as administrator of the William Kafitz
estate through action Of the heirs re-
presented in court by Lawler Mrs.
kafitz had been disinherited by her
husband and told the police that Nc
Guire told her that he would blind
Lawler.
Chief Of Police Home said Mrs.
Kafitz had told him that Mcclure had
purchased fuse powder at Fullerton
en- July 18th and that the next day
he obtained other material and had
completed the construction of several
bombs. Mrs. Kafitz stated that Nc
Guire had forced her to take a ride to
the suburbs where he made expert
mental explosions. The police visited
the scene and found several bomb
fragments which correspond to those
found at the home of Lawler The wo-
man stated that Mcclure took her Sat
urday night and forced her to take an
ride for the purpose of ac-
complishing her death. She says that
Mcclure changed his mind and took
her home at midnight, two and a half
hours before the explosion at the
Lawler home. Police believe that Nc
Guire alone Is responsible for the
bomb outrage.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
BIL.A RIVE R
IS RISING BUT
1THE: F L TER
NOW WORKING
Yuma Reports That ella
River is Rising Higher
Ihan Ever.
CLEAR WATER IN
CITY MAINS TODAY
Ell Centre Enjoys First
Clear Water in the Past
Ten Days this Morning.

With word coming from Yuma, Ari-
zona that the ella river is now higher
than it has been this year and is still
rising, little relief from the muddy
city water may be expected unless the
officials at the pumping plant are able
to keep the water clear of silt as they
have in the past twentyfour hours.
Householders all over the city re-
joicad this morning when the water
came from the hydrant. The first
clear water tina has been enjoyed in
Ell Centre in the past ten days came
through the city mains. All the wa
ter now in the mains is passing thru
he filter and hope is expressed that
no more Of the thick silt will be serv-
ed the public.
1t is estimated that it will be at
least a week before the water is entire
ly free from the silt, owing to the de-
posits which are in the city mains and
water pipes. 1t is stated that as soon
as the mud in the pipes is drawn out
that no more rouble will be eXperenc-
ed.
The city officials in charge of the
water department are of the opinion
that large system of reservoirs must
be provided by the city to insure
against repetition of the water con-
dition Of the past ten days.
Undoubtedly the city council will
hear plans in the near future for the
enlargement of the water plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
KILLED |.
BY EXPLOSIVES
(By Associated Press)

JERUSALEM, Aug. 7.-Mary chill
dren are injured each day in Palestine
by shells and explosives which were
scattered throughout the country dur
ing the open warfare between the
Turks and the allies. The battlefieds
cover such large area that careful
salvaging has been impossible, and
the result is that children, farmers or
peasant women are mangled almost
every day by accidental discharge.
A large number of the cases treated
in the American Red Cross surgical
hospital here have been bomb or alb
dominal cases, according to the physi-
clan in charge. The hospital was op-
Grated for seven months, treating a to-
tai of 66S patients. In the various elm
les and dispensaries operated by the
Red Cross in connection with the hos
pital $4,000 men, 10000 women and
10000 children were treated in ele-
ven months time. The hospital has
now been turned over to the ely health
department.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
WILSON ENCOURAGES THE
AMERICAN LEGION

The American Legion will also be
an inspiration to full performance of
high and difficult duties, declared
President Wilson in a letter receiv-
ed yesterday by the organization for
publication in its weekly.
Il am happy to have this opportun-
ity. to address a word of greeting and
comradship to the men who have SER
we'd in the army, navy and marine
corps, and are now banding themsel-
YES together to preserve the splendid
traditions of that service" wrote the
President. Il have had chance to see
these men on land and on sea, at home
and. abroad. The spirit of their serv-
ice was as splendid as it's success, and
the continuation of that spirit in the
American Legion will make it an in
spiration to the full performance of
high and difficult duties"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
REGISTER NOW TO
VOTE BOND ISSUE

Desiring that as many residents as
possible vote on the $2,50O,000 Irri-
Gaticn District bond issue which will
be polled on September 10Th, the r.
Iigation District urges everyone to
see that their names are in the Great
Register.
Many residents have changed their
polling places since the last election
and it is necessary in order to qualify
to vote at the coming election, for
them to re-register
New residents that wish to vote
on TIE issue will also have to register
The county clerks office is the only
place where registration can be made
and the books will close on August
10th.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
EX>S0LD|ERS.
WAGE FIGHT.
FOR SOLDIER.
SETTLE EMENT|
Claim that Kettner Bill Is
Unfair to Returned Serv-
ice Men.
PETITIONS BEING
NOW CIRCULATED
Want Reasons Why Com
mittee Failed to Make
: Bill Include Soldiers.

