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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
No. 14PREC|NCT
STAT ION IS
OPENED
District Officials Take Part in
Ceremonies at New
Police Division

The Fourteenth precinct, the
latest to be added to the list OF
District police stations, was opened
officially today.
Appropriate ceremonies were OBJ
Served by Police Commissioner
Frederick A. Fenning, Major Edwin
b. Hesse, superintendent Of the
department; other officials of the
District Government, and repre-
sentatives from the citizens associa-
tons within the boundaries Of the
precinct.
Addresses were delivered by Com
missioner Fenning, Major Hesse
and the presidents of several citi-
zens associations. Others who took
part in the ceremonies were In.
spector Charles Evans, in com
mand of the first division of the de-
partment, ind Inspector Harry
Pratt.
Formerly known as the Sub-T or
precinct. Fourteen was
q subdivision of the Seventh pre-
cinct. making all It's reports to head
quarters through the Georgetown
station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
GEN. HART BETTER. IS
SOON TO QUIT HOSPITAL

General w. Fl. Hart was renorted
well on the road to recovery today
by officials of walter Reed Hos
pital where he has been since Fri.
day.
General Hart is up. but Is still
under physicians care. Attendants
declined to make public the nature
of his affliction. but say It is not
serious and that he is expected to
leave the hospital within q day or so
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
DR.. BALLOU MAY RAISE
RELIEF TEACHERS PAY

Doctor Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent Of schools. may raise the
compensation for substitute teach,
ers' salaries. by proposing 81 more
a day than the Teachers Council
is prepared to ask for at the meet
ing of the Board Of Education
Wednesday.
The council resolved last week to
request more money for such
teachers on the basis of So a day
for elementary teachers and 81 for
high school instructors hut Doctor
Rallou, it was intimated, would
propose 81 and SIS scale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
SCIENTIST TO LECTURE
ON LONG ARCTIC TRIP

An illustrated lecture on the
scientific expedition of Captain
Roald Amundsen's ship Maud, :
through the ice fields of the north
will be given by Harald y. Sverd.
rup, in charge of scientific work of
the expedition, at $50 o'clock to.
night in the Carnegie Institution,
Sixteenth and streets northwest
The public is invited. The Maud
drifted for two years in the ice
fields north of the Siberian coast
and was ice bound a year at Bear
Island. 500 miles west of Bering
Strait.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
SCHOOLS ARE TO HAVE
COURSE OF BUSINESS

Old time studies may soon be
subordinated in Importance to such
subjects as craftsmanship, store
keeping and bill collecting. in
Washington schools at least. Bust
ness heads End school officials
agreed to cooperate in making
changes. at a meeting last night
Under this plan il is believed
that pupils will be more inclined
to finish high school and will be
better prepared to step into the
business world. Also business men
here will have jobs ready for num-
bers OF them who finish the new
style course.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
HONE To NEE I
EMERGENCY
APPEALS
Salvation Army Formally to
Open New Quarters for
Aid Of Stranded

The new Emergency Home OF
the Salvation Army, 622 Fifth street
northwest. will he opened Officially
at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
This home will care for families
stranded in the District and also
for Washingtonians temporarily
without living quarters.
Three national officers of the
army, Colonel Robert f. Holz, chief
secretary of the eastern division,
Colonel w. F. Jenkins, national
secretary, and Colonel Samuel
Brengle, national evangelist, will at.
tend the opening. These officers
are in Washington as delegates to
the International Church Peace Con-
ference. Brigadier William II. Bar
rett, local commander. and Adjutant
Ernest r. Holz, local secretary, are
also delegates.
The services at the new home
will be brief. and the home will be
opened Immediately. Commandant
George Woods will take charge Of
the home.
Heretofore, we have found much
difficulty in locating quarters for
stranded families explained Brig
adler Barrett. They sometimes
come to us late at night when it
is almost impossible to find suit
able rooms for them. In our new
home we can take care of them
until they leave the city or find
quarters here"
The new home meant an outlay
for the army of SIS, 900. This
amount of money was not immedi-
ately available and the army sent
out an appeal. Several thousands
dollars has been, subscribed. bnt ad-
ditional money is sought. Contribu-
tons should he sent to the army
at 607 r street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
COMMON LAW WIFE
SUES FOR MAINTENANCE

