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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-13
Staying s 7 Ill
MYSTERY

Investigation OF the death OF
Private Edgar Harry Miller by an
Army board Of inquiry, win be
concluded within 48 hours. it was
announced today.
The substance Of the boards re-
port, to be submitted to the COM
manding officer of Fort Myer. was
not made public, although it was
Indicated ''that nothing OF serious
import has been discovered"
The Army investigators today re-
ceived the formal report or the
autopsy and will base its findings
on this report and on the results
of their investigation In and about
the Government reservation at&ort
Myer. q
It was emphasized, however. that
the Army boards finding, will not
definitely end the investigation.
Further inquiry into the criminal
aspect VIII be carried on by the
Department Of Justice.
The Rev. Earl Betty. Washington
street preacher, who has been held
since Sunday in connection with
the case was released last night, 1t
was learned today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-13
COOLIDGE WILL
PRESENT CUP

l.. Gordon Hamersley, millionaire
New York yatchsman. who won
the IS 900 gold trophy sponsored by
President Coolidge in the Presi-
dents Cup speedboat classic on the
Potomac, will receive his prize TO-
morrow at noon from the hands Of
the Chief Executive at the White
House.
The presentation will be in the
presence of a select group, includ-
ing Secretary of the Navy Wilbur.
the District Commissioners, several
famous yachtsmen who took part in
the regatta, leaders of the Corinth-
ian Yacht Club, under the auspices
Of which the regatta was held, and
officials of the American Power
boat Association.
William A. Rogers. chairman OF
the regatta committee, said today
that the American Powerboat Asso'
citation, governing body Of speedboat
racing, had proclaimed the event
held here the most pretentious
staged in the world this year. with
every likelihood that 1t would DC
surpassed in 1927.
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ASKS
SCHOOL GYM
Times staff Photos

A committee from the Petworth
Citizens Association today appealed
to Engineer Commissioner ]. Frank
lin Bell to construct. as soon as
possible, a combined gymnasium
and assembly hall addition to the
Petworth school.
The committee pointed out to
Colonel Bell that, although there is
now available an appropriation Of
$4,000 for building the desired ad-
dition, the municipal architects Of
flee is planning to wait until June
80 before advertising for bids.
The additional facilities are badly
NEEDED at once, the committee de-
clared, to allow for the natural
growth of school activities.
The committee was headed by
James G. Yaden, chairman of the
school committee of the Federation
Of Citizens Associations.
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DEFENDS SON
THAT FATHER ACCUSED

John r. Schlosser, %. of 322 b
st. N. E., would be in jail now II
his father had had his way in Pc.
lice Court today. But Mrs. Schlos
ser denied her boy was vagrant
and got the charge dismissed.
On request of William Schlosser,
a plumber. Precinct Detective l..
M. Lilson arrested the youth yes
terday.> Hes a loafer, the de-
tective said he was told.
my boy works hard, judge,
pleaded the mother, and showed
letter from his present employer
to prove it.
The father had nothing but bad
things to tell the court about John
and refused to support him any
longer. 81 get him job after job
and he quits them inside OF q
week." his father complained.
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CROWD|NG
RELIEF
SEEN

