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Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
BRIDGE PARTY IS
GIVEN AT HERMOW
HOME FOR GUESTS

Complimenting her mother, Mrs
". d. Harmon and her sister, Mrs.
a. j. L'Ecuyer of Clyde, Kansas,
who are spending the winter in FL
Centre, Mrs. Rodney Hermon enter
tanned at a delightful afternoon
bridge yesterday at her home on
Sandalwood Drive.
y profusion of spring blossoms
were used in the decorations of the
house. The prizes were awarded to
Mrs. w. f. Mosher and Mrs. F.. W.
Mclver, at the close of the after
noon, and Mrs. Harmon and Mrs
l. L'Ecuyer received guest prizes.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
cd by the hostess, assisted by Mes
danes c. f. Coggins, L. c. House,
+. c. Dyer, Robert w. Campbell, and
i 'Ecuyer.
The guest list of the charming af-
fair included Mcsdames l.. G. House
Robert w. Campbell, Will S. Faw-
cett, H. w. Brewer Jr., Thomas M.
Gill, Don c. Bitler, George w. An
dcrson, Frank f. Anderson, How
ard p. Meyer, c. f. Coggins, +. G.
Dyer, H. L. Loud, William Fleming,
r. B. Whitelaw, Dorsey Whitelaw,
Allen P. Nuffer, Clarence z. Co
nant, Charles f. Scott, R. P. Pope,
s. II. Embury, Q. G. Horne, w. j.
Reed, +. II. McIver, Vaughn Fran
els, w II. Lavayea, A. G. Johnston,
J. D. Adams. Leroy Merchant, and
Miss Rose Sammons of this city.
Out-oftown guests included Mes.
danes w. F.. Mosher and f. +. Har.
den of Holtville, Roy Thompson and
j. F.. Miller of Calexico, j. Drum.
mond Huston and C. w. Allison of
imperial, Putnam Smith of Boston
and Ella NJ. Conant of Camden, New
Jersey.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
Death Toll In
Poisoning Case
Reaches Fiv e

90. STERLING, Colo, Feb. 81 Two
more members OF the Italian colony
at Atwood, n short distance from
here, died late yesterday as the re-
suit of poisoned sausage eaten Fri
day. This brought the death toll
to five.
OF The ninc persons still i'll from
botulism brought on by eating the
meat one has small chance to
recover and the other eight were
thought by physicians to be beyond
the critical stage.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
Brown Blight Is Name Chosen For
1nsidi0us Disease Attacking Much
Lettuce Land in Imperial Valley

fused with tip burn and slime, ;,
which ere caused by hot weather,
ana usually affect only headed
plants. In tip burn only the edges
of the leaves Of the head are brown
and dead, while in brown blight
there are brown streaks and blot
ches in all parts of thc leaves.
Many fields Of lettuce have been
examined and brown blight has been
found III all. l., however, causes
apprcciable injury to the crop only
where lettuce is grown on the same
land for two or more years. Usual
" there is only an occasional dis
cased plant in first year lettuce.
Second year lettuce frequently shows
.hree to five per cent diseased and
NAV occasionally show 40 TO 50 per
cent or more and give very poor
crop. Third year fields of lettuce
generally show 4 high eprcentoge of
disease and give very unsatisfac-
tory crops.
Lettuce Sick Soil
An important question is whether
lcttuce-sick soil can be made suit.
able for lettuce again by growing
some other crop like alfalfa OF cot
ton for one or several years. fur-
thor information is needed regard
ing the affect of crop rotation or
brown flight. Anyone who knows
Of lettuce fields, where lettuce was
grown several years ago with sev-
! eral seasons of other crops Dreced-
ing the present lettuce crop, can
| give valuable assistance by telling
Farm Advisor Garthwaite about
! such fields.
At present it is possible to give
only very general suggestions r9-
garding the selecting of lettuce
land, in order to avoid injury from
brown blight. In general it seems
risky to try to grow more than two
crops of lettuce ON field even
where other crops are grown for
one to three years between lettuce
crops. There is little or no chance
of serious injury by brown blight
on land, which has never grown let,
.uce before.
The most promising method OF
solving the problem of brown bligh'
is to develop IN improved New Iorf
Special variety' Of lettuce, which i
resistant or immune to the disease
and which will grow on sick sol
without becoming diseased. An at
tount tn breed no such an improved
variety is now being made.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
STATE HUMANE
ASSN. MEETING
BY United Press Leased Wire