Alleging desertion and nonsup-
port, Mary Bowling, 1927 M street
northwest, today sued Marshall
Bowling, Bennings Boat House.
for maintenance.
Represented by Attorney Charles
E. Early. Mrs. bowling says thar
on June IS, 1904. she and her hus-
band agreed with each other to
assume marital relations in ac-
cordance with the common law
and that they lived together until
September 90 last when ne desert.
ed her and refuses to supGp.t ner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
BID ON BOOK STACKS
WITHIN APPROPRIATION

Tho low bidder tor construction
of the great steel book stacks in
,5.,l court of the Library
of Congress submitted figure
$40, 900 lower than the $745, 900
limit fixed by Congress. 1t was an
nounced today by David Lynn,
architect O fthe Capitol. The low
bidder was Snead and Company,
of New Jersey.
Four of the eight bidders, were
Washington firms. The bids ranged
up TO $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01

Judge-YOu say you heard two
shots fired, in rapid recession?
Witness - Yassuh, judge, one
right after the other.
.Judge-TeIl the court whore you
were when the two shots were
fired.
Witness-WeII. judge. when de
fust one was fired / was standing
at Ninth and r streets, but when
de second one was fired, All was
passin' de Treasury building.
CAL Carroll.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
MERGER IS
THOUGHT
()NVVAY
Company Letters Eyasive, But
Utilities Commission
Sees Light

Despite the evasiveness of the
communications from the Wash
ington Railway and Electric and
Capital Traction companies, Off
Gals of the Public Utilities Conn
mission. said today that they were
better informed now on the mer-
ger progress than they were be-
fore the letters were received.
Admit Conferepces
In view OF the fact that the heads
Of the traction companies admitted
that informal conferences had been
held, District officials believe that
serious consideration is being given
to the possibilities of unified opera
ton.
It Is pointed out that unless the
companies themselves act in COM
binfng the traction interests the
approval of Congress for a volun-
tary merger may be identified with
a movement to materially assist the
companies In working out a. plan.
William r. Ham. president Of the
Washington IA way and Electric
Company. and GaOfge p. Hamilton,
pr esident of the Capital Traction
Company, both declared in their
letters to the commission that they
did not think 1t would expedite
matters to draw any premature con-
illusions in the matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
CONGRESS
SANCTION
SOUGHT
Wide Powers Are to Be Given
in Bin to BE Pressed at
Coming Session

A new city development plan
for Washington, an outgrowth of
the L'Enfant and Macmillan plans,
is In process of formation in the
city.
Under the auspices of the
American Civic Association,
meeting was called at the United
States Chamber of Commerce
today for discussion of Washing
toms artistic future with Frederic
A. Delano, as chairman.
Commission Proposed
The chief proposal before the
meeting today was legislation de-
signed to create National Capital
PARK and Planning Commission. to
be composed OF the chief of engin.
GERS Of the army. the Engineer Com
missioner of the District of Column
bia. the director of the National Park
service. the chief Of the Forest ser.
vice. the director Of public buildings
and public parks. the chairman of
the Committees on the District of
Columbia of the Senate and House,
and three citizens experienced in city
planning, to be appointed by the
President from among the. members
of the American Society Of Civil En-
Eineers. the American Institute OF
Architects and the American Society
OF Landscape Architects.
1t will be the duty Of this pro-
!ected commission to draw up an
entirelv new plan for Washington.
which shall include recommendations
as to traffic. real estate develop
ment. parks. school sites and play
grounds, sewers and water supplies.
housing and coming regulations.
bridge and water fronts and all
other clements of city planning.
Under the terms of the bill. which
viii be presented to Congress at
the coming session, the pronosed
commission will be the creative forcs
behind the municipal and CONNER.
cal as well as the artistic develop.
ment of the city.
To Have Wide Powers
The proposed new commission will
Iake over the powers of the present
national Capital Park Commission
ana also the highway commission.
Inc commission would ACQUIRE
Ianas IN MARYLAND and Virginia as
Wen as in the city and the same
MAXIMUM Appropriation now given
10 the National Capital Park Com.
mission shall be given to the new
body.
No final action was taken "a.
garding the bill at the meeting tn.
Gay which was attended by Doctor
James Ford of the Better Homes
Association. Horace Peaslee local
architect; l.. A. Mcdaniel of the
american Society of Civil Enoi-
neers; Doctor r. A. Stofford of the
Boston Institute of Technology. G
n. Ball, Of the American Society of
Clvil Engineers; Andrew W. Craw.
FORD. of Philadelphia: Lawrence
Schnecketber of the Institute of
Government Research. Lieutenant
t.olonel C. o. Sheriff., Major Cary
Brown, Miss Harlean James. execu.
tive secretary. and. Mrs, A. l..
thurman associate secretary of
the American Civic Association.
Later meetings will be held to
perfect the proposed legislation and
To push 1t at the coming session of
Congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
THE BIG OPPORTUNITY.

