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Ford's objection to the present status
of the project. After the Gorgas plant
was sold Mr.. Ford announced that 1t
was an integral necessity. a vital
consideration of his bid for the entire
development, power and fertilizer.
and that his offer could not stand
with the Gorgas plant gone. Repre-
sentative Madden said yesterday that
he believed his plan to have the gov
eminent construct g. substitute power
plant would meet all of Mr.. Ford'S
objections and make acceptance OF
the Ford offer possible as well as de-
sirable.
That other and large power con-
Germs were considering offers to the
government for Muscle Shoals has
been reported, Representative Madden
said. but he expressed the belief that
Mr.. Ford was best equipped to de-
velop Muscle Shoals.
"FertilIxer Making Vital" .
THE manufacture of fertilizer
there" said Representative Madden,
'is the vital consideration. Any one
almost could develop the power, which
is limited TO 100000 primary horse
power, but manufacture of fertilizer
would require an immediate invest
ment of from $50, 000, 900 to $50, 900, 900,
and Mr.. Ford Is the only bidder whose
offer is based on the plan to manu-
facture fertilizer. so badly needed by
the agricultural interests of the south
as well as other parts OF the country
Some say that fertilizer cannot be
made at Muscle Shoals by Mr.. Ford OF
any one else in commercial quantities.
Mr.. Ford says he can. think Ii should
at least be tried out and demonstrated.
It is worth while to try"
Government development of Muscle
Shoals both for power and fertilizer. in
the opinion Of Representative Madden,
would be not only very costly. but prob
ably failure. and he doubts IL Con-
gress would be willing to provide the
millions Of dollars necessary. On the
other hand. Representative Madden said,
Mr.. Ford stands ready and able Ito
make this heavy investment"
Regarding the s100,0o0.00o already
spent bv the government in the Muscle
Shoals project, Mr.. Madden said that.
considering the farmers need for fer
tilizer, II would be O paying "contribu-
ton by the government to thus assist
in developing q large supply or fertil-
izer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18

Out OF about eighty motor cycles in
use by the Districts traffic squad.
only fifteen have the required red
tail light But II an erring motorist
let's his own go Quits good morn
ing. Judge.
While a horn that will blow a loud
and warning toot is necessary part
Of every motor vehicles equipment,
according to the traffic regulations.
one must look long and tirelessly to
find a traffic cops machine which has
a horn of any kind, and not all of
them are guaranteed to squawk.
While a traffic policeman on a mo-
tor cycle Is supposed to catch the
speeding motorist at all costs and
hale him into court. a large percent
age Of the ancient and honorable ma
chimes used by the District lack the
necessary pep to catch anything on
four wheels which Is being driven by
an unusually ambitious offender.
And when a motor cycle policeman
does open the throttle and let her go,
he must watch his machine carefully
clBe IL Will Ian hPoAe AANS NAS 1890
known one-horse shay.
Motor Cycle to Clutches.
There have been cases of accidents
recently due to the faulty condition
of the machines. and not long ago a
policeman suddenly changed his
means of locomotion from a motor
cycle to crutches for the simple rea-
son that his front wheel left him and
the rest of his machine behind in a
1umbled wreck on the street.
When its raining and the streets are
wet and slippery. the tranic squad is
decreased instead OF being increased.
for only a small percentage of The
motor cycles used are equipped with
wheeled affairs. are dangerous in wet
weather and the cops are forced to
go to the station houses. lay In their
equipment and wait until it stops
raining.
It's all a result, the police say, of
the Army machines which were al
lotted to the District as surplus war
equipment. War equipment" was
right, the police dismally state, for
their machines resemble in some re-
spects those which suffered shell
shock after an artillery lombard
ment In France.
Policemen mounted on motor cycles
come under two classes: Those
mounted on equipment owned by
shansa1yas md fhnon mounted an
District-owned equipment. In the
case OF the former they are allowed
$3.50 year for the purchase and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
CAPPER SURE FARMERS
EXPECT CONGRESS AID

