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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-29
DOOLEY NON SuRE

'INDTANAPOLIs;,S Ind, r. Jan. 2S.-
Major w. d. Dooley, who reported
last night at the home of his host
Charles r. Crump of Columbus, Ind,
that he picked up radio distress
signal from the S. .NOlympic, declared
today that he is not certain that the
message named the Olympic.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-29
Malaria Is Peril


The health of the people in this
region was declared to be good un-
der the circumstances, withmalaria
Offering the greatest trouble. This
is being treated with large quantities
Of quinine which if available in time
does a great deal of good.
While the loss of crops was large,
a considerable amount may yet be
grown where planting of more seeds
and plants can be made The tobac-
co crop was damaged more than the
banana crop, only the smaller plants
of the banana crop being entirely de-
stroyed.
'The great problem facing us now,"
Mr. Titcomb stated, "is the rehabili-
tation of our present lines. The
storms have indicated the need Of
ballasting hundreds of miles of track.
In the past few years, between $50
and 300 miles have been ballasted at
a cost of more than a million dol
lars
1--WE have a program ahead of us
for six years, which will require the
expenditure of several million doll
llars"
An interesting insight into the
task of constructing railroad
through the baranca territory, which
consists of rolling hills, and very un-
even ground was given. Fills of 800
feet are not uncommon, and cuts of
250 feet have been made. The cost of
building a railroad through the
twenty miles of baranca country ex-
ceeds that of constructing the road
for the balance of the 103 miles.
To-day the ends of the rails are
but II miles apart" he stated
Out of 24,13O feet of tunnel to be
constructed, 14,108 feet have been
completed, which is 67 per cent of
the whole. In order to have machin-
cry into position for one of these
tunnels, he stated it was necessary
to build a twenty mile road to ira
verse the eight miles from the site
to open country. This was made nee
essary by the uneven steep slopes
in the region.
Slides which have been encounter
ed in the construction of tunnels,
and difficult shifting formations have
delayed the work, which at the pres
ent time, is estimated will be COM
pleted by the first of January, 1927.
Business men of Tucson and No
gales particularly should grasp the
opportunity to share in the good
which will result from the compile
tion of this road, the speaker stated,
predicting a big tourist travel to
Mexico City via Tucson and Nogales.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-29
TitcOmb Tells of Progress
of S. p. of Mexico
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rifle barrage which swept down the
river and valley, carrying out bridges
and leaving destruction in it's wake,
At some places the water flowed
over the tracks for a depth of ten
feet.
This territory was visited Satur-
day by President Titcomb, who with
engineers made surveys to rebuild
the lines and plans for the better
ing of the system.
Large trees which lined the river
and which have been there for scores
OF years, aided greatly in retarding
the sweep of the flood, and also
saved the company great amount
of damage in that they gave an
added protection to the company
property
Work of rectifying the damage is
going ahead rapidly. The loss to the
company was estimated at $250;000
in property alone, while an additional
loss is to be sustained in Ghe fact
that between five and seven thous-
and cars of crops were destroyed
Summing up the damage, and situa-
ton, President Titcomb stated, I'VE
were pretty hard hit for a little
company, and I'm glad 1 have a
rich dad
At least four hundred were killed
or drowned by the flood, and thou
sands were left homeless.
Aid for these homeless and needy
people was rushed to the site by the
American Red Cross, the Southern
Pacific of Mexico and the Mexican
people themselves. Supplies were
taken into the region on mules. I
the suffering has been quite general
ly relieved the Mexicans being quick
to adapt themselves to new condi-
tions
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-29

