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Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
VIII Investigate
incompetence and
Negligence Claim,
Confirmation Or Denial OF Sensational Charges
Will Be Sought From Colonel Mitchell
By War Department
by United Press Leased Wire

ny ItuHtU w hEC
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. - The
war department today officially be-
gan an investigation of the charges
of incompetence and criminal neg
ligence made by Colonel William
Mitchell, former assistant chief of
the air service, against the war and
navy departments.
Maior General John l.. Hines, chief
of staff instructed Major General
Eli y. Helmick. inspector general
of the army, to obtain from Nit
chcll confirmation or denial of his
printed statement.
General Helmpk. following the
investigation, will make recommend
a;ions to Acting Secretary of War
Davis on action to be taken against
Mitchell.
Though department officials de-
clined to comment ON the case TO-
day, it is understood that court mar
tial trial of Mitchell on charges of
insubordination is inevitable.
Send Special Officer
y SDtfidl bliittI Will De Stffi lUi-
mediateIv from the office of the in
spector general here to San Antonio
to make the investigation ordered
by Chief Of Staff Hines.
The part of Mitchei S reported
sweeping condemnation which caus-
ed authorities here most concern
was his charge that the war and
navy departments We're guilty OF
"incompetency, criminal negligence
and almost reasonable administra-
ton of the national defense. -
The anticipated military trial will
probably be open to the public to.
c0unteract charges by Mitchell IS
friends that he is being gagged
and railrOaded. - If the sentence
is considered too severe it can be
reduced by the customary general
staff reviewing board, by the
judge advocate general or by Presi-
dent Coolidge
Unless unforeseen circumstances
arise to prevent il trial, the war de-
partment, as prosecutor, will try to
exclude all evidence and argument
on the basic aircraft controversy,
on the ground that Mitchell is be-
ing tried not for his opinions on
aviation but for insubordination and
disrespect to superior officers.
Mitchell is said to have desired
court martial in order to focus pub
lie attention ON the aircraft dis
pute and is expected to make every
effort 10 inject this subject into the
trial as vital part of the de-
Tense
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
COTTON CROP IS
REPORTED 56.2
P. {. OF NORMAL


WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. - The
condition of the cotton crop ON
September /, was 500 per cont. nor.
NAL as compared with 60 per cent
in August and 1913 per cen Septcm-
Der last year, the department of
agriculture announced today.
From this condition the depart
ment experts conclude that the
yield per acre will be about 1i1.5
pounds for total production of
about 13,7i0,000 bales of 500 pounds
gross.
Production last year was 1897
937 bales.
Cotton of the 1925 crop ginned
to September totaled 1906, $40
running bales, against 947, ,494 bales
in 1924 and LIE, $50 bales in 1923.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
NEW FLIGHT OVER
PACIFIC IS PLANNED
BY NAVY OFFICER
Seaplane Phi Will Essay
Trip Unless Powers
Intervene
To HAVE TEST-OUG
United States Fleet To
Make Wide Sweep On
Nearing Isles
Uy United Press Leased wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. g.
Unless Washington expressly for
bids it. the navy is determined to
press on in another effort to reach
Hawaii by air.
With all hope Of finding the miss
ing scaplanc PN0.i and its crew Of
five officially abandoned, the seq
plane Phi, which did not start on
the Inflated voyage with the two
PN9 planes, will 90 aloft tomorrow
on a 30-hour endurance lost.
Captain Stanford r. Moses, flight
project commander. will if the test
is successful, use the fact as an
argument against the ban on fur
,\cr Hawaiian flight attempts
Dcsulfory search for the PN9 !
wts still continued today by Hawai-
ian haVal craft, according TO advice
to Captain Moses. However, there
is scarcely reason 10 hope for dis
covcrv of even any hts of wreck
agc which would definitely cstah-
l'Sh how the missing airmen went 10
their death, il was agreed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
Three BeIvedere
Girls Disappear

