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Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

for maintainance Of the summer
camp in the mountains.
Mrs. Incz Bcnscn Of Claremont
drove down Sunday morning with
her brother Dick Nutbrova, in the
Cadillac, which Mr.. NutbroWn pm
chased recently in Rialto
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nutbrown
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Cash Wat,
kinds, Mr. and Mrs. Il. W. Beall, r.
II. and Fred Nutbrown, Mrs. Inez
Benson, Miss Bessie W3tkinds and
w. j Young, Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
Myers ard Catherine Nicklas, visit
ID Beall 5 we'll Sunday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Man Reported
With Hammer Girl
is Arson Suspect

Los ANGELES, April Isles
Sc G. Carscn, who was trailcd from
Mexico City to San Salvador i'll
company with woman at first sup
posed to be Clara Phillips, is wanted
here on suspicion of arson. it was
declared ut the shcriffs office to-
day Carson is supposed TO be the
middle aged man seen in Mexico
City in company with a woman re-
scmbIluG the escaped hammer mur-
dress and is charged by County
Forester FHntham with particiPat.
ing in an attempt to fire o store
building last November, following
a dispute over ownership. Carson
spoke Spanish fluruty and fre-
qucntly spoke Of having holdings in
Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Ten Years Ago
April 18. 1913

Congestion of traffic on mai
street is becoming serious owing t
the fact that so many farmers ar
using so many automobiles.
So many strangers are in tow
that Manager Armstead of the Ore
gon hotel is out every night seekin,
quarters for guests who cannot b.
accommodated at the hotel.
Contract let with with j. T
Travers for new X r. l 7 garag,
on main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Fifteen Years Ago

Sixty four tickets have been sol
from Imperial to Los Angeles Il
valley residents who are going Il
the coast city to witness the ce
ebr&tion being held in honor O
the battleship fleet s visit.
Iron for construction for th
First National Bank at Imperia
arrived and brick layers and mason
IRE busy, Contractor Peterso
bringing brick masons from Lo
Angeles for the job.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Looking Backward \
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
Twenty-One Years Ago
AnriI 1Q 1on1

w. F. Holt will leave for Red
lands to spend a few days with hi
family.
William G. Quinlin of Los Angele|
has located forest reserves scrip OF
5000 acres land in this section OF
which will be established a cattl
ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Kicked by Cow,
May Lose Sight
By rress staff Correspondent

CALIPATRIA, April l8.-W. "A.
Brockway, while milking COWS on
the Talniage dairy ranch, was kick
cd in the eye by a COW and IT IS be.
lioved the sight is impaired.
The Girl reserves dinner Satur'
day proved thoroughly successful.
About 50 people were served and >
NICE sum realized toward their quota
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
Father of Clara
Phillips Victim
is Jailed in L. A.
ny Unlted Press Lcused 1yire

LOS ANGELES, April 18.-Fred
Ircmaine, father Of Alberta Mel.
dows, who was slain by Clara Phil
lips hammer, is in Jail today on a
charge of stealing ten fountain
pens and two pencils from an au-
tomobilc belonging to j. G. West,
salesman Tremaine was rcccntly
charged With grind laseenY tor ~
asserted automobile theft.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18
s. F. Celebrates
III Years Aftel

SAN FRANCISCO, Apri! 1s. =
San Francisco celebrated "17 year.
after today. 1t was seventeen year.
ago this morning that fire and
earthquake swept the city and rel
duced its business section and mucI
of its residence district to ashes.
A parade, luncheons, naval rel
view and dozens of dances over th|
city tonight will comprise the day I
program.
Members of the relief committee
will gather in a reunion during th'
evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-04-18

eyes so that he couldn t see wherl
he was going. He bumped into n
tree stump, the Gator did, and M
banged his nose and cried:
"Wow!' This is no place fol
met" Then he crawled off, and ID
he didn't nibble the bunny's earl
after all. Then the plastering OF
the ceiling was finished and Nurse
Jane gave the beavers Lemonade
short cake.
And if the eggbeater doesn |
whirl around so fast that it get|
dizzy and falls out of the cat I
cradle, III tell you next about Uni
Gle Wiggilv and Tippy's top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29

