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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
California Mesa

Ed Vaughan was an arrival Satur-
day from Virginia and will visit his
son. Kelly Vaughan and family on the
Mesa, and his sons Hurd Vaughan and
family and Carsner Vaughan OF olathe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Blalzenship en-
tertained to dinner Friday. Rev.
Mock and wife. and Rev Coy and
wife OF Olathe.
The John Smith family moved Wed
nesday to the II. Patterson ranch and
will farm this summer.
T c. Anderson loaded out car OF
fat hogs. Friday, from olathe, and
one from Montrose, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Whit Harren moved
Wednesday TO the l.. p Hogan ranch
Thursday evening Mr.. and Mrs c.
C. Workman and Mr. and Mrs. z c.
Blowers entertained friends to n six
o'clock dinner at the f. c. Blowers
home. Covers were laid for Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. Ross OF Menoken: Senator
and Mrs, Tobin; Mr. and Mrs. Ire
land. Mr. and Mrs. King: Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Blowers and Faith Bar
mum.
The Boys and Girls Poultry club
met Saturday with their leader. f. c.
Blowers with nearly all members pres
ent Ben King. county agent, was
also there to offer suggestions for the
next meeting March 22nd
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Moaly enter
tanned a few friends Friday evening
at a rock party. Mrs. Mealy served
delicious refreshments. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lathrop.
and daughter Alice: Mr., and Mrs
Guy Border; and Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
Medium and family.
The J. A. Trauscnt family moved
last week from north OF Montrose to
the Henney ranch.
II. Patterson is busy this week
building tenant house on his ranch.
the house TO be occupied by the John
Smith family.
Denver Cooper has gone TO Cedar
edge whore he has n job pruning.
Miss Ruth Gleudenning spent the
week end with Miss Josephine Eek
land on High Mesa, Sunday they
visited Mrs. William Purcell at Mont
rose
Mrs. c. u. Whitner and son Lee will
leave soon for Oklahoma, where they
will visit Mrs whitner's mother.
Lyle Boyer, who has been seriously
sick. is slowly improving.
Tho WC.TU. had very enjoy.
able meeting "Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. II. NJ. Standish At the
close of the meeting, there was a
valentine box opened. each lady was
blind folded and drew n valentine
Tho next meeting win be March 18Th
with Mrs, Chas. Phillips,
Tuesday evening fine baby boy
WINS born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Brady.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
Sick With Rheumatism.

Mrs, Emma Beosian, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Wather, who
has been the guest of her parents
during the winter. is bedfast at the
family home with inflammatory rheu-
matism.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
Little Girl Operated.

Dorothy Fulghum, II year old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Full
ghum, was taken suddenly i'll Satur-
day and on Sunday submitted to an
appendicitis operation.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22

HALLS CATARRu MEDICINE will
90 whnt we claim for it-ouro Catarrh or
ocnfncaa caused by Cntnrrh. We do not
cimm TO cure my other disease
=. HALLS CATARIiII MEDICINE is n
liquid, taken internally and acts through
inc blood upon the mucous surfnccs of
tno Hystom. thus reducing the inflamma-
non ana restoring normal conditions.
All druggists. Circulars free.
II. J. Cheney 4 Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
Notice Of Adjustment Day

Estate Of Milton T. Tucker. Deceased.
All persons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to present them for ad-
iustment to the County Court OF Delta
County. Colorado, the 25th day Of Feb
ruary, AID. 1924.
WALTER N. TUCKER,
Administrator.
First pub. Jan. 25, last pub. Feb. %. 1924.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22

lion and few mares for sale; also
two extra good Shorthorn bulls. one
registered Shorthorn cow. Stock for
sale at all times. Phone us.
CHARLES MUNDRY. Austin, Colo
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
To Rifle on Business.

Mrs. f. C. Rist and daughter, Miss
Bertha, were outgoing passengers for
Rifle Saturday in tho interest OF
business.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22

Claimant names as Witnesses R. R. Lock-
hart, of Delta, Colorado; Edward Craig. OF
Nucla, Colorado; Don Musser, Cal Musser.
both OF Escalante Forks, Colorado.
In Uncompahgre n. F.
GALEN C. POND, Register.
First pub. Feb. Is last pub. Mar. Il. 1924
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
viii Remain In South.

