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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1923-05-18

Many of these farms have been producing crops for
twelve to fifteen years. the land is level the soil is deep
and fertile and ample water for irrigation is always
assured Crops raised diversified, and ready
market with excellent shipping facilities turns your pro-
duce into money.
The late Werner a. Reed empire builder had selected
this property for the site of his country estate his
widow Mrs. Reed wishes to dispose of the entire
tract and has issued instructions to SELL AT ONCE.
The Iona Securities Company, operating the entire
$3.50 acres will offer these 80 farms and 554 city lots in
Iona at
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1923-05-18

SO choice cultivated and improved farms, 10 to 100
acres-2O of them with houses and barnsmany OF the
80 fenced most of them in good paying crops and being
well cared for, all with pad-up water rights (and
abundance of water always located at and near Loma
in the beautiful Grand Valley of the Colorado River 70
miles west of Grand Junction and four miles from Fruita
This property is interseced by the main line OF the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; it is on ranscontln-
entail highway it is only four miles from the Grand juno
electric line There excellent churches at
Iona and magnificent $4,000 public school,
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1923-05-18

R. E. Sherman, Pastor.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
From the $50 Edition OF Yesterdays Star.
RUDOLPH ACCEPTS POST
TO AID SHRINE CONCLAvE
Will Head Citizens Committee of
100, Which Will Cooperate
With Almas Body.

Commissioner Rudolph, president OF
the board of Commissioners. yesterday
afternoon accepted the general chair
manship OF citizens committee
made up OF one hundred representa-
tive Washington men to cooperate
with the Almas Temple 1928 Shrine
committee.
He was waited on by a committee
representing the Chamber of Com
merce. the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association and the Board
Of Trade. beaded by Daniel J. Gala
han. and accompanied also by MEM
bers of the executive committee of
the Shrine organization. After listen
ing to a description of the immensity
of the coming event and its civic
importance to Washington, Mr..
Rudolph formally accepted the post.
Mr.. Rudolph will not be called on
to serve actively, but will appoint
vice chairmen to carry out his pur-
poses and plans. Headquarters of
the citizens committee will be I'm the
Homer building. He appointed a sub
committee consisting of Charles T.
Clagett, Chamber of Commerce:
Charles w. Semmes. Merchants and
Manufacturers: Thomas Bradley.
Board of Trade, and Philip King to
select the committee of one hundred.
which will be submitted to him.
This committee will meet Monday
at pm. at Shrine headquarters
Evening star., 1923-03-10
STAGE WHISKY RAID
NEAR SUPREME COURT
Police Enter John Marshall Place
Houses and Seize Many
Gallons Of Liquor.

In a house that throws its shadow
practically on tho lawn OF the Dis
trtct Supreme Court house. members
of the vice squad, led by Lieut.. Davis
and Sergt. McQuade. last night seized
100 gallons Of alleged corn and rye
whisky.
At 1890 o'clock the police knocked
on the door of 322 John Marshall
place. A young woman opened the
door. yelled police" and watched the
raiders ascend to the second floor.
where a party of a dozen or more
We're grouped about a table with a
jar Of corn liquor occupying the post
of honor In the center, according to
the police. Examination of the house
disclosed a door on the first Moor.
which provided communication with a
next-door house, whose front door
was boarded up.
Man and Wife Held.
Joseph b. Goodman. forty-six.
and his wife Eva. thirty-five, were
arrested on charges Of illegal posses
sion Of liquor and sale of intoxicants.
In the premises at 81. approximately
fifty gallons were confiscated, the
amount, police said.
Some of the liquor was found In
the basement OF one OF the houses
packed away in trunks. The raid
from affidavits of roomers in the
house, who. the police declare, had
made purchases.
Coloring matter, a gauge and a
quantity of alcohol were seized. The
raiders included Lieut.. Davis, Sergt.
McQuade. Privates Bauer and Brodie
of the second precinct, and Revenue
Officers HertZig and Burren.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
MAJEVANS COMMENDED
BY SECRETARY FALL
Retiring Official Adds Praise
-, to That of His
Predecessors.