By the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., November IT,
After fve months among his Kansas
constituents, during which time he
visited sixty-four counties. United
states Senator Arthur Capper. who
will leave Topeka tomorrow for
washington, is convinced that Kansas
farmers are expecting certain meas
ures to be enacted by Congress de-
signed to help lift tho agricultural
Industry out Of the economic slump
in which 1t has been the last three
years.
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had asked that allo defense sub.
poenaes for witnesses be dismissed
7. T. Sprague, one'of the governor.
attorneys. who had tarried at the
door, declared he did not believe thai
Neal had made such request
Anglin dashed madly at Sprague
Senators and sergeants-a arm,
sprang between Englin and Sprague
and the session broke up in a hasty
recess.
Senators gathered in excited groups
or milled about the chamber, and a
second threatened clash was mar
rowly averted when friends inter-
posed in an argument between Sena-
tors A. E. Darnell of Clinton and John
Golobie of Guthrie.
Ku kIux Khan Angie.
The governors withdrawal came
soon after his counsel had failed in a
determined effort to Introduce what
appeared to be a Ku Klux Khan an
gle into the testimony dealing with
the charge that the executive had
Illegally appointed a large number of
known criminals and irresponsible
persons as special state police.
Blake. under cross-examination, was
asked why the governor had found it
necessary to increase the number of
special officers just before martial
law was declared as a part of his
fight on the Khan. Prosecution OBJ.
jected and was sustained
The defense then attempted to read
into the record a statement Of what
it intended to reveal by he question,
but court members objected and also
were sustained.
Senator McPherren moved that all
testimony taken in support of the
charge be quashed to save time. The
defense and prosecution objected. but
the court voted to expunge the testf-
mony.
AS the vote was announced Gov.
Walton arose and In an even voice
told the court he had decided to
leave.
Il have been sitting here fighting
for my rights. for my honor. and for
my home for ten days." the executive
said.
II don't wish here to critfciz, any
of these honorable members. Some
of them, no doubt, want me to have
q fair trial. but 1 have reached the
conclusion that l cannot have a fair
trial in this court. knowin, that
] am withdrawing from this room
] don't care to stand this humiIiat ion
any longer for myself, my family
or my honorable attorneys. You may
proceed as you see best"
g All Of the remedies afforded by fed
erai courts for fair and impartial
trial under the law Of the land" will
be resorted to by Gov. Walton, an au-
thorized statement declared.
scores Form Of Trial.
NO actual trial was In progress"
the statement asserted. The impeach-
ment proceedings OF the last seventeen
days were characterized as only a
thinly yelled form of trial, in which he
was denied all Of his legal rights"
? Brief testimony was introduced In
support Of the charge that the governo,
had attempted to block the special state
election October 2.
: In a brief statement w. e. Disney
chief Of the prosecution counsel. de-
clared the executive had run true tc
FORM
He got in tight place and ducked,
Disney said. This was expected. He
has made a similar move in every crisis
in his history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
MRS. WILSON NOT ARRESTED

Mrs. Sarah c. Wilson, whose hus-
band. Paul 8. Wilson. was granted
an absolute divorce Thursday by JuS-
tice Stafford in the District Supreme
Court, was not arrested with the CO.
respondent in the latter's apartment.
as. was stated in The Star OF Friday.
although the apartment was raided
b.. members Of the vice squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
COURT IN TUMULT,
FIST FIGHTS LOOM,
AS WALTON LEAVES

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MADDEN PROPOSES
TAKING FORD OFFER

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YALE OVERWHELMS
PRINCETON, II TO O

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NEXT SUMMER MAY SEE
DISTRICT OUT OF DEBT

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Its a personal matter that ia like
to explain to the committee privately"
Don't you realize that the ar
constituted a conspiracy to defrsad
| the United States? Wasn't that dis
cussed among your
Ready for Csnsesueace..
II never gave thought to II as
| conspiracy. II IT, L. I will be man
enough to take what's coming to me. !"
| 1t was at Hayden Lake that Nor
timer said the agreement was made
to split" hospital contracts in the
and Hurley-Mason. companies with
Forbes sharing In one-third OF the
profits.
Questioned. by Senator Walsh,
democrat, Me.saehusstts, Mortimer
about q reconciliation with Mrs.
Mortimer he never would have made
public his story of his Confidential
relations with Forbes.
Mortimer replied In the negative
when asked II he did not. think his
| his domestic difficulties had warped
| his judgment.
Variety in Te0tlnony.
Testimony during the day ran the
circle from the manner of handling
veterans hospital contracts to the
famous Pacific coast trip in the sum-
mer Of 1924 and the much discussed
Perryville, Md, sale of government
supplies. After two Army eficers
ana one Navy NScer had confirmed
Forbes testimony that he had turned
over to the Army and Navy the han
ding of hospital construction. d. l.
Sweet. former secretary to the for
mer director. and the present direc-
tor. Fank +. Hines. took the witness
stand. nh
Il never saw any carousing on the
Pacific coast trip" Sweet said. only
on one occasion did I see any mem
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04
FOURTEEN POINTS OF GOOD
ROAD USAGE.

