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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
RIB PIERCES BOYS LUNG
IN TUMBLE DOWN STAIRS

IIAGERSTOWN, Md, March a.
Falling down three steps at ByrOn's
tannery at Williafnsport. where he
was employed. Earl Wetzel. aged
seventeen wears. received injuries
which resulted in his death at his
home at townsville yesterday.
A fractured rib pierced WetZel 3
lung, producing hemorrhages. lie is
survived by his mother and step
father. c. n. Davis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
NJ 'LEOD IN
CRASHOF
PLANE
Congressman on Way Here
From West Badly Hurt, But
Will Recover, Doctors Say
BY international News Service.
pn March q

tnGGEHHBf0n0A
UNIONTOWN. Pa, March 81.
-Congressman Clarence ]. Nc
Leod, twenty-nine, of Detroit,
Mich, "Baby of the House" is
expected to recover, it was said at
the Uniontown Hospital here to-
day where the Congressman was
taken following the crash OF the
airplane in which he was riding
from Selfridge Field, Mich, to
Washington.
Mcleod suffered two broken
ribs, a fractured collarbone and
possible internal injuries.
Mcleod left his home at Detroit
yesterday for Selfridge Field
where he and Lieutenant r. J..
Minty, left in one airplane and
his secretary S. ]. Pepz and
Lieutenant C. Krich in another for
Washington. They descended near
Moundsville, w. Va, at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon for a new
gasoline supply. Lieutenant Minty
told International News Service
today.
Couldn't Clear Tree
The low grade gasoline forced
them to descend again on the
grounds of the Uniontown country
club here. and the accident &C.
Cured when Mcleod and Minty
were taking off here to resume the
flight.
According to Minty the plane
could not clear a tree. catching in
it's branches, then rolling down a
hillside. Mcleod was extricated
from the wreckage in a semicon-
scious condition. but Minty escaped
with a few scratches.
An X-ray examination lis to be
made today by Doctor Robert JEFF
frey to determine if the Congress
man also suffered serious internal
injuries in the accident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
) MILLION
MORE IS
ASKED
Major covelI Sees increase in
Fares by Capital Co. If
Plea Is Granted

The Capital Traction Company
will ask the District Supreme
Court next week to increase its
valuation by approximately So
10000 over the SIG, 700, OOB value
Of the Public Utilities Com
mission.
If the courts grant this claim,
Major William E. R. Covell,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner,
declared today, the company will
be in an excellent position to de-
mand and get higher car fares.
Opposed By Commission.
The commission plans to vigor-
ously fight the companys claims
and has directed Frank H. Stephens.
District corporation counsel, to take
necessary action. Mr.. Stephens
today is preparing his argument
before the court.
The case will come up next We'd
nesday before Justice William Hitz.
This case is the outgrowth of a
suit filed in the courts in 1917, the
company at the time claiming a
valuation of more than $4,000 900
In excess of that fixed by the com
mission. Other utilities also filed
protests with the courts.
The Potomac Electric Power Com.
pany case was the first one acted
upon.
The court ruled the commission in
error when it refused in its valua-
ton to take increased prices into
consideration when figuring out re-
production cost.
Big Point In Case.
An allowance for increased war
prices will be made in the Trac-
ton Company case
The big point in the case. how
ever, is the purchase by the Wash
ington Georgetown Railway Com.
pany of the Rock Creek Railway
Company. These lines were merged
and the Capital Traction Company
organized. The Commission refused
to allow in the valuation the entire
amount involved in this purchase.
amounting to about $4,000, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27

oDScuy COIHiH uIlHdllOn. particularly
over telephones. he said. was the
only means now at hand to avert
future wholesale loss of life such
as followed in the wake of last
weeks tornado.
Increasing populations of the
dozen or more states in the tor
nado belt" add to the probability
that tornadoes will strike cities
where formerly they spent their
force on the rolling prairies
THE time is now at hand" said
Doctor Humphrey, when com
prehensive plan of action designed
to sound the alarm should be
worked out by the various states.
Speed Is Slow.
Contrary to popular belief, tor.
nadoesj move at a relatively low
rate Of speed. possibly on an aver
age of only 80 miles an hour.
"Cities in their path could be
warned by telephone of the ap.
preaching peril, as tornadoes move
in a relatively straight line, and
the inhabitants would be able to
save themselves.
The average tornado. he said. is
only about 1000 feet in width. with
a length Of approximately six or
eight miles.
THE Mississippi valley is the
greatest tornado belt in the world,
more of them being recorded in
that section than in the rest OF
the world combined.
despite the strides made by
science, less is known today Of
tornadoes than any other atmos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
BRITISH INDIAN ARMY
CHIEF REPORTED DYING

