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Evening star., 1924-08-14
HOME FOLKS EXPECT COOLIDGE
TO BECOME ONE OF THEM AGAIN
Viii Not Endure Restraints and Think President
Viii Dress Like Farmer and Make
Himself Useful.

other point of interest to visitors to
Plymouth is the Cave of the Seven
Rooms, marvellous natural cave only
a few miles from the Coolidge home.
1t has never come to the attention OF
the public because it is far from the
beaten track Of travel and no rail-
road is close enough to make it's ex-
ploitation desirable. The rooms are
as perfect in formation as if the hand
handiwork and the walls are enriched
with mineral formations of wondrous
beauty.
Col. John C. Coolidge. the Presi-
dents father, is an apt and well
versed cicerone to every historic spot
in the Green Mountains. He can point
out the deserted settlement near
Mount Moses, the highest peak in the
Green Mountains, where the slaves
who reached that country by way of
the underground railroad were
started on the road to economic in
dependence. Houses were built for
them and their labor was sought, but
they could not bear the climate and.
in short winter, many of them sick
ened and died. The rigor Of the win
ter entered into the hearts of the sur
vivors and they deserted the homes
and left the village tenantless. The
cabins finally disintegrated and the
foundation walls, covered with under
growth, are the only relics of the
colony.
Newton Turgeon, roommate of the
President, and his particular chum at
the Blackwater Academy, will not be
in the Green Mountains this summer
for their annual come together. Newt,
as Cal calls him. has sold the old fam
lily home and is devoting himself to
the insurance business in his adopted
city of Buffalo, N. Y. Newt is a
typical go-getter and, when his chum
became Governor of Massachusetts,
and had passed over the police strike
with credit to himself, he decided that
Cal should speak at the annual dinner
of the Vermont Society of Buffalo, of
which he was president.
He sent the governor letter con-
tanning three single-spaced typewrit-
ten pages, telling him thousand diff
ferent reasons why he should accept
the invitation. This is the letter he
received in answer in the handwriting
of the governor:
Dear Newt:
Wont 60 Don't care to make
speeches; people don't like to hear
them. Your, etc. CAL"
The letter made Newt "madder than
a wet hen" for the time being, but
it read well at the meeting of the
Vermonters and now Newt wouldn't
part with it for something pretty"
other letters. equally short, but in
his own handwriting, from the Presi-
dent are treasured by the neighbors
throughout the countryside. Some
were written when his political ac-
tivities were bounded by his adopted
home, Northampton; some when he
served in the State legislature and the
State Senate; some from the office of
Vice President of the United States
and some from the Presidents study
in the White House. They are mostly
notes of sympathy or of congratula-
ton.
Evening star., 1924-08-14
POLICE SAY Mccoy
LIED ABOUT SUICIDE

CONTINUED from First Page)
ing to his own story, he planned to
shoot Mr.. Mors and then kill Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Schapp, who operated a
shop next door and who recently had
made efforts to bring about a recon-
ciliation between Mr.. and Mrs Mors
What he actually did was to wound
William Ross, patron who happened
to enter the Mors establishment, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Schapp, whom he pur-
sHed into their shop when they re-
fused to be lured into the Mors place
None of the three was wounded
seriously.
Crazed With Grief.
In telling of this shooting affray,
Mccoy explained over and over again
that he had been drinking, and that
he was craZed with shock and grief
and out of his head.
Police for time believed that Nc
Coy had found Mors and killed him.
but after a search of several hours
his attorney reported to central po-
lice station and announced his client
was ready to be questioned. 1t was
then revealed that Mors was on his
way to his shop about the time Nc
Coy entered it and, but for the fact
that his automobile broke down.
would have reached his place of bust
ness in the midst of the former pu-
gilists shooting orgy.
By the time the machine could be
repaired, however, newsboys were
shouting extras, whose headlines
warned Mors that Mccoy was amuck
He accordingly remained away until
Mccoy was safe in cell at the city
Jail, charged with suspicion of mur-
der, assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill, and robbery.
Threatened Policeman
Another Of McCoy's intended victims
was believed discovered when the desk
sergeant at the Hollywood police sta
tion reported that at 3 am. Yesterday
a few hours after Mrs. Mors death
Mccoy appeared and asked to see Pa
trolman Raymond F. Puissegur. When
told Puissegur was not at the station
Mccoy said:
He will consider himself lucky when
he reads the morning papers,
Puissegur is one of the officers who
answered a call at the Mors Hollywood
home August 4. when Mrs. Mors, ac-
companied by Mccoy, appeared as un-
invited guests at a dinner party given
by Mr.. Mors and caused disturbance.
Mr.. Mors requested McCoy's arrest.
which Puissegur refused, saying, ''If he
Evening star., 1924-08-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

