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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-30
WOmen's and Children's Underwear
Reduced For Clearance
WOmen's Glove
Silk Underwear
Regularly 1925 to $2.95
Sale Price, $1.95

Glove Silk Vests, bodice
style, some slightly soiled.
Kayser and other good
makes. Also Glove Silk
Boomers and ST. p- n
Panties, Glove Silk Step-in
Envelopes, fancy ribbed.
Palais ROyal-Main Floor.
Evening star., 1925-08-30

posed. engineers say. will enable the
companies to take advantage of the
diversity OF the natural stream flow
between drainage areas and to supply
with greatest economy any amount OF
steam and water power required in the
territory.
Monument to Genius.
Wilson dam, practically completed
today, stands as monument to
American genius. It is built Of 1861
600 cubic yards of concrete and is the
largest structure Of this character in
the world. Its total length is $500
feet. 1t is composed of two sections
the non-overfiow and spillway. Both
sections are unreinforced granite
structures, surmounted by concrete
arch bridge.
Muscle Shoals has a fall of 134 feet
in 81 miles and has long stood as d
barrier to navigation. With the com
pletion of Wilson dam and lesser units
as planned, the river will not only af-
ford energy estimated at So0.0
horsepower, but will furnish uninter-
rupted navigation from Paducah to
Knoxville, a distance of $50 miles.
Army engineers smiled with salts
faction as the turbine blades gathered
momentum in the initial demonstra-
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His own horse shot from beneath
him at Fort Bliss, Tex, by pistol
bullet in Regular Army pistol practice,
Lieut. Robert NJ. Graham Will not be
reimbursed for 1t by the Government.
This was the decision of Controller
Gen. McCarl today. in which the
controller general fatty reversed
recommendation of the Secretary of
War.
Lieut.. Graham was returning from
authorized mounted pistol practice on
the range" at Fort Bliss, June s. 1928.
the decision recites, when about 2.00o
feet north of the range his horse was
struck by a bullet and died within
short time 1t is not related how near
the bullet came to striking the rider.
a claim for $3.50 started its stormy
career through Government channels.
McCarl refuses the claim, declaring
that under the statute the lieutenant
was not engaged in saving either hu-
man life or property belonging 10 the
Government. It is declared further
Evening star., 1925-08-30
UNCOLN'S PRIVATE
! SECRETARY DIES
w. O. Stoddard, Writer, First
Urged Emancipation as
: President.
BY the Associated Press.


MADISON. n. j., August 29.-Wil-
liam o. Stoddard. 90 years old. once
private secretary to Abraham Lincoln,
died at his home here tonight. Mr..
Stoddard, a veteran of the newspaper
profession had been in good health un-
I'll recently.
death was attributed TO Mr.. Stod-
dard advanced age.
vHe was the first journalist to men
ton Abraham Lincoln for the presi-
dency in 1859 and In 1860, he became
the latter's secretary, a post which he
held for four years.
For the past three days Mr.. Stod-
dard had become gradually weaker.
His children living with him notified
his son, William o. Stoddard, jr., OF
Detroit, who arrived at his bedside to-
day.
Family at Deathbed.
A half hour before he died ply
sicians attending him said that he
might live for another day. The end
came peacefully, members of his fam
ily said.
with him when he died were vii
liam O. Stoddard, jr., his wife and
daughter Susane; another son, Ralph
e Stoddard and his wife. and q Son-in-
law. Harold :. Buttenheim.
The funeral viii take place Monday
afternoon at the home of Ralph G.
Stoddard here.
Although advancing age had ended
Mr. Stoddard's literary activity about
10 years ago, two articles Of his per
sonal "reminiscences Of Lincoln We're
published last Spring in a leading
ma gaZine.
Mr.. Stoddard had written his recol-
lections of his years as Lincoln's sec
retary some time before for the mem
bers of his family. His son, William
o. Stoddard. jr.. who is also an author.
decided that parts of them might be
given to the public and these excerpts
were incorporated into the published
articles
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battery of 18 at Wilson dam, which
will be commissioned as rapidly as
completed and demand Is made for
their energy. The ultimate installa-
ton will produce 624, 900 horsepower
The demonstration marked the be-
ginning of a broader utilization OF
an inter-connected system which
brings together principal power
sources of Tennessee, Georgia, the
Carolinas and Alabama. 1t Is con-
templated that this system will ulti-
mately extend to Arkansas, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana.
Acute need for additional power in
the Carolinas and Georgia caused by
an extended drought brought activi.
ties at Wilson dam earlier than had
been calculated by Army engineers.
Low water III the river at this time
will prevent capacity output, but
units of the immense dam will be
started as fast as conditions permit
The dam will be completed during
the next year. The power generated
during the test period has been sold
TO the Alabama Power Co, lessee of
the Government steam plant adjacent
20 the dam.
Inter-connection Of the great power
systems now in existence and pro-
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Proposed Lincoln.

