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Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
SEVEN MEMBERS
ARE INITIATED
AT ELK'S MEETING

Seven new members were initiat-
ed by the FL Centre lodge of Elks
last night ut Il large and enthusiasts
tic meeting. The initiation cerc-
monies were conducted by officers
of the lodge, with Judge NJ w.
Conkling, exalted ruler, presiding.
The new members included James
B. Holmes, Fred II. Holmes, Holt
Vile; Mark w. Munson, Louis II.
Wolfstone, Jimmy Greene, Sterling
Oswalt and Tom Afflcrbaugh, FL
Centre.
Final plans for aiding in the pro-
duction of the Elks Revue tonigh.
were discussed and committees
were appointed to take care of the
various details that will be re-
quired.
|. A. Thomas, chairman of the
Christmas tree fund, reported on
the progress that is being made
and requested all Elks and their
wives to be at the hall Monday
night to assist in doing up Christ
mas packages and in getting ready
for the Christmas tree party.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
Plans to Locate
Branch Here of
Anti-Fraud Firm

George F. Townsend. managing
director of the California Fraud Pre-
vcntion Bureau. is in this city for
the purpose Of establishing Il branch
of the bureau III Imperial Valley.
According to Townsend, the bn-
rcau was recently incorporated and
maintains headquarters at 5+1 West
Tenth street. Long Beach. It is
sponsored bv the Advertising Clubs
of California. and has for its pur-
pose the protection of the public and
merchants against unscrupulous
business houses and itinerant ped
dlerS.
1--WE have no quarrel with legiti-
mate businesses. Townsend SAID
this morning. ''but we hope to af-
ford a maximum protection to the
public ana to regularly established
merchants from the 'flv.by might
peddler, who is here today and some
where else tomorrow. usually en-
dcavoring to dispose of a stock of
spurious mer,) andise. Business
houses which attempt to sell goods
TO the public through misrepresenta-
ton, will also be checked up by the
bureau.
In London. a medium has some
pictures of spirits. Not very good
ones. All YOU could expect is just
medium pictures.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
URGE ACTION ON
EIGHTH STREET
BRIDGE REMOVAL

Discussion of plans for the pro-
posed removal of the Eighth street
ditch at a meeting of the directors
of the chamber of commerce last
night. resulting in the suggestion
that a committee TO work in con
Junction with the city authorities
and the Irrigation District directors
on this matter be appointed al the
next meeting.
The menace of the Eighth street
ditch was emphasized by several of
the directors who called attention
70 one fatal accident and several
narrow escapes in recent weeks.
Pavement of the section of high
way on Imperial avenue north Of
the San Diego highway to the pre-
sent state highway, was also dis
cussed and n committee will be ap-
pointed to take up this matter with
the proper Officials in order TO get
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
RUDOLPH'S MATE
STARTS DIVORCE
ACTION IN PARIS
by United Press Leased Wire

PARIS. Dee. l7.-Natacha Ram.
bova. otherwise Mrs. Rudolph Val.
entino. today tcgan divorce ac-
tinn against Valentino. film shcik.
Valentino is registered here under
his natal name Of Guglicmi, and
the divorce action. bcc@m" known
when Mrs. Fcwaif Guslicmi :
asked for q divorce from Rodolfo
GuglicImi otherwise Rudolph
Valentino, American + m star.
\ "marital vacation, which
had been deemed by many rs per
haps press agent affair has now
developed into an actual attempt
to gain freedom which was rumor-
ed as impending when Valentino
recently left America.
The divorce papers showed the
couple had been married in Crown
Point. Indiana. in 1923.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
Japanese Force
Occupies Mukden
by United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, Dee. II. = The Toxic
correspondent of the Evening News
TODAY reported that japanese forces
virtually had occupied Mukden, seat
OF the tottering regime of the once
great war lord. =
A Central News Toxic dispatch
under date of yesterday said the
japanese would assume control of
Mukden today.)
chang Tso Lin irregulars are re-
ported looting the suburbs and ban.
ditry is on the increase
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
Approve Clause
On Theater Tax
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON. Dee. i. = The
house today approved the theatcr al
mission tax provision Of the 1925.
100000 federal tax redu@tios b;il. re-
tanning various taxes on admission
except TO the spoken drama. which
is to be exempted from the 10 per
cent levy.
4 drive to eliminate the three
per cent auto excise tax from the
1927 100000 federal tax reduction
bill was started in the house today
by a coalit:5n Of Democrats and
Repuhlicans.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17

action on It with rs little delay as
posSible..~
W. {. Costello was elected q di-
rector Of the chamber TO succeed
Harry Jones. who has removed
from the city. and the former will
act rs chairman of the highway
.ommittee.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
INSTRUMENTS
INSTALLED ON STREETS
by United Press Leased Wire

