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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
CITIZENS OPPOSE
PARK BOND ISSUE
Action by Conduit Road AsSo-
citation Is Taken at Yaden's
Request.

The Conduit Road Citizens Asso-
citation last night adopted resolution
opposing the proposed bond issue for
the immediate purchase of additional
park areas in Washington.
Action on the proposal, which
emanated from the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, was
taken at the request of James G..
Yaden, president of the Federation of
CltlZens' Associations, who announced
tnat the federation at its regular ses-
SION tomorrow evening would con-
sluef the bond matter and would want
the ADVICE and suggestions from the
various citizens organizations.
Proposal Explained.
X. T.. Adams, president of the Con
duit citizens, who presided at the. ses-
SION. explained the proposal for a
bond issue and asserted that in his
opinion such Indebtedness was not
necessary and that the Federal Coy.
eminent should bear it's share in the
development of the National Capital
lie was supported by a number of
other association members.
Mr.. Yaden delivered an address IN
the value of organized citizenship to
Washington, but did not participate
IN the debate on the bond proposal.
William Mex. Clayton was indorsed
Tor appointment to post on the new
Pubic Utilities Commission.
Adams Named Delegate.
.Mf. Adams was elected a Delegate
To the federation to fill a vacancy
created by the resignation of Charles
A. Baker.
The association voiced complaint ar
the gross negligence" on the part OF
tne city government in failing TO pro-
woe a sidewalk or path along Con
ault road During the past week
three persons were badly injured on
the road due to lack of the protect ion
OF sidewalk, speakers asserted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
AIMEE W|LLfACE
TRIAL AFTER ALL
Prosecutor ReverSeS Himself
in Deciding to Push Case
Against Evangelist.

BY the Associated Press
Los ANGELES, December 81
District Attorney Asa keyes ended a
hectic year today with q resolution
to push his case against Aimee Semple
Mcpherson.
The prosecutor made the announce
ment that he had no intention OF
dropping the charges after his star
witness, Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman
Sielaff, had appeared before the grand
jury and had bolstered up her story,
which is figuring in another investiga-
ton Of the noted woman evangelist S
disappearance last Spring.
Reyes latest announcement, made
yesterday, reverses one which came
from his office the day before to the
effect that Mrs. Sielaff's story col
lapsed. that she was a ''turncoat" and
'perjurer. and that dismissal Of the
charges was being considered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

Galoshes are to be manufactured by
cooperative society in chilly
Sweden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Had Given Up i'm Despair.

Reyes virtually had given up in de-
spair after Mrs. Sielaff came forward
with an entirely new version of her
admitted participation in the so-called
Carmel hoax. Mrs. Sielaff, in her orig
inal confession" charged that she
had been employed by Mrs. Mcpherson
and her mother. Mrs. Minnie Kennedy.
to produce false characters to support
the cvangelist's kidnapping story. She
testified at the evangeliSt's prelimi-
nary hearing that she had been APP
preached with the proposal by a mys-
ferrous "ATr. Martini whom she said
she could not further Identify
1t was when she appeared at the
district attorneys office this week and
admitted she had perjured herself at
the hearing and then implicated RO-
land Rich Wooley formerly Mrs.
McPhersOn's personal attorney, in the
alleged hoax, that Reyes announced
his intention of asking for q dismissal
OF the conspiracy charges.
Yesterday. however. the prosecutor
explained that Mrs. Sielaff had
changed her story in part only and
of her previous testimony"
Her Story Is Denied.
grand jury room by Wooley, who, be-
ing excused from the oath of Sc
crecy, later divulged that he had de-
MED Mrs. Sielaff's accusation in the
presence of the grand jurors. Mrs.
Sielaff charged that q relative Of
Wooley's had been the first to sug-
gest that she enter the employ of
Angelus Temple
The Mcpherson case. which gained
prominence last May, when the evan
gelist disappeared from a nearby
beach after a swim in the surf. as
sumed an International aspect when
the woman pastor reappeared 30 days
later in Nogales, Al'iz.. with a story of
having been kidnapped and held for
ransom.
Interest in the case was heightened
when the evangelist's name was linked
with that of Kenneth G.. Ormiston. her
former radio operator, on charges that
the two had remained in hiding at
Carmel-by the-Sea during a part of the
time of her disappearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

The ancients used ostrich egg shell,
for drinking cups, says the Dearborn
Independent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

REINHARDT WINDOW SHADE FACTORY
have purchased and occupy their new home
3Flo l4th St.. NV. Same phone, Col. 440
Save your old rollers"
WANTED--A RETURN LOAD OF FIyRNI.
ture from New York Philadelphia or Balfi.
more. SMITHS TRANSFER AND STOR-
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DISTRICT BOND ISSUE OPPOSED
STRONGLY BY CITIZEN GROUPS
Raise In Tax Rates Seen If Loan Is Floated
for lmprovements-Minority Argue
Economy In Buying Now.