Friends of pretty Josephine Mur phey of Anniston will not be sur prised but delighted to know that she has been chosen by Charles Dana Gibson as one of the college beauties of the country. The selec- tion of beauties by the famous ar tist is being made from all state universities and the picture of Miss Murphey with 150 others was sent from the University of Alabama with the result that she was one of the eight selected,
 Miss Murphey is the youngest daughter of Prof. and Mrs. D. R., Murphey of Anniston and is for tunate in possessing not only great beauty but keen intellect which has placed her at the head of her e, ea in school and, at the university. She is a lovely brunette, with delicately moulded features, tall and slender, black eyes that make one think all kinds of poetic things.
 It is gratifying to friends that Miss Murphey received this recog- milton from one of Ameriea's great est artists and also that she has been honored by the faculty of the university by being chosen with three others of her class to become member of the national mathe- matics league. She is also mem- Der of the Blacllfriar Dramatic club and an Alpha Gamma Delta. With her other accomplishments Miss Murphey is an artist of more than ordinary ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
RANDOM NOTES

Miss Annie Troncalli has returned from Atlanta. where she attended the grand opera. While there she was the guest of Aubrey Ed wards There were many courtesies extended her while there.
 Mrs. c. J. Severin has returned from Aurora. Ind. and will be at home for the summer with her brother, D. C. Van Merkestyn. and family at 34os Avenue G. south.
 Mrs. Edna Gussen and her daugh- ter, Miss Elizabeth Gussen, returned last night from Atlanta, where they went to attend Grand Opera last week.
 MT. Robert A. Terrell, Jr.. Is spend- ing the weekend in Gadsden.
 Miss Edith Robinson, of Thorsby. is the guest of her sister, Miss Jen- nie Robinson. at Howard College. of the graduatig class of the Thorsby high school this year.
 MT. and Mrs George F. McGlawn of Los Angeles. Cal. were the guests of Mr and Mrs. w. R. Hendrix for a few days last week.
 Mrs. Fred A. Montebarro is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. K. Warren, e30 Riverside, Jacksonville, Fla.
 aMr, Frank Walker Smith has re- turned from New Orleans. where he accompanied Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith remained for visit In that city.
 Mrs. Frances DeBardeleben is in Jacksonville, Fla.
 a,ia. tt-ss .. sflt,.s sls. safs.. 1 ~
 Mrs. Charles Robson. of Atlanta. Is the. guest of her sister,. Mrs. D. J. Poncelory -9si-sf s,a, a-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
PAGE 5B

fly of Virginia, her grandmother TOT whom she is named. Elizabeth Nell son Page, being one of the peIles and toasts of her day.
 Following the ceremony at tho church a luncheon was served at the beautiful old colonial home of the MaItby family at Washington, eov- CTS being laid for about fifty guests, invitations being limited to the out of-town guests and members Of the briday party. The wedding cake filled with all the old fashioned sym bols of fortune. was cut by the bride and distributed among the guests with much merriment. The brides table was beautifully decorated in rose and white, a vast profusion of pink roses carrying out the color scheme.
 Among the out of town guests present were: Judge Goggin. Fl Paso; Miss Belle Horten, MT. J. l.. Hor- ten. Paris: Miss Katherine Tucker, 7eNington; Harry Horten, Shelby vile; Hale Church, George Jameson, Dayton. O.; Robert Groggin, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Trask. ST, Hunt ington, W. Va; Mir. Robert Power, Huntington"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
Frask-Maltby We'd ding Is Solemnized
 In Kentucky

The following account in the Daily Independent of the marriage of Miss Mary Page Maltby. eldest daughter of MT. and Mrs. Lucien Maltby, of Washington. Ky, and MT. Everett Trask, of Huntington, W. Va, will be of interest to many of MT. Trask's friends in Birmingham, his former home:
 Miss Mary Page Maltby eldest daughter of MT. and Mrs. Lucten Maltby, of Washington, and MT Ev- erett Trask, son of Mir and Mrs. A. E. Trask. of Huntington, w. Va, were at the Church of Nativity, the Rev J. ]. r. Perry, officiating.
 Miss Ann Maltby, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and Clar- enee l.. Wood, Jr.. best man. The brides maids were Miss Frances Maltby, youngest sister of the bride and Miss Catherine Tucker, of Lex ington, and little Miss Sarah Miller Best of Millersburg. was junior bridesmaid The ushers were Messrs. Albert Knox. Quin Martin, Robert H Power and Harry Horten, The bride was given away by her uncle, Judge James Goggfn, of Fl Paso, Texas, due to the indisposition of her father.
 The bride was beautiful in we'd ding dress of white satin with court train and Duchess lace coronet and veil and carried q bouquet of roses and lilies of the valley The maid of honor wore blue over silver, the bridesmaids being dressed in green chiffon over satin trimmed in silver The junior bridesmaid was most at
 tractive in rose eelored organdy. Mrs. Maltby, mother of the bride, wore grey crepe de chine and Mrs. Trask wore blue canton crepe.
 Miss Mary Page Maltby is a grad nate of the Maysville High school. holds an A. B. degree from the Uni- versity of Texas and is a member of the Phi Beta Phi. She has had charge of the history department of the local high school for the past two years. She is a most attractive and charming young lady. She is de- seendant of the historical Page fam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
PERKINS-GORDON
 MARRIAGE CEREMONY