BROOKLYN. Mass. Dec. 9.-This
city claims to have the only public
weather bureau in the United States
City Engineer Harold :. Crockrr
has installed, at the intersection Of
the two principal streets. elaborate
weather recording instruments from
which the public can learn the tenn
perature the maximum and mini
mum temperature of the previous
II hours, and the actual and rcla
tive humidity.
The apparatus also includes
barometer to forecast storms. TO
the stone pillar which forms the
basis for the weather Instruments
also are attached five alarm, police
signal and mail boxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
Dismissal Urged
by Prosecution
In Closing Case
(Contiued from page ~

oncl Allen Gullion. assistant judge
advocate, in an impassoncd oratiou,
declared the evidence had proven
Mitchell guilty of conduct preiudi-
cial to good order and discipline,
rs charged in the Goth article of
; war.
/ Mitchell. in his brief plea, declar-
: Il the case was 1.-The elimination of
the effort of the general staff to de
preciatc the value of air power,
said he saw no use in proceeding
farther and asked that argumest be
dispensed with. The prosecution
refused.
Demands Dismissal
Gullion demanded that Mitchell
lie dismissed from the servite for
his subversivc criticism of the war
and navy departments.
I'VE ask the dismissal of the ac-
cuSed. Gullion declared. "For the
sake of the army whose discipline
he has endangered and whose fair
name he has attempted to discredit.
"'We ask HIS dismissal tor the
sake OF those young Officers Of the
amy air service whose ideals he
has Shadowed and whose loyalty he
las corrupted.
I've ask his dismissal in the name
II truth under whose aegis he has
sodght protection, but whose fac
know = Il
Finally. we ask it in the name
OF the American people who's fca'S
he has played upon. whose hysteria
he has fomtnted, whose confidence
he has brguiled and whose faith he
has betrayed.
Mitchell Closes Case
Mitchell, in an address to the
court Of generals trying him for mis-,
today closed his case with
out argument.
NV trial, he said. - is the cul-
of the efforts of the gener
al staff of the army and the general
board of the navy to depreciate the
value of our power and keep il in
an auxiliary position which abso-
lutelv compromises our whole svs-
tenn of national defense.
To proceed further with the
ease would serve no useful purpose.
- lt-has been shown that we had
only one standard plane in the
service. - Mitchell said.
Wrongly Informed
"Secretarv Weeks and. indirectly
the president, were wrongly ami
untruthfully informed as 10 the
of our aviation and our
national defense by the persons fur
nishing the data on which his let
ter Ito President Coolidge. explain.
ing Mitchell s demotion as assistant
chief of the army air service) WAS
based
The efforts TO keep down our
air power, said Mitchell. Were
begun as soon as the sound of the
cannon had ceased en- the western
front in 1918. When we sunk the
hattleships off the Virginia capes
in 1921 and again in 1923 and
proved TO the world that air power
had revolutionized all schemes of
national defense, these efforts were
redoubled and have continued to
this day.
II testified that the air service
had only l9 modern airplases fit for
war ond that all others were obso.
lete and many dangerous. The evil
dence before this court bears out
these facts in their entirety.
"It has been shown that at pres
ont we have only one standard plane
in the service.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-17
Lettuce Prices
In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Dec. l7.-Let-
tuce-loeal: Sl.0OM l.25 loose carte.
Northern: $2.75 per packed crate.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
Gossip of the Game

Among the University alumni
who came to Chapel Hill for the
Carolina Virginia football meet
ing last week there was much
talk about the need of a modern
stadium. The attendance has
already reached the point where,
even with the erection of tenn
porary wooden stands around
the entire field, the crowd that
wants to see a big game cannot
be accommodated. The Yale
Bowl-which, by the way, was
built by T. C. Atwood, now of
Chapel Hill-takes care of about
$4,000 spectators, each one with
a numbered reserved seat, and
the conformation of it is such
that everybody gets a good view.
It will be long time, of course,
before our crowds will equal
(Continaed on page four
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
Sanford VS.. GastOnia
School Championship to BE Settled
in Chapel Hill Tomorrow

