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Evening star., 1924-01-27
Officers Ball Is Classed
Leading Annapolis Event
Brilliant Affair at Club on Naval Reservation
Season. 5 Society Features on Other
Lines Noted

evening at their residence on Duke
| OF Gloucester street
Mrs. Anna Thomas Currier, who
has been in New York for u week
as the guest OF Mr. and Mrs. Duane
Da Barry, has returned to Annapolis
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Leslie
{. Davis entertained at dinner. fol.
at their home ca Maryland avenue.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Roy
c. Smith entertained at tea Saturday
afternoon at their residence on
Southgate avenue in honor of the
members OF the class OF 1910 at the
Naval Academy, and their wives. who
attended the ceremonies OF the un-
yelling OF the memorial presented by
the class TO the Naval Academy that
day
Enoch B. Carey, president of st:
Johns College, was the guest OF
honor a, a dinner meeting held at
the University Club in Phtladelphia
last week by the alumni In Penn
sylyania.
Prof. and Mrs. Paul f. Noinot en-
tertained a company OF twelve AT oin-
ner Monday evening at Carroll Hail.
where they are spending the winter
Their guests included Capt. ana Mrs
William II Bell. Commander and Mrs:
! Harry T.. Shoemaker. COMMANDER ano
Mrs. John BCwers. Commander ahu
Mrs. Nlillam L. r rrieuei'; - - :,
ply and Lieut.. Commander Ramsdel II.
Mrs. Roswell Patterson OF New
York is the guest of Mrs. }. de
PeySter Douw of Murray H'Ii.
Miss Nancy Claud vas hostess a,
a buffet supper Saturday evening
the home OF her parents. pr ane
Mrs G. Washington Claude. Mis-:
Claude was assisted b. her sister
Mrs. II. G. Fuller. wife Of Com
mander Fuller and Mrs. r: c. Helm.
er, wife Of Commander Heiner I.
NJ. c.
Admiral and Mrs. Robert +. Coontz
was Il guest for the week enc o.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Henry 3
Wilson.
AZ the meeting OF the American
Bar Association. held last week II
Philadelphia, Edgar Fell. son or Or
and Mrs Thomas Fell OF Annapolis. was
elected assistant secretary OF the as
ISOLATION.
Mrs. c. de Peyster Walk left Friday
for Camden. S. c.. for a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Thomas. who
Mrs Anna Currier. through the early
winter, left Monday for a trip in tht
west.
4 musical for the benefit OF the
Annapolis Public Library. under The
direction OF Mrs. Stevens. wife o
f'FO1. W ~. oteFcHS aiii -hi .. Scoi
Abram Moss. will be given Tuesday
February ), at the executive man
sion. which Mrs. Ritchie has loaned
for the occasion.
Mrs. DoWnes, wife Of Commando
John Downes. was hostess at Z
bridge Thursday afternoon. with 9th
ell guests coming later for tea.
Mrs. Wilson. wife Of Lieut.. II. S
Wilson. and her daughter. who have
been at Long Beach. Calf. for the
winter. have arrived in Annapoli.
and Will remain through the spring
months.
Miss Harriet Enoch OF Washington
has been the guest for a week o1
her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. r. ChatSle Hopkins. at theiI
home. Guildford, on South river.
Mrs. stiles Decker OF Texas and
her son. Morrow Decker. are the
guests OF Mrs. Decker's sister, Mrs
Evening star., 1924-01-27
Finance Club Plans Dance
At Hotel Washington

The second of this seasons dances
to be given by the Finance Club of
the War Department will be held at
the Hotel Washingto the evening of
Tuesday. February 6. Tables for NAH
Jong and bridge have been arranged
for those who do not dance. Music
will be furnished by the Army Or
chestra.
The following committee chairmen
have been selected TO insure the sue
cess Of the dance: Floor, Col. F. W.
Coleman. y. D.. L. S. A.: invitations,
Miss Martha Blanchard; cards and
NAH jong, Mrs. Margaret Doian:
music. MIR. benjamin Banken, and
decorations. Miss Emma Washburn
Evening star., 1924-01-27
Patronesses for Dance
At WASHINGTON Barracks