! Los ANGELES, sept. s.-Three
Relvedere Gardens girls missing
since last Saturday, were objects Of
an intensive police search today.
Helen Carbon, IL, failed 10 return
home after eashiug a 800 check tor
her mother.
Patricia Madison, Us, and Lily
May Bryan, II, were also reported
missing after they hat been senf %
errands.
The girls pa-cnts believe their
daughters have eloped with boy
friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
8 LOSE LIVES, 5 HURT
IN NORTHERN CRASHES

STUVNTON, Sept. S.-I1OTidNy
automobile accidents took toll of
three dead and five injured neal
this city. The dead are:
Tony King, Sacramento. Charles
Hill, Stockton. James Smith, Stock
ton.
King stopped his car alongside
the highway to change a tire when
he was struck and killed by n truck
driven by Francisco Jardin of Wal
nut Grove
Hill and Smith were killed when
their car overturned. Other oecu.
pants. while painfully injured arc
expected to recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
At Cleveland
Substantial Economic Advance
Is Seen In Pacific Southwest
BY Banks Research Department

An accumulation of definite
evidence indicates a substantial
economic advancement for the
entire Pacific Southwest terri
tory for the past month. A
spirit of optimism was notice
able in virtually all agricultural
districts. Aggregate crop re-
turns are exceeding any of the
past several years. The volume
of trade continued at q high
level, reflective Of the solid
basis of business. Industrial
output remained satisfactory
and shipping showed a steady
increase.
This is the Introductory
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
AlRSHIP OFFICERS
ARE BURIED WITH
NATIONAL HONORS
Lovingly Laid To Rest In
Arlington Cemetery
This Morning
SIMPLE LAST RITES
Official Investiga t or s
Continue Inspection
Of Wreckage
SIMPLE LAST RITES
by United Press Leased Wire

by tnltcd freSs Leased wire
WASHINGTON, Sept. g. The
navy officers who gave their lives
in the crash of the Shenandoah
Were buried with the martial he
roes Of the nation on the heights
Of darlington at II a. IN. today as
the navy department pursued its in
vestigation to determine the scien-
tific reason for the catastrophe.
Following the ceremonies for
three officers this morning. sim
pie military service was read this
afternoon for Captain Zachary
Lansdowne, commander of the ship,
and his flag draped coffin was
buried within few feet of the
grave of William Jennings Bryan.
\ simple sailors funeral preced-
ed the last salute as the bodies OF
Lieutenant Commander Louis Han
cock, executive officer: Lieutenant
j. b. Lawrence. senior watch Off
GER, and Lieutenant F.. w. Shepard
were lowered into the grave.
The martyrs of the air were plac
ed in the Dewey section of the Gem
etery, close by the grave of Louis
MaXficld, who died in the crash Of
the R-3S in England. The bodies
were borne from the receiving vault
sons. accompanied by Il company of
marines, Il company of sailors and
a military band. Services for the
first three were rendered at the
grave. Separate chapel services
have been arranged for Lieutenant
Commander LansdOwne.
Concluding Report
Meantime investigators at Cald-
wei, Ohio. are finishing their inspec
tion of the wreck and will return
to Lakehurst tomorrow to conclude
their report. This will clear the
way for the opening of the official
public court of inquiry.
Rear Admiral G. w. Dyson, in
spector general of engineering of
the navy, who made special inves-
tigation of the disaster for Secre-
tary Wilbur, emphasized in his re-
port to the secretary the inability
of the diagonal bracing of the ship
to withstand the strain to which
it was subjected
The theory that the removal of
several of the automatic gas valves
in the ship caused the catastrophe,
by the inability of the remaining
valves to function properly is being
investigated. = ~ S..-.,t
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
Brunettes, Blondes and Redheads
Gather In Great Beauty Contest;
Will Decide Who Is Miss America

