davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17

cat, but this time he was iOohing
for something else. And soon he
>picd a bush ON which were grow-
ing pretty red berries.
"TLo~c arcn 7 holly berries, but
thcy are very nice. said the rab-
bit. ~ think they will be just
what Nurse Jane wants. II gath
or the b. sSct full for her
Bur when Uncle Wiggily went to
reach over aud pick the pretty red
berries. hc found that they grew
on "a vuy stiekery prickery bush,
full Of thorrs, and the thoras be-
gan 70 scratch him.
"Lcar mc!n exclaimed thc bun
ny. ~ didn't know they were
there.'
"Ho, Ilo! And / didn't know YOU
were here, but / know it now! -
suddenly cried savage voice, and
out from behind a rock sprapg the
Bob Cat with his silly little tail
- IN glad you are here, Uncle
Wiggily, said the Bob Cat, land
| am going TO nibble YOU. Don't look
80 sad about H."
! son, / WASH I looking sad about
! that" spoke Uncle Wiggily.
"When them" the Bob Cat want
ed to know why are you sad ?'
- am sad because ] can't get
Nurse Jane any pretty berries ofi
that bush, - said Uncle Wiggily
pointing to il but not telling th'
BOB Cat il was a sti kerg bush-
" Il pick some berries FOR Aers'
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
CONTRACTOR ELECTROCUTED

Tularc, Cal, Dec. III. F.
Rhoadcs, contractor of Cor.oran,
near hore, was elcctrocutcd waen lie
tried to push his automobile from
beneath high power wire which
had fallen across it after the ma
chine had skiddcd into a power
rnls. lan al s{li Ef VI IA AEI
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December II, 1909

O. NJ. Prewitt has been away on
trip to Mexico and has returncd
TO his home in CalcXico.
The annual meeting of Water
Company No. 5 willsbe, held in
Holtville on January 1.
J. W. Martin, eX-city marshall of
Brawlev, has returned from trip
to San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
TEN YEARS AGO
December II 1914

Morrison and Smither of the Gem
trail Garage has been appointed
agents for the REQ automobile,
which has already become quite
popular in the valley.
Clark Booher has returned from
Long Beach where he has been
spending the past week with his
family.
Last Thursday Miss lucille Drum
blv entertained Il number of friends
at her home at 645 Park street, Dim
ner was served at o clock and the
guests spent an enjoyable evening
paving various games.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
Looking Backward
What tie rress Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINTEEN YEARS AGO
Decnrnb or IT 1QnE

Walter Gearv Was in Silsbee last
week on business for the Imperial
Land Company.
Henry gray has accepted an i'm
portant position on business for
she Imperial Water Company No. l..
p. II. McPherrin of Los Angeles
is in the valley for n few days
visiting his brother r. d. McPherrin
of Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
FUNERAL SEEv .CES
FOR POWERS TODAY

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.-Grand
jury investigation of the Staying
of Walter w. Power. automobile
salesman, will be started tomor-
row. Mathew Dcckert is held as II
suspect in the murder. Powers fun
cral was held today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
California Puts
Embargo on All
Midwest Poultry
Nv United Press Lensed Wire

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dee. IL
Announcement was made here at
noon today by officials of the Rock
Island that the state of California
had placed an embargo on all poul-
try shipments from eight middle
west states included in the New
York embargo.
Poultry in many middle western
states has been affected by mys-
te.lous contagious disease.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
TEACH TOWN DOESN'T
WANT TO JOIN L. 1