List of patronesses for the dance
and cabaret to be given for the bene-
fit of the engineer branch of the
Army Relief Society at Washington
barracks Friday, February I. at $3.50
o'clock pm. includes Mrs. weeks,
Mrs. Lansing Beach, Mrs. Delos Blod-
gett. Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs,
Frank Coe. Mrs. Robert Davis, Mrs.
Hanson Ely, Mrs. Henry Fitzhugh,
Mrs. Frederick D. Grant, Mrs. Charles
John Hines, Mrs. willard Hoibrook,
Mrs. Merritte Ireland, Mrs. Henry
Jervey. Mrs: John A; Johnston. Mrs.
rick and Mrs. W. T. Snow.
Evening star., 1924-01-27

honor OF their daughter Miss Au-
Mrs. westcott, wife, Of Prof. Allan
F. Westcott, entertained at bridge
Wednesday afternoon at her home on
Thompson street.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
.S23.25 PER CAPITA
COST FOR SUPPORT
OF WARDS OF TEXAS
Southeastern insane Asy-
lam Has Lowest Per Cap
tia Cost in State.

Austin, Tex, April 12.-Average
cost per capita for the support and
maintenance of the 11.S11 wards of
the state in the various eleemosynary
institutions for March was $23.25, a
slight reduction from the previous
month, and against an average of
S24.42 for the seven months of the
present fiscal year, according to a
statement issued Saturday by the
State Board of Control.
The number of employees in these
institutions is 1892 and the monthly
payroll $S9,430. The average salary
is $56.17 and the average number of
inmates to each employee is 6.59.
There was expended in March for
support and maintenance $244, O53,
not including $71,5S9 expended for
construction. The number of en-
ployes receiving board at the institu-
lions is 1466.
The Southwestern Insane Asylum
ut San Antonio supported its 234G
inmates at a cost of S13.57 per capita,
the lowest of any of the institutions
while the highest was the home for
dependent and neglected children at
Waco with per capita cost OF
SS1. 13 for its 30 inmates. Next high
est was the girls training school at
Gainesville, which was $14.17 with
CT girls,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
1.-TWO MAN NAVY" ON
RIO GRANDE HUNTS
DOWN RUM RUNNERS
Customs Man Rows Up and
Down Riuer Seeking
Law-breakers.

Rum runners along the Rio Grande
in the neighborhood of Zapata, Texas,
are now being opposed by water as
well as by land, a skiff having been
commissioned for patrolling the river,
according to information received here
Saturday. The skiff is manned by a
boatman and by Mounted Customs
Inspector George G. Thatcher, said
to be one of the most fearless men on
the border.
As result of the activities of the
twO-nan navy, two boats used by
smugglers were found tied to the
banks of the river on the Mexican
side. The presence OF these skiffs were
reported to Mexican customs officials
who have ordered them ceased.
Mexican customs officials have been
glad to cooperate with the American
inland "navy" in putting stop to
the activities of the rum-runners and
smpgglers because of the fact that the
boats are used not only for the pur-
pose of bringing contraband to the
American side, but they are also used
in bringing contraband to the Next
can side of the river.
AS the boatman rows the American
skiff up and down the river. Gus
toms Inspector Thatcher scrutinizes
the banks for trails and signs OF land
ing places in the thick brush and cane
that borders the river. He also looks
for the boats of the smugglers that
they endeavor to conceal while not in
use. Usually the boats are sunk be-
meath the surface of the water when
they are not in use. When load of
contraband is to be carried across, the
submerged boat is raised, the holes in
the bottom plugged, and the water
bailed out.
Because of the nature of the ter
rain and vegetation in the ncighbor-
hood of Zapata, customs inspectors
can operate more efficiently by water
than by land when they must pene-
trate the thick brush in order to find
the trails made by the smugglers. That
is the favorite section for the horse
back rum tMins that wind their way
from the river to the interior of the
state.
That boat be used for patrolling
the Rio Grande in that section was
the suggestion of the customs inspect
or stationed at Zapata, it is reported
here. 1t is an especially dangerous
duty, it was pointed out. because the
men in the open boat never know
when smugglers lurking in the thick
brush NAV fine on them
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13

