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Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
The Lonely Old Lady's
sChrisfn7ds Valentine

THE lonely old lady sat III the
l. twilight as the evening star
looked through the window and
wondered why she seemed so sad.
The star wass bright enough that
Christmas Eve to guide anyone to
glalness, but she who sat there
did not appear to know it. There
were yet few sparks amid the
ashes of jthe hearth fire, and
warmth had not wholly departed
from the room; there were points
of light in the maze of memories
that kept the past alive, and at
heart the silent thinker was not
cold; but darkness was creeping
over solitude, and time was regis
tering age, and the old lady was
lonely.
There was a picture on the wall
Of one who had been the strength
and joy of earlier days, but years
had passed over his grave in a
distant land.
There were other pictures look
ing down upon her with young and
happy faces, but they were pictures
Of children who had blessed other
homes, placed about to keep com
pany with her dream children, and
reminding her now again that she
had none. ~. SO
.st SO The starf might have known
that there was reason for pensiye-
mess as. ii tried to penetrate the
gathering gloom and the mystery.
ia Butdwhethersit learned the secret
or not, it witnessed as it watched,
a light in the dim room. For she
had taken from portfolio her must
precious possession, and she was
smiling upon it. 1t was an old
valentine, the last that she had re-
Vffv e1,@fEpnl him who had aexerssre-
turned Itwas inscribed "To My
Valentine. ~ UPonit satgCupid. in
a wreath of forget-nie-nots holding
a high pyramid OF large noses over
large, circular spider web, with
two hearts entangled in it!
Theststar must have recognized
that it was shining upon the death
lessness of love, And helping tito
share the Christmas fellowship and
cheer r-Christnr1her G. Hazard
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

Scheerer's appointment was
the position recently made vacant
made effective December 10, to fill
by e. S. Turville, who becomes a
specialist in agronomy and agricul-
tural practice in the agricultural
service.
"Scheerer's field of experience in
Pinal county" Director Ross said,
qualified him in an unusual way
for the position This county is
perhaps the most important in the
state from the standpoint of i'm
mediate development 'The San
Carlos Water Users association
has announced that the dam will
be completed and the distribution
system finished by June, 1928. This
means the application of water to
approximately $4,000 acres of land
within two years. For this reason
the county agricultural agent has
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
4 PoGticians Dead
In Mexican Rioting

NOGALES, Ariz., Dec. II (AP)
Elections in the state of Maya
flt, Mexico, were held directly re-
sponsible for the death of four high
politicians, according to dispatch
70 the Herald today from Tepic,
the capital city. The message say
mat Senator Pedro Souza, two
brothers, and his father were shot
uown by military during rioting.
Many others were wounded in
riots but no other deaths were re-
ported.
Full investigation has been or
uered as result of charges
brought by Souza's friends that the
killings were planned by high army
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NEW COUNTY
AGENT FOR PINAL
is APPOINTED

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
Tucson, Dec IT, = The appoint
ment of George w. Scheerer, farm
er of the Casa Grande valley and
alumnus of the College of Agricul-
ture of the University of Arizona,
as county agricultural agent for
Pinal county was made public. yes
terday by P. H. Ross, director of
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice of the university.
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Minds Her Own Business