PIANO : REPAIRING, SPECIAL SUMMER
prices. Est. free. Geo. NJ. NJ. Walker Col
47a6. TO Morton st. NV. formerly head tuner
for Percy S. Foster and Knabe Co.
WANTED-TO BRING vANLOAD OF FIR
nfture from New York. Philadelphia. Bethle-
bem and Easton. Pa: Wilmington, Del: Do.
yer. N: J.. and Richmond. Va. to Washing.
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR Any
debts incurred from this date by any person
other than myself. II. l.. KIGHT, 2S16 18th
st. NV. 14s
ROOMS PAPERED WITH BEST OATMEAL
plastering. Col. 235I. 14s
FORD DELIVERY BELONGING TO DIS
triet Parcel Delivery Co.. 127 10Th ST NV to
be sold for charges at public auction at
Wescbner's. August 16. 1924 FREDERICK
CARL. INC. f2; II st. NV.
TIE FORTY FIRST SEMI ANNUAL. DIyI-
dend of two and one-half per cent (2IaR)
has been declared on the preferred stock of
the Washington Railway & Electric Company
payable December /. 1924 All holders of
certificates of said preferred stock of record
the 18th day of August 1924 bearing
stamp changing the time and manner of pay
ment of dividends thereon from semi-annuaIly
to quarterly shall receive on September 1
1924. one-half of said semi-annua dividend
A dividend of and one-fourth per cent
GA 8ol on the common stock of the Washing
ton Railway & Electric Company has been de-
clared. payable September /. 1924 to common
stock holders of record at the close of business
on the 18th day of August. 1924. Books for
the transfer of the preferred and common
the close of business on the 10Th day Of Au-
gust 1924, to the opening of business on the
10th day of August. 1924.
II. VI. KEYSER, Secretary.
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Evening star., 1924-08-14

PIANO = REPAIRING. SPECIAL SUMMER
prices. Est. free. Geo. NJ. NJ. Walker Col
47ae. 10 Morton st. NV. formerly head tuner
for Percy S. Foster and Knabe Co.
Evening star., 1924-08-14
STRIKE BRINGS CRISIS
IN MINES OF BELGIUM
Refusal of Coal Workers to Take
Cut Puts Owners in Diff
cult Position.
BY the Associated Press

By the Assoca ted Press.
BRUSSELS, August IA crisis in
Belgium's coal industry has been pre-
cipitated through the walkout yester-
day of 1000 miners of the $4,000 in
the Mons Basin, the men refusing to
accept wag cut of 10 per cent.
The operators fear they will be un-
able to meet the competition from
German coal of which $4,000 tons
uare imported last month. The fall
in pound sterling is also favornig the
sale of British coal. The Belgian coal
stocks are large and the operators
declare the wage reduction newt
able.
Evening star., 1924-08-14
Detectives Drop
Coat Trail, Finding
Garment Is Cat

Detectives King and Cox of the
clothing squad at headquarters
looked at their assignment slips
this morning and found they were
to investigate the disappearance of
a red Persian coat with collar. So
they went out to see DR.. Harry
locke, 1921 Fourteenth street. to
ask him about the coat with
collar valued at 800, he was
thought to have reported as miss
ing
its no coat at ALL" said DR..
Locke. its a red Persian cat
that's missing.
They promptly returned and
checked it off the missing apparel
reported.
Evening star., 1924-08-14

The real peacemakers are those men
who never decide anything until they
have consulted their wives.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
THE FRENCH UPSET

France is always having crisis of some kind,
and Americans inclined to think that another one
doesn't matter much But the crisis just now is real
Not content with forcing Premier Poncare to resign,
the insurgents in the French Parliament have forced
President Milerand to resign. Nothing of the KIND
ever happened before.
This is very much as if our Congress, being
at odds with the Executive should compel the Presl-
dent resign before the expiration of his term Or 1t
is if the British Parliament, angered by the inter-
ference of the Crwn in legislation should compel the
King to abdicate the French President partakes of
the qualities of both the American President and the
British King He is elected fora term of years, but he
is regarded, like the ruler of constitutional mon
archy, as superior to parties and bridge between
changing administrations.
1t was contrary to the spirit, at least, of the
French Constitution to demand President Mllerands
resignation. But his critics insist that he had made
such action necessary by disobeyng the Constitution
and meddling with party politics.
Miilerand's offense playing party politics and
upholding Poincares policies. The liberals having
got rid of the premier found they could make no pro-
gress without also getting rid of the President because
when Millerand appointed premier to frame
new cabinet he chose a man of the Poincare type
All this comes home to Americans. 1t seems to
mean that the swashbuckling, mitaristic Poincare
party repudiated for good that France is tired OF
costly armament and jngo oratory and eternal feud
with Germany and is determined under the leadership
of Edouard Herrot liberal to make honest effort
at reparaton settlement and restoration of France and
Germany side by side, and of Europe with them The
world has waited long for such action.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
Bed Stories
UNCLE WTGGILY AND THE
DENTIST
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate

Uncle Wiggily was sitting at the
table one morning eating break
fast with Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy,
when, all of sudden, the gentle
man rabbit gave jump in his chair
and cried:
Couch! OH, dearl'
"What s the mattcro'' asked the
muskrat lady housekeeper q" Do
YOU see the Fuzzy Fox or the Woo
zie3 Wolf coming9' and she, locked
anxiously out of the window.
"Oh, no it isn't that, said I'm
ele Wiggily, holding his paw to
his Jaw. .'But | bit hard ON my
sore tooth chewing this piece of
strawberry pancake and it aches
| mean my tooth achesl"
"Then you must 60 to the den
tist at once!' exclaimed Nurse
Jane. "It will never do to have
an aching tooth. :.
"Oh, it doesn t hurt so much
now,' said Uncle Wiggily, twisting
around in his chair. cit S stopped
achin.'
"Look here, Mr.. Longears!
cried Nurse Jane shaking her paw
at him. Il believe you re afraid
to 90 to the dentist! The ideal Af-
ter the way YOU have talked to the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
WITHIN THIS GENERATION?

Human nature never changes, hence 1t is the
same now as when the ancients believed in mythology,
and have from that many maXlms whlch
apply with equal force today. In those old days the
gods knew the human trait was to seek unDfluIeu
liberty and they also knew how this would certainly
end Another old trusm of mythology is that the
mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceed
ingly fine
Restraint is absolutely necessary to develop in
man high standard of character. Otherwise the IN
dvidual, the community and the nation well Will
suffer the consequence of unbridled license.
ssWhen we look about these days and see the ab-
horence of restraint the determination to exercise our
own sweet wills regardless of consequences, we are
constrained to believe that the mills of the gods are
work and that the griS is made OF those VINO are
permitted to have their way.
Nations chatting at any sort OF restraint po-
tical parties consider but themselves, ndlvld-
uals early childhood rebel at paterna authority and
later all other authority. We the hand of the gods
our streets and highways. Drivers of cars usu-
ally with indemnity policy in their pockets, speed
over the highways with utter disregard for the safety
of the other fellow. Those less reckless will take
chances which safety and sanity would never sane
ton.
eWhat then will the harvest be? If this genera
tion goes on as it is doing we may expect speed
and less restraint in the next and then what? The
answer is found in the mythoogical maxims quoted
above. Whom the gods would destroy they permit to
have their way and the mills OF the gods grind
slowly but exceeding fine.
'Just how many generations will come and go be-
fore the grist is ground to powder is matter on con-
lecture, but it would that the present speed
which being accelerated every year will bring about
the end of the milling process at very distant date
Los Angeles Express.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
ADVERTISEMENT
El Centre, Calf. June 10Th

El Centre, Calf. June 10Th, 1921
Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board of Directors of I'm
perial Irrigation District at its Of
flee in the Masonic Building, in thel
City of Ell Centre, California, State'I
of California, until 1000 clock a.
m, on the morning of the >8th day
of July, 1924, and thereupon OPEN
ed for the construction of the main
drain outlets of the proposed drain
age works of said District.
The grade, alignment and auanti-
ties are as shown in detail in the
plans and specifications, and the
respective location of the bitches isl
noted on the map accompanying
said plans and Specifications.
Said work shall be completed on
or before the first day of January,
1925.
Plans and specifications can be
seen at the. office of the Beard of
Directors in the Masonic building,
in the City of Ell Centre, State of
California, and at the office of the
Chief Engineer of said Imperial r.
rigation District in the City of Ca;J
lexico, State of California, to which, \
plans and specifications reference
is hereby. made for more detailed
description of the work to be done.
Any bidder to whom the contract
shall be awarded shall within ten
days after the acceptance Of his bid,
make execute and deliver to the
/ Board of Directors written con-
tract in form satisfactory to the1
Board, for the performance of said
work within the time and III the
manner stated in said notice, plans
and specifications, and also furnish
it an acceptable bond in the sum of
25 per cent. of the total contract
price, based on the District IS esti-l
mate of the amount of work to be
done, for the faithful performance
of the said contract, and also fur
nish, an additional bond in the sum
Iof so per cent. of the total contract
price, based on the Districts esti-
mate of the amount of work to bel
done, as guaranty that the con
, tractor will pay in >full The claimsl
of all persons performing labor
| upon or furnishing material TO bel
used in such work.
! Each bid shall be accompanied by
q certified check for Ten per cont.
of the amount bid, made payable to-
the Treasurer of the District. and
! TO be forfeited q to said District
1
shoYld. bidder fail for ten days after
the acceptance of his bid to enter
IintoSsaid contract with the said Dis1
trjet and furnish the required bonds
:. The contract will he let to the|
! lowest. responsible bidder, but the|
Board of Directors reserve the
fright TO reject any or all bids.
BY order of the Board Of Direc-
tors of
|lf IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT.
F. II, McIyer, Secretary.
June 16, July z
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23