A vigorous campaign is being wag
ed to have a soldiers settlement es-
tablished in the Imperial valley. Of
fers of support have been received
from many influential sources and
leaders of the movement declare that
the Kettner All-American canal bill
now pending before congress will be
greatly strengthened by the inclusion
Of a soldier settlement clause.
Petitions are being prepared which
will be circulated all over California
and States as far east as the Missi-
ssippi river for signatures approving
of the soldier settlement clause.
Valley soldiers, returning from
Washington, state that many congress
men have been approached and all
state that they will give hearty sup
pert to any bill which will provide a
future for the returned soldier 1t is
stated that unless the soldier settle
ment clause is included in the Kettner
bill that spectators will reap an i'm
mense harvest, while if the service
men are given the preference that
every patriotic congressman will vote
for the bill when it is heard in con-
gress.
A mass meeting is being planned
as soon as members of the Valley
Washington committee reach home as
the reasons why this committee did
not include soldiers preference
clause in the bill want to be known
by ex-sohiers.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
FLEET ARRIVES
IN SAN DIEGO
Bic WELC COME

SAN DIEGO, Aug. thousands
of San Diegans, other Californians
and visitors from inland states wit
messed the greatest naval pageant in
history here today when Secretary
of the Navy Daniels reviewed Admir-
al Rodman's new Pacific fleet.
Every available craft bore capacity
loads Of sighseers from every vantage
point along the bay. Thousands of peo-
pie lined the banks of the bay watch
ing the big fleet enter the bay. The
bigger dreadnaughtes anchored out i'll
the harbor while the smalled vessels
were Inocred to the wharves and docks
where they were thronged with visit
ors.
San Diego gave itself over entirely
to the entertainment of the officers
and the crews, an interesting program
having been prepared.
People thronged the streets all
night, many unable to get hotel ac-
commodations. 1t is reported that
in every hotel in the city not Il room
was vacant and in many cots were
placed in the halls and on the roofs
to accommodate the visitors.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
JAPAN'S METHOD
OF PUNISHMENT

: TOXIC, Aug. 7.-Japanese officials
in Korea. is discussing the punishment
administered to Koreans in the inde
pendence movement there, say that
the old Korean cutom of flogging has
been continued by the japanese auth
critics. One reason given by the Ja-
panese for this was that the prisons
were insufficient to lodge the large
number of prisoners arrested in the
revolutionary movement. The Japan
ese officials also declared that the ko-
reans, themselves, sometimes prefer
red floging to paying fine.
Foreign newspapers have published
statements from foreigners in Korea
alleging that several Korean men who
were flogged in pursuance of court
sentences were afterward in serious
PHYSICAL condition. Mention was par
ticularly made of five men who had
entered local hospital at Seoul, who
had received for three consecutive
days thirty blows each. 1t is declared
that the flesh was terribly swollen
and discolored and that gangrene had
set in.
One of the officials showed The As
sociated Press correspondent the in
strument with which flogging is done
under the orders of the court. 1t con-
ssts of two slender pieces of wood
tightly bound with hemp twine.
The convicted person is tied to a
wooden bench which is built something
in the form of a cross.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
Five Big Meat Packers will
be Trie d On Criminal
Charges by Chicago Fed
eral Court. General I'm
rest Apparent Throughout
Entire Country.
HUGE AMOUNT FOOD
STUFFS IN STORAGE
Commission Lists Eight Sta
pie Foods Which on June
1st Showed Increase in
Stocks Held in Storage
of Year Ago.
(By Associated Press\