PERKINS-GORDON
 MARRIAGE CEREMONY
 At 3;3O o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Gordon, in Marion, Ala, Miss Mary Gordon was married to Mir. R. l.. Perkins of Anniston. The marriage was the continuation of a school boy and school girl romance begun when MT. Perkins was a stu dent at Marion institute and Miss Gordon student at Judson college.
 The decorations were simple and artistic, vines and flowers arranged with becoming effect. Banked against one wall of the parlor were ferns, tire above tier, and on either side burned lighted candles. Just in front of this stood Dr. R. K. Whyte, pastor of Sloan church. who officiated.
 Mrs. Hatchette sang, At Dawn ing, I Love You" The wedding march was played by Miss Haynie at the piano, accompanied by Miss vause, violin. The ladies in at
 tendance. Miss Mary Leah Hurt. Miss Mary Brannon, Miss Annie Dub ison Hogue, Miss Grace Hendon, of pink carnations and ferns. Miss Louise Mickleboro, maid of honor, preceded the bride. who entered, ac-
 compsnie3 by her brother. MT. Frank Gordon. She was met Dy the groom, who was accompanied by his best man. MT. Douglas Williamson of Anniston. As Miss Gordon en- tered the room friends who love and appreciate her. looked from her beautiful flowers. white carnations and ferns, emblems of purity, to her face glowing with happiness, appreciated the appropriateness of this floral selection. The ceremony was brief and beautiful, the ring being used. MT. and Mrs. Perkins left immediately for New Orleans. where they will spend several days before going to Anniston. their fu- ture home.
 A number of out-of-town guests were present. among tifs.1 Mrs. M. S. Perkins, mother of the groom Miss Noble of Anniston, Mir. and Mrs. Letherwood, MT. and Mrs. Tom Mid dleton Mrs. Bettie Hall Stillweli and others. MT. Perkins is young man of sterling qualities and bright pros poets for the future. He belongs to Anniston, his home town, belongs by right of birth for his grandfather was one of the Nobles. pioneers of the city. In Anniston he has spent
 the years of his young life. and there he now holds responsible
 position with the Anniston Manu- featuring company. Miss Mary Gordon Is known and loved in Marion. She comes from an old pioneer family. and it Is with regret that her friends see her move away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
MISS NELSON HOSTESS AT TEA

Miss Jessie Margaret Nelson en- tertained at a tea last Saturday aft ernoon at her home in Inglenook, in honor of Miss Velma Glenn of Texas.
 An interesting contest was enjoyed, the prize being awarded to Miss Frances Morris.
 Progressive rock was enjoyed. The prize for highest score, handsome bottle of perfume. was given to Mss Margaret Hendrix.
 Miss Freida Gibbs served tea dur ing the afternoon and later on ice course was served to the following guests: Misses Freida Gibbs, Velma Glenn Merle Page of Cullman, Vivian Brown, Ellen Gray, Agnes Ashwan ser, Pauline Estes, Evelyn Rice, Frances Morris, Mrs. John D.. Hen drix, Mrs Glen Dubose and Miss Mar garet Hendricks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
SOC E TY
Famous Lecturer To Be At High School
 This Week

Edward Howard Griggs, known as the greatest platform teacher in this country, will appear here this week in a series of lectures on Dramas of Protest" and The Present Age" at the auditorium of the John Her bert Phillips High school.
 These lectures will be given every afternoon and evening from April 30 through May ,. Dr. Griggs will speak on the Dramas of Protest" in the afternoons and on The Present Age" in the evenings. He comes to Bir mingham under the auspices of the Birming gham Teachers association.
 Edward Howard Griggs has all the qualities that are necessary to make an able and popular public speaker. He has culture and wide learning, a brilliant mind and a wonderful com mand of English. He thinks clearly and deeply and he carries his mes sage over to his hearers.
 The afternoon lectures will be at 3:30; the evening lectures at S:15.
 The program for the series will be as follows:
 .Dramas of Protest.
 Monday-"The Protest Against Conventional Theology" The Poem of Job"
 Tuesday-"The Protest Against Social Injustice" '"The Promotheus Unbond of Shelley"
 Wednesday-"The Protest Against Economic Wrong:" Hauptmann s "Weavers."
 Thursday-"The Protest Against Time Serving Selfishness;" 1bsen's Brand"
 Friday-"The Protest Against Max ing Criminals: Galsworthys Jus tice."
 . Saturday-"The Protest Against Yielding to Fate:" Calderon's Life Is Dream"
 O o. O UThe Present Age." Monday-"The Lights and Shadows of the Present Age"
 Tuesday-"The. Fundamental Prob lem of Capital in Industry
 wedne 'Humanism in Indus try: The Employers Duties"
 Thursday-"The Future for Labor: Rights and Duties of the Artisan" Friday-Americani Educa- tion for the New Era"
 Eaturday-"For What Do We Tdve7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
FRECKLES
Don't Hide Them With a Veil i; Remove Them With
 Othine-Double
 Strength

