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The Washington times., 1926-07-13
ARMY AND NAVY TO OPPOSE MOVING OF AR3SENAIS
To REBUILD ON
Old SITES

TIE Army and Navy prepared
today to weather bOmbardment
Tor the removal u arsenals from
the vicinity 81 large cities.
with Senator EDGE of New Jersey
and Mayor Jackson, u Baltimore,
already making demands. Army ana
Navy officers were quick % reas-
sure those who have pictured
great cities being toppIed over "
blasts
Although explosives costing hun
dreds 81 rnilliops Sc dollars are
stored ia big munitions depotss Q
recurrence 81 the Lake Denmark
disaster Was declared extremely
unlikely
.sI never happened before n
peaee.tfn1e and may never happen
again. declared Capt. Holden g.
Richardson, assistant chief Of chs
Nays Bureau of Ordinance.
There have been explosions Of q
single naga zine, but none Just
like saturdays disaster, NE said
I'VE have % store the Nays
munitions near the coast, he
added. III every instance pre-
cautions have been taken against
disaster. Isolated sections were
chosen for the depots and close In
spections are made.
..Congress alone has authority -
designate new sites and authorize
removals. said Secretary 81 War
Davis.
The temperature Is taken ia each
/
chemical tests are made To determine
fumes. and samples are often given
BY ordnance officers
Spontaneous combustion Is de-
cIared almost in1possible xplo-
sives are classified In storage and
the detonatfng distance the space
between buildings necessary to pre-
vent an explosion in one affecting
others is figured The Navy most
vicious explosive black gunpowdaks
rs stored underground At Lake
Denmark ID concrete vaults not
more than 20 feet long
The Army maintains IT'S largest
high explosive arsenala near
Charleston. S. 6: Bal. more. Moe
folk, Va; Wilmington, Del. ID New
Jersey; Savanna, HE. Bernicia.
ICallf; yHIngate, New Mexico. and
1.-THE Nays principal depofs are near
/ Boston. New York, Philadelp1
Norfolk Pugenf Sound. and
San Francisco,
Because OF the high cost of trans.
porting explosives, 8 general re-
rnoval would cost many millions 0f
j dollars nfficera said.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13

Sure it's good TO eat SOMEBODY
else's cooking for while and
everyone ii good to Us here, Z Mrs.
Yuregslxoss 1S-year-old daughter
Mary made brave attempts TO be
cheerful today, though she admitted
she had not slept since Saturday
for fear of another explosion.
All night long I heard the trains
so By and each time I thought at
first il was shell ana we'd all be
killed she said.
args with her brother George,
2. Joe. 3 and = sister, Anna Isl.
conf 1utes her share % the sup
port Of the family
The other chill leH are Nike III.
Julia John, s, Andrew and
and s.Inontls old baby
Crash Ruins Dinner
Mrs. Joe Pedrolic, italian retains
memories OF 81 terri wing experience
at her Mount Hope home. She
said
we were Just starting dinner,
my husband my 1I-yeaT-old daugh-
ter and !. We felt q terrible shock
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
To AID'
|DENT| If ICATON

mitchell FIELD, N. r, July
l3.-The health and service records.
including photographs and finger
prints Of the SO marines from the
brooklyn Navy Yard, stationed at
the navy arsenal near Dover when
the explosion occurred there on SAT-
sr.CIay afternoon we're rushed by air.
ylane from washington last eve
ring. arriving at Mitchell Field short.
ly before 8 o'clock
ouartermaster Sergeant f. ID.
Lockout OF Marine Corps headquar-
ters. washington, ID. G.. who had
the records in his custody. was bur
ried TO Brooklyn Navy Yard as soon
as the plane landed here.
Sergeant Lockout made the flight
Ia d Marine Corps De Ha Viland
plane, plotted BY Master Sergeant
Robert Fry. Of Quantico. va. Fry.
stopped at the naval air station Il
Anacostia, where he picked up Ser
geaIit Lockout late in the afternoons
When word came TO make tho
flight Sergeant Fry was playing
baseball. He did not have time to
change his baseball uniform, but
jumped into the cockpit and started
izortEl.
Sergeant Lockout was met. here
BY nv. w. Scott, il. post adjutant
at the navy yard, and Immediately
started for Brooklyn in an auto
mobile.
The opinion was expressed here
that Identification of the dead ms
rines, even with the service and
health records, would be extremely
difficult owing to the fact thai
many OF the bodies had been badly
mutfIated ana also had been sui
iected to more than ~ hours ex-
posture to the elements.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13