WASHINGTON, Aug. THE gov
eminent cases against the five big
packers will be placed before the Chi
cago Federal grand jury in the next
three week, Federal District Attorney
CIyne stated in addition to asking for
criminal indictments in place of the
Instituted civil suits filed under the
Sherman act. Charges of boarding
food stuffs will also be brought
against the five packers.
The Federal Trade commission an
nounced that although there has been
a general increase in prices in prac-
tically all important foods, that the
stocks in storage on the first of June
was approximately twenty per cent
greater than a year ago, and said that
apparently foods are being withheld
from distribution speculatively for a
world demand
Glenn Plumb, of Chicago, appearing
to support the so-caled Plumb plan for
the reorganization of the railroads en-
dorsed the organized labor representa-
tlves at the capital Plumb told the
Interstate Commerce commission that
the railroad brotherhoods had come
into possession of information leading
from Wall street and banking houses
controlled by Morgan and Rockefeller
groupeS that shows that there is
plundering of virtually all public
transportation highways in the Unit
ed States.
Plumb stated that the constantly
rising in the costs of commodities far
outstripped the purchasing power of
the wage of the consumer. This COM
PEELED a lower standard of work to
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
Mysterious Double Murder
at ROclzW0od Continues to
Bafflc investigators who
are Running Down Every
Possible Clue to Appre-
hend Men Responsible.
BLAChEE RILEY GIVES
BUT LITTLE AID
Riley Claims That He Owns
Store at lockwood and
Has Papers to Show that
Bailey had Sold business
TO Him; Riley is Closely
Questioned by Officers
Today.

No possible'clue to the solution of the
murder Of William Bailey ard James
McElhaney at lockwood last Monday
night has developed according to the
district attorneys office and the
county Jail officials,
1t was reported that a witness had
been found who had seen Bailey stand
ing in front OF his store with a re-
vovlcr in his hand and that Bailey
stated at this time that cerain fruit
picllers were after him and that he
was going to defend himself. AS far
as can be learned no such witness has
been found, the only man whom the
authorities have in charge is Phil
Gossel who was arrested Tuesday
when the officers first went to the
scene Of the crime.
Blackie Riley, Bailey's partner in
4 ranch enterprise, and the man who
kept the store open while Bailey Ian
guished in jail here last year, was To-
Gated this morning by The Press.
Riley and Bailey were very close
friends and it is thought by the
authorities that Riley will be able
to throw some light on The mystery.
In telephone communication with
The Press, Riley states that he knows
Of no reason why Bailey should have
met such q foul death When asked
if Bailey ever had . mortal enemy
who would plot his death, Riley stated
that he knew of no ore. Riley also
stated that Bailey and McElhaney
were the best of friends.
The theory that Hindus may be
responsible for the double murder is
exploded by the fact that deputies OF
the sheriff's office state that while
Bailey was in jail here last year await
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
Italian Kills
Self in Jail

Peitro Barrie, an Italian who
was confined to the Brawley city
jail committed suicide last night
by cutting his jugular vein and
stabbing himself several times in
the abdomen with a dull hack
knife.
When found by the jailor, the
man was in dying condition,
He was rushed to the FL Centre
hospital where he died at eight
o'clock this morning. He will be
buried this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
J. CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST T, 1919
COMMITTEE ON
LIGHTS Is TO
MEET TONIGHT

c. c. co@gins, chai,/<n of the
Municipal Lighting /mmitteo has
asked The Press to N---------r-'rr'TT05--' N------ TT 'rr'TT05---'
grassive citizens to attend q meeting
of the lighting committee which will
be held in the offices Of the Holton
Power company tonight at o'clock.
Two definite plans viii be heard
and discussed by the committee. A
plan for intersection lighting and the
ornamental lighting system plan
which was outliaed in a recent issue
OF The Press.
This latter plan calls for orna-
mental lights 10 be placed along
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets and
Main, State and Broadway. These
lights VIII do great deal of enhanc-
ing the beauty Of El Centre.
Representatives from the Pacific
Street Lighting company viii be pres
ent at the meeting tonight, and will
give plans and estimates to the COM
mittee.
The hope CT the committee is that
everyone in FL Centre who is interest
ed IN civic advancement viii be pres
ent to hear the two plans outlined The
committee has done some hard work
en- the proposition and feels that it
wants TIE people Of FL Coa5ro to know
just what has been accomplished in
securing better lights for the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-08-07
To Take Strike
Vote FRIDAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. Rail
way clerks, freight handlers,
station, express and steamship
employees will begin voting to-
morrow on the question whether
to strike for increased wages I'M
mediately or to await the solu-
ton of the wage question along
the lines proposed to congress by
Hines. A strike Of these men is in
cvitable unless the outcome of the
congressional investigation is
satisfactory.