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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Dr.. Robert G. LIE Conte,
Famed Surgeon. a Suicide

Philadelphia, Pa.-Dr. Robert Grier
LIE Conte, noted surgeon, was found
dead in his office with a bullet wound
through the temple. Police and physi-
clans said the wound apparently had
been self-inflicted. DR.. lie Conte was
former president of the American
Surgical association and for many
years was a member of it's council.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Monv Fatherless Children

Harrisburg, Pa.-Fatal accidents in
Pennsylvania coal mines between 1916
and 1922 have made fatherless 4,065
children, according to report of the
inspection board.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Col. II. o. S. Hiestand Decd

Westinghouse Henry O. S. He
stand, slxty-four, U. S. A., retired, for
merly stationed at Chicago as adjutant
general of the Central department,
died at his home here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Olive Causes Death

Akron, O-Eugenia Prats died after
an olive lodged in her throat. The
child was eating with her parents in
a restaurant when the olive became
lodged Efforts to remove 1t failed
and she died en- route to a hospital.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Sir Negroes Die in Crash

Buckeye Lake, Ohio.-While 500 ne
groes were dancing at the pavilion
here at night the southwest end
crashed into the water below, killing
six negroes and seriously injuring six
others.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Floods in Fornnosn

Tokyo.-Seventy-three persons are
known to be dead and fifty-seven miss
ing as result of the overlooking Of
the Tamsui river in northern Formosa,
according to advices received here. APP
proximately 10000 homes were ruined
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Find Letters of Napoleon

Prague.-Hundreds of letters and
autographs of Napoleon Bonaparte
have been discovered here together
with a death mask and other relics of
the emperor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Sea Has CONFUSION

London-As a result of ten minute
under water CONFUSION in the Azovza
sea near Kertch strait, small island
has been produced less than mile
from shore
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Bans Disabled Soldiers League

Washington.-The National Disabled
Soldiers league has come under the
ban of the Veterans bureau because
it has failed to prove to the bureau
that it has to do with the relief of
disabled soldiers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Sepenteen Mexicans Slain

CITY of Mexico.-Seventeen defense
less persons were killed and ten others
wounded when band Of fifty armed
outlaws attacked a hacienda near
Opichen. state of Yucatan. according
to dispatch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Chinese Villages Suffer

Picking Hundreds of villages in
northern China have been inundated
by floods which have swept on to the
lowlands. under the urge of weeks of
excessive rains.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
Henry M. PindeH Dies

Northport, Mich.-Henry M. Pr dell,
sixty-two. illinois journalist who was
twice offered the United States am
bassadorship to Russia, died at bis
summer home here of heart disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
EsceI American Teacher

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Edgar ]. Fish
err, professor of history in Robert col
lege, an American institution, has been
expelled from Turkey for uttering
anti-Turkish propaganda.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
BADGER Apnointed on Big Job

Badger Appointed on Big Job
Highland, Wis.-Charles A Semrad,
who was reared on farm west OF this
village, was last week appointed gen.
eral manager of the Public Service
Co. of Colorado.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
TRAIN ROBBERS LOOT
MILLION AND "A HALF
Bandits Hold Up Train and
Make Rich Haul

Chicago.-Four autoloads of bandits
held up Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul mail train No. 81 about one mile
south of Roundout, ILL.,, rifled the reg
istered mail sacks carried in the six
car train. and escaped
According to reports there were 20
highwaymen. They tagged the train
at crossing. AS the engineer slowed
down his locomotive the crowd of high
waymen surrounded the coaches and
forced the mail clerks to open them.
1t is estimated that the robbers got
between $1,OO0OOO and $1,5O0,O00 In
cash.
Federal officials said the holdup
promised to take rank as the biggest
and most daring in the history of rail-
reading.
The robbers worked for % minutes
in the collection Of the loot, which
amounts to between AZ and As pouches
of registered mail.
Currency consigned By the Federal
Reserve bank in Chicago to banks in
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, st. Paul, Seat
tie, Spokane and other cities of the
Northwest was contained in practical
~ all of the bags taken by the bandits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
War Department Will
Find Funds for Bonus