An old farmer was driving. a
mare that interfered very badly.
A passing friend, observing the
mares antics, cried out:
Say, ST, that mare of yours in
'terferes very badly, don't she?'
ST paused, spat vehemiously, and
shrilled, "Yeh, she interferes, all
right; but she don't interfere with
nobody but herself"
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- Wi 1S<Y FL ~ S-tp1I
TWAS the night befofg ChHHamas77ahe Esd9 9ses
For;he news, mos important. thslaay cSuH get.
Itccked and b,nz-d. and It pu1ed with its static.
Like veteran Of wan who we. old and rheumatic.
{ Then finally cleared. to the unbroken Joy
Oh father. and mother. and Bobby. the boy.
Il have il" cried father. who catching wave
Unusual in length. caught the message it gave.
Come quick. he cned shnlIy come on. listen hess
To the strangest old message we We had in yeas.
The long room was dim with Aickerng light;
The outside. quite frosty bemantled IN white.
Click, Clickbuu-a autter, and then the word r.
Came through the receiver. right out Of the SKY.
Am coming a. midnight-anive between one.
tThe ringing Of bells) and the rise Of the Sun" ;"
Then it stopped ii was Santa. and out Of the an
Camethepleadingof childrenwhowsnted himthse.
Some called from the fair coraled India shores,
Some from the far tropics. some from the Azores;
All Europe, and Asia, and Africa heard.
For all had tuned-in and were getting the word
81. buzz i am coming Click bringing surprise
For those who are eager, and early to n.e
May possibly see me7he early ones may
Ere | hop in myairship and hasten away
Discarded myslesh. with the days that are gone
VIII come with d9 flourish OF bells or of hon;
But you may hesrcthe jingle Of air-driven JAS
8As7Ldrop ny huge packets; and huu.edly pass.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

To avoid chartering specia
car a manufacturer shipped zoe
pounds of limberger cheese, in, "a
rough, oblong box and checked
it as a corpse At the first stoI
he went ahead to the baggage cal
to see if everything was all, right
"A relative?' asked the baggage
man.
Yes. sighed the manufacturer
We'll, you've got one consola'
tion," said the baggageman,. Hes
dead all right.'n s
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THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON

II Apply fatigue. Rushing,
L l. hurrying, sitting UP late.
Doing up bundles. Posting
packages. Delivering pres
ents. Getting so tired out you
don't know how you can ever
finish, and then a new visor
and energy and Christmas
spirit coming over you so
that you feel you can con-
tinue more than ever. Won
dering whether it will snow
and the snow arriving just
in time for Christmas. the
stars twinllling down on the
white, white earth. Bright
red apples with the real
flavor of the country. Mem
cries of other Christmases
and New Years, blurred at
other times somewhat, but
poignantly vivid in the hap
piness of Christmas-tide. This
is the Christmas season.
Mary Graham Bonner.
q by Western Newspaper Union.)
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For the Tree

Has any one ever tried cutting
little stars, circles. fir trees, ETC.,
from pumpkin rind for the Christ
mas tree? Feel pumpkin with as
wide a peeling as possible. Then
cuteout your circles, etc, witli7scist
sors or knife and fasten to a piece
OF card u -
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Nothing Like That

Judge: "Then the two women
had an epistolary dispute.''
Witness: No pistols at all about
it, sab, Dey, ies' writ a lot O. mean
things to one another.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

an unusual responsibility in. pre-.
pairing to meet the needs of tn.
farmers who will develop thf
valley"
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

men who were recently bitterly at
tackled by Souza for their summary
execution of several people.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
A Christmas Carol

A bright and blessed Christmas Day
With echoes of the angels song,
And peace that cannot pass away,
And holy gladness calm and
strong,
And sweet heart-carols flowing free
This Is my Christmas wish to thee
-HavcrgaL
-. go. .-..L -:
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
First Christmas Tree

Christmas trees became popular
in the United States about the
same time that they were intro
duced into England. In England
the first Christmas trees were set
up in the royal palace of st. James
at the time Queen Victoria married
the prince consort in 1910.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

Northumberland Lumber COM
pany erecting new service station
on highway. i,t -
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
THREE MARINES SENT
s,sa TO GUARD MIAMI NAIL

MIAMI-Three marines, a SER
geant and two privates, have been
assigned to guard United States
mails carried by the Southern Pa
cific railroad between. Bowie and
Miami, according. to information
received by Postmaster Joseph n.
Downey of Miami #
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
Christmas Comes 8

Heads of families think 10 re
markable what a short time there
Is between Christmases.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

Glendale Winter lettuce ship
ments being made from here. IT,
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19

JeweIry, more than any other gift, carries
not only it's intrinsic value but pretty com
piment to the object of your affections.
-. .,-t-.- ] -a.. - - NJ -. 81 ~.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
"JEWELRY ENDURES AND ENDEARS'

But since approval of your gift means SO
much, be guided by the expert assistance oI
reputable jeweler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-15