Sanford and Gastonia will
meet on Emerson Field tOmOr-
row Saturday at 2:30 p. M. ITO
decide the North Carolina high
school football championship.
These two fought their way to
the finals out of a total of 43
teams which entered the cham
pionship series October 30.
Supporters Of the two teams
are expected in Chapel Hill in
large numbers. Heading the
Gastonia visitors will be Will p.
Grier, superintendent of the
Gastonia schools, an alumnus of
the University in the class of
1909 and permanent president
of this class. Heading the visi-
tors from Sanford will be Claude
f. league, an alumnus of the
University in the class of 1912.
The Chapel Hill team reached
the semi-finals in the eastern
section of the state, being put
out by Sanford.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04

basin has enabled compreh hem
sive studies of power, naviga-
tion, food control and industrial
development to be made on an
unprecedented scale. Various
new methods of procedure have
been devised. In particular,
aerial photographs have been
made of the Tennessee and it's
principal tributaries in Tennes-
see and North Carolina. Power
sites capable of developing some
two million horsepower have
been discovered. Major Fiske
will illustrate his lecture with
numerous large aerial photo
graphs, stereoscopic projections,
and large maps. The results of
the investigation are of much
import to North Carolina, and
even the technical features in
volved are Of general interest.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04

Jonathan Daniels in the News
and Observer
"a fast, agile, and clever Vir-
ginia eleven played the heart out
of dull and commonplace Tar
Heel eleven"
"It was case of brain versus
Drawn. .Brawn did well to es-
cape with a tie"
"The humiliation of the Tar
Heels" "The game, even with
the tie, had nothing in it but
shame for Carolina"
1T was not great game. 1t
was interesting only as spec
tacle of the mailed fist and the
fine Italian hand locked in un-
just equality"
"The Old Dominion players
showed a spirit of attack, clev-
erness in cutting between dumb
founded guards and tackles, and
daring, Neal put a stiletto into
the hands of his eleven and the
Fetzers organization never got
a chance to use its club"
"The game was never played
on even terms younger Tar
Heel players replaced the stars
and with the aid of a kindly fate
tied the score"
Carolina went off the field at
the close of the first half, a dull,
driven eleven .. They came
back on the field as dull as they
were when they went off"
"Underwood, greatest of the
Carolina backs"
"Ferrell, unaided, then fought
through tiIee pays loi Che oiiiy
earned first down of the Tar
Heels play"
Carolina was saved the utter
ignominy of the defeat that its
eleven deserved The whistle
came with Carolina a great deal
better off than it deserved to be-"
"Underwood was splendid be-
hind the line"
"Not a single genius was iden-
titled among the Virginia forces"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
NEGRO BOY KILLS
DUCK WITH STONE
Perfect Workmanship Yields a
Fine Feast for Eddie and
His Family
HE TAKES FEAT CALMLY

Eddie Black, an eleven-year-
old negro boy, the son of Jim
Black, threw a stone at wild
duck last Saturday-and killed
the duck.
1t happened about a mile
north of Chapel Hill on the edge
of Bolin Creek, not far above
the bridge on the old Hillsboro
road.
Poydrus Hogan, who lives out
near Orange Church, was on
his way to town and met the
boy holding the fowl by the
feet.
What have you got there ?"
asked, Mr.. Hogan.
"Oh, jes duck" replied Ed
die, and started to walk on. He
seemed to think nothing of his
unusual kill, and the facts came
out only after he was carefully
questioned.
This was just at the time
when the newspapers were full
of talk about President Cool
idge's possibly coming South to
hunt duck.
"That boy didn't seem to
know he'd done anything out of
the way at ALL" Mr.. Hogan told
a group of friends in Chapel Hill
a few minutes later. "The duck
was one of the finest birds | ever
saw-it must have weighed Is
pounds. | told Eddie that peo-
Pile up North came hundreds of
miles to get ducks like that, and
then, a lot of times, didn't get
'em after all. But this didn't
seem to impress him. s'pose he
was thinking of the big feed he
and his family were going to
have"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
Organists Meet Here
North Carolina Chapter of the Amer
lean Guild Gathers Next Week