Washington. r responding to Presi-
dent Coolidge's request to bend every
effort toward finding some way to go
ahead with the administration Of the
soldiers bonus law despite the failure
of congress to appropriate the neces-
sary money, the War department an
nounced officially that the bonus would
go forward as originally scheduled.
All unappropriated funds In the pos
session andN under the control of the
War department, amounting to several
million dollars, will be utilized for this
purpose.
The decision to use these funds was
reached by Acting Secretary of War
Dwight Davis following a conference
with Budget Director Lord and Comp
troller General McCarl
Similar plans are being developed
by the Navy department and veterans
bureau.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19

Coolidge, ST., related He had his oats
and wheat and grass seed planted.
but the potatoes must go in next. He
was busy with the harrow, and he
doubted whether he would even have
time to listen In" on the radio set
installed in his home.
Coolidge did try out the set for a
few minutes after the scheduled open
ing of the convention, but the friends
who operated the contrivance for him
could not "get" Cleveland at all. The
set is a glittering bronze-lined affair,
presented, by commercial firm. with
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
J. c. Coolidge Refuses
Cleveland Imitation

The spring planting is the farmers
first duty, thinks John G. Coolidge, the
Presidents father, and he refused an
invitation to the Republican conven-
tiea in Cleveland, received from the
Republican national committee.
Telegram received; thanks" his
answering wire read. 81 cannot see
my way clear 10 go to the conven-
ton"
The farming had been backward,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
British Golfer Wins
Match With American

Glen Eagles. Scotland.-In the pres
ence of the largest crowd which has
followed any match In the 1,OOO-guinea
tournament so far, Jim Barnes, the
famous American golfer, was bea EN-
by George Duncan, 2 to l, in the semi
final stage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
CASTOR Dounaergue NetU
President of France

Versailles, France. - Castor Dou-
mergue, president of the senate, was
elected President Of France by the ma
tional assembly here. M. Doumergue
received 515 votes and Paul Painleve,
president of the chamber Of deputies,
300. There were % votes for various
other candidates and eight blanks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Ill Health Results
IN Writer'S Suicide

San Francisco.-Peter Clark Mac
farlane, noted author and playwright,
committed suicide in front of the
coroner's Office, adjoining the hall Of
Justice. He fired bullet into his left
temple from an automatic and died
instantly. outstanding i'll health is
given as the cause of the suicide.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Will Not Negotiate
With Jan Government

Washington.-Th The State department
announced it would enter into no ne
gotiations with the Japanese govern
ment that would have the effect of
multiplying any provision Of the Japa-
nese exclusion section of the new Inn
migration law.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Means Asks Removal
of Government Aid

u 0OOGEEtafkCNG <1tGI
Washington CASTOR B. Means asked
Acting Attorney General Seymour to
remove Hiram G. Todd, special assist
ant to the attorney general, as prose
cutor in the prohibition cases against
Mr.. Means of New York.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Japs Beet Exclusion Act

San Francisco, Cal.-More than half
of the 100 passengers on the Taiyo
Maru, which has arrived, are Japa-
nese, the vanguard of thousands seek
ing to enter before exclusion becomes
effective July l.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Will AUoid Special
Session Tf Possible

Washington.-Ther will be no spe-
cial session If 1t is possible to meet
the financial needs Of the government
without one. President Coolidge be-
lieves that can be done and he has
instructed government department
heads to use every legal means to
meet the emergency.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Ne.U York Banker Dead

Warrenburg, N. Y.-Louis Wood
ward Emerson, banker, prominent Re
publican leader and former member
of congress, died at his home here
after = long illness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Liquid Oxygen Used
as Remedy for Cancer

Atlantic City.-Liquid oxygen has
been used as cure for cancer by a
California doctor, L. e. Bedortha of
Denver told the Gas Products associa-
ton convention. "The liquid oxygen
freezes the affected parts and the cure
is rapid" he said.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Hoouer's Son to Wed

