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Evening star., 1923-07-22
GREAT FALLS BANK
IS IN LIQUIDATION
Stanton, Head of Institution, Said
to Be Among Heavy Losers
by Recent Fight.

GREAT FALLS. Mont July 21.-
The Stanton Bank and Trust Com
pany. which closed July ., was al
lowed to go into voluntary liquida-
tion today. after L. 0. SHELTON. state
superintendent of banks, had com
pleted ten-day examina ton of the
Institutions affairs. The assets were
given in the last call at about s10OO,-
00O,. and the liabilities, not including
capital stock and surplus, as s723,OO0,
ofi,which s650.0O0 are deposits
4 George H. Stanton, president is
Said to have lost heavily while pro-
noting the Dempsey-Gibbons fight
He has denied that the bank had any
part in the promotion of the fight.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
RESTAURATEUR FINED
FOR SERVING BAD FOOD

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va, July 21-Vicento
Facini, Broad street restaurant
man, charged with serving unsound
food. was fined 500. His license was
first revoked, and when he resumed
business he was fined
The man said to the magistrate:
The people must eat" And then the
Justice interposed to say that every
time he served a meal the costs would
be 500, plus the court charges.
Evening star., 1923-07-22

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, July 21.-More
than SOC Virginia high school stu
dents during the last school year took
Bible study courses as prescribed
by the state board of education
and took the regular state exam
ination on these courses for
credit, 1t was announced by the
state department of education to-
day. This represents large
gain in the number of students
pursuing such courses, it was
stated.
up to the beginning of school
Evening star., 1923-07-22
FALLS CHURCH.

(SpeciaD.-Acacia Chapter, Order of
Eastern Star, will give garden
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy n. Church Thursday evening.
Fancy articles. homemade ice cream
and cake, candy and punch will be
on sale. There will be music and
fortune-telling booth. In case of
rain the party will be postponed to
the next night.
Mrs. s. II. Styles, chairman of the
library committee of the Woman's
Club. announces that until school
opens the library will be open Tues
days from to Z. and on Fridays
from 1870 to 9 o'clock. The follow
ing new books have been purchased: ::
Rough Hewn." Dorothy Garfield; {;
The Dim Lantern" Bailey: Four
Richmond; Where the Blue Begins"
Morley: Mr.. Doolittle." Loftins !:
The Clammer." Wilson; "Penrod and
Sam" Harrington: THE Quare Wom-
an" Larcum; "Enchanted April"
Won Armin: "Wanderer Of the Waste
Land Grey, and Red Shawl Her
gesheimer.
Sunday School Picnic.
The Southern Methodist Sunday
School will hold it's annual picnic at
Great Falls. Saturday afternoon. July
|2S. ! They will start from the corner
of Washington and Broad streets at
> o'clock, and go via Tyson and
Langley. VA truck will be provided
for those who have no other way
Miss Margaret Fravel left last
week on a trip TO the Pacific coast,
where she will visit friends in San
Diego and Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Braron Frederick and
family motored to Atlantic City last
Saturday Miss Marie Formal ac-
companied them as far as Washing
ton, where she joined her aunt, DR..
Marie Formad of Philadelphia. with
whom she will spend the summer on
Long Island Sound.
Mrs T. w. Jones entertained at
o'clock yesterday afternoon in hon
or of Mrs. Sarah Landrum of Florida
and Mrs Donald NJ. Jones.
Mrs. z. l.. McNair and daughter
Mildred have gone to New England
to spend the remainder of the sum-
mer.
Wins Debating HonOrs.
Allen Maybee of Kalamazoo, Mich.
who was a guest of DR.. and Mrs.
! Formal last summer, won place on
the all-American debating team and
is touring England and Scotland this
summer. The team is debating in
many cities.
Miss Elizabeth Keith entertained
at dance at her home last night.
Miss Fannie Castleman entertained
Thursday night for Miss Maybelle
Church and her fiance. Mr.. Kenneth
Mills. who is a guest at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. NJ. e. Church.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
WOMEN OF ARLINGTON
AND FAIRFAX MEET
Advisory Council of Two Counties
Transacts Business Which
Had Been Postponed.