SANTA MONICA, Dec. IL
Boundaries of Los Angeles will not
be extended further in this direc-
tion. Voters of the city defeated
proposition to annex Santa Mo
Mica to Los Angeles by nearly 1000
ma .jority, II poll of yesterday S
balloting revealed today.
The only real relief for Il bad
cold sccms 70 be CUISINE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
EGYPT Is INDIGNANT.
Condition Of Gen. Stack Reported
Slightly Better.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, November 20.-AIaj. ].
Gen. Sir Lee Stack, the sirdar of the
Egyptian army, who was wounded by
assassins yesterday, passed a good
night and there was some improve
ment noted, but his conditions this
morning was still very serious.
Six or eight gunmen,, using both
bombs and automatic pistols. were
concerned in the attack, and the
sirdar was struck by three bullets,
suffering wounds in the abdomen,
one hand and one foot. After an
operation for TRANSMISSION of blood
last night the surgeons expressed
hope for his recovery.
The Egyptian premier, Zagloul
Pasha, in a statement to the news
papers declared the government
would take every possible step to
solve the mystery of the crime and
capture the assassins
"The outrage" he continued, will
cause a very bad impression with
every one everywhere. deplore this
crime. 1 do not know to what end
the criminals are acting or to what
class they belong, but / am con-
vinced that it's authors want to dis
turb the peace of the country. They
shall not attain their end
The newspapers publish many mes
sages indicating universal reproba-
tion Of the outrage. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
SkSCOURT PROBE
Of POLICE METHODS
Jury Foreman Recommends
Investigation of "Third-
Degree Work.

Court inquiry into alleged third
degree" methods of the police was
asked of Justice Siddons. presiding
IN Criminal Division /, today by the
jury which had heard case against
Walter 4. Bush. charged with bring
ing stolen automobile from Gary,
Ind, to this city.
John Ihlder of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, foreman. re-
ported the verdict of the jury finding
Bush guilty and stated to the court
that the jury recommended TO the
court that an inquiry be started into
the charges of cruelty to prisoners
under arrest.
Bush in his testimony had declared
that the police beat him while he
was In custody in an effort to eXtort
a confession. Charles IL. Clinton,
jointly indicted with Bush and who
pleaded guilty and testified for the
Government, also told the jurors on
cross-examination by Attorney Det-
wiler for Bush that he also was
struck and kicked by policemen.
Clinton said one officer struck him
a blow on the jaw, and. when he was
down, kicked him.
According to Clinton, when he ask
cd where Bush was one, of the officers
answered, He has gone to the hos
pital, where some other boys aAe 60
ing IL they don't tell the truth"
Following this treatment and threat
Clinton said he signed a statement
concerning the case.
Justice Siddons' told Foreman Ihl-
der that he would give the matter his
attention.
A number of prisoners recently ap-
pearing in court made charges of al
legged brutal treatment against the
police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
SEE Says American Delegate
Brings First Ray of Light
to Conference.
NEW PEKlNG GOVERNMENT
PLEDGED TO CURB EVIL
Heroin Principal Form of Narcotic
Drug Struggled Into This Coun.
try. Says Bishop Brent.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, November 20.--Canada
aud China threw their support to the
American proposals for the control
and ultimate eradication of the mar
cotic evil when the international
opium conference resumed its ses-
sions today.
DIR. Henry s. Beland. speaking for
Canada. pointed out that the United
States had enacted laws the enforce
ment of which would be sufficient to
eradicate the opium evil if clandestine
and organized smuggling did not Hood
the whole land with hcroin, morphine
and cocaine. lie insisted that the
remedy against the invading plague
lay in the hands Of the conference,
and he appealed to all the nations to
free humanity from these hideous
monsters"
Praise From Chinese Envoy.
Alfred SEE, Chinese minister to the
United States, said that the speech
delivered yeste rday by Bishop Charles
II. Brent Of the American delegation
In calculating the American propo-
sails, had brought the first ray OF sun
light he had seen i'll Geneva for the
last fortnight. This was an allusion
10 the failure Of the preceding con
frrence-that which dealt with Far
Eastern opium problems.
Mr.. SZe thanked Bishop Brent for
recommending that nations deriving
profit from the sale of opium to
smoking addicts should expend this
revenue for the Unfurtunates from
whom the profits We're obtained re-
marking he had fought for this prin-
ciple at the first conference. He con-
ceded that there had been a recru-
descence of the cultivation of opium
in China. hut he said China would
never abandon her policy of total
suppression declared in 1905.
Pledge Il Renewed.
ii- gave his pledge that the new
government III PekinE again would
take steps to free China from the
evil. The food of Chinese opinion
he said. was rapidly rising and only
yesterday he received a cablegram
from the National Anti Opium Associa-
tion saying it comprised 1900 organiza-
tions with 100000 members.
Rumania, Egypt. ireland and The
Dominican Republic all expressed
themselves in favor OF strict provi-
Continued on Page 4. Column l.
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RESULTS TO BE SECRET.
Government to Withhold Details
of Washington's Destruction.
by ROBERT +. SMALL.

