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Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-29
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C. Webster president of the Imperial County Farm
Bureau in regard the Boulder Dam project is wor-
tbv Of deep reflection The fact that he stresses the
ross ''ty of the b OF reechng the floor during
t ge cr onr ok rot be matter for un-
de dis 0 ntment No &c. IS stuoendous as the
Boulder Dam could be expected TO into beng
without strenuous battle arainst manifold foes ana
repeated discourage Things really worth while
are not attained without bitter fight by those who
sponsor them.
On the face of things, little resentment might
be felt against Fate intervening at this time IN the
shape of the Teapot Dome scandal which has assumed
such colossal proportions in Washington circles to-
day that all else pales nsignfcance and no other
matter is receiving the attention of the countrys law
makers.
However. no one can estimate what benefits Will
accrue to the Swing-Johnson bill from al this II the
probe takes shape in the of legal action to Dust
those guilty Of betrayng their country and the search
light of unfavorabe publicity IS turned fully enough
on the nefarous, underhand methods of schemlng
corporations the SwngJ ohnson bill will have recelV
ed enough impetus to carry to victory regardless OF
whether is before Congress this spring or next
fall
Another blessing in disguise, which. is causing
manifold worry all the southland at the present
moment is the general drought-the worst in many
the present this dearth of fegvng water is and will
work hardship but nothing could possibly have hap
pened that would bring home to solons IN the east,
where water is plentiful, the absolute necessity 1of
such conserving the Boulder Dam.
These two unanticipated events, while they may
cause temporary delay and present inconvenience give
every indication Of being the tools Of Destiny ordained
to help bring about the ultimate realization of this
great protection and relief measure
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-29

NEW YORk-Joe Duoon n"'
Bush, two mainstays OF the New
York Yanks, have signeu In.
contracts. They will leave Friday
with the first contingent of the
"'''b for the New Orleans training
camp.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
VETERANS!.
THE TIMES CAN
SOLVE YOUR
Bonus Problems
ASK US!

Questions concerning the world
sOGr bonus are G7sstUered daily IN
this column. If goa are umGbLe
to call personally at the bonus
Information bureau in the
Hearst Building, 1917 II street
northwest, mail your inquiry.
ANSWERS are based on the most
authoritative attenuation GvGiy-
pble. Ho1OeVer, no full legal in
depreciation of the bonus act
has been issued.
@. am unmarried and have no
near relatives. I expect to be mar
ried this fall some time. Would
it be all right to postpone my APP
plication until that time? ]. G.. C.
A. You may postpone making
application If you wish. You may
change your beneficiary at any
time, after making application, by
applying for this change to the
director of the Veterans Bureau.
@. My sisters husband was
killed in the war. Later on she
died and left me to take care of
the children. One was nine when
the father was killed, one was six
teen and the other was nineteen.
How will the bonus be divided?
B. c. M.
A. The adjusted service credit
of the veteran will be divided
equally between the two children
who were under eighteen at the
time of their fathers death.
Q. see on my application that
I must give my address. am
going to Europe in August, and
will not return until next year.
Should 1 delay sending in my APP
plication, or what other course
would you advise? u. G. G.
A. Either use the address Of
friend, who will hold the certifi-
cate for you, or give your perma-
nent address in Europe, if you
will have one. If neither of these
suggestions appeals to you, do
not send in your application until
your return.
Q. My son enlisted in the army
on April 2, 1917, but was killed
in a railroad accident while going
to camp on April S. Am / en-
titled to any bonus for his death?
d. T. L.
A. No. He was not a veteran"
under the law.
@. was in the District Ma
tional Guard and was mobilized
into the regular army by order
of President Wilson. Am I
eligible for the bonus for the
time served with the National
Guard? J. e. E.
A. Your National Guard service
which may be computed for the
bonus begins with the time you
were called into service by the
President.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
SOLDIER GUILTY
Of PERJURY IS
SENTENCED
Youth Given Two Years for
False Testimony at Trial.
Placed on Probation

