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parisiarne Beauty Shoppe. 12'
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-19

Automobile Loans. clear your
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me by ,.he month. Fred r. Cross,
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Don't Neglect that Rupture as il
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periencc. DR.. Scaton, Hotel Casa
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-19

Mrs. T. s. Taylor wishes to an
nounce to her friends and patrons
that she is now operating the laun-
dry business at Ala Vine St. and
that prices are the same as she pre-
viously charged. All work done by
hand aud special care taken of de-
licate articles. smw
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-19

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traction specialist. Davis Bldg
Evenings by appointment. Phone
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Overweight? See physical direc-
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-19

Vegetable Growers to Meet-Vcge-
table shippers aud brokers, opcrat-
ing in Imperial valley, arc invited
to attend n meeting scheduled for to-
morrow night Mt the Barbara Worth
hotel a 1:30. Several matters of
considerable Importance to the vcge.
table industry are to be discussed
and all who are interested are urg
ed to be present.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-19

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Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-19

Firemen Have Practice-Chicf
Ferguson took the members of the
FL Centre fire department out for
practice last night, and the firemen
were put through snappy program
lasting the greater part of an hour.
Tests of the La France pumpcr,
which was recently overhauIed,
showed it to be in good shape, and
quick time was made in unloading
hose and making hydrant eonnec-
tions.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
DRAINS AND MORE OF EN-!

ABOVE, LEFT RIGHT, DeFOres radio engineer
Mrs Edison Mr. Edison and Secretary Of Labor Davis
York Mr. Edison
light development and Mr. DeFoEes Inventor ct the
talking and radio devices met here for
the
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
YOUNG CHINESE LOVE THEM

MR. AND MRS HsIUNG HSI,LING founders Of chndren,s
Picking following
Hsiung children,
in need of instr
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
ION DAY
FUND LAGS

Arthur League. chairman Of the
finance committee Of the G.. Al. r.,
and allied veteran associations, calls
attention to the apparent lack of
public interest in the fund being
raised to decorate the graves Of the
soldier dead on May 30-31.
With but a few days remaining
subscriptions TO the fund do not
total half the amount received at
this date last year.
Chairman League and his com
mittee associates. therefore are
earnestly appealing for contribute
ions.
There are so, 900 graves to be
decorated, and if each is to be re.
membered generous response Is
imperative.
Tonight between the hours Of $50
and 1890, Rabbi Loeb viii broadcast
an appeal in connection with the
musical program to be given by
Mischa Guterson, of the Rialto
Theafer.
Watson B. Miller. room At Bond
Building. is requesting the use Of
automobiles to convey elderly and
disabled soldiers to Arlington on
May 81
Charles Kohen, chairman Of the
committee on flowers, announces
that all public school principals viii
receive floral offerings for the vet
Grams. These should delivered not
later that Friday noon. They will
be placed in cold storage until used.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25

Steps TO expand and place on a
permanent basis the Governments
foreign trade service were being
studied today By Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover, IN anticipation
Of passage by Congress of a bill
removing the temporary character
Of this bureau.
The new bin provides for estab-
Eshment in the Department IF
Commerce Of = ssforeign service. 2
charged with TIE task of develop
ing American commerce abroad.
Officials Of this service, to con-
sist Of commercial attaches, trade
commissioners and assistants, will
receive salaries ranging up to .
maximum of $4,000 annually, de-
pending upon the Importance Of
their posts.
Diplomatic Standing Provided
Commercial attaches and assist,
ants win have diplomatic standing
but while on the staff of American
embassies or legations, win report
directly to the Department Of Com.
merce.
Where no diplomatic posts exist
the State Department viii make
arrangements for the proper recog.
milton of the Governments com.
mercial agents.
Department of Commerce officials
consider the bin as Of vital i'm.
portance in the development OF
foreign commerce.
1t was pointed out that in the
past the Bureau of Foreign Com
pmerce has been temporary in char
acter. dependent for its existence
upon the action Of each successive
Congress.
Under the new bin the foreign
commerce service becomes a perma-
nent Government function.
Congress already has increased
the appropriation for foreign com
merce expansion for the year be-
ginning July /.
Officials said that a number OF
new trade posts probably would
be established and that important
Investigations pertaining to the de.
yelopment of additional markets
for American goods would be under.
taken.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
B Y RID PRAISES
Z D c. AIDES

Two Washington men, Charles
Kess1er, Of Foxall Heights. End r
II. ]. Mckay, were commended to
day in radiogram from Corndr
Richard E. Byrd to Maj. Gen. John
al. Lejeune. commandantf or the
Marine Corps, for their services al
members Of the Byrd polar expedi
ton.
In the radiogram, Byrd said that
Kessler and Mckay '.have done
great work and contributed much
to the success Of the expedition. ]
am proud Of them
Both of thesa1 men are members
OF the Marine Corps Mckay is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. j.. Nc
Kay, of Above Heights, Arlington
County, Va, and once before re
ceived favorable mention for his
services in Haiti and San Domingo,
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
BE GUN
BY RE- D Gross

An address By President Coolidge
viii open the second Pan Amer
lean Red Cross Conference IN the
continental Memorial Hail this
afternoon, before delegates from
eighteen American Nations and re-
presentatives from practically every
nation in the world.
The sessions viii be extended
over d period of ten days, with
practically every service feature Of
Red Cross work on the program for
discussion
The conference is sponsored by
the League of Red Cross Societies
which was formed in 1919 II is
the second Pan American Red
Cross Conference. The first was
held III Buenos Aires in 1923
This morning was devoted to the
registration of delegates and dis.
tinguished visitors. IA buffet lunch
con was served III the Red Cross
Building At IL. 30
The opening session was presided
over by Judge John Barton Payne,
chairman Of the Board Of Cover
.nors of the League Of Red Cross
Societies and chairman DC the Cen
trial Committee OF the Amer lean
Red Cross
& Other speakers, besides the presi.
dent. were to be Judge Payne,
Dame Rachel Crowcly, delegate Of
the Secretariat, League of Nations.
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director general
or the Pan American Union. re-
personalities Of the Red Cross
Eocfefies Of the American nations
Europe and Asia
night with & dinner to the delegates.
at the New Willard Hotel given by
the League Of Red Cross Societies..
The Washington times., 1926-05-25

in the interest Of Influential tax
payers in response to questions
by Representative Ralph Gilbert, Of
Kentucky.
don't see much use for Con
gress to pass legislation for the
District if 1t is to be ignored and
violated in this manner" declared
Representative Gibson.
Representative Gilbert bitterly de-
nounced Districts officials for lack
Of respect for the law extending
his criticism to judges Of the local
courts who, he declared, violated
the law by appointing relatives to
positions in the court.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
- InIsrnal lonal news ssrvIcs

b. Internaffo News seRvice
CHICAGO. May Is. Russell Scott.
the man who has snatched from the
gallows two hears before the seized.
nled execution on writ ordering
a test Of his sanity. was back in
Chicago today prepared to renew his
fight to escape the seemingly in
evitable moose.
Scott was taken before Acting
Chief Justice William w Brothers
today on d writ Of habeas corpus
He told the Judge that he had had no
communication with his attorneys
for several months and did not
know what it's all about.
Judge Brothers agreed that he
should be granted time To confer
with his lawyers, and Scott was led
back TO cell while bailiffs began
efforts to get into communicates
with William Scott Stewart. attQr
ney who saved him from the gal
lows before,
Scott was colnnlitte ted to the asylum
when a jury found he had become
insane after he had been sentenced
to hang for the murder Of Joseph
Maurer, a young drug clerk, during
"a holdup. He was returned to Chi
cago yesterday after q commission
or State alienists declared he had
recovered his sanity.
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The Washington times., 1926-05-25
FNV|VG RIAL
IS MED