PASADENA, Feb. 27.-The six
teenth annual convention of the
state Humane Association will CON
tinue tonight following the open
ing session yesterday, which was
featured by the reading of a letter
from Mrs. Minnie Madden Fiske,
well-known actress Of the legitimate
stage, who offered cash prize for
the best plan conceived to induce
tourists not TO attend bull fights
at Mexican border towns.
Other events on yesterdays pro
gram were the reading of a mess
abe of fclicitation from President
Coolidge and the opening address of
President Partridge. Partridge urg-
ed the formation of measures to pre-
vent cruelty to live stock being
transported from the range to
market.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
BARTLETT
GIVEN 6 MONTHS
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.-
"Major" c. s. NJ. Bartlett was Civ
en- a six months suspended sentence
yesterday in police court here af-
ter being found guilty Of obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
He was accused Of taking fees from
relatives of prisoners in San Quen-
tin penitentiary upon representing
himself as having influence with
prison officials so as to obtain
paroles.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
THREE IN PLEA
OF GUILTY ARE
SENT TO PRISON

Pleas of guilty were entered by
three defendants who We're brought
before Judge Cole yesterday ;f:er-
noon i'll the superior court.
Leo Leahy and Dan Benton,
charged with burglary at CaleXico,
were sentenced to serve not more
than five years in San Quentia and
Folsom penitentiaries, respectively.
BENTON is q second offender, and
for that reason was committed to
Folsom.
NJ. j. Lewis pleaded guilty to
forgery and was sentenced to serve
not less than one, nor more than ii
years in San Quentin prison.
The men will be taken 20 San
Quentin prison later in the week.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
Deer Block Road
Near Redding

REDDING, Calf, Feb, 27.-Deer
were blocking traffic on the French
Gulch road near here last night.
Rudolph Bowman, driving over
the road with a motor truck en-
countored herd occupying the
road. Unable to stop, the truck
struck and killed one doe before the
herd gave up the right of way.
Bowman reported the does death
to game warden, who sent the
meat to the county hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
Music Section Program
in Charge of Mrs. Mack

The music section Of the Woman IS
Ten Thouand Club will meet tomor-
row afternoon at the club house,
according to an announcement made
by the sectional chairman, Mrs. a.
NJ. Williams.
Mrs. e. j. Mack will be in
charge Of the program, which will
be on ,"Ballads. She will be as
sisted by Mesdames Ruth Tecple
Reid, John r. Rice and Robert
Chestnut.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
L. A. WOMAN DIES
FROM AUTO CRASH
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81 Mrs.
Sarah Joy died on the way to the
hospital last night as the result of
being struck by an automobile driv-
en- by John Kelley, police reported.
Kelley was taken to the receiving
hospital and following the state.
ment of Police Surgeon Saverien
that he was intoxicated, was placed
under arrest on charge of man
slaughter. ii .l.slas
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
D0ughnut Sale Is to Be
Held Here on Saturday

Members of the Epworth League
of the Methodist Episcopal church
are planning a doughnut sale for
Saturday of this week. The pro-
cecds OF the sale will go to the Mcx-
lean mission at Calexico. The place
will be announced later.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
Next Present Day Club
Meeting at GdrthUGites

MIR. and Mrs. +. L. Garthwaitc
will entertain the Present Day club
on Friday evening of this week, at
their home west of the city. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Chestnut Will he
in charge of the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
FRANC TAKES A
NEW SHARPS SLUMP
Nv United Press Leased Wire

PARIS, Feb. 27.-The French
frame took = sudden sharp slump
today falling 81 centimcs TO .he
dollar 10 1880. The pound sterling
was quoted at 102.lj.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
JUDGES WARNED TO
AVOID UNTAIRNESS

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 27.--
Superior Judges Charles c. Busick
and District Attorney j. j. Hen
derson of Sacramento county as
well and the superior judges and
district attorneys of other coun-
ties were warned against unfair
conduct in the trial of cases under
the state criminal syndicalism law,
in an opinion handed down TODAY
by the third district court of ap.
peals. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27

Senate is considering n $729, ,000,.
600 postoffice appropriation, 50 we
can get out bills on time.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
COLORED u. S. WORKERS.
PAY CUT IN TRANSFER
Comes to Capital From Boston and
Loses $500 Year Under
McCarl Ruling.

