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Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-20

fred Teal and MIR. and Mrs. Scott
Ludlow of Torrance over the week
end. They are planning some inter
csting trips for their entertainment.
s. f. Mayfeild and family spent
Sunday at Oasis, visiting at the
home of Elmer Potter and family
formerly of Imperial.
The w. G. T. U. held theirs regular
meeting at the parish house Wednes-
day afternoon. Mrs. n. A. Mackey
presided at "A 20 minute drill in
parliamentary usage. A social hour
was followed with refreshments.
There were about % present. Sweet
peas were used for decorations.
Mrs. w. ID. Gott entertained with
a pot luck luncheon at her home on
North G street Wednesday at |
o 'cloek, honoring Mrs. Ebba Pitts.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-20
LEADING .VOTERS TO THE POLLS

Two bills are before the New York State leglsla-
ture aiming to make voting compulsory. The whole
country has felt the need OF flnang way to get
citizens to vote Usually activity takes the form
Of campaign prior to election to arouse interest IN
voting as privilege and duty. But with all the urg
ing and campaigning and scolding and pleading, the
number of voters exercising franchise continues to
dwindle.
" Transportation to the polling place shouldn't be
much of a problem in these days Neither should the
act of voting take much time. Indifference, not ncon
venience, is at the root of the trouble
And why the Indifference? It is suggested that
voters longer take interest in elections because
they convinced that most of the candidates for Of
flee prompted by self-interest rather than public
service that issues fictitious and that campaign
pledges rarely fulfilled
The way to overcome these evils and popuarze
the vote, people say, is to penaze successful
candidates if they fail to carry their promises.
That might make election mean more than it often
does row.
But whether the remedy sought is better candi-
dates better platforms better conduct in office,
it all goes back to the fundamental need of better cit
izenship in the individual voter Compulsory voting
won't bring that about, but education may.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-20
TOO MANY PRESENTS

The American Legion Weekly complains that the
art of letter writing went out with the advent of the
typewriter the of conversation went with the
telephone; the art of reading went with the mov-
ing picture; and the art of listening when the radio
rived All of these things together have killed the
of thinking.
Perhaps it is not really so hopeless as it seems
But the situation is serious enough to trouble many
persons. Like the child who receives too many pres
ents all once, civilization is Just little spoiled by
its infinite variety of mechanical equipment and has
not learned yet how to the stuff for its good
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-20
In Congress 100
Years Ago Today

Senate:
Met in executive session.
House:
Defeated by 50 to % vote mo-
ton to observe Washington S birth
day by adjourning. 1.-THE most re-
spoctful way the house could pay
respects to the memory of George
Washington would be to give due at
tention to the discharge of the peO-
PIES business said Representa-
tive Forsythe, of Georgia, adding
that business transacted thus far
this season had been "not much
and not well done
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-20

Irving Berlin, married composer,
will write a musical comedy-since
his father-in-law gave him the air.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-20

Now and then the Prince of Vale:
travels here and there and ride:
horcscs off and on.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

to remedy conditions at st. Eliza
beth's.
Representative Blanton today told
the District Committee he would in
tr0siuce his own bill in the House
tomorrow. It will provide that
habeas corpus proceedings shall be
restored to lunatics as q matter OF
right. It also will provide jury
trials for all persons suspected Of
being Of unsound mind.
Guardians and committees would
be limited to five wards, under
the terms of Blanton's bill.
There are 1900 inmates at st.
Elizabeth's committed without
court proceedings, Blanton told the
committee. His bill would compel
DIR. William A. White, superin-
tendent of the hospital to bring
them all into court within so days
after Congress passes the measure.
"Of these 1900, / believe that
fully 1000 should be turned loose
by DR.. White" Blan-
ton declared. my bill will make
persons into court.
Nearly al members OF the House
District Committee favor limiting
the number of wards allowed to
each guardian or committee, Tl1is
would prevent the monopoly"
which Commissioner Fenning has
had in guardianship cases.
Representative Gibson of Yer
mont said the investigation of con-
ditions at st. Elizabeth's should
continue indefinitely. He was in
structed, however, on motion of
Representative Reid of Illinois. to
bring in the report with recon-
mendations for remedial legislation
not later than May 10.
Chairman Hihlman and other
members of the committee empha-
sized the need of speed if action IS
to be obtained at the present ses-
sion, which probably will adjourn
before June 1.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
.C|T |ZENS j R &c
10-YEAR PLAN