Announcement is made that Miss
Hazel Hatch. who recently resigned
her position as assistant cashier OF
the First National Bank, win remain
in the South for several weeks
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
Looking over Country.

Grand Junction Saturday afternoon
for brief visit with friends during
which timo they will look over the
country with n Wow OF locating.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
Visiting Daughter.

Mrs. G. 70. Aegartor OF Randolph.
Nebraska, was an arrival Saturday
for visit with her daughter. Mrs.
Tod Graf OF Cedaredge.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22

Operated for Appendicitis.
w H. Davis submitted to an aD-
pendicitis operation at Delta hospital
Friday morning and reports say that
he is improving nicely
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22

Guest Of junction Friends,
Mrs. Marian Fox Gruber left on the
afternoon passenger Saturday for a
visit with Grand Junction friends.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22

Spent Vacation In Colorado.
II. II. Hoover. whose home Is in
Helper. Utah, returned home after n
two months vacation spent in Colo
RADIO.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1924-02-22
OAK GROVE STOCK FARM

BREEDERS OF regis
tered Perchoron
tlorses Sh o r T.
horn Cattle and
Poland G hi n a
Swine. We have
very high class
registered sta ! :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
BRIBERY ACTION
 AGAINST MEANS
 IS SUSTAINED
Judge Foster Overrules Demurrer-2 Others
 Involved

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.--Federal Judge Foster today upheld the indict- ment of Castor B. Means, former de. pertinent of justice agent, his secretary Elmer Jarnecke, and his attorney, Thomas B. Fielder, on charges that they received money which they misrepresent- ed was to be used in the bribery of former Attorney General Daughetry and other government officials.
 The indictment was upheld when the court overruled a demurrer recently filed by Fielder in which he contended that the three defendants were not charged with the violation of any statute of the United States and that the charges were vague and indefinite. Means, Jarnecke and Fielder were in dicted by federal grand jury last March on charges that they had received $65, 800 from officials of the Creager system and the Glass Casket company of Altoona, Pa, for purposes of al. i legged bribery.
 They are accused of having repre- sented to these officials, who had just been convicted of using the mails to de fraud in the sale of stock of the Glass Casket company, that the money was to be paid to tine the United States At torney- General Daugherty, United States Districty Attorney Hayward and other government officials. In return for this money they are alleged to have told the convicted men, the government of. ficials would cause them to be leniently dealt with,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
(By Leased Wire to The Ase:Her6dl

(By Leased Wire to The Age-Her61d)
 NEW.SYORK, Sept. 256.-Where the slant-eyed legions of General Chi Hsien Yuan's rebel Chinese army tighten their iron ring on the crumbling defences of Changhai, gfizzled, hard-bitten 62- year-old Yankee soldier of fortune stands on his two cork legs fin the rice field trenches, cufsing the Kiangsu gunners in Pidgin English that has a Dixie drawl, and directing General Chi's ar tillery barrage.
 He is Lawrence D. Kearney of At lanta, Ga, one time member of the Chilean navy, one time skipper of square-rigged merchantmen, late "ad- miral' of a rebel Chinese navy and now a figure of power and terror as advisor to General Chi.
 Word of Admiral Kearney's latest exploit came in dispatches from Shang. hai Thursday. Cables told how Kearney, after forty years in the orient, had lined up with the Kiangsu forces and was handling the artillery barrage that has spread terror in Lu's ranks.
 Titles Change Frequently
 Those who follow world news know the activities of this picturesque adven- ture. This man who is almost the last of the soldiers of fortune who flame through the pages of Conrad and Rich ard Harding Davis, when there is trou- ble in the orient, Kearney is there, as captain, general or an admiral. No one knows when he left Atlanta, but he turned up in Shanghai forty years ago. sailor "on the beach,
 He fitted in with the strange crew that gathered in the waterfront cafes of Shanghai. He took to himself a Chinese wife, and became mate on a coastwise junk. Kearney, they say. knows more of the China coast than most Chinese, and more of Chinese sailors than any other foreigner in the orient
 During the war Kcarney heard the call of the west. As he steered barque along the frowning Irish coats near Queenstown in 1916, n "U' boat came up out of the sea, and a torpedo struck his craft. The rnen took to the boats. and the submarine opened with shell fire. kearney lost both< legs when a shell hit his life boat He got two new cork let and went east again..stump- ing about. Shanghai, 54 years old, look ing for a job.
 Got Whole Navy.
 When General Chi began to dream of himself as a new king of the orient he looked about for men. Kearney was put in, command of one of his gunboats. Kearney wasn't content with one shin. He wanted navy. and got it. There were warships at Gensan, old Russian warships whose czarist crews had fled with them to China after the revolution. kearney sent a man to Gensen to char ter these ships. The man didn't get re. suits quickly enough, so kearney went to Gensan himself.
 No one knows what happened there. But Kearney came back with Russian gunboat, and 700 Russian refugees, mostly, navy men. Some people said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
LOTTA CRABTREE, RICHEST ACTRESS, DIES IN BOSTON
Noted Cot1edienne Re- tired In 1891 With
 $2,OOO,OOO
(By Associated Press

