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ASK COORDINATION
OF PUBLIC WORKS
Engineers Consider Bill for
Sweeping Changes Under
New Federal Department.

Transfer of the office of public
buildings and public parks. the office
/ of the superintendent of state, War
I and Navy Building and the Rock
Creek and Potomac Parkway Commits
sion from their present status as semi
inGept ndent agencies 10 the proposed
new Department of Public Works and
hoElain is urged in hill under con-
SlderatiOn today by the American En-
cheering Council. to b" pres tnted to
Congress within few days. The bill
! would change the name of the De
partment OF the Interior to the De
partment of Public Works and
Domain and would provide for the
reorganization and more effective CO.
ordination of the public works func-
tons of the Government in that de-
partment.
Laid today before the opening SEES
sion of a tT.o-day meeting of the
council at the Nayfiower Hotel for
final action by the organization. the
bill WAS attacked from several quar-
ters. although the provision for trans
fer of the office now headed bv Mai.
|. :. Grant. Sd. was not aSa lied.
Appeals for support.
Repre- sentative Nyant. Republican.
of Pennsylvania. who Will introduce
the measure in rhe House, vigorously
defended the radical provisions of the
bill. declaring that engineers all over
the country should get behind it as
an opening wedge for effective gov
eminent reorganization. He added
that the engineers Of the Nation have
a latent power which should be eXer
clsed through proper representation
IN a department of public works.
William NJ. Mcclellan of New York.
member of the Presidents Muscle
Shoals Commission, told the confer
ence that the bill had received prac-
tically the unanimous support of more
than half hundred engineering and
allied societies.
Anticipating failure of the proposal
TO create a reorganization board. on
whose advice President Coolidge might
make transfers of bureaus, divisions,
commissions and boards by executive
order. the engineers have decided to
press for legislation making sweeping
changes in the composition of the In
terror Department.
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Warns of Possible Defeat.

Rear Admiral d. W. Taylor of the
Society of Naval Architects and
Marine Engineers told the conference
That any provision prohibiting the
Government from undertaking con
Stfuctlon work would surely mean the
deteat of the bill in Congress. He
suggested cutting down the bill by
its provisions "
a. h. NICDa mel cnnS,,lti,,,r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

n 7. NkANFVRII N"cretaTN.
TIER Jan. 10Th. We WILL BE Lo-
c4t@d IN our now plant. 9"5 18th st nv
Goo A. Simonds & Co.. Rooxbinders and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

Of Chairman Zihlman, and RepreSeu1
ativc Reid, Illinois: Lanpcrt WiScoH.
sin: GHsuue. South Carolina White
head, Virginia. The four ;tdditlDnsl
members named yesterday are Repre-
SeEtatives Mcleod. Michigan: Epw
man. West Virginia: BlantUn, Te.a-
and Hammer. North Carolina.
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Elimination of Waste.

Existence of gross waste. which can
be eliminated by converting the de-
partment into something more than
great Government waste basket Is
charged. while sponsors for the bill
claimed that millions would be saved
annually to the taxpayers of the Ma
ton under q scheme for coordination
Of the public works functions Of the
Government under the proposed new
department.
The Secretary of the Interior would
be designated the Secretary of Public
Works and Domain under the provl-
sions of the bill, while four new as
siStant secretaries, differing widely in
duties from the present heads OF the
Interior Department, would be named.
The bill provides that there shall!
be an assistant secretary having ad
miniStratlon jurisdiction over the de
sign and supervision of architecture
works and constructions; another as
sistant secretary having administra
tive powers over the design and super
vision of engineering works and con
structions; another having jurisdic-
ton over construction work of the
department, and another having juris
diction over the public domain. They
are to be appointed by the President
from civil life and confirmed by tho
Senate and each would be specially
qualified by technical training and ex
perience for the particular services
| over which he will have jurisdiction
Transfers Would Be Made.
| The following transfers of existing
| agencies would be made to the new
! department: the Bureau of Public
| Roads, from the Department of Agri
] culture to the Department of Public
| Works and Domain.
! The office of the supervising archi
! tect, from the Treasury Department
| to the new department.
! The Board of Road Commissioners
! for Alaska. under the War Depart.
ment, would be abolished and its
powers taken over by the Secretary
OF Public Works and Domain, to be
administered through an agency
! designated by him.
| The rivers and harbors improve
ments, Mississippi River and Cali
| fornia Debris Commissions, with the
| authority now vested in the chief OF
! Army engineers over their work
! would be transferred to the new de
! partment.
! The Office of Buildings and Grounds
! District OF Columbia: the superin
tendent of the State. War and Navy
| Department Buildings. the Rock Creek
! and Potomac Parkway Commission
| ana all that pertains thereto, would
be transferred to its jurisdiction.
nf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE
holders of The Crawford Company will he
held ~ its Office. 1866 st NV Washing
ton. d. e. Mt II O'Clock am. on TuesCiav
January 9. 1896. for the election of officers
FOR the ensuing wear and the Transaction Of
sI"h other business as may come before the
n.nttn-. II. CRAWFORD.
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TIE ZION BAPTIST

