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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-12


ington. is visiting her daughter in
the homo of Miss Dora G.. Varney,
in st. Elmo.
Mrs. Ernest Feagans and chill
dren. have been confined to their
home in Del Ray, suffering with
the grippe.
Mr.. an Mrs. C. T. McCrehan
entertained at a delightful lunch
con- Wednesday at their home in
Mt. Ida
At St. Rita's Church, Mt. Ida,
g o'clock mass Sunday morning
will be followed by Sunday School
Some one lost a large navy tie
which was found by Thomas Nor
gan last Saturday night, in front
of the residence of DR.. r. j.
Yates. The owner Of the tie may
recover it at the Morgan home on
Windsor Avenue, Del Ray. a.
Miss Peggy du Fief, of Rock
vile, with Miss Elizabeth Kelly
and Miss Peggy Neal, from Wash
ington, were weekend guests OF
Miss Elizabeth Davis, in Del Ray,
At Del Ray Baptist Church Sun
.dav services will be Sunday School
at 4ea45 a. M; preaching service
.at II a. M, and 7:45 p. M; Rev.
r. A. Mckay, pastor, B. Y. 2.
u, at Z p. m.
At 7:45 o'clock this evening, the
membership of the Baptist Church
will give a House Warming" IN
the parsonage, with a social even
ing and refreshments. A silver
Offering will be received at the
door. The invitation to attend in
cludes any friend of the church,
and will afford an excellent op-
portunity to see The new parson-
age, an also to meet old friends
Mrs. William Devcrs, teacher OF
third grade at Mt. Vernon Ave-
nue. School, has been confined to
her home on Washington Avenue,
for the past two weeks as the re-
suit of a severe grippe and re-
lapse.
Mrs. W. V. Wright, of Del
Ray, is visiting relatives in Ma
nassas.
Mccarthy Ramsey Chapter, Child
rem of the American Revolution,
will be held Tuesday afternoon at
4 o'clock in the home Of Mrs. c,
A. S. Sinclair, in Braddock
Heights.
Quite a number of members
from Del Ray Methodist Church at
tended the revival service at the
Methodist Church in East Falls
Church. last evening The evange-
list of these services is Rev. W.
IT. Waters, who conducted the re-
vival service for Rev. j. r.
Wood. in Del Ray last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Angus D. Mac
Leod have moved from the resi-
deuce Of Charles Shaffer into a
bungalow on Oxford Avenue, Del
Ray.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, in
Braddock Heights, will observe
the usual Sunday services, with
Sunday School at 1000 a. M;
and preaching service at II q. m,
Ibv Rev. S. A. Wallis, rector.
On Friday, the 26th instant, the
Ladies of the Guild" of Emman-
uel Episcopal Church viii serve
an oyster Supper in Grace
Episcopal Church Parish Hail.
Alexandria. during the hours from
IS p. H., till s p. m. Tickets at so
cents may be obtained from mem
bers Of the Guild, also from the
/ Sunday School, and from Gibson's
Drug tSore in Alexandria. Home
made cakes an ices will also be on
sale. While the Girls Club and
Junior Auxiliary will have table
Iof aprons of all kinds. tea towels
and other articles for sale. }
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Yetter, from
North Bergen, New Jersey, ar
rived in St. Elmo, today, for a
{ MIN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-12
DIED

JOHNSON-At his residence, 412
North Royal street, at 6:25 a.
NJ. Jan. 18th. 1923, JOSEPH
JOHNSON, adopted son of Fan
ME L. Gray. Notice OF funeral
later. Hip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04
GAR MO TOR|NAN
|SR0BBEDBY
BANDITS
HighWaymen Tie Trolley oper-
! ator and Leave Him
IN Field.