Rules-especially rules of behavior
are not the popular thing, but the Cole
company has compiled list of four
teen points for the motorist that de-
serves to be passed on:
l. Put yourself behind the other
mans steering wheel.
2. Don't laugh at timid passen-
gers. They're your guests. Make
them comfortable.
3. Don't expect children to look
out for themselves. The fact that it
was the child's "fault" doesn't make
death less terrible.
4. When man in the wrong in
sists on the right let him have
it. You can't argue with a fool.
5. Get the hand-signal habit. 1t
protects you as well as others.
6. When the man behind wants to
pass, slow down and draw over It's
safer to have him speed ahead than
alongside you.
Z. Don't try to pass the car ahead
when another car is approaching from
the opposite direction.
8. Slow down and keep to the
right as you come to the crest of a
hill.
9. Don't dispute the crossing with
a railroad train. What's the hurry!
10. Think of the road users when
you have to splash through mud OF
water.
IL. Remember that the pedestrian
at the crossing has right to cross.
IL. Don't drive jerkily. 1t keeps
the man behind you worried.
Is. When your brakes aren't work.
ing. the time to get them fixed i;
NOW.
IA. If you forget the Rules of the
Road you can safely fall back on the
Golden Rule.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04

pressed, nor his open hearted, un-
repressed profanity, stand in the way
OF the affection they felt for him.
among the clericals thus closely
bound to Mr.. Clemens was my father,
the late Rev. DR.. N. j. Burton Of the
Park Church, whose admiration for
Mark and love for him have count
less times heard him testify to, and
may add the sentiment was returned
in kind. On the death of my father
in 1887, Mr.. Clemens learned that the
Lyman Beecher lectures at Yale,
which had been delivered by DIR. Bur-
ton shortly before his passing, were
in the hands of the Century Company,
being considered for publication. At
this time Mr.. Clemens was silent part
ner in the Charles L. Webster Publish
ing House-the firm which made a
fortune out of the Grant Autobiogra-
ply, and later went on the rocks, to
the financial discontinue of the hum
orist. At once Mark Twain sent for
me to come to his house to talk about
my fathers book.
"We sat in his drawing room as
we conversed. Never have seen Mr.
Clemens tenderer and more eloquently
reminiscent as he discoursed of his
feelings for DIR. Burton and his desire
to get hold of the book in question,
that he, not the Century Company,
might bring it out. / can see him
now as he waved his clay pipe in the
air Che smoked it once, then broke it
and took another out of a barrel,
while his beautiful dark eyes grew
luminous and dimmed over as he
talked with that rich drawl of his,
familiar to all who ever heard him in
private or public utterance. Never in
his life had he been more serious
minded, more lighted up with the
thought of doing service to a dead
friend. He said:
GO Dick you don't want to let those
blankety-b pirates, the Century
people. have those Yale lectures of
your father Go down and yank the
manuscript right away from them,
Then you go to your fathers barrel
of sermons and pick out a dozen or
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04
A Plea for Bet
ter Manners
By F. w. Fitzpatriek.


