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Smyrna times., 1925-01-14
RECENT VANDALISM AND THEFT
Century Club House Entered, Prop
erty Observation-Disclosures Broken Into

/ Nehtuiy OluD house Entered, PrOD-
erty Observation-Disclosures Broken Into
Smyrna is being aroused by a num-
Der OF cases of vandalism and thefts
that have taken place recently. One
day last week, the Century Club
House was entered and before the
vandals got out they had broken
every electric light bulb in the biuld-
ing, cut and slashed some of the best
stage scenery and created other mis-
chief. Nothing of particular was
found stolen but when the janitor en-
tered Friday to prepare the club room
Tor the meeting that afternoon, he
found glass over the floor and the
room more or less disaTanged. For
tunately none of the colored shades
on the electroliers were broken. That
the club women were incensed was
putting it mildly and the club women
nave already reported the case to the
local and county authorities and hope
the guilty ones can be run down and
an example made. Recently the gar
age of Ralph Jefferson was broken
into and tire stolen. The garage of
David A. Knots WIS entered but moth
ing was missing. The same was the
case of the garage of Mrs. w. H. |
StaytOn. The hasp was broken on
the door but no evidence of ANYTHING |
else disturbed was noted. Added to
the works of vandalism was the num-
ber of milk bottles taken from door
steps of residences about town and
broken. All of these things has
brought about CONSERVATION and cit
zens want to see it broken up.
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14

Inauguration of Governor Robinson
Plans looking forward to a big dav
next Tuesday, when Govemor-elect
Robert P. Robinson will be inaugural
ed. There will be a parade and In
augural Ball. A number Of Smyr-
mans will participate.
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14

''' From First Page
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14

New Station Agent at Smyrna Depot
Henry Segelken, who has been sta
ton agent at Middletown, has been
transferred to Smyrna to succeed J.
Harvey Speakman resigned.
Smyrna times., 1925-01-14

Chicken Thieves at "DOc" Massey's
Saturday night chicken thieves cut
thru a wire fence and broke into the
hennery of w. I. Massey on Union
street, getting away with a dozen of
his finest chickens. No clue to the
robbery has been obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
AN AMERICAN DRUG TREATY

ne international opium conference under the
auspces OF the League of Nations was somewhat dis
appointing to that part of the public ardenty desiring
carry END OF the drug evil But other action
peaiin ny on the same matter is more hopeful.
a treaty between the United States and the Do
ninion OF Canada nsures complete and hearty
sooperatlon in fighting the drug traffic on this con
ehl IL provides for the eXtradton of fugtives from
Justice wanted In either country for violations of the
hareotic drugs act 1t supplements treaty negotiat
60 iast June and only recently ratified by the United
states senate, designed to prevent the smuggling of
Intoxicating liquors and narcotic drugs across the
border.
The narcotic drug evil has grown to alarming pro-
porlons In America as we'll in other parts of the
world The fact that the nations trying to get
gether to crush is at least hopeful But agreement
as to methods to be difficult, that any posi-
welcome.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
Girl Slayer Is
Sent Rope to
Hang Self
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. "a
No pretty movie star was ever
the recipient of more letters in
such a short space of time than
Dorothy Ellingson, 16 year old
girl who killed her mother.
Dorothy's mail ranges from
notes congratulating her upon
freedom from parental restraint
to confessions from other
girls of their misdeeds and adj
vice as to how Dorothy can
best find peace of soul.
Many letters have been re-
ceivcd threatening the girl with
death or advising her to kill
herself.
A wooden box intercepted by
q policcwoman contained tho
most sinister suggestion of all.
Coiled in the box lay hemps
en- rope with a hangman IS knot
at one end and letter:
"You had courage enough to-.
kill your mother; now have.
courage enough to use this on
yourself. -
81 IN not worrying-nobody.
lis going to see any tears in my.
..cvcs,' - was Dorothy's s comm cnt ,..
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD f. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, ny McClurs
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S COCOA
NUT CAKE