The National Capital Of the fu-
ture may consist Of a great group
of virtually self-sustaining COM
munities, connected with the heart
of the Federal city by high speed
park boulevards and traction lines.
The special House District sub
committee, when it reconvenes
November 8, will study this plan
of decentralization as q solution
of problems now increasing daily
as a result of one of the greatest
periods of growth in the history
of Washington.
Reid To Study Plan
Representative Frank r. Reid OF
Illinois, acting chairman Of the com
mittee, is interested in the sugges-
ton and will make a preliminary
study to determine whether a
scientifically planned system Of de.
Capitalization for the District will
be feasible.
The plan, it is claimed by its sup
porters, will end destruction OF
natural beauties of the suburban
sections by the ruthless destruction
Of forested areas and the leveling OF
hills and valleys.
Supporters Of decentralization
claim that traffic congestion in
downtown Washington will be al
leviated, parking conditions i'm
proved, and the welfare Of the cit.-
zens as a whole greatly increased
if their plan is followed.
Would End Row Houses
Under the decentralization plan.
the city proper would be surrounded
with individual communities, each
with its own theaters, markets and
stores, but all linked together in a
harmonious whole by careful city
planning and logical development.
Instead Of block after block Of
row houses there will be individual
homes. each surrounded by its own
lawn and flower gardens, standing
amid the original forest trees which
make the District rich in beauty
Construction Of row houses, ac-
cording to evidence before the sub
committee, necessitates leveling OF
the ground. This costly work of
preparation adds to the cost to the
consumer. Doing away with the
tremendously expensive grading, it
is stated, would permit construction
of individual homes at a cost very
little, If any, greater than that of
a row house.
While individual homes would re-
quire greater ground area and thus
force centers of population farther
away from the downtown section,
the committee will be told, this can
be obviated by the self-sustaining
community plan.
Sees Merit In Plan
Under this plan the housewife
could run her home without the
necessity of making more than an
occasional trip into the heart Of
the city. The bulk Of home shop
ping would be done in the various
communities and traffic in the city
proper would be greatly relieved.
IT am not prepared to say that
this suggestion will prove solu-
ton for Washington problems"
Representative Reid said. II be-
lieve, however, there is sufficient
merit in the plan to warrant at
least a preliminary survey"
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HUSBAND SEEKS
PARIS DIVORCE

Mrs. Jeanette Gallinger Burnap,
of Falls Church, widow Of DR.. Gal
linger, son OF the late Senator Gal
linger, who in July last sued her
husband, George Burnap, Well
known landscape architect and pro-
prietor of the ..'Maison dart" at
1741 Rhode Island Ave. n. W., for
maintenance, today filed an affi-
davit in the District Supreme Court
claiming that Burnap left for
France last August and the follow
ing month filed suit against her in
the French capital for divorce,
claiming that she deserted him.
Mrs. Burnap denies that she de-
serted him, and that her husband
field the Paris suit for the purpose
of defeating her suit against him
in this jurisdiction for maintenance.
Mrs. Burnap asks that her case be
advanced for a hearing, contendlng
that her rights would be materially
jeopardized should the case in Paris
be heard before her own case, pend
ing here has been disposed Of.
Her husband instituted the suit
against her In Paris, with the 1nten-
ton of harrassing and annoying
her, says Mrs. Burnap, who also
declares that she was not informed
of the contemplated action in
France. Mrs. Burnap also denies
that he is a resident Of Paris,
France, which he claimed to be.
In her suit for maintenance Mrs.
Burnap asked the court to prevent
her husband from leaving the
Jurisdiction pending settlement OF
the suit.
The court dismissed her petition.
but required Burnap to put up a
bond of $4,000, securing his wife's
claims, should they be supported by
the court.
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THE CARDS ARE IN

THE CARDS ARE IN
The Cards are in
Cigars and gin
Ger ale for them 4oe'D mGnne.
And AleTGnd-
Err long 4CiH stand
In bGsebdIPS Hall Of Fame.
On three big days
ITO him oil prdise)
He busted off the YGnks
And took from them
The dtdden1
land dough out Of their 6GnksJ.
The Cards they hit,
A lot of tt
Oft Shdtokey, Shocker, Dutch,
And Hoyt and Jones,
Whose meat and bones
Were neper doing much.
They micked 'em all,
This pery fGH,
But little Herbte Pen
Mock, 1Cho SCGs good,
But simply could
Not do the 1Cork Of ten.
st. Looey gels
And rings her bells,
And throngs the railroad yards,
And 1ceH she may;
They re good, III say,
Those r'Grtng, going Cards!
GENE BLOSSOM.
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Lncheon-Cosmopoli Club. Lee
House, 1890 p. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING Club. Lee House,
1890 y. m.
Luncheon-Y's Mems Club, Lee House
1890 p. M
Meeting-District of Columbia Life
Underwriters' Association, Raleigh Ho-
tel. 6 o'clock. John d. Bookstaver,
speaker.
Northumberland Society of Wash
ington Cosmos Club, Sis p. m. Three
hundred and eighty-first session. Execu-
tive committee meeting at 1880 p. m.
Informal Dance-National Fellowship
Club. City Club.
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MAYOR OF CAPITAL
TO SEND BACK HIS CRATE