who hailed from every corner
of the United States, including
the state of Maine and Wash
ington and the canal zone, wore
their crowning glory long this
year. About the same number
are brunettes, while there are
three red heads among them.
Miss Mary Katherine Camp
bell of Columbus, Ohio. who
won the title of miss Amer
ica'' in 1922 and 1928, has been
named by the judges to defend
the crown of beauty won in
1924 by Miss Ruth Malcolmson
of Philadelphia. ,..... ...... ...... T..
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,
Sept. S.-More beauty than the
masculine eye could fairly en-
compass was on display today
at Atlantic City, where CT girls
from 67 cities gathered to COM
pete for the title of Miss
America
These darlings of their home
towns and the rotogravure sec
tions We're handed the keys to
the city by Mayor RAIDER and
the annual pageant of pulchri-
tude was open.
Fifty-one OF the beauties,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
May Send Third Cruiser on Hawaiian Hop
PROSPERITY OF EASTERN LINES
CITED AS WESTERN RAILROADS
OPEN FIGHT TO INCREASE RATE

Ey United Press Leased Wire
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.--Western
railroads are entitled to the
same measure of PROSPERITY en-
.ioyed bv railroads Of the east,
L. E. Wettling, statistician, de-
clared today in opening the
fight of 73 western railroads
for q five per cent Increase in
freight rates.
Wettlirg was the first wit
ness presented by the western
reads at a special hearing be-
fore Chairman Clyde 3. Aitch-
ison Of the interstate commerce
commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
Naval Pilot Dies
AS Plane Crashes

SAN DIEGO, Sept. S.-J. H.
Stinson, chief aviation pilot
United States navy, was killed
in a plane crash at 10:45 a. N.
today.
The crash occurred near the
destroyer base during a practice
flight from the naval air sta
tion.
A passenger officer with Stin-
son escaped serious injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
MITCHELL SCEPTICAL
ABOUT, OFFICIAL PROBE
HN United Press Leased Wire
SPt! " ire

san ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. s. -
Immediately on arriving at his Of
flee today, Colonel William Mitch
ell, eighth corps air officer. whose
statement scoring national admin
istration of air policy is to be in.
vNstigated by the Inspector general
of the army, secuted the possibility
that the probe would lead TO auy
action by the war department.
After hearing the text of a Wash
ing tho dispatch stating that acting
Secretary of War Dwight +. Davis
had conferred with Major General
!. Continued ON Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
Explosion Kills
Four On i. S. Ship


SHANGHAI, Sept. S.-The Unit
ed States Destroyer Noa came into
port today bearing the bodies OF
four men, dead as result of a
generator explosion. The dead are
officer Floyd DmN, Sapulpa
Okla.
w. II. Kinder, Evansville. Ind.
Il. l.. Shepard, Casa Grande, Ari2
J. l.. Pinkham, Munden, Neb.
Kinder and Shepard were instant
W killed and their companions died
two hours after the explosion.
The Non was reported last week
standing by to prevent possible loot
ing of Chinese steamer wrecked
in Il typhoon not far from Shanghai
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
CTOJDRI1RST DEATH
TOLL NOW SIXTEEN
Nv United Press LcnScd Wire

WENATCHEE, Wash, Sept. S.
With recheck on missing persons.
1T appeared today that the total toll
i'm SATURDAYS cloudburst would
stand at 16 dead.
Twelve bodies havebeen removed
from wreckage and debris left by
tho sflood. Some of the missing are
expected to be found under mud and
rock left by Re wasiout.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08

Eastern freight rates in 1924
had increased "a per cent over
1911, Wettling said; Southern
freight rates increased 81 per
cent while western rates rose
only 29 per cent, he testified.
"This very great discrepancy
between percentages in increase
in freight rates received by the
eastern lines and by the west
ern lines has resulted in the
present low level of western
railroad earnings. which jeo-
pardizes the continuance and
CONTINUED on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
EARTHQUAKE DESTROYS
3 TURKISH VILLAGES

