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Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-09
Probing Early
Border Closing

According to advices from Los
Angeles, Collectors of Customs
Sehwaebe is conducting an investi-
cation of the nine O'Clock closing
along tho Mexican border. 1t is
anticipated that Il report will be
made to Washington on the matter
within a week.
The activities of certain business
interests along the border and COM
plants that their interests were
suffering caused the probe, it is
declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-09
Three Injured
by Irate Man
BY United Press Leased Wire

SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Jan. O.
Angered because they had no money
to meet his demands. Comieato Cor
da, 10, shot and seriously wounded
Olga and Myrtle Wystoff on the
beach here and attempted suicide
when police attempted to arrest
him. All three a,c expected to re-
cover. The girls said they had
never seen the man before.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-09
LEADING MAN HURT
IN FIGHT SCENE
BY United Press Leased Wire

IIOLLfWO0Ii, In, 9.-HonaId
Coleman. film IaadiHg man, was
today reported confined to his bed
us result Of injuries received i'll
a fight scene staged in photapIay
audSr productions Coleman was
struck over the Head and reaaered
unconscious by heavy door which
the mob from without pushed
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-09
FRATERNITY HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. .
Fire early today destroyed the
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house
here with II loss of $4,000. The
flames were swept to the Kappa
Sigma house adjoining and il vas
saved with difficulty.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-09
YUMA GAGE

Mean daily gage heights in feet
and discharge in second feet of the
Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona,
for the week ending January 6, 1925.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

7 OwERED delivered prices on all
- makes Of automobiles and com.
mcrcInl vehicles are guaranteed by
the car and truck manufacturers OF
tho country as soon as the federal
war excise taxes on motor products
are repealed. according TO n letter
from the National Automobile Cham
Dor OF Commerce to the farm organ
lzations, made public today.
Tho automobile makers have been
campaigning for tho removal OF the
federal war taxes on motor products,
stating that they are burden on
the consumer.
Tho question Of whether tho con-
gunner would benefit from such tax
repeal or whether tho saving would
70 into tho pocket OF tho mnnufno.
turor was raised by j. l., Tabor OF
tho National Grange, tho American
Farm Bureau Federation and other
groups whom tho automobile makers
have been addressing,
A unanimous reply thnt the cost OF
vehicles will be lowered to tho con.
sumner TO tho full extent OF the re-
Vision came from every plant In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
DEAF SAY THEY
CAN DRIVE
Defend Right to Have Cars
in London Controversy

LONDON. Oct es- Omitted Prossl
Deaf and dumb automobile drivers
have risen in protest hero against
the possible withdrawal OF their fran.
chises. and warm controversy n
IN progress on tho matter.
People have been writing letters to
tho newspapers recently complain.
ing bitterly against allowing alleged.
" unfit persons TO drive cars on the
public hiEhwnys
Oncarmsd or one eyed men
shouldn't bo allowed to add to the
dangers OF roadways. already risky
enough. from tho pcdestriana' Wow.
point. they Hay.
Tho British Deaf and Dumb asso.
citation. In conference at southnmp.
ton, has made strong protest
against the suggestion that leEisla
ton should be framed prohibiting
deaf persons from holding motor
driving licenses
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
AUTO CLUB HAS
919 SIGNS
c. N. Clark Busy Repairing
and Erecting Road Posts

Nine hundred and nineteen signs.
bearing a total OF 1875 names. and
erected along i.40s miles OF highway
in 20 counties OF Washington. is tho
summary OF the work OF c. n.
Clark. head Of the road signing de-
partment OF the Automobile Club Of
Washington. who has just returned
from 3o-day trip on the road.
During that time he covered the
road from Seattle TO Portland. up
the North Bank highway TO Golden
dale and Mabton, thence TO walIa
walla and Lewiston. idaho. thence
thru Pullman 20 Dodge and back 10
Walla WaIla: up tho Yakima valley
TO EllensburE, across Vantage ferry
TO Quincy. and up 10 wenatchee
and ChcIan. thence back TO Seattle
over the Blewctt and Suoqunlmic
passes.
This work involved the erection OF
signs at $50 new locations and main.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
Average Speed Best
to Avoid Accidents