"Would you please do me a fav-
or. Nurse Janc2' asked Uncle
Wiggily of his muskrat lady house-
keeper one day.
Certainly - she answered with
a polite flip of her tail. "What
is it?''
"L am hungry for coeoanut
cake, went on Uncle Wiggily.
"Could you make me one 20
"Of course 1 will" laughed
Nurse Jane. "Nothing is easier! :
"Oh, YES, something is casicT
than maing 4 cocoanUt cakc," said
the rabbit gentleman.
"What - asked Nurse Jane.
Eating it, chuckled Mr.. Long
ears. But Ill attend to part of
it. When will you make the
cake ?'
Right away" answered Nurse
Jane.
"Thcn II stay home and watch
you, instead of going adventuring.
spoke the rabbit. So taking his
pink, twinkling nose with him to
smell the good things, | m!e Wig
gily hoped to the kitchen of his
hollow stump bungalow.
There Nursa Jane got out but
ter, eggs, flour. sugar and all the
other things that 60 into the cake.
Then she went to the cupboard and
brought out d large, round, brown
cocoanut-a whole one that she in
tended cracking open so she could
take out the white meat inside,
grating it fine for the cake.
But before Nurse Jane had 4
chance TO crack the cocoanut, the
telephone bell tinklcd, and Nurse
Jane. answering it, with dab OF
flour on her nose. heard Mrs.
Twistytail, the lady pig, srunt:
"Oh. Nurse Jane, can you run
over to our pen right away? Cur
lv has fallen down and cut his
head, and l m so nervous. :
"I'n skip right over, said the
kind mGskrat lady. n lle finish
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
4 WOMAN PRESIDENT

Mrs. Helena Normanton, first woman barrister
in England says Great Britain will have woman
prime minister before 1850 and the United States will
have woman president before that
Maybe And although many will quarrel with
Mrs. Normantons contention that women equal
with nlen not merely by legal pronouncement but
matter hf natural endowment it is in point to remen
- t two of the greatest rulers England ever had
oIieii. Iooe WIN oey "Oiii0ii ii@Ne llo 'S ~
entertain forget that there have been queens for ages,
bridge hat of the first systems of government aris
the hos men emerged from the savage stage ina
@ ioint bchies," or mother governments"
were Men, too have way of Ignoring the rather evi
1vnt fact4that it is usually the who rules the
home however that fact may be disguised.
The women are coming strong now, unquestion-
ably in this country. We have mayors women
Judges and two women governors. But 1850 is very
short time in which to make America matriarchy.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
ADS THAT PAY

An advertising authority, representative of large
St Louis drygoods firm recently told group of spe
ciasts in his field several things about newspaper ad
-4sertlsing which worth thinking about
a1 In the first place, he explained newspaper ad
'vertisngis is the ideal medium for retail firms"
1t is read chiefly by the S5 per cent of the buying
population made up of persons with incomes of less
than $4,000 year. Therefore it should be written to
appeal to the buying thrift and wisdom of that group
sThe merits of advertised merchandise should be
honestly and as plainly played up as prices.
One reason why newspaper advertising has be-
valuable to the advertiser is the fact that such
advertising is nearly always honest Newspapers and
merchants alike have taken stand in favor Of truth
n-advertising. The public recognizes this, reads the
ads with pleasure and proceeds on the whole, to buy
according to them
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24

your cocoanut cake when l come
back she told Uncle Wiggily.
But when Nurse Jane had gone,
! leaving the cocoanut and the cake
stuff out on the table, Uncle Wig
gily said to himself:
Il believa can 90 on and make
the cake All 1 II need to do is TO
mix up the flour, sugar, butter, eggs
and the cocoanut and bake them in
the oven. II do il. But when
he had stirred tine cake batter as
he had seen Nurse Jane 30, he look
cd at the cocoanut, large, brown
and round as it lay on the table.
"You certainly don go in the
cake the way YOU arc" said the
bunny. - guess l must break
YOU open to get the meat out from
inside the shell. III whang YOU
down on the floor and break you,
| Mr.. Cocoanut.'
Uncle Wiggily raised the cocoa
nut up in the air, and just as he
threw it down, the door of his bun
galow opened and in popped the
| Fuzzy Fox. And at the same mo.
mcnt the cocoanut bounced up off
! the floor and hit the Fox on the
end of his nose.
! "'Oh, is my cocoanut broken?" ;"
! asked, Uncle Wiggily.
! ''No, but my nose is. Oh, YOU we
cracked my nose with your cocoa
NUT" howlcd the Fox. And then
he forgot all about what he had
| come for-which was to nibble the
! bnnny's cars-aud away the Fox
ran as fast rs he could 20.
Then Uncle Wiggily laughed and
! threw the cocoanut down again.
This time it broke, and he took
! out the white meat. And just then
Nurse Jane came back, having put
some salvo on poor Curly cut
! head. And then the muskrat lady
| took charge and finished making
the cake. And very likely it ii
good thing she did. For Uncle
Wiggily didn t really know much
/ baking.
ANY how the cake came out of
the oven lovely and brown. And if
the mosquito Gocsn' T bite holes in
the sugar cookie 50 it looks like
piece OF Swiss cheese, | II tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and Sam
ME 5 sled.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
NOTORIOUS DRAFT
DODGER CAPTURED