pupil per year for education. whereas
the average cost per pupil in the 90
cities of the United States having a
population of 100000 or more was
onlxr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

The proposal that a great bond
issue be f1oated for municipal projects
in Washington, which was dealt a Sc
we're blow last night at a public hear
ing held at the District Building under
the auspices of the Federation of Citi
zens' Associations, when all but one OF
the half hundred civic leaders present
voted diSapproval of the plan, may
be referred directly to the taxpayers
of the District for consideration be
fore the matter comes up for action III
Congress.
Former Representative Charles l.
Stengle, chairman of the law and leg
islatiOn committee of the federation
will recommend at its meeting tomor
row evening that the membership OF
the various civic groups he polled on
the bond issue.
Quick action is expected. inasmuch
as the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission already has adj
vanced a definite proposal that a bond
issue be flOated for the immediate &C
QUESTION of park sites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Report Will BE Made.

Mr.. Stengle will couple his recon-
mendation with a report Of the ad
verse sentiment expressed by asso
citation leaders last night and of the
subsequent action by the law and leg
islation committee and the fiscal rela
tiens committee, which sat Jointly at
the hearing, in adopting a resolution
stating I'VE do not recommend favor
able action on a bond issue at TINS
time"
Opposition to the suggestion OF q
bond issue for Washington developed
at the outset of the hearing into an
open revolt against what speaker
after speaker declared to be a growing
tendency to saddle on the shoulders
of the municipality" the burden of de-
veloping Washington as Federal cap
ital.
In outspoken manner, delegates from
many of the IA neighborhood assocla-
tons represented at the hearing de-
clared Washington already has sufii-
cient park area for it's own use. Adj
ditional park land, it was declared, is
needed only for enhancement of the
Capital City, and thus should be borne
by the Federal Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Georgetown Masonic Hall AS.
sociation will be held at Masonic Hall. No
l2lo Wisconsin ave. NV on Tuesday eve
ming. January 4. 1927, at z o'clock. for the
purpose of election of directors and receiv.
ISAAC BIRCH. President.
Attest
B. ". SPILLE. Secretary.
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE co.
lumbia Title Insurance Co. of the District
of Columbia: Notice is hereby given that
pursuant to vote of the trustees of said com
pany, there will be special meeting of the
on Tuesday, January rs, 1927, at the office
oclocll pm. to = o'clock PM for the pur.
pose of voting upon and approving the res.
olution of the board of directors of said
company. passed December Is, 1926, con.
tinuing the existing agreement of April IA
1909. heretofore entered into with the Real
Estate Title Insurance Co. of the District OF
Columbia.
JAMES J. BECKER,
JAMES ]. BECKER
". SPENCER ARMSTRONG.
ERsKINE GORDON,
JAMES 3. NICHOLSON
ALLEN G. CLARK
WALTER r. WILCOX
LOUIS Il. PEAK,
Directors.
REINHARDT WINDOW SHADE FACTORY
have purchased and occupy their new home
3G18 1ath st. NV. Same phone Col 44O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Warnings Are Sounded.

Two warnings We're sounded III the
discussion, which lasted more than
two hours: A bond issue of Sl0,000,0o0
would mean an immediate increase of
9 or 10 cents in the tax rate, and a
move by the citizens of Washington
in initiating bond issue for the city S
needs might lead Congress further to
cut down its share of the expenses OF
the District.
On the other hand, William :. Tor
bert of the Rhode Island Avenue Citi-
zens' Association and a member of the
fiscal relations committee of the fed
Grafton, argued that an equal saving
in taxes would be accomplished il park
lands ultimately to be found neces-
sary were purchased now while avail
able az lower figure than will obtain
10 years hence.
The hearing was called for the spe-
cific discussion Of general suggestion
for a bond issue contained in a reso-
luton adopted by the Petworth Citi-
zens' Associat and submitted to the
federation for action
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting Of the shareholders Of the
Rigs National Bank, Of Washington, y. G..
action OF such other business a. may come
before the meeting vii oe held at the
TUESDAY January u. 1927 The polls viii
remain open from ] / O'Clock am. until IL
O'Clock noon. ~
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22

ways buy the bosses, and they are
cheaper than direct primary buying.
'What does the public gain by en-
abling rich man to buy his seat in
the senate more cheaply?"
And there is the whole thing in a
nutshell Mr.. Brisbane says Vice
President Dawes thinks the primary
should be abolished. Mr.. Brisbane
no doubt means by that then it is a
good thing not to do so. The Press
advises its readers to real the article
headed Special Privilege" on the
subject by Arthur H. Phillips else
where in this issue. Mr.. Phillips COW
ers the subject in a splendid enlight-
ening manner.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
ORIN WEEDS