LONDON. March 81. General
Lord Rawlinson, commander in =
chief Of the British army in India.
was reported sinking today after
an operation for appendicitis
Lord RaWlinsOn was a member Of
army council in 1918 and has been
communicative chief in India since
1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
WHEELED
INDICTED
||vD.C.
Accused of Using His Unfit
ence as Senator to Further
Oil Land Deals

The special grand jury here
today returned an indictment
against Senator Burton X. Wheeler
of Montana, recent candidate for
Vice President on the Progressive
ticket, charging him with con-
spiracy to obtain illegal use and
possession of public lands in Mon
tana for the purpose of prospect
ing for oil and gas.
Booth Also Indicted.
Indicated with Senator Wheeler
are Edwin S. Booth, former sole.
itor Of the Interior Department and
one time an assistant to the At
torney General. and Gordon Camp
bell OF Montana, an oil prospector.
The indictment charges the three
men with conspiring with James A.
MacKowan who is not indicted
because he testified before the
grand jury.
The indictment, which covers
twenty nine typewriter pages,
charges that continuously from
April /, 1920, to January 1, 1924,
the accused entered into conspir-
acy in the District of Columbia to
defraud the United States out OF
the use and possession Of 10000
acres in the County Of Toole. Mon
tana, which lands were subject to
permits to prospect for Oil and gas,
Declares His Innocence.
Wheeler was indicted in Montana
on almost similar charges a year
ago. His trial is set for a hearing
soon.
Wheeler, upon the invitation Of
the Department Of Justice, person
nally appeared before the grand
jury to answer charges against
him. On the floor of the Senate,
he had repeatedly insisted his in
nocence, and charged that the de-
partment had framed him" for
his prosecution last year of the
investigation of the adj
Of former Attorney
General Harry M. Daugherty.
Under Federal statutes, it is I'M
lawful for a member of Congress
to practice before Governmental de-
PrObed By Senators
Wheeler maintained that he held
in the Interior Depart
ment regarding CampbelPs oil per-
mits, but did this before he took
office as a Senator. He was repre-
senting Campbell as an attorney for
a $4,000 fee, Wheeler said.
After Wheeler's Montana indict-
ment a special Senate committee.
headed by Senator Borah Rep) OF
Idaho investigated his case, and in
A report completely exOnorated
from all charges Of selling
official influence.
The report, attacking the Depart
ment Of Justice, and charging a
'frame-up," was adopted by the Sen
ate by an overwhelming vote.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
"HUMAN FLY" TO TIP
GEORGETOWN STEEPLE

c. r. Barbour, human fly" will
place an aluminium tip on the top
Of the high steeple at Georgetown
University Monday. The tip will
cost $1.75 and he will be paid $175
Barbour declares he offered Col
onel c. 0. Sheriff., in charge Of
Public Buildings and Grounds, 81, 900
for permission to attempt to climb
the Washington Monument.
Colonel Sheriff. refused, explain-
ng he could not permit anyone to
take such a risk on Government
property.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
DULUTH ROAD TO ASSUME
LIABILITY FOR BONDS

The Duluth South Shore and At
lantlc Railroad was authorized by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
@6n today to assume liability for
n 100000 of 8 per cent forty-year
mortgage bonds of the Marquette
HougntCn and Antongon Railroad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-27
BRITISH ARMY BANS
MEN JOINING fascist

LONDON, March 81. - British
army officers, and soldiers of other
ranks as well, are forbidden TO
ioin the British Fascist. according
to an order of the army council
promulgated today.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13
Capital of the Mail Order House
Is Furnished by Its
Customers.
WORKS ALWAYS ON VELVET
Buyers Supply Money to Support En-
terprIses Competing With Those
In Which They Are
9NA~ Interested.
Copyright.)