with his hook. And as the Wolf
opened his mouth TO nibble Uncle
Wiggily's ears, the dentist reached
his hook in the bad chaps mouth
and--pulled out tooth!
fWowcli, Ow! GurrlV l,owled
the Wolf. 81 didn't want tooth
pulIed!"
"Well, Uncle Wiggily wouldn't
let me pull his tooth. so | had to
pull yoursl" laughed DR.. Bear. And
then the Wolf, ran away howling.
And when Uncle Wiggiy saw what
coward the Wolf was, the bunny
rabbit became brave.
go ahead, DIR. Bear, and pull
my aching tooth!" said the rabbit,
and the dentist did.
CHA! Hal" laughed Mr. Long
ears. "It didn't hurt hardly at
ALT"
Then he felt much better, and If
the clock doesn't put one Of It's
hands through the kcyhole and
tickle the doermat under the chin,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily mailing a letter.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
'Di Zin IL LIT"
-Evelyn's In a
Yiddish Play
by U.ited Press Leased Wire

PHILADELPHIA, June %
Evelyn Nesbit, divorced wife of
Harry Kendall Thaw, whose life
has been a righ light drama, to-
night will make her first APP
pearance in a new drama, Der
Tantz Tzum Toit.''
Evelyn is leaving her Allan
tic City cabaret to take the
leading part in the Yiddish play,
"The Dance of Death in
which not a word is spoken in
English.
The drama opens at the jew
ish theater here tonight and
Miss Nesbit will sing "Ohi
Yoser 1ch Krapur Noch' and
Ven Der Yelzer Ore Mich Amel
a Tore"
4 Miss .Nesbit has learned to
speak Yiddish and managers of
the theater say she can get
more real Jewish feeling into
zheint zhoin nit mar men darf
lines like "Di zin iz izt alt ii
fuxan di zin,' than an actress
to whom Yiddish is the native
tongue.i
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
WIFE NO. 2 HAS
RITES ANNULLED
Ry United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, June, 23.-AlI
nulment of her marriage to Herbert
G. Moorhouse of Los Angeles and
restoration ofsher maiden name OF
Marie l.. Hogan was awarded Mrs
Marie l.. Moorhouse in superior
court here iJ-~ly.
Mrs. Moorhousc charged that her
husband has a wife and child liv-
ing in Pasadena. Mrs. Moorhousc
said she and her husband were
married in 1918. He was absent at
frequent intervals, she charged,
during which she found that he
visited his other wife. She also
produced letter from Mrs. Moor
house No. l, imploring Moorhouse
to return to her.
Miss Hogan during the Panama
Pacific exposition was adjudged the
most beautiful girl in San Francis
co and was selected queen of the
prosnerity ball.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
Fair Maids Are
Disappointed
Over Wreck

BALBOA, c. H., June 23.-
The lady who when rescued from
d shipwreck and taken aboard
a freighter demanded suite
on the latter because she had
paid for one ON the wrecked
steamer, furnished perhaps the
most amusement to .'suryivcrs
os the Pacific mail liner Colum-
bia. Los Angeles f. New York,
which went aground Saturday
on Cuna Island, $50 miles from
here.
This story was brought here
by 81 passengers of the ground
ed , liner when the transport
Chaumont arrived. The Chau-
mont and two other vessels
rescued > the Columbia S pass
engers. There were no casual
ties. A
Captain J%W. Enochs, u@ S.
n, commanding the Chaumont,
reported that the Columbia hit
q reef while proceeding at a
speed of 10 or ~ knots. In
IA series of shivers and leaps,
the liner skidded onto the rocks
and came to rest on an even
keel.
None of the passengers were
so much as bruised; there was
perfect order and radio calls
brought aid within II hours.
The passengers were transfer
red without difficulty to the
Chaumont, the freighter Luck
cnbach and the Standard Oil
ship Algonquin.
Thomas Boyle, city and coun-
tv auditor of San Francisco, Il
veteran newspaperman, who
WIS rescued said the wreck
was uninmportant. Henry Me
Farland of the staff of the Fres-
no morning Republican was one
of those who were taken aboard
the freighter where accomoda-
tions were scantiest.
Two pretty society girls from
Mill Valley, Cal, were disap-
pointed. They were Ruth Sey-
mour and Ann Davis.
81 always thought ship
wrecks were terribly exciting,
said the latter. ~ thought of
desert islands and nothing to
eat but bananas and ragged
clothes and the man growing Il
beard and the white signal and
all that sort of thing, but this
was just as though the ships
were standing still in the dock. y
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
BIRD SCHOLARS
OF LEOPOLD TO
TELL OF YOUTH
NV unitea Press Lensed Mlre