ana crash down dame the cilim-
ney! 1T all happened so equick we
didn't have time TO think We Just
ran out OF the house and down the
road. Now every hing IS gone. but
T got lots to be thankful Tor my
husband and child are safe.
Mrs. Emma Souchey. who speaks
no English. told ii rapid Spanish
of her most perilous experience IN
America. Her black eyes flashed
as with constant gestures she told
her story thus:
Thankful FOR Life
I'VE sit III the house and talk.
we are happy. Tlen an 50 quick
comes the Bis explosion. House,
nnoney, clothes al gone. We thank
III Biieno Dios that We live.
Mrs. Tony CIyne Italian, had
much cause for worry today Her
husband returned to their home at
Mt. Hope to feed their chickens
milk their COW and care for her
pet dob.
..He hasn't come back yet, she
exclaimed fTantiealIy. "a have no
way to know. Maybe he is killed.
Holy OtAb ko4AEAS
Later the missing Tony appeared
at American Legion headquarters
unhurt.
The horrors of uncertainty have
been lived By Mrs Herman Schro-
der. wife of q lieutenant who is
still among the missing. Mrs.
Schroeder does not yet know Il her.
husband II living or dead. He may
be over there in that devastated
area, wounded, unable to crawl out
OF danger out Of reach Of the res.
cue workers.
Mike Novalx, II. told of the MOI
ments Of terror, as follows.
First we hear terrible noise
then something hit me and I run
out quick. I run away down the
road and I hear noise, all the time
noise everywhere.
Child Mothers Baby
Ulio GaHos, the eight-year-oId
mother of homeless brood, held
tiny baby sister protectingIy In
her arms today through the weary
hours at relief headquarters.
II keep baby quiet, she said, pat
ting the infant with a maternal
hand. Maybe she have hard time
getting over such an awful fright.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
sAcco -vANZETTI PLEA
IS MADE ny GEL Ms

BERLIN, July a. .eading Ger
man inteilectua1s added their voices
to those 81 German labor today
when an impressive list signed their
names to cablegram TO Governor
Fuller OF Massach usetts pleading
for 4 resumption Of the trial of
Nicola Sacco and Bartolonee Van-
zetti. the two labor leaders under
death sentence for murder.
The signers included Count Bern
storff. Maxifniilfan Harden, Albert
Einstein ana Princess Liclanovslzi.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
Blast Brings Mother Of
Nine First Rest

DOVER III J July 81 All the time cook and scrub and
wash FOR my nine kids been q years now
Get my first vacation said Mrs John Yurecsko Austrian
rcee f Tie naval arsenal disaster Lake Denmark to-day
one Of the rs homeless who being cared tor Pr the
American Legion and the Red Cross ID Dover.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
MRS. FRED RUPPREcHT
GRANTED PARIS DIVORCE

PARIS, July 13.-Mrs. Frederick
Rupprecht, the former Martha
Wright, was today granted q dt-
.yorce.
The Rupprechts were married at
Plainfield, N. j., April 81, 1898.
italians initiate veined marbles
by coloring q special cement with
silk threads, withdrawn before the
cement hardens.
The Washington times., 1926-07-13
Cars Yacht Iunked

MOSCOW. July IS The former
Russian imperial yacht Liyadia has
been broken up and sold as scrap
iron. BY order of the Soviet govern.
n.ent.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
In Matter OF Beauty,
That Can't Be Denied

John L. Lewis. the mine workers
leader. was dining one night during
an Atlantic City conciave with the
operators when an anti.feminist tried
TO convert him to anti-feminIsm.
Help the man said-s.help, Mr..
Lewis, to put woman back where Bhe
belongs, back IN the Kitchen. II you
don't sir. she'll cut our wages In half.
she'll take our Jobs away from Us,
she'll Gust as nom politics and all our
other elnehes.
But Mr. Lewis laughed as he waved
his hand round the large dining room
crowded with pretty girls in backless
and sleeveless gowns. short skirts.
rolled stockings and all the other ex-
travagances OF the mode.
"Oh. / don't know" he said. at
seems to me that woman Is giving
man a better show than he ever had
before"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
Distilled Water Quite
Essential for Battery