Services rendered by Mai. George
w. Evans as chief disbursinE officer
OF the Interior Department. during
the tenure of Office of Secretary Fall
were commended by the retiring sec
retary when he left Office March I.
in letter made public by Mr.. Evans
today. Mr.. Falls letter to Mai. Evans
follows:
"Mr. George w. Evans.
Chief Disbursing Officer.
Department of the Interior.
MY Dear Mr.. Evans: / very sim
cerely appreciate your excellent serv-
ices rendered as chief disbureinE OBI
Ger of this department during the
two years since i have been associ-
ated with You.
Il have had reason to look into your
record and it is that of a faithful and
efficient worker for the interests of
the people and for the good of this
particular service. You have my sin
cere wishes for many happy and pros
porous years
Very sincerely yours.
ALBERT 3. FALL.
Secretary of the Interior"
Maj. Evans has served in the In
terror Department nearly forty years
and has received commendatory let
ters expressing similar sentiments
from former President Wilson and
from all the secretaries of the In
terror under whom he has served
During his service as chief dis
bursting officer Of the Interior De
partment. Maj. Evans has disbursed
loss of a dollar to either the govern
ment. or himself. He also holds the
position of chief Of the division of
finance Of the Interior Department
and during his term in that office has
disposed Of financial matters coming
under his jurisdiction estimated at
5000. 100000 annually or SS.000,00 900
in the nearly forty years of service
Evening star., 1923-03-10

customs duties charged on goods
shipped in American bottoms.
But both former President Wilson
and President Harding have declined
to take such steps. There is strong
sentiment in Congress in favor Of the
abrogation of treaties. however, ana
the establishment of system OF dis
eliminating duties to favor goods i'm
ported in American vessels.
May Abrognte 1renties.
1t may be that at the next session
Congress itself will undertake to
pass a law abrogating these treaties,
measure would have to be signed by
the President or passed over MS
veto by a two-thirds vote if it were
to become law.
The administration leaders at the
Capitol frankly say they see no
chance of putting a subsidy Dill
The bill which failed in the last
Congress only passed the House by a
majority of twenty-four votes, and IL
would have commanded only a ma
jority Of two or three votes in the
Senate had it come to a Anal vote. In
the next Congress. with the demo-
houses and with progressive" repub-
licans taking the places Of many of
the former republican senators and
representatives, there would not be
the ghost of chance of getting
through legislation for a subsidy. it
was pointed out.
The fate of American shipping,
Shipping Board to a very large ex-
tent. with the approval, of course,
Of the President, for what the board
may decide to do.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
From Of Yeserd Sta
Scientists Believe Seip Alipe
Until End of 5O4-FOOt Plunge

ported by eyewitnesses TO have
struggled while falling so that he
turned his body entirely around with
his face toward the sky instead of
toward the ground.
The time necessary for such a fall
az MIR. Seip took from the Monu-
ment. through 504 feet. was estmat-
ed by bureau officials to be about
5.6 seconds. not taking into account
the wind resistance nor the effect of
his jump-off, which, of course. are
unknown.
Impact OF Body Terrific.
The force of the impact when Seip
hit the stone pavement was estimated
by scientists to be about 3OO.000-foot
pounds. or about 150-foot tons This
was explained as being such a force
as would be able to raise a l5O-ton
weight one foot in the air.
Concerning the speed of falling. it
was further pointed out by scientists
that the maximum speed which a hu-
man body attains while falling
through the air is. roughly. 2I5 miles
an hour. no matter how far it falls.
This limit had been determined, it
was said, by extensive observation of
wind and air resistance.
Evening star., 1923-03-10

Unless A Birney Seip. who leaped
from the top Of the Washington
Monument yesterday. suffered from a
weak heart or died of fright during
the fall, he was probably alive at the
time OF his terrific impact with the
stone pavement, according to esti-
mates Of bureau Of standard scien-
fists. who have made an exhaustive
study of falling bodies.
1t Is the consensus of opinion among
scientific Investigators. according to
officials of the bureau. that men may
easily live during such q fall, unless
suffering from a weak heart or
fright. The speed of his fall was
estimated at about 12o miles an hour.
which, it was pointed out. was not
much faster than is frequently at
tained by airp1anes.
SO Seconds for Fall
Aeronauts who have fallen for long
distances out of airplanes have been
seen by eyevitnesses. officials said,
to be struggling in midair. In fact,
one man who had fallen more than
a mile out of an airplane was re-
Evening star., 1923-03-10
ORDERS RECLAMATION
PROJECTS INVESTIGATED
Secretary Work to Have Columbia
Basin and Umatil1a Rapids
Possibilities Surveyed.