ALL MEMBERS OF THE ZION BAPTIST
Church. + Il. between Bird and ~ SITS sw
gre hereby notified that the annual meeting
tor the election of Officers and the transac-
ton OF Other business Of vital imnortance
VII bc held At the church on Friday eve
ing Janua-y -. 1926. at 3 nm. Will
LIAM q OPtf. Clerk. |. CUNNINGHAM
LHaLrnlan Of the InInt Enar1L
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
D0HENY HEARING
IS ADJOURNED
UNTIL M @ N D A Y
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 26.-The
Fall.Doheny oil conspiracy trial ad-
iourned today until Monday when
Justice lIoehling will announce his
decision ON the important question,
whether conflicting Dohenv and
Fall statements before the Senate
Oil Committee in l923-24, about the
100000 Little Brown Satchcl =
loan will be admitted in evidence.
llochling announced an attempt
to speed justice that may end the
triad by Christmas when he agreed
to Saturday sessions and some night
sessions.
The United Press was informed
the defense will present 80 to IS
witnesses after the government fin
shcs with its IS to 100,
The youthful jury spent the dav
singing barber shop chords, while
Justice Hoehling listened to lengthy
legal arguments on the question ad-
mitting tho senate testimony of the
defendants, given in. December 1928
and January aud Rebruary, 1921, at
the height of the oil scandal.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
film COMPANIES
WANT LAW TO
STOP PICKETINC
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26.-Rep-
resentatives of Universal City film
companies appeared before the Los
Angeles county board of supcrvis-
crs today and requested immediate
passage of an anti-picketing ordi-
nance, in anticipation of the nation
wik strike of motion picture arti-
sans scheduled for Dee. |. The ap'
plication was referred to the county
council.
The city of Los Angeles already
has an ordinance forbidding picket
ing within the city limits. The film
companies situated outside the city
apparently want a similar ordinance
for their protection.
The scheduled strike will affect
virtually all studio mechanics and
carpenters in Southern California.
.3u in the east, il is reported, Will
affect thcatCr projcctionists and
musicians.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
TEN DIE WHEN
SWOLLEN RIVER
FLOODS TUNNEL. : J.
W0rkmen Trapped by
Water Unable to .Scram-
BILE to Safe Place.
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OAKLAND, Cal. Nov. 26.-A
second disaster of even greater trag-
ic consequences than the first was
narrowly averted today at the
mouth of Claremont Tunnel, in
which ten men drowned in tomb
of water following the collapse of
II coffcrdam last night.
About 20 workmcE. opening flood
gates ut the mouth of the bore, were
inl,G led whe', second cam Il few
hundred wards distant collapsed,
frcc,n" torrent o. water.
Warmed by tie shouts of nearby
comrades, the lncu struggled out of
the Shiny pit in which they were
working MY Il moment before the
wall of water rushed into it.
Continued rains o. torrential in
trnSitY Eampercd cf:CrtS today to
complete IN iGation of last
might : tunnel tragedy. Officials of
tire State Industrial Accident Com
u3~,iou and tie Fast Bay Munici-
I.ai WINTER ls,siriDt. for which the
Clarcmolf Tuanol is being con
structcd, were gathered ut the scene
! of t!r :i>a.ter but were nnah.'. to
survey tie death trap.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
COURT OF HONOR
FOR BOY SCOUTS
NEXT TUESDAY