Distilled water Is, of course, abso-
lutely essential for the storage bat
terry. It is not always possible to pro-
cure this easily and any car owner
can make his own distilled water by
means OF very simple apparatus.
Have length Of annealed copper
tubing coiled. 90 that It win at In a
dispan. Connect the end OF the COP
ger tubing with an ordinary tea ket-
tie by means OF short piece OF rub
Der tubing. The other end OF the
tube is curved so that the water
passing down will drip into a bottle
or other contaIner. The dishpan in
which the coil rests Is filled with cold
water, frequently renewed to keep II
sold. The water in the tea kettle Is
BOILED and the steam so produced
passes out OF the spout into the tube,
the coil. where Il is cooled
and condensed back into water again
and is finally collected for use in the
bottle at the end Of the copper line.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

Nv w n fzaraa4nN Mama n4uM Director.
National Safety Couneil, ChicAeos
Pedestrians are responsible for q
great many automobile accidents.
Some OF them need guardians to
escort them across the streets Too
many jay walkers ramble about with
out restraint, crossing thoroughfares
where Il Is most convenient for them
to do so, getting IN the way Of mo-
florists who have the right OF way
and generally cloeEing no trae1e.
Very often motorists have to sud'
denly pull into curbs TO avoid strik-
ing jay walkers, endangering their
own lives and property, only 70 be
greeted with unkind words by the
thoughtless pedestrians One won
ders what these careless people are
thinking about when they walk 10
front OF fsst-moving traffic. without
stopping. looking or listening.
Too many pedestrians do not ap
preciate their own responsibility but
place 1t all on motorists. TO educate
them Is one Of our tasks. problem
that faces every safety advocate &C
lively engaged In accident proven
ton work. Pedestrian traffic must be
standardized and the sooner Il Is
done the better It win be for the ma
ton. There should be uniform laws
for pedestrians Just as many commu-
mites have standard trafiic regula-
lions for motorists The burden ~
responsibility should not be placed
upon either the motorist or the Pc
destrian alone. for II this Is done the
other win run wild. It Is just as Inn
portant to teach the pedestrian to
keep from being hit as 1t is to edu-
cate the motorist from striking him.
In other words what is needed ls
sort Of a motorlst-pede partner
ship.
II Is more important for the pedes
trian to be careful than for the mo
torist, for II Is usually the pedestrian
who is injured In an automobile acci-
dent. OF the 21.OO0 men, women and
children killed by automobiles during
1925 two-thirds were pedestrians
Death Is so permanent
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
CLUB is FOUND
IN PUBLICITY
Newspaper Real ''Big Stick .
in Traffic Safety Work,


Constructive newspaper publicity
has been one OF the important fac
tors In lettering traffic In New York.
said George N. Graham. chairman oi
the traffic planning and safety com
mittee Of the National Automobile
Chamber OF Commerce.
1T has pilloried the careless driver
at has published the names OF those
whose licenses we're revoked or sus'
pended.
Credit, TO be sure, cannot be allo-
Gated to one source.
Praise is Due.
Charles A. Harnett, motor vehicle
commissioner, is deserving OF great
praise In the reduction which has
come about during his administration.
"He has enforced the law rigor-
Ously.
He has had a good law supporting
him.
"He has had intelligent backing in
various municipalities.
'sThe combination of these elements
In removing the reckless driver from
the highway, plus the activity OF the
newspapers In publishing these lists
is. we believe. one Of the most helpful
demonstrations In the progress Of traf.
&c control.
Persecution Of the careless driver,
however deserved. would tend to bring
a reaction.
"But the calm. constructive attitude
Of the press In simply publishing the
facts, listing the persons who have lost
their licenses is, believe, one OF the
most potent measures that can be
used.
at is hard to enforce jail sentences
and In a large city traffic lines do not
have much news value. But the drlv-
ers Of communities have food for so
Der thought when they see several
hundred Of their neighbors listed for
revocation of licenses
Nobody on that list receives SYM
patty. The average motOrist Will take
particular care to keep OF that list
Licenses Revoked.
"But there are other states where
revocation Of licenses is in effect and
where tremendous. constructive effort
has been exerted, without avail, to
bring about reductions.
-Such cases need special analysis
by the persons IN charge. II may be
that only a few newspapers are pub
fishing the revocation lists. 1t may
be that there are a number of danger
places on the state highways that are
causing accidents, even when the driv-
srs are careful. There may be made
luate police patrol to check up on
Certain II is. that II New York state
With its great number OF cities. its
arge foreign population and it's great
lolume Of tourist traffic can reduce
accidents, the work Of other commu-
Iities earnestly working on this will
o time be rewarded
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