BOSTON, Sept. 25.-Lotta .Crabtree, retired actress, who 30 years ago was reputed to be the richest individual in stage life, died tonight at the hotel which she had made her Boston home since her retirement at the height of her career in 1891. She was 77 years old.
 Starred as "Lotta," Charlotte Mig non Crabtree sang, danced and played herself into the hearts of the theater- goers of a generation ago all over the United States, and in 1891 retired, at the height of her success, with a for tune estimated at above $2,0OO,OOO.
 Over the bookshop which her father, John Ashworth Crabtree, kept on Broadway, New York, the little come dienne was born November [, 1S41. The bookseller was one of those who for lowed the gold rush to California, talk ing his family with him, and it was on the Pacific coast that Lotta scored her first childish triumphs. She made her debut as an actress when only six years old at Petaluma, Cal, when she played Gertrude in "The Loan of Lover.
 Softens Miners Hearts
 At the head or her own co,ip"n!. at the age of seven, La Petite Lotta played one-night stands throughout the mining region and in those days scored her biggest night at rough NeVaua camp where, after a rather hostile re- ception. she finally so won the hearts of the miners that they pitched bags of gold-dust and nuggets at her rect.
 I1otta's mother, Mary Ann Crabtree. was, in those days, and throughout the comedienne's stage career her constant companion, exercising so strict cnap- eronage that it was said all sult0rs were frightened away: ana sne also acted as treasurer for the Crabtree for tune which began with the miners gold dust. Roughing it from camp to camp. Lotta became the pet of all, and finally drifted east to try her luck in New York. or, There, at first, she was failure: she was first seen there in old Niblo's gar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
(By THOMAS l.. STOKES) Haased Wire to Age.Heraldl

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.--The spe- cial board of officers which has been designated to study the relative merits in national defense of the battleship, airplane, and the submarine, will begin its investigation next week with much at stake.
 The results of digging into this con troversial subject. now the storm cen ter of debate. will have strong influ- ence in:.
 l. Shaping the future policy of the government in building up its war de- lenses. and
 2. More immediately, determining the amount of appropriations by the coming congress for each branch of the serv. ice.
 Coolidge Starts 'Rumpus
 There is no disguising the fact that the recent procurement from the White House as favoring more atten- ton to the airplane ~and less to the navy has stirred up quite a rumpus among officials of the two branches. It can be heard all around. Another campaign of speech-making, such as has resulted from a renewal of the old question before, has begun again.
 The opening gun was fired by Rear Admiral w. A. Moffett, who happens to be chief of the Bureau of Aeronau- tics of the navy, and defends the battle ship. in speech Thursday night at the University of Michigan. It is expected to be followed by others between now and the time congress assemblies.
 Despite the attitude taken by the president. the battleship appears to have much the edge, as the investiga- tion begins. The board appointed to make the study is composed almost ex- clusively of admirals, who have unshak- en opinions as to the battleship's place. They contend that the battle ship is still the backbone" of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
LA TOILETTE MEN
 APPEAL DECISION
Re-hearing Sought In California
 To Force Petition
lBy Associated Press. ]