Well, Orin has done gone and done
it. BY that we mean that Orin
Cooper, popular member of the
Press composing room staff and the
Printers Union, has taken unto him.
self bride. 1t was Monday morn
ing he asked to be excused from work
and left with the sympathy of all,
thinking he was i'll. But imagine
the glad surprise when "Red" showed
up Tuesday morning with smile on
as broad as box car door, which
had us all guessing until, with the
passing of cigars and candy to all,
"Red" said, "I'm married." After
we regained our breath, congratula-
tions were in order all around, with
best wishes that all his future troubles
be few, and "little ones," of course.
The happy bride is one Of Linden
wald's most charming girls, Thelma
Harris, popular with all her shop
mates at the Shuler & Benninghofen
plant.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22

WILLIAM F. MASON

In the death of William F. Mason
on last Monday morning, Hamilton
organized labor has lost a good and
valuable friend. In his private affairs
or official capacity, in employing la
Dor Mr.. Mason always gave union la
Dor preference. On numerous occa-
sions, when it meant much, he went
to the front, or to the bat, as one
might say, for union labor, and these
acts will long be remembered by
union labor leaders, especially.
But it was just like Billie" Mason
to do things for some one else. He
seemed to get more fun and good
out of doing things for the other fel-
low than did the one actually bene-
fitted. No one knows this better than
hundreds of union men in the city
Never a time did he refuse when call.
ed upon. And in his passing away
Hamilton has lost a splendid, loya
citizen.
Hamilton organized labor, indeed
mourns the loss of a good friend and
sympathizes with the widow, children
brother and sisters in their loss of g
kind and loving husband, father anc
hrnt her
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
N M N - ~
THE CHARTER

At meeting of representatives of
various improvement associations,
trades and labor unions and civic
organizations held last Friday night
for the purpose of forming an organ
ization to support the three bond
issues and the new city charter, rep
resentatives of several labor unions
reported their organizations favoring
the bond issues but opposed to the
charter. Then again some of the la
Dor organizations are reported as
favoring the bond issues but with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
UNIONS FOR BONDS

If Endorsements count for anything
then the three bond proposals coming
before the voters at the election a
week from next Tuesday should carry
favorably by large majorities. Trades
Council and most all the trade unions
in the city have voted to support the
issues. All the improvement associa-
tions are lending their support to
carry the bonds. Other organizations
are also supporting the measures.
This is as it should be if Hamilton
is to go forward. We can't progress
if we don't make improvements. And
we can't make improvements if we
are not willing to furnish the funds
to make them.
The three bond issues are for the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
LABOR CONDEMNS
FASCIST REGIME

BY international Labor News Service.
Detroit. Mich.--A resolution charac-
terizing the FASCIST regime in Italy
as tyrannical dictatorship and af-
firming "the hearty support of the
American labor movement of all in
stitutions Of representative govern
ment," was UNANIMOUSLY approved by
the American Federation of Labor in
convention here.
"In Fascism we find merely
another form of dictatorship and au-
tocracy, principle of government
which can never find anything but op-
position in the minds of free people, I"
said the committees report on the
resolution, which also was unanimous
ly approved.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
- Es -
FORD'S FIVE-DAY WEEK

Mr.. Ford's employees are little, if
any, better off as a result of working
five days a week instead of six.
Those who have become acquainted
with Mr.. Ford inside his factories
rather than from the columns of
newspapers realize that the workers
are required to produce as much, and
in some cases more, during the five
days of employment than they did in
six. In return for this they receive
the same per week, and in some cases
less.
Such development does not solve
labor's problem. Labor should receive
not only share of the results of in
creased efficiency, but should also re-
ceive larger percentage of the
product.-Detroit Labor News.
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IA "a "a 1 -
NO UNION LABEL AUTOMOBILE

There is no union-made automobile.
Union men, perhaps in some consider
able numbers, work on all automo-
biles. But there is no car which is
entirely union made.
But the day will come when there
will be union-made automobiles.
The American Federation of Labor
has declared that it is going to organ
ize the automobile industry. In this
great campaign, in which it will meet
the strongest kind of money opposi-
ton, it will have the experience of the
steel campaign to show what not to
do.
And one of these days the first
union-made car will roll out of some
factory. That will be great day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
IA a . y "a
MR.. FALKENSTINE

