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Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-20
EIGHTH STREET DITCH MUST GO

The Eighth street ditch must 60. The recent acci-
dent which resulted in the loss OF young life Is an
other strong argument in favor Of its elimination.
The high weeds which grew along the banks of
the ditch in large measure responsible for the
tragedy the evidence at the coroners inquest yeSter
day showed. The view of the driver of the motor car
which crushed the youthful victim obscured and 1t
largely for this that she fully eXoner-
ated Of blame.
The Eighth street ditch must go before another
similar fatality occurs There have been numerous
accidents at the bridge and many escapes on
the part of children playing around the water.
Apart altogether from the fact that it is menace
the ditch most unsightly and holding back
ber of important improvements With the ditch elm
mated and the drainage water diverted to another
course planned by the city board OF trustees 1t will
be possible go ahead with these projects.
The Press understands that the city fathers al
ready have all their plans completed for the contem
plated improvements and only await the endorsement
cooperation OF directors of the Imperial lrrga
ton district We strongly urge them to hold meeting
at an early date and get the project under way.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-20

Law, everybody has heard, is "the perfection of
human reason. And maybe that's why, in states,
ballot is valid when marked with black pencil and
invalid when marked with indelible pencil foun-
tain pen.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-20

At the Oregon state fair there
were 1917 Jersey cattle, l5l Hol'
stems, l22 Ayrshires, lG5 Guernsey
and 10 Brown G1i.s, or of daH.
cattle.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-20

Heaven must be a place where
yoQ can wear 4 sl,t Of .lothc. a.
Ion. u. tAe vest lasts. !.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
DC. GUARDSNEN
START RIFLE
MATCHES
Team of Selected Marksmen
Battles One of Captains
for Championship

Competition for the rifle cham
pionship of the District Of Column
bia national guard began at 8
o'clock this morning at the guard
target range in Congress Heights
The first event was team COM
petition in slow fire at 200 and 600
Yards, one team composed Of four
selected marksmen and the other
of captains chosen from various
companies or separate guard de-
tachments.
The prizes in this event consist
of bronze trophy for the winning
team, and silver and bronze medals
to team members who make the
best scores.
The individual championship
match will be held at the range
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. In
addition to gold, silver and bronze
medals for winning scores, cash
prizes also are offered, allocated
as follows: First prize, 25 per cent
of the entry fees; second, 20 per
cent; third, Is per cent; fourth, 10
per cent, and fifth to tenth places
s per cent each.
An opportunity for tyro marks
men is given in the competition
inasmuch as the prizes available
for former members of national
match rifle teams are limited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
MASSACHUSETTS GIRL AIDS
STONE MOUNTAIN DRIVE

Indorsing the sentiment to make
the Stone Mountain memorial at
Atlanta, Ga, a national rather than
a sectional project, Miss Arlene
Sircum, of Melrose, Mass, has join
ed forces with the fifty or more
Southern girls here engaged in
the coin-selling contest being con
Quoted by the local committee for
the benefit of the memorial,
Miss Sircum will try to get sup
port for the memorial project from
every member of the Massachusetts
and New England Congressional
delegation.
Six young ladies have been as
signed to sell the half dollar me
mortal coins in Government depart
ments. Miss Irene LangfOrd, Miss
Helen Dudley and Miss Sybil AL
mand will take subscriptions at the
Treasury Department; Miss Sarah
Hubbard and Miss Bobby Reynolds
at the United States Shipping Board
and Miss Rosemary Bales at the
Library of Congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
.HESSE SCORES
CARELESS
DRIVERS
Motorists FlagrantlY Fail to.
Give Way to Fire Engines,
Says Police Head

At the sounding Of an alarm call
ing the fire apparatus to Fourteenth
ard G streets today. Major Edwin
b. Hesse, superintendent Of the
Police Department, noted the large
number. OF motorists who failed to
draw up to the curb and give fire
engines the right Of way.
Major Hesse was vehement In his
denunciation Of unmindful drivers
Of automobiles who hinder opera
tions of the Fire Department by
stopping their machines in the path
Of the engines.
MI could be forewarned when
ever an alarm was to be turned in, :.
declared Major Hesse, IT would de-
tail squad Of motorcycle men to
trail the engines and arrest any
person so unobservant Of the regu-
latlons.''
Major Hesse said he noticed par
ticularIy today the number OF ma
chimes which INSTRUCTED the prog
ress Of the apparatus on Pennsyl-
vania avenue near Fourteenth
street forcing the fire engines to
detour around them to avoid COLI.
sions. He said usually In the case
Of accidents the uaotorist has no
cause for complaint when q piece
of apparatus hits him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
I D
BE HEARD
0NLINES
Utilities Commission Arrang-
Ing to Settle Interstate"
Route Disputes