chest and dared anyone to laugh
that off.
No Short Cuts.
Mr.. Crowley is modest man and
his story is that of every really self
made man.
There are no short cuts" he said.
Early to rise, even if work or study
has kept you up late, save the pen
MES and work, work, work. That.
plus natural ability, plus personality,
is the story of this newest Of the big
American railroad executives Az
though he came up through the ranks
where man was hardly considered n
man unless he "cussed," Mr.. Crowley
said that nevertheless he had RETAINED
all his life from swearing. He has no
acquaintance with either shell" or
maria" When some particularly
nosey reporters asked him il he
smoked, drank or chewed, Mr.. Crow
ley smiled benevolently and replied,
well. don't smoke"
Among the men on the road, "P.
=. C." is known as Pull Eighty
Cars" That is an achievement in
railroading for a freight engine to
pull so cars.
Pulled Eighty Cars.
1t is no honorary title which has
been worn by Mr.. Crowley. for it is
said that when he was superintendent
of the Pennsylvania division OF the
Central he got instructions one day to
pull so cars" and he did it for the
first time in railroad history.
| President Crowley is of that new
school of railroad executives. the mer
who know "the works" from begin
ming to end. The man who has al
ways worn that white collar is givin;
way in all railroad systems to tn,
man who has worn the overalls.
A messenger boy at IA, Crowle.
soon picked IN telegraphy. At 26 b,
was in the employ of the New Yorl
| Central as a train dispatcher. From
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13

the illustrious footprints Of the Van
derbilts, the Depews and the others
who have presided over the destinics
of the Central" in times gone by.
Mr.. Crowley having been a messen-
senger boy on the Erie Railroad ut IA,
it follows that he couldn't have re-
manned in school very long. And that
is why father in the Bronx felt
himself very much put upon today be-
cause he has been sent to Jail for
taking his 15-year-old daughter out of
the public schools and putting her to
work in a bakery at SIT week. The
father makes $40 day and the magis-
trate thought that ought to be enough
for the family.
Must Stay In School.
Despite Mr.. Crowley's achievement
in working his way up to position
of undisputed eminence in the railroad
world, the city still believes that chill
dren should be kept in school as long
as it is possible for the parents TO do
so. 1t took Mr.. Crowley 46 years
to rise from the job of messenger boy
to chief of one of the greatest rail-
road systems in the world. The IN
ference of the school campaigners is
that he might have reached the goal
sooner if he had been able to stay in
school. As it was, the boy Crowley
had to spend his nights porting over
books and gaining the education which
was TO carry him so far.
Reports received in New York told
of rejoicing all along "the line" ovel
the elevation of Mr.. Crowley. Fol
"P. L. c." has been known through
out the system as the friend of tn
workers. He was bound to be that
for he was for so long time just on
of them. The Erie has been the but
of many joke here in the East, blu
when the Erie messenger boy becam
the president of the New York Ger
] trail every Erie man stuck out hi
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13

that time on his rise was steady and
sure. His work always was on the
operating side. He knew finance only
as it applied to the cost of opera
lions. High finance" was without
his sphere. And so with no greater
pull" than "Pull Eighty Cars he is
at GO, the head of the line.
Mr.. Crowley has not had much time
for pastimes or hobbies. He does play
golf. But there his efficiency leaves
him. He generally goes around in the
carly ZOOS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Reduce Insurance Rate

Weslac0. Tex. April 12.-Weslaco
has been granted a per cent reduc-
ton in the fire insurance "key rate. I"
as a result of the record made the
last two years. A further reduction
has practically been assured if GER
tain requirements in connection with
the installation of fire-fighting appar-
atus are complied with. During the
last eighteen months only one small
fire has occurred.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Ships First Valley Onions.

Lyford, Tex, April 12.-The first
car of onions from the Valley was
moved from this point this week. and
brought the growers the top price of
the market. The onion acreage in
this section is not as heavy as in for
mer years, but the yield is good, and
the high quality has resulted in a
premium for Willacy county onions.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
A s25. 900 Deal at Laredo.

laredo, Tex, April ia deal
is closed this week through L. A.
tnn, real estate dealer. in which
htias de Llano takes over the Bur-
property at the west end of Hi
|lgo street in Laredo. This prop
|y has a two-story building on it,
d will be used by De Llano as a
hded warehouse. improvements will
made. The consideration was $2J,-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
New Head Of New York
Central Started as Mes
senger When IA.
is PRESIDENT NOW
Advances to Highest Posi-
ton in Railroad Bust
ness at so.
BY ROBERT t. SMALL.