San Francisco, Cal.-The engage
ment of Miss Margaret Watson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas S. Wat
son of San Francisco, and Herbert
Hoover. Jr.. was announced.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Record Glass at West Point

West Point, N. Y.--Four hundred
and five cadets were graduated from
West Point, the largest class In the
history of the military academy. Gen
eral Pershing delivered the address
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19

Coolidge's name engraved upon it.
''I've had several Invitations"
Coolidge stopped his narrowing long
enough to say. Zone was to go to
Washington en- route to Cleveland,
and to see my grandson graduate at
Mercersburg. Pa, but there is too
much to do here, and 1 shan't accept
any of these invitations"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Wheat Crop Reduced

Washington.-A smaller crop of
wheat this year than produced last
year was forecast by the Department
of Agriculture in It's report of June
/ crop conditions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Yankees Safe in ALbonia

Washington.--All American citizens
in Albania, where revolution is in
progress, and where there has been
much fighting, are safe, according to
consular advices to the State depart
ment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Kansas Wheat Crop Short

Topeka state board of agri-
culture reports for June shows Kan
sas will produce wheat crop of only
lie, 211, 900 bushels, loss of 21,0OO,-
900 from May report. Condition is
68 per cent normal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Prominent Journalist Dead

New York.-Hal Mackey Fink, forty
seven years old, advertising manager
Of the New York World and Evening
World and formerly connected with
Duluth, Des Moines and Omaha news
papers, is dead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Overheard

"DumD-bell! Why, she thinks cellu-
loid is Harold's sister. boston Tran
script
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19

dence everywhere of a new controlling
force in the party and that new force
for a time, at least, is Calvin Coolidge.
M,ov Mavoa~ Maintained
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GkRIS
Copyright, 1928, py Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SUSIE
WATCH

Susie Littletail, the rabbit girl
sister of SamBic Littletail had Il
watch. But l might as. we'll fell
you, before we 60 any further, that
it wasn't a watch that kept time.
1t was a dumb watch from the six
and seven cent store.
Susie s watch wasn't dumb be-
cause it didn' t know anything, for
it knew enough TO keep still near
" all the while, which is a lot more
than some watches l know. Blu,
the watch was dumb-that is, il
was silent and wouldn I tick Decaus,
ii had no ticker inside
"But the hands go around whel
you turn the stem,' said Susie
mother when she bought the littl
girl the watch.
eyes. I know-it s lovely, sigh
ed Susie, trying to feel happy whel
she WASH t. But / do wish | hat
d watch that would tick. This ont
never keeps time. -
"You can set the hands to an.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
G.. E. Convention
Next Week With
Many Speakers

The annual county Christian En-
deavor convention will be held next
Saturday and Sunday, November
1928 at the Christian Church OF
Holtvile, according to announce
ment just received. Delegates from
all over the county will attend the
convention and every representative
will enjoy the hospitality of Holt
Vile homes while they arc IN at
tendance at the convention there.
A number of brilliant speakers
have been scheduled for the pro-
gram, among them being Harry G..
Allen. state field secretary from
San Francisco and Paul c. Brown,
national field secretary and Pacific
coast representative. New officers
for the county organization are to
be elected during the convention,
and this years work summed up.
Also plans will be discussed for
next years program.
A delightful barbecue to be Civ
en- on the desert has been planned
for the entertainment Of the dele
gates on Saturday evening, and
other interesting plans arc being
made.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
CONGRATULATIONS IN ORDER