Our Army and Navy came back
from the European war with prac-
ticaIly no Improvement in the sys-
tenn. The same group who had
handled it in peace handled it in
the war, and then returned to thei1
swivel chairs and sat down in them
again in 1919.
If the war had continued for
few months longer, most of these
would have been eliminated as unfit
and their places taken by those
more competent for such tasks.
They Are Content
Naturally, having no real army
when the war opened: we had to De
chaperoned and shown around by
the Europeans SO as to get results
quickly.
Our manufacturers and producers
alone showed themselves equal to
the emergency of war time condi.
tions. Our individual States also
turned out their quotas OF men in
marveIously short time; but that
part of the preparations which had
been entrusted to the Army-that
is, the selection of proper weapons,
machine guns and cannon--was
woefully deficient. and we had to
take foreign models and foreign
systems for use with our troops
Had we been attacked, without
the help of the Europeans we could
have offered about as much resis-
lance as a municipal police force 10
a modern army. The regular Army
at the beginning OF the World War,
was just as deficient as II was at
The beginning of the Spanish War.
or at the beginning of the Civil
War.
before the European war we had
done practically nothing. When the
Army and Navy did consider air.
craft. they spent most Of their TINA
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Warrant for Arrest
OF Earl Issued Here;
Vera's Case Taken Up

Labor Department officials await
Ang the final hearing this after
noon Of the case OF Vera, the con-
frary Countess OF Cathcart, are. self
admittedly relieved that the Earl
OF Craven, with whom Vera was
implicated in her famous trip to
South Africa few years ago is
safely out of the way.
The Labor officials frankly ad.
init that IL the Earl had not so
graciously taken himself out of the
way they would have been placed
in an exceedingly embarrassing sit.
uation this afternoon In deciding
that the Countess must be ex.
cluded.
A warrant for the arrest of the
Earl was issued this afternoon, but
with the nobleman safe in Canada.
IL will, of course, never be served
With Craven out of the way,
Secretary of Labor Davis is ex-
pected to uphold the decision of
his immigration inspector at New
York who turned the countess
down. Every precedent of past
cases in the Labor Department 4
Hles point, to this decision
Several hundred other would be
immigrants have been refused en-
trance to the United States. immi
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EARL NOW
INGA|VA|]A,
To SAIL

BY International News Service
NEW YORK, Feb. I5.-The
Earl Of Craven Is I'm Montreal to-
day. having fled from impending
arrest and deportation In eOnnec-
ton with the case of Countess
Cafacart.
The Earl admitted to inmigra-
ton authorities his part in the
eIOpenlent with the beautiful
countess some years ago for which
the British nobleWOman is ex-
eluded from this country.
He viii stay i'm Montreal until
his wife, Countess Nina, joins
him I'm a few days.
The earl left New York on an
early train yesterday, his wife
revealed today. During an eight
hour st0pOver in Albany he re-
manned in the seclusion Of bis
drawing, room, arriving I'm
Montreal last night.
His lordslIip will return 10
Bermuda with his wife from
whence they came a few weeks
ago.
81 shall sail with my wife for
Bermuda ON the first vessel that
leaves, the earl told Montreal
reporters. My wife Is leaving
New York within the next few
days to meet me-"
will you ever return to the
United StateS?" he was ASKED.
Never II a long word" ne an
swered, but am not returning
to the United States now"
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TlJNJ
I. ANIL Y
GASSED