Sidney J. Owens. twenty three, en-
listed man stationed at Fort Logan,
Col, who pleaded guilty to an III
dictment charging perjury has been
sentenced by Justice Hitz in
Criminal Court No. 1 to two years
in the penitentiary. He was placed
on probation during good behavior.
The soldier was a defense witness
in the case of Dick Washington,
colored burglar who was tried in
January 1923.
Owens at the trial testified that
he saw detectives at police head.
quarters place burning newspapers
to the soles of Dashington's bare
feet to make him confess and also
that he saw Washington beaten over
the head with a gas pipe by detec.
tives.
Assistant District Attorney Arthur
N. Presmont showed that the sol
der wasf in the guardhouse at
Camp Meade, Nd, on the day Of
the alleged fortunes inflicted on
Washington who il now serving his
term.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
Of DC.
WELFARE BILL
SOUGHT
National Conference of Social
Workers Will Be Asked to
Back Measure
TlMEs4sTAFE4PHoTo

The National Conference of Social
Workers, which will convene this
week at Toronto, Canada, win be
asked to support the enactment Of
the welfare bill for the District Of
Columbia now pending in Congress.
The support of the conference will
be requested by George Wilson,
secretary of the District board of
charities, who left Washington to.
day as local delegate to the conven-
ton.
Passage Of, the pending welfare
bin is the greatest social welfare
need Of the District today" Wilson
declared. I'm other respects this
city stands high. We have here a
model jail system at Occoquan,
which is being used as far as
practicable to replace the antiquated
District jail.
I'm Gallinger Hospital, just de.
Dictated, we have one of the coun-
try's best municipal hospitals.
This hospital is being enlarged and
will soon be model for the nation.
''The only pressing need is for
the consolidation and reformation
of the welfare system as is pro.
vided in the welfare bill. am
afraid that Congress will not be
able to handle this measure during
the coming short session owing to
the pressure of other business, but
during the following year I have
hopes that action may be taken"
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
Al
Killed
1899
Injured
Since
Jan. 1,
1924.

AcoN GoAAA0oys mOII1S
Kafka, twenty-six years, No. 37S6
Huntington street northwest, driver
Of the offending automobile kas
been notified to attend the inquest
today at the morgue.
The five injured follow:
Julian johnson, five, of 1908 Sixth
street southwest, who ran in front
Of an auto in front of his home.
He was treated at Washington
Barracks Dispensary for head cuts
and body bruises.
Frank Tate, sixteen, Of 1913
Irving street northwest, received
cuts on the shoulder, face and legs,
when his bicycle collided with an
auto at Sixteenth and Irving streets
northwest.
Harry Cooley, eighteen, of 1905 q
street southeast, suffered a frac.
tured right leg when his motorcycle
was struck by an auto at Thirteenth
street and South Carolina avenue
southeast. He was treated by
nearby physician.
William Tolson, colored, fifteen,
Of 413 Sixth-and.O One. Half street
southwest, was injured on the
shoulder and knee when thrown
from his bicycle in collision with
an auto at Seventh and d streets
southwest.
Mrs. FfNyna Shofnas, forty-five. of
1916 Seventh street, who was struck
by q hicyclist when she slipped
from the curb in front of her home.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
EXECUTION OF CHINESE
POSTPONED BY COURT

The execution of ziang Sun Wan,
the young Chinese student, convict
ed five years ago of murder in the
first degree Of Ben Sen WI, under
secretary of the Chinese Educa-
tional Mission, which had been
scheduled for this Friday. was today
postponed by Justice Hitz IN Crimi-
nal Court No. until October "a.
This postponement was made nee
essary on account Of the case now
being on appeal before the United
States Supreme Court, whose deci-
sion has not yet been rendered. At
torney James A. O'Shea appeared
for the accused.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
MARRIAGE
TOHERIS
DENIED
BY MAN
Court Frees Him When She
Fails to Prove Claim for
Nonsupport