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2i.-
Eugene "Iken Stcckcr, former
chauffeur of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, notorious draft dodger, sur
rendered to the federal authorities
here last night. Steckcr has been
a fugitive since Bergdoll escaped
while in custody of soldiers here in
May. 1920. He is under indictment
charged with aiding in the escape
and harboring Il fugitive from jus
+icp
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
WET LAW MAKERS

"In Washington" says visitor, cts cocktail
every time you turn around.
Another critic pays his respects to the numerous
congressman who are 'wet in the cloak rooms and
dry on the floor
Lavish drinking of congressman on ocean trip
is referred to in Michigan divorce case.
The president of the Association Against the Pro-
hibtion Amendment charges flagrant violation of the
Volstead Act the part of congressman.
"When the members of congress- he says, "whose
records are 100 per cent dry and whose political aspi
ratons have always been supported by the AntSaloon
League violate the law they are responsible for en-
;spling how count upon the public to respect the
law2''-~~-~
True enough! But not necessarily reason, as
this particular critic to think for aboshng pro-
hibton 1t is only reason for abolshng law break
ing law makers.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24

At least, there's more to say for the crossword
l,tzze than for solitaire.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24

: tool and his moue-t sooa pay Z
a-ns tor : nle-!e cigar.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
TEN YEARS AGO
January "a, 1915

JdIud1y n, I5I5
W. T. Bill of Redfands is in FL
Centre on a business mission.
T. \. Davis and J. l.. Berry, both
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
Problem Solved
Aut0mati cally
BY Quadruplets
by United Press Leased Wire

BROOKLYN, n. V, Jan, "a
Quadruplets, two boys and two
girls, were born today to Mrs.
Catherine Kelly. All of the babies
which weighed from two and Il
fourth to three pounds, are expect
ed to live.
John Kelly, the father received
the following message from the
captain of nearby police station:
. More power to the Irish kel-
lys,"
There had been Il little disseusion
in the Kelly home. Mrs. Kelly
wanted to name the expected baby
Catherine or Joseph, depending up
ON the sex of the offspring Ayhile
Kelly held out for Sarah and Ed
ward.
Then came nature and the prob
lem was solved automatically.
Kelly is a steam filter at $50 Il
week. He took tho day off.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
HOTEL MAN WILL
APPEAL HIS CASE
By United Press Leased Wire

BEVERLY HILLS, Jan. "a
Stanley Anderson, proprietor of
the exclusive Beverly Hills hotel,
will appeal his conviction in JUS
ticc court on q charge of violating
the prohibition laws by having a
large quantity of liquor in the eel
lars of the inn, his attorneys an
nounced today. Anderson was fined
$500 by Justice Powell of Shcr'
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Alexander Ingram returned this
morning from three weeks visit
in Mexico.
Miss Bertha Stone and Hoyt
Parker who took the examination
Sor teachers last week, have re
ceivcd certificates to teach.
l. L. Molina of Yuma, who has
been travelling in the east for the
past two months, is visiting i'll FL
Centro today. MI. Molina is a
brother of Mrs. William H. Buck
and +. l.. Molina of b. Salomon and
Company.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
Suit For Breach
of Promise Lost
BY Miss Werner
By United Press Leased Wire

MARYSVILLE, Cal, Jan. "a
The 10000 breach Of promise suit
brought by Miss Augusta Werner,
San Francisco sales woman against
Charles j. Dryden, Yuba County
stock man was decided favor Of the
defendant late yesterday.
The jury reached verdict OF the
first ballot. Miss Werner became
hysterical when the report was read.
Her attorneys gave notice of ab-
peal. The first trial of the ease
last October ended when the jury
disagreed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Isll OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
January q. 1906

George II. Clarke and George w.
Mccain, of San Diego, friends of
Il. H., Benton, are making their
first visit to the valley.
Peter Barnes of Calexico arrived
from Los Angeles last evening.
James c. Coy of Pasadena is look
ing over his property northwest of
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-24

of Los Angeles, are in the valley
looking over land conditions.
Z. {. Rivinius and Theodore Mar
tin, both Los Angeles attorneys, are
snnnliMn n fnM daNs in the NalleN.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
NEGROES TO DISCUSS
RACE BETTERMENT
Improvement Association and Com
munities League to Open Con-
vention Tonight.