The fame of the Board of District
Commissioners Is not very far
flung, letter received by the Com
missioners today would Indicate.
The Letter. from James b. Porter.
of AustinviIle, Va. was addressed
to the Mayor of Washington" II
asked the Mayor" to return to
him q crate in which he had ship
ped some chickens to resident OF
the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-13
SOUTHWEST URGED FOR
MARKET BY CITIZENS

Endorsement of the southwest
site for the new Center Market
was given by the Barry Farms
Citizens Association last night.
Street grading funds will be dis
cussed at meeting between a
committee from the association and
the District Commissioners next
Tuesday, it was announced. A
larger appropriation for grading is
to he asked of Congress.
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BIDS ON ADDITION TO
SCHOOL TO BE OPENED

The Engineering Department of
the District will open bids October
rs for the construction of an eight
room addition to the Burroughs
School at Twenty-second and New
ton Streets Northeast.
The addition will include a COM
bined gymnasium and assembly.
The amount specified for this addi-
ton is about $245 900.
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What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow

Today
Meeting-Michigan Park Citizens AS
ISOLATION. 1900 Thirteenth ST. N. E..
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Players at Hne
Junior High School each Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest. di-
rector.
Lecture-"Power of Radiance" Viva
NJ January. 1926 Eye st. N. W.. 8
p. m.
Meeting-United Lodge OF Theoso-
phists, 709 Hill Building. Seventeenth
and Eye Streets Northwest. classes 8
Meeting-southwes Business Men and
Southwest Citizens Association, 321
seventh st. $: W.. 8 p; M NJ 9, q
Eldridge. Director of Traffic. Will
Meeting-Michigan Park Citizens As
ISOLATION. 1900 Thirteenth st. N. E..
D. m.
Luncheon-optImist Club. City Club,
Luncheon-Rotary Club. Willard Ho-
tel. 1890 p. m.
Luncheon-Lion's Club. Mayflower
Hotel. 1890 p. m.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lafayette Ho-
Dinner-Longevity Legion. 1928 X st.
N. w. 1880 p. m.
Meetng-ItaIian Society OF Wash
ington. Raleigh Hotel. oak room. $3.50
p. m.
Tomorrow
Play-The Towne Players. senior
dramatic club of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church Of Our Saviour.
Meeting-CathedraI Heights Citizens
Association, st. Adams Guild Hall.
p.
Conference-Commis of Fine Arts
with Judge G. A. Schuidt on a new
police court building this afternoon.
Fashion Show--Young Women's He
brew Association. Jewish Community
Center. S!45 p. m.
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News Briefs
TAKEN FROM TODAY'S
CLASSIFIED ADS

Snap This Up
HANDSOMELY furnished. first
floor. Ink. apt, private bath.
two rooms.
See Classification 81.
X X \
Piano For Sale
PIANO--smaIl upright. beautiful
tone; Will sell reasonable.
See Classification lis.
X \ X
Lost-FraternIty Pin
PHI DELTA THETA fraternity
pin; jeweled. Reward.
See Classification s.
Wanted-Driver
DRIVER for dry cleaning route:
must know city and suburbs;
steady position for right party;
give reference.
See Classification Sc.
X X
Ready Cash-NOw
CASH in five minutes for your
See Classification 142.
DOgs-PedlRreed
TWO German police dogs. pedl-
greed; cheap.
See classification 145.
The above wants and offers
are only few of the hundreds
Of interesting propositions adVer-
tlsed In today's Classified Adver-
Using Section. Turn there now.
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IEARpIDECE |zATI0N Plan FOR D. c. IS STUDIED
he ARD.
|I'AND9
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BY Bill PRIcE's
SPARE TIRE /
- RE US. PAT. OFFICE q
REe Us. PAT. ofFIeE

THE BACK TRAIL
The white road CLEANS, where the
moonlight streams.
And its hard to stay. when It calls
you away,
To where your dreams keep stray.
ing.
When the husk ON the corn IL turn
ing white,
And the grains in the shock ON
the hills,
Then my feet want to 90, where the
pine trees grow,
And there's dew on the daffodMs.
Tor there Is a song I'm the wind today,
And the wide road opens free;
And it's well know 1 must rise
Whenever H" S Il calls to me.
Or IL It the face Of q girl I have
Dream framed In q bouquet Of
flowers?
Or l. il the cottage that's always
Where rye spent all my haDpiest
hours?
Wen, whatever 1t IL, it's part Of my
life
And It's west that the winds are
30 tell ali my pals that I couldn't
resist,
And tomorrow norning-Tm going.
GUY CEASAR.
~
OMAR THE RENT RAKER
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NEW PATENT BUILDING
URGED BY COMMISSIONER