The wife and two Of the daugh-
tiers of Joseph p. Tumulty, former
secretary to President Wilson,
narrowly escaped death from gas
poisoning Saturday night in the
Tumulty home, 1917 Kalorama
Rd. N. w.
Only the quick response of Mr..
Tumulty to a telephone call from
one of his daughters, which caused
him to rush from the dinner table
in the home of Frank j. Hogan,
1920 Massachusetts Ave. N. W.,
to his own home, saved the men,
bers of his family. Mr.. Tumulty
found them in their beds, gradu-
ally succumbing to monoxide gas
poisoning.
All Revived
He threw open all windows in
the house Immediately, and sum
moned a physician. In about an
hour, Mrs. Tumulty and the two
daughters, Grace and Alicia, were
revived. They were reported 20
have completely recovered today
Mr.. Tumulty notified the Health
Department yesterday, and a pre-
liminary inspection made at that
time by F. x. Dowd, smoke in
spector, attributed the poisoning
to faulty gas water heater. A
r. McGonigle, chief plumbing In
spector, will make a further in
vestigation today.
Tumulty Was Away
Mr.. Tumulty had left his home
late in the afternoon and his family
then was all right. While he was
at dinner at Mr.. Hogan's house, his
Grace, telephoned that
she and her sister, Alicia, and their
mother, were i'll. They were the
only ones at home.
Mr.. Tumulty fastened to his
house and found that Mrs. Tumulty
and the two girls had gone to bed
and were gradually succumbing to
the fumes.
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LLOYD GEORGE MAY TOUR
SOVIET REPUBLICS

LONDON, Feb. 15.--England's
prominent people are displaying
remarkable curiosity about Russia.
and a virtual exodus of investiga-
tors threatens. Lady Warwick, who
is a supporter of the Labor party,
is shortly to go to Russia with
Madame Rakovsky, wife ofFthe Rus
sian ambassador.
Basil Dean, son-in-law of Lady
Warwick and well known theotrical
producer, is already in Russia.
Lloyd George has been invited to
make q tour OF the Soviet Republics.
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Stumbling along On foot toward
Washirgtgh fourteen hours sitter
he and tlfee other men had e.
capped from the guard house II
Camp Humphreys, Va, Joseph
Adams, 26, late today was cap
tured by patrol Of soldiers and
taken back to the camp.
Adams was trapped IN human
web that had been laid out since
10 o'clock last night. The net
was made up Of 800 service men
and stretched around the camp IN
circle with q radius Of approx
mately twenty miles.
At 1910 last night q general
alarm was sounded when the de-
livery was discovered. Inamedi-
ately patrols Of from two to five
men were sent out to guard all
roads leading from the camp.
A systematic plan was outlined
with q human ent comprising 800
with human net comprising 800
90 miles from the camp.
Incoming Cars Searched
At the south end of the Highway
bridge Neutrality-suspicious. got tine
thrill OF the situation when every
car coming from Virginia to cross
the bridge was stopped and its oc-
cupants infinitely examined by
members Of a patrol of five men
stationed there.
Even the street cars were halted
momentarily while the patrol made
it's inspection OF all passengers.
Some time between 8 aid 10
o'clock last night three waite men
and a colored man in tie guard
house discovered a knot hole in the
floor of their room, the authorities
believe.
While three of the men sat on a
bunk that had been moved over the
knot hole and talked and hummed
to overcome the noise of a saw, the
other crawled under the bunk, and
with a hacksaw cut hole in the
floor large enough for Tie men to
get through.
Slip Past Guard
All four men then dropped
through the hole, and when the
guard on post No. / turned the
corner Of the guardhuose out OF
sight, the escape was effected.
The four men who escaped are:
Joseph Adams, 26, Of the Quar-.
ter1naster Corps Detachment, con.
Victed of desertiOn, feet 2 inches
tall, weighing $50 pounds, stOcky
build, black hair and eyes, well
rounded face and Olive-colored
skin.
James II. Blake, 22, of the
Quartermaster Corps Detachment;
convicted Of desertion, 5 feet 8
inches tan, weighing las pounds,
dark brown hair and eyes and
dark olive skin.
Frank l.. Kriner, "a, of Com
pany b, Twelfth Infantry Of Fort
Howard, Nd, waiting trial for de.
sertion and larceny; feet 3
inches tall, weighing 100 pounds,
sharp face. long nose and sallOw
complexion.
Frank Smith, "a, cOlored, dark
brown skin, iIldistinct markings
on face, small head with u scar
on left cheek, very evasive and
sly.
All four men when they escaped
were dressed in fatigue clothing
with large hats and mackinaws.
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By col. WILLIAM MITCHELL