The second local convention of the
Universal Negro Improvement Asso-
citation and African Communities
League will be opened this evening
at the New Bethel Baptist Church,
Ninth and S streets. at 8 o'clock
Meetings will be held every Wednes-
day and Thursday evening for 8
weeks, on August IL. 13, 19, 20. 26
and 81.
Members of all colored churches,
fraterntties and organizations are in
vited TO send one or more delegates
to the convention, which Is to dis
cuss conditions that confront their
race. Prominent speakers will lead
discussions, and musical programs
will be given by outstanding negro
artists.
Among problems to be considered
are better care of health, more
thorough enlightenment on the
Bible, improved training of children
better means Of organizing communi-
ties on social welfare training and
uplift, improving the financial or
ganization of members of the race,
elevattng business and commercial
conditions. curbing lynching, teach
Ing race pride, means of retarding
the growth of espionage, improving
moral and social standards and the
general improvement of conditions
and development of the race the
world over.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

Arlington County Civic Federation to
further the regional development plan,
and painted a glowing picture of how
Arlington County will be affected by
close cooperation in the movement.
This meeting" he said, "symbolizes
the purpose and desire of every pa
triotic citizen that Arlington County
shall become a great. beautiful city.
We are all determined that it shall not
be a mere heterogeneous group Of
hodge-podge residential and business
sections, springtng up without design,
and with nS relationship the one to
the other. On the contrary, we are
resolved to find a harmonious plan Of
growth and development whereby the
beautiful hills and valleys Of Airing
ton County shall be transformed into
a magnificent city of which the dwell
ers thereof shall justly be proud and
which shall nobly contribute to the
fruition of the glorious dreams of
Washington and L'Enfant for a Capt.
tai City unsurpassed for beauty by
that of any other country in the
world
Evening star., 1925-08-12
MEMORIAL BRIDGE TO MAKE
ARLINGTON COUNTY GREAT CITY
Proposed Boulevard Falls Church First Step i'm De-
velopment-Free Right of Way for 2OO-Foot-
Wide Road Is Asked.
lge is completed before

until the bridge is completed before
their establishment is undertaken.
Now that the regional plan has at
tracted such widespread interest. Col.
Sheriff. said, it is highly desirable
that changes be made in the forma-
ton Of the National Capital Park
Commission to allow for Maryland
and Virginia representation. This. he
said, could be brought about through
enabling acts by Maryland and Vir-
ginia and slight amendment to the
act which created the commission.
Wants Land Given Free.
Three reasons were given by DIR.
Johnston for asking the public to
give a 200-foot right of way for the
proposed boulevard: First. he said,
because a roadway of that width
will be required to care for 'the tre-
mendous transcontinental traffic that
will pour into Washington from the
three great highways from the Pa
Cific Coast with the opening of the
Arlington Memorial Bridge and the
opening of the proposed Shenandoah
National Park, not to mention the
increased growth of local traffic"
The capacity of the Key and High
way Bridges is taxed now, DIR. John
ston said. What will they be five
cal = llOlll ilO" lie dSh0u-
Secondly, he said. it is required for
the proper development of the Ma
tional Capital, the proposed boulevard
being an extension west of the main
axis of the Capital City. The third
reason, he said, was because no small
er boulevard would do just honor TO
the man in whose memory the boule-
ward will be dedicated. Robert E. Lee.
DR.. Johnston stated that the de-
cision as to the location of the boule-
ward will be made absolutely on it's
merits and not for the financial gain
of any one or group of individuals.
The most desirable route for the
boulevard. DR.. Johnston said. is going
to prove the most difficult to procure
because 1t embraces mora built-up
sections. He said 1t would be neces-
sary to obtain a free right of way.
Because of the magnitude of the en-
terprtse he urged full cooperation Of
Arlington County citizens, regardless
of where the boulevard is located.
Maj. Brown stated that while
certain amount of development in the
county was contingent on the estab-
lishment of the bridge and boulevard,
Evening star., 1925-08-12
CHARGES RUDENESS
TO WASH|NGTON|AN
Mrs. Bertha R. Hartman
Mistreated by Swiss Of
ficials, Is Claim.
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA, August 12.-Protest has
been made TO the Swiss government
by the American legation here of
alleged mistreatment of Mrs Bertha
r. Hartman of Washington, D. c., by
Swiss railroad officials.
Mrs. Hartman, whose husband is
Edward A. Hartman, a Washington
lawyer, has made a sworn affidavit
to S. Pinkney Tuck, American con-
sui in Geneva, that she was rudely
treated in Lausanne, Nallorbe and
Geneva. She was carried to the
French frontier station of Vallorbe,
instead of to Geneva, because of mis-
information given by officials at the
Montroeux, where she boarded a train
for Geneva. When she was unable
to meet the railway officials demands
for extra fare, the affidavit states, the
officials at Vallorbe threatened to
search her.
Funds reached her at Lausanne,
where Mrs. Hartman accuses the
officials of further mistreatment. They
refused to telephone for the assistance
of the American CONSUL and she states
she was subjected to physical violence,
one official having. twisted her arm.
The affidavit states the incidents
ended only when at her request an
official accompanied her to hotel
where he received the extra fare.
Complaints similar to Mrs. Harr1-
mans have been received by Amerl-
can officials here.
Edward A. Hartman, husband of
Mrs. Hartman, now is on vacation
in New England, it was reported at
his office in the Southern Building
today Employees at the office knew
nothing concerning the charges made
by Mrs. Hartman.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