Nhat PfeSs reader ever better amateur show
than that put the last wo nights by Ell Centros own
young people for the American Legion? Lots of us
have paid more money and been less rewarded pro-
fessional productions.
The particular thing that strikes us in retrospect
is the spirit of the players. Everybody was on his
toes dong his best, not content with mumbled, half
forgotten lines that characterize the generality of
home manufactured plays. The directors showed them
selves capable in the first instance by creating this ad
mirable morale and in the second, by utilizing to the
full the genuine talent that under their guidance
1t is gratifying to realize that Ell Centrans, living
far from amusement centers genuinely capable
of making their fun and of contributing something
of such genuine value to the recreaona life of the
community
The town could do with more of this sort of thing,
equally we'll DONE Those who have worked hard to
make the production may feel rewarded, in
at least by the appreciation of the community
evidenced by its patronage and applause and voc
ed by the towns spokesman The Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
YUMA DOES LIKEWISE

Our good friends over in Yuma have gone "and
done likewise" Meaning, in other words that they
too, have to realization of the of wide
open border and have taken steps that have resulted
in the closing of San Luis at o'clock, the as
Mexcali and Tijuana
San Luis is located few miles south of Yuma
and the night life at that point has been undermining
the moral fiber of Yuma and other nearby cities to
such extent that the better citizens became alarmed
and made an appeal to Washington to have the early
closing put into effect at that point WE'LL
More and more communities this side Of the
line coming realize that the gambling drinking and
immoral environment that flourish just the in
ternatona border line, and usually operated by Amer
cans who prey upon their gullibe countrymen, must
be curbed and the early closing regulation is the first
step toward this end.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
November IL. 1909

. Louis Vandenhook, chief clerk of
the United States Land office at
Los Angeles. was an Ell Centre
visitor last week. He made a gen
eral tour of the valley and went to
Yuma to inspect the public lands
which are soon to come under set
tlement through the opening of the
Yuma reservation.
Dr. f. Henry Way has returned
to Imperial from Riverside and ex-
perts to re-establish his practice in
that city.
The Brawley fire department has
received a set of fire axes and Ian
terms, and other supplies have been
ordered.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
ChirOtOnsOrs i'm
Stand on Vamps
and "Ruddy'
BY United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Chiro-
tonsors today announced a fight
against vamps and Rudolph Va
lentino.
The chirotonsor-new stuff
for barber-particularly if he
is handsome, is made the sub
ieet of amarous attentions from
his girl clients, according to
delegates attending the con
yention of the Associated Mas
ter BARRIERS of America.
Henry Viewer, official of the
organization, declared that un-
less the bobbed hair girls mend
their ways it will be necessary
30 organize society for the pre-
vention of vamping of ehiro-
tons0rs.
Some chirotonsors are weak,
Viewer admitted, and readily
succumb to the Establishments
of the girl customers, and still
others submit because "husi-
ness is business, he said. The
problem is serious and 'aany
shops have put ban on women,
he declared.
Rudolph Valentino incurred the
enm;ty of the BARRIERS because
he is nursing bunch of whis-
kers. Valentino recently re-
turned from Europe sporting II
beard and the chirotonsors gre
afraid he may set a fashion for
whiskers which would deprive
them OF vital source of re-
venue.
So the convention adopted
resolution calling on all mam-
bers to boycott Valentino pie
lures until the offending whis
kers are shipped off.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19

will" sang. tho cricket. The bun
ny opened the dumb watch, which
was hollow, having 10 wheels in it,
aud tho cricket hoped within.
Then il sang and chirpcd and made
a sound like ticking. II was just
what Brian O'Lynn did in the song.
Brian had no watch 50 he followed
out turnip' and put cricket in
side. "They II think it's o tick.
in, said Brian O'Lynn.
Oh, now my watch is lovely! =
cried Susie, clapping her paws when
Uncle Wiggily gave it back to her.
And just then the Woozic Wolf
jumped into the bungalow and tried
10 bite Uncle Wiggily. But Susie
opened her watch out popped the
cricket and il bit the Wolf on the
point Of his nose. Aud this so
frightened the bad chap that he
jumped out Of the bungalow faster
than he had jumped in.
Then the cricket got back IN
Susie IS watch and licked for her
Us long - she wished, and many Of
the animal children thought ~ was
a real watch, for the cricket sound
ed very natural. hlm il the lead
prnail doesn't give itself black
mark 7sben II tries to drar mo
ing picture on The wall paper down
cellar II tell sou ne3t about Gu
Gle Wiggily ard s2mmies gl.Mmer.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Ycars
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
Novem her 10. 1905