Why has the United States stuck obsolete system
Of national defense while all other nations have adopted
modern system in which air power has been given .
coordinate place with land power and sed power?
By this is meant an equal voice with the Army and
Navy in the national defense councils of the state
equal chance of making s wants known the legislative
bodies and the head Of the state nhampered by Army
Navy Influences consolidation Of activities under
head so as to get results for the money
pended and planes and equipment for the who
use them to fly instead Of being tied up armies and
navies auxiIiaries.
Why has our Air Service continued be handled under
Notifying officers educated for the work, with
iervce In in the air forces, with ability
adrnini|ter their affairs in time of to Vision
their future development?
The reason participation of the United States
in the European war of such short duration and the
war was so little felt by people, that they didn't
cider the serious enough to into carefully
their account but left its decision to the armed
services
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CHAPMAN must
DIE BY MOOSE
BY International News Service

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.- Gerald
Chapman, notorious bandit, must
hang in Weathersfield Prison, Con-
necticut, March 8, the United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals decided
today.
Chapman, condemned for the
murder of James Skelly. a New
Britain policeman, in a burglary on
October IL. 1924, had appealed from
a decision of Federal Judge Edwin
S. Thomas.
That jurist. In refusing a writ OF
habeas corpus to the notorious mail
robber. upheld the right Of Con-
necticut to deal with Chapman. The
convict, through his attorney, Fred
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A committee headed by the
bishop Of London was preparing
to appeal to the house of lords
over the head of the. Lord Cham
berlain who has refused to ban
plays because they are immoral. !"
The committee in condemning
the play to the Lord Chamberlain
declared that it was an offense
against good manners to display
in public the preliminaries lead
ing to the outrage of a woman"
The feminine leading role OF
the play is taken by TaIlulah
Bankhead, an actress who has
appeared in many Broadway pro-
auctions.
The city of Birmingham has also
become involved in the censorship
discussion, Bishop Barnes asking
for the review of an edition of the
folies Bergere which includes
among it's props" four nude
female figures made of rubber
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~
8 AMDIsH
ACCUSES
WOMAN

BIscinaaf 81 ingtoIl
love cult headed III the most
beautiful wonaa III THE Capital
With TIE stature of the Goddess
III Liberty the voice and persia
fence 81 Victrola and pair
Of miili0n-d ollaT Leg IS respon-
sible for stories concerning the
alleged strained marital relations
of Mrs. Rose Standish who was
killed 81 the Calvert street bridge
accident last week, and her hus-
band. John Al. Standish, according
to d statement Standish IS said
to have made III Buffalo today
DiscIairass jealousy
The local promoter. who n IN
Buffalo to attend the funeral 0f his
wife there tomorrow, is said to have
denied ali reports Of estranesne
and Of jealousy by Mrs. Standish
toward Miss Kathryn E0flinS, 30
year-old secretary to Standish, who
was injured In the accident IN which
Mrs. Standish was killed.
The statement, made in Buffalo
by Standish. according to dispatches
from that city, declares that the
beautiful woman who heads the
washington love cult has tried
frequently to force him 10 pay
attention to her, and. on his re.
fusal to do so, is now ctrculatina
false stories Of marital trout les al
i step toward carrying out an 81
legged threat to ruin huge adver
Using campaign he was abOuf tut
launch i'm connection With one III
his enterprises.
Admits They Quarreled
while Standish admits that Mrs.
Standish and Miss Collins quar-
relied at times, and that, in connec-
ton with his business, he and Miss
Collins took trips together through
the South, he says, according to ad.
vices in the Buffalo statement, that
there was never any question Of
jealousy between Mrs. Standish and
Miss Collins.
The story published last Saturday
in The washington Times concern
ing the marital eI1tangAements Of
the Standishes was obtained not
from any woman. but from two
lawyers one of whom said he was
arranging financial settlement be
tween Mr. and Mrs. Standish and
the other who was asked by Stand
ish after the accident to collect all
facts" concerning it, presumably
to lay the basis for q claim against
the District government.
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international service has the exclusive rights
TO Tor republication in any form. all news dis
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this paper exclusively entitