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Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
COUNTY COUNCIL p. 7. a. NOTES

The County Council chairman has
received several inquiries az to the
advisability Of some P. T. AS discon-
tinuiug their meetings and to meet
with some neighboring school to take
part In the programs. II these schools
% wish. they may. but. in 80 doing
thsy are turning shslf backs On their
teacher and ! deaf ear % thslr child-
rsn's cries. They -are losilg NJ real
object OF III r. =. 4. Ihs snseffixs
u yosr slhea ~ ~ ~ splsit Il
the community and to lst your teach
or know that you are trying 10 cooper
ate with her In the better underutan-
ding Of the ideals Of the school.
. The chairman DOES not see any
reason for dlsoontinuing any P. T. A.
In order to strengthen any other ono.
but on the other hand. II one wishes
to cooperate with another In having
meetings alternately at their rsspsc.
tive school houses. much good to both
communities can be accomplished. So
let us remember the get.to-gether Of
the people OF the respective commnnt.
ties is one Of the objects OF the r, T.
A. ~
The state p. T. A. has prepared a
hand book OF information which can
be secured from them or 1t the Coun.
~ Council. upon application. This
book offers suggestions Tor programs
and tells where the material may sbe
secured. II you have 4 live program
committee. excellent talent can be
secured from neishboring districts
and towns. The Council cannot help
unless your wants are known. win
not some OF the wide-awAke and pro.
grcssive women step forward In each
community and secure some helpful
material by sending for some loan
papers rs suggested In the hand bookY
Please send any news or notices Of
to Mrs. NJ. Crawford. Paoii.
Colorado. -e
Tho Executive Committee OF the
County Council will meet ut Psoli. on
Saturday afternoon. nj 1880 p. m.
Jan. 81. at the high school. we want
10 have all the county council officers
present.
Jancs r. Hinkle. Presidsnt.
Co. Council. r. T. A.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
QUILTING PATTY

Mrs. L. A. Ralston entertained u
number OF her lady friends ut a quilt.
Ing party Wednesday afternoon. A
half dozen ladies were invited. and. In
connection with tho work. a genuine
good time was enjoyed by the ladies.
A delicious luncheon consisting OF
sandwiches. salad. pic and coffee was
served by the hostess.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Rev. George walker. a resident OF
Phillips county In the early days. was
IN iolyokc couple Of days last wcok.
saent Of J. II. Guernsey. Ho pro.
60, ted and proved up on the land
whore Commissioner Ralph Anderson
now resides. Mr.. Walker II travelling
In the interest Of Westminster College
noar Denver.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
MISSIONARY MEETING

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Methodist Missionary Society was hold
at tho homo Of Mrs. G. d. wairod on
"Wednesday nfcrnoon. About twenty
ladies wore rrcscn. and tho study WINS
about the rrn Music in line with
the subject ~ phonograph and n
solo. Ncgr i ihy" sung BY Mrs
wafrod helped To make u very inter
istinE meeting.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
HARMONY CLUB DANCE

The Harmony Club gave the third
OF its series of dances last Tuesday
evening at the Court House. About
twenty-five couples enjoyed the fine
floor and good music until late hour.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Among the Hoiyokc people In atten.
dance at tho Stock Show In Denver
this week were w. 8. johnson. Geo.
uarlnnd. o. Canady. wife and dAugh.
Ter. j. II. Bemis. Charlie Peterson.
Or strublc and family. and Dale lio.
talIng.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Mcssrs. ruicher 4 Keplcr 10, u
share Of tho prumiums on their IL
foris at the Stock Show IN penw
this week. These men havo sure pnt
Hoiyokc and Phillips County on ths
map ar TO ine cattle.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

An exchange says to mako Now
Year revolution TO boost your town =
all tinac4. Yes. and whiio you AZ
boostirl' your own town don't III
other i'psns. Tho spirit Of food I
iowship always builds up faster tn
eE;l:.. 4 ass:.tion.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Rev. and Mrs. Tyrc went to Wages
about twenty mIlos southwest Of
Holyokc to attend tho Epworth AID
Society meeting which mot at the
home OF MIR. and Mrs. Sherman
o'Ncill They report n most enjoyn-
bic timc.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Hothcotc 70.
,ur cd from Denver. Friday. where
Mr.. italhcotc purchased car Of Hol.
II IN h ifora TO put out on hlu farm.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Mr.. and Mra. ". Il. Mendonhall and
two boys OF Wichita, Kansas. eamc ON
Thursday OF last week for visit at
the homo of r. A. Raiston and family.
Mr.. Mcndonhall 10 brother Of Mrs.
Rnlston.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Tho Hyperian club met with Mrs.
G0corgo zielcr "Wednesday afternoon.
Dainty luncheon was served BY the
hostess and the afternoon was spant
In nccdlswork.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Mrs. r. O. Fielder wont to Denver
Wednesday afternoon to Join her hus.
band. who has been IN that city for tho
past two weeks serving on the FEEDER.
al Grand Jury.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
e.sA s.'' Schedule for 'assas