BewiIdered and on the verge Of
tears, Mrs. Elizabeth Jewell Lead
men-Davis left the Alexandra,
Va, police court this morning,
penniless, to borrow 81 with which
to pay the costs in the case
against John Davis who, she
claims, married her four years
ago and left her after she was
taken sick several months ago.
Judge A. B. Nicol, who pre-
sided over the case, declared that
he was unable to find sufficient
proof that Davis had ever married
her, dismissed the charges brought
against the man and advised her
to secure a lawyer and make q
private Investigation of the facts.
Man Denies Marriage.
The woman appeared in Police
Court Thursday morning and
charged Davis with non-support.
Davis denied that he had ever been
married to her, although he had
lived with. her for four years, The
ceremony took place, according to
the woman, in Baltimore, but an in.
vestigation of the Baltimore mar.
riage files failed to reveal any rec
ord of the marriage.
In court this morning the woman
stated that she could neither read
r.cr write and that the only proof
she had to offer that she was mar.
ried was what Davis had told her.
Later she said she had made q, mis-
take and that they had been married
in Rockville.
Commonwealth's Attorney William
p. Woolls, who prosecuted the case
against Davis, then asked for a
nolle PROSE- Of the non-support
charge declaring that since there
was no proof that a marriage had
taken place there could be nj
grounds for such a charge.
Freed Of Perjury Charge.
Judge Nicol called Davis before
him and dismissed the charge az
perjury which had been placed
against him at the opening of tina
trial, Thursday, stating that Davis
mad ben in Jail during several hot
days and he considered him suefi-
GENTLY punished for any harm he
had done the woman,
The judge then ordered the
woman to pay the costs of the Bait.
more investigation and advised her
20 nlre a lawyer and make her own,
lnvestigation of the marriage rec
ords at Rockville.
The woman asked for a dav ~
grace in which to borrow the nonAv
staung that she had no means to
nlre lawyer, and hurried from the
court room. AA sAte
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
NUMBER Of
PROJECTS
ONF00T
Most Liberal Appropriation
Means Much in Develop
ment Of District

The greatest annual appropria-
lions in the history Of the District
Of Columbia will become available
one week from today.
The regular appropriation bill,
all items Of which will become
available July 1, totals $26,
106. In addition there will be a
number Of supplemental and de-
ficiency items, bringing the total
close to $4,000, 900.
Most Liberal Ever Given.
In many respects the items are
the most liberal ever given the
District. Many projects which
have been. blocked for years
through lack of funds will again
move forward.
Street appropriations totaling
$2sH6,650 are provided. Next week
will see the beginning Of the great
estsstreet improvement program in
the history of the Capital. Hun
dreds of laborerse will begin work
Immediately and the work will
reach full swing before the end OF
next month, according. to the plans
of the District Commissioners.
One of the largest items in the
measure is for the public schools,
the regular appropriation totaling
$7,110,5S5: In addition there was
an item Of $1,148,570 provided in
the second deficiency appropriation
bill for salary increases The bill
failed but under a ruling of the
Comptroller General, these salaries
can be paid from other funds. Ac-
cordingly, the total for the schools
during the fiscal year beginning
next Tuesday will be $S,259,io5. by
xar the greatest amount ever car
raed for the purpose.
Salaries Increased.
Salaries Of District employees in
all branches of the service will be
materially increased, through pro.
visions Of the classification act,
under which salary appropriations
have been made. The salaries of
the District Commissioners are in.
creased from $4,000 to $500 a
year.
The appropriation for sewers to-
IalS $1,U1z,UOO, or which $3.50, 900 is
Tor permit and assessment work.
An item Of $685., 900 is allowed for
cleaning and repairing sewers, main
tanning the pumping service and
paying salaries Of laborers.
The bill provides for construction
OF two new fire engine houses-one
at Twenfth and H streets northeast,
at a cost Of $62 900 and one at Con-
dIIit road and Reservoir street north
west, at a cost of $4,000 This
work win be started during the
summer.
Reclamation of Flats.
After a fight lasting for many
years, Congress has authorized the
reclamation Of the Anacostia river
flats above Benning Bridge and has
provided $4,000 for this purpose.
This amount will be used for the
purchase Of the necessary land.
The appropriation for continuing
work on the new conduit is the
largest yet made, $1,500,000 having
been allowed for this purpose dur
ing the fiscal year beginning next
xyaok
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT
OF ENGINEERS WATCHES