WASHINGTON. Oct IS Driving
safety depends upon all motorists
driving their autos AZ the average
speed
An investigation OF auto traffic
accidents shows that accidents occur
when half tho drivers are going too
fnst and tho other half too slow.
An average speed with all motor
lists driving at that speed will move
traflc In an orderly Cushion and will
reduce the number OF trafflc misups.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
Longest Island IN the Sound
Toured By Stars Motorlog
BY II. +. KRETCHMAN

TT it not for the ferries the average tourist on
L WILDLY island could easily imagine himself on the
mainland when he follows the 80 odd miles from the lower
ferry at Phinney along the winding island to the
Dewey ferry at Deception Pass.
With the exception of two narrow necks in the long
gangng island the Sound is shut off from view by tall
trees and rolling hills
Every imaginable kind of landscape can be viewed on
the island. Forests farms, beaches lakes hills and sea
all are there awaiting the picure-hunter
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
Lower Prices on Autos
Sure if Tax Repealed
Automobile Makers Promise National
Body Reduction Would Follow Repeal

response to n query by II. II. Rico,
chairman of the taxation committee
OF tho National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce, who took poll OF tho
motor manufacturers OF tho country.
The automobile industry Is present.
ing its views to the ways and means
committee OF congress at the hear.
ings on.October "a. If tho repeal of
these taxes is granted In the next
revenue bill It will mean an average
reduction OF go on every passenger
car sold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
STATE PARK AT
DECEPTION PASS

The road misses Oak Harbor by n
few blocks and turns directly north
for the lo.miie run TO Deception pass.
There, nj the northernmost tip OF
the island. separating II from the
mainland. Is ono OF the most famous
passageways in Northwest shipping.
on either side, a large section Of
tho shorclhnds has been set aside as
Il state park. There the beauties Of
the pass and tho roaring surf OF tho
Straits OF Juan dc Fuca can be seen
by tho tourist unmolcsted.
A small ferry fought the heavy tide
10 get the motorlog party across the
pass TO Dewey on the mainland
From there we followed the road TO
where It joins the paved Anacortes-
Mount Vernon highway, on that high.
way to Mount Vernon, and thence,
Win tho Pacific highway, 20 Seattle.
At tho end of our motorlog tho
speedometer of the beautiful Diana
registered little less than 200 miles
for tho trip.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
WATCH YOUR BRAKES

Brakes should be adjusted every
thousand miles. Brakes that are not
adjusted and equalIzcd properly will
rattle. chatter and squeak Tho tread
on one or moro OF the tires Is soon
worn down, the frame OF the car
is distorted with strain. and the
wheels lose their alignmnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

Honeymoon couples IN Germany
nro using motorcycles because OF
their ohcapnoss and being tho most
convenient method OF making tho
wedding journey and seeing the
beauties OF the country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

real view Of the Sound. The road
skirts IA littlo bay where the island
bends around IN a half circle on
tho right Is tho famous Saratoga
passage. There. too, can DO seen two
parts Of WILDLY island. jutting into
the Sound towards tho eastern main.
land Family observable in the dis.
tanca is Camano island. whose east
crn end almost touches the mainland
nj gfunv,ood
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
TREES CAUSE DAMAGE

Trees planted too closc to tho side
OF the road often cause detrimental
effects. Tho roots may destroy the
road or in winter the trees may
cause snowdrifts 10 block the high,
way.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

The modern way TO listen to the
engine is to stand at the back OF the
car and while the engine is idlinr.
hold block OF wood across the end
Of the exhaust pipe in such way as
nearly 10 block the escaping gases
There should be even firing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
MANY AUTOS EXPORTED

Tho United states exported 1885,
10000 worth OF motor vehicles TO
foreign countries during the first
half OF 1925. There woro 1ls,l67
passenger cars, 23,297 motor trucks
and i2,42G motorcycles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
TO SAFEGUARD HEALTH

Tho American Automobile Assocl.
alton has begun work on the erection
Of signs along the highways indicat-
ing spots where safe drinking water
may DO found Pennsylvania has
done this for some time,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28
FALL ADDS COLOR
TO FARM SCENES