(copyright.)
It Is mighty nice thing to be able
to do business on the other fellows
money. but there are few people who
can do Ii. Probably the only bust
mess men who, as class, are able
Ito do this, are the mail order men in
the big cities
Did you ever stop to think-you,
who have ordered goods from a mall
lorder house and there are probably
few who have not done that at some
time or other-that you are supplying
the cash upon which the mail order
man is doing business7 You are well
aware of the fact that your cash must
go with your order IL you expect to re-
ceive the goods, but have you ever
stopped to think what that means7 Do
you realize that you are supplying the
icapital for a business which is run
ming In direct competition with your
home merchants, upon whose prosper
lity you and your fellow townsmen are
dependent for LIVELIHOOD
The majority of mail order houses
| do not carry large stocks Of goods.
They do not have to. When the mail
order man gets your order, accom-
ipanied by the cash. of course, he can
take part Of your money and go to
the manufacturer or the wholesaler
and buy the article that is wanted. The
irest Of the money he can put down In
his pocket after paying his operating
costs, which are light when compared
with those of the merchant who must
carry large stock of goods to meet
the demands made upon him.
| In Class by Themselves.
| There is absolutely no other class Of
men who do business on the capital
furnished by their customers. Even
1.-THE retail store which sells for cash
lonly cannot do this for he must carry
a large stock and in most cases must
Ipay cash for 1t in order to get prices
THAT will enable him TO make lower
Iprices to his customers than can be
!made by the merchant who gives credit
to his customers.
I The mail order man doesn't need to
have any of his own capital invested
In his buslness-or any large amount
of It. at least, in proportion to the vol
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13
~ YEARS !,
Geo. W. Hain. ,

From the Spirit :. \
May Is, 1888: y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13
THE KEY
To Better Business
HOME TRADE

Do know that property controlled by retail
than any of business in this country There
lis money retail than in all the banks.
Their sales exceed that of the steel industry.
More taxes are paid by merchants than any other
lclass.
More people employed in retail stores than in any
You the plus sign anything like in
regard retail Therefore, pays consider
1.-THE ways of improving the greatest activity in
Charles today This be done by Being
and by Buying From Charles Town
They paying the heaviest and making
lCharIes Town the Business Center of the County.
Back them with your purchases here at home.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13
NkNzyvN6itika

RAILWhs
Schedule in effect Apaj
Leave Charles Tow
1858 A. M.--For k0s y.
and intermediate 7
man parlor car C'r
toll.
IL :o5 P. M.-Local iai
K2 :29 A. M.--For koa.
Bluefield, Pocsns !.
Norton. K stop
Waynesboro or "
man seleeper to ~
and and Roanoke, Va,
Shenandoah and
Special Speei to points q
5:2s P. M.-Local 1 J..
1858 A. NJ For n D.;ss
intermediate sia. .s
ton at Shenan1l0gp.
Washington ana -,
1859 P. M.--For has'
ington, Baltimore
phia. "a,
Tao P. M.--Parlof, e
town and the MI ~
to Philadelphia ~
H11:54 P. M.-Sleeygss,s
phia and New i .s,I
take on for CONF
Hagerstown |"
Junction. -. n
For fares, schedule
vat;ons, or addl..,, % /. sIs]
apply to- Agent, 80 49,
Va ~ yk - n
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13
IS YEARS .
Geo. W. Haius,

From the Spirit i ]
May ID. 1890:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13
From The SDiriI J
In Years q.

For 70 yesrs Il.
sen has faithfuIlSs- -
q happenings Il -
From our files Of ~
note the followinv..
81 YEARS u
From the Spirit
May 16, 1871:
10hp W. Dalsasa \
Died.In Iesa,,,.
Adam Moler, sgss
Mr.. David Pearl. 90 ~
Engineers wen.
Shepherdstown Il
the Shenandoah yss ~
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13