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.-The La Toilette Wheeler state campaign committee late today filed witll the state supreme court an application for a re- hearing on their petition for writ of mandamus instructing the county clerk of Marin county to receive and forward to the secretary of state the nominating petitions for the, La Toilette electors and place them on the November ballot,
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Aroused by the court decision barring electors pledged to him from the ballot in Cali fOrnia, Senator La Toilette, indepen- dent presidential candidate, made plans today to conduct a vigorous personal campaign in that state. es
 In formal statement, Mir. LaFol- lette said that California voters "can still register their support of the in. dependent progressive candidacy by voting for the progressive elecNrs named on the socialist ticket although thew would have preferred to vote for electors named on an independent ticket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26

den,s but she made such an unfayor- able impression on this first occasion that she returned west for time. In Chicago she found better fortune, mak- ing such hit in 'The Seven Sisters that an enthusiastic admirer at Me yicker's theater one night threw to her. neatly done up. in a handkerchief, a $500 watch and chain.
 As Little NelI'
 Three years later, in 1868, she ap- peared in New York again, in a record breaking engagement at Wallack's thea ter, when she played with John Brough- am in his adaptation from Dickens "Old Curiosity Shop" under the title of Little Nell and the Marchioness, '' both of which roles Lotta played with remarkable success. Brougham epitom- ized her stage work by calling Lotta "the dramatic cocktail: She was, in the eyes of her admirers, altogether inimitable, although she had imitators by the score. A vivacious little crea- ture, full of inexhaustible obullitions of animal spirits and drOll character, she gave free rein to her acting without falling into eoarseness.
 In the "Firefly," "Topsy." ''Musette. ; "Bob." "Nitouche" and ''The Little De- tective" Lotta scored some of her great est triumphs, although she appeared in large number of other plays of the variety. In London she met such a cold reception, on her first and much -heralded visit, that she never ventured abroad a second time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
IN THE AIR TODAY
Profram For September 2z
Courtesy Of Radio Digest
 (By Associated Press)

PrOfram For September 25 quartet, band; 1o:i5 Journal week end WssiAa chicago News t447;S, 5:so or, chestra; bands s7:4o travel lecture; WQJ Chicago t44s) artists; s-1 a. m. orchestra. Meiodians. sical; s:05 talk; S:15 show.
 WIS Chicago (345) 7o1 Mardi-Gras WsAI Cincinnati tsosl, chimes: 7:1s music; news SEQ Hawaiian music WTAM Cleveland 'tssO) concert. base WFAA Dallas News U7s) s:so-sso mu.
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 wEAF New York (4s2) a-s p. m.. rnu- WIZ New York t455) Il a. m.,-s:so m.. music, International Horse Race, stock exchange reports. talks. S. s. Paris
 
 wHN New York (s60) 12:15-5:SO p. m.. solos. concert, music; 6-10 solos. talk or- .chestras.
 WOR Newark (4o5) 1sso-s p. m. solos. music. talk.
 KGo Oakland tsl2) 10 program; F WOAw Omaha t5es) popular; s:so dinner; Deluxe program; 12 frolic. WDAR Philadelphia lss5) 5:ao talk. WHIP Philadelphia (509) talk; re- cital: S:30 dance; 9:15 recital.
 WEI Philadelphia (Ss5) 4:3o orchestra; talk: 7:15 recital. &
 WCAE Pittsburg (4s2) 5:s0 concert 6:30 Uncle Kaybee; 7:30 musical.
 KDKA Pittsburg (326) 5:30 The Kid dies Buddy; concert.
 KCaW Providence (360) 5:10 musical. WAR Providence (360) 5:10 musical. KPO San Francisco (435) 10 Art Weld ner and artists.
 KPO schenectady (3so) S:so dance, WBZ Springfield t337) 4 concert: 4:30 orchestra; 5:S0 bedtime: $40 concert; 6:30 xylophonist; 7:S0 recital.
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 WRC Washington (4ss) 5 children; 7:45 Bible talk; song; S;s0 piano; s:45 con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
Opening Gun Fired For Navy In RoU Ouer Warship's Merit
Moffett Defends Cruiser As Compared With Air
 plane And Submarine