This preparation for tho removal of freckles is usually so successful in removing freckles and giving a clear, beautiful complexion that it is sold under guarantee to refund the money if 1t fails.
 Don't hide your freckles under a veil: get an ounce of Othine and re- move them. Even the first few ap- plications should show a wonderful improvement, some of the lighter freckles vanishing entirely.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine: 1t is this that Is sold on the money-pack guarantee. Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
Measles

As a preventive against measles children should gargle their throats morn ing and night with Myrrh- Lyptol, which is a splendid antiseptic mouth wash. Don't take any chances. Buy a bottle of Myrrh- Lyptol today and ward off this contagious disease which is so prevalent now among children. Three sizes, 25c soc, $1.O0. At all drug stores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
MRS. OLIVER HOSTESS AT RRInGE.

Mrs. James Oliver was hostess at bridge at her home on the Monte- yallo Road Wednesday afternoon.
 The home was decorated with spring flowers which added festive air to the occasion.
 The following guests shared Mrs. Divers hospitality: Mrs. Aleen Henry, Mrs. Hugh Brady. Mrs. liar ry Porterfield, Mrs. Eula Penrod, Mrs. D. Johnston, Mrs. Milton Walthall, Mrs. Smith Ferris, Mrs. Wilton La Mar, Mrs. Ray Conwell, Mrs. James Hardwick, Douglass Dawkins, Mrs. James Mccall. Mrs, George wheelock. Mrs. Albert Seals Mrs. John Montgomery, Misses Mar garet and Minnie Bodeker. Miss Ann Watson, Miss Josephine Boggan. Miss Evelyn Farley. Miss Marion Fraw- ley, Miss Katherine Klyce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
COURTRIGHT-DE
 INVITATIONS RECEIVED.

Invitations have been received by friends in the city to the wedding of Miss Helen Gaines Courtright of Mobile, and MT. Henry Fairchild De- Bardeleben of Birmingham, the wed- ding to be solemnized on Tuesday evening, June 5, at the Cawthon Vineyard. Mobile, Ala.
 Miss Courtright is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Reid Courtright of Mobile. and MT. DeBardeleben is the son of MT. and Mrs. H. T. De- Bardeleben of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
Drama VIII Be Staged By Phoenicians
 May l6

Broken Bonds" four-act melo- drama, will be staged at the Jeffer- son on the evening of May 1s by the Phoenician club of this city.
 This club has presented several plays to the Birmingham public be- fore, which have been received with much enthusiasm. Among the plays presented are Hearts of Men," .Hur- ry. Hurry" and the Queen of Hearts"
 Broken Bonds" will be given for the purpose of raising additional funds for the clubs new home at Ninth avenue and Twelfth street, south.
 The personnel of this club consists of a group of the younger Syrians of Birmingham.
 The cast of Broken Bonds" will include: A. J. Sharbel, George Mig crano, Frank Glazier, John Shahid Joe Asbik, Louis Bohorfoush. George Tobia. Miss Adele Mikwee Miss Edna Mikwee. Miss Numnum Wehby, c. Abrasley, Joe Joseph and Mike Pharo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
WASHINGTON SOCIETY IN