PETERSBURG, Va, Oct. 4.-One
Of the boldest hold-ups in this sec
ton for years occurred Tuesday
night when a one-man car Of the Vir.
ginia Railway and Power Company,
on the Ferndale electric railway line,
was held up by two unidentified
white men three miles from Peters
burg. The motorman, II. e. Wyatt,
was ordered to throw up his hands,
each of the highWaymen holding a
pistol to his face.
There were no passengers on the
car, which was returning to Peters
burg from Ferndale, q summer re-
sort five miles from this city. IN
The bandits tied Wyatt's hands
and feet with a rope and then went
through his pockets, robbing him
of about eight dollars, but did not
disturb the money in the fare box
| of the car. The andits then took
| Wyatt from the car and carried
him in an automobile to a field
a short distance from the. scene of
| the hold-up, where they left him
| tied.
Wyatt. after much difficulty. sue
ceeded in freeing himself, then
came on to Petersburg with his car
and informed the police of the rob-
berry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04
CROWD ASSURED
FOR HOMES
EXHIBIT
Work Of Constructing Model
Rooms At Times-EieraId Fur
niture Show Nears Finish.

Il :
Assurance that the Better Homes
Exposition to be given next week
at Convention Hall win be one Of
/ the most successful Of its kind
ever held Is shown In the fact that
today the last OF 100000 tickets
prepared for the occasion was dis-
| posed OF and 1t is estimated that
| nearly rs per cent of these Will
be used during the week.
IN addition the sale OF q large
number at the hall is anticipated,
Thousands Of the tickets have been
turned over to washington stores
which win have exhibits ct the
hall. to be given by them TO their
Irregular customers.
4 AS construction OF the twenty
i SIX model rooms at the hall nears
Formulation the problem of furnish
ling and decorating them becomes
paramount. Forty van loads OF
| furniture will be moved into Con-
i vention Hall during Saturday and
learly Sunday morning.
Home Furnishing.
THESE forty van loads of furni.
ture renresenting the finest Of all
i periods available In Washington,
will be used entirely, In the fur-
i nishing of the model rooms. There
\ will be perhaps double this amount
I.of euliiplnent on exhibition IN the
NINETY commercial booths.
Insurance totaling 1000 IN
Il value VIII be taken out on the
Il furniture sent In by local concerns
i Is protect it against fire or dam
4 are in moving. This Insurance
win Be taken out Jointly by The
i washington Times and The Wash
1ington Herald and the American
Il Homes Bureau. which are nanag.
ling the exposition.
Il Are American homes really ar
n tistic inside? This Is 81 question
i which Is being more and more widely
n discussed. Exterior architecture
left out Of the question, the interior
comes directly within the province
OF every home owner ana + y mere
that the true test of the artistic
home actually falls today.
Progress Shown.
The exposition at Convention Hall
next week illustrates graphically the
B advances In artistic home-making
which are, now being made by the
leverage American. As the ever In
creasing value Of an interior which
is sincere and artistic In taste be-
comes apparent. interest ts turning
more and more to the creation o.
homes in which family life can find
It's best and happiest expression.
1t has been but B short span In
America since the days when the
hideousIy ugly front parlor was the
irule rather than the exception and
4 today there are stiIl only too many
llnOn strOritiee IN the way OF home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04
RUN FROM HORNETS INTO
NEST OF COPPERHEADS

SHAMOKIN, Pa, Oct. 2,-Health
Officer Fred K. Zeiser and Con-
stable Weary, while out in the
mountains, today bumped into a
yellowjacket nest and were forced to
run for their lives.
Hardly had they got to safety
behind rockpile when they found
themselves in a nest Of copper
head snakes. They killed six, they
said
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04
Confined. In Padded Cell.

YORK, Pa, Oct. 4.-Bernard
Miller, of New >Freedom, who is
alleged to have stabbed and severely
wounded Ralph Whitcraft, of Rock
Chapel, Md, and John Rehfneyer,
Of Turnpike, in New Freedom sun
day evening, has been confined in
a padded cell at the Jail ever since
his commitment there Sunday
night. His condition is the result
Of bad liquor, 1t is said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04
35c and SOC
DOnestics, 24c Yd.