like the old column very much
Because Of it's bright minds;
The cOntribs in IL are always deIVing
For wit ind intellectual finds.
i want them to work }0n one thing,
To &" to II with q big tout
Bring about a pruneIess Drune
And sdusIlDess grape fruit.
MARMALADE MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
Oldest Inhabitants

The regular monthly meeting of
the Associa ton of Oldest Inl7alia
tarts of the District viii be held
tomorrow at the Union Engine
House, Nineteenth and III streets
at 1880 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01

A Pittsburgh man is suing
has t0ife for diUorce because
she threw u handful of
cooked noodles IN his face.
If she had ntL0qoed him to
haze thro1On them into has
digestiUe system there WOuld
haze been no roU.
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01

What We call getting eT-
perience is about the same
thing as a0hem the fish sOal-
lot0s hook. If zoe get GUGy
zoe haze learned something.
H. G.. d.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01

MOTHER GOOSE LNI925.
Big boy blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep are i'm the meadow,
brothers. making cOrn
Father, with q sOuse, II fast asleep.
SISTERS tipping by him to see her
'tweet."
HAPPY.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
BANQUET is GIVEN
FOR SENIOR CLASS
Faculty and Board of Directors are
also Guests at Annual Junior
Senior Party

The Junior-Senior banquet held
last week will live long in the men,
ory of the hundred or so young peo-
pie who were present. The dinner
a four-course affair held in the school
auditorium, was served by the home
economics class under the direction
of Miss Emerson. In addition to the
two classes the high school faculty
and the school board were guests.
The room was prettily decorated in
crimson and white, the Senior class
colors with spirea and purple iris.
The place cards were a feature of the
dinner, being hand painted by men,
bers of the class in the class colors.
The table was lighted by candles,
giving very pretty effect.
Kenneth Kadow won recognition as
toastmaster with Kenneth Serier,
Gladys Smith and Glen FELTON, re-
spending to the toasts. Mr.. Mouiton,
as chairman of the school board, also
spoke.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
REV. FRASER
PASSES AWAY
Death Comes at 10:3O This
Morning - Funeral to
be Held Sunday 2::3O

Rev. F. L. Fraser died this morning
at 1880 after an illness of three
months. Death was due to cancer of
the liver. Rev. Fraser had been in
the ministry for 33 years, coming to
Kennewick as pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in 1910. For the
past six years he has been on the
school board, most of the time as
clerk.
He was 50 years of age, having
been born in New GLASGOW, Nova
Scotia, February 5, 1866. He grad
uated from Princeton University in
1892 and has spent his life in the
work of the church.
In 1901 he married Miss Ethel M
Young and they came to Kennewick
in 1910 were the family remained for
two years. After five years spent in
Oregon the Fraser family returned
to Kennewick where they have since
resided on their ranch in East Ken
newick.
Besides his wife and two children
James and Sibyl, he leaves three sis
ters and brother, who live in Can
ada. Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at 2:30 Sunday, at he Meth
odist church, Rev. A. A. Calender
officiating. Interment will be in the
local cemetery.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
SWEET POTATO BUS
MESS IS GROWING
About Thirty Acres Will be Planted
This Year Plants Doing
Fine