C. c.. Falkenstine is a candidate
on the republican ticket for re-elec-
tion as representative from this
county to the state legislature, and
lest we forget, this is the same
G. C. Falkenstine who voted against
ratification of the federal child labor
amendment after giving his solemn
pledge to support it in a signed ques-
tionnaire to the Ohio State Fedora
tion of Labor. His party platform
also carried plank favoring the
measure, and as candidate on his
party's ticket, by all rules he obli-
gated himself to carry out his party's
platform declaration. Though he is
the pastor of prominent church in
his city, do you think he is the kind
of man you ought to elect to so i'm
portant position, to represent you
in the state council where the laws
are made to govern you? A man
whose word isn't worth the paper
bearing his name? Don't take a
chance on man Of that kind. Vote
for some one whose word is as good
as his bond. Plenty of them on the
ticket.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22

tries now could turn out in five days
a week more production in their par
ticular fields than the nation could
consume. Other Industries will soon
be in the same position. The con-
stant invention of new and more pro-
ductive machinery and the ever-in-
creasing efficiency of the highly paid
American worker will see to that.
Opponents of the five-day week are
not keeping up with progress. They
don't seem to realize what is taking
place in the industrial world. If they
won't or can't learn, they are due fol
some rude shocks.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
holding any stand on the charter.

holding any stand on the charter.
This, no doubt, is because of the
lack of information and acquaintance
with the provisions of the charter on
the part of the members of the union.
What seems the hardest to understand
is the proportional representation
plan of voting. And really it is hard
for the average fellow to get this
point But when once understood it
is plain that it is an excellent plan
for selecting representatives in the
city's official family.
However, though there has been
some opposition declared and in some
instances no opinion formed or given
because of lack of understandings,
there is no question but what most
people will be well informed on the
subject before election day, and will
be able intelligently to take a yes
or no stand.
There is no question but what the
voting plan of the charter is proving
the stumbling block to the success of
the charter being adopted, and it is
this point that it's supporters must
bear on and bring out in plain man
ner to the voters if it is to carry
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, o.
ABOLISHING THE PRIMARY

The real big issue, and the impor-
tant one, before the people at the
coming election is the amendment for
abolishing the direct primary Arthur
Brisbane, the well known editorial
writer covers well the subject in
very few words. He says:
"Vice-President Dawes thinks the
direct primary should be abolished.
In its place would come the old
convention and candidates selected by
political bosses.
"On the whole, the direct primary
is the better plan. Sometimes you
cannot buy the voters. You can al
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
PECULIAR TO DETROIT
(From the Baltimore SUM

(From the Baltimore SUM
The thought that the affront given
organized labor in Detroit by the
churches and Y. M. C. A., in with
drawing invitations to speak on Sun
day, was peculiar to Detroit is
strengthened by careful reading of
the news.
When word went out of the action
taken at the behest of organized busi-
ness the reporters sought represen-
tative directors of the "Y" for infor-
nation. And seeking representative
directors they encountered Mr..
Charles Beecher Warren, rejected for
attorney general because of his un-
pleasant relations with big business,
and Mr. Truman H. Newberry, forced
to resign from the senate because of
lavish campaign expenditures. Sure
ly, Mr.. Warren and Mr.. Newberry are
peculiar to Detroit.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
OCCUPATIONAL ILLS
CAUSE HEAVY LOSSES

New York.-A survey by the Re-
construction Hospital reveals that in
dustrial workers in this state lose
$35, 100000 annually through occupa-
tional diseases. The time lost is L.
100000 weeks. With proper treat
ment it is possible to reduce material
ly the period Of sickness disability,
it is stated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
FRUIT OF THE SOIL

Bootleg graft, we are told, is al
most literally rocking the Chicago
police force. Not since the old days
of muck raking, when corrupt polit-
ical machines were in the heydey of
their debauchery, has there been any
thing like the graft incident to the
bootleg business.
Probably as long as there is boot
leg there will be graft, and there
probably will be bootleg as long as
there is so-called prohibition.
In this situation labor can very
properly say, eve told you So"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22
GLOSS OFF

Will remove the wearshine from
Ladies' and Gents garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning. Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's,
1862 N. B street. Phone 2617-L
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-22

erection of new city building, for
the building of new Junior high
school and the construction Of storm
sewers in that territory east of the
canal and north Of Crawford's Run.
Everyone knows the need of new
city hall without further comment.
The present city building, as Mayor
Koehler says, is an abandoned livery
barn and certainly has outlived its
usefulness. 1t is a disgrace to the
city, and would be to any city the
size of Hamilton. The contemplated
junior high school building is to re-
lieve the over-crowded condition of
the grade scools, and is positively
need to accommodate our fast grow
ing population.
The people living in that territory
where it is proposed to construct
storm sewers, if the bonds should
carry, plead with the people in other
parts of the city to get them out of
the mud. They want cutters and
paved streets such as is enjoyed in all
other parts of the city. This, they
can not have until storm sewers are
first constructed.
So all three bond proposals are de-
serving of the support of every voter
VOTE THE BONDS.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-10
$40 FINE is Melted OUT

George w. Hayes, Negro, was
fined $40 and costs on a charge of
assault and battery by Special Judge
Thomas Garvin in Criminal Court
Wednesday afternoon.