William o. Stoddard entered jour
nalism in Illinois after being gradu-
ated from the University of Rochester
in 1857, was the first newspaper man
TO put forward Abraham Lincoln as
candidate for the presidency and, af-
ter the Iatters election. was named
member Of the Presidents official
staff. In Chicago Mr.. Stoddard was
for several months a member of the
staff Of the Chicago Daily Ledger,
but in the Spring of 1858 he became
editor and part owner Of the Central
Illinois Gazette, published at Cham
paign, Ill.
Ii was here that Mr.. Stoddard met
Abraham Lincoln and conceived so
great an admiration for him that
in April, 1859, he wrote two-column
editorial In the Gazette urging the
nomination Of Lincoln for President.
II was the first newspaper article
that was published in behalf of the
candidacy of the Emancipator and
vas followed by several others press
ing Lincoln's claims and fitness for
the office.
Lincoln's Secretary.
Mr. Stoddard continued his activi-
ties in behalf Of Lincoln, who, in ac-
knowledging his appreciation of the
services of the young newspaper man,
named him as secretary to sign land
patents. With the outbreak of the
Civil War Mr.. Stoddard obtained the
Presidents permission to serve three
months in the Army and was enrolled
az a private in the first company of
volunteers recruited. Upon returning
from military service he was made
one of President Lincoln's private sec
retarieS and was placed in charge of
the Presidents private correspondence
and confidential business, his offices
being in the White House. The next
year he was grand secretary of the
Union League of America, which was
mainly an honorary position and did
not take him away from his official
duties.
Mr. Stoddard remained in his secre-
tarial capacity to the President until
September "a 1864, when he was ap-
pointed United States marshal of
Arkansas. Near the close of 1865 he
returned North. He engaged in busi-
ness in Wall street. Also for two
years, 1871 to 1873. he held positions
with the New York City government.
Wrote Many Books.
During all those years Mr.. Stoddard
continued his interest in writing and
literature and for several years was
a member of the staff of the New
York Examiner. His first published
work, which attracted considerable
attention, was an illustrated satire on
Tammany Hall, which appeared in
1859 His published volumes totaled
more than 100.
Among the historical works of Mr.
Stoddard were Lives of the Presi-
dents" GSsS-9). 10 volumes; Life of
Abraham Lincoln" G8S4, The White
House in War Time" G890), Table
Talk of Lincoln" Gs92), Lincoln at
Work" Qs99, THE Boy Lincoln
Evening star., 1925-08-30
CLUB FIGHTS PADDOCK.
Leading Chicagoans Deny Liquor
Charges in Court