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Evening star., 1926-03-14

basis laws as guaranty that we
shall work out our salvation under
the ideals in which American liber-
ties We're conceived. Our young peo-
pie are required to live today in
complex surroundings. 1t is good
thing to show them beneath all this
modern complexity the simple and
sturdy principles of individual and
collective justice and right which
have made and must keep America"
Must Speak Before Fellows.
In many contest centers this year
in the national contest the Importance
Of the interest and judgment of the
entire student. body is being stressed.
In a large number of schools the
plan which has been found so success
full in the Phillips High School at Bir-
mingham, Ala. the only institution to
furnish a national finalist two years
in succession. is being followed. An
important part Of the Phillips High
School plan is to have the contestants
speak before their own student body
before the actual champion of the
school is selected. Later on the cham
pion Of the school again addresses
the entire student body. 1t is felt
that in this way the contestant is
given greater confidence in himself.
since his fellow students constitute
the most critical audience which he
will face in any phase of the contest.
After that test the youthful orator
approaches the more important sub
sequent contests with less timidity
and with added poise.
Students to Pick Winner.
In the Upper Darby High School in
PENNSYLVANIA number of cOmpetl-
tions are held before the entire stu
dent body. At the last of these COM
petitions, when only the six best in
the school remain. all Of the students
at the general assembly of the school
act as judges. Each pupil makes out
a, ballot, rating the contestants, and
the one judged best in this way is
selected as the representative of the
school. This method has been tried
out for two years in Upper Darby and
is now being adopted there for the
third time.
In 1924 and 1925 this students bal
lot was checked by an additional board
Of Judges, made up of five teachers.
1t was found that the selections made
by the teachers conceded with the
selection of the entire student body, so
that this year it is felt that it is un-
necessary to have the teachers COM
mittee to make the selection in coop
Grafton with the pupils. Therefore.
the students alone will be the judges.
Evening star., 1926-03-14
PLANE BEATS SHIP
IN UNUSUAL RACE
Briton Flies From Cape Town
to Croydon, Getting In Two
Days Before Rival.

CROYDON, England. March l3.--.
Only Is days out of Cape Town. more.
than 5000 miles away, Alan J. Cob
ham. England's greatest long distance
flyer reached Croydon flying field to-
day, completing a round-trip aerial
journey from England to South AT
RIGA. CObham's remarkable flight won
a race against the liner Windsor Cas-
tie. which sailed from Cape Town the
day of his departure, February 26. and
is not due at Southampton until Mon
day.
The aerial welcome accorded him
this afternoon when he approached his
goal on his final jump. from Lyons
by way of Paris, has rarely been
equalled. AS soon as he was reported
passing over the French coast fleet
of planes went up from Croydon Field
to greet him. his wife being a passen-
ger In one of the planes. The fleet in
cluded several passenger planes. many
aviation enthusiasts paying four
guineas about 500 each for the priv.
ilege of participating in the welcome.
King George received Gotham at
buckingham Palace tonight and had
the aviator relate to him the story
of mis- great air voyage. Gotham de-
livered to the king a letter. from the
tIafl OIL Athione. governor general of
South Africa, the first message ever
brought direct to England by airway
from Cape Town. King George con
versed for a long time with the air
man. warmly congratulating him on
his achievement, which he said was
q great forward step in linking up
the aerial communications of the
British Empire.
The return journey was made at
remarkably consistent speed, in spite
of the difficulties of flying over the
African tropics, in temperatures that
ne described as appalling" even
when flying at 100 miles an hour and
through dust storms over the Egyp-
tian desert.
This is Cobham's third successful
long distance flight. He made a
round-trip journey from England to
the Near East in 1924. returning by
way of North Africa and Spain, and
another to India in 1925. For both
these exploits he received the Britain
MIA trophy, awarded annually to the
British aviator accomplishing the out
standing air feat Of the year.
Evening star., 1926-03-14
INDUSTRIAL LEADERS
GIVE FARM WARNING
Conference Board Report Assails
Neglect and Steady Decrease
in Food Production.

NEW YORK, March ia warn
ing to the United States not to
neglect its agricultural development
I'm favor of too intensive preoccupa
tion with industrial and financial ac-
tivities is sounded by the National
Industrial Conference Board in its re-
port on the agricultural problem. Just
completed.
This board. whose membership con-
sists principally Of chief executives in
the manufacturing field. notes that
the world production of the most inn
portant farm products, with the ex-
ception of wool. potatoes and tobacco,
has shown a steady decrease in receQt
years. Production of food supplies
has not kept step with the constantly
growing world population. In 1913
the world wheat crop totaled 4,087,-
600 900 bushels: in 1924 it was $685.
$50 900 bushels The corn crop dur
ing the same period dropped from
9.143. 100000 bushels to 1856, ,000, 900
bushels.
The board notes that many of Eng
lands industrial ills arise from her
dependence upon other countries for
her food supplies. Ii says the shrink
age of the American agricultural
plant" in proportion to population
growth, the dWindling of agricultural
wealth and of income since 1900 are
symptoms of a relative decline in
American agriculture, which, in time,
would reduce America to a similar de-
pendance for food supplies.
Evening star., 1926-03-14
WALSH TO REPORT
TRIAL COST REPORT
Resolution to Press Features
of Trial of Senator
Wheeler.

