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Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-22
Two Men Drowned
In Oregon River
BY United Press Leased Wire

GRANTS PASS, Ore, July %. --
Howard Hoff, 20, of Glendora, Cal,
and Steve Maxev, of this district,
are dead here today as the result of
a double tragedy in the Rogue river.
Hoff, u member of the Clarion
four, a quartet that had appeared
here, was swimming when he start
ed going down. Maxey lost his
life in trying TO save Hoff.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-22
Hold Aviator For
Death of Girls
By United Press Leased Wire

VENICE, Calf, July 22.-An in
quest will be held here tomorrow in
to the death of Madeline kupfcr
and Letitla Normandin, Los Angc-
les killed in an airplanc crash at
the beach.
Carroll b. Crossman, pilot Of the
plane which also injured Jimmy
Lyon when il crashed into the surf
crowd, was held in Los Angeles on
a charge of suspicion of manSlaugh
ter pending outcome of the inquest
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-22
WOMAN DIES ENROUTE
TO PACIFIC COAST
Ry United Press Leased Wire

SANTA FE, y. NJ, July %, -
Mrs Josephine Blair Harvey, 80
wife of Fred Harvey, president of
the Fred Harvey hotel and restau'
rant system, died here today follow
ing a stroke which, she suffered
Sunday.
Mrs. Harvey was enroute tc
California to spend the summer
Members of her family were at her
,bCdsidc when death came.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-22
cy limited rscss Leased Wire

NEW YORK, July !2.--Thr sum
mcr 4 first heat wave continued 10
rnvclop the east today, driving the
death list attributable up to the 100
mark-if not above it-and causs'
inp intense suffering in the crowd
ed sections of the larger cities.
Reports to the United Press from
the various parts of the country
showed a known death list of - for
the hot spell To datc-50 in the md
west; II in New York City, New
Jersey and New York state; six IN
New England; Il in Ohio, and fiVe
in Washington, ID. {.
Deaths not reported, IT was rear
ed, would bring this figure r"nSi"-
crably higher.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. July -
Seventeen fatalities from the III,
tense heat this week were reported
today in Ohio.
Six were added Yesterday as the
thermometer for the second t'mr
. passed the 100 mark in number OF
cities throughout the state.
The temperature here reached W.
n record July 81 by five degrees
There were five prostratlonS III the
city but no deaths.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-22

The apple growers at Cowichc,
Washington, are buying ware
house, GO by $50 feet by paying five
cents on every box of apples sold.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-22
ANALYSIS SHOWS GIRL
DIED NATURAL DEATH

LOS ANGELES, July 22-,A chem
lists analysis of the vital organs of
Miss Eva Miller, Monrovia nurse,
who died Wednesday, July IA, re-
thymitus, a contributory cause being
acute indigestion. An analysis was
ordered when an autopsy failed to
disclose Il natural cause for death.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-22

Early grapes are being picked at
Richland. Washington, and Tokays
will be harvested in August. This is
the earliest section in the northwest.
Evening star., 1926-11-08

BILE for this situation. Smaller com.
panies, unable to weather the com
petition, both financially and ir
quality of products. have fallen by
the wayside. Orphan cars" ma
chimes built by manufacturers now
out of business, are everywhere to
be seen. Each one of them repre-
sents business tragedy, a sacrifice
to the inevitable progress of a great
industry.
The motorist has unquestionably
gained by the keen competition car
ried on through these sixteen years.
The automobile of today is immeas.
urably better than the car Of 1910
and the finer quality and cheaper
prices have been the result Of this
competition.
Concentration will undoubtedly
continue. Two large companies are
now manufacturing more than halt
of the country's output. the largest
output of any nation in the world
The public each year is buying auto
mobiles in increasing numbers and
the saturation point still seems to
he far in the future. 1t is a battle
for the survival of the f1ttest among
the various manufacturers and the
motorist can sit back in the well
upholstered seat of his car knowing
that he, no matter what happens
will be the eventual winner.
Evening star., 1926-11-08
Oil Lease Decision
Notable u. S. Victory

trom the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The decision Of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals canceling
the Teapot Dome lease to Harry F..
Sinclair is a notable victory for the
Government and for it's special at
torneys, Owen j. Roberts and Atlee
Pomerene. Announcement of an ap-
peal by Sinclair makes the final out
come of the litigation depend on the
finding Of the United States Supreme
Court, but the honors rest with the
Government so far after it's initial re-
pulse in the Cheyenne District Court.
The opinion rendered by Judge Ken
yon is extremely sweeping in nature
and vigorous In tone. 1t takes into
account every element, even indirect
ly, surrounding the case with susp-
cion, to arrive at its conclusion that
the lease and contract were obtained
by fraud and corruption, and that a
trail of deceit, falsehood and bad
faith runs through the entire transac.
ton.
The vindication Of the good faith Of
all the officials concerned, except ex-
Secretary Fall, is explicit and confirms
the impression among minded
people at the time that Secretary
DENLY was the victim of unfair
clamor. Whatever the final outcome,
the results 40 far obtained vindicate
the policy Of the Coolidge administra-
tion In insisting % . thorough legal
ventilation Of the~whele transaction.
Evening star., 1926-11-08
European Peril Seen.
America Warned to Increase
Not Decrease, Armaments.

To the Editor of The Star:
America should not disarm Amer
ica should greatly increase her arma-
ments, and especially her Navy and
her air forces.
1t is impossible to conceal the fact
that the United States of America
is now exceedingly unpopular in Eu-
rope, and that a feeling of enmity
is being deliberately worked up and
fostered by the European press.
The Pan-European Congress, meet
ing in Vienna, proposes to organize a
United States of Europe Ito present
solid front to the United States
Of America, economically and politi-
cally." In London Dean Inge, preach.
ing in st. Pauls Cathedral, England S
greatest temple of worship. recently
said:
"1t Is more than possible that the
nations Of Europe, enraged by the
blOated prosperity and airs of supe-
riority of the man who won the war,
may combine to draw Shylock' s
teeth"
Your readers will be aware that in
the Middle Ages it was the custom
to draw the teeth Of rich Jews (such
as Shylock). one by one. in order to
extort money. Dean Inse's mean.
ing Is therefore unmistakable. He
predicts, with quite open exultation
that "the nations of Europe" will
some day combine" to rob the United
States Of America of its vast ac.
cumulated wealth.
This is not the talk of an alarmist
it is quite logical. and we'll within
the limits of European international
morality, or rather. immortality
When European nations go to war
they do so for purposes of punder-
they want more territory. they want
more trade, they want coal mines
gold mines, diamond fields. OH wells
anything to make money. They covet
each others colonies. and so thew
declare war on each other upon some
other pretext.
They now. quite obviously, covet
the immense accumulated wealth OF
the United States Of America, and
intensely desire to cancel the enor
nous deots which they owe to this
country. That wealth could he az,
torted and those debts could be can.
celed by war alone
Suppose that the nations of E,,
rope" were to use their combined fleets
TO draw Shylock's teeth''-to extort
let us say, an indemnity or ransom
or a hundred billion dollars from the
United States by threat to bomba I'd
the city of New York, after destroy
ing the reduced and limited Amer
1can fleet upon the Atlantic Ocean
what could this country do but nav
the money? '"'
America should not disarm. Amer
lea should have a Navy and air forces
capable of securing her coasts q arainst
any european combination which
could be brought against them,
BERTRAND SHADWELI
Evening star., 1926-11-08