Tho frosty winds OF autumn have
turned tho foliage OF the many trees
and bushes which line tho road TO
gold and rcd and orange AS the
highway twists and turns between
tho rolling hills. tho scene Ia one
OF tho greatest beauty
A patch OF wooded upland abrupt.
" ends to give place to n crazy.
quilt OF stubblo fields with fences.
Hero and there is an old.fashioned
farmhouse with fat cows grazing in
tho meadows.
Thru the misty darkness which
followed the rain, tho Star Seattle
Automobile Co. motorlog party
toured along in tho high.powered
Diana coach with l.. @. Nobel, whole.
sale sales manager for tho company,
nj tho wheel.
Past the big buildings OF the mod
orn farm at Green Bank tho highway
runs almost due north 10 Coupeville.
the principal town on the island.
Largest OF them all, its population IS
only 343.
Beyond Coupevillo we had our first
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

a allpiug belt viii cause generator
tronble.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

Following tho main guvoled road
up tho backbone OF WILDLY. is a
difficult undertaking Every few
mllca other roads. seemingly just
ng woll.trayelcd. branch off at every
conceivable angle. However. the
wary tourta, who keeps his ego on
road signs land there arc plenty OF
tbfm) viii not 20 wrong.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

a storage battery requires wniel
oftener in warm weather than III
cold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

Noises In the engine vary accord
Ing 10 speed. II tho car IS coasting
and tho noise does not vary whom
tho engine Is accelerated BY itself
tho trouble can be traced 70 tho
chassis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-28

ienance OF 323 other locations.
Clarks daily average was 1911 loca.
tons established or maintained.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
THE FATAL LEAP IN WASHINGTON

Transportation company employees by nature are more inclined and through practice more adept at mounting moving trains, trolleys or busses than the average person, They frequently take risks that they would not permit anyone else to take. One sees this almost daily upon transportation property and frequently one is forced to marvel at the great good luck that seems to attend such employees as a rule.
 But occasionally luck is absent, as was the case in Kensington yes terday, when a Connecticut com- pany employe was fatally injured while attempting to hop aboard a moving titney bus. The unfortunate victim probably had jumped upon moving vehicles hundreds of times, never taking seriously the possibil- ity that a slip might mean injury or death
 Men in many lines of employment who come into contact with the public will not permit the public tc take the risks they themselves con- stantly take. Oftentimes they go out of their way to prevent the public from courting danger Safety flrst principles should apply to all.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
CITNiS 75 YEARS 1 PERIOD OF GROWTH

New Britain E years old How time does fly! One is tempted to aay. The ambitious village of 1850 has grown into a city of no mean caliber. The handful of citizens who "were present" when the village was 'set off from Berlin and went into business alone naturally ex- pected growth. but it is improbable that they let their minds dwell upon such possibilities as have come to pass within the environs of the town they formed.
 And the end is not yet to borrow an idiom from the realm of boost; no one can tell what kind of aCity this will be 75 years hence; all one can safely say Is that it will be "bigger and better" We today in this respect are very much in the same position as the progenitors of the city 75 years ago-we know in which direction we are going but we do not know how far we will go,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
Observations On Tie Weather

Washington, July 23.-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair tonight and Friday: not much change in temperature. Moderate northwest winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York and New Jersey: Fair tonight and Friday; not much change in tenn perature; moderate northwest winds.
 Conditions: The disturbance that was over this district yesterday is passing out to sea by way of the province of Quebec and fair weather is general in nearly all states east of the Mississippi river and also fin the western part of the country, Light to heavy showers and thunder storms occurred yesterday from the east Gulf states northeastward to Maine. Pressure Is high from Minnesota. southward to the Gulf and on the north Pacific coast but low over the western portions of the Dakotas and eastern Montana. It is cooler in western Montana but material changes have occurred elsewhere.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with cool nights and warm sunny days.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
HEROIC FIREAiEN
IN NEW TEST