A special meeting of the Wom-
ems Advisory Council of Fairfax and
Arlington Counties was held on Fri
day morning at the Y. w. G. A. In
Washington, to transact the busl-
ness which was postponed for So
cial program at the June meeting.
Miss Roberta Moncure. home demon
stration agent of Fairfax and Ar
lington counties, leaves this WORK
August l to go TO Blacksburg. va.
She will be succeeded by Miss Lucy
Steptoe, formerly home demonstra-
tion agent of Wythe county, who has
been working with Miss Moncure
for the past weeks.
short Course Results.
Miss Moncure reported the results
of the recent tri-county short course
at East College, Manassas, for girls
clubs members from FAIRFAX, Ar.
lington, Prince William and STAFFORD
counties. Every district in Fairfax
county was represented except
Dranesville.. Miss Moncure report
ed most beneficial results from this
short course and urged that next
years course be held in Fairfax
| county. 1t Is planned to send two of
| these girls, one from Centreville, and
one from Clifton. to a further short
course at Blacksburg this summer.
| They will then be expected to act
as leaders in girls club work in
their respective communities.
: In cooperation with the county
| agent. II. b. Derr, the home dem
onstration department will conduct
paign this fall in Fairfax and Ar
! lingtOn counties. 4 one-day culling
school conducted by experts from
Blacksburg and the United States
! Department of Agriculture will be
| held in september in some central
! place. probably near Falls Church.
| and leaders will be selected with
! the help of the advisory council, to
/ conduct a series OF culling demon
! strations in every section OF the two
! coupties.
/ Fairs Urged.
! Miss Moncure urged the women to
promote the holding of fairs and ex-
| hibits of canning and children 8
! handicraft in every community. and
! to work for larger and more diver
! sified household exhibits at the
/ county fair. Preliminary plans were
made to include such an exhibit at
! Centreville day in August. and to call
a special meeting in the Lorton
neighborhood to arrange for exhib-
| its.
; Miss Burke urged all men and
| women in these counties to attend
/ the coming Farmers Institute meet
! ings at Blacksburg August to 10.
| The secretary of the advisory coun-
! ell, Mrs. Lamb of Centreville, and
her husband are among those who
| expect to go from this county.
, Efforts will be made by members
| of the advisory council TO secure
| headquarters for Miss Steptoe at
Fairfax Court House for the coming G
| year. So far the county has CON
| tributed nothing to the support of
| this work, the services of a home
| demonstration agent being made
available through the generosity of
| DR.. Kate Waller Barrett of Alexan-
| dria and Fairfax Chapter. d. A. r.
Mrs. Babcock of Vienna invited
the members of the advisory coun-
! ell to social meeting at her home
| in Vienna In August. and Mrs. Bar
lrett invited the women to 1vana-
llota Farm in October.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
INDIANS TO SEE u. S.
Will Seek Return of South Dakota
Land, Is Reported.

SIOUX FALLS. y. D.. July a1.-Sev-
eral million dollars ale involved in q,
suit to be brought against the federal
government by the Yankton Sioux
Indians. according to Alfred c. Smith
tribe.
The claim is put forward accord
ing to Smith. that the Yankton Sioux
ceded territory to the United States
IN 1881 and 1858, but that no consid-
erationS ever were returned for these
ceSslonS. Included in the areas is
believed to the site of the falls as
we'll as the rich quarrying sections
near Pipestone, MINI.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
100000 SUITS
ARE THREATENED
Court Decision Awaited by
Virginia Highway Con-
tractors Association.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, July 1.-
State Senator Fl. +. Byrd, publisher
of the Evening Star here. has been
formally notified that If the circuit
court of Richmond sustains his de-
murrer in the suit brought against
him for 100000 for alleged libel. by
the Virginia Highway Contractors
Association, at least twenty members
thereof will institute individual suits
for 100000 each. or S2.000.000 in all.
The plaintiffs already have filed an
amended declaration.
Boys Blamed for Fire.
\ gang of cave" boys. youngsters
who recently were driven from an
old cave west of town, are thought
to have been responsible for a fire
which Il few nights ago threatened
TO seriously damage the Empire
fiercely in the coal-house, built
against the rear wall of the theater,
when discovered. The loss was con-
fined TO the smaller building.
proposal to acquire an additional
spring in order to provide Winchester
with an Increased water supply, has
been made to the city council and
referred to a committee for investi-
CATION, along with another plan for
preventing what is said to be a
reckless use and waste of water.
Orchnrdfsts to Meet.
Many apple and peach growers of
Virginia expect to attend ii confer
ence in Washington. July 25. be-
tween growers of the Virginia, Mary
land, Delaware and Pennsylvania
and railroad officials. relative to crop
conditions and car supply this sum-
mer and fall. A similar conference
held there year ago brought grow
ers and railroad officers closer to-
gether, IL is said
The apple crop in England next
fall promises to be very poor" and
there appears nothing to come up
against American apples as soon as
they are ready according to a
letter received here by Thomas w.
Mathews from business connections
operating in Glasgow, Liverpool and
other British markets. This short
age also applies to practically all
classes of English fruit, except straw
berries, the letter also said.
Rainfall Below Normal.
The rainfall in Winchester and i'm
mediate vicinity is seven inches be-
low normal, according to a state
ment given out yesterday by F. j
Schneiderhan. plant pathologist of
Blacksburg, stationed here. who COM
pared the last twelve months with
other years. Virtually all the coun-
try around this city has had d good
growing season. but the present
season is the driest here in many
years.
A large number of members of the
Charles Rouss Fire Company, this
city, We're entertained over the week
end by Washington Hose Company,
No. 4. Harrisburg, Pa, at the organi-
Zation's summer cottage along the
SusQuehanna river.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
OPERATE CANAL AS USUAL