That the District Commissioners
prepare a ten-year financial and
constructive program to provide for
the rapid development of the city
was suggested last night at the
meeting Of the citizens advisory
council.
The several changes in the pro-
posed program for the District We're
discussed at length by the members
of the council, but finally shelved
until study could be made of the
plans of the city government OF
Detroit. The council approved bills
for the elimination Of the Michigan
Avenue grade crossing and to per-
NIT District corporations to hold
meetings outside the city.
The Iowa Circle Citizens Associa-
ton opposed any ? elimination of
angle parking areas in the down
town section.
DIR. William c. Fowler, District
Health Officer, told the Kalorama
Citizens Association last night that
Rock Creek is polluted and unfit
for bathing.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
HOPE TO AMEND
BOR[AND ACT

Chances for repeal of the 'Borland
amendment which provides for the
assessment of so per cent Of the
cost of paving or repaving street
on abHtting property owners are
very slim. Engineer Commissioner
J. Franklin Bell said today.
He said he was expressing this
opinion in view of the action of
the Citizens Advisory Council de
manding repeal instead OK modifica'
ton of the law. He feared that the
other civic organizations and trade
bodies whose views he had asked
might take similar action.
In Colonel Bells opinion mem
bers of Congress would not be in
favor of such decisive step a.
this session, but might give favor
able consideration to a measure
providing for modification.
It Is the Commissioners idea to
get as many bodies as possible be-
hind what ever movement is de-
cided on so that sufficient pressure
can be exerted to get immediate
action.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
COURT AIDE
SLAIN BY
THUGS
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suburb has been a law unto itself,
but today it is under almost war
time conditions of surveillance.
District Attorney Robert e. Grove
js personally in charge of the in
vestigation of the latestA and by Tar
the most vital of the gang war
murders in Cicero. which brought
death to the hanging prosecutor, :
as McSwiggin. the 27yyear-old dis
trict attorneys aide. was known.
shortly after S.o'clock the auto,
mobile in which McSwiggin and the
men with him were sitting when
they were shot to death WAS dis
covered in Oak Park. In it were
McSwiggin's glasses and a hat and
coat.
Neither the District Attorneys
office nor the police are working
on any definite clue in their early
Investigations. Because Of that,
an actual dragnet has been thrown
out and for the first time the
saloons, rooming houses and hotels
in which foreign gunner have been
quartered, cafes and known rem
devious Of criminals in Cicero were
entered and all their occupants
sent to police stations for exam
ination.
Officials, too. are looking for the
fourth man who was with McSwig-
gin, Doherty and Duffy when they
were sIiiIled. This man, escaping
almost miraculously from the spray
Of bullets which killed the others,
had not been found this morning.
The murder car, heavily cur
tanned. moved down the street
slowly. When directly opposite Nc
Swiggin and the three others a
machine gun mounted in the front
seat began splitting fire. Three of
the -nlen dropped in their tracks.
The gangster car then speeded on
and was lost in the darkness.
Conflicting stories of witnesses
intensity the mystery surrounding
the affair.
According to one witness two
men in a parked automobile across
the street Immediately gathered up
the bodies of McSwiggfn and Do
herty and drove away in their car.
Another witness says the fourth
man. who survived the deadly ma
chine gun fire. dragged the two
bodies out on the prairie toward
BerWyn.
The police raiding order said:
Get every beer runner, every gun
man. every bootlegger and every
other kind of racketeer in the
reach OF an officer Of the law
Conference Is Mystery
McS~iggin's presence in the COM
pany Of such men as Doherty and
Duffy is not clear. He once prose
cuted both men on a charge of kill
ing Eddie Tancl, a Cicero resort
keeper.
One theory is that McSwiggin had
engaged them in conversation in
the hope Of getting further evidence
IN cases which he is scheduled to
prosecute.
Young McSwiggin had sent five
men to the gallows in the last
year.
Naturally he had many ami
powerful enemies among the Grim
inal element. His latest important
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
Lunacy Law Changes
Aimed at Fenning Are
Sought This Session