With more than $4,000 patents
issued annually, there is a great
need for larger quarters, Thomas
E. Robertson, commissioner, de-
cIared before the American Patent
Law Association.
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COCILIATION

f E co CHA TION
He brought her the letters she wrote
him,
He brought back the lock of hair,
The ribbons. the gloves, the kerchiefs
That he had fetched unaware.
She gave him the gifts of his giving,
His picture, the letters he wrote,
And though her red lips were smiling,
There was a sob in her throat.
He turned to her sadly and murmured.
chats about all ! can do,
Unless you would also be having
Me give back your kisses to you"
''Why nOt?" she said, in a whisper,
As soft as the burst of dawn;
So he leaned to her lips and kissed her,
And low! all their troubles were
BROWN-EYED DOT.
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Here lies the body
OF Scotsman Jock;
He crossed a bridge
That was only q dock!
VIVIAN.
Xs
RRIGHT RUGSi

BRIGHT BUGSl
''Cripes, I'm glad t be back!" ex-
claimed the city urchin, returning
after a charity excursion to the
country.
why, didn't you like it?" he was
asked.
4 Nav, the mosquitoes is so bad
they hunt va wit 1anterns
FRANCES s. SMITH.
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If Ve glorified great cir
tues as keenIy as we seek
to know about great Vices
then the Uirtues WouLd hold
first place IN oar interest.
G. II. D.
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-
HERE rs Miss Ida May Chadwick presenting the cash
award to the nner Miss Marion R. Mansfield, of 1885
California ST. N. w., of the limerick contest started by
Miss Chadwick and conducted by The Washington Times
Miss Mansfieds last line selected by Miss Chadwick
being the most apt and deserving of the prize Here is
the limerick and rizewnning final line:
Miss Ida May Chad10ck the dancer
Says, "Mem prefer bomdes." What's the ANSWER?
pretty brunette
Says, "IdG's all 1Oet."
But she's not man, that's the answer.
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ALL ALONE!

IL you would be popular pal.
Don't park in car with a gal:
Stick up your nose at 'em
On the back never pat 'em,
Sick me on 'em-yOu know me. Al!
JACK HENRY.
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INDIGNATION

INDIGNATION
IMAGINATAON is seeing some
thing that can't be seen.
INSPIRATION is feeling some
thing that can't be seen, bedbu0s
excluded. SILICUS.
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THAT FARM BLOC

Some of the TiIIers of the Soil
Are Going to Gust the Sellers OF
the TilI.-Democratic campaign
song. ORKIES.
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7 HEA RD-

Half the world may not know how
the other half lives, but it's got its
suspicious; and that's where all the
trouble starts. HENRY Y. O'Y.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-20

the 100000 acre feet allotted the
state.
The people In the Las Vegas VAL
ley claim over 100000 acres of ar
able land so the allotted 100000
acre feet would be insufficient to
supply their needs at the estimated
thirty-six inches depth required for
annual irrigation. And the power?
The state requires power for many
purposes, as well as California. 1t
has many millions of acres of ara
BILE 4and that can only be irrigated
by pumps and unless it receives
more than the tentative allotment
there will be a lot of land aban-
doned to perpetual deserthood. 1t
should also figure on enough pow
er to operate it's railroads if it in
tends keeping in step with pro-
gress. Wake up, Nevada! Cali
fornia does not want to see the
dam placed anywhere but at Bould-
er Canyon. There is deep, dark
subterfuge limited at in this atti-
tude, but assuming that everything
is honest and above board, with
Nevada asleep or acQuiescent the
question would be practically one
half hers, but with the dam at
Glen Canyon or Lees Ferry and
wide-awake governor she sees her
prior rights diminish. Even at
Boulder Canyon she is asking the
government to install dam that
will create a reservoir covering
over 10000 acres, backing up the
waters 120 miles on ground that
mostly belongs to the state of Ar
izona. Where does she get the
right to demand a sacrifice on the
part of Arizona?
When California's fight is before
the people and in Congress it is
based upon the great peril of the
Imperial Valley and other adjacent
valleys, but when it is before the
commission and the grabbing starts
Imperial Valley has to take rear
seat and Los Angeles advances to
the front with demands for its
prospective population.
The Governor of Arizona is
threatening the Government of the
United States when he urges the
necessities of the vast acreages of
arabic land that the Arizona des-
erts contain, and attempts to safe
guard the rights that are naturally
Arizona's for the welfare of the
present population and that to
come.
The needs of the Imperial Valley
are lost to sight in the real fight
Continued on Page A.
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THE BIG COLORADO RIVER QUESTION
(By WALLACE McNEIL)