The way was cleared today bs
for examination Of two Of the mosl
against Commissioner Frederick Al
Fenning.
The committee will meet at ~
o'clock tomorrow morning to re
ceive and examine evidence in cor
nection with the charges that Fen
ming appeared as attorney IN
claims cases before the United
States Veterans Bureau while hold
ing Federal office and that he re.
ceived unwarranted and Illegal
double commissions from the es
tates of his wards.
Charges Are Serious
The first offense, It is charged
Is a violation nf the Revised Stat,
utes, carrying q fine and jail sen
tence, and the second, It Is con,
tended by Representa- tive Thomas
Z, Blanton, Of Texas. author OF
the impeachment charges, consti.
tutes embezz1ement.
An unexpected lull came today
in the proceedings The Judiciary
Committee, proceeding ahead OF its
schedule, concluded the examina.
ton of four important witnesses
yesterday and adjourned until to-
morrow. Subpoenas have been pre-.
pared for nearly score Of wit.
nesses many of whom win appear
tomorrow.
The House District sub-conTnnit-
tee after a meeting last night, in
which District officials were under
fire. adjourned until 1880 p. m. to.
morrow.
Rest For BIantOn
The suspension OF activities, il
was indicated. was largely the re.
suit OF considerations on the part OF
both committees for Representative
Bianton, who has been carrying
almost single-handed the burden 81
the impeachment. For more than
two months he has averaged nearly
IL hours a day at the Capitol work
ing on the case.
Last night, for the first time
since the first charges were made
against Fenning, he missed meet.
Ing of the District subcommittee,
He sent message to Representa-
tive Ernest w. Gibson, of Vermont,
that he was i'll and requested that
ne De EXCUSED
Yesterday was an exceptionally
trying day for the Texan. Through
out the morning and a large part
of the afternoon he was before
the Judiciary Committee, present.
ing evidence in support OF his
charges and assisting in the ex.
animation of witnesses.
During the early part OF the
afternoon he was on the floor of
the House, acting as minority
leader OF the District Committee in
the handling of District legislation.
After the adjournment of the
Judiciary Committee he spent some
time in his office preparing evi.
dtnce for the next meeting of the
committee.
Laws Ignored
sharp criticism of District Of
ficials for an alleged disposition
on their part to ignore laws passed
by Congress was the feature of
last nights hearing before the Dis
trict subcommittee.
c.. M. Towers. collector of taxes.
admitted that recent transfer of
clerks and files from his office to.
that OF the assessor was made in
the face Of the law. upon order
OF the District Commissioners. He
denied that the change was made
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
10 Tines / RON
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 25.-
George Anderson. TIC North Col
umbus St.. is in the Alexandra
Hospital suffering from a possible
skull fracture and other injuries
as q result of being struck by an
automobile driven by Charles r.
Gaede, 81S Princess St.. this morn
ing. Gaede was released on his
personal bond for a hearing later
in the week.
M. Barrett, charged with neglect
ing to send his child to school,
was fined SO and costs in police
court this morning. f.. Marshall,
colored, charged with driving with.
out a permit, forfeited $1S.
Mayor w. "a. Smoot, this morn
ing welcomed the Virginia Council
OF the Knights of Columbus, winch
opened its session here in the Eilzs
Hall After the session the dele
gates were taken on a sightseeing
trip and placed a wreath on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
Arlington. A banquet will be held
tonight and business sessions to-
morrow.
The annual Confederate Memorial
services were held yesterday at
the Confederate Monument and
Christ Church yard under the aus
pices of r. r. Lee Camp and the
United Daughters OF the Confed pr
acy. John M. Johnston, commander
OF Lee Camp, presided and the in.
vocation was by the Rev. w. J..
Morton. John H. Trimyer ieliy.
cred the memorial address. After
the services at the monument. the
camp. led by detachment Of en-
gineers from Fort Humphrey. went
to Christ Church yard and strewed
flowers on the graves Of the an
known Confederate dead.
CORTLAND H. Smith, nephew Of
the late Margaret V. Smith, has
filed suit in the Corporation Court
to require DIR. M. d. Delaney, per-
sona1 physician of Miss Smith, to
return several gifts of land and
other property, claiming that Miss
Smith was incapable Of making a
valid transfer. He also asks an
accounting. There is now pending
a suit to settle the validity of sew
eral wills offered for probate by
DIR. Delaney and CORTLAND Smith.
The American Legion, through
F. Clinton Knight. has offered to
clean up the First Presbyterian
Cemetery, the oldest graveyard in
the city.
At the meeting of the Civic
Bureau last night 1t was announced
that joint meeting between the
city manager, a committee from the
bureau and a representative of the
Mutual Ice Company will be held
to consider taking over the wharf
of the Mutual Ice Company as
municipal wharf. also that the
river road to Mount Vernon will
be improved this summer. $4,000
having been raised for the improve
ment between Alexandria and Gum
Springs.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
Want to Sign Cakes