Charged with stealing two
watches from railroad engineers and
disposing of them in Baltimore, vii.
liam Mcdaniel, 706 Seventeenth
street northeast, was arrested last
night by Headquarters Detectives
Sweeney and Waldron. Two cases
of grand larceny have been placed
against him.
Police say that the watches were
taken from the sleeping quarters of
the engineers near the round house
here. Those who appear against
Mcdaniel are o. p. Lowry and c.
q. Anderson, both engineers.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
A RECIPE FOR PRESERVING
COMMENTED HUSBANDS

Be careful IN your selection.
Do not choose too young. When
once selected OiVe yOur entire
thoughts to preparation for do
msestic use. Some insist on. keep
ing them in pickle; Others arc
constantly getting them in hot
mater. This may make them
sour, hard, and sometimes Bit
ter. EVen poor VGrieties maj
be made sUeet, tender and good
By gGrnishing them 4Oith pa
thence, weH s1Oeetened 1Oith Iove
and seasoned with kisses. W1-up
them IN a mantle of chGritl:
keep sOGrmg Nth a steady fire Of
domestic devotion and serve Nth
peaches and cream. Thus pre-
pared they 1OilL keep for gears.
E.,M. C..
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
PROMINENT COAL DEALER
SERIOUSLY ILL AT HOME

Members Of the family of j. Maury
Dove, wealthy coal dealer and hotel
man, announced today that there
had been no change in the condition
Of the Ill man during the night.
Mr.. Doves critical illness was
made known yesterday when 1t was
learned that the closing of Rhode
Island avenue, from r street to
Oregon avenue, to trucks, had been
done to prevent unnecessary noises
from reaching the sick room Of the
Dove residence, 1740 New Hamp.
shire avenue.
Mr.. Dove has been In failing
health for some time. His illness,
however, became suddenly worse last
Friday.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
EXECUTOR OF OYSTER
ESTATE SUED FOR $1,000

Edwin c. Brandenburg, executor
under the will of George M. Oyster,
jr., dairyman Of this city, was named
defendant in a suit filed in the Dis.
trict Supreme Court today by the
Elgin City Banking Company Of
Illinois for $1,000 alleged to be due
on three promissory notes given by
Mr.. Oyster.
The plaintiff concern represented
by Attorneys Chamberlin & Smith
that the notes were received in the
regular course of business, and that
they were. presented when due for
payment, but were not honored by
Mr.. Oyster, or by the executor
under the VIII. after the death OF
the maker of the note.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
POLICE SEEK ESCAPED
GALLINGER PATIENT

A mental patient at Gallinger
Hospital. James M. Solomon, colored,
thirty-five, who escaped last md.
night. is being sought today by the
police. Solomon broke a lock on
his ward on the second floor and
climbed down the wire netting to
liberty. He was sent there by the
Second precinct for mental obssrva.
ton.
The man is described as having
dark skin, being six feet tall, weigh.
ing 172 pounds, and having small
mustache and partly bald head.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
CRUELTY AND DESERTIoN
ARE, ALLEGED IN SUIT

Alleging cruelty, desertion and
non-support, Mrs. Vera May Dickev
today filed suit in the District Sn-
preme Court against Elmer z.
Dlckey for a limited divorce, all.
mony and the custody Of their
adopted child.
MRS. Dickey, represented by At.
torney Marion F. Bischoff, also asks
the court to issue a writ preventing
her husband from leaving the iurts.
diction pending suit.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
STRAY SHOTS.