Legislation correcting 1unacy
practices in the District Of Colum.
bia-aimed directly at the st. Eliz'
abeth's guardianship Of District
Commissioner Jennings. to be
rushed through Congress at this
session IL possible
The House District Committee to-
day acted to accelerate passage
measures to reorganize the lunacy
District code.
The subcommittee conducting
the Fenning investigation; of which
Representative Gibson, Of Vermont,
is chairman, was instructed to re-
port its recommendations to the
whole committee by May 10.
In the meantime, sit will prepare
legislation to be introduced in the
House within the next few days.
Nearly all members Of the District
committee favor immediate action
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
EENNING BROKE
ARMY LAW
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limit on the amount OF clothing to
be purchased at one time for any
one ward and that purchases were
made only twice year.
Complaints Admitted
He denied that any OF his wards
suffered for lack Of proper clothing.
although he admitted that in several
Instances complaints had been 70.
ceived.
The hearings will be continued
through the afternoon and VIII De
resumed at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
They will take place in the House
Veterans Committee room. Owing
to lack OF space, the number IT
spectators will be limited to APP
proxilnateIy seyenfy.ffve. Large
numbers were turned away today.
Last nights hearing by the spe-
ciaI House subcommittee was attend
ed by a throng OF between 1900 and
1000 persons, who violently ap-
plauded, Missed, and shouted during
the session as Blanton scored a
point against fleming or as Fen
ming shot one OF his repeated sar-
castle asides at Blanton.
Order was obtained with the
greatest difficulty only after mo.
tions to go into executive session
or to adjourn had been made by
committee members and after Char
man Ernest w. Gibson of Vermont,
had threatened to clear tht. room.
Sergeant-at-Arms Joseph @. Rodg-
ers, Of the House, who was pres
ent, said that in all his long ex-
perience as an officer of the House
he never I had heard Of such a
stormy demonstration as was lcosed
last night
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
SAFE now SAYS
CANDY KID
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greeted the announcement with
..fIurrah for Whittemore. the
crowd shouted. Hurrah Tor Tiger
Lilv'
Neither Whittemore nor his
father Rawlings v. Whittemore,
showed emotion. As tTe. bandit
was led back to his cell he bert
over and kissed his wife. the
Tiger Girl
Mrs. Whittenlore almost swOonei
when the jury announced its fail
ure to reich decision. Then she
broke down, tears streaming down
her cheeks.
Warrants for Whittemore's arrest
on robbery charges have been
lodged with local authorities BY
Joab Banton, New York city .iis,-
trict attorney, and it appeared
probable today that the bandit
would be taken to New York. De
tectives Cronfn and Sullivan. of
New York. who testified at he
trial, expected to ask for White
mOre's custody today
May Ask 2etriaI
Guy b Moore, Erie county dis
trict attorney, was undecided to-
day concerning retrial Of the pris-
oner, who Is under two indictments
for the murder of the two messen-
gers. Although the jury could not
agree upon the charge that Whit
temore murdered Charles Clifford.
District Attorney Moore may try
the bandit on this charge q second
time, or he may place him on trial
for the murder Of Louis M. Var
ington. the other messenger
1t was learned, however, that Dis
trict Attorney Banton and Buffalo
authorities will be- asked today by
Herbert r. O'Connor, States attor-
ney of Baltimore, to waive the
charges against Whittemore in their
respective jurisdictions and allow
the bandit to be taken to Baltimore
to be tried for the murder of Rob-
ert III. Hoffman, a guard at the
Maryland penitentiary.
Want Him in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, April 2S.-"We
want Richard Reese Whittemore.
We have an alright case against
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
PoNzI LAND COMPANY.
CALLED FRAUD BY p. o.

The Postoffice Department today
issued q fraud order against the
Charpon Land Syndicate Of Jack
sonville, Fla. Charles Ponzi. finan-
cial wizard, recently sentenced to
Jail for his Florida land operations.
organized the syndicate.
The department charged that
Ponzi sent circulars through the
mails advertising q 1920 yearly re-
turn on a SO investment in units OF
indebtedness.'
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

him in Maryland for murder. ana
he should be returned here for
trial
This statement was made today
by Herbert r.. o'Connor, States At
torney for Maryland, following the
hung jury in Buffalo. which per-
mitted the Baltimore bandit to
escape the electric chair in New
York State.
Whittemore is wanted in Mary
land for the alleged murder Of
Robert H. Hoffman, State prison
guard, during his sensational escape
from that institution.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

wide credence, is that friends Of
the notorious bandit-killer, Martin
Durkin, who Is scheduled to come
to trial early next month with Nc
Swiggin in the role Of chief prosecu-
tor, conspired to get him out of the
way.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
HAT STRAW FOR SHOES
IS ODD NEW FASHION