Copyright by The San Antonio Light.
New York, April 12.-Just as the
annual city campaign to "keep the
children in school, was getting under
way in New York, along came the an
nouncement that Patrick +. Crowley
had been chosen president of the New
York Central Railroad, following in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Beekeepers to Have Picnic.

Seguin, Texas, April 12.-The
Guadalupe Valley Beekeepers Associa-
ton will hold its annual basket pic
mic Wednesday, April 16, at the Bren-
ner apiary, near the new bridge. 1t
will be an all-day event and num-
Der of interesting addresses on bee
culture will help to enliven the pro-
gram.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Plant More Citrus Trees.


Brownsville. Tex. April 12.-The
number of citrus trees in the Rio
Grande Valley was increased over l.
100000 by the paintings this season,
and. according TO a recent tabulation
of the various nurseries. there are B.
100000 sour orange seedlings in the
seed beds which will be ready to set
in the orchards in 1925-26.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13

Iwhat's the use OF your putting your
8 In the ring? You haven't a chance
being elected" II know that" an
Erred Senator Sorghum. but a little
|biicity that involves mention of higf
ice isn't going to hurt anybody"
{lshingtor Star.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13

Miss Goode-You should try TO break
yourself OF the habit OF swearing. my
little mpn Jimmy-Wot' After all de
trouble I've gone to to learn it?-Punch.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-30
Car Count at Madison Shows
Tourist Increase.

Madison The state highway com
mission on Thursday issued a state
ment that Ito automobiles from
out Of the state were counted around
the capitol square here on three
successive Thursdays These cars
came from &c states and two
provinces of Canada. The count
showed the largest number of cars
from Illinois with total Of COS and
Iowa second with 1871. The high
way department announced that this
number shows relatively the car
count in other sections of the state
and means a decided increase in
tourist traffic over last year
The highway commission found
that the occupants Of each car spent
on an average Of $1l92 a day and
travelled on an average Of 60 miles
a day.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-30
Congressman Peavey
to Speak Here
Will Address Gathering at Bonino's
Hall Sunday Afternoon; Local
Speakers on Program.

Hubert H. Peavey, representative
in congress from the Eleventh dis
triet, and candidate for reelection,
will speak at Bonino's hall Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock.
II will be Mr.. Peavey's first and
only appearance on the platform in
Hurley during this campaign He
is being brought here by the Progress
sive Republican Committee of Iron
county, of which Theo p. Boretti is
secretary.
Mr.. Peavey is serving his first
term in congress and whether he has
made good" and given satisfaction
to a majority of his constituents will
be better known after the polls close
next Tuesday, He is making his
plea for reelection on the basis of
his record and will have something
interesting to say at the gathering at
Bonino's hall Sunday afternoon.
District Attorney Warren b.
Foster will also dress the meeting
and it is expected that other local
speakers will have something to say
The public is invited
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-30
Resident of Cary
Location a Suicide
Joseph Pedretti. After Leaving Note
and Blaming Strong Drink,
Shoots Self with
Revolver.

The body of Joseph Pedretti, 62,
a resident of the Cary location, was
found in a shack near his home late
Thursday when Sheriff Joseph
Volant instituted a search for the
man on request of his wife, Several
bullet holes in the head and an
automatic revolver nearby indicated
that the man had committed
suicide.
Pedretti had been missing from his
home for two days and becoming
alarmed his relatives notified the
authorities. Sheriff Volant went
to the premises and in shack come
distance from the home found the
mans body. He also found note
left by the dead man in which he
gave drink as the reason for his act
The note was written in Italian and
was to the effect that drink ruined
his health. 1t was enclosed in an
envelope on which was written, "As
a memory to my friends" II is
believed that the message on the
envelope was intended to be
warning to his friends to take heed
of the results of drink in his case and
to beware.
The deceased had lived in the Cary
location for number of years on
small truck farm on the left hand
side Of the road leading from the
main highway to the Cary mine
office. He had been in i'll health
for a number of years There years
ago he paid visit to his old home in
Italy and since RETURNING had been in
poor health. Besides his wife he
leaves son, Peter Iclfetti
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-30
New Explosive
Follows SOdatoI
Pyrotol, Made From War Salvaged
Materials, Furnishes Cheap
Explosive for Farmers.
Pyrotol follows sodatoll