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Perhaps it was because he stayed only few days, but Lord Robert Cecil, famous British champion of the League of Nations, wasn't the center of much entertainment while in Washington. Only two dinners and one luncheon were given for him, and one of the dinners was a sort of to-be expected affairs at the British embassy.
 However, important official Wash ington was represented quite emphat- ically at all these functions. The Sec retary of State. MT. Hughes, headed the guests list at the embassy din- ner, and Chief Justice Taft and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson were the leading lights among number of lesser stars whom MT. and Mrs. Henry White, at whose home Lord Robert Stayed, en- tertained at luncheon and dinner.
 The house where Admiral Dewey proposed to Mrs. Hazen, nee McClean. is yielding to the march of progress in downtown Washington. A hand some old red brick residence at the corner of k. street and exclusive Con- necticut avenue, northwest, it is be- ing remodeled and will be occupied by offices and stores.
 Khaki uniforms were proper eve ming dress at the biggest reception of
 week here. Mrs. Herbert Hoover. national president of the Girl Scouts. entertained visiting scout leaders who are attending the annual con- vention of the scouts national coun- cil at Wardman Park hotel, and the delegates appeared in their regula- tion scout uniforms.
 The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Hubert Work will close their | oy-ty mo hor na,.lyy iy,T Inn v,6 to their home in Colorado for a month
 President Harding is having his portrait painted again, this time by Howard Chandler Christy. This paint ing-the second Christy has made of Mir. Harding since he has been Pres ident-will be hung in the salon of the steamship Leyia thon.
 It isn't often that the German ann bassador. pr. Otto Wieldfelt, appears in Washington society news as hay ing entertained officially or unoffi- cially. but Friday night he was host at big dinner party. The Archbish- op of Munich. Cardinal Faulhaber, leading Roman Catholic prelate of Germany, arrived in Washington Thursday and was guest of honor. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, new ! president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was guest of honor at a luncheon given Tuesday by Col. and Mrs. Daniel B.
 pevore at Chatham. Md. just across the river from Kenmore, the home of Betty Washington Lewis. which the Daughters of the American Rev. l olution Is trying to have preserved. Mrs. Cook was accompanied by
 other officiala of the organization, who are still in Washington, the
 party motoring to Fredericksburg for
 the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
MISS BUSBY ENTERTAINS FOR MISS FAULL.

MISS BUSBY ENTERTAINS
 FOR MISS PAUL..
 One of the prettiest affairs of last week was the dancing party at which Miss Elizabeth Busby entertained Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Mildred Faull at the home of MT. and Mrs. A. F. Lanier in West End.
 Punch and cake were served dur ing the evening to the guests.
 Those present were: Miss Mildred Faull. Miss Billie Lanier, Miss Selma Saunders. Miss Mildred Maben, Miss Louise Williams and Messrs Jack Nave, Hugh Allen. Drennen Thaten- hurst, George Jones. Parker Sax, Robert Grunner and Mir. and Mrs w. A. Busby, Mir. and Mrs. K. W. Thaten- hurst MT. and Mrs. A. F. Lanier and Mrs. H. J. Thatenhurst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
PHILATHEA CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. PAGE.

Mrs. W. A. Page was hostess to the Philathea club Wednesday morning.
 The meeting was presided over by the president, Mrs. A. G. Simmons. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, a business session was held in which plans were com pleted for musical and measuring party which will be given by the Philathea and Cleaner clubs at an early date. The proceeds will be used toward the building fund of the West End Baptist church.
 After the business meeting, a plate luncheon was served to the members and guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
COMMENT ON HENDERSON,
 MIDDLETON WEDDING

Many friends are interested in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Camelia Marie Fiddleton, daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs s. A. Middleton. and MT. Mugh Hall Henderson. which was formally made today. Miss Mid dleton is the lovely daughter of for mer fire chief Middleton, and Mrs Middleton, who has been an ex- tremely successful leader in the school improvement of the Henley school. Miss Middleton has a wide circle of friends in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
CLIO SOCIETY
 MEETS FRIDAY

The Clio girls of Central High school, while on their trip around the world. landed in China and Japan Friday afternoon. They were con- ducted through China by Miss Alyne Price and through Japan py. Miss Elizabeth Carnell. This visiting some country every Friday afternoon is beneficial and entertaining to the club members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
MRS. CHAPMAN WINNER
 OF FEDERATION PRIZE,

Friends in Birmingham of Mrs. Katherine H. Chapman will be inter- ested in the fact that she was the recent winner of the prize offered by the Alabama Federation of Wom- ems clubs for the best novelette,.
 Mrs. Chapman lives. in Selma. but is well known over the state and the nation for the quaint originality in her works.
 "The Gateways of the Day. is the title of the prize winning story. It Is love story built around the bet tering of conditions which many Alabama mill owners and operators are now effecting. The title is taken from one of Tennyson's poems.
 The prize of S5 given by the fed eration is merely a distinction, and in no way payment for the story. The author will submit it to her regular market with thk added dis tinction of having bdAn the prize winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
B. Y. P. U. AT BOYLEs o Enru

ThesB. Y. P. U. of Boyles Baptist church was entertained Tuesday right at the home of Mrs J. c. Head in Norwood.
 Many interesting games and con tests were played. Music also added to the evenings pleasure. Prizes in the contests were won by Mary Roo- erts,, George Brown, and George Hays.
 A delicious salad course was served later In the evening.
 About 35 guests were present.