The milk of human kindness and mercitul sympathy for the afflicted surely never had a more touching cxemplhcation than in this city yesterday when city hremen, in- formed by visitor 10 fire head quarters that his wife at the hospi- tsl faced death unless someone vol unteered 10 submit to blood trans fusion, offered themselves en masse to save tks woman's life if possible.
 Bremen are by nature life savers, There isn't one of them in the city, or any other city, who would think twice when faced with an emergency involving the rescue of persons menaced by death from fire. It is their habit to plunge into the thickest Of a battle with flames to rescue the perishing; they have been schooled to no other rules, are imbued with no weakling philoso- phy that puts safety of self first, It is not only their business to extin- guish fires but to rescue those men aced by the roaring element and If there is an attendant risk, well, no good fireman will take mental note of it while duty calls to heroic effort,
 From saving persons imperiled by flames to rescuing them when in peril from other causes is but one short step. The man who, seeking a hero to accept the risk of suffering his blood to be transferred to the veins of his wife, went to the right place when he went to the head quarters of Chief Noble. Had it mol been contrary to the rules of fire fighting etiquette, the chief himsel probably would have insisted upor being the hero but proper consid eration to his m 6 n doubtless prompted the chief to give some body from the rank and file an op portunity to make the vicariou sacrifice, he well knowing that th' decision of the men to help woult be unanimous.
 Giving of ones blood in an at tempt to save the life of another i no mean ordeal; yet compared witt the risks fremen are at all time prepared to take it is mild ex perience.
 The city does not always appreci ate the work of its firemen. The in cident of yesterday yielded revive' proof of the stuff of which they ar made.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
MOTOR BUSSES MAY BE !
 USED ON OLD AIR LINE
Railroad May Operate Line From Waterbury to NIiddletown
 Through Meriden

Hartford, July 23 P)-Disco ontinu- ance of local train service on three divisions of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad in Con- neCticut and the establishment Of motor bus passenger service over four extensive routes aggregating about 200 miles is under contem- plation by the railroad management. according to a New Haven despatch.
 The motor bus routes projected are the following;
 From Danbury over the New Housatonic Valley highway to Canaan, 51.5 miles by rail.
 From Hartford to Winsted, 35.7 miles by rail.
 From Waterbury to Middletown by way of Milldale and Meriden, supplanting the old air line, about 35 miles.
 From New London to Putnam, over the route of the old Norwich and Worcester railroad by way of Norwich, Plainf1eld and Danielson about 65 miles,
 Four local trains running daily between Danbury and Canaan and two running daily between Dan bury and New Milford will be dis continued, in favor of bus service, ,i the approval of the public utilities commission is obtained, but tn, through trains between New York and Pittsfeld, of which there are five daily, will be left undisturhed
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
25 Fears Ago Today
From Pa per of That Date)


 Charles E. Steele of this city will be again nominated for governor on the prohibition ticket at the coming election.
 Several New Britain gentlemen are interesting themselves Tn a movement to start trust company in this city and the necessary capi- tai of $25O,O0O has been practically secured. w. L. Hatch now holds a charter for a trust company, and, if the newcomers have any diff1- culty in obtaining one. they will be able to purchase MT. Hatch's.
 Ernest w. Christ is spending a week with his family at Short Beach.
 Andrew Turnbull and daughter and grandson returned last evening from a weeks stay at New York and Coney Island.
 A woman on a trolley car during the thunderstorm yesterday became so frightened that her false teeth fell out on the floor. The German Benevolent society has appointed Jacob Baumgartner, Theodore Wagner, and Andrew Guenther a committee to cooperate with the Turner society in deter mining that part the Germans shall play in the dedication of the soldiers monument. A new and larger trolley car has ! been added on the local lines. Man. ager Terry said last night that the trolley-building industry is certainly at its height.
 Boys went bathing on Main street in front of Hannas block yesterday when a sewer clogged up and a pond measuring 100 by 20 feet was formed.
 Norden lodge, I. o. c. T., elected the following officers at its meeting last night: Chief templar, Charles Carlson; vice templar, Miss Ida Falk; recording secretary, Charles Johnson; financial secretary Frank Johnson; treasurer. Mrs. Uno John son; superintendent of juvenile temple, Miss Ruth Larson; marshal, Fred Johnson; inside guard, Charles Gustafson.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23