BY the Associated Pres.
Senator Walsh. Democrat. Montana
notified TIE Senate yesterday lat he
would introduce n resolution to-'lor-
row asking the Attorney General fCi
u list of expenditures made by the
Department of Justice i'll prosec Iting
the charges against Senator Wheeler.
Democrat, Montana.
The resolution also will ask the At
torney General whether he conten
plates bringing before the grand jury
the testimony of George j.. Hays, an
attorney and a Government witness
in the trial of Senator Wheeler III
Montana, with the view of his indic'
ment.
Senator Wheeler was indicted in
both Montana and the District Of
Columbia on charges that he had used
his influence as Il Senator in viola
tion of the law in connection With
oil leases in Montana. He was ac-
quilted in Montana and the case was
dismissed in the District of Columbia
on the plea of double jeopardy.
Hays was IL surprise witness in the
Montana trial and testified concern
ing an alleged conversation in Il New
York hotel with Senator Wheeler. VIII"
he charged discussed a division o.
fees as Il result of the oil leases.
Evening star., 1926-03-14
DEAF HEAR INSTANTLY
Amazing Invention Brings I'm.
mediate Relief to Those
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as a child has been perfected by
the Dictograph Products Corpora
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No deposit-no C. o. D.-no obliga
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offer. Send them your name and
address today.-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1926-03-14

trician that he had graduated with
mark of 99.6 per cent from the Brad
ley Polytechnic Institute, a noted
Theological institution at Peoria. ILL.,,
and that before becoming an optha-
mologist he had been a hOrologist of
repute. His college education served
him in good stead when he set to work
to devise the mechanism he wanted for
his sign. Within a few weeks he had
completed it and installed it in the
sign He patented il, but made no at
tempt to exploit it.
Thought of Other Things.
His first invention served to bring
to his attention the need for n de
vice that would switch the lights
on right after sunset. instead of the
same time each evening. He knew
that the sun went down at dit
ferent hour each day and began To
figure out the mathematical side oil
it with the aid of number OF al
manacs. This done he devised
mechanism that would alter daily the
time for tripping the light switch III
accordance with the progression OF
figures he had obtained. The auto
n1atic motor-driven self winder was
an important auxiliary.
1t was all quite simple. the way
DIR. Van Slyke tells it. The clock
looks just like any other clock. at
first glance. There are two small
dials that make big difference. how
ever. One of them is for setting the
clock at the proper month and day
when it is first started, and the
other for regulating the hour at
which the clock is to turn off the
store lights every night. If the owner
wants the lights to burn until day
break. however. he eliminates this
dial and the clock does the rest auto
matically.
The self-winder is operated by
regular house current, without the
aid of batteries or transformers. ii
the current should fail. the clock
will keep on running for more than
four days, and if the current IS
turned on again in the meantime. II
will pick up" lost Windlngs ana
leave the store lights on or off. as
they should be. at the time the cur
rent comes on again, DIR. Van Slyke
asserts.
The adoption OF the clock to auto
mobiles was a later development.
Evening star., 1926-03-14
FRUIT COMPANY
HEAD CONVICTED.
Minneapolis Man, 3 Others
and a Concerns of Con-
spiracy in Canada. .
BY the Asso, lated Press

BY the Asso, lated Press.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia
March 13.-J. a. SiminStUn. head of
the Nash Fruit co. of Minneapolis,
three other individuals and four com
panieS were convicted tonight of con
spring TO control the fruit and
produce business throughout western
Canada. Seven other individuals and
80 companies We're acquitted.
The four persons were fined S23. 900.
with one days Imprisonment each, and
the companies were fined $4,000.
The other individuals convicted were
S. +. Lloyd. supervisor of credits for
the Nash organization, with headquar-
ters i'm Winnipeg; William ColquhCun
of Regina, supervisor of the company
in Saskatchewan, and w. T.. Car
ruthers, Alberta supervisor. Calgary
Evening star., 1926-03-14
HARTE WORKS TO BE SOLD
Collection of Rare Books Includes
Paper OH Which He Was Printer.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, March 13.-Works of
Bret Harte collected by Charles
Meeker Kozlay will be sold in the
American Art Galleries Thursday
afternoon and evening In the col
lection are II volumes of the files of
the Golden Era, for which Harte
worked as compositor until his con-
tributions of verses and sketches won
for him an invitation to join the
editorial staff and gave him his start
as q writer.
Autograph presentation copies Of
Harte books and letters by his hand
are among the offerings, as well as
first editions of Conrad, Kipling
Hearn. Stevenson and others.
Evening star., 1926-03-14
Scrambled Eggs.