piece of paper which passengers had
been trampling upon for some time
and which strongly resembled a cigar
certificate, he discovered it to be a
500 gold note. Fowler turned the
note into the lost and found depart
ment and also was commended for
his integrity.
Out of 10000 cases Of articles which
were left on street cars by absent
minded persons last year, there was
only one instance discovered where
any of the 1000 trainmen employed
by the Washington Railway and
Electric Co. '. ere derelict in their
duty.
Among the lost articles were 696
pocketbooks, with varying amounts
of money In them. Umbrellas get
lost most frequently. according to C.
Melvin Sharpe, executive assistant TO
Mr.. Ham. The same umbrellas,
bearing the owners name, find their
way time and again into the lost"
lockers at the Washington Railway
and Electric Co, Mr.. Sharpe said.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

Visions of the birth of a great city
in Arlington County to become a part
of the metropolitan district Of Wash
ington, which now is coming into
reality through the development work
already under way, were pictured by
speakers last night at a mass meet
ing of Arlington County citizens held
on the courthouse green. Lieut.. Col.
Clarence o. Sheriff., director, and Maj.
Carey H. Brown, assistant director, of
the office of public buildings and
public parks of the National Capital;
Representative r. Walton Moore of
Virginia; DR.. S. NJ. Johnston, manag-
ing director of the Lee Highway AS
sociation and Arthur Orr of the
Arlington County Civic Federation
spoke. The meeting was held under
the auspices of the latter association.
1t was presided over by r. e. Plymale.
Predicts Rapid Growth.
Col. Sheriff., the first speaker,
pointed out that the establishment of
the Arlington Memorial Bridge and
the proposed boulevard to connect the
Memorial Bridge and Lee Highway at
Falls Church and cooperative effort
in working out the regional plan of
development as initiated by the Ar
lington County Civic Federation will
give the proper impetus to the ex-
pected growth and development of the
county.
To have the regional plan of de-
velopment fully explained to the
citizens of Arlington County was pri-
marily the reason for the holding of
the meeting. This project, Col. Sher-
rill stated, holds not only great pos
sibilities for Arlington County, but for
Washington and its Maryland suburbs
as well. He told the citizens of Ar
lington County that in a few years to
come they could look back and feel
that the plan for regional development
was the greatest movement ever
started. He said the Civic Federation
could feel Justly proud in initiating
the movement.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge
was characterized by Col. Sheriff. as
the greatest memorial ever under
taken by man. He expressed the
confident opinion that the bridge
would be completed in its entirety five
years from last March. He stated
that good roads and boulevards, ap-
preaching and in the vicinity T the
bridge, were absolutely essential, and
he hoped the people would not wait