Secretary of the Interior Work an
nounced last night he had directed
the reclamation service to conduct the
investigation Of the proposed Colum-
bia basin and Umatilla rapids recla-
nation projects, for which Congress
recently appropriated $150,000.
Dr. Work also announced he had
designated Assistant Secretary Good
win, whose home is in Spokane,
Wash, and Director Davis Of the rec
lAmation service to advise him fur
ther as to the engineering, water, le-
gal and other questions arising In
connection with the projects
Mai. Gen. Goethals, retired, who has
made some preliminary studies Of the
Columbia basin project for private IN
terests. Mr.. Work said. may be re-
quested later to act in a consulting
and advisory capacity. On compile
tion Of the investigation Secretary
Work will submit q report and recon-
mendation to Congress- Investiga-
tion Of the projects, 1t was said, will
begin about May /.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
STUDIES DRY QUESTION,
President Will Call Governors for
Conference on Return.
RN DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1873. by The Star
n OIL AGII II

PALM BEACH. Fla. March 10
One Of the first acts of President
Harding after his vacation will he to
meet the governors of all the states
N conference at the National Capital
10 discuss the enforcement OF the pro-
hibition laws
The President feels that it is his
out% 70 make clear to the state ex-
ecutlVes that the language of the
eighteenth amendment. which places
on the federal government and the
several states concurrent jurisdic-
ton, means joint responsibility The
states have the police force and the
federal government has additional
machinery. but the latter is Virtually
DoWerlesS without the hearty co-oper-
tion Of the states.
Florida is one of the states which
!sn't as dry as the federal prohibition
oiilcers "outd IKE to have il, and.
while President Harding isn't down
her" on any inspection trip, he can
not escape noticing some Of the many
new spaper items which have been
appearing lately concerning prohibi-
ton violations
Mr.. Harding isn't making any visits
70 the hotels along the coast. nor is
ne lnduiring into the pro and con
Of prohibition in the winter COLONY,
but as he drifts along in his house
boat for miles and miles he cannot
heip wondering how the long coast
iine. with ats many inlets and keys.
can ever be thoroughly protected
against the incursions. not only of
small craft from the Bahamas. but
ai-planss. too. from Cuba. Nassau and
other islands flying q foreign flag.
What happens inside Florida after
the liquor arrives is a joint federal
and state problem. but this state has
no adequate navy or marine per
sonnel to stop rum running, which
fourishes in these placid waters ever
50 much more than in the storm
tossed three-mile limits of New York
and New jersey
There's plenty OF opportunity here.
indeed. for presidential solilouy on
the subject of prohibition enforce
ment.
Evening star., 1923-03-10

nminations per doctor. 1895: general
examiners. 13: examinations per ex-
aminer. 50: total personnel, 106. max
ing the total cost of the medical and
dental personnel s21I.s63.92 per an
num-"
Twenfy-seyen Doctors ON Duty.
The dispensary having been trans
ferred to the fourth district. Capt
Hahn pointed out February /. 1922. a
reduction had been effected. which
lie said, on December 10. 1922 showed
there were - doctors on duty: ey-
amlnations per doctor were 1853:
general examiners. 6: general exam
nations per examiner. 1877: total per-
sonnel. IS; total cost per annum
s43.5Sl"
The greatest number of patients
hospita lized in the fourth district was
",OVo, 1t vas said. but this number at
present Is 2,297.
The personnel OF the fourth district
II was pointed out. has been reduced
from 1.231 to the present number
which is LOGS
other savings have been effected +,
was pointed out in the report. through
teorsaniza ton of the various sections
IN the district.
Pay Roll Is Reduced.
On April 90. 1922, the report sbowsd
Ss3.S74.95. The pay roll February Is
1923, was sI0.04691. In addition 10
sohieving retrenchments in expendi-
lure, the fourth district also. II was
pointed out, increased it's service to
tne veteran. There are fewer com.
plants than ever before" said the
report. There is less delay in the adj
Judlcation of claims than ever before
All correspondence is more promptly
answered, and. in addition, the claim
ants are given much more compre.
hensible information"
one very serious problem confront
ing him. Gen. Hines continued. arose
from complaints of underpaylnent al
medical attendants. He said he
would use whatever latitude the Vet,
erans' Bureau director has in rear.
ranging pay schedules where it is
found necessary.
At conferences with his division
chiefs and aides, Gen. Hines has Civ.
en instructions that all persons hav-
ing business with the bureau are zen.
titled to the greatest courtesy and
the kfndest treatment"
Evening star., 1923-03-10
From the 80 Edition Of Yesterdays star.
CAPITOL PLAZA HOMES
GET NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Government Agrees to Pay B. & o.
Railroad $4,000 for Use
of Ground.