The North Carolina chapter of
the American Guild of Organ
lists will hold a convention in
Chapel Hill Friday and Satur-
day of next week, December II
and IL. \.
A business meeting Friday af-
ternoon will be followed by a
supper at the Carolina Inn. In
the evening the delegates will
be the guests of the Universe
ty's music department at the
concert of the Cherniavsky Trio
in Memorial Hall. Saturday
there, will be another formal
session, and then, at the Episco-
pal church, there will be a con-
cert by the University Glee Club
and an organ recital by H. A,
Shirley, dean of the music de-
partment of Salem College.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
Lecture by Major Fiske
Army Engineer Will Tell Of Great
POwer-NavigatiOn Survey

Major Harold C. Fiske of the
Corps of Engineers, United
States Army, will lecture before
the Elisha Mitchell Scientific So
ciety in Phillips Hall at half past
seven o'clock next Tuesday eve
ming. His topic is "The $500,000
Power-Navigation Survey Of the
Tennessee River and Tribu-
taries."
Major Fiske has been for
three years in charge of the
most elaborate and extensive
river investigation ever under
taken. A congressional appro-
priation of $50O,0OO for a survey
of the entire Tennessee River
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04

Jake Wade in the Charlotte
Observer
"The beautiful story of an out
played eleven, doggedly holding
its own against constantly mani
tested superiority, persisting un-
to the end, and then doing what
appeared from the outset as i'm
possible, was unraHeled on Emer-
son Field today"
"A gallant Carolina team tied
better Virginia team, a drop
kick from the 18-yard line in the
last few minutes of play equal
ing a more spectacular field goal
from the 35-yard line in the sec
ond quarter"
"No better, more thrilling, or,
in one light, more masterful ex-
hibition of football could have
been asked"
"Homefolks, before the classic
counting on the Tar Heels to win,
went to bed tonight satisfied af-
ter they saw this eleven, outclass-
ed, come back in the end to tie the
Cavaliers"
Garter Diffey, running like ans
unleashed wolf, gained more
yards by line plays than the en-
tire Carolina backfield combined"
"The game delivered thrills and
dash a-plenty"
"Seldom have two football
teams played such marvellous de-
fensive games. 1t was a contest
Of stellar defensive work"
"This day the punting and de-
fensive playing was of such not
able calibre that it was of a sur
prisingly entertaining nature"
"Underwood was the chief
ground-gainer for, Carolina from
the beginning of the second
quarter; yet it was his tumble
of Cardwell's punt that gave the
Cavaliers the balll on the Tar
Heels 44-yard line"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
Chapel Hill Chaf

When I was a student here
Collier Cobb's subject, geology,
was celebrated as a t''pud"-a
term which, I believe, has been
succeeded by "crip." Meaning,
easy fruit. do not know if Mr..
Cobb's courses. still have the
same reputation. The other day
I heard a yarn which may be
familiar to many University
people but is new to me. AS
the day for one examination ap-
proached-so runs the story
the head of the geology depart
ment heard that the students
were gloating over what a soft
time they would have with it.
This got his bile up, with the re-
suit that he faced the class with
a series of extremely difficult
questions. When he had finish
ed writing them on the black
board he turned to the students
and, with a genial smile, said:
Gentlemen, the pudding is
served" Incidentally, l recall
that Mr.. Cobb's students and
other friends used to say, wheth-
er his courses were easy or hard,
the young men who had special
lied here in geology managed to
land and hold down well-paying
jobs when they left college.
The proof of the pudding, as it
were.
l met Mrs. Marriott on the
street yesterday and asked her
about her son, McKim, who is
now a celebrated specialist in
children's diseases. In his letter
he told her that an officer in
the medical corps of the Mexi-
can Army had come to st. Louis
to take. a six months course un-
der him. "Since he speaks
Spanish only, and my Spanish is
very lame," wrote McKim, Il
think he gets a great deal more
out of what he sees than what
he hears"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
Neal Sells Bakery
Will Go to Florida and Take Up the
Real Estate Business

w. B. Neal has sold out the
Hill Bakery and will launch into
the real estate business in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, q miles
from Miami. He leaves Chapel
Hill day after tomorrow by au-
tomobile. Mrs. Neal will join
him later when he has found a
suitable house for them to live
in. In the meantime, she is to
make a visit to her family in
North Carolina.
For some time Mr.. Neal has
had Florida property, and now
he is to develop it in partnership
with his brother-in-law, A. H.
Davis.
C. B. Guthrie and w. V. Stu
art, who have been working as
assistants to Mr.. Neal, have
bought out the Hill Bakery and
will conduct it with the same
personnel.
The Neal home, on Ransom
street near Vance, will not be
sold. 1t has been advertised for
rent, and there is said to be a
chance that the H. D. Meyers
will occupy it after they return
from New York in March. The
Meals hope to visit Chapel Hill
now and then.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04

Mr. Chambers Ferre behind revalzed line tear off
right tackle for yards Mr. Daniels Ferrel do all his gain
ing "unaided."
Daniels said that Carolina tied the with the aid of
kindly and that Underwood the greatest of the
Carolina backs and that Underwood splendid behind the
line He did not mention the kindly fate for Virginia in the
tumble by Underwood that led directly to Vrgnas
only Despite several good gains by the Fayetteville YOUTH
the people with whom have talked consider that this
of his decidedly off days.
OF all the writer's agreed that taking the
whole Carolina outpayed But what contradictory i'm
presson the stranger who did not the match would get of
the Carolina performances "a gallant Carolina eam Mr. Wade
(C0ntumd fwo)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
eyes by Gosh" Next Monday

The musical comedy, "Yes, by
Gosh!", which was to be put on
this evening by the Wigue and
Masque Club has been postponed
to next Monday evening, Decem-
ber 7. The performance will
take place in Memorial Hall and
will begin at half past eight
O'Clock. Norman Gordon, who
takes the part played last year
by Theodore Fitch, came in sew
eral days ago to join the troupe
in rehearsals. Some changes
have been made in the play.
There are new songs, and two
short scenes, to fill the inter-
missions between the acts, have
been added.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
Football AS She Is Writ

After reading the reports of the Carolina-Vir-
ginia football game in the newspapers last Fri
day, tried to imagine myself in the place of a
stranger who, arriving in North Carolina that
morning.. tried to make out from the printed
narratives, what sort of game it had BEEN
1t was dull and sodden contest No, it was
tremendously thrilling Virginia without a
conspicuous star, showed herself superior
through fine teamwork No, the Virginia cap
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
SEAL SALE COMES
NEXT WEDNESDAY
States tuberculosis Death Rate
Cut in Half in the Last
Eight Years
ALL ARE ASKED TO HELP

The annual tuberculosis
Christmas Seal Sale will be held
Wednesday morning, December
8, between half past ten and
half past twelve o'clock.
It will be under the direction
of Mrs. Moody Durham. The
homes and places of business in
the village will be visited by her
and her associates in the health
department of the Community
Club.
Mrs. W. B. Neal will be acting
chairman for the sale, and these
sub-chairmen will compose the
executive committee: Mrs. H.
D. Carter, Mrs. J. M. Bell, Mrs.
Clyde Eubanks, Mrs. John E.
Lear, and Mrs. S. E. Leavitt.
Miss Agnes Andrews has charge
of the sale in Carrboro.
Because of the heavy de-
mands upon it, the expenditures
from the fund this year exceed
ed last years collection by $256.
-Four hundred and fifty dol
lars was contributed to the sal
ary of the colored public health
nurse; 1921 for the treatment
of both white and colOred men
at Sanatorium; $25 to the Kings
Daughters; $50 for scales for
the colored school to assist in
the health crusade; and $685.
for the health crusade supplies.
Owing to the congested
quarters in which the negroes
live" said Mrs. Moody Durham
yesterday, "there is no doubt
that the greatest danger from
tuberculosis in our community
lies in that direction. Inasmuch
as we are in daily, almost hourly,
contact with them, in spending
portion of the money for cure
and prevention of tuberculosis
in the colored section we are ac-
complishing a double purpose,
for we are protecting our fam
lilies as well as helping them.
"Tbere has been some con-
fusion between the Red Cross
and the tuberculosis Christmas
Seal Sale. There is no connec-
tiOn between the two funds, and
they work on entirely separate
basis and are not affiliated in
any way.
Seventy-fve percent. of the
proceeds of the sale never
leaves the community but is used
for local work.
"The death rate from tuber-
culosis in North Carolina has
been cut more than half in the
last eight years.
"The proceeds from this
years sale must be increased or
the work decreased. What is
your answer"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1925-12-04
DIR. S. A. Nathan Resigns

DR.. S. A. Nathan has turned
in his resignation as health Of
ficer for Chapel Hill, and as this
paper goes to press the board of
health is holding meeting to
consider the matter. DR.. Ma
than's work has given satisfac-
tiOn in the village, and members
of the board said today that
they hoped some way would be
found to get him to reconsider
his decision.