cles as a constructive measure" was the passing by Congress of the first land grand act for railroads. which gave to the Illinois Central every other section along It's pro- posed right of way; Incidentally this was to be prolific Of scandal dissatisfaction and politics In later years.
 Such foreign news as finally per- colated 10 the little town had to do with the making Of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as the president of the French republic, 10 be proclaimed as the emperor Napoleon III tr~ years later Another foreign item was the granting of d constitution to Prussia by the king of that prin- cipality, resultant strife and a state of war; in Hesse, and an agree mont between Prussia and Austria. Difference between these two nations were marked at that time, cul- minating in the war between them in 1866. How different vas the international chessboard of the time from how it developed a little more than a half century later!
 An important attempt at explora- tion attracted much attention that year. when the Englishman McClin- tock began trip through what he called the northwest passage" from the Atlantic to, the Pacific through the Arctic seas, Only the discussion of the plan was possible In 1850. as the adventurous explorer did not succeed in getting through the pas. sage until 1854.
 These are the highlight of what the people talked about on nationa and international problems wher New Britain was born. It Is safe tt say that what they discussed mos vehemently, however. was the wis dom of becoming a separate muni cipality. Some looked into the flu ture with dismay; others with ap timism. After 75 years the optimist can be called the winners; and to day they practically have no com petition
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
,teows from the Kampus Kitty

Meows from the Kampus Kitty Deer Uncle Mac:
 The winner of the bewty contest was announced in todays paper, and wats you think. my sister Milderds frend Dorthy Diggs won the ferst prize You know Milderd was In it too, and she took one look at the paper and dropped down in a chair and almost lost conscience.
 You know AIilderd was in the contest too, and after she got over the ferst shock she called Dorthy up on the telefone to congratulate her. Heers the way it went:
 Hello, is that you, Dorthy? :? Someone told me you won ferst prize in the bewty contest and I wanted to be the ferst to congratulate you. You must. of bin the most serprized gerl in the werld. I know all you trends will be.
 Well. cant tell you how re- lieved l was to discover l wasent a prize winner. I do detest publicity. You know it was very much against my will that my picture was sent in the ferst place, and I've bin on pins and needles ever since for feer that by some miracle the judges would know reel classic bewty when they saw it. Nothing personal, Dorthy deer - think your own particular type Is all rite and there's not g thing the matter EiLA 1t for slE-
New Britain herald., 1925-07-23
Mcows from the Campus Cat


 Dear Mac:
 We've had q rainy weekend here at Manchester where l am visiting Louise, my University, of California grl-friend, but her home is just spffy and as she has a big house party of college boys and girls here there hadn't been a dull moment. All yesterday afternoon Louise and Edna, her roommate, played bil- lizards with two of the boys,
 The girls were noViCes but Fred and Bill wer ewilling teachers and, believe me. they got many good laugh out of the girls ., meow! Edna, who is quite a golfer, looked at the cue-racl: and said; Which club do I use?"
 Well, they finally got fitted and then there was the question of which ball 10 play with. Louise wanted to shoot with the red ball but was finally contented with the one which had what she called "the beauty spot" on it. Tom showed them how to "english" the ball and on the very first try Edna miscued and tore a hole in the cloth. "Oh dear" she said T flunkcd my Eng lish."
 Louise hated the idea of chalkine the cue. She had trouble enough powdering her nose without having to do 1t for an old stick! Wasn't that sweetly feminine? =. Meow meow . She played most of her shots with the bridge be- cause, as she explained she was a good bridge player and thought it might help her billiards, The game i ended in confusion when the boys discovered that the girls had beer scoring of the wrong end of the 1 markers,
 But Louise. bless her, made the hit of the evening when she said at dinner, Billiards is wonderful Freddy was showing me some tricl shots after our game and he made a run of six kisses, all in a row. I haven't the faintest idea of wha she meant, have you. Mac? Meow
 Yours for indoor sports,
 Carrie.