The date for joint public hearing
en- the petitions OF the Washington
Rapid Transit Company and the
Capital Traction Company for per-
mission to operate busses along Six,
tsanth street northwest win be an
nounced soon by the Public Utilities
Commission.
withdraMal Of the Washington
Rapid Transit Company's petition to
operate interstate" south from the
District line left with, the commits.
slon the bus conapany's petition to
operate s'intrastate.'
when the Rapid Transit Company
put in SIS petition to operate lntra-
state" the Capital Traction Com
pany, which Il already. running 2
line from Sixteenth. and Kennedy
streets north. countered with u pc
ton to operate south on Sixteenth
street over the same territory.
Major w. e r.. Covell, public
utilities assistant TO the Ens1neer
Comnafaasoner, said that a. joint
bearing would probably be held on
the two petitions. District Off
Gals said 1t is becoming more and
mort obvious that the only relief
for the present situation is mer-
ger Of the traction companies of
the city,
Competition, which at one time
Was conhidered beneficial from the
viewpoint of the public, has be-
come anWieldy, they assert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
NAVY YARD PAY
RATES To BE
SETTLED
Board of Wage Review to
Meet Monday to Determine
Schedules

The new pay schedules at the
Washington Navy Yard will come
up for final determination before the
board of wage review of the Navy
Department at 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
Announcement was made today
that appeals from the pay rates
fixed by the navy yard committee.
including those made by the ma.
chintsts and other crafts whose re.
quests for wage increases were not
granted, will be reviewed by the
naval board at hearings beginning
at the stated hour and continuing
probably for a week or more.
Labor representatives today an
peared confident that some of the
advances they have asked will be
granted. They have prepared sta.
tistics showing the rates paid by
private employers to craftsmen cor
responding 10 those In the Washing
ton NavV Yard and believe their
showing "'ill prove their case.
The board Of review will hold it's
hearings in the shipping board con.
ference room, Eighteenth ana B
streets northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
WITNESSES
ARRIVING
To TAKE
STAND
Colonel and Reid Begin Study
Of Thousands Of War De-
partment Documents

Rear Admiral William S. Sims,
who for some years was to the
navy what Colonel w lillian
Mitchell has been to the army
= critic Of the policies Of his su-f
periors was subpoenaed today as
. witness for the flying colonel
when his trial By court-martial r.
resumed next week.
Sims and Congressman Frank
Reid, chief counsel for Mitchell,
had i long conference here today.
With his court martial standing
IN recess until Tuesday. counsel
for Colonel William Mitchell today
began the examination 81 thou
sands Of War Department docu-
|ments subp0enaed for use in prov
ing his charges Of maladministra-
ton of the nations air defense.
Some Of the documents, hastily
delivered to the court, prevented
u protf acted adjournment, but the
EldatGhell's counsel might examine
the documents necessary for his
defense. The War Department.,
however, was bitterly condemned
by Congressman Frank r. Reid
(Rep.) Of Illinois for its delay IN
delivering the official papers, first
gubpoenaed on November 2.
Many Witnesses Arrive
Scores OF defense witnesses, mean.
while, began arriving In the Capital
70 take the stand for Mitchell.
They included flying officers,
congressman, retired admirals and
generals and a number Of civilians,
experienced In aviation. They came
from all sections OF the country.
An aftermath Of the sensational
testimony given by Mrs Zachary
LansdoWne, widow OF the Shenan.
doah commander, will be heard
Monday, when the Shenandoah
court of inquiry reconvenes.
Mrs. Lansdowne has been asked
to appear before the latter court
to explain her charges that Captain
Paul J. Foley. an officer Of the
court, attempted to get her to give
Z false testimony.
Foley viii also appear to deny the
charges.
The Resignation Of Foley as
Judge advocate OF the naval court
was accepted today by Secretary
OF the Navy Wilbur.
Foley resigned following Mrs,
Margaret Transformers charge that
he endeavored to persuade her to
give the false testimony" before
A. =
Continued on Page 23l
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TINES UNFOLDING.