s.erliud as siolyoke. Friday, jan. 10
Hsxtun - Holyoko. Friday. Jan. 20
Hclyol< at Haxtun. Friday. Feb. 2
Msrino it Helyoks. Friday. Feb. 0
sodgwick a. Holyoks. ost'dsy. Fob. 10
curtis = Holyohc. frllay. -. -
Imperial 1t Holyoke, oAsusdsy. S'sb II
Merino st Sterling. 1hur.. Esb. -
iIolyok 1t Sterling. Fstdsy. Feb. IS
Bri1A Tournament. March 80
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

p.r. Grimm Ion for Polk. Nebn
"Wednesday afternoon. for a short
With his son. ulan c.. who lives
that place.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Mrs. A. 4. stava Of Valparaiso. Ne.
braskn. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
.. Willis. arrived IN Holyoke. Monday.
Tor visit with the Willis families.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18

Great mon NJ circumstances to
themselves; contcntcd mon NJ them.
eaiv.- 20 ~'-,"-- -,--"--
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18

considerable property" and has
yacht, as stated by his wife.
Instead of having an annual in
come of $40, 900, as claimed by Mrs.
Williams, his income for the past
two years has not been more than
$500 a year. There is no such
thing as $4,000 securities, "or
anything approximating that sum, !"
says the husband.
1t was charged by Mrs. Williams
that her husband spent mony on
the "other woman" and that he
made meagre allowances for her and
their children. She also said that
he was an unnatural father to
their children and that he abused
her because of the birth of the
children"
All these charges were today de-
MED in most emphatic terms by At
torney Wampler, who also denied
that Williams purchased a residence
at Del Ray, Va, for the ''other
woman"
At the conclusion of the argu-
ment, Justice Siddons directed that
the children be placed in school and
be in the custody of Mrs. Williams,
giving her husband the right to
visit them at stated intervals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
Attempt to Blow Up
Consulate 10 Days Ago
Kent Secret BY Police

The attempt made today to blow
up the American consulate in Mex
leo City is the second within ten
days, it was learned officially here
today.
The previous attempt was made
ten days ago. when a bomb was
thrown into the garden of the con.
sulate about / a. m. It did no
damage to the building, and the po-
lice suppressed the news of it while
an investigation has been in prog
ress. An official report, however,
was made to Washington, the Inter
national News Service learned to-
day.
This first bombing came shortly
after a radical demonstration had
been staged in Mexico City against
the governemnt's policy of entering
into negotiations with the United
States on recognition.
Enemies Of the Oregon admins
tration are believed responsible for
the twin outrages, hoping to en-
barrass President Obregon's efforts
toward an American understanding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
3P.O.ENPLOYES
GIVEN MERIT
AWARDS
Men Split SITS for lnventing
Labor and Money Saving
Devices.

Three Washington men. employees
n the mail equipment shops OF the
Postoffice Department were today
presented with awards totalling SITE
for inventing labor devices
which have increased production
and resulted in considerable, saving
to the Government. The awards
were accompanied with engraved
certificate signed by Postmaster
General Harry s. New, and were
presented by Fourth Assistant Post
master General Billany.
They are: J. D. Miller, 1405 Law.
renee street northeast.
T. L. Richardson, 116 W street
northwest.
Antonio j.. lombard, I'll Tenth
street southeast.
The largest award went to Miller,
who was given 500 for the design
and construction of equipment for
cutting lacing cords for mail bags.
Fifty dollars was awarded to Mr..
Richardson for the invention of a
device for bending tumbled springs
for locks used on mail bags, replac-
ing an operation formerly done by
hand. The third award, amount to
SIS, was given to lombard, q
young italian, who entered the serv.
ice recently.
Lombardi's invention. Jig for
roaming key-holes in mailbag locks.
has an interesting sidelight. Shortly
after his employment he began
doubling production, and was
charged by other employees with
classifying his records. When called
to account he dramatically pro
duced the jig which he had con.
cealed in his locker.
That the ability to win such
awards is not confined to clerks
and mechanics is illustrated by a
fourth award made to Assistant
Postmaster General w. Irving
Glover. Glover's meritorious se:v
ice consisted in devising the slogan.
Say Merry Christmas with IA
Postal Money Order" which is
said to have increased the money
order business hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars. The award. which
amounted to SO, was presented to
Glover just before he sailed for
Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
Y. ". CLAPP, Of
D. C., GONE At
HARVARD
Went Swimming and Has Not
Since Been Seen-Police
Doubt Drowning.
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having worn blue trousers, khaki
shirt and white sneakers.
One of the managers of fresh
man crew told the college authori.
ties that he had seen Clapp dive
near the Larz Anderson bridge and
swim in the direction of the bridge.
He did not hear any cries for help
and he did not see Clapp come from
under the bridge.
Another thing that makes the
metropolitan police a bit skaptical
about the drowning is that James
Milliken, caretaker at the Cam
bridge Boat Club, told them that he
had seen man swimming in the
river about o'clock who wore
bathing suit which tallies perfectly
with the description of the bathing
suit Clapp Is known to have worn.
Milliken said that he saw the
man get out Of the river and start
up the bank as if he were going
toward the club to dress.
The latest development in the
case today was that a Harvard
single sculler said he had seen man
similarly dressed as the man de-
scribed by the motorcycle officer
running on the Boston side of the
river near the Charles river race
track across from the Mt. Auburn
cemetery. The Metropolitan park
police reported that they had had
no success in locating the body.
Clapp was born in South Africa in
1901. He attended Trinity College in
Hartford, Conn.,, from which he
graduated in 1922. He came to Har-
ward on the Henry II. Perry Fellow
ship in Philosophy from that col
lege.
His father is George II. Clapp. 401
S street, Washington. Clapp is
feet 10 inches tall and weighs about
lao pounds.
Greater Boston and the entire
State police were called into the case
this noon following the appeal from
the Harvard authorities.
Both these bodies believe that
Elapp placed his clothes in a locker
in the Weld boathouse to leave the
impression he had been drowned and
then swan up the Charles river,
went ashore on the Brighton side
and disappeared behind the Harvard
stadium.
Clapp simply went for rest in
in the opinion of Mrs. Jones. his
landlady. at 81 Oxford street,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
DUuPHY To PLAY
WILLIAMS in
FINALS
HaWse to Meet Partridge in
Second Sixteenth, Is Chevy
Chase Outlook.

Indications are that Chris J,
Dunphy, of Columbia, and Charles
II. Williams, of Aronimink, will
meet in the finals of the Chevy
Chase golf tournament this after.
noon.
Going to the fourteenth, Williams
had Donald Parsons 3 down while
Dunphy was 2 up on Samuel
Dalzell. In the second sixteen A.
L. Hawse will meet Dwight Part
ridge for firsts honors. Hawse de-
feated r. p. Davidson, 2 and /.
while Partridge stopped. Or. Bruce
l.. Taylor and g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18

be buried in one grave, it was said.
Identification was all but impossi.
BILE in most cases, and only a care
full check of those in attendance
will supply the final DEATH list.
David Campbell, who attended
the exercises with his sisterin.Iaw
Mrs. Doney Campbell, and his
niece, Ella Campbell, both of whom
persisted, escaped with bruises by
jumping from a window.
THE scene at the stairway was
horrible, with children and grown
folks in struggling, screaming
mass. They were damned so tight
that none could hope to get out ex
cept those who were dragged out
by people outside.
Everybody lost their heads when
the lamp dropped. A kind of terri
fled scream went up and the crowd
all rushed for the stairway"
The Schoolhouse was OF the old.
fashioned country, wooden type
with a stairway in the rear, and
lighted only by kerosene lamps. II
is located in a comparatively iso
lated community with no other
houses or buildings nearby.
The audience was made up OF
fathers, mothers and children, the
latter dressed in their Sunday
best" for the biggest community
event of the year.
OF those who lost their lives last
night about half were children.
Names are yet lacking, but at
least one entire family was wiped
out completely, when father, mother
and four children persisted.
This morning the people are try
ing to take stock OF the situation.
All that remains of the school are
few charred timbers and a mass
of debris.
Relatives and friends are daZed.
Overcome with grief, they gaze
silently at a cluster of weeping
women, gathered around what they
know must be the remains of their
children, although there is no way
to tell.
All they are sure of is that their
children were in the building when
the fire began, and that they did
not come out alive.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
ORPHANS ENJOY
THEATER
PARTY.
Guests of Times-HeraId at
Loew's Columbia Delighted
With Program.