other claim that is being hawkeC
about and emphasized as legal, the
cry reaching even higher than the
topmost peaks of the Rockies
where the river rises, is the claim
of priority of rights and in addi-
tion to these two claims comes the
cry of distress ascending to even
greater heights, from a quarter
known as Imperial Valley. adam
the river at Boulder Canyon, or we
perish"
Nothing is said about riparian
rights, in fact it appears 20 be the
desire on the part of some claim
ants to forget them, priority O.
right being the popular thing al
present.
Priority of rights practice holds
sway in many places but the Uni
ted States Government has a way
of revoking those rights when they
are not employed constantly and il
good faith. Whar a prior right
amounts to when it never has cen
employed and, IAN not be emrloyed
without getting the government 10
build an imense dam and raseI soi l..
and completely ignore a states
sovereignty and -he property rights
of it's citizens, remains to be seen.
Nobody more fei' GENTLY desires to
see dam or dams constructed
along the Colorado river than the
people of Arizona, but they are en-
titled to all their natural resources
and have a natural priority of
right by virtue of location and if
the state of California has airy
rights that precele the rights of
Nevada and Arizona, then the rights
of Mexico, for whom yoT hear a
little faint argument occasionally,
are paramount 20 all and we would
all better look out, as far as i"ri-
cation is concerned.
We wonder what California
would reply to Mexico if such
claims were made upon her as she
makes upon Nevada and Arizona. 1.
And again we wonder where she
gets the right to insist thar Arizona
be not permitted to develop her hy-
dro-electric resources within her
own territory until California's de-
mands are granted.
Now we are going to say word
or two about the great law of prior
right and it's origin. 1t had its ORR
gin in the small Kingdom of Prus-
sia about the year of 1865 A D.,
during the reign of Frederick the
Great, one of the greatest despots
Europe has ever known.
A miller named Arnold owned
and operated a grist mill on a
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-20

A ereat deal has been said and
written about the Colorado River
and the efforts and plans that have
been made for it's control and utiI-
ization.
Story after story has been writ
ten. Hardly a magazine or news
paper but has had wordy, pleasing
articles, purporting to deal with
the situation in perfectly unbias-
ed manner but upon analysis one
finds that the ends and aims of Cal
ifornia are advanced in a very del
icate and plausible manner while
Arizona is held up to the view and
scorn of the reader and much OF
this is done by writer's one would
never suspect Of being party to an
unworthy or questionable project
With the exception of some drill
ing on the part of the Government
the Colorado River Project is at
rest.
After a great deal of discussion
and consideration of the situation,
compact, including the division
of the river into an Upper and
Lower basin was arrived at and
submitted to all the states con-
cerned and accepted, tentatively, by
all the states but the state of Ari-
zona.
The four states, Colorado, New
Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, being
allotted the Upper Basin with an
estimated content of 100000 acre
feet and the states of Arizona, Ne
yada and California being allotted
the Lower Basin with an estimated
8.500,000 acre feet content.
It has been said that the Colo
rado River would supply enough
water to irrigate all of the thir-
teen colonies that went to war with
Great Britain for their independ-
ence and supply enough power
electrically to turn every wheel of
it's industries and that it's drainage
basin would support a population
Of fifty millions where at the pres
ent time less than half million
dwell.
That is probably the case, and
if it is, then the division Of the re-
sources of the Colorado Ri e, from
all irrigation and power producing
standpoint, is a momentOus affair
and the responsibility of those max
ing it is enormous.
The seven states that are inter-
ested in the division and distri-
button of the rivers resources are
so interested by virtue of their
watershed area and the consequent
contributions to the rivers volume.
These are the only real claims. An.