Remnants of 36-inch extra
heavy weight Outing Flannel,
36.inch Printed Kimono Flan-
nels, 36-inch Bleached Domet
Flannel, 32-inch Bates Dress
Ginghams, 36.inch shifting
Madras, 36-inch High Count
Percales, 34-inch Cotton Suit
ing, etc.; in useful lengths for
all needs.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04
SIS Comforts, $3.50

72x80 double bed size Com
forts, filled with Hygeia brand
white cotton, covered with soft
finish cambria and cretonnes;
some with plain sateen borders.
GOIdenberg's Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04

Pink COrsets, 94c
OF fancy and stripe coutil,
elastic top. medium long skirt
and free hip models, for aver
age or slender figures; sizes %
to 28.-First FlOOr-B arg AIN
Table.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-04
81. 90 Blank
s.. 08 r ali

Heavy weight double bed -
f6exso inchesl blankets pl
fleecsd finish. Ia white san and
gray with blue Of pink borders:
taiI 81 warmth ard efsice
friday u se.ss ! palr
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Resolution.


Whereas The people Of the city of Aberdeen enti
tied to know the attitude of the mayor and city council tow
ard the development of the Wynoochee power project in
the that the voters should vote in favor of the prop
oston submitted to them for its development at the cleo
ton, be held December 1st, 1928 therefor,
Be It Resolved, By the MayoEand City Council of the
City of Aberdeen:
That it is the intention of the mayor and city council
in that the people of Aberdeen vote in favor of
proposition proceed to such further nforma
tion which this time be obtained to the cost
of the timber of the damste cost of the mpoundng
basn of the water and power rights and to determine
the of acquiring the existing utility either by
condemnation, the cost of constructing distrb
uting system within the city, and also to determine the
market for the any bonds issued for the
development Of such project Ma
Be Is Further Resolved That, in the event that the
vote in favor of such proposition the city will only
expend of the water funds of the city the cost of further
engineering cost of litigation t0Ade
termine the amounts of awards if condemnation is neces
sary dispose of part of such bonds un
til it be settled beyond all doubt that such project can
be constructed for the amount of the bond issue.
Be 1t Further Resolved That, should the cost of such
project after all of the items of cost actually deter
mined the of the bond ISSUE the matter will
again be presented by the city cQnc to the qualified vot
ers of the city to determine MShcr the project shall be
city.
Be It Further Resolved That it is necessary before
the city legal authority to determine these items of COST
which cannot now be definitely determined the system
must first be adopted by the voters of the city.
Be It Further Resolved, That the mayor and city
council hereby make solemn pledge to the people OF the
city of Aberdeen to fulfill the obligations assumed under
this resolution
Passed and approved this the 2sth day of November
1928.
H. E. BAILEY, Mayor
Attest: NELLIE THRIFT, City Clerk.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
NE MUST DEVELOP
WYNOOCHE PROJECT
NOW, SAYS MAYOR
OPINION THAT IF VOTERS PASS
UP THIS OPPORTUNITY, LOST
TO CITY FOREVER.
Earnings OF Power Project Must Pay
FOR Bonds as They Cannot Become
General obligation.
BY H. E. Bailey. Mayor.

am absolutely for the development
of the Wynooche power. feel 1t is
an opportunity that the city will never
have again and II 1t is turned down
this time that the opportunity viii be
forever lost to the people of Aberdeen
and Grayg Harbor to develop the Wy
noOche power. I do not feel in my
official capacity that | should get out
and assume to dictate to the people
how they should vote. l want them
to use their own judgment in the mat
ter
feel we have made investigation
enough to put 1t up to the people to
know whether or not they are in favor
of the project. The only question that
can possibly arise from what fnforma-
tion we have now is the question of
seepage. If the people vote the bonds
the money will not be spent until a
thorough investigation has been made
as to seepage and other conditions
there.
see no danger In the people voting
In favor Of the project. should It ever
be determined that 1t should not be
a1nvoI0Fno6 81 l5ssl
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Facts On Wynooche Project
WHAT WILL CITY PAY
FoR WYNoocHE RIGHTS