BY the Associated Press.
PANAMA CITY. July 21-Word re-
ceived her of reports circulated in
the United States that the Panama
canal had been closed because of
land slides caused much surprise in
the Canal Zone. The canal was in
full operation today as usual
Evening star., 1923-07-22
NEW BRIDGE IN USE.
Pedestrians Take Premature Ad
vantage of Fredericksburg Span.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, July 21.-
Pedestrians are now being permitted
to walk across the new bridge over
the Rappahannock river, leading from
Falmouth to Fredericksburg. The
flooring has not been laid, but passage
is accomplished by walking on steel
beams, which have been laid tempo
rarily for that purpose.
Work on the bridge is progressing
satisfactorily. with all but the last
span on the Stafford side practically
completed. The small concrete bridge
over the canal at the Spotsylvania end
of the bridge is also nearing compile
tion, and it is probable that highway
traffic will be routed over it by the
fall.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
FARMERS' PICNIC SITE.
Orange Countians Will Hold Event
Along River

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, July 21.-
The committee on grounds for the
big Orange county farmers picnic
has reported favorably on the site for
the picnic to be held August 15. 1t
is the river site on the farm of DR..
X. Lee Taliaferro
The committee found ideal condi-
tons and everything is moving
smoothly toward the big event Pub
lie speaking, races, contests and
water sports on the river near Mad
ison Mills will be the order of the
day.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
500 Virginia High School
Students Take Bible Courses

last fall Supt Harris Hart ex-
planned. Considerably more than
600 Virginia high school students
had taken the examination pre-
scribed for high school credit in
Bible study. These courses were
first offered in the fall of 1916.
1t apparently took good while
to develop an interest in Bible
study for school credit, but this
interest seems now to be growing
apace, as evidenced by the fact
that almost as many students took
the examinations during the last
school year as had previously
taken the examinations from the
beginning of this work six years
ago"
Evening star., 1923-07-22
CRAB BEARS OYSTER SPAT
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 Inc SUIT.
FREDERICKSBURG Va. July 2l--
An oyster spat the size Of a quarter
on live crab is out Of the ordinary
Capt. Charles Nelson. dealer in
oysters all his life. at Urbanna, on the
lower Rappahannock river. showed
the crab and the oyster and said he
had never seen anything like il before.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
MANS BACK BROKEN
UNDER WRECKED CAR

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va, July 21.-Boyd
Flippo of Bon Air was brought here
today with his back broken. The
man cannot tell how he was hurt and
no one saw the accident
A minister was passing the spot
and eXtricated the man and brought
him here. His condition is critical
The car had turned over and caught
him underneath.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
NEW PREMIER
FACES K EEN
OPPOSITION N
BY Lloyed Allen
u. P. Staff Correspondent

LONDON, May 2S.- Premier
Stanley Baldwin was elected leader
of the conservative party in meet
ing at the Hotel Cecil here today.
The meeting was held to solidify
the elements of the party to full
stength when Baldwin goes before
the house of commons to face his
strongly increasing opposition.
Political students, speaking
through the newspapers see his path
fraught with new perils. Dissatis-
faction of the group led by Aus
ten Chamberlain, unmasking of the
liberals and laborites, who felt
sympathy with Bonar Law because
of the former premier's throat af-
Fiction and refrained from attacks
and the announcement of Lloyd
George that he will now drop per
sonal consideration which caused
Linn to deal gently with the govern
mcnt, are all combining to work
against the new ministry.
The conservatives meeting was
called at the Hotel Cecil to encOur-
ago Baldwin in his undertaking,
before going to parliament to give
his eagerly awaited statement on
foreign and domestic policies.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
PUT FIGHT ON
R. R. VALUATION
UP TO PUBLIC