Another example OF how the now
famous sutton decision of con-
troller General McCarl is striking It's
blows at the salaries of Government
employees came to light today, when
it was revealed that colored clerk
at Boston. who "switched" positions
with an employee in the office of the
Register of the Treasury, had to
take a cut in salary of $3.50
1t was agreed between the two
colored men that they would trade
positions, between Boston and wash
ington, the Boston position being in
the Post Office Department and the
Washington one in the office of the
Register of the Treasury. Officials
having arranged the trade. the man
from Boston came to Washington. ex-
pecting to take the salary of the
one with whom he traded. which had
been s1,44O. He was willing to lose
this sixty dollars to come to Wash
ington.
But when he received his first pay.
what was his amazement to find that
instead of Sl,440 he received only
Sl.14O. 1t was explained that $1.1to
was the minimum salary of the grade
to which he had been transferred and
that under McCarrs decision concern
ing such grades where the average
provision was violated, it was neces-
sary for him to be transferred to
the lowest salary. His protests have
been in vain. Now he is awaiting the
reconsideration of the
sutton decision, before determining
whether to try to get his old JOB IF
ST 500 at the Boston Post Office.
Meantime the sl.440 clerk from the
office of the Register of the Treasury
is safely ensconced in the Boston
Post Office at d raise to $l,5'u.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
LANTERN SLIDES SHOW
RECONSTRUCTION OF EYES

Lantern slides illustrating recon-
struction of the eyes as performed
at Walter Reed Hospital, amplif1ed
with living exhibits, were shown to
the members of the District of Column
bia Medical Society of its weekly meet
ing at the Medical Society Building
Maj. f.. B. Spaeth was the speaker, his
subject being: 'The Use Of Cartilage
Crafts in Plastic Ophthalmological
Surgery" The patients were tho
victims of Gunshot wounds and were
introduced to the doctors as living
examples of the wonderful advances
made in the reconstruction of the hu-
man face.
DR.. G. w. Richardson spoke on THE
Unpleasant End Results in Well Per-
formed Tpnsillectomies," and the dis
cussion was by. DIR. X. Walker and
DIR. V. Dabney. DR.. w. II. Wilmer
discussed Some Considerations Con-
cerning Neoplasms of Hypophysis
Cerberi," Illustrated. and the discus
sion was led by Drs. w. T. Davis
and r. :. Lamb.
A. w. Boswell, chairman of the
transportation committee of the
American Congress on Internal Medi-
cine, outlined the features of the an
nual convention of the congress.
which is to meet in Washington next
April, and urged each member to
make himself "a committee Of one to
aid in the success of the convention.
He declared that the Washington con-
vention was to be the most success
full one ever held by the Congress,
and said that each local physician
should put his shoulder to the wheel.
He also stated that the medical de-
partments of the Army, Navy and
the Public Health Service, as well as
every hospital in the city, was to
take an active part in the program.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
WOMEN LAUNCH DRIVE
FOR CONVENTION FUND
National Council Seeks Money for
Sixth Quintennial Gathering of
International Group.

The National Council Of Women has
just launched "a 30-day nation wide
campaign among its constituent
groups to raise funds to finance the
sixth quintennial convention of the
international Council Of Women, to be
held here May to II next year.
The national council includes SO
national organizations of women,
among them the General Federation,
y. w. &. A.. NeedIework Guild, Uni
Versity Women, American Legion
Auxiliary, American Nurses Associa-
ton, Council Of Jewish Women, Tenn
pie Sisterhoods,- Womens AuXiliaries
Of United Spanish War Veterans,
Women's Relief Corps, Daughters of
Veterans. Sons OF Veterans, Women's
Christian Temperance Union, Parent
Teacher associations, Administrative
Women in Education and others
The campaign is under the direction
of Miss Anne Bancroft Coushaine of
Buffalo, n. Y. Mrs. Philip North
Moore. president of the national coun-
ell, is chairman of the finance COM
mittee, and a campaign committee
made up of Mrs. Nathaniel r.. Harris
of Bradford, chairman: Mrs. Sera-
phine Pisko of Denver. Miss Lucy f.
Anthony of Philadelphia, DR. Eliza
beth Thelberg of Vassar COLLEGE
Poughkeepsie: Mrs. NJ. G. Sloss of San
Francisco and Mrs. Ellen Spencer
Mussey of Washington. State chair
men have appointed district and local
chairmen.
The convention is expected to be
the most important meeting of women
ever held anywhere in the world. Sec
retary Hughes has assured Mrs
Moore that letters will be written to
the ambassadors in every foreign
country, urging the utmost co-opera-
tion with national council women
planning to attend
Evening star., 1924-10-17
RAMS HEAD PLAYERS
PROGRESS DESCRIBED
Director Bell Says He Feels Orsani
zation Has Made Good
Here.