CHICAGO, June "a Learning
that Nathan Leopold, one of the con
fessed slayers of l4-year old Robert
Franks, was professor" of orni-
thology conducting classes in bird
life among families Of wealth-the
office of State IS Attorney Robert e.
Grove announced today several of
Leopold S pupils would be called
for questioning.
Leopold, it was learned made his
spending money by organizing
classes i'll bird lore. Wives and
children of wealthy Chicago bust
ness men were enrolled.
"We will examine these so5called
pupils of Leopold an attachee of
the states attorney office said.
"They may give us additional know
ledge concerning Leopold s life and
probably many of them will be able
to testify that he was sane.o
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
abolish Monthly
Communications to
Points Near SD.

SAN DIEGO, June 24.--Pcrmis-
sion has granted by the Railroad
Commission to San Diego Electric
Railway Company and The San
Diego and Coronado Ferry Com
pany, within 20 days from date to
cancel and discontinue the sale of
the monthly Communication fare books
between San Diego and Coronado,
Ocean Beach, National City, Potash
and Chula Vista.
1t was shown at the public hear
ing in San Diego conducted by
Examiner Geary that since the es
tablishment of the weekly pass 'on
January l, 1928, that the sales of
monthly comniutation books have
steadily declined, and that the
weekly pass now supplies all reason
able demands of the committing
patrons, and at an average cost per
ride lower than the calendar month
fares
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
Note I'm Bottle
Clears Name of
Man in Prison

OAKLAND, June 23.-- "Thank
Cod the world now knows I'm in
nocent. -
John C. Simons, aged beyond his
80 years and embittered after serv-
ing six and one-half years in San
Quentin penitentiary for crime
he always has maintained he did
not commit, believes a note signed
-. Cameron, confessing the crime
which was found in bottle in San
Francisco bay Sunday is authentic.
The note, written on crumpled
piece of paper, was dated March "a,
1924, and declared that the writer, a
''poor unfortunate road agent had
shot j. r. Bettencourttin Hayward
in 1914.
The writer of the purported con-
fession said his clearing of Simons'
name was his last act on earth, and
from the tone of the note apparent
ly committed suicide after throwing
the bottle in the bay. =
Simons was paroled in 1921 and is
now living on a ranch of his broth
cr near Hayward.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
TEN YEARS AGO
June %. 1914

Representative W. Kettncr pre-
sented a bill to congress asking for
a land office for Imperial county.
Captain Allen Kelly, former
editor of the Press, is in FL Centro
on a visit and to write about. the
water situation for the Los Ange-
les Examiner.
Herbert Iasigi was appointed city
recorder to succeed Michael Soren-
son today. Mr.. Sorenson S term
had expired.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
Application No. 1o187

Application No. 10187
BEFORE THE RAILROAD COM
MISSION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of the Application of
the Southern Sierras Power Com
pany, for Authority to File and
Make Effective New Schedules
Providing for an Emergency In
crease of Electric Rates.
Notice is hereby given that q
hearing in the above entitled mat
ter will be held before Commission.
els Seavey of the iRailroad Commits
sion of the State of California on
Thursday, the 26th day Of June,
1924, at $3.50 a. M, at the Court
House of Riverside County, lRiv-
erside, California, at whichs time
and place all interested parties may
appear and be heard.
By order of the Commission.
ii. G. MATHEWSON,
~ to 60 Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-23
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

James Brock of Calexico was in
jured in q runaway, his leg being
broken in two places.
r. l.. Davis returned from San
Diego with $50 dairy cows and 20
horses.
The Willsie ranch was the scene
of Wisconsin picnic today. A
number of former residents of that
state attended and planned for a
Wisconsin Society.