Boosting for big attendance at
held at the Wilson school auditorium
next Tuesday night, Lee Welch,
manager of the Princess hotel, has
offered n prize of first aid kit to
the troop bringing the largest NUM-.
Der of visitors. AS the kit is pos.
session which the troops are all
anxious to win, local residents inter
estcd in the Boy Scout movement
are asked to plan TO attend on that
night and boost for their favoritc
troop.
Tickets will be handed out by
members of each troop, and the kit
will go to the troop having the larg-
est number of tickets turned in at
the door. The prize is what is
known as an "official Boy Scout
first aid pouch - and is claborately
equipped. but so compactly arranged
that it can he carried over the shoul-
der by single scout.
An important part of the program
will be a report by the scouts who
are at present attending the Older
boys council at Chico. Another
feature is stunt, the nature of
which is being kept a dark secret by
the lads, but which is declared by
those included in the mystery of 4
" knockout. y
The court of honor is n public
function, and all men and women
interested in boys welfare are urG'
ed to keep this date open for at
tendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
IS
H|NDRANCE
TO RESCUE
Cyclonic Winds Cause
Heavy Loss of Life in
Six Staes
S TILL BLOW | n G.
Rescue Squads Hampered
BY Gale Which RACES
FuriOusly.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. %
Deaths from the cycloHic winds
which swept five or six states OF
The south continued to mount late
today as rescue workers dag
through the debris Of the stricken
cities.
, \ United Press compilation at
.. $50 p. m. showed Il known dead
u ith about l5e injured and some 10
persons missing.
Property damage viii be cn"rm'
tls. ii was said
The worst of the stricken cities
, is Hebcr Springs, Ark, first city
struck, whore the known dead Is
now % and reports are current that
many bodies remain in the debris.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. %
High winds today whirled over five
southern states in the wake of thi
cyclone which last night and today
dealt death and desolation to thu
district.
4 United Press survey shortly
after neon today showed 80 persons
dead and 13S injured and ten miss
ING. The total damage is cstimatcG
at about $l,5O0,000.
Although the high winds TODAY
greatly hampercd rescue work, il
was believed they would cause no
further damage.
The states swept by the winds
irc}ude parts of Missouri, Arkansas.
Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama
and Tennessee. The cyclonic winds
were apparently divided into seferal
groups as reports of damage and
death came from widely scattered
ar"nS.
Hebcr Springs, Ary., Il little re-
sort town, was the hardest hit. IT
has II population of less than l73o
and it has Is known dead and 30
known injured.
The gale dashed Moscow while
marriage ceremony was being per
formed in the Goodhopc Baptist
church and leveled the structure.
It carried negro school house. 80
feet, unroofrd buildings, tore down
tIees and cat a Swath 200 yards
throughout the vicinity.
The COUNTRYSIDE is Uttered with
dead livestock and debris of all
sCrtS.
The little town of Gould, Ark.
iS cut off from communication with
the outside world and it is not
known whether there was any loss
OF life there
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
WET WEATHER IS
QUITE GENERAL
IN SOUTHLAND
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2G. =
Southern California was showcrcd
with rains again today, the prccipl-
tation varying from Il trace 10
heavy drizzIc> in some sections.
In Los Angeles and vicinity there
were light showers shortly before
noon, following drizzlcs throughout
the night and during the morning.
Other Southland paints reported
cloudy Hnd unsettled weather with
intermittent showcrs.
Thank sci, ing lay was fair and
cool in most sections Of Southern
California, with threats of rain in
some localities.
Todays 5 rainfall was expected to
be general throughout this territory
by nightfall, with Il prediction for
more unsettled weather and crcaS
ional showers tonight ard Saturday.
\ chill atmosphere accompanied
the downfall and cooling tcmpcra-
lures will prevail tonight and to-
morrow, the weather bureau pre-
dictcd.
Agricultural experts hailed the
rains as Il blessing to growing crops
including citrus and fruits.
Total precipitation for the cur
rent rain period at various points
was recorded by the weather bureau
as follows:
San Fernando los. Santa Ana
%, San Bernardino, Los. Santa
Barbara 3l7, Riverside 81, Red
lands 10. Pomona e.35. Pasadena
80, Newport lIarbor 81, Mt. Will
son 2.62, Los Angeles harbor %.
Corona 90. Los Angeles 2.03, San
Diego IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
Uncle Sam Going
After Tax Dodgers
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Los ANGELES, Nov. 26. - A
check up of income tax payments of
wealthy Southern California business
men for the past four years was I'M
der way today following alleged
disclosures of government agents
showing fraud or negligence on the
part Of hundreds of taxpayers.
According to Internal Revenue
Collector Galen II. Welch. the gov
crnment has lost more than $1,000
900 during the past four years to
negligent or fraudulent taxpayers.
Thousands Of comparatively small
returns were "short but for the
most part the losses were the result
of inaccurate reports by wealthy
taxpayers. Among the latter are
several persons said to have made
their profits in the liquor business.
Several booze runners. il was said
have been "short' for sums rang
ing from 100000 to 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
Reade's Brother
Goes to Prison
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Los AN GELES, Nov. 26.-Mil-
tom Rcade, brother of fluffy y
Rcade, who was hanged at SAN
Quentin, today was sentenced to n
term of five years to life in San
Quentin penitentiary,
Reade appeared before Superior
Judge Edwin +. Hahn and pleaded
guilty to one count of robbery and
one of grand larceny, an additional
count of robbery and two of burglary
were dismissed.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26