Such good success has been OBJ
tanned with sweet potatoes in this
locality in the past couple OF years
that more acreage is being planted
each year. This year about thirty ac-
res will be set out with the plants
and if the larger acreage proves as
much of money maker as the small
er ones have next year will see the
business established on still larger
scale.
A committee from the Commercial
club visited the plant propagators OF
this district this week and found the
plants about ready for transplanting.
In fact the plants were much farther
along than was thot possible at this
time of the year. The sweet potato
business was fostered by the Com
mercial club and is one OF their pet
projects and it gives evidence OF be-
coming one of this districts leading
crops.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
POWER DISTRIBUTORS
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
p. p. & L. Co. Representatives come
Here to Study Efficiency
Methods


The foremen of all the power
plants of the Pacific Power & Light
company held their regular annual
meeting in Kennewick, Monday and
Tuesday under the supervision of j.
H. Siegfried, superintendent of pow
er. Those present were R. D. McRae
of Lewiston, Idaho, p. C. Agee of
Milton, Oregon, C. B. Evritt of Walla
Walla, j. o. Swanson of Pasco, D. S.
Gilcrest of Yakima, j. S. Bates of
Naches, R. E. Fewel of Hood River,
Oregon, M. F. Coberth of Tygh Val
ley, Oregon, H. E. Baker of Hood
River and C. E. Gilmore of Lind,
Washington. Matters pertaining to
the efficient operation of the power
houses were discussed. Mr.. Siegfried
gave a very instructive talk on the
standard methods of keeping accounts
in the various plants.
Most of the men came in cars and
several of them brought their wives
along. The party was entertained at
Hooper's for lunch Monday and were
taken to Pasco in the evening where
a theatre party followed the dinner.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
TEAM
WINS IN GOLF
Grounds and Ground Rules
Prove too Hazardous for
Local Players

The golf club took beating from
the county seat players last Sunday
on the Prosser course. The links
there proved too full of hazards
natural and unnatural for the local
players to overcome. The score was
twenty to twenty-eight.
Next Sunday will be an open date
on the local course and some sort of
a competition will be arranged. Pros
ser had been invited down, principally
for the purpose of showing them what
good course should be like, but
they were unable to make it. The
following Sunday Pasco will come
over.
But few changes have been made
in the local ladder contest during the
past week, the one causing the most
rejoicing is the jump made by Warde
Johnson from fourth to first place.
One. at least, of the new greens
will be ready for play next Sunday
and work is progressing on the four
others to be rebuilt. The new greens
are much larger than the old ones
and look like the best ones yet. A
list of the. players eligible to play
has been posted at the first tee as a
forceful reminder to those who are
delinquent with their dues.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
PROSSER ABANDONS
HIGHWAY EFFORTS
Will Join with Eastenders to Push
North and South Road
Down River

Prosser will retire from all effort
to effect the state north and south
highway through this city and will
work with Kennewick, Richland, Ben
ton City, Hanford and White Bluffs,
for the establishment Of such road
through the east end of the county,
it was decided at an executive meet
ing of the Community Club Tuesday
afternoon. Lower end communities
will be informed of the promised
cooperation of Prosser, and county
meeting will probably be held in the
east end to formulate plans.
Such a highway would traverse the
entire county, entering it at Priest
Rapids, following the Columbia river
down to Kennewick and on down to
a junction with the Columbia river
highway. East end towns will be no.
titled of Prosser's plan and can make
their desires in the matter known at
a meeting which will probably be
held in Benton City within the next
few weeks.-ProsserR Record Bulletin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
OBJECTS TO
DUPLICATION
c. E. Arney tells Taxpayers
Much State Money Vast
ed-Advocates Budget