PARIS, May 25.-Desirous of
achieving a greater celebrity for
their culinary works of art, the
more exclusive cooks are now lie.
manding that they de permitted
to sign their work. just as painter
autographs his canvasses and a
writer tke childroA ot his brain.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
CYCLE ALL ovVANcE FREE
or COPS RELIEF DRAFT

Park police drawing extra com
pensation Of $3.50 a year for the up
keep of motorcycles. do not need 60
contribute 2 Is per cent of this
money to the firemen policemen re-
lief fund, Comptroller General j..
r. McCarl ruled today.
Many of the park police have
been paying this percentage to the
relief fund since July /, 1924 This
money will be refunded by virtue
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
Marian HerseI

YES, IT'S MARIAN NIXON.
film player. with hat 81 quilted
silk with grograiIicd ribbon hand
and WIladdye know shout that
This ii not press picture. and
nKari0n,s not 4 star
The Washington times., 1926-05-25

Wood ifnpregnated with creosote
under pressure has been found to
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
Students to Give Play

A play, white Asters, : will be
given by pupils of Langley Junior
High School in the school audi
torium tonight at s O'CLOCK.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25
ARL IVGT0 co.
Ne VS. BRIEFS

ARLINGTON COUNTY, May rs.
with group Of citizens 81 the
town n Rotomac believing there
should " d change III the admins.
tration OF the affairs Of the town.
citizens ticket, headed BY will
liam Kleysteuber as candidate for
mayor. has been named The other
candidates are j. r.. Johnson, town
clerk; Richard Al Roseberry, treas.
urer; S. Al Holdings. town ser
geant and IL. ". File. Floyd R. KEEL
Fitzgerald, Aaron Garrett and Wal.
ter 4. Fuller for councilman.
The election will be held June 8.
One year In the penftentiary was
the sentence given q. Updilse, Of
Falls Church yesterday In the cir
cult court of Fairfax county, By
Judge Samuel G.. Brent. Updilke
was charged with feionious assault
upon john +. Moling, 79-year-old
Justice Of the peace. of Falls
Church.
Among those VINO win represent.
Arlington county at the Eighth
Congressional district Republican
convention which meets at Man
assas today, are Lawrence Michael,
John G. Dudley, Mrs. John e.
Dudley, Mrs. Mary Lockwood, Will
liam H Duncan. Charles w. Bow
beer, Thomas w. BaiIIie, Hugh Nc
Caffrey. Joseph 4. Crupper, Her
bert HI. Porter, Al. B. Eaton, III. B.
Mason, william f. Kennedy, e. b.
Rynex, Carl Al Marshall, John.
Clarkson. John Agnew, Col. j.. G..
Pepper. w. r. Rose, Carl Weaver,
william G. Wibert, DR.. j.. d.
Gould. Arthur J. Porter, and Louise
Buicek.
The monthly meeting of the
Arlington Citizens Association viii
be held tonight in the auditorium
OF the old Columbia pike school
house with President H. G.. Corbett
-presiding.
Unanimous Endorsement OF the
plan for modern water system
for Arlington county was given at.
a meeting of the mems club held
last night, with Vice President.
William 4. Bragg presiding.
The Washington times., 1926-05-25

The American Legion, through
r. Clinton Knight, has offered to
clean up the First Presbyterian
Cemetery, the oldest graveyard in
the city.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
CANADIAN LIQUOR
SHIPS SUPPLY U. s.
Consignments to South
America Diverted to Coast
States, Is Charge.
By the Associated Press.