An annual "snow-to-surf race IL
held In California from Lake Arrow.
head TO Newport- Balboa. Starting In
the snow the participants 90 through
several snow stunts, then by auto to
the sea, and finally change their win
ter raiment for bathing suits and dive
overheard from their canoes. All con-
testants must carry full equipment
from the time they take of on the
ski jump TO the time they jump into
the briny deep.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
Nearly 26 Million Cars
in World. Says Census

The world had 25.078, 028 autOmo-
tive vehicles in operation on January
/, according to figures OF the Depart
ment OF Commerce at Washington,
compiled from a worldwide census.
This total is 3.27S.0OO In excess Of
that for the year before.
While the United States predomi-
mated overwhelmingly IN vehicles in
operation, with 1890, 48e, other coun.
titles were becoming more important
factors Great Britain had 1.474,573
machines running: France, S55.000
Canada, 1854; Germany. 589. $50;
Italy. 1s47OO; Argentina, 1s1 $50;
Brazil. 64.o50 and Russia, $500
Apparently the country where the
automobile Is least desired is Tibet
for the search disclosed only one ma
chine there, a motor cycle.
The January / total for passenger
cars alone was 20.7p0, 151, against 10.
57e, $50 the previous year.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

Pfnkham's eannffve Wash. she writes.
Il took ak bottles Of the Vegetable
Compound and was not the same
woman at ali / could sleep and would
get up IN the morning singing and feel
Ang fine. am the mother Of three
children and always after the babies
came had TO take treatments. but i
can truly say that this last time have
only used the Sanative Wash. II does
me more goodrthan the treatments. II
keeps me on my feet to care for my
children and I do most Of my work. /
feel It my duty to let you know how
both Of the medicines have helped me. =
--AgRs. BELLE THOMPSON, R. 2, Ross
Vile, Georgia
Are you on the sunlit Road to Better
Health1 II Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has helped others, why
shouldn't It help youf
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

British public men have pecullari-
ties that lend themselves readily to
the offices Of the cartoonIst. For IN
instance: Stanley Baldwin and his
pipe; Lloyd George, long hair; Lord
Birkenhead, cynical sneer and As
degree cigar; Austen Chamberlain,
monocle; Sir Alfred Mond's promi-
nent nose; viscount Cecirs gaunt as
ceticIsm; Winston Churchill, funny
hats; Ramsey Macdonald, fierce ban
dit mustachio. and Lord Balfour's
dropping languor.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

do you think I'm haDpy7" as the
lateziamented Joe WEIGH used to say
IN opening his monologue. was fal
from Il. / was not having half the
fun IN the hospital that my mental
6lp-nops might have led others to be
Ileve. Those who know me can hard.
u imagine me conyulsed with Joy at
having to lie on my back all done up
like Joan Of Arc, staring at the cell
ing Of sunless room for four years
The only outside views OF life ! had
were through a window which over
looked some factories and wholesale
houses
But there was one other thing 10 be
seem through the window and when
ever / felt myself yielding to an AZ
tack Of seIf-pity / looked at 1.-THE
Gag atop the Fourteenth street armory
1hs sight Of II made me think OF
those boys who got their wounds DO
Ing some real good for the world and
are still IN casts and braces and on
hospital cots far from home ano
friends. When / compared my lot with
theirs Il made me hate my lmDatienes
and wfsh could divide some OF my
Iuxnrsea and comfort with them. Il
wann't freason--but II seemed 70 me
thaf the theatrical folk werea taking
better care Of their wounded than the /
government wss.
Icepgsaehs - shs MsNauShs syndieass. iss-S ]
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
Wheat Produeta for Food

1t has been calculated that wheat
6our bread and crackers. pastry and
similar products constitute 10 per cent
Of the totnl food Of the average Amer
lean family. furnishing about n per
cent OF the total protein. 9 per cent
Of the total fat and 40 per cent Of the
total carbohydrates. They contain
high percentage OF starch and may be
pr0fitabiy combined with materials
rich ia protein, meat, eggs, etc. to
form a well-baianced diet.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

A five-Year-oid boy was visiting his
two maiden aunts at Franklin. One
evening at bedtime he fatty refused
to say his prayers. as wgs his habit.
He went to bed and after about an
hour came to one OF the hunts and
said:
II can't go to sleep. epect I'd
better say my prayers. know God
viii be as mad as 'whlz II don't" -
indianapolis News.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