LONDON, Sept. S.-The Cen
tral News Constantinople CORES
pondent reported today earth
quake destruction of three will
ages in the Dinier district, Asia
tic Turkey. A definite statement
as to casualties was lacking.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08

paragraph in the monthly sum-
mary of conditions in the Pa
cific- Southwest, compiled by
the research department of the
First National Bank of Los An
geles, the Pacific Southwest
Trust & Savings Bank and the
First Securities company, and
released for publication today.
The report continues in part:
Cool to moderate tempera-
tures prevailed during August.
Coast districts had many cloudy
or foggy mornings and nights,
which were beneficial to crops.
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
WILL PERMIT BRITISH
TO SALVAGE BULLION

TOXIC. Sept. S.-The Japanese
salvage works has agreed to British
insurance interests requests that it
attempt to salvage 100000 pounds
Sterling, lost when the Cunard Liner
Egypt was sunk in the Bay of Bis
CIV
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
8 CHINESE HURT IN
CLASH WITH BRITISH

SHANGHAI sept. S.-Chincse
rioters and British police have again
FLASHED, with the result that three
Chinese We're wounded as the Brit
ishrcs fired. The crowd had re.
sented dispersal and had begun
stoning the police.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
CHINESE RIOTERS
DISPERSED AFTER
ATTACK ON YANK
By United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, Sept. S.-Tho Daily
Mails Shanghai correspondent re-
ports that an American, G. G. FL
rod, was severely assaulted by
Shanghai rioters in the course of
disturbances yesterday.
He was rescued, however, bv 20.
lice when ;hey drove back 2000 agi-
tators, headed by Il woman, march
ing toward the French settlement of
the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
At New York -(First came)

Boston OUl 600 Ol0-2 9 o
New York 02l 600 cox 7 0
Cooncy and Gibson; Grrcn field
and Snyder.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
At BROOKLYN CFirst Game)

PhliadcIphia 600 GOO G00-0 ! c
Brooklyn 600 100 cox i 4
Pierce and Windc!l; Vance and
Taylor.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
At BROOKLYN Second Camel.

FLiIadclphia zoe O9O Geo 0-3 l3 .
Brooklyn 020 600 Ol0 II IL o
Ring and Wilson; Grimes and
TAYLOR.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
At Now York (second Game)

Boston GO 600 100 @ >
New York 00l l0l l00-i I.
Graham, Gcncwich and O'Ncill
Gibson; Scott and Dcvinc.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08

An average of 2l sacks an acre ON
5000 acres is tho record of the
Buena Vista Lake. bed in Kern
county, sown to barley last spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
AMERICAN
AT Boston (First Game)

AT Boston (First Game)
New ork 032 600 O00-5 9 !
Boston OPT 0OO 100 s |
Shawkcy, Hoyt aud Luebbe, Ben
cough; Ruffing, Fuhr and Picinich.
At Boston (Socond Game)
New York 003 020 200 II
BoSt on 600 200 O02-I @ .
Pcunock and Bcngough; Ross,
Ncubaucr aud Bischoff
At Detroit
st. Louis 0iO 600 000- | l3 !
Dtruit G2l l3O 13X=lf IL |
Giard, Falk and IIargrave; Ston-
or and Woodali.
At Philadelphia
Washington GOO 600 0l3-4 |
Philadelphia 0l0 132 00x-6 9 |
Ferguson. Russell and RueI, Tate D.:
Harriss, Gray and Cochranc.
At Cleveland
Chicago ll0 000 600 6 .
Cleveland 100 800 00X-4 10 0
Robertson, Kerr and Grouse /;
thlc and l.. Sewell. .
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08
NATIONAL
At Pittsburgh

Chicago 800 0Ua GOq . 10 !
Pittsburgh 6Gl O0O loo - o
Alexander aud Gonzales; Ndc and
Godcil'
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08

(Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-08

Continued on Page 6)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20
Section vII-ElectiOns

Clause 1-Procedure-In all cases
where officers shall be elected direct
ly By the Associated Students Of the
Montana State College, such elections
shall be made by a ballot except where
there be but q single candidate for
office. Where there be more than a
single candidate, the procedure Of
elections shall be IS follows; Candi-
dates shall be nominated for office
at an assembly Of the Associated Stu
dentss the notice Of time Of holding
and purpose Of such assembly to be
posted Ia some conspicuous place 81
places not less than q week prior ID
the time set for such assembly. Up.
on The canvas of the votes cast ia.
two persons having The highest nusn.
Der Of votes shall hava their name
published il g eenap nous place Sd.
not hess than one after which
ame e.ecaes 80 The 1esoee
Zicea shall Be msde ACCORDING
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20

cept such be q member Of the Senior
class during the term Of office.
Clause INSTRUMENTATION to
the office Of president shall be made
as hereinafter provided.
Clause 3-Duties-It shall be the
right and duty Of the president to call
and preside at all meetings Of the SEN
ate Of the Associated Student Body "a
serve as the representative Of the As
ISOLATED Students at and upon all &C.
casions where suck representatives iz
advisable and may not be otherwise
provided for. He shall be a member
ex-officio of all committees and com.
missions and except where otherwise
provided for, shall instruct such on.
gans aa to the extent Of their duties
It shall finally Be the right and dutl
Of t6e president 70 defend and pro
mote che purposes Of the Associates
Students ia which capacity be- shal
be subject only e fmietiona bersti
specified
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20

HE. architect calls
tn e IN &c h a n g e
houses"
The mines watch
man calls them
"IOcker rooms.
The small boy
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20
MMMNIN
OYE or The 27cAHvGE HoUSES

dust from stopping in BOraX, the fine,
impalpable powder that permeated a
level following a blast; the irritating,
alkali-laden winds that swept into
Borax from Death Valley left a bad
taste in O'Brien's mouth to this day.
"The United Verde is Butte's only
rival in the matter of 'drys,'" he said.
'"The Verde also has a first-class sys-
TEN of mine ventilation just like Butte.
TOnopah is fair, but the less said the
better about most Of the Others"
Joe Maxi of the Tramway, u years
a miner, says he has found good "drys''
at Mullen, Idaho, and Lead, South Da-
kOta, but admits that Butte "drys" are
equal to the best and superior to all
others.
Preferred Butte Comfort.
A few years ago the Butte I. W. W.
called a strike in the Butte mines on
a wage demand. The "WObblies'
wanted "a six-hOur day and $3.50 a
shift.
A crowded carload of strikers was
coming in from the ball game at Clark
park. The talk was on the strike.
"They tell me they + paying q
cents more than the Butte scale il
Idaho" ventured one. A man of early
middle-age spat contemptuOusly. g
fell for that bait once" he said. "Wher
I came off shift I had to tramp hal
a mile in my wet digging clothes IL
zero weather, through snow wais
deep.
"We slept in bunk houses on shelve
like a lot of bloody chickens and il
the morning we were fed baled hay
stale eggs and fat pork that was Gale,
, bacon, as a kind Of a joke. Their
wasn't a show house nor a dance hal
nor any other place Of amusemen.
Two-bits more a day in Idaho" h
said savagely. 'Td sooner work /
e Butte for 81 than for So a shift in tn
e places I worked in Idaho"
Once away from the bright lights
Butte, away from its commOdiOus an
4 artistically decorated show hous,
4 with their high-class attractions, i
t twilight baseball league, its band co
le certs, its trees and lawns, its dan,
Il halls and swimming pools, its well fu
n nished steam-heated bedrooms wi
'e hot and cold water, its excellent re
~taurants, hotels and boarding houses
away from the mine "drys"-tl
re thought Of an expatriated Butte min
IS. turns as inevitably to MOntana's nj
he ing metropolis as those Of a devo
he Mohammedan turn towards Mecca.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20
MANY AGS TAKE
PART in DEBATE
DebatOrs in Decision Con-
tests This Year We're
Aggies

That Ags are active in debate hard
4y need be stated for anyone glancing
over the roll call Of the active de-
bators for the past season could
readily notice the absence of very
many students majoring in other
branches of work. True, there were
several on the squad who were not
Ags but in all the decision debates
of the season, Aggies only competed.
Edward Bell and Winton Weyde-
meyer, Montana's two chief debators
are both senior Ags. These two de-
bators went through the season with
out a defeat and defeated the State
University, Washington State College
at Pullman, and the Kansas Agricul-
tural College, team which had won
thirteen straight victories until meet
ing up with the veteran Montana
State College team. With the help
of Ray Beatty, a sophomore Ag, they
defeated Intermountain Union Col
lege early in the season and all three
took part in some of the non-deeisiOn
debates held against the State Uni
versity in the annual tour cf the state,
, After the debate season closed, ii
was necessary to hold a contest to
: decide who would represent Montana
. State in the two ~oratorical contests
to be held this quarter. This rep,
r~esentative, who was chosen from
those competing, was also an AggiC
as has been noted elsewhere in this
paper.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20
GRADUATES
have GOOD RECORD
R PERCENTAGE IN
ACTUAL AG
Twenty-One Percent of Grads of
College Since 1896 Are
Aggies

Figures compiled by Professor Nc
Kee of the Agronomy department
show that since 1896 there have been
161 graduates of Montana State Col
lege in Agriculture. This number
represents 21 per cent of the total
number of graduates in that period.
Over SO per, cent of these men are
employed in actual agricultural oc-
equations, while IA per cent r in
non-sgricultural work.
The high percentage of men who
are still in agricultural work is very
encouraging to department officials
in the College Of Agriculture. About
a fourth of these men are engaged in
farming for themselves or managing
farms for others. A slightly smaller
number, or % per cent, are teaching
agriculture in high schools.
Over eight per cent are employed
in college, extension, or experiment
station work. A slightly smaller
number have positions as a~gricultur
lists for commercial concerns.
Other branches Of Ag work il
which M. S. c. grads are busyini
themselves are as county agents
work in the U. S. Department Of Ag
riculture, graduate study for advances
degrees, state department. Of agricuI
ture, u. S. Veterans Bureau, and
few miscellaneous enterprises.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-05-20

u, Hatfield (c), Sales (c). Time,
10 3-5.
44O-yard dash Thompson (c),
Doles %, Wood (c(, H. Peters (c).
Time Sc flat.
12O-yard high hurdles-Cottam (c),
Livers te), Sales (c), Ennis (c),
Time 16 AS.
High jump-Reinig %, Livers (c),
Neal (c), Yerian (c). Height, 5 feet,
81 inches.
Shot put-Yedlicka (c), Murray
(N), Olsen (c), Sandberg (c). Dis
lance, SO feet, IL inches.
Two mile run-Bade (c), Kump
(c), Dobler (c), Book (N). Time,
1913 2-5.
22O-yard dash-Benton (c), Hat
field (c), Williams (I), Yandell (c).
Time "a flat.
22O-yard hurdles-Livers (c), Cot
tam (c), Sales (c), C. Sundelius %.
Time % flat.
Broad jump-Benton (c), Livers
(c), Williams ~, Ijams (c). Dis
lance Fl feet, ~ inches.
Javelin throw Chamberlain (c),
Carr ~, Dolan (c), Murray (N).
Distance 154 feet, 2 inches. 50
88O-yard run-Hodgson (c), ThOmp-
son (c), Blakesley o., Funk (N).
/, Time, 2:10.
} Relay race-State college, first
! Intermountain, second.