The latest thus far establishes the
record. The prosecuting officer has
his chief witness, Ill in a hospital at
the county seat, removed to another
city in order, he announces, to ensure
her proper treatment and her recovery
sufficiently to permit her appearance
on the witness stand. This removal
is effected against the protest Of the
hospital authorities.
The woman thus suddenly switched
out of one hospital and put into an.
other has from the first been an out.
standing figure In the case. a strange
person, telling a remarkable story, to
which she has adhered in every detail
despite challenge and dispute. In court
on the opening day of the trial, she col
lapsed the next day and had to be
taken to an institution for care. Con.
f1icting statements were made as to
her condition: She was dying Of can.
GER; she was overcome by the nervous
tension of the case; she had been
poisoned; she was taking illness TO
prevent conformation by her aged
mother, who is said to be on hand as
witness for the defense to refute
her testimony.
In his explanation Prosecutor Simp.
son states that this woman has been
the object, Of systematic persecution
ever since she appeared in the case.
four years ago, that her farm lands
have been taken from her by one sub.
terfuge and another, that she has been
physically attacked. The plain init.
nation is that efforts have been made
to dissuade her from testifying. II
her story, which has been told several
times, Is retold at the trial and is
believed by the jury it will undoubted
ly weigh heavily against the defend.
ants. There is. however. no evident
basis for the allegation that she has
been prosecuted in an effort to drive
her away and silence her.
Differing reports are given as to
her condition. She will not be in shape
to go to court for many weeks; she
can testify IN few days. Under the
laws Of New Jersey the ante-mortem
statement Of witness prevented by
illness from appearing cannot be re-
ceived by the court. The witness must
appear in person and give testimony
and be subjected to cross-examina-
tion and rebuttal. The State law per-
mits adjournment of a trial for one
month to await the recovery of wit
ness from illness. Thus it will be the
effort of the prosecutor to carry on his
presentation Of evidence without the
pig woman" until she has regained
sufficient strength to take the stand.
And so the ultimate climax of her ap-
pearance is postponed, and opportunity
offers for additional surprises to main
tain the record Of this extraordinary
case.
Evening star., 1926-11-08
The Automobile Industry.

An interesting condition in the
automobile industry is revealed by
figures in a recently issued business
bulletin. which demonstrates con-
clusively that the industry is steadily
concentrating into a relatively small
number of leading companies. In
1910, forty makers exhibited their
wares at the National Automobile
Show in New York. Between 1910
and 1918 there was a rapid growth,
and In the latter year one hundred diff
ferent makes OF automobiles were on
display. Between 1918 and 1922 there
was some fiuctuation. the number Of
exhibitors ranging from eighty six
e ninety From 1922 TO 1926. how
ever, there has been a continuing de-
crease in the ranks of the manu-
facturers and in the 1926 show In
New York there were only ffty-two
displays. The sum total, therefore, Of
sixteen years progress In the industry
a. an increase Of twelve companies,
and. with all indications pointing to a
continuation of this concentration.
It may be only Ave or ten years hence
before conditions: as far as number
OF manufacturers Is concerned. are
the "a me as when the trade was In
its infancy.
sta7zardizstisc ana shs peefsng
Of csff3ai are undsuetedly responsi-
Evening star., 1926-11-08
Shipping Plan Outlined.
End of Subsidy Believed Neces-
sary to Success.

To the Editor of The Star:
The members of the Shipping Board
have recently been in various parts
of the country. holding hearings, that
they may sound out the attitude OF the
people toward a permanent policy re-
garding the merchant marine. IRese
findings will no doubt form the Isis
of expected congressional action:
1t seems an appropriate time for an
ordinary citizen, with no interest 10
serve or any organization to represent,
to voice a suggestion. .-
A tariff policy Is maintained IN THIS
country for the encouragement OF
American industries; nearly all OF
them enjoy it's benefits with the ex-
ception of the shipping. These INDUS
tries have mostly prOspered ana e4-
panded until their production is now
so large that they are seeking a Tor
eign market.
1t is quite generally conceded tnat
American lines of steamers are neces-
sary for the maintenance or foreign
trade. This Is especially true Where
the mercha ndise is in sharp compeu-
tion with similar foreign goods.
But American ships. unassisted by
the tariff are unable to earn reason
able dividends. Hence. in order to
favor them as other industries, some
form of aid must be adopted.
Every one who has observed pro-
posed shipping legislation for the last
20 years or more will feel that to be
successful such aid must be stripped
Of every appearance of a gratuity.
In order to bring relief to American
foreign-going ships in a practical man.
ner, it Is suggested that a plan be
given consideration by which ships
draw refund or adjustment from the
Government, which might be called
the shipping tariff adjustment"
this payment to be based on ships
outward manifest each voyage. but
limited in annual amount by the aver
age difference in the cost of operating
the American ship and similar one
under foreign flag.
In this way ship would get her
tariff adjustment only to the extent
Of her public service by participating,
according to her manifest. in foreign
trade. Through her service certain
mills would have run more hours and
farms been under greater acreage.
In the case of passenger lines whose
outward cargo may he comparatively
small with their large operating costs
the passenger list OF her manifest
should receive consideration in her ad-
justment Those vessels whose out
ward passages are in ballast would
need the application of different plan
an adjustment probably based on the
differential costs here and abroad.
The Shipping Board reconstruction
fund might be used. in the judgment
OF the board. to aid pioneer lines or in
favor of those lines threatened by for
eign lighting ships"
1t would seem that through such a
policy Of tariff adjustment enterprise
in the shipping business would be
stimulated, efficiency encouraged,
economies effected and none of the
undesirable features Of subsidy would
be experienced. Furthermore, it would
have better chance of meeting the
approval of Congress.
GERSHOM BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1926-11-08
Passing of Houdini Elicits
Host of Editorial Tributes