Children from the Washington
City Orphan Asylum, the Bruen
Home for Children and the German
Orphanage in Anacostia were the
guests of the Washington. Times
Herald today at the last of the movie
parties at Loew's Columbia Theater
arranged for their pleasure
1t would have been difficult to
have picked more ideal day for the
entertainment, and impossible to
have gathered together a happier
throng of children than those VINO
storned the lobby of the F street
playhouse shortly after 10 a. m.
Managing Director Lawrence Bea-
tus of the LQew houses and Mark
Gates, manager of the. Columbia,
were waiting hosts for the little
guests, and while Photographer Mil
Ter prepared to snap a pictorial rec
ord of the party the children made
such a noise in their enthusiasm that
the F street shoppers surrounded the
little ones and smiles and good cheer
fairly radiated.
Grateful for Candy.
They are well-behaved group OF
children-these little wards from the
city institutions; and not one neg
lected the courteous THANK You" as
they received a generous sized box
of candy through the Kindness of
Walter Brownley.
The screen program could hardly
be better adapted to amuse an au-
dience of representative young
America. There was a most anus
ing burlesque of Way Down East. "
that featured whirling snow and
some rare wintry scenes besides a
blizzard of comedy. Then an Aesop
fable that had an untruthful fisher
man pursued by a monster whale
and gobbled up la Jonah. A news
reel and then Oscar, the educated
elephant, in novel circus picture,
1.-THE Soul of the Beast" occupied
the center of attention. Oscar is a
truly wonderful animal actor and
when little Madge Bellamy escaped
from the circus after most life.
like tornado, they went roaming
through the woods for adventure.
What the big six-tons pachyderm
found and the antics he cut up had
the theater rocking with laughter.
These youngsters saw the last scene
filter away with regrets but nearly
$50 left the theater with smiling
faces and pleasant memories.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
Work of Identifying
School Fire Victims
Is a Difficult Task
By international News Service.

CAMDEN, S. c., May 1S.-WoriS
of identifying the seventy-four vic
tins of the Cleveland school fire
tragedy proceeded slowly here to-
day.
At noon the police had the fol-
lowing positively identified:
MR.. and MRS. c H A r L L s
HUMPHREYS.
MR.. and MRS. LCT H Il r
BROWN.
MR.. and MRS. MILLER MCLEOD
and two children.
MIR. and MRS. NJ. l.. WEST an l
two children.
MR. and MRS. r. MCLEOD and
one child.
MRS. BRITT CROFT and three
children.
WESLEY HENDRICKS and one
daughter.
MRS. - RHODES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18

be imagined what a horrible inferno
the place became.
The Cleveland schoolhouse COM
munity is made up of small farmers
and mill operatives. and is similar
to hundreds of other small com
munities throuhout the South.
The entire police and fire depart
ments of Camden were on the
scene this morning, and restoring
some semblance of order out of
the chaos and terror that stalked
unchecked throughout the night.
The dead were blackened and
charred, and naturalization in
some cases will be difficult-a mat
ter of elimination, as clothing was
burned entirely away.
Bodies Laid in Long Row.
AS fast as the bodies were pulled
from the smoking cauIdron. they
were laid in one long row on the
grass of the schoolyard, while
weeping mothers and frantic fathers
and terror-stricken children rushed
up and down the line seeking to
identify missing relatives. 1t was a
heartrending scene, made doubly
pathetic by the large number of
children in that long. black line.
ut was the most awful thing
imaginable" said the chief of police.
But for the panic all who were
in the crowded little school room
could have escaped the Rev. j. J.
Johnson, pastor os the First Baptist
Church of Camden, said today.
The Rev. Johnson escaped unin-
Jured when a spectator dragged him
from the crowded doorway into
which the frantic pupils and their
parents had crowded. The min.
listers wife and little daughter
escaped with slight injuries. His
little son was burned to death.
Panic Follows Crash.
Panic followed instantly the
crash Of the lamp which started
the fire. 1t was one of these old.
fashioned hanging kerosene lamps
and its fastenings had become
loosened through time. When it
fell, with an explosion and flare Of
flames, most of the crowd made
for the one exit, narrow boxed
stairway.
Others made for the windows
and jumped"
Chief of Police Whitaker esti-
mated that two score escaped by
jumping. They suffered but slight
injuries.
A nurse at the Camden hospital
told International News Service
that five victims of the fire, all so
seriously injured that physicians
would not permit them to see any
one, were at the hospital. Seven
or eight others were taken to their
homes, she said.
Thomas HUMPHREYS, assistant
cashier of the Bank of Camden,
still living at the Camden hospital,
but so terribly burned that his re-
covery is doubtful, could not re.
member how he escaped the blaze.
1T was a nightmare from the
time of the explosion. All / re-
member is the flare of the lamp,
and the wall of terror that
went up"
The bodies which were taken
from the ruins today probably will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
Red Cross Offers Aid.