NEW YORK. April 2S.-Silk
stockings for hats and hat straw
for shoes are among the odd trans
positions of fashion which this sea.
son, has brought forth. g
The silk stocking hat is made OF
heavy silk thread, knit on head
sized hosiery machines. They ire
of various colors. Natural colored
Panama straw is being made into
sport shoes.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
DAUGHTER OF REDS FOE
BETRAYS HIM TO DEATH

MOSCOW, April 2S.-The social
revolutionary, +. A. Funtikoff, has
been sentenced to death for anti,
Soviet activities in the Caucasus In
1918. 1t was alleged that FuntikOff
executed 35 Communists.
Funtikoff's daughter. who Is a
Communist, gave the police evidence
which led to his arrest.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
MEXICO BAND KILLS 6,
INCLUDING z OFFICIALS

MEXICO CITY. April 28.--Armed
men attacked Bustamente, Vera
Cruz, today and killed the mayer,
q member OF the chamber Of
deputies and four civilians.
The armed men, without APP
parent reason, raided the town.
attacked the city hall and fled
before their capture was possible.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

case was the prosecution Of the
Genna gangsters-Albert Anselmi
and John Scalice-charged with kill
ing two police officers. The case
was stubbornly fought and McSwig-
gin obtained a conviction, but the
men escaped the moose.
Another theory, and one given
The Washington times., 1926-04-28
Chlorine On Trial
ii photos BY Internaiional

BECAUSE SHE SHOT her hus-
band last July, 1925, when he re-
fused to leave dinner ait the
apartment in New York Of Harry
Wagstaff GribbTe, Edith Parker
Davis today went on trial. ID.
Allen Davis, the alleged common
law Iansband,s has since married
Peggy SanI0n. Both wives were
show girls.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

A seat in which a baby can be
carried suspended by harness from
mothers shoulders while the lat
ter is doing her homework has been
invented.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

COUNT BONI DE CASTELLANE
Arbiter Of masculine eIegances in
Paris, who says it's impossible for .
man to be well dressed these days, and
! think the dandy is a thing Of the past.
! He longs for the days when knights
were the fashion plates.
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

FoRMER REPREsENTATvE
B.
% Fred
O. J
The Washington times., 1926-04-28

Want Him in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, April 2S.-"We
want Richard Reese Whittemore.
We have an alright case against
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FIGHT OVER ECCENTRIc'S
WILL DROPPED BY HEIR
Beneficiary Withdraws Appeal
From Decision Revolving Pro-
bate of Document.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, January 16.
Litigation over the will of Archibald
Macarthur. aged eccentric, who died
here last June, has been ended by at
torneys for George +. Rafferty, of
jacksonville Withdrawing his appeal
from the recent decision of Judge Du-
bose in circuit court here, revoking
the probate of the will. The action was
taken late yesterday.
The will was contested by Luther
Macarthur, a nephew, representing a
score of relatives. The elder Near
thur from Dodgeville, Wis, had be-
uueathed his entire estate. variously
estimated to be worth 1000 to $780,
900 to Rafferty,. cutting off his rela-
tives with SIS each. Macarthur came
here nearly two years ago and made
his home with the Raffertys. The will
stated that he had given each of his
relatives SIS and left the bulk of his
estate to Rafferty,, because his rela-
tives had never done anything for
me-"
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FREIGHT CAR LOADlNGS.

Freight car loadings for the week
ended January 2 were placed yester-
day by the American Railway Asso-
citation at 741,2 39 cars, an increase Of
40, 100 over the preceding week. but a
drop Of 1886 under the correspond
ing week a year ago.
Loading Of coal for the week, the as
ISOLATION said, reached 15S.994 cars, an
advance Of 1854 over the previous
week: grain and grain products totaled
37,94O, an increase of 4.673: miscel-
laneous freight. 262 ,465, an advance Of
I,166; merchandise and less than car
load lots, l94,173. a drop of 6.199. and
live stock, 28,S59. an increase of 6,130.
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Spain is sending twice as many Val
encia onions to this country as a year
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SHIP LINE OFFICER DIES.
Traffic Manager of Merchants and
Miners Co. Expires.