He said, pm through toith tcOFrs sfs
HemcefOrth tDe stay apart;
Each one knoto Is lemon,
A creature Without hart"
az thought I'd found a treasure,
A girl Without peer;
When first had the pleasure
OF meeting LGkDIe Deer"
"But time has proved my error;
My idoPs feet Of clay
Shall not bring me to sorrow
From her III stay GUGU."
But the future, in itS unfolding,
Had other plans for him,
And pGpd's non proudly holding
A GOee red mite nGmed jan.
Gle has your features, LGknIe,
Little Dife of mine,
And don't you think it likely
He'll be Gs good IN timer
N. H. KING.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
D A Y | s
INJURED IN
RAID
Still ExpIodes While Officers
Are Searching House-TWo
Are Arrested
1MNa- 0Mk. aosS

Lieutenant o. T. Davis of the
Ninth precinct IL suffering today
from burns about the face and eyes
received late last night when a still
exploded during liquor raid in 166
Schott alley northeast.
He was treated at Casualty Hos
pilal where It is said that his con-
dition is not critical.
Lieutenant Davis led a raiding
squad including John Sirola and e.
e. Thompson, detectives, on the
Schott alley address directly In the
rear of the Senate Office Building,
A 900 gallon still exploded while
the officers were carrying on the
raid and the flames burned the
lieutenant.
Fifty barrels, 100 gallons Of alles.
ed corn liquor and 1000 pounds Of
sugar were seized in the raid.
George Gentle, twenty.six. and
Carmello Massero, twenty-five, both
Of 143 c street northeast, were ar.
rested. They will be arraigned in
the United States Branch of the
Police Court today charged with
violations of the prohibition laws.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
AUTO Thief IS
GWEN 5-YEAR
TERM
Richard G. Allen to Serve
Two Years for Similar
Offense

Amos r. Stephney. colored, who
July s. last, stole an. automobile
belonging to William e. Grant,
was today sentenced to five years
IN the penitentiary by, Justice Stat
ford in Criminal. Court No. 2. The
accused, who has quite criminal
record Notwithstanding his youth,
now is serving a sentence OF four
years for a similar offense and the
term imposed today is to run con-
currently with the other four-year
term.
Richard G. Allen, a dapper young
white man, will spend two years in
the penitentiary for grand larceny
In connection with stealing, April
.. last, the automobile OF Eleanor
r. Patterson.
Leon Shields and William Lig-
gins, both colored, who stole an
electric battery from the District
September Ia, last, were sentenced;
Shields receiving a three-year peni'
Tertiary term and Liggins q one
year Jail sentence.
Ruther jackson, colored, former
IN employed in the Bureau OF En-.
craving and Printing. who CON
fessed to pasting halves of notes
of different denominations together
will spend one year In jail for his
trouble. Justice Stafford thought,
even though the crime committed
by the accused was of a serious
and contemplate character, that
there was a good many features In
favor Of Jackson and he would give
him a chance to make good.
Henry Trundle, pleading guilty
10 Joyriding. was placed on proba'
tion for two years. with sentence
suspended, and Rufus Adams, col
ored, was given a six-months jail
term for using knife on Bernard
Lewis, August 81, last.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
EX-CONGRESSMAN LOUD
KILLED IN AUTO CRASH

Word has reached Washington OF
the death Of George Alvin Loud
former Congressman from Michi
gan, who was killed instantly last
night In an automobile accident
near Marshfield, Greg.
Loud, who was seventy.three
years old, had served eight years
in the "Iouse of Representatives,
beginning In the F'ifty.eighth Con-
gress. He was lumberman OF
note and was widely known in the
East because of his affiliations with
the lumber business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

day at the City Club following his
address to the convention OF Ma
tional Advertisers at the Mayflower
Hotel.
e. C. Ochsenreiter, new chairman
of the clubs membership COM
mittee. has arranged for the trans
pottation of members and guests
to the luncheon by automobiles.
The cars will be furnished by the
Semmes Motor Company with which
Mr.. Ochsenreiter IL connected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
SILVER SPRING K. OF c.
ASK COOLIDGE TO RITES