An agreement which will extend
the life of the government hotels on
tho Capitoi plaza. at least until
was rsached at a conference yester-
day afternoon between George NJ.
Sbriver, vice president of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad. and Robert
Watson. director of the United States
Housing Corporation, the agency
operating the hotels.
Pays $4,000 for Use OF Land.
Under the terms Of the agreement
the government Is to pay $4,000 for
the use OF the land owned by the
railroad company on which part OF
the hotel project is located. The
amount Of money to be paid the
railroad company is estimated to be
6 per cent Of the valuation set on
was placed at S1.O20.00o, plus taxes
on the property, which would amount
to about $4,000 for the period from
November IA last to December next.
The interest will amount to $4,000.
The Labor Department. under the
agreement, is to request Congress to
authorize payment of the money out
of the sum collected from operation
of the hotels.
Increase in Rates stand.
The agreement entered into yester-
day will not affect in any way the
increase in rates to guests of $3.50
per month, which will become ef-
fective March 16. Passage by Con-
gress of a bill authorizing payment
OF the money would not have inter-
fered with the increase in rates, as
the joint resolution. which failed OF
passage in the House during the
closing hours Of the xty-seventh
Congress provided that money for
rental Of the land should be forth
coming out of revenues from the
hotels.
Evening star., 1923-03-10

an az. The hospital had no record
Of any other injuries.
The temporary frame barracks,
which at one time was a part of the
post hospital. formed fuel for q blaze
that could be distinguished in Wash
ington and the country surrounding
the post. Hundreds Of persons on
foot and In automobiles rushed to the
sceus Of the fire and by II o'clock sew
eral thousand were there.
barracks have been moved In with the
I'd Gun Battalion, Troops A, and C.,
Of the 18th Field Artillery. which oc-
cupy three barracks a. few hundred
yards from the ono destroyed. NO
changes are necessary In the main
building Of the hospital. but the con-
Meeting wings have been temporarily
rendered unfit for occupancy.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
DARING RUM PIRATES
RAID BAR OF LINER

NEW YORK, March 9.-Rum pirates
made a daring raid today on the liner
Orbita today as she lay at her dock,
Shortly after midnight. steam
launch with eleven men drew along
side, while the crew was In the fore
castle and most of the officers were
ashore. and the men clamored aboard
Customs seals were broken on the
bar and twenty cases of Scotch
lowered into the launch before "A
watchman discovered the visitors
with two comrades he directed re
volver fire at the launch, but the
pirates escaped.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
PROBING MYSTERY DEATH,

CENTERBURG. Ohio. March 10
Knox county officials to-day were inves-
tigating the finding last night of the
body of Lemott NJ. Daily. vice presi-
dent and cashier Of the First National
Bank Of Centerburg. with bullet hole
in his head. Daily was found in his
barn; In the hay NOW a revolver was
picked up.
Ohicials of the bank said they have
found no shortage, and the Knox county
coroner fs conducting his investigation
ip the belief that Daily was not 4 sui
etds< 4 -
Evening star., 1923-03-10
SEEK TO FREE RUSS.
Writ Served on Manila officials il
Behalf Of Mutineers.
, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, March 10-The attorney
general and the director of prisons
have been granted until March ]: to
show cause in the supreme court for
holding sixteen Russians sentenced to
Bilibid prison for mutiny by court
martial Of officers Of Admiral Stark's
refugee feet.
steps are being taken TO induce
Admiral Stark to reconvene the court
martial and bring about acknowledg-
ment Of its lack Of jurisdiction in
American waterG
The men asserted that no mutiny
was intended, their main aim being
to protest against alleged overwork
Evening star., 1923-03-10
AWAKENS TO DISCOVER
HIS BED IS BLAZING
r. S. r. Hit. Former Minister to
Panama, Has Narrow Escape
.
in New York.