The task of sinking the battleship
Washington somewhere off the Nir-
ginia capes is expected to be long
and tedious one. The longer and
more tedious the better the Navy
will like IL. The impending doom
of the big super dreadnaught is in
no sense Roman holiday. It is
hard labor. If the coup de grace is
given to the hull by December l the
Navy will be satisfied.
But If chance shot should send
the Washington tumblinG down to
Davy Jones locker in premature
fashion, the world at large may
never know it. The Operations"
against the Washington are wholly
confidential. They are expected to
tell the Navy where any weakness
may lie in the present theory of
design and construction. The value
to America in. the Information gained
will depend entirely upon it's secrecy,
for If this confidential data should
reach the other powers they would
gain similar advantages and there
would be no strategic point in the
experiments.
The United States Navy has the old J.
fashioned idea that maybe there will
be need for a fighting force afloat at
some distant time in the future. They
still cling to the old-fashioned theory
that there Is rivalry among the
greater powers and that each sigma
tory to the Washington treaty on
naval armaments is endeavoring to
get all 1t can out of that treaty-all
except perhaps the United States. The
(Continued ON Page 4 Column
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
u. S. Flatly Denies Plan to Call
Disarmament Parley at Hague
Run,or That Coolidge You'd Conroke
Conference, Widely Circulated in
Genera, Brings Hasty Contradiction.

ther In commenting on the Geneva
dispatch. reserving until later time
whatever opinions they may hold on
the general subject of any new con-
ference that may be called either
by the league or by President Cool
idge.
Such a conference. if held in Eu-
rope, naturally, would be concerned
with land as we'll as naval arma-
ments.. and it has been understood
that the Washington Government al
ways~ has regarded the question OF
land armament limitations as es-
|sentially 4 problem of the European
powers.
While the historic attitude of the
Washington Government favors any
step that would relieve nations OF
heavy armament burdens. and while
it has been felt in Washington that
economic restoration III Europe re-
quired that the military uutiayS OF
the European powers should be ma
terially reduced, there has been moth
ing to indicate that the asnlnSton
Government expected to initiate a
conference to deal with that question.
An agreement to limit land arna-
ments could be reached only when
the powers in Europe were ready TO
negotiate for treaties having that
object and il has been felt here that
the initiative for an attempt to bring
about a conference for land arma-
ment limitations of. necessity must
come from some European power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
BRITAIN AROUSED
BYSTACK SHOOTING
Sharp Note to Egypt Likely
to Demand Satisfaction
for Assault.
BY the Associated Press

ps 'hV nesoSidlSu ffPSs.
LONDON, November 2o.-Strone
immediate action will be demanded
by the British government in repre-
sentations to the Egyptian govern
ment as a result of the attempt on
the life OF Sir Lee Stack. sirdar of
the Egyptian army, in Cairo yester-
day, it was indicated in official quar-
ters here today
Several of the cabinet ministers
were at No. 10 Downing street dur
ing the morning and their confer
ences with the premier are expected
to lead to the dispatch of a sharp note
to Cairo. This note Will probably de-
mand immediate investigation of the
affair and the arrest of the assailants
and may touch upon the subject of
stopping the circulation OF anti
British propaganda in Egypt
Attitude of Britain.
The attitude of Great Britain on
the question of responsibility of the
Egyptian government for the affair
will, 1t is assumed. run parallel with
that adopted in the case of murders
of British subjects in Mexico, which
Is that while the government con-
1t had not attempted to check anti
British feeling and propaganda and
therefore could be held morally re-
sponsible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
IDENTITY Of PRINCE
SHIELDED BY COURT
Accused in Husbands Suit
for f125,OOO for At
tentions to Wife.
By tile Associated Press,