CHICAGO, August 29 CP).-The
Fish Fans Club, which Government
agents seek TO have padlocked for al
legged prohibition law violations. filed
a lengthy answer to charges today in
Federal court.
The answer maintained that the
club, which was incorporated in 1922
upon the application Of William Hale
Thompson, former mayor Of Chicago
E. r. Pike and others, was an organi-
zation of almost 1000 reputable Cit
zens, with lofty aims. both in principle
and practice.
Its object was TO urge and encou.
age the propagation of fish in An1er
lean waters. The statement denie=
the club ever has been conducted as d
pubic nuisance" or that as club i
ever possessed or sold intoxicainG
liquor.
Evening star., 1925-08-30
HORSE SHOT UNDER ARMY MAN
HIS OWN LOSS, McCARL RULES

in the decision that the words ''en-
gagged in authorized military duties in
connection Herewith" could apply only
to instances where an officer was try
ing to save life or property. Further.
more. McCarl said that the rider was
the officer in charge of the target
range at Fort Bliss, knew that per-
mission had been sought and obtained
for target practice thereon with auto
matte and machine gun rifles, and
must have known that the ordinary
range of such rifles is considerably in
excess of 1000 yards"
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STECK LEAD NOW 9O7.

The gain OF Daniel #. Stecll, Demo
cratic contestant with Senator Brook
hart, Republican. in the Iowa SEN
atorial election, was reduced to 907
votes tonight by a correction of the
official Senate report of the recount
in three counties.
With the vote in two counties re-
naming to be checked, Senator Brook
hart, on the basis of uncounted bal
lots. still retained a lead sufficient to
give him the office. Nearly 5000 bal
lots have been challenged, however
and 1t is in these that the final de-
cision is believed to rest.
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ton today. 1t was the first concrete
result o. seven years of toll. The tur-
bine will carry little load until the
drying out and tuning-up processes are
completed. The generator then will
be gradually brought up to a load OF
Is. 900 horsepower. which will find its
way to transformers and transmission
lines for use in this and other States.
The present low water will not per-
NIT of maximum energy from the unit.
One other unit is expected 10 be placed
in opera ton shortly.
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New Oil Burner Sells at Remarkably
Low Price.

Works in Any Furnace or Stove
Gives Twice the Heat-Cheaper
Than Coal
A remarkable new burner, which
costs only a few dollars and which
heats any stove or furnace just as
we'll as a s400 or $500 oil burner, has
been perfected by the International
Heating Co, 119 South Fourteenth
street, Dept. 352. st. Louis, Mo. This
remarkably simple and sturdy device
gives twice the heat of coal or wood,
burnS a cheap oil, and does away with
.IL the drudgery and dirt and smoke
of heating or cooking with coal or
wood. 1t gives one of the hottest and
quickest fires known, controlled by a
simple valve. The present low price
of oil makes IL a great money saver.
IT is absolutely safe. slips into the fire
boy of any stove or furnace without
damage. and requires no mechanic to
install The manufacturers want one
person in each locality to whom they
can refer new customers, and are
making a special low price introduc-
tory offer, with 80 days free trial, to
the first user in each locality. They
also want to hear from men and wom-
cuH who would like to make from $3.50
to- $3.50 monthly acting as their rep
rcsentatives. Write them today.-Ad-
Cfti~Snil4lt
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Pictures Teach Business Class.

The stereopticon method of teaching
business operations has been definitely
adopted by the School of Accountancy
and Business Administration of Ben
jamin Franklin University This is
the first educational institution in this
city to adopt this method OF teaching
business procedure
Evening star., 1925-08-30
OPERATIONS START
AT MUSCLE SHOALS
First Water Wheel Starts
Producing Power on Ten
neSSee River.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
FLORENCE, Ala. August 29.--Wa.
ters of the Tennessee River, gone TO
waste for centuries. were today made
serViceable to a great section OF the
Southern Appalachian region.
At S:18 o'clock this morning the
first water wheel turned at Muscle
Shoals This unit. a 10000 horse
power turbine, belongs 70 a huge
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RETURNS TRIUMPHANT.
Poor Immigrant Boy, Knudson
Successful, Back in Norway.

NEW YORK, August 20 P).-The
story of the poor immigrant boy re-
turning, successful, to his native
land was repeated today when Carl
II. Knudson, inventor of new type
Diesel engine, sailed for Oslo, Norway,
on the Norwegian American liner,
Stavangersfjord.
Twenty years ago Mr.. KnudSon
came here and for 10 years he work
I'd to improve the Diesel engine. The
result of his work is a new 1000
horsepower locomotive now being
manufactured which is expected to
eliminate the necessity of stops for
water in the Western districts.
Scientists already have acclaimed
him and Oslo Is preparing a celebra-
ton In his honor.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31
A REAL FARMER.