Aid from the national headquar
tiers of the American Red Cross
was proffered the stricken com
munity near Camden, s. c., today
The Red Cross received its first
news of the terrible loss Of life from
International News Service, and i'm
mediately telegraphed Atlantic head
quarters to take relief steps.
Carter Taylor, one Of the expert
disaster workers Of the Red Cross
has been ordered to Camden to take
charge Of the relief work. He viii
cooperate with the Camden chapter
The relief work following the New
Bern, N. c.. fire several weeks az,
was under TayIors direction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
DENIES W|FE'S
CHARGES IN
DIVORCE
No 'Other Woman and Hasn't
$4,000 Yearly, Attorney
For F. M. Williams Says.

In arguing a motion to dismiss
the suit of Mrs. Agnes M. Williams
against Francis M. Williams for
absolute divorce and alimony, At
torney T. Morris Wampler, repre-
senting the husband, court
stenographer, today denied in open
court the charges preferred against
Williams by his wife.
Mrs. Williams in her suit claimed
that her husband was a member
of the firm of Gait & Williams,
which he denies, and he likewise
denies that he is the owner of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18

door and thus held up escape for
many people.
The superintendent of schools,
on the stage with diplomas in
his arms, made futile attempt
to stem the tide of panic. He
shouted that all could get out
safely if they took their time,
but his voice was lost in the
screams of the women and the
children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
j. s. CONSULATE
INMEX|CO CITY
BOMBED
Fanatic Suspected of Wreck
ing BuiIding-No Persons
Are injured.
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(Continued from First Pagel
will soon be in the hands of justice
and we hope that it will create no
prejudice, because the Mexican
people entertain very friendly feel
ings towards the Americans"
The Internal machine was made
of iron with threaded tap. There
was a. difference of opinion as to
its contents. According to some it
contained a stick of dynamite in
stead of powder.
Consul Asked For Details.
The State Department today tele.
graphed the American consul at
Mexico City to rush all possible de-
tails of the bomb explosion which
partially wrecked the consulate
there. The State Departments first
information of the bombing came
from International News Service dis
patches.
Officials declined to comment on
what possible effect the bombing
may have on the Mexican American
negotiations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-18
Will Reroute Bus Lines.

All bus lines in Washington will
be rerouted from May rs to June
10, Walter G.. Allen, executive sec
rotary Of the Public Utilities Com.
mission, announced today
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-06-08

Considerable agitation has
been heard within the last few
weeks regarding the completion
of the North and South highway
thru the Cottonwood district to
what is known as the twin
houses. The distance is APP
proximately two miles and does
not come under the present con-
struction work. Ninety-five per
cent of the business men are in
favor of the highway board COM
pleting this link as are also a
large number of farmers. If
the work could be completed
this summer the Cottonwood
district would have the distinc-
ton of having the North and
South highway completed thru
it's entire district. There are
three distinct advantages of
completing the work at this
time: First-It could be con-
structed by the contractors now
at work in the district and at
probably the same price. Sc
cond-No right-of-way would
have to be bought and as the
grade is practically standard
very little expense would be en-
tailed in putting the road in con-
dition to receive the rocks.
Third-It would give the district
a graveled road from one end to
the other. If you are in favor
of the road being completed talk
about it to your commissioners
and boost for it.