The knights of Columbus of
Silver Spring, Md, today invited
President Coolidge to attend the
laying of the cornerstone of their
new building on November %.
The President will attend IL his
other engagements make it posi-
BILE for him to do so. The invita-
ton was extended through Senator
o. e. Weller, OF Maryland, at the
White House this morning.
Senator Weller also invited the.
President to the annual dinner CT
the Baltimore Bar Association De.
cember ]. President Coolidge also
took this Invitation under advise
ment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
MONUMENT
Thief I IS
CHARGED
Two Men Held In Stealing OF
observation-disclosures
Barred as Motive

After search of two years,
police claim they have at last
unprecedented two men who abb
seconded with q large tomb stone,
. marble vase and two marble
slabs. This il the only case
OF the kind that the Police De-
Ipartment remembers havin g
handled. It took two years to
locate an article several men
could not lift.
Acting on the information Of .
woman, whose identity he prom
Used to conceal, Policeman Harry
NJ. Hilldrup, assisted by Police
man 0. r. Sanders, discovered
the articles in q garage in the
southeast section Of the city, they
claim, and arrested Harry Thomas,
194S Naylor road, and Sylvester
Passagani, 2S8 Seventh street.
Third Arrest Expected
They pleaded not guilty to grand
larceny, when arraigned before
Judge John p. Mcmahon, in Police
Court today, and were held under
bond of $500 each for action Of
the grand jury, after they had
waived the hearing. A third man,
charged jointly with them, liz ex
pected to be arrested within a
short time.
The articles were taken from C..
l.. Steadman, Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
the night OF October 20, 1923,
The theft involves a story Of ro-
nance which rivals the strangeness
Of the action.
Police claim all three men were
in love with the same girl. She
died and the three combined to pay
reverence to the memory of the
woman they all loved. They took
the tomb stone, vase and slab.
valued at 1925. and started to erect
them at the grave In Mount Oil.
vet cemetery, but they became
frightened and brought them back
to the garage Of the man who has
not been apprehended, 1t is said.
Two years ago, Detectives Kelly.
Scrivener and Springman toured
the nearby country and examined
the grave yards in an attempt to
locate the stones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
A RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE.

A Cawker City, Kan, married
couple who live in peace and
harmony, says Capper's Weekly,
agreed early in their married
life that whenever one of them
started an argument the other
was to walk out Of the house
and remain until the storm had
subsidized. The man is d robust
specimen Of manhood due to his
living outdoors most Of his life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
MISS ABBOTT TO TALK ON
JUVENILE PROTECTION

Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the
chtIdren's bureau OF the Depart
nnent OF Labor, will be the princi-
raj speaker at the ninth annual
meeting of the Juvenile Protective
AssocIafion Monday night in the
1oId room of the Shoreham Hotel.
The meeting will be presided over
nv Clarence L. Harding president.
Miss Dorothy II. Allen, executive
Eecrokary, will read the annual re-
port, and new board members viii
b PANIED
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
Library Biography Room

A room devoted to biography will
be opened at the Central Public
Library Monday. More than 1000
volumes will be available to readers
and a library assistant will be in
charge. The new room opens off
the main lobby, adjoining the fic.
ton room. 1t will be open the
same hours az the other rooms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
WAS THE WHALE PEEVED?

w kA0 4AA1S NN4A<4A@AS - ~A1$ 1890
HoW Jonah passed the time OaCav,
Parked in the Whales Tecesaea,
Is not for Us to kss0tD, they say
IT'S cIGssed among Hfe's Ouesses.
SOme think he spent the hours
locked -
Hts suite Of rooSts u sleep,
While others think he SG8G
Crooked IL
1Ae Cradle Of the Deep"
II this he sang, ore ,aWst believe
The Whole felt quite SMsWlted,
And sUtth Ian0e, o mighty keoVe.
WaS Jonah catGpwIted
EDWIN I. GHoPE.
Wife discovering alcoholic
hubby on front steps fiddling
with door knObEWhat on earth
are You doing there, Henry
Henry continuing 20 turn
knob -Shh! I'm trying to get
Los Angeles.
ROSE 8. STREET..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

WGmt ad. IN a BG1JdlO paper:
"WGmted-H NnO0rtan GIRL iDGmta.
suashimO." Please notify the
scouts Of the, X. x. X. II she
gets the tcGahtN1 tDe ought to
knosD all the details. The X.
X. X. Is looking after. the NC0sh
on other peoples Asses.
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