By tile Associa ted Press.
LONDON. November 20.-Trial OF
the suit of c. L. Robinson. a former
hookmaker, to recover f125 900, which
he alleges g. London bank owes him
on account of a settlement with a
mysterious Eastern potentate who
had become overfriendly with his
wife. developed Il new thrill today
when Justice Darling. presiding. de-
clined to permit the name of the
wealthy potentate to be brought out
in court and held that he should be
known only as Mr.. A.
Justice Darling said that ordinarily
he would not consent to the conceal
ment of "Mr. AS" name, but, in this
case, for reasons OF state not con-
nected with rank and in order that
no scandal should be caused at the
potentate's home, he was allowing
the name to be omitted.
Meanwhile. ii was reported by well
Informed sources that the unnamed
"Mr. A. is one of the wealthiest
young native princes of India. The
trial is attracting widespread inter
est. and this morning a long line of
curious was waiting on the outside of
the courtroom for the case to be re-
sumed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
MRS. HARDING SINKS;
HAS RESTLESS NIGHT
Reported in Semi -Comatose State
Today-Coolidges Send Mes
sage of Hope.
By the Associated Press.


MARION, Ohio. November 20.--Mrs.
Warren G.. Harding was in semi
comatose state today at the White
Oaks Sanitarium Of DR.. Carl w. Saw
yer, where she has been at the point
Of death for the last week. DR.. Saw
yer in a bulletin, however, said that
her heart action was fair.
The White House is keeping in con-
stant touch with DR.. Sawyer. Several
inquiries were received last night
from Washington concerning Mrs.
Harding's condition.
DR.. Sawyer's bulletin follows:
Mrs Harding was restless most Of
the night. This morning she is in a
semi condition. Her heart
action Is fair; elimination poor. She
is very weak and exhausted.
Mrs Harding received a telegram
from President and Mrs. Coolidge this
morning saying that-she constantly
was in their thoughts and that they
were anxiously awaiting word of her
improvement.
The message was read to her by
George. B. Christian, jr., who was
president Harding's secretary. 1t fol-
lows:
Mrs. Coolidge and send affection
ate regards. You are constantly in
our thoughts and we anxiously await
word Of your continued improve
ment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20

BY the Associated Press
GENEVA. November 20.-The latest
rumor circulating in Geneva on the
disarmament question is that Presi-
dent Coolidge will convoke new
arms conference to meet In Europe,
perhaps at The Hague. Those circu-
lating this rumor insist that the
Washington Government already has
sounded the new British government
on the subject.
BY the Ass. .cia ted Press -
The state Department Issued today
n fiat denial of rumors C rrent in
Geneva that the Washington Gov
ernment was taking steps to CON
woke a disarmament conference In
Europe.
The departments statement fol-
lows:
In answer to a question by the
Associated Iress today. the Acting
Secretary of State authorized the
statement that there was no truth
in the report circulated in Geneva
that the Washington. Government
was taking steps to convoke dis
armament. conference in Europe"
This was the first pronouncement
on the subject to come from any re-
sponsible official here since the dis
armament question recently was
brought under active discussion by
the proposal for a conference under
the auspices of the League of Nations.
Officials We're unwilling to go fur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
BOMBS PEPPER|NC
BATTLESH|P HULL
Bombardment of Dread
naught Washington Begins
Off Cape Henry.
BY the Associated Press.