Profanity Is on the increGse: last
year In this country there aDere in
stalled 100000 more telephones.
We lead the 1rorld IN Gutomo bSIes,
and the automobiles are Leading sss
out of It.
A 1,500-0GlIoM stilI aOGs seised
near Laurel aud the three distiIlerS
arrested. This should be, but 4ctn
not be, q tOGrnimO to other makers
Of illicit and poisonous 1ohiskey to
Jug not that they be not "j~OOed."
Some games (e1cIttStve of skin
0GnIes) for tOHich this country Is
noted Gre-bGsebGE, football, golf,
poker, craps, horSeshoes, and 90
htde-Gnd-Seek. A peculiar thing
about the game Of 0o-htde-Gmd seek
- that the 4chiSkev makers do all
the hiding and the prohibition off,
GERS oil the seeking.
r. ). SCHWAB.
~
Heidi you notice my picture
In the paper?
She-I didn't read the comic
section.
TOM CULHANE.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
CANNING CORSETS.

Nd1NIN1ING OONSEzOe
What's this we hear from Paris?
"COrsets must co."
Paris must be behind the times, for
1t should know
That In America the women are con.
tented, cool and calmer
SINCE sometime ego they shed their
bone and steeI-ribbed amor.
1.-the, supple, graceful and slnuOus
az pine,
The vogue with them IL the effect Of
straight and simple line.
NO matter what f. on the hin, it's
always well concealed,
Unless the lady Is O swimmer and
Nature stands revealed.
And even embOnpOint danes with
excess Of useless blubber
ny constant compression are reduced
BY elastic rubber
Until the graceful lines fall straight,
How superior to the stay,
For ct night they can retire md Let
Nature have her way.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
THEY'RE ALL GUILTY.
There's only one thing on
earth a man Is faithful to.
That's his appetite.
THELMA Bolts,
WANDERERS

Some men there are who wander far.
And always go alone;
Who never meet that which they seek
So many miles from home.
In spring and fall they heed the cali
OF bright and sunIit trail,
Their stay 10 brief, they're like q leaf,
Tossed In . summer gale.
All hfe's d dream, far fields seem
green,
ThrO, cOlOred glasses they see.
There IL no cure for such a lure
Except to wander endlessly.
KEVLNO.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
GIRL WHO TRIED TO END
LIFE WILL REcovEp

MISS Margaret Lynch, eighteen
years Ills Monroe street, who al.
eelnpteo suicide yesterday followins
an lnconsequential conflict wifi
ner mother, Mrs. Michael J. Lynch
is improving at Garfield Hospital
today. SS1Au
MISS Lynch went into the bath.
room OF her home and turned the
let on put failed to lock the door.
her mother detected the fumes and
rushed her to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
CAPT. HARING APPOINTED
PUBLIC GROUNDS OFFICIAL

Captain Ellis E. Haring, Of the
First Engineers, will succeed Major
Douglas Weart as assistant to the
Officer of Public Buildings and
Grounds, 1t was announced today
by the War Department.
Captain Haring, who is at present
stationed at Fort Dupont, Delaware,
will proceed to Washington as soon
as possible. Major Weart has been
transferred to duty at Camp Hum
phreys. Captain McMorris, in
charge Of park police, will be re.
tanned in his present capacity, it was
said
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
Heat overcomes Woman

Mrs. William Berkeley, thirty, of
No. 218 Eleventh street southwest,
was overcome by heat while walk
ing on Ninth street, between + and
G streets, today. She was given
first.aid treatment at a nearby
drug store and later taken home.
Her condition is not serious.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
,S3QOO0O00 d c. Fund Starts July z
611EARDIpSEKM8I
>llE2ES' BY BILL PRICE @fAsAza
PHUNAGRAPHS.