The d-fGshioned father
aOho vigorously used a hnir
brush on his son 1lO1c hours
his son say to his SON: "Why,
Johnny. I'm surprised" md
Johnny says: "Oh! can
that" UNCLE ZEKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

{!IHE Z! z!
SSzszz0s1 81 BILL PRICE S. E. : ! - o,;,er
rs HADES HE'LL

IS HADES HELLs
We've often heard Of Mndes, bat nat
knowing ite location,
We were Inclined 20 believe IL was
not . reooFt for . vaeati0n3
But another name for q place where
the wicked have no rest,
An Overhented region whose existence
was No idle Jest.
Invitations % no there hare often
been cordially extended
But mnn.NeCOptamCe deprived them O&
the eIpoRloNeo Intended.
Even oclenftntO and theOlOgtaMe have
NOT ret discovered why
Ihog0se No description ct its explore
ton BY thOse who daily del
Now the aneients held that Hades
wac but j. temporary station :.
WheRe .aFFivale WeFe held Tor . short
time On pGo0attons
those C0nsidered best,
And ONES accepted - righteous went
70 Elyslna In tho West.
The pIaee took its nnnAe fr0m Hades,
also called Aadoe.
under world BY the ladies.
He married the masden kors and
That's Why e y called hell for those
who 10 that road. Ell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
BOOSTING PUMPKIN PIE

see pumpkins everywhere
And though they catch the eye
What I'm wanting most
IL some good pumpkin pie.
We're having "appIe week."
They keep doctors out Of work,
But II i Get plenty Of pumpkin pie
The doctors 1 won't shiPk.
MARMALADE MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
n. n. MAYNARD WILL
ADDRESS FAD" CLUB

H. II. Maynard. president Of the
Advertising Club Of Columbus, Ohio,
will address the weekly luncheon
meeting OF the local club next Tues
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

The list of hungry IN
America is increasing. 1t IN
cLudes the army of fat men
and WOmten aUhO are trying to
get dOUm to normal Weight.
TINCAN CHARLIE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14
CR ; TIcIsM MS.

Should NiGOGra eper 90 dry, and
going oyer the falls IN barrel
become an inrpOsstbtEttv, the Un-
knOtoM Soldiers Tomb tDiH con-
tinMe to OTTER receptive surface
for 4rreGthS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

NO CHARGE FOR OBITUARIES
/ ahaII never hear his footsteps again.
early MORN
He has passed on to shores that are
quite dry
MARGUERITE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

II zoe tOere as honest 1oith our
feIIoacmen as Jog are With oar
seIUes, zoe Mould all be In jail IN
side of fifteen minutes.
Our blGe-pencu friend .~re-reGdinO i,
whispers, "ThGt thought has been
oppressed before"
Is that possible, Bur
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-14

Just tohdt Is this urge to air
our thOWOhtsg Is it message
from the heart for the people, or
desire OF the heart for prepaid
nTeSsGOes from the people?
ENOHPAGEM.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-27

think is political expediency above the
common good. The river is very real
with us, its early development mat-
ter of economic life. Our rich mining
resources are languishing for want of
cheap power, our productive land
though we do not have much of it
is fallow and parched for lack of
moisture. We are up against a stone
wall which only work on the river
can clear away.
"The completion Of the dam would
lessen the cost of mining, enable the
reclamation of large areas of land
through low cost of pumping, and
more than triple the population of
Arizona. When mining costs are cut,
the miners profit through increased
pay, when additions are made to the
l'production of agricultural commodl-
tiles, the cost of living drops. Thus,
| it is plain that the development of
| the river is of more concern to the
average mantle man who tolls with
his hands-than to the affluent class.
/ | don't care what any man says, or
what he may assign as his reasons for
opposing ratification of the river com
pact, he cannot truthfully deny that
his course is against the interest OF
the people and in enmity to the good
of the working man.
i 'tWe do not want all of the Colorado
j river 1t is not all ours by any means
It comes from seven states, and Arl-
zona cannot say to the others, We
& will take all the water and power WE
want and you can shave the rest il
there is any left We never could use
all the water and power, but the com
pact gives us more than we can take
care Of for 100 years. The ratification
we made in the Legislature gives u'
an equal share with California, anc
that is all any fair-minded man coult
ask. We must not forget that II
congress we have only two senator
and one representative against l.
senators and 10 representatives of tn
tother six interested states. The rea
fight will be in congress, and we cal
see what our chances will be with sucl
: an alignment"