NORFOLK, Va. November %
Under the eyes Of high officials of the
Navy Department, the resistance of
the uncompleted hull of the battle
ship Washington To attacks by shells,
aerial bombs and depth bombs is
being tested today 20 miles northeast
OF Cape Henry.
The death blow VII not he admin
istercd to the great hulk until late
tomorrow, it was said today at the
Hampton Roads naval operating base.
No information regarding the extent
to which the Washington was dam
a aged by the blows dealt today has
been received at the base.
Tests OF the ability OF the uneon-
pIeted vessel to withstand bomb and
rifle fire will be carried through de-
spite court action taken in Washing
to 10 restrain the Navy from destroy
ing the ship. Its destruction is pro-
vided for in the treaties limiting g
naval armaments.
\ board OF experts of the Navy De-
partment is studying the tests and
watching how the mammoth hull
withstands the punishment inflicted
on 1t by shells and bombs. The board
is on the dreadnaught Texas. The at
tack on the Washington is being di-
rected by Rear Admiral Hughes, di-
rector of sea training on the scouting
feet
RESULTS TO BE SECRET.
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by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 20.--Aner-
ica's reparations experts. who have
been in Europe to straighten out the
post war financial muddie. returned
to the steamship Homcric today con-
vinced that the Dawes plan already
had restored confidence to Germany.
All agreed, moreover. that the in
stallatinn of the plan is proceeding
with even greater success than its
trainers had anticipated. The party
included Owen l.. Young. originator
of the technical features Of the plan;
Rufus Dawes, brother of the Vice
President elect, who had charge Of
the Berlin office OF the agent general
of reparations; II. VI. Robinson Of
Los Angeles, who had charge OF the
organization of the reparations bank,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
JAPANESE WARNS
OF DISARMAMENT
Ambassador Says World
Should Proceed Cautiously
at Present Stage.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OXFORD, England, November 20
The world should proceed most
cautiously in any scheme of dis
armament. Baron Hayashi. Japanese
Ambassador to Great Britain, told the
oxford International Assembly in an
address last night on 1.-THE Foreign Pol
icy of Japan"
young-"the Americans think it still
child'-the Ambassador said. adding:
Let it wait until it reaches full
age before it attempts such great
task as disarmament. l think the
question of disarmament should be
talked over slowly"
Baron Hayashi also advised q wait
ing policy with regard to the present
situation in China, declaring the
powers should not be in a hurry to
intervene. On the other hand, China
should not be overhasty in terminal
ing extraterritorial rights and con-
cessions, even though she was less
Independent now than Turkey or
Afghanistan.
The Ambassador characterized selff-
determination as a danger in the Far
East. adding that for the present the
Philippines, Borneo and Indo-China
should remain under foreign protec-
ton. He also advocated a waiting
policy as regards Siberia. but said
Russia had no right to exclude the
rest of the world permanently.
The population of Siberia was
scanty and it's resources great and
other peoples should be allowed to
participate in opening up these re-
sources. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
RAIL BOARD ABOLISHMENT
BILL DECLARED DOOMED
Senator Watson Says Only Real
Modification Can Save Howell
Barkley Measure.

Defeat of the Howell BarkIey bill
proposing abolishment of the Rail-
road Labor Board unless 1t is great
ly modified was predicted today by
Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana,
after a conference with President
Coolidge.
Senator Watson said the 30-minute
discussion. with the President was
devoted entirely to the question of
railroad legislation. He expressed
the hope that the rail consolidation
plan, supported by the President,
would go through on a voluntary
basis, but declared that If necessary
the consolidation should be brought
about by compulsion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
CABARETS PADLOCKED.

TRENTON. n. j., November 90
Operators OF some of Atlantic City's,
most popular cabarets were served
with temporary paddock injunctions
today by Federal deputy marshals op-
Grating from Trenton. Beach front
establishments where liquor was said
to have flowed freely during the Sum-
mer season were the hardest hit.
The deputies also served warrants
on alleged rum runners and saloon
operators at the shore resort. Among
the cabarets served were the Palais
Royal, Beaux Arts and Follies Ber-
gere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
FRANCE APPROVES DELAY
IN DISCUSSING PEACE AIM
British Suggestion About Arms Re-
duction Protocol Welcomed on
Basis of Time
BY the Associated Prass

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 20.-The French
delegates to the League OF Nations
council meeting in Rome next month
will concur in Great Britain's request
for postponement by the council of
discussions of preparations for the
proposed conference for the reduction
of ornaments, an official spokesman
for the foreign Office said today.
Paul Boncour' and the other French
delegates who are going to Rome
have informed the government that
they have plan ready to present to
the council. but feel they would like
more time to study and improve II.
and thus they welcome the British
suggestion for postponement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-20
Tread,oay Urges
Minority Places
For Insurgents

Republicans in Congress who
have been privately talking about
''rea ding out of the party" mem
bers of the insurgent group round
an open advocate today, when
Representative Treadway of Mas
sachusetts urged that the insur-
gents be eliminated in Republican
committee assignments i'll the
newly elected Congress.
Representative Treadway. who
called on President Coolidge, said
he would advocate grouping
these men as part of the minority
of the House and giving commit
tee assignments accordingly.
I'VE have suffered long enough
from their committee influence,
he added, "and they should no
longer have controlling places