Break six eggs into a bowl and
beat slightly with fork. Pour them
into a frying pan into which two
ia ablespoonfuls OF butter have been
melted, and stir continually over a
very slow fire until they are well set,
seasoning them with pepper and salt.
Turn out at once onto a heated platter
and garnish with triangular pieces of
bread.
Evening star., 1926-03-14

oratorical contest
on the ConStitu-
ton is the declara-
ton of Secretary
Hoover in indors-
ing the project.
He says:
"The national
oratorical contest
affords the means
o f acquainting
American b o Y s
and girls with the
foundations upon
which our Gov
ernment rests and
to impress them
with the neces-
sity of preserving
unimpaired ou !
aud
Evening star., 1926-03-14
|UNCANNY, ALMOST HUMAN, CLOCK.
INVENTED BY CAPITAL RESIDENT
DIR. J. C.. Van Slyke De-
vice Will ''Outthink''
Man in Some Cases.
Will Turn on the Parking
Light Whenever the
Sun Sets.

4 remarkable electric clock with
uncanny powers has been invented by
a Washington opthamologist, DR.. j.
G.. Van Slyke. who has trained 1t to
do some featS that even many
humans are incapable of doing.
This clock cannot walk on it's
hands or take in the family wash, but
it can do these things:
Turn the parking light on your au-
tomobile 10 minutes after sundown.
Not at o'clock or O'Clock, you
understand. but exactly IS minutes
after the sun has sunk below the
horizon, regardless of the daily varia-
tion in the time the sun sets and with
out adjustment at any time, except
every four years. to account for leap
year.
Turn that same parking light off
again at daybreak the following morn
ing in. the same mysterious way.
Flash on the lights In your show
window at sundoWn and turn them
off again at daybreak or at any pre-
determined hour after they are turned
on and do this important duty day in
and day out for four years without
winding. adjustment or other atten-
ton.
.Nuu HItTt EIISt-
Tell you what time the sun rose or
set on the day YOU were born, no
matter how long ago the date happens
to be. And if you don't believe that
one and haven't any way of checking
up on the answer, this Van Slyke
clock will tell you in advance what
time the sun will rise or set on any
particular day of the years to come.
All you have to do to verify its pre-
diction is wait until that day arrives
and see for yourself.
The writer of this article confesses
right here that he is waiting, stop
watch in hand, to see what time the
sun goeth down this very evening. If
the upper crust of its rim does not
sink below the hills of Virginia at eX-
actly l3 minutes to 6 o'clock pm.
then he is going back to DR. Van
Sykes office, in the Machinists' Build
ing tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock
ana denounce his old clock as faker
Every Forecast Right.
Dir. Van Slyke. however, has i'm
l,licit faith in his clock. He has been
working on it for more than 10 years
and some OF his first models are click
ing away merrily still, and guessing
correctly the sunsets and daybreaks
withal. he points out
The story of how an opthamologist
or eye DOCTOR" should undertake
lock making. much less mystery-clock
making, has it's human interest side
Or. Van Slyke had his opthamological
office on prominent street in Denver
a good many years ago. He decided to
advertise his business by hanging a
huge electricity lighted human eye
outside the building. He had the eye
built and ready to install when he was
shocked to learn that there wasn't any
practicable device on the market that
would automatically turn the light OF
in the eye" at a definite time each
evening. and to shut it off again at q
later specified hour.
We'll, then, I guess I'll have tc
make device that will do it, DIR. Var
Slyke remarked to the head of an elec
trical firm at the time. IF you do,
the latter replied. laughingly. you'll
be worth a million dollars" The
opthamologist did not tell the cleo
Evening star., 1926-03-14
Veal-Apple Garnish.