fleet. though they grant. willingly enough that the aifplane is a necessary adjunct in this day of modern war fare.
 Battleship Has Edge.
 The battleship also has the edge as far as the material upon which the in yestigation will be based is concerned. The last actual tests, the bombing of obsolete and ex-German battleships, took place in 1921, and the report of those tests by a special board headed by General Pershing upheld the Old-time supremacy of the battleship, while giving due credit to the airplane.
 There are two forms of opinion in the controversy that of the "extrem- ists," who maintain that the airplane is the weapon of the future and that the battleship is soon to go to the junk heap. and that which maintains that the battleship must be kept as the strong right arm, with the airplane as an adjunct. The latter view is that of naval air officers, whose first love Is the navy. There are now no tex tremists," as regards the battleship. be- cause of the undisputed value of the airplane in certain capacities.
 To Include Submarine
 The investigation will also cover the submarine, and try to determine it's status. as related to the battleship. The United States has more small type sub- marines, less than 1000 tons each, than any other power, but fewer of the larg- CT types than either Great Britain or Japan. The navy is seeking more of the larger type.
 Naval officers do not expect any new and startling findings from this board, nor any departure from the old policy of keeping the battleship supreme, but with possibly greater recognition than formerly to the airplane. The board of investigation. in fact, is the same which has taken part in similar surveys before, though the personnel changes slightly from time to time.
 But because of the request from the president for an investigation, and his apparent partiality to the airplane. it's findings will have considerable weight in establishing a future policy. and determining just how much money should be allocated, to each branch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
(Leased Wire to Age-Herald)


 NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Climbing upward through the preliminary pro- cesses of political education, Young" Theodore Roosevelt has arrived now at the decisive stages of his career.
 Is he capable of following through the footsteps of an illustrious father !?
 That is the intersting query imme- diately suggested by the action of the republican state convention at Roches- ter in nominating Col. Roosevelt, the younger, as candidate for governor of New York. In awaiting the answer to the question, the United States will witness a political drama of unusual quality.
 To Be Human Drama
 It will be human drama, full of consequence to the Roosevelt dynasty, and it will provide the nation with one of its most spectacular battlegrounds in the presidential warfare between Presi- dent Coolidge and John W. Davis.
 The democrats are ready to nominate Al Smith to succeed himself-AI Smith, from the sidewalks of New York, the product of Tammany and the east side, against the leading Roosevelt scion, the finished Harvard graduate, the heir to all the family's political fortunes. . At every turn. young Roosevelt has been groomed as an elder son to in herit tke successive political mantles of the rough rider. He was Theodore, IT," He followed his father through Harvard. Like his father, he went to the New York state legislature. Again true to the family legend, he enlisted in the service of his country in time of war. He became assistant secretary of the navy, as his father had before him, and now is running for governor of New York. The elder Roosevelt as- cended to the governorship office in 1899.
 Great Name At Stake
 If the present-day Teddy wins the gubernatorial prize, his goal like that House. If he loses, the defeat very likely will eliminate him as a national political factor. A great American name will have spent itself premature ly in the second generation. This will be a decisive year for the ROosevelts. Young Theodore will meet his crucial test.
 The answerto the question, of whether or not he can carry on, in addition to its effect on the Roosevelt fortunes, also involves the republican and demo- cratic presidential chances.
 The democrats have claimed that with Al Smith on the ticket they would carry New York for Davis. The presence of Smiths name is now practically as- sured. To meet this challenge the re- publicans set out to find the strongest candidate available to oppose, Smith. Under the guidance of Senator Wads- worth, the new leader of the republi- can state forces, they chose Roosevelt. Thus, democratic chances of beating Coolidge in New York closely involve the defeat of Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
Cork-Legged Georgian
 Dire cts Chi Onslaught

he came back with considerable ammuni- ton, and that more tban 100 Russians had been killed before the ammunition MASmira waS Srare g2 Kearnsy ey nowpSm;ra, was as the Riff-Raff navy of a Chinese state.
 There is no news avilable as to how Kearney shifted from his admiral's job to the job of artillery advisor. . The last official news of Kearney, in fact, was that three months ago he was expelled from Shanghai for organizing Chinese Ku Klux Klan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-26
|PROTECT COURTS
 ! SAYS COOLIDGE
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(Contihued from Page One). ment of $3,5OO OO0, 900 worth of ships, we should undoubtedly hesitate about taking on ten times that value in public utilities"
 Discussing the courts, President Cool idge said the weak are protected by the sanctity of the courtroom where the still, small voice will not fai. to be heard"
 Any attempt to change this method of procedure is an attempt to put the people again in jeoyardy of the impo-