/ We have organized peace societies,
weprattle much about better interna-
tional relations, good will to all peo-
| pie, business upon broader, more al
! truistic plane, and we have gotten
community clubs at work upon gen.
eral betterments, and all that sort
of thing ad lib-and with scant eff
/ feet.
Then we deplore the seeming fulfill
ty of it all and concede, admit, that
selfishness, national and individual,
rules the world. Some of our high
brow sociologists and other gists aver
that to expect anything much in the
way of real reform in this generation
is quite out of all reason, the best
that we may hone for is that by edu-
cation, hammering it into the young
sters, the following generation may
sprout some little tendrills that MAY
mark you, they say May, grow in
to sturdy vines called Unselfishness,
Common Courtesy, Consideration of
Others, that eventually may even
spread over the entire world.
Now l am neither a highbrow nor
sociologist, but / have hopes for
even this our generation. And l base
them upon sign, yea, by gum, a
heavenly sign. And 1 see that sign,
by careful watching, whilst commut-
ing.
Once in great while / see a man
who saunters quietly along the plat
form to his train, evidently not per-
turbed at all as to whether he sits or
stands. What a wonderful frame of
mind! All the others are more or
less like swine at the trough, each
trying to assume that if there is any
standing to do he will not be the one
to do it. And the expression on those
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04
10 COMMANDMENTS
FOR AUTO SAFETY
PEDESTRIANS.

l. Never cross streets at other
than regular crossings. This reckless
practice causes half our street acct
dents.
2. Don't cross the street directly
behind a car. There may be another
on the opposite side, you can't see
them.
3. Before stepping from the curb
see that the street is clear. 'Tread-
ing" traffic is inviting injury OF
death.
4. Avoid cutting diagonally from
corner to corner at street intersec-
tions. Two lines of traffic to watch
doubles your risk of injury.
5. Always look both ways when
crossing streets. The sidewalk is
safe; death turks in the roadway.
DRIVERS.
1. Look out for children.
Though playing on the sidewalk they
may suddenly run into the street
Many do.
2. Give the pedestrian a chance
He may be careless, but you'll regret
it If he's hurt Most auto accidents
occur when driving fast-better delay
than death.
3. Accidents are always unexpect-
ed. Therefore be careful always.
A. Keep your brakes in good order.
Your life and the lives of many
others depend upon your ability to
stop instantly. You can't do it with
neglected brakes.
5. Study traffic rules. Obey them.
Ignorance is no excuse. They are
written for you and most generally
may be had at any police station.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04
Yes, You Will.

Lincoln Star: Comic artists and
photographers have done more than
irate housewives and tired maids to
make spring housekeeping a time of
uncertainty in the usual even flow
of connubial bliss. To find the parlor
furniture on the front lawn and the
dinner table piled with bedding is not
an unbearable inconvenience and one
can find time to be thankful that the
vacuum, the electric washer, the laun-
dries and the garbage and old clothes
men have so materially lightened the
burden of the spring renovation.
There are other compepsating pleas
ures accompanying this period of do
nestle turmoil that are not generally
considered by the cartoonist or the
would-be humorist. The time allowed
for housekeeping is one of the rich
est weeks from discovery standpoint
that any household experiences. One
learns the whereabouts of his briar
pipe, which had been inadvertently
dropped into the piano, one discovers
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04

faces whilst showing and squeezing
for seat BODIES i'll for any cessation
of war and such ills.
Then at other rare intervals on the
suburban trains | will see a chap who
happens to have window seat so hold
his paper that the light is not en-
tirely shut off from his seat-mate's
paper.
Once in a week or so / also see a
man refrain from ducking into seem.
ing Inconsistencies behind his paper
and pleasantly get up so that an old
lady or one not blessed with good
looks may sit down.
Now those are my tests. AS / see
more and more of those evidences OF
a rebirth of the almost lost arts OIL
virtues, up goes my expectation ant
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04

with keen delight the actual color Of
the wall paper when it was first on
the wall under Uncle Georges phot-
ograph. One learns with amazemens
how many matches he had thought
lessly hidden behind the davenport
when the wife was not looking and
the findings that may come from one
closet pass all understanding.
Who doesn't enjoy seeing the bot
tom side of the library table where
you bumped your head while hunt
ing for the golf ball you bounced
around for winter practice? Who
can express the joy with which you
discover the forgotten bottle of real
4 per cent brew behind the work
bench in the basement? Add to
these the chance you have to see your
wife with her hair in a towel, looking
ike she might if you had married in
Hindustan or Nin-ka-poo and you
have a balance so heavy in favor If
spring housekeeping that you will
wish it came often and stayed long.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04