One of this country's greatest far mers is Thomas D. Campbell, whose farm near Hardin, Mont, contains 35,O00 acres, on which last year he raised 3S0,O00 bushels of wheat, be- sides oats, flax and other products.
 He employs about 250 men and uses the most modern methods in his op- erations. He uses 15 tractors with gang blows abreast which blows q strip 150 feet wide at time, blowing a thousand acres a day.
 MT. Campbell uses a very complete system of cost finding and account ing to enable him to check up his various crops. He is a thorough bus mess man and regards farming as a manufacturer regards his business.
 His attitude toward labor is inter- esting. He secures the best men he can find and pays them we'll refusing to hire cheap help. In addition to their pay he gives them a bonus of the profits and makes them really part ners instead of hands.
 MT. Campbell insists that his men shave each morning, and take a show CT and put on clean clothing after their days work is done
 This remarkable farmer was born in sod hut in North Dakota and worked from childhood but managed to get an education as well as de gree in electrical engineering. He is 9 firm believer in hard work and lots of it. He is an example of what in. dustry and brains can accomplish in America.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31
THE NEW JURY BILL.

The new jury bill, introduced by Senator Dimond, of the Third divi- sion, is great improvement over the act of 1923 The present bill will give the jury commissioner a better op- portunity to exercise an impartial drawing of grand and petit jurors, and will give a more intelligent juror. It has been held up to the present time that the more ignorant man is the more desirable he was for juror and many veniremen have been chal- lenged because attorneys feared they knew too much. The man who can not read, write or speak the English language can in no way be accepted as the peer of the man who can, there fore trial by jury of ones peers is Impossible under the old system
 If Senator Dimond had incorporated in his bill the right of every voter to serve on juries 365 days in the year, it would have been a very popular section of the law.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

One of the absurdities of our na- tional government is that Congress must virtually act as board of alder men for the city of Washington. City matters of the most trivial nature are passed on by national legislators. A proposed measure to relieve this situ- ation and give the District of Colum- bia some plan of self government is dictated by every consideration of economy and common sense.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31
JAPAN eRETALlATES.

Japan is in a mood for retaliation. Negotiations of the treaty with the Soviet government, which gives mu tual advantages to Russians and Japa- nese, may or may not be accepted in this light, but proposal in the Tokio diet relating to land ownership is in- spired by similar legislation in the Pacific Coast states of America
 This proposal, which is said to have the governments backing, would lift the ban on land owership by alien which is now prohibited - but per mits discrimination against America. The retaliatory section of the law is aimed at countries which have sim- liar laws against the Japanese. What is termed a saving clause is provi- sion that a satre where such laws are passed is, under this statute, a sepa- rate nation. The effect would be to separate California and other Pacific coast states from the American un- ion for the purposes of the act.
 The United States government is said to be preparing protest against being discriminated against, but as this country has discriminated against the Japanese, there is no doubt that her protests will be ignored. Euro pean countries believe that America has overlooked a great opportunity in the Far East They say that Rus sia can furnish Japan with all that the United States can furnish, and that within few years the United States will be ignored entirely by Japanese buyers.
 The Pacific coast states which owe their prominence to Oriental trade will be cut off from millions of dol-- lars in revenue. which will go to Rus sia which has raw materials of every kind, leaving Japan the labor and machinery costs.
 Still the American people are not likely to feel much alarm over the threat to withdraw trade. It must be remembered that Japan is one of this country's largest shippers, and a boy colt of America would be felt by the exporters of that country as badly as in this.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Operations on thirteen children at Colorado home from the blind re- suited in the giving of sight to eleven of them. The other two were beyond surgical skill. That such large per centage should be given the blessings of vision is a wonderful demonstra. tion of modern science.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Representative Paul appears deter mined to get the Indian on the pen sion roll, and ii one considers them citizens of the Territory, as defined by recent departmental ruling, in all probability they should be pensioned. Up to the present time the funds for the pensions have come from taxes derived from the Caucasian. But if the Indians status as a citizen makes him a taxpayer, he should then be in line for any benefits accruing by reason of such taxation. In other words if the Indians contribute to the pension roll they should be recipients of it's disbursements. But few Alaskan tribes are wards of the government, making their own living, and old age brings on many hardships. The question is one which sooner or later must be de- cided by the courts, and the quicker test case is made, the better for both Caucasians and Indians.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