The breast of veal for Sundays
dinner should be neatly boned by the
butcher. For the stufiing add to
quart Of stale bread crumbs four
chopped onions. two tablespoons of
chopped parsley. II high seasoning.
and tWo-thirds Of Il cupful of melted
suet. Roll and tie the meat before
roasting. Veal should always be well
cooked. Serve with it as a garnsh
tart apples sliced and steamed until
tender,
Evening star., 1926-03-14
Oil Blast Kills Workman.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 13
R.-An explosion of a tank of crude
oil at the Standard Oil Company plant
at Sugar Creek, near here, today
caused the death of Clinton Orrill and
injury to two other workmen.
Evening star., 1926-03-14
HOOVER PRAISES
ORAT0R|CAL TEST
Declares Contest Aids in
Perpetuation of Constitution
and Its Ideals.

That the sturdy principles under
lying right, and which have made and
must keep America, are perpetuated
through the medium of the national
Evening star., 1926-03-14
United States Experts Interested.

Government horological experts are
manifesting considerable interest in
DIR. Van Sykes invention. Dr. r.
r.. Gould. thief of the time section
of America, has examined the clock
member of the Theological Institute
of America, had examined the clock
and is convinced of its merit.
We are very interested in DR..
Van Sykes clock" DR.. Gould said.
We are now making Il comprehen-
sive study of it. He has incorporated
in it some wonderful features of great
potential value
President Coolidge might be inter
ested to know that the clock declares
the sun went down behind the hills
of Vermont at exactly 1872 pm. the
day he was born. viz, July 4. 1872.
And we all may look forward with
mixed emotions To this evenings sun
set. predicted TO occur at 5:47 pm.
Evening star., 1926-03-14

The first working models Of this
contrivance now are under cCnstruc
ton. a mantel clock, for home USE
which is electrically operated. lad
been perfected
Evening star., 1926-03-14
African Natives Notion.

In Central Africa the natives believe
that trees possess spirits, and a weird
ceremony must take place before a
tree can be chopped down.
American industries will require
900. .OO0, 900 pounds of butter this year.
Evening star., 1926-10-31

matter when he alighted from the
train. He remarked that If his callers
brought nothing stronger than reso-
lutiOns to the embassy all was well.
He had in mind the fact that four
years ago a group of defenders called
at his residence in the Avenue Messine
and left bomb which shattered the
bathroom.
Ambassador Herrick himself has ap-
parently never been fully aware of the
completeness and constancy of the
vigil which the French government
has kept over him since that time.
When asked about protection, he is
inclined to scoff at it, but those who
have relations with the foreign Office
are quite aware of the fact that, day
and night, his every movement out
doors is watched by a group of keen
eyed agents.
Evening star., 1926-10-31

this week by donating to the poor
people of the District all Of the ap-
pies they can eat, providing their
names are furnished to him.
Maj. Hesse Immediately drafted a
general order directing the precinct
commanders to have the foot patrol
men make a canvass of the homes OF
moor families on their beats, to deter
mine If they will accept such dona
tions. The apples will be delivered
at their doors.
Evening star., 1926-10-31
HERR|CK MISSES
$ SACCO PROTEST
Arrives at Embassy From
u. S. Few Hours Too Late
TO Receive Communists.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 30-The American
Ambassador, Myron T. Herrick, re-
turned to Paris from his annual holi-
day trip to the United States just a
few hours too late to receive a COM
munist protest against the possible
execution Of Sacco and NanZutti radi-
calls. convicted of murder in Massa-
chusetts.
The two delegates who called at the
embassy. not finding the Ambassador
in, left with Counselor Sheldon White
house a copy of the newspaper L'Hu-
mantle. containing an account Of the
communist mass meeting last night at
which the resolutions of protest were
adopted.
The Amba ssador was told of the
Evening star., 1926-10-31
What Tomorrow Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.

Tomorrow's planetary aspects are
very favorable, and encourage ac-
tivities as we'll as foster the best
emotions. There will be unselfishness,
courage and perspicacity. IL IS an
excellent occasion for the launching
of any new enterprise that has re-
ceived careful consideration. 1t Is,
also. a propitious time for 4putting
into effect those changes, even though
they be drastic, which thought has
pronounced beneficial. There Is hard
iy any field Of honest endeavor, be 1t
in the home, the Office or the factory,