Pyrotol follows sodatol
It's a newly devised explosive,
made from war salvaged materials
and continues the work that sodatol,
INT, and Picrie acid did to supply
Wisconsin farmers with an inexpen-
sive force for clearing land, blowing
out stumps, cracking rocks, and
digging bitches
This is the announcement of John
Swenehart. land clearing specialist
at the College of Agriculture,
University of Wisconsin.
AS soon as the supply Of materials
available for the making of sodatol
were used up, experiments were
made by Swenehart to find a way to
utilize other materials left over as
surplus after the war and not
now needed for that purpose. Ex-
periments of the Division of
Agricultural Engineering of the
United States Bureau of Public
Roads and the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture have at length been
successful and a satisfactory disable
formula worked out.
Pyrotol will be prepared and
cartridged for use in much the same
way as explosives in the past and it
is believed that farmers will have no
difficulty in getting good results
and saving large sums of money by
using this material instead of more
expensive dynamites, says Swene-
hart.
This explosive will be delivered in
carload lots TO all points in Wiscon-
sin at $3.50 for one hundred pounds.
This means that farmers in every
part of Wisconsin will be able to call
at the car door where a carload lot is
being unloaded and receive their
material at this price. In case small
quantities are re-distributed through
other stations or re-shipped by
truck or stored, then the additional
cost of this local freight, trucking
or storage must be paid by the
farmer who gets the material.
The price, higher than for sodatol,
is necessary to cover more costly
manufacturing process and also to
pay for some extra materials which
must be furnished by the contractor
in order to make a disable explosive.
Distribution win be made through
county agents.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-30

Ancestry has much to he thankful
fort is not here TO see the finish
Of what il started.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-30
Tri-State Fair
Opens Labor Day
VIII Continue For Five Days; Big
Amusement Program Has Been
Provided by Management.

On Labor Day, September /, the
oates of the Tri-State Fair at
Superior will be thrown open to
throngs which it is expected will far
exceed those of any previous year.
II is expected that nearly 100000
people of northern Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan will pass
through the turnstiles of the fair
during the five days and nights of
this big educational and amusement
enterprise.
Entries are continuing to pour
into each of the sixteen departments
and all superintendent report a
banner year in their division. A
live stock show with prize animals
valued at upwards of 100000, the
biggest poultry show ever, fine
farm products exhibit, the most
wonderful women's division of any
fair and fine children's department
are some of the features on exhibi-
ton in this show window Of the
Northwest.
The biggest amusement program
yet attempted is being offered by
the fair management this year
Harness racing on Monday, Wednes-
day and Thursday with auto races
on Tuesday and Friday make up the
racing events. Circus acts of the
usual high class, band and radio
concerts, gorgeous fireworks cost
ing $1,000 nightly and midway
shows are some Of the attractions
for the amusement of fair patrons.
A feature Of this years fair will
be the exhibition inside the grounds
on a specially laid track Of the first
railroad train ever run in Minnesota.
This train which will be seen through
arrangements made by courtesy
of the Great Northern Railway, was
built in 1861 during Abraham
Lincoln's administration and con
sists Of a pioneer type engine, a
combination day coach and smoking
car and the oldest sleeping ear in
existence.
Special stunts and features have
been arranged for every day of the
fair so that there will always be
something new to be seen. Monday,
September /, is Labor Day, Tues
day is Great Northern and Michigan
Day, Wednesday is Wisconsin Day,
Thursday is Minnesota Day with
Gov. Preus as honor guest and Fri
day, September 5, has been designat-
ed as Auto Day and Shrine Night.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-30
SHORT SESSION OF COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
County Officers Salaries Will Re
main AS They Now Are, No
Changes Being Made.

The session Of the Iron county
board of supervisors held Thursday
was a short one. The board ad-
iourned before noon after transact
ing routine business.
Changes in salaries of county
officers is one of the things usually
considered at the early fall session
Of the board, but at Thursdays
meeting the board accepted the re-
commentator Of the salary com
mittee to let county officers
salaries stand as they now are.
The highway committee reported
that it had purchased three addition
al motor trucks for use on the
county's highways and this action by
the committee was ratified by the
board.
The report Of the building com
mittee, recommending repairs 70
various county buildings, was
received and placed on file.
An application for county relief
for the blind was received from
Napoleon Poggi. He will be examin.
cd by an eye specialist and a report
made at the next ~eeting Of tbs
board