Robert Bell, director of the Rams
Head Players, whose third season Will
open Tuesday evening, November Is,
in the new theater at Wardman Park,
was the guest of honor last night
at the weekly dinner at the Arts Club,
and afterward gave a talk on 1.-The
Little Theater," taken from his paper
read last Summer in Paul Bartlett's
studio, in Paris.
Speaking briefly of the Rams Head
Players, no said that with only seven
regular members in the repertory
company, and with the addition from
time to time of not more than 20
players in their whole two years of
work here, he felt that they had made
GOOD in Washington, as the building
of their now theater at Wardman
Park and the continued interest and
SUPPORT of the sustainers proved. be-
cause. he continued, the interest of
the audience is the very beginning
and the very life of every little the
ater, and the Rams Head Players
hogan there. With the interest of a
compare lively small group of the
people of Washington, whose number
and whose interest is, we think, con-
stantly increasinS.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
EX-SEXTON DENIES GUILT.
w. M. Collins Pleads on Charges
of Attempted Assault.

william NJ Collins. years Old.
former sexton of Il church in George
town, was arraigned today before
Justice Siddons in Criminal Division /
on three charges of attempted
feIonious assault on little girls III
the Sunday school room. OF the
church.
He entered pleas Of not guilty and
was permitted to remain at liberty
on bonds of $4,000. He is represent
ed by Attorney Harry Whelan.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
employees To RUN
HUGE COAST BANK
San Francisco $3.50, ,0OO,0 900
Institution Put in Hands of
2,2OO Workers.
EY lie Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, October IA
plan whereby the 2,200 employees of
the Bank of Italy. $3.50, 100000 in
stitution. are to take over control of
the bank has been approved by the
hoard of directors. it was announced
yesterday to the Associated Press by
a. t. Giannini president. The plan
will go into effect on January l.
As a preliminary move. Mr. Giannini
VIII retire today as president and
James \. Bacigalupi. the present
senior vice president. Will succeed him
as head of the institution.
The Bank of Italy is among the sew
eral largest banking corporations in
the United States. 1t has approx
mately 100000 depositorS and So
branches in all parts of the State, and
is closely affiliated with 20 of the
leading financial institutions OF Eu
rope and the Far East.
Plans OF Management.
Mr. Ciannini. who founded the bank
2" Years ago. and who first proposed
the plan, will continue as chairman of
the banks executive committee and
finance committee. l.. Scatema will
remain as chairman of the board of
directors
The plan calls for the obtaining of d
controlling block of stock by the ac-
tive employees, change in the list of
officers and the directorate at least
every five years to allow promotions
to these offices from the employees
list. and the full protection of all the
rights and present and potential
earnings of the $4,000 stockh olderS.
The bank has sl7,5OO,ooo in stock
outstanding and an actual capital
strength Of $500 200.
Under the plan the bank will set
aside 10 per cent of the net earnings
at the end of each half year, to be
added to a sum contributed from the
salaries and wages of the employees.
The 40 per cent contribution of the
bank, including dividends, will be
given TO the employees gratis, each to
receive in proportion to the amount
that he contributes to this control
fund. The actual control will be ex-
pedited if the employees return the
dividends to the fund. and it is pre-
sumed that most of them Will do this.
Limit on Holdings.
No employe will be permitted to
subscribe more than 10 per cent of
his salary TO the fund and the mini
mum he may subscribe has been set
at 5 per cent. Thus those receiving
the larger salaries will be prevented
from gaining control of the bulk of
the stock through Gift or otherwise
The bonus plan Of the bank. now in
effect. and which calls for yearly dis
tribution Of approximately sc50.00O is
to be continued. This gift of extra com
pensation will b. applied to the control
fund, thus in>urins the participation of
every emp'oye in the control plan even
II only to the extent of his yearly bonus
Every organization should build I'D
Its official personnel by successive pro-
motions from the executives within it's
ranks" Mr. Giannini said in outlining
the plan. Our action follows this plan"
Evening star., 1924-10-17

Federal judges. control of industrial
alcohol, development of a. United
States reclamation policy, reforesta-
tin and the timber supply, the use OF
wooden sleeping cars, vocational
guidance and engineering partfcipa-
ton in the plans of the committee of
One Hundred on the Federal City to
develop the District Of Columbia were
other questions.
The council made public the esti-
mates of the cold storage committee
OF the amount Of coal which leading
industrial centers must store to pre-
vent shortage. For the Nation in
general, the committee held a total
coal storage of about I6 per cent Of
annual consumption is necessary
Evening star., 1924-10-17
ONE YEAR IN THEFT CASE,
Colored Girl Accused of Taking
$45 Sent to Occoouan.

chief Justice Mccoy in Criminal
Division today sent Marie Wilson,
c"lored, to Occoquan for one year.
The girl was accused of taking s45
from AlSra Tranto April 10 last.
Ernest NJ johnson. colored, was
given Il term of 10 months at Deco
quan by the chief justice. johnson
was charged with attempting to shoot
Margaret Curtis August . last.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Will Address Tenants League.

Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor of the
Rent Commission, Mrs. John Speei,
president of the District Federation
of Women's Clubs, and Mrs William
r.. Chamberlin. president OF the
Housekeepers' II Alliance, VIII address
the mass meeting of the Tenants
League to be held tonight at 4
O'Clock in Masonic Temple, 18th
street and New York avenue.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
ENGINEER BOARD
IN 2-DAY SESSION.
Considering National Eco
nomic and Other Problems
at Chicago Meeting.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, October Ito fix q
policy for organized engineering on
a plan to reshape the department of
the Federal Government and to dis
cuss other National economies, politi-
cal and social problems, the admins
trative board of the American Engi-
neering Council met today for a 2-day
session.
Before the board were recommends
tionS drafted by the committee on
Government reorganization as it re-
1ateS to engineering matters.
Division Of Public Works.
The bill providing, with other
things, 4 division of public works
with the Department of the Interior
which will be considered by the next
Congress, it was said. does not
wholly meet the views of the Ameri-
can Engineering Council. The engi-
neers originally sponsored the legis-
lation providing for the establishment mt
of separate public works departments.
Three courses are open to engi-
neers. it was explained by L. w
Wallace of Washington, executive
secretary, in his report.
To support the bill in its present
form and regard it as a basis on
which to make IA subsequent effort
for complete division of public
works: to support it unqualifiedIy
without having future effort in rnind :
or to oppose the bill as drafted and
endeayor to have one introduced in
keeping with the views of the engi-
neering and allied technical organ
iZationS.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
FOresee Closer Relations.

Closer relations among engineers
of all countries are probable in the
next decade, declared reports pre-
scented by delegates to the world
power conference in London and the
ternational conference at Prague
Reforms in the United States Pat
ent Office, increases in the salaries of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20


 to an elevation covered with. lime cliffs, boulders of rock, and here and there scrubby trees and underbrush. It has been named Mt. Quarantania. This is the desert mountain of the forty days.
 The WiIdnerness
 There was not a human habitation for miles around. No wonder Mark says the Master twas there with the beasts" It was a place of singular sol- itude. It was the haunt of birds and beasts and reptiles of prey. Animals of prey are never gregarious. They do not congregate, They are solitary.
 Here was the place Jesus went for the forty days of solitude, the last of his preparation.
 Forty years the Jewish people wan dered in the desert, penalty for faith lessness. Forty days Moses remained on Siani that he might bring the law to the waiting hosts in the valley. Forty days Elijah stayed in the desert a fugi- tive from the wrath of Jezebel, Syrian queen on Jewish throne-royal patron of idolatry ruling over the chosen people of God. 3
 And now forty days the new emanci- pator went away for this communion with God to bring back the supreme in- spiratiOn of all time. Even ordinary folks, just human beings, have their hours of grave concern. Even they have times of extraordinary concentra- tion, anxiety. There is an accident or serious illness in the family and the mother is oblivious to the necessity of food for herself. Average men become busy, greatly absorbed in some mere material matter, and forget all about lunch; they work on past closing time, past the usual dinner hour, and we'll in to the night, without a thought of food.
 He HungeFed
 The Master was concerned upon mat ters eternal. He forgot to eat.
 The theory that one should never de- eide any important matter when the body is weakened and the mind fatigued, is sound psychology.
 Satan, always shrewd, willy and wise, recognized his opportunity. To him, this was the opportune moment. He spoke: If thou be the Son of God command this stone that it be made bread"
 It was subtle temptation. Jesus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, SUNDAY JULY 2o 1924

Moody Bible institute, August 1C to 24, probably the most picturesque is Guy Fitch Phelps. As has been the case with so many prominent men, MT. Phelps had his beginning among very stre. uous circumstances.
 He was born of pioneer stock in Kan sas in the early days when the cattle kings still pushed their herds across the Panhandle to the Union Pacific railroad. A few years later, h parents crossed the plains by wago, and settled in the gold camps of I1aho. Here Mir. Phelps grew up, spending his life in the saddle, by the campfire, on the desert, on the stock ranches, hunting and following the trails that wind through the noun tains.
 In the light of these circumstances,