so more of them, and we'll put them
in on top of the Yale lectures and
make great, big, portly volume of it
and I'll publish the book. And we'll
charge price for it that will be a.
damned outrage-and we'll make it a
religious classic!'
"As may be imagined, hardly
knew whether to laugh or cry, and de-
cided on the latter. There wasn't
the slightest leyity in the speakers
mind. 1t was simply the Mississippi
pilot vocalizing a mood that was dead
in earnest and loving. And may adj
that the thing was carried out-$2.7o
was. the price of the book, and my
mother got half that amount on every
copy. Had the volume been published
in the usual trade way (Webster did
a subscription business, the royalty
would have been at best not more than
Is or 20 cents. Today, thirty five
years later, / hear from that book
and bless Mark Twain's memory. He
swore in many a righteous cause!"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04
YOU GUARD AGAINST BURGLARS
BUT WHAT ABOUT RATS?

Rats steal millions of dollars worth
of grain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy
property and are menace to health.
If you are troubled with rats, try
RAT-SNAP. 1t will surely kill
them-prevent odors. Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Comes in cakes.
guaranteed by Farrell and Keefe.
Public Drug Company.
51-2ts
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04
DIR. Burton on M. Twain
New York Herald.

Richard Burton of the University
of Minnesota repeats this anecdote:
ssIn the old days in Hartford, Conn.,
Mark Twain numbered among his
Warmest friends certain clergymen OF
the city, all of whom loved the hum
orist for his royal qualities of char
acter and companionship. They did
not let his agnosticism, loudly ex-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-07-04

hope anent world peace and SUCH
1t is lot of fun watching for such
evidence and, by the way, it might
help a bit if each of us contributed
an evidence or so a week.
Let's try it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
Dotty DiIl's
Diary
By La Monte WaIdron.

Tan. 22.-say, dairy. / feel
like givin three chears fer
= myself today. Wen / think
how Chef escaped from that vamp
an has returned to his sanity an
to me I'm glad / let nature take
its coarse and didn't do nothin
unladylike vile that usurper had
him on her string.
Tho had to pry myself outa
the hay this mornin work went
less hard an the day passed good.
Rolly Keats blew in this evenin
but run him out with a warnin.
Chef was libel to appear amy
mint. Rolly left q box Of candy
an a sad smile. But he nos I
never did give him no incourage-
ment. Theys plenty Of skirts
reddy to fall fer him, He amt 80
bad lookin IL he has got a head
like kane.
Madge an Kelva saw Chef SAT-
ternoon. They most went daffy
about him an says wat q lucky
bird I am. Well Chef drifts in
erly an takes me over to a dance
hall where they don't allow no
fites or ruff stuff. Even in them
days before that guy Volstid took
the kick outa the evnins enter
tainment this place barred scrap.
pers.
Chef wanted me to meat some
Of his frens an a lot Of EN- was
reel classy I'll tell the 400. Effie
an Ann an Eilda an Rachel had
came over to dance, so 1t begun
to look like some party. Chef
introduced me to Mister s. s.
Obrine which toll US how hes
gonna be next aldermen of the
districk-Bugs Fatelli which has
fatal designs agin Busy Kelly our
mitt pusher an a couple swell
bazooks what says they is paint
ers from McGonigles Alleway
near Greenltch Villige.
Chef was q long time sayin
goodnite tonite an insisted on a
movie clinch ear we parted. 1t
seams strange that I whom only
this evnin was hobnobbin with
some OF the most prominent big
bugs Of this districk should hafta
arise in the darkniss an beat it
to q meer factory. But such it
is-more work tomorrer. Geei
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
RADIO RAGTIME

p Mn INSANITY.
Hello, Ashes.
- 10 Cinders. What's on
your mind today?
Lots.
Real estate mind, Ell.
That's not bad. Shoot.
why should a woman's skirt
Be like a speech"
cit should be short enough to
cover the subject
Wow, Get this: why was
Eve made?"
For Adams express COM
pany"
Well, that was easy: but try
this one: who is the greatest
chicken thief in Shakespeare"
Macbeth. He did murder most
foul"
Zowie. Nabbed 'em all.
Ill say l did. Come again.
/ will, Ashes.
Do. old top.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-21
FIapper Fairy Tales

Ludwig-A friend of mine is go
ting to bring a motion picture star
over to the house tonight. Wouldn't
you like to meet him?
Georgette-No, thank you,. darl-
ing. I'm working on a report for
the boss and I'm not going to do
ANYTHING else until I finish that.