Some OF Aberdeen's citizens are
asked to believe that the city
will have to pay from $4,000 to
100000 dollars for the water and
power rights on the Wyn0oche
River; rights that are now held
by ]. G. Malinowski. It has been
stated also by people who favor
the Wynooche project that Mr..
Malinowski would leave amount
for the mayor and city council to
fix. The following statement,
signed by Mr.. Malinowslri. viii
clear any doubt on this score:
"H. E. Bailey, Mayor Of Aber-
deem:
Il have given you my word that
l would hold my rights on the
Wynooche open for the City until
the City could acquire them, at
such value as the Mayor and City
Council fix, provided the vote is
in favor of the Wynooche prof.
ect on December list.
Signed:
]. C. MALINOWSKI.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
RAILROADS FAILED AT WAR TEST
REASON FOR FEDERAL CONTROL

depleted veins of the railroads, ST.
500, 100000, and in one single order
the director general ordered 100000
cars and 1000 locomotives. Thus Am
erica was enabled to do its share in
the greatest war in history.
The war had ended, and the ques-
tion now arose: What should be done
with the railroads? Many distin-
guished men favored prolongation Of
federal control for a number of years.
Others favored governmental owner
ship. No one-certainly not the rail-
road officials-ever suggested or ask
ed that the railroads be Immediately
turned back to the carriers without
some measure of governmental pro-
lection.
1T was universally recognized that
If this were not done, many Of the
railroads would Immediately go into
the hands of receivers and that a
financial panic of immeasureable pro-
portions would creep through the
land.
Congress, TO save a grave emer-
gency and to sayo the roads from
ruin. first gave to them, after they
had returned to private ownership, six
months guaranty Of the preceding
standard of return out of the public
treasury Then it assured them for
two years more a return of 6 per cent
and one-half Of any excess they had
beyond that amount. The railroads
have not complained Of the guarantee
Of six months return, nor Of the man
date to the interstate commerce com
mission to so adjust rates as to give
at least 6 per cent to every carrier"
Mr.. Beck then assailed the COM
planning railroads for being willing to
accept the benefits and yet desiring
to retain "the small penny that was
asked as part Of the bargain"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

WASHINGTON, Nov S0.-The rail-
roads want to accept the cream OF the
transportation act, and they want to
keep the small penny that was asked
as part OF the bargain" said Solicitor
General Beck before the United States
supreme court in presenting the gov
ernment's position on the sO-called
"recapture clause" Of the transporta-
tion act.
The clause provides that where rail
roads make a profit over per cent,
one half Of the excess shall be turn
ed over the the government for the
benefit of weaker railroads.
A small money making railroad in
Texas-the Dayton-Goose Creek rail-
road-has refused to return one-half
of its excess profits to the govern
ment, and the question is now before
the supreme court. The amount OF
money involved is not important, but
the decision viii be, as is indicated by
the fact that 10 Of the largest rail-
road systems have Joined with the
Texas railroad in fighting the case.
In his argument to the court, Solici-
tor General Beck demolished the fairy
tale the railroads have been singing
that they were making wonderful
progress when the war started, and
then cruel and tryannical govern
ment seized their property.
This attempted alibi for their mis-
management was shattered by the
governments attorney, who said:
"In the work Of national defense,
transportation became one Of the
great essentials. The railroads we're
unable to assume this burden. and on
December 26, 1917, the president took
the unprecedented action Of taking
over an the railroads OF the United
States as a war instrumentality.
"The government poured into the
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
TACOMA ATTORNEY
SPEAKS To VOTERS
ON POWER PROJECT
Tacoma Consumers Of Light and Pow
er Paying $1.52 for Same Number
Of kilowats for Which
We Pay $500.

Showing the advantages OF munich
pal ownership over private ownership
OF public utilities and the fight that
the private corporations distributing
light and power are waging in what
ever municipality Is attempting to
supply their own needs by developing
their own water and power projects,
Homer T. Bone, port counsel for the
city Of Tacoma, and for organized
labor in many instances, held the at
tention Of the voters of the city of
Aberdeen that attended the meetings
In the Methodist church on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings.
He attacked the Grays Harbor Rail-
way & Light company for charging
the people of Grays Harbor 10 cents
kilowat for which they only pay the
mill companies one-half cent. He con-
clusively proved that wherever NUM-
cipal power projects have been de-
veloped in the past the cost OF light
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
CROSS IS CHARGED
WITH SWITCHING
FIGURES OF COST
QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR IN
FORMATION OF VOTERS BE-
FORE GOING TO POLLS.
Torpen's Figures Arrived at Before
stannard Investigated and Re-
ported on Project.
By A. E. crOss, CITY Attorney.