CHICAGO = May 2S.- Senator
Robert NJ. LaFollette's fight on
higher railroad valuation was 'plac-
ed before the American public to-
day. .eD
Delegates to the National con
ference on railroad valuation in
Guiding congressman, state officials
and public and private organza-
tion leaders, carried home the pro
gram outlined at the convention
here last week and set out TO line up
state governments and organiza-
tions in their territory to back the
movement.
Demands will include that the
commission determine the original
investment of the lines as well as
the construction cost. LaFollette
charges that under the latter the
roads are prepared to demand
$1O,O00,0 100000 valuation and $780,
100000 yearly rate increase.
AS Il sequel to the conference
here last week representative of
railway unions and brotherhoods
met and considered Legislative
program which was reported to in
clude abolishing the United States
railroad labor board or radical cur
tailment of its powers.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
FIRES
RAGE IN MINI.
BY United Press Leased Wire

ULUTH, Minn., May 2s-Forest
fires in northern Wisconsin and
northeastern Minnesota threatened
serious damage today.
The village of Gordon, 80 miles
south of Superior, is threatened by
flames, advancing fromthe south
on a wide front. The Wisconsin
village has Il population of approx
mately 500. All able bodied men
were out fighting the advancing
flames. Highways are blocked by
the fires.
A fire near Tower, Minnesota, on
the Iron Range, was reported out
of control with & strong south wind
blowing.
A fire near San Lake, IA miles
north of Virginia, was being
brought under control according to
reports this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
EXPECT CLARA'S
ARRIVAL TUESDAY
AT NEW ORLEANS
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 2S.-
Clara Phillips was expected to ar
rive at this port on the steamer
Copan some time tomorrow, accord
ing to officials of the Cuyamel
Fruit line, which owns the vessel on
which the tiger woman is to be a
passenger from Honduras.
The Copan will reach quarantine
at Port Eads tonight, the official
said. After undergoing the usual
inspection it will proceed up the
river to New Orleans.
No unusual efforts were being
made here for the reception of the
famous prisoner, who is in the custo-
dy of Los Angeles sheriff's S officials
Provision will probably be made to
care for her at the local parish
prison on her arrival until she is put
aboard train for California.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
MORE THAN $500
RAISED HERE FOR
OVERSEAS FUND
Mrs. Nichols, Wife of
Slain Ex-Veteran,
Sends Donation

With fine total Of over 5000, the
Overseas Graves Endowment Fund,
conducted by the Press for the
Rovcc Aten Post, American Legion,
was brought to n close today, and
the money collected will be for
warded tomorrow to Legion Head
quarters at indianapolis to be add
ed to the fund which is being rails
ed to provide for the annual decora-
ton on Memorial Day of the graves
of American soldiers and sailors
who died in the World War and
whose bodies remain in Europe.
Perhaps the most touching contri-
button which was received by the
Press, was that made today by Mrs.
Leslie L. Nichols, widow of the
overseas veteran who was murder
ed last January on the desert near
INLAND by Lawrence Campbell and
Charles Davis.
To her appreciation of the assis-
tance rendered by Boyce Aten Post
at the time of the murder, and
courtesies rendered her by the Le-
gion when she came to FL Centro
to attend the trial of her husband s
murderers, Mrs. Nichols sent the
following letter to Boyce Aten Post,
with her contribution.
Mrs. Nichols Letter
Comrades:
"lt was with deep regret that |
left FL Centre without having had
the opportunity of attending the
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
Memphis Editor
is Fined 100000

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May CSC. v.
Sanders, editor of the Memphis
Press, today paid fine of $500 in
federal court here on conviction of
contempt growing out of an editor
ial published last September in
which he denounced the Daugherty
injunction in thes hopmen's strike.
Sanders, announcing he would not
appeal the case said:
1.-THE outcome of the case is dis
appointing that no way is left
open to test the constitutional ques-
tion of free press. Judge Ross did
not touch upon an editors right to
criticize the courts but merely took
exception to the wording of the ed
itorial.
He was for many years one of the
most prominent democrats in the
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
FULL PROG GRAM
FOR MEMO RIAL
DAY ANNOUNCED
Parade Starts Promptly
at $3.50; Exercises
at Evergreen
Many Organizations Are
Represented in
Program