NEW. YORK. March 10.-R. 5. r.
Hit Of Washington. former minister to
Panama and Qua atemala, was awakened
in his room at the Hotel Ritz-Carlton
early today to find his bed afire and
the room filled with smoke. He opened
window, yelled Fire" policeman
turned in an alarm and firemen soon
eXtinguished the blaze.
Most of the guests were asleep and
few knew that there had been a fire.
Mr.. Hit said he did not know the cause
of the blaze.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
Plan of Paying u
U.S.Rhine Claim,
To Be Submitted
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 1Q--Ths confer
ence called In an effort to adjust
the question Of payment for the
American army Of occupation in
Germany, at which Eliot Wads-
worth, assistant secretary of 'the
Treasury, IL representing the
United States. had session ut
two hours today and adjourned
until next Wednesday.
No decision was made regarding any
plan for payment, but certain propo-
sitions formulated by tho allies
were presented which will be sub.
mitted to Washington before tho
next meeting. The propositions. It
10 stated, propose payment out OF
future reparation funds received
from Germany.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
PRESIDENT ARRIVES
AT PALM BEACH
Gives Up Plan to Play Golf
at Hebe Sound, Despite
Preparations.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PALM BEACH. Fla, March l0.-!An
alteration In tentative plans brought
President Harding and his vacation
party to Palm Beach to-day slightly
ahead OF schedule
The President had been expected te
leave the houseboat Pioneer this fore
noon at Hobe sound. about thirty
miles north OF here. fo:' round o.
golf. and elaborate plans had been
made by the little winter colony there
for his entertainment The Pioneer.
however, steamed by the pace, merely
slowing down to permi. Edward b.
Mclean, who is acting a. host to
President and Mrs. Harding, to step
into a waiting launch, which came
ashore. Nj: Mclean then motorett
here to complete arrangements fer the
entertainment Of the party.
Through the change m plans the
days GOLF game was changed from
the Hebe sound course TO the links
herr,
Whether the party wuuid rema in
here over Sunday was undecided.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
SEEK ILLINOIS PRIEST,
MISSING SINCE TUESDAY
Abandon ed Auto Only Trace Found
of 26-Year-Old Rector of
Catholic Church

~ the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March i0.-Police
today announced they hu>e Seen con
duettns n seaTeii "i,se< 2'ursdsr faT the
Rtv. Fathe.' Holm r. N-;.:a!, twenty =
righ. vea"s cd. rre:e. e. th- eapre,!
Heart Catholic Ct.erei, a. We: tttn, IT,.
vino was las S~e,: f,i So: i4aHl' aenday
afternoon, Ut 'h4t thes ha,.e diseoe-
-rsd only atte eiue-tiHdire Of the auto-
mobile in wnt~.i tn- pfiess fiad'' the
eighty -fi,e-m;ts drive "a ~: issais.
Evening star., 1923-03-10

All kinds Of queer little creatures,
from monkeys to tiny green lizards,
have appeared at one time or another
as pets of the society women in Lon
don.
Evening star., 1923-03-10

Although only sixteen years of age,
Mrs. Ruth Long recently applied to
tho county clerk In Louisville, KY,
for a license for a second matrimonfal
venture.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
PATIENTS ARE BETTER,
John Barton Payne and Daugherty
Both Improved.

Both Improved.
Pv the Associated Press
MIAMI Fla, March t0.--The cvnd!-
tfon of John Barton Payne, chairman Of
the American Red Cross and former
head Of the Shipping Board, was better
today than on yesterday, when he was
removed from the yacht OF former SEN
ator Frelinghuysen to n hotel here.
Mr.. Payne Is under treatment OF DIR.
J 7. Boone, who also is treating Harry
NJ. Daugherty, Attorney General Of the
nited States, who has been serious
" Ill.
Mr.. Daugherty was expected TO be
taken outdoors today
Evening star., 1923-03-10

Miss Mary bingham, industrial Sec
retary of the Y. w. G. A, has arrived
in Shanghai to study conditions OF
the working women of the orient.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
CUTTING "RED TAPE"
TO HELP VETERANS.
GEN. HINES PLEDGE

CONTINUED from First Page J
Evening star., 1923-03-10
U. S. TO SELL SHIPS,
BUT BUYERS MUST
MAINTAIN ROUTES

,Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-03-10

learn what he could. without actual
ly hindering the measures necessary
in war
Evening star., 1923-03-10

nminations per doctor. 1895: general
examiners. -: examinations per ex-
aminer. SO: total personnel. LOG, max
ing the total cost of the medical and
dental personnel s211.S6392 per an
M,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-04-18
LIGHT SHIPPING
MARKS SLUMP in
TRUCK MOVEMENT

HARLINGEN. Texas. April iS-Thc
usual Monday slump in the truck ship
nents Tuesday was not as heavy gencr-
ally there being twelve ears loaded out
The rain Of Monday also effected the
shipments 20 q slight degree and pos
sbIy caused The movement to be small
cr than il would have been The onion
movement il showing some momentum
and also the new potato movement. The
upper Valley. according 10 recent re-
ports. expects 70 ship approximately
one hundred and fifty cars of onions
and the movement j. expected 10 show
a decided increase during the coming
week
Shipments were made a. follows
II csday: Mercedes shipped three cars
of becss and carrots: San Juan sh pped
one car Of cabbage: Wcslaco shipped
enc car Of bcets and carrots: San Benz
70 shipped one car Of mixed vegetables
Mission shipped one car Of onions: Nc
Allen one car and Sharyland ore car:
Olmito shipped one car cf new potatoes
and Brownsville shipped two cars OK
nj xed vegetables