VICTORIA, B. c., November a.
How liquor shipments from British
Columbia, ostensibly destined for
Mexican and South American ports,
have been landed in California, Wash
ington and Oregon for the bootleg
trade was detailed here today by wit
nesses before the Royal Commission
from Ottawa inquiring into customs
conditions on the Pacific Coast.
N. w. Rowell, chief counsel for the
commission, declared that the British
Columbia liquor control board ought
to state whether it had not been wink
ing at smuggling by granting per-
mltS for shipment of liquor from this
province to Central America and
South America when reasonably sure
that the cargoes were being delivered
into the United States.
Customs Collector Davey of Vic.
toria testified that 500 cases of LIQUOR
loaded on the steamer Charena here
in February never reached the des-
tination, San Bias, Mexico, to which
they were billed. He showed a power
OF attorney from w. o. Watson Of
Buena Ventura. Columbia, to the
Northwest Brokers, Ltd, of Van
couver, and an appointment of Ed
ward H. and Henry H. King as Vic
toria agents. He said that the Kings
signed declarations that liquor con-
signed to Watson was for export to
South America, and that they prom
ised to produce certificates that the
liquor had been landed there.
Edward II. King testified he had
sworn on information given him that
mi INn n L.
Central American ports named in
ships papers. He admitted he re-
ceived $3.50 to $400 each time he off,
oiated in clearing liquor cargo from
British Columbia.
Details of how liquor thus consigned
was shifted to vessels off Washing
ton, Oregon and California were re-
lated by the masters Of vessels known
as mother ships.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
KNOCK. DOWN BOND
SELLERS ARE FINED
Railroad Company and Manager
Penalized for Cutting
Market Price.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, November 27.-Under
pleas Of guilty entered by the Alaska
Anthracite Co. and by Charles b,
Davis. its general manager, both in
dicted for selling securities at less
original sales by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, fines of $4,000
each were imposed today in United
States District Court.
The court action was hailed I'm
United States Attorney Buckner's
office as marking "a new era as re
CARDS safeguarding investors in rail-
road securities"
A comparatively new section of the
interstate commerce act, designed to
protect umitlate buyers from knock
down" agreements between financiers
and corporation executives, provides
that securities sold by interstate car
riers or traders must be originally
disposed Of, or ''floated," at not less
than Zero" sales prices. based by
the commission upon expressed par
values and other conditions. In the
case Of the Alaska Anthracite Rail-
road, bonds were authorized on All
original sale basis of 80 per cent OF
the expressed value, sale being effected
on TN per cent basis.
The section in question provides
that civil suits may be instituted
against directors Of corporations
which offend by violating the Inter-
state Commerce Commission orders,
and civil suits against former direc-
tors Of the Alaska Anthracite Rail
road are pending in Seattle.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
TOWN BUR|ES LAST
|. OF q STORM DEAD
Heber Springs, Ark, Displays
Usual Activity After Making
Reconstruction Plans.
By the Associated Press.

by Cne ASSOCldtcu EIcSS
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark, November
27.-The business section of Heber
Springs displayed it's usual activity to-
night after Army tents sheltered the
homeless in the north side residence
district, where Thursday nights tor
nadoes demolished Is blocks and
wrought heavy death toll.
The last of the 81 who perished in
the Heber Springs area were buried
today, and three score injured and
$50 homeless persons were provided
for by town folk, who were aided by
State authorities, Red Cross workers
and volunteer relief corps from neigh
boring towns.
Plans for rebuilding the wrecked
part of the resort town were being
made by leading citizens, who author
lied newspapermen to announce that
the little Ozark city was not diScOur-
aged by the storms results and would
quickly be recovered from it's prop
erty losses.
j. r. Wayne, adjutant general Of
Arkansas, made a survey Of conditions
today and tonight was confident that
all necessary measures had been
adopted to protect the community
against epidemic. The water supply,
partly restored last night, was near
normal today.
Arkansas guardsmen continued to
guard property in the ruined area.
The local battery was at regular drill
when the twisters fell upon the city
Thursday night and Immediately went
on duty in finding the dead, relieving
the injured and discouraging looting.
Old residents believed that storm
cellars, built after the destructive blow
of 1916, preserved several scores from
death
Evening star., 1926-11-28
PIRATES Den RAIDED
FOR SECOND Time
Manager Of Night Club Is Held
Under $4,000 Bond-Two
Others Arrested.

Three arrests were made when the
Pirates Den, 1919 New York avenue.
was raided for the second time in a
week last night. John d. Benton. The
manager, was charged with running
an unlicensed amusement place, and
an additional charge of violating the
bad check law was placed against
him by Headquarters Detective
Springman. William ]. Newland, COS
Pennsylvania avenue, was listed as
the complainant in the check case,
which was alleged to involve $117.
Those arrested with Benton identi
fed themselves as Bert Johnson, 81, n
broker, living at a Sixteenth street
address, and William Foster OF Chi
cago. They were charged with drink
ing in public and released on $25 col
lateral, while Benton was held at
the First Precinct for $4,000 bond
Acting Lieut.. w. H. Carlin and
Precinct Detective r. B. Carroll with
six men staged the raid.