+ H u N A u II A + ii b.
An interested party asks if
a saxophone really sobs. No,
friend, it's not the. saxophone.
It's the neighbors who sob!
Plenty Of baseball teams arc "darn-
ing" the Boston "Red SOx" ut the
present moment.
Some "poor fish" should feel
quite. at home after plungim0
into the "SeG of MGtrimonJ."
"YOu piece Of cheese" 90 spake the
.You fin me with disgust"
"Yo1 simple pest" the cheese pro-
you've got an awful crustv'
The daEmbest man on record Is
the feIJOtO 1Oho asked an eG-serv-
ice man to play his 1OGr record
on the VictrolG.
A woman may conceal her age for
years and then have her every effort
spoiled 3uSt because o younger son
inslste ON Boosting Of his civil war
record while In company
JOE HI. HOLMAN.
q
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
"oBSERVER" MAY ATTEND
DAWES PLAN CONFERENCE

The United States will not be rep.
resented officially in the forthcom.
ing European conference to put the
Dawes reparation plan into opera.
ton, it was announced at the white
House today.
This Government, 1t was stated,
may be represented by the usual
unofficial observer" Neither Sec
rotary Of State Hughes nor General
Charles g. Dawes will be able to
attend, officials stated.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
TWO KILLED IN.
WASHINGTON
TRAFFIC
Aged Man and Little Girl Are
Latest Victims of D. C.
Automobiles

Two are dead and five are injured
as result Of traffic accidents in
the city during the past twenty-four
hours. The two deaths bring the
total for the District accountable
by traffic mishaps to forty-one since
January /.
The dead are:
Edward Jones, sixty-seven, No.
l25 B street northwest, killed when
he cranked a Salvation ARMY truck
The Washington times., 1924-06-24

We asked our doctor If aOe
were beginning to shoaV our
age. He answered that a per-
SON Is 1leVer older than he or
she feels. We told our a0Sfe
1OhGt he said and nov the
doctor tOonders phy none of
his 1Uomten patients will al
Lo1O him to feel their pulses.
LEONIDAS POLK.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24

missing from his residence at 1870
Spring road The young man left
the hume Sunday in an automobile
and has not been seen since,
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
PoIiceman's Son Missing

Sergeant William H. Adams, of
tho Twelfth Precinct station to-
day asked Nnolice to search for
his stepson .. ADAMS, who Is
The Washington times., 1924-06-24

while in gear, in
front Of the Soldiers
Home last night.
H attic Walters,
five years, No. ga
Twenty sixth street
northwest, following
l nj uries sustained
when she was knock.
ed down by an auto
mobile at the Zoo
last 01,nIou NRoo.fe
The Washington times., 1924-06-24

'T'l spank you IL you keep crying"
Said Mama TO Young Louise.
why. rs not crying" she replied,
''1'm laughing In Chinese"
r.. NJ. r.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
THERE ARE MORE THINGS
HERE TO TELL ABOUT.

Can voN tell me, Westermer, 40hy
there are more p0ImiSts and clair
VoyGnts IN this city than In any
other city Of Its steer GEE EE.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24

H~>"
Il crealZs, shorts and looks tough,
And lots of cFanlZlng noise doth
render,
But darned II / could ever tell
What makes q locomotive tender.
DICK JAMES.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24
SOME DIFFERENCE.

Tho founder lays o million eggs
And then swinls away, ira lAl
Some hene lay none, by gosh,
And yet raise an awful h0! hal
ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24

Pullman porters haze made
no protest against being
called George" In fact,
most of them do not like to
be called at all. Y. U. w.
The Washington times., 1924-06-24

THE WAY ATLANTIC CITY LOOKS TO SOME WHO HAVE NOT
BEEN THERE IA typewriter drawing by e. n Aschenhach1