ume Of the business which he does. He
does not have to pay interest TO the
banks on money borrowed to help him
finance his business. The mail order
man figures that about one-half of the
amount he receives on any order goes
to the wholesaler or manufacturer in
payment for the goods ordered. OF
the remainder part goes for postage,
printing, maintenance Of Office and
plant, insurance, etc. What is left
which is by no means an insignificant
part Of every dollar received, goes into
dividends to stockholders in the mail
order corporation. All this has been
done without any capital other than
that which may be required to pay Of
fee expenses.
Suppose, for a minute, that you did
business with the local merchants on
the same plan. Suppose that they did
not carry any goods In stock, that
when You wanted to buy something
you should go to one OF your home
merchants. look in his catalogue and
pick out an article that seemed to be
similar to the one that you wanted,
hand over the price as shown by the
catalogue and tell him to order 1t for
you. The merchant would take your
money and you would wait for your
goods until they arrived from a dis
tant city.
Not So Anxious.
But the people who make up any
community are not nearly as anxious
to furnish capital to the home mer-
chant-the man who helps make" the
town-as they are to the mail order
man in the far distant city, who does
nothing and cares nothing for the peo-
pie who furnish him the money on
which to do business. They insist that
the home merchant shall carry large
stock of goods from which they can
select what they wish, when they think
it is to their interest to buy from him.
They insist that he shall stand back of
the goods he sells and make good any
defect that may appear In them. They
insist that he shall sell them what they
wish and wait for the money until they
get ready to pay it. They insist that
he shall sell goods at the same prices
or lower prices than the mail order
houses charge for goods of poorer quail
ity. And finally. they insist that the
hume merchant shall furnish the large
amount of capital that is required to
conduct business on this plan.
The mail order buyer may say that
he has the right to spend his money
anywhere he pleases and he has, legal
ly. But he probably has never stopped
to reflect on the fact that he Is supply.
ing the capital for the operation of a
concern which is in direct competition
with enterprises in which he is directly
interested, for every man. woman and
child in a town is directly interested in
the success of the business enterprises
in that town. If these business enter
prises are not prosperous, the town
cannot be prosperous. To supply CAPT
tai TO your competitor is not very good
business.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13

Get a pail of conditial
your stock and feed th1|
fore your sale. On alsf|
Co., the poultry and Inl
Store.
Sawed and Split Wool
Charles Town Creams
the best. For sale a! |
Market.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13
GET RID OF THAT 4.
Charles Town Peopl. D,

The constant aching II
The WEAKNESS, the /,
Headaches, dizziness
Distressing urinary NJ
Are often signs Of 81
And too serious to i. J
Get rid of these trouI
Use Doan's Pills. n
retic to the kidneys.
Hosts of people recon-,
This is a Charles Tor|
You can verify it.
Lester L. Bowers, AL
Liberty ST., says: q bd1
of kidney trouble and \
my back so | could MI
night. Mornings, | MT
ness and soreness over N
was all | could do to NJ
stopped, | would becOn,|
kidneys acted irrgulary !
Pills, from Brown { n
Store, helped me and n
back strong and free mi
pains. "
Mr.. Bowers is only 4
Charles Town people viii
fully endorsed Doan's ri
back aches-if your III
you, don't simply ask n
remedy-ask distinctly 4
PILLS, the same that ]
had-the remedy back
testimony. so cents al
Foster-Milburn Co., Nh
N. Y. when Your Bad
Remember the Name
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13

A Charter was 81
Charles Town Mininss N
and Improvement ~
Incorporators were p n
w. Brown, Frank Ps.]
Lippitt, T. G. Green ~ )
ton and A. w. McDon,u|
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-13

Died.-Near c1..' i
John P. Birkitt. a .,ali'. |
The Grand Arm. ~ !,
held their Annual ~
ington City. I'D
Barnum's show erss|
tinsburg.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-09
Big Difference in Wages
Paid Movie Director-

Hollywood, CaI.=An explanation OF
the wide variance IN amounts OF the
weekly salaries Of mOtion-picture d.
IreetOrs was given here recently at a
meeting Of film executives.
The average salary received By the
top notch" director appr0ximates
$1,000 weekly. Other directOrs-many
OF them new In the industry-are paid
lesser amounts, ranging as low as S15
3 week.
One producer, IA speaking on the
question, "How much IS a director
WOrthY' said: "a director who does
not know every detail Of the motion
picture game Is expensive at any price.
One who does know Is worth $1,000 8
week because be viii save his salary
q dozen times In the cost Of e pro-
duction.
Through the inexpeFienca Of q a.
rector, studios sometimes are com
PEELED to retake the work Of many
weeks This means that the cost Of
keeping the company and the mechani-
lcal star on the GETS Tor the extended
length Of time was greater than the
difference between what the producer
paid his s~mall-salaried director and
what be would have TO pay a top
nOtcher."
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-09
Texas Cowboy, IS, Still
Active. Rides the Range

C~hildress, Texss.-Supple as a youth
in muscle, vigorous and hearty, Il. r..
Mangum, n~inety-hve years old, is still
riding the range on the big ranch OF
the Smith brothers, near here.
He is said to be the oldest cowboy
still III active service in the country.
Mangum has been a cOwhand ever
since he came to Texas from South
Carolina, three-Quarters Of a century
ago. He was well along toward middle
life when the famous Chisholm tran'
was established. He went up the trail
with herds Of cattle many times.
In his early life he worked on
ranches in the southern part Of Texas.
As the wild lands OF the more west
ern parts Of the state were opened up
he went with the venruresOme cattle
men into their new grazing territory.
He was upon the frontier when Indian
raids were common and when buf1alOes
populated the unbrOken region by
countless thousands.
Mangum says that he has observed
no set Of rules Of living. he "went the
usual PAGES" Of a cowboy In the stir
ring days and has devoted himself to
hard work and life In the open air.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-09
MRS. BRANEGAN BACK
FROM EASTERN TRIP

Mrs. R. Brannegan returned from
her eastern trip in time to spend the
weekend in Yellowstone park, reach
ing Bozeman Monday night. lied"
Roosevelt drove Mrs. Branegan, Miss
Susanna Thompson, and Miss Wag-
ner, who is taking Miss Fallgatter's
place at Montana State college this
year, through the park, entering at
Gardner and returning via GalIatin
canyon.
During the summer Mrs. Branegan
visited her daughter, Mrs. Fletcher
Wheeler, at Madison, Wis, and spent
a month with relatives and friends in
Wabash county, Indiana. August 8
a big family reunion in honor Of Mrs.
Branegan and two of her sisters, Mrs.
E. l. Scott Of R%antoul, ILL.,, and Mrs,
leila Horton, of Harrison, Mich, was
held on the shore Of Luken's lake. A
nephew, Lloyd Lukens, and family OF
Auburn, CAL, also were present
About IS persons attended the re-
union.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-09

ments on a first mortgage real es-
tate note for $4,000, with interest
and premiums totaling $2T,844sO.
According to the complaint, payments
ceased in November, 1924. The sec
Ond cause is virtually the same, d
first mortgage real estate loan for
$1,000, with interest and premiums Of
$4,122.40, being involved. In both in
stances chattel mortgages covering
personal property have been given.
The realty consists Of Lots IA to 10,
inclusive, in Block D Of the Original
Townsite Of Bohemian.
The Lindsay-Bozeman company's
claim against the property, the COM
plant alleges, is without priority and
the court is asked to so rule. Judg-
ment for $71,4e7.20, less payments
made between. February 5, 1923, the
date Of the instruments, and Novem-
Der, 1924, is prayed for, together with
awards Of $1,000 for attorneys fees
$809.19 for taxes paid by the plain.
tiff, and s4.OO, the cost of making al
abstract Of title.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-09
Starving Man and Wife
Appeal 20 Police for Aid

New YOrk-StarVing while others
Toasted In the gay night clubs near
by, Joseph Martin and his pretty tweR-
ty-three-year-Old wife, Ethel, Of Phila-
delphia, appealed to police after they
had been without food for nearly three
days.
Mrs. Martin collapsed on the steps
Of the HlppOdrOme. Both were
drenched by rain and said they had
slept IN parks at night after Vainly
seeking work during the day.
Mrs. Martin was seized with violent
cramps induced BY starvation after
omcers had fed her a small quantity
Of milk. She was taken to a hospital.
Martin, after being given stlmulants,
devOured ham and eggs, his first real
meal In a week. Cab drivers took up
a collection for the couple. Martin
said he recently lost a job as q me
chanic.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-09
LAKE IN TENNESSEE
DISAPPEARS IN CAVE
swallowed Up With Rear
When Roof Of Cavern Falls.

Mayneld, Ky-Particulars have
reached here from the Idaho Springs
vicinity, ACROSS the Kentucky line IN
Tennessee, Of the swallowing up Of
a small lake on the farm Of G P. War
field By the collapse Of the roof Of q
cave.
The lake dropped into G~ubterranean
regions with q roar like that Of q To-
cOmotive's passing, according TO the
story attributed to W. l. Warheld,
who was In the neighbOrhOod and Jaw.
the water dropping into the cavern.
In place Of the lake there was an
Insignificant pool, scarcely worth no
dce. The hole when first seen by W.
L Warheld was about four feet IN
diameter, and the waters rushed down
In q torrent, carrying hsh, turtles and
other inhabitants Of the lake away
With the great force OF the suction.
The water plOwed through its new
channel underground for some dis
lance and then found a new exit a few
hundred yards from Its former Ioca-
ton.