Mrs. II. S. Whitaker has sentifaly
recovered from the attack of grippe
of which she was suffering.
: A.. N. Jones has just discovered
q portion of the New River bridge
at Indian Wells, which was carried
away last week by the flood and
had not been located until now.
William Farr of Albuquerque,
New Mexico, brought 1000 head of
steers here recently and put them
ON his place north of Holtviile. 1Mr.
i Farr already has 1000 head of hogs
on his ranch and seems to have
great faith in the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
TEN YEARS AGO
Noyember 10. 1914

L. Lowthian left yesterday morn
ing for Patton, having in custody
five drug addicts who have been
committed TO that place. Mr.. Low
THAN was especially deputized for
the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ +. Kerr who
have been spending the past two
months in Liberty, New York, Mr.
Kerr s old homo, arrived in FL Cen
tro last night.
l.. i. Cooley, county s.perinten-
ent of schools. who has been absent
for the past ten days on a business
trip 20 San Diego and Los Angeles
returned to FL Centre this morn
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19

hour YOU like said Sammie.
think is "a pretty nifty watch"
eyes, it is good, =" said Susie
''But | wish it would tick.
And when she had wished this a
number of times she got to thinking
so much about her dumb watch
that she said to Lulu Wibblewobble,
the duck:
"I'm going over and ask Uncle
I-Wiggiiy if he can make my dumb
watch into ticking one
"Yes, do -, quacked Lulu, "Cn-
cle Wiggily is very clever"
SO Susie hoped over to the hol-
low stump bungalow of the kind
old rabbit gentleman.
"IIcllo Susie, how are you to-
day'" asked Mr.. Longears as he
opened the door and, at the same
time twinkled his pink nose. "And
what time is It by your wrist
watch?" he asked. For do saw that
Susie had her dumb watch on her
wrist ,.. -,
"My watch doesn t tell time, -
she answered. "And it doesn I
even tick. DO you pose you could
put ticker in my watch, Uncle
Wiggily?" ,
The bunny gentleman thought
for a moment. lie seemed to be
listening to some sound far off
then he smiled and said:
eyes. Susie think 50. Come
int"
Leaving Susie sitting in the par
lor. Uncle Wiggily took the dumb
watch down in the cellar. Now in
the cellar Uncle Wiggily had a
cheerful cricket who was staying
near the warm furnace until sum
iner should como again.
"IIello, there, Mr.. Cricket! -
cried Uncle Wiggily, calling the
chirping creature from opt Of the
wood Pile, where il slept during the
day. "Will vou please get inside
Susie = dumb watch and make Il
tick for hey, as you once did IN NY
wrist watch" asked the rabbit
"Cheegio Cheerlo! o. Course !
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
Colorado Flow
Jumps 14OO Feet
In Single Day

That the water situation in the
Colorado river is showing continual
improvement is evMeAced by the
latest gage record from fhe buFeau
of reclamation ;st YUMA. = In Il sim
gle day the flow at Yuma increas-
ed 400 secomd-feet, jumping from
500 second feet on November II
to 100 the following day. This was
caused by storms i'll the mountain
Gus districts feeding the river far
ther up and with the advent of the
fall rains and winter SHOWS, the
flow will be gradually increased
| from day to day.
I Mean daily gage heights in feet
and mean discharge in second-fec
j., of the Colorado River at Yuma, Ari
zona, for the week ending Nov. Ii
, 1924
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
ENGLISH OFFICIAL
OF EGYPT SHOT

By United Press Leased Wire
LONDON, Nov. 19.-Sir Lee
Stack, governor general of Sou
dan and Sirdar of the Egyptian
army, was shot throe times and
seriously wounded by an I'M
known assaila,ft at Cairo today,
according to the Central News.