Miners co. Expires.
Herbert Sheridan, traffic manager of
the Merchants and Miners Transpor-
taion Co., died at his home here to-
night after an illness Of more than a
month. He was GO years old
Mr.. Sheridan, a native Of Hamilton,
Ont, had been identified with railroad
and steamship companies for So years.
% of which were spent with the Pere
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DESCRIBES ARMY'S
AVIATION PROGRESS
Patrick Says Conditions Are
Not So Bad as Public
May Believe.

Conditions in the Army Air Service
are not as bad as the public has been
led to believe as the result or the
many aircraft Investigations OF the
last two years, Maj. Gen. Mason Nj.
Patrick, chief of the Army Air Serv-
ice, told the board OF governors of the
National Aeronautic Association at
the annual meeting and luncheon Fri
day in the Army and Navy Club.
Gen. Patrick. who was the guest of
honor and principal speaker. sent q
message from the chief Of Air Service
to the people back home" through
the governors on the present aircraft
situation. In support of his statement,
that the Air Service is working eff
GENTLY, he offered the fact that three
types of airplanes have been standard
lied, after must experimentation and
research, for the next several years.
These types concern pursuit, observa-
ton and training. Standardization of
the bombing type and planes for at
tack aviation work rapidly are ap-
preaching completion.
The air chief urged the governors
to support, through the entire mem
bership of the association. legislation
for commercial and civil aviation.
Everybody must pull together for one
end, he urged. adding that the Air
SERVICE "Ouiu cooperate III every
way. AS Army aviation's operation
is on land and inland, his service
would be in an excellent position to
help, Gen. Patrick asserted.
The general expressed it as his hope
that In several corps areas local sys-
tens Of airways would be developed
which would bring planes from time
to time to land at the cities and
towns in those military divisions,
thus encouraging interest in aviation
The board Endorsed the Butler bill
for replacement Of the Shenandoah
and also adopted a resolution which
declared all officers Of the Army and
Navy should have at least Is hours In
the air before they are promoted to
generals or admirals. The luncheon
was given the board Of directors by
the District of Columbia Chapter of
the association, of which Dr. G. W.
Lewis, secretary Of the national ad-
visory committee for aeronautics, is
chairman.
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DAWES TO BE GUEST.
Ohio Society to Entertain Vice
President January 90.

Vice President Dawes Will be the
guest of honor of the Ohio Society of
Washington at its annual birthday
celebration at Rauscher's January 20.
The occasion is not only the birthday
of the Ohio Society of Washington,
but it Is also the birthday of President
Mckinley, of whose administration Mr..
Dawes was controller Of the currency.
Gen. Dawes will speak extemporane-
ously of his personal "reminiscences of
President Mckinley. and Represent
alive Fletcher, Ohio, will address the
society on President Mckinley and
other Ohio Presidents.
Mrs. Brooks Fletcher will sing a
program of vocal selections and there
will be orchestral music.
The program is in charge of D. r.
Crissinger. chairman Of the Federal
Reserve Board, who is also chairman
of the governing board Of the society
Chief Justice Taft, president of the
society, is expected to preside.
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CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, January 16.-
Magnetic disturbances caused by solar
eclipses not only disturb the immedi-
ate locality. but apparently envelop
tia earth. DIR. C. T. Knapp, professor
of experimental electricity at the Uni
versity Of Illinois. announced today
He based his statement no observa.
tons made Of this weeks eclipse. with
points Of totally in the Indian Ocean
and Sumatra.
The university observation appara-
tus was approximately 10000 miles
away. The conclusions drawn are
considered by DR.. Knapp and asso-
ciates as an important contribution to
the data being accumulated for an
swering the questions: why Is the
earth magnetic?" and why does the
compass point to the North?"
Two similar observations have been
made with the same apparatus and un-
der the same conditions. The first
was in 1918, when the path of totality
passed from the State Of Washington
down through Colorado. Missouri.
Georgia. Florida, and on out into the
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Students Plan Program.

A program Of social and educa-
tional meetings for the remainder of
the college year has been arranged
by the George Washington Univer-
Sity chapter Of the American Stu
dents Zionist Federation.
The executive committee of the
chapter met last week to consider
other speakers for chapter meetings.
DR.. Adolph Koblenz of Baltimore
spoke on the Zionist movement at
the meeting Wednesday.