In recent issues of the Aberdeen
Daily World" | have been openly
charged with naming figures on the
cost Of the Wynooche Power Project
and declaring that these figures were
the figures of B. e. Torpen, chief OF
design and construction on the Cush-
man power project
The specific charges against me are
as follows:
l. That cut out the item of Roads
and Clearing, $3.50, 900"
2. That | cut out the item Pipe
Line and Pen Stock, 100000"
8. That / substituted "a distribute
ing system for Aberdeen, $35O,OOO."
4. That cut out So engineering
and raised the interest charge at $50
from one year to two years, 1912, ,OOO."
5. That l included the item of dam
and spillway $45O,OO0, for a dam 175
feet high to cover the cost OF a dam
240 feet high.
6. That included the item of pow
er house and equipment 100000 based
on $4,000 h. p. as the cost of a power
house and equipment to develop a.
900 h. p.
Pleads Not Guilty.
These are the charges in the indict-
ment against me.
To these charges enter a plea OF
not guilty.
While no evidence has been submit
ted in proof of these charges, shall
presume my guilt and assume the bur-
den of establishing my innocence.
My defense follows:
At the time that the original esti-
mates we're made by Mr.. Torpen, the
plan Of construction involved the con-
struction OF a pipe line distance of
about one mile below the dam In the
Wynooche to a power house, for which
an item of 100000 was included.
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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

Patronize Labor Press Advertisers.
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the bond the construction
of municipality owned project which will be voted on tomor
carried that the city would be forced expend the
$OOOO which the bond issue provides regardless after further
investigation found that the project not what
city protected safeguarded the fol-
city council Wednesday evening
people assured that single bond will
be dollar spent construction until and
til proven after thorough investigation that the project
is satisfactory in every way
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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
RAILROADS TONNAGE
BREAKING RECORDS

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s-The nations
railroads carried a greater ton mile
age during the first nine months this
year than in any corresponding period
in their history, according 10 figures
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
CITY HAS DATA ON
WVNOOCHE PROJECT
COVERING YEARS
SURVEYS AND cAUclNcs ON wy.
NoocHE COVERS PERIOD OF
TWELVE YEARS.
Number Of Engineers Have InVestl.
gated Wynooehe Project and All
Report 1t Ideal Site.
BY s. c. Watkins.
City Engineer and City Water

90pSEtHICUuSUIs
: Critics Of the plan for the Wynooche
water and power project submitted to
the people OF Aberdeen for their adop-
tion or rejection at the election, De
.cember 1st, state that insufficient
data has been obtained. They further
state fhat more data has been fur
nished the people on previous bond
elections than on this one.
state and declare to you that the
city has more data on this project
than on. any previous issue. state
that we have positive plan Of this
project.
The data had when made my re-
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Official Organ sf ths Abr.
deem Central Labor Council,
Hoquiam Trades and Labor
Council ana the Washington
State Federation Of Labor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

complied by the bureau of railway
economics. While this record was be-
ing made the railroad executives were
making another record by their pow
erty pleas that government interfer-
enceY makes the operation of rail-
roads impossible.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30
Engineers Report.

We have Mr.. Hunts report in 1918;
Mr.. Torpen's report; report OF the
state h ydraulic engineer, and Mr..
Stannard's report upon the project.
We have not q single report against
it. No one has shown where any re-
port that has been made IL Different
in any particular.
The bonds cannot be sold unless the
project will pay itself out according
to the terms OF the honds, These
bonds Will not be a general obligation
liability upon the tax payers. They
are only charge against the earn
1ngs of the plant. The bonds cannot
be sold for less than par nor bear
more than 6e6 interest. l have no
doubt that the bidders on the bonds
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