Plans for the Memorial Day SER
been completed by the committees
in charge of the occasion and an
excellent program has been ar
) ranged to do honor to the men who
fought in '6l, 1913 and ~. Judge
Franklin J. Cole will act as grand
marshal for the parade which will
prccede the exercises at Evergreen
cemetery, under the ritual of the
Spanish War Veterans.
The parade will start at $3.50 a.
m., and all organizations participant
ing will meet at Seventh and
Broadway. The line of march will
be south on Seventh street to Main,
east on Main to the Southern Paci-
fic railroad tracks, where machines
will take the paraders to Evergreen
cemetery. Machines for the occasion
will be furnished by the Elks and
the Rotary Club.
Upon arriving at the cemetery, all
organizations, with the exception of
the color guard and the firing squad,
will assemble at the designated
place where the services will be
held. The color guard and firing
squad will reform at the entrance
to the cemetery and march to the
place of service.
Order of Parade
The parade will move in the fol-
lowing order:
Grand Marshal, Judge Franklin j.
Cole; Aide to Marshal, Captain j.
c. Summers; color guard, firing
squad, Imperial Band; Civil War
veterans; Spanish Oar veterans !;
American Legion; Legion Auxiliary ;
FL Centre Boys Band; Boy Scouts
school children; civic organizations.
Exercises at the cemetery, in
charge of the Spanish War veterans
will include: Address by Rev.
George A. Hartmann; Veterans Re-
QUEEN, by Albert Durham; recita-
ton, by n. C. Deaton; America -
by school children; Spanish War
veterans memorial ritual; firing of
voIley over graves of dead; taps.
The committees in charge of the
day are American Legion, Harry L..
Foster, Minor Sweeney; Spanish
War veterans, j. G. Miller, Walter
ID. Carey; Elks Lodge, A. B. Shibley,
DR.. +. P. Brockett; Rotary Club, c..
+. Anderson, J. l.. House; Boy
Scouts, s. l.. McCrory.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-28
CONCRESSMEN ARE.
TREATED TO FIRST
!. Y. WATERMEL0N
Local Men Put Swing
Johnson Bill Before
Party

Although Secretary Of War John
w. Weeks, and his party, consisting
Of SO congressman and eight SEN
ators with their wives, are today
on the high seas, bound for Alaska,
they are taking with them pleasant
reminders of Imperial Valley and a
better understanding of the Swing
johnson bill and the benefits which
Imperial and Coachella Valleys can
derive from its passage.
The party, when making trip
from New York to Alaska, last
week stopped two days in San Di-
ego, two days at Los Angeles and
three days in San Francisco. Sat
urday they were presented with the
first watermelOns grown this year in
Imperial Valley, and added interest
was given to the melons when the
distinguished guests were told they
were raised by George Hickcox of
WcstmOrland, rehabilitated veter-
an Of the World War, who came
here IS months ago suffering from
tuberculosis, contracted in the war,
and has not only been restored to
health, but takes an active part in
valley affairs, being director of
the WestmOrland Farm Center.
''Ye Valley Cryer''
Accompanying the melons was a
copy of "Ye Valley Cryer,' ad-
dressed to each member of the
party. This little booklet, the work
of F. w. Greer, told the story of
the melons and George Hickcox, and
explained what passage of the
Swing johnson bill will do for
Coachella and Imperial valleys and
asked the members of congress to
deal favorably with the bill when it
is presented to them next December
for their consideration.
The visitors had previously been
served with Imperial Valley canta-
| loupes and with apricots, figs, oni-
ons and dates from Coachella Val
| ley, and the women of the party
WHY WIN
desert flowers.
Strong for Dam
Three members of the Republican
steering' committee, who were in
the party, pledged themselves to
give much more than ''due consid-
eraticn' to the bill at the next ses-
sion of congress. Congressman Mad
den, chairman of the appropriations
committee was also favorably i'm.
pressed with the merits of the
Swing Johnson bill.
Credit for taking advantage of
the opportunity to present the de
sires of Imperial Valley before the
distinguished party in a pleasant
and yet effective manner is due to
Congressman Phil d. Swing, Ira
Aten, president of the Irrigation
District, Earl Pound, director of the
district, Chief Engineer Ray S. Car
berry, and F. w. Greer, who were
untiring in their efforts to make
sure that the visitors were duly i'm
pressed with the importance of the
SwingJohnson bill.