ever cherished fact more fOndly than
Houdini. Perhaps there Ia another to
take his place. but at this time we
cannot think who he can he. But
even though his physical place he
taken. not even time can rob his mem
ory of the glory that was Houdinfs
in life
The Indianapoli Star adds TO the
record Of the dead magician that
his passing will also be regretted
by many ill and crippled children. for
he never overlooked an opportunity
to inject little sunshine into their
lives by performing some of his sim
pie tricks before their wonder struck
eyes" The Star feels that while
"HOudini's ability to expose shams
has been valuable. he was known
chiefly as an entertainer. and IL is
in this field that he will be missed. :"
8
His death. declares the Davenport
Dymocrat. removes from the stage
it's greatest mystifier; he has gone on
and solved the greater mystery. but
may not come back to tell us Of II.
The eStimate of the Asbury Park
Press is that lit IS unlikely that any
maGiciaH of this generation achieved
tie fame which HOudini earned. He
was tireless in his efforts to excel and
he reaped the reward of his work In
hearing his name used as a synonym
for stage cunning and excellence in
the magician's craft" The New York
World is impressed with the fact that
apparently there was not one bit OF
occult hokum with which he was not
familiar. and which he could not re-
produce to the delight of audiences
which watched"
Master Of magic. he will he re-
membered." states the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. ''as one of the great
illusionists He never claimed 10 he
anything more or less" But the Ledg-
err regrets that he takes the secret
of his most dramatic feats with him
to the grave" and suggests that the
tablera ppers and bell.ringers. the
trumpet-talkers and veil-wearers. will
all breathe easier now that Houdin
is gone" The Providence Bulletin
predicts that 'stories of his exploits
will probably be handed down for
generations still TO come" and offers
the Judgment that "he played an ex.
traordinary but delightful role on the
worlds stage"
while possessing all the quickness
/ Of the hand indispensable to the dealer
in magic" says the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch. "he was equipped, in addi-
tion, with a most wonderful intellect
Supreme in his field, Houdini was one
of those brilliant characters who focus
the worlds attention from time N
time. like meteor shooting through
space. There will be aspirants for the
niche which he has left vacant hut
there Is none yet i'm sight who can
. hll it,
Evening star., 1926-11-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE

the region where men are men, and
women can't vote, either.
X X X
Most United States Senators con-
slider a place on the foreign relations
committee the blue ribbon honor of
the upper house of Congress. If the
G. 0. p. organizes the Senate therell
be no fewer than 3 out of the party's
10 places on Borahs committee to
parcel out to the worthy faithful.
Messrs. Lenroot. Pepper and Butler
are the Senators whose places will
have to be filled. Henrik Shipstead.
Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, Is on the
foreign relations committee, a place
offered him at the instigation of Sena
tor Lodge. If the Democrats con-
the SEVENTEEN Senate, Senator Swan
son Of Virginia. ranking minorityite,
will become chairman.
X X X
Not in many years have so MANY
members Of the House of Representa-.
tives been graduated into the Senate
as will come into that body in con.
sequence Of the recent elections. Bark
ley Of Kentucky. Hawes of Missouri
Tydings of Maryland. Thomas of Ok.
lahoma. Ware of Pennsylvania and
Hayden of Arizona are all House
members. Frank l.. Smith. Senator.
elect from Illinois, was in the House
OF Representatives during the Sixty
sixth Congress. Both leaders in the
Senate-Curtis of Kansas, Republican
and Robinson of Arkansas, Democrat
served House apprenticeships for
several terms.
Maj. Stanley Washburn. Queen
Marie of Rumanias American mill
tary aide, who's been at loggerheads
with Samuel Hill. her vivacious maj
esty's Pacific Coast host, is one of the
United States distinguished war cor
respondents. He is also a soldier OF
notable record in the World War
Washburn is a son of the late United
States Senator William d. Washburn
of Minnesota. He won journalistic
fame as command Of a newspa per
dispatch boat during the Russo-Ja pa
| nese war of 1904.1a0S Before the
United States entered the World War
WaShburn was one Of Lord North
cliffe's London Times correspondents
on the eastern front. serving success
sively with the Russian and Ru
manian armies. He's as brave as a
lion. One of the most courageous
tnlnGS WdSnDufn ever d1d was to run
for Congress on the Republican ticket
in a hopelessly Democratic district in
New Jersey in 1924. A sister of his
is Mrs. Hamilton Wright. restless
anti.opium crusader at the League OF
Nations.
Japan is the first foreign country
to avail itself of the privilege extend
ed by act of Congress two years age
whereby the United States Army
world flyers-Lieuts. Smith, Arnold.
Ogden. Wade, Nelson and Harding
were authorized to accept decorations
offered by other governments. Am
bassador Matsudaira has just notified
the War Department that the Order
of the Sacred Trea sure has been be
slowed by the Mikado upon Smith
,, Arnold and Ogden. and the Order OF
the Rising Sun upon Wade. Nelson
and Harding. The Ambassad dor was
anxious to pin the decorations on the
breasts of our immortal aviators. bu,
they're scattered all over the world
now, and three of them Ogden, Wade
and Harding) are out Of the service
SO the medals and ribbons will be sen,
them privately.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-11-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

A careful observer becomes more
and more convinced that the ability
to remain solemn under all circum
stances marks the successful man.
The unhappy young fellow with a
sense OF humor. who allows the praise
and smiles Of comrades to induce him
to- do his stuff" has voluntarily re
linQuished sure way to prestige and
affiuence.
There are other ways, of course, but
this is by all odds the easiest and the
most certain. Hard work has long
been held up before the American
youth as the sure-fire method
Honesty, too. although regarded by
some as slightly old Fashioned, still
holds its own.
The ability to be solemn, on the
other hand, has never received the
attention which 1t deserves. Hare
the world-the American world, al
any rate-is running after success
in all it's forms. and one of the great
ent means in the world is neglected.
Wisdom Is ofttimes nearer when
we stoop,
Than when we soar
said Wordsworth, poet with the child
like mind.
There is no need to seek madly
after success, when the mere act OF
solemnity will give man an 1nltla
prestige.
If any think we overestimate this
facility, let him look around him ano
he will see that the successful, II
every walk Of life. are those with
grave countenances.
The yery antithesis of this. unbrl'
died iollity, ought to bring forth, then,
It not exactly failure. at least ho'
much.
Sure enough, 1t does. The most
amorphous group in the world ls
crowd of high school students out Tor
lunch. The crowd, as a crowd, Is ap-
solutelv unsuccessful and it's compo'
uent members, in so far as they are
factors in the herd, are unsuccessfui.
Nirth holds sway. While no lord or
misrule IL elected. that LEGENDARY
figure clearly dominates. Ihe youhs
men. who have not. with some excep'
tions. made successes Of themselves IN
the workaday world as We know 1t,
indulge largely in jokes, and repartee
that must he listened to. II one is to
appreciate 1t to it's full. 1t simply
cannot be reproduced. 1t is accompa-
nlSO DV WISE CRACKS lIdI dIo Ilot
funny. and laughter that is often in
ane. The giggles Of the high school
girl long subject for comment. are
still in the land.
The whole object of this little So
ciety. when not held down by school
routine and rule, seems to be to ban
ish solemnity, and put in it's place
anything whatsoever, so long as it
smacks of mirth.
The boys and girls in the school.
however. who are the real leaders, and
who generally have the best standing
in classes as well as in the various
outside activities" as they are called,
including sports and drills. are usual
ly young persons strikingly marked
by sobriety Of countenance.
They seem to have intuitively sensed
the need for solemnity. Life is already
taken by them as an end in itself as
well as means to an end. and with
this high view they go about their
business. 1t must not be imagined.
for an instant. that the members of
this small group shrink from laughter,
as they go along. Mirth is, however.