Someone Is always lnquiring how
my trouble started, and how did II
happen. meaning, when did first
notice I had been sheIl-shocked In the
battle OF life. That question is about
as easy TO answer as How high is
up7" II ls as impossible TO determine
when It started as It is when It win
end. And the contributing causes were
as numerous as the treatments. II
came slowly and gradually. The doc
tor said II would leave the same way
know now he was right about the
slowly" But / have found out what
hope is It's the thing that, when
you are playing solitaire and and
yourself stuck without q move, makes
you run through the deck once more
trusting you'll find a way out That's
hope.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
Worried Electric Signs

Out Of 1900 electric signs in New
York below One Hundred and Thirty
fifth street $500 are restaurant
signs. 1900 advertise barber shops.
LOO tobacco. while theaters come
seventh on the list.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
DIAMOND DYES.
COLOR THINGS NEW


Each 16-cent pack
age contains direc-
tions so simple any
woman can tint
soft, delicate shades
or dye rich, perma-
nent coIora IN lin
gerie. silks, rib
bons, skirts, waists.
dresses, coats
stockings sweat
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
OF Cuticura Soap, dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one OF the things Cuticura VIII do
If Soap, Ointment and Falcum are used
for al feilef purposes "a Advertisement
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13
NELLE
REVELL Gays:

ZANE and fortune are things that
4 not everyone can have. But to have
a friend. even though he be only Z
tourSiegged one. Compensates for a to-
OF things In the public ward Of the
hospital in which I once dwelt. there
lay human dereiIct. he had no visit
tors, he had no money. but he did
have one friend.
Day and night for eleven weeks q
yellow creature Of the type commonly
referred to as pup" ''ki-yoodle." or
@cur" gave marvellous exhibition Of
loyalty while paving out living from
the garbage cans az the rear Of the
hospital where bis owner was con-
6ned. --
Pete-for that, understand, was
theadog.s name-never left the side
walk. from the day he arrived In the
wake OF the patrol wagon In which
his friend was brought. Once he
eluded the doorman, gained admit
lance to the hospital and found his
way to a cot There he heard his
masters voice" Whatever under
standing they had between them
seemed to satisfy Pete, for he went
out and resumed his Vigil at the door
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

era. draperies. coverings, hanging
eyerythfngi
Buy Diamond Dyes--no other kind
and tell your druggist whether the ma
terial you wish to color 10 wool or silk.
or whether II Is linen, cotton or mixed
goods.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

Every box ONCE treasurer hears Of
defective vision and hearing 90 often
he thinks an eye and ear hospital
should adjoin every theater. A pro.
spective patron mumbled something
about, Cant see very well and a little
deaf" to Charles Thomas in the box
Office at the Century theater In New
York last week. At the moment
Thomas was toying with a bank pin
which he accidentally clicked out Of
his hand to the public side Of the
window.
The patron. a courteous middle
aged woman. Immediately stopped
with alacrlty, picked up the pin from
the floor and restored It to Thomas
through the window. The treasurer
could not resist a smile at the thought
Of the alleged defective vision. The
woman "got wise" also.
'pm taking my grandmother" she
said. Its she who can't see very
well and it's my hearing that's bad"
The abb was good for two down
'front.'
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

Fresh, sweet, white. dainty clothes
for baby. II you use Red Cross Ball
Blue. Never streaks or Injuries them.
All good grocers sell It.--Adyertise-
menk.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

Whatever Illusion may have had
that I was good copy was dissipated
recently by my nurse.
In taking me out Of bed she always
lifts my feet nrst before attempting to
hoist me up. The other day she swung
me around, and, reaching under my
shoulders, stood me on my feet. l
landed right In the waste basket that
was standing near the bed Which
makes me wonder II she is as ignorant
Of newspaper customs as she pretends
to be. II Il really was accidental or
II she has a news sense. One thing
is certain, that II she dumps me IN
the wastebasket VIII escape the
composing room and win not be left
IN the Overset.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

FOR four years Sh&
had great dinacnlky
en- getting 90 sleep
az night and even
then did not sleep
noundly. She would
sake up again and
again Besides this
her appetite was
poor. NY mother
in1aw told me Of
Lydia ~ Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
mound and Lydia I'll
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

The pioneer woman, who had to
chop ice out OF the well at a. m. to
get winter. has an intrepid granddaugh-
ter who goes around with her ga
Oshes unIatched.--DetrOIt News.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

FOreman-Yes, can give you Job
BhOyeiing coal.
College Grad-But / wanted q
white-cOIlar job.
Foreman-well. I amt got any OBJ
Dections to your wearing a white col
ar.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-05-13

A man has outlived his usefulness
when he is no longer capable Of CIV
Ing advice.