NEARLY half of every dollar the
state of Washington spends is for
education" said c. z. Arney, Jr.,
representative Of the Federated Tax
payers association who spoke at the
regular meeting Of the Commercial
Club asst Thursday evening. This is
not too much money for this state to
spend, providing the taxpayers got
value for the money. The feature
that is objected to is the duplication
of courses at the University and the
state college and the maintenance of
three normal schools which graduate
three hundred teachers more than
can be absorbed each year. Millions
of dollars are spent by the various
counties for road purposes, but only
half the amount spent comes back in
the form of values for the money"
These two issues and one other
relating to the issuance of bonds for
various municipal purposes were the
principal topics of Mr.. Arney's talk.
He explained that his organization
was formed for the sole purpose of
regulating The expenditure of the
tax money. He pointed out that the
state college, organized as an insti-
tuition for the teaching of agriculture
and the mechanical arts had gradually
taken on additional subjects until
now there are more graduates in the
academic courses than there are in
the mechanic. At the university the
same condition exists. Courses are
duplicated at an unwarranted ex-
pense. Local pride and jealousies are
the principal causes and the remedy
lies only with the people of the en-
tire state. In the normal school sit
uation the same conditions exist.
Each of the states five institutions
Of higher learning is striving to be-
come separate university of itself.
In the matter of the road money,
Mr.. Arney stated that the permanent
highways were not costing the state
one penny, the entire cost being borne
by the gasoline and license money.
The vast sums spent by the counties
each year in secondary highways, he
says, can be made to accomplish dou-
Bile the results by the adoption of a
comprehensive plan of development
by each county.
Urging that taxpayers keep an eye
on. the expenditures made by pub
lie officials, Mr.. Arney said: "The
time to holler about your taxes is
not when you receive your statement
in the spring, but at the time the
budgets are made up in October. On
ly by an active supervision of the
spending of the tax money can the
amount on your tax statement ever
be reduced. Watch the expenditures
and see that they conform to good
business practice. This applies to
school district, municipal, county and
state affairs. See that the officials
adopt the budget plan of finance and
that the money is spent in syste-
matte manner"
Only small audience was present
owing to other attractions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
LOCAL BERRIES
ON THE MARKET
w. T. Paisley of the River
Road Brings in Several
Boxes Wednesday

Bluey! Another Kennewick record
is shattered. Ripe strawberries, ever
in the famed banana belt, grown
out of doors, on the market in April
w. T. Paisley of the River Road brot
in several boxes of fine ripe Clark
Seedlings yesterday, Wednesday, Ap.
ril 29 They were sold to the Walla
Walla Produce Co.
This is the first time in the his
tory of the valley that ripe straw
berries have been picked in the month
of April, according to available rec
ords. Ripe berries have been picked
in April before, but never in mar
ketable quantities.
The frost Monday night did consid-
cradle damage to the strawberry
patches in scattered localities, but
in the spots that were missed picking
will start the last of this week, with
a continuation of the fine warm wea-
ther. Many of the patches that were
damaged by the winter freeze are
recovering to an unexpected extent
but the seasons crop will be con-
siderably under a normal year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
AFTER PRIZE

Hardware Store Seeks Big Car as
Prize for Window Display
M. w. Mattecheck is decorating his
store window this week in the hopes
of being one of the winners in the big
Congoleum advertising contest being
conducted thruout the country. There
are three main prizes of Packard au-
tomobiles as well as numerous small
er prizes and Matte" is shooting
for the big car. His window will be
in the form of a garden pergola,
gracefully draped with flowers and
will be decided novelty. The basis
of the plan will, of course, be Congo
leum He got in on the prize money
last year with a display and figures
he stands fine chance this year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-30
SLIDE UP TO
SECOND PLACE
Ball Team Wins from Con
nell 81 Richland Prom
Uses Good Game Sunday

"If we can beat this Richland bunch
next Sunday said Captain Warde
johnson of the Kennewick ball team,
''then we clean up Hanford the fol-
lowing Sunday and then bump Pasco
out of the lead the following game.
Hot dog But this Richland gang
looks like the hardest of the league.
They have the best pitcher in the
league, but we are going to solve his
line of puzzlers Sunday and it ought
to be a whiz of game to watch"
Manager Ferrell says he's got to
have more money from the fans to
enable the team to make the out of
town trips, so beginning with Sum
days game the admission will be fifty
cents.
The local team is now tied with
Richland for second place, with Pas
CO still holding the lead. Last Sun
day the local team Won from Connell
9 to 2 with lot of features. The boys
are playing snappy ball and Sun
days exhibition promises to be well
worth the price.
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