he heart Of Grandfather Mackay
wealthy head of the Postal Tclc,
graph, who disinhcritcd his daughter
when she married Berlin, of tin pan
alley. Mrs. Berlin S mother, now
Mrs Joseph A. Lake, welcomed her
grandehild at the hospital, hut
Mackay did not.
Mary Ellin is said 10 be the pie
tnr- of her mothor~-with large blue
eyes. '.ss -...
Tho baby is A.iust as perfect rs
they mako 'cm >, said pr, llarol.l
Bailey. obst etrican al York hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
HOPING BERLIN'S BABY WILL A..
SOFTEN GRANDFATHER'S HEART

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Thc Bcr,
lins baby has arrived, Il seven pound
girl. and already Il name has been
selected. She will be known as
Ellni
1t had been rumored several
months AGO, while the couple was
still in Europe honeymooning, that
Mrs. Irving Berlin, formerly Ellin
Mackey, was to present her song
writer husband with a baby. The
child came Thanksgiving afternoon.
And now the question is, will the
tiny hands of the new arrival soften
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
Death TOLL IN SOUTHERN STORM INCREASING
an Arrested Here Identified As L. A. Jail Breaker
Continue Trial
OF Libel Suit
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FRESNO. Cal, Nov. 26.-Becausc
attorneys on both sides want time
TO prepare arguments on a lengthy
demurrer flied by Rev. l.. ID. Davis,
W. w. Harrison, NJ. p. Smith. Ralnh
Kelsay. Thornton Doclle and j. w.
Newcombe in answer to an indict-
rent charging them with criminal
libel the ease will be continued on"
''.nck Superior Judge Charles Il.
Barnard said this noon.
The accused men are scheduled 10
appear before Judge Barnard late
,n,, afternoon. Incy are charged
ii sirairr II settlement that Shcr-
iff W. +. Jones, Fresno county, was
urunk III Il toalInga street dance.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
Father of Judge
Dies in Glendale
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GLENDALE, Nov. 26-Funerai
services will be conducted here to-
morrow afternoon for Edwin +.
stephens, SO, father of presiding
Judge Albert L. Stephens, Of the
Los Angeles superior court.
Ceremonies will be conducted by
DR.. John Albert Edy, at the Church
of the Flowers, with in,ermepi "
Glendale cemetery stephens died
lat his home here Yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
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SACRAMENTO, Nov. 26. Sacra
mcnto river has been rising rapidly
from the rains of the last two days
and now stands at IS feet, accord
ing to the reading Of the river
guagc today.
A heavy snowstorm is sweeping
the High Sicrras, which is expected
to increase the depth of snow which
is now moro than lS inches.
The precipitation in Sacramento
last night was ~ inches, bringing
the seasons total to 5.66.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
Hy United Press Leased VIE

! OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. 20.
buried beneath tons of watcr and
mud which swept down upon them
in turrrn,ial force, 10 men were be
Iicvcd dead today in Il narrow tun.
mel nearly l00e feet back III the
Contra Costa hills. - miles from
here.
The men, nine laborcrs and Il
fircmcn, were imprisoned last night
Il half hour after they had risen
from bountiful Thanksgiving din
ncrs and entered the tunnel for
their shift.
They were working on { portion
of the Mokclumne river project to
bring new water supply t" the
East Bay section.
The crew was caught without
warning rs the cloudburst outside
swellcd san Pablo creek, burst
down a cofferdam and turned Il del
uee of water into the tunnel.
The tragedy victims include X. d.
Morrison. sonora: Steve Zigich, +.
Il. Larson, Oak Park; Joe Dalick,
Lafayette; p. Saunders, Sacramcn-
to; Tony Segercrk, W. Pauley,
Chris OrSo. Frank Butcher, j. Cole
man.
1t will be several days before the
bodies can be reached, officials of
Gricr and Mead, contractors handl-
ing the project said.
All pumps at the scene were
= a. Ii, :.
and new equipment must be brought
in to remove the flood of water
which has filled the tunnel and -
foot perpendicular shaft from the
surface.
The tragedy followed "A heavy
rainStorm of cloudburst proportions
which swept the bay district during
the late afternoon, doing much dam
age.
One Man Escapes
Only one man escaped the torrent.
He was Stanley Secula, stationed
near the bottom of the shaft.
The night shift had just come
or, Sccula said. "The men left
the hoist and started for the head
ing to 20 to work. They must have
tcen about half way there when
heard the roar and saw the wall
If water pouring toward me-.
~ jumped and caught the ladder
that INNS down the shaft and pulled
myself above it.
~ looked back and saw Dalick
and Xigich. who were behind the
others. headed for their work. The
flood struck them and Knocked
them eff their feet and on before
il.
The death toll would have been
l. had two other laborcrs gotten to
work on time. They were on the
hoist, near the bottom of the shaft,
when they saw the torrent and
climbed back up the ladder TO safe
~.
Other workmcn outside the tunnel
sounded the alarm. Residents of
Lafayette, Il nearby town and
ranchcrS in the vicinity rushed to
the scene, but there was little they
could do, Another restraining dam
must be constructed before the work
Of pumping out the water can be
started.
The tunnel is a bore $4,000 feet
long through the Contra Costa eoun.
~ hills
The section struck by the flood
is about el00 feet long, with its
Ocontfnued on Page 81
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d Inventor
es in Belgium

|, Utah, Nov. 26.--John NJ.
-, of this city, world
|vcntor Of fircmans, is dead
Belgium, according To II
received here by relatives.
weeks ago Browning went
, pat the finishing touches
make of shotgun which is
|anufacturcd in Il plant
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sanctuary for Chinese
has been set aside near
|Stanislaus county.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
Nd SAWS
EE(RE ETEI)
\ SHOES
all Said by Officer
Be Charles Seely One
Escaped Trio.
ON PAROLE
Record of Previous
|tences in Folsom
San Quentin.

r Randall, arrested by Off
ID. Mayo last Tuesday night
len coupe, has been identi-
Que of the three prisoners
;ed their way To libcrt Y
Los Angeles city jail on lne
November II. When search
hall or Carl Sccley, As he
kcd in Los Angeles had two
IS in his shoes. He was ar
Il the northern city on Il
# burglary, it is asserted.
alton was made by Charles
Los Angeles police drt"e-
. was in RI Centre fnr
wing.
,c,ng grillcd by licnSlry and
iccfs. Scclcy admitted tha,
two. timer having served
'o.som and San Quentin. He
b parole from the last nam
ition. ~ the state has Il
IN upon him as we'll ~ Los
'itv and county, the charge
ny an automobile in this
be dropped. The prisoner
night in charge of the Los
officer for the northern
San Diego where certain
cs must be gone through
connection with dropping
charges.
Companion Fl"1
; arrest makes the second
years according to Sheriff
which hack saws were
the prisoner shoes and in
instance the prisoner had
G in the Arizona pcnitcn-
examination of the saws
and Officer Hcnslcy show
hey had evidently been re
cd. 'Th0Sc SAWS unqucS
we're the ones that let those
oncrs dash to liberty in thu
les city jail last week. = he
Scelcv refused 10 state
he man with him who
Eav when Officer Mayo
arrest was in the northern
. break. 1t was 50 dark
5 impossible to get even a
ription of the other man.