The state of Iowa has gone on re- cord against accepting any further aid from the Federal government for the building of state roads, preferring to build her own roads in her own way. The state appears to have awakened to the fact that paternalism is costing the taxpayer more than it is worth
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Neighbors are so meddlesome. A man in Indiana was supporting two wives comfortably on $50 a month each, and the neighbors had him ar rested for bigamy.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Having entirely lost his sense of smell several years ago, Prof w. K. Cuyler of the University of Texas, has made special and highly success full study of skunks. Others around him can still smell, however
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

The expenses of the League of Ma tions will total over $5,000,000 for this year. Americas share is nearly one million dollars, which when one in vestigates the little done, is a high price for a useless luxury.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Chas. WreXham, an Australian banker who lost his memory and dis appeared ten years ago, has been found in Tasmania, working as over- seer on a plantation.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Forty thousand obsolete geographies have been found in the schools of the United States. Even with proper text books the average high school graduate is as ignorant of geography as of many other things. The best is cheap enough for the children
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

In Sumatra the Malay women hold control of property and the line of de scent, which is eminently proper. The woman bears the child, takes care of it, and should be entitled to say what disposition shall be made of it's inter- ests.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Nils Fischer, who lost his memory and disappeared from Buffalo in De. cember, discovered his identity thru seeing circular with his picture, picked up in cheap lodging house.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

4 Juneau bride is seeking a divorce because her husband when she said it was the first meal she ever cooked, said it tasted like the third or fourth.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Lest you forget, next Saturday is the last day on which one may reg ister for the city election April 2. If you do not register you cannot vote.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

When her husband was convicted of burglary, Mrs. James Parson of Chicago, offered to go to jail for him as "she had more time"
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

hick town is where the girls are shocked because they think basket ball players are appearing in their underclothes.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Rev David Edwards, of Paterson, N. J., has quit his pastorate because he said the city had too many church buildings and too few church goers
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Turkey may be an uncivilized na- tion, but every male inhabitant of the country must build public roads twelve days of each year.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Why not invent a noiseless soul and celery?
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

So long as them that has" are in the minority, them that has not" will say how they shall spend their mon- ey, and upon what improvements.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

We can't understand all this fuss of nitrates for farmers, We never hear of them telegraphing any.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

We know a man who wanted to be one of the 40O He missed it by one, his prison number is 399.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

If you want time to pass rapidly give your note for thirty days for a large sum.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

A fitting funeral oration: We have here the shell of a man; the nut is gone.'
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Don't ridicule a crank; all he lacks is advertising to be called genius.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Many people take advantage of goo times to go farther in debt.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

We suspect the story that sauer kraut contains alcohol will increase local sales considerably.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

A man is generally easy when he buys thing because the payments on it are easy.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Brunswick Monographs and Re. cords. The Alaska Shop. If
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Experience and guarantee assures you a perfect fit in our made-to-meas- ure clothes. Leon Urbach. If
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

My Made to Measure Suits always satisfy in fit, workmanship and qual ity. Jordan's Valet Service. If
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

CAN USE A FEW MORE CUS- TONERS AT THE o. K BARBER SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Filipinos still knock Wood. We fol low suit on the thirteenth day of the month
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Haas Fresh Candies at the Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

The best way to get up in the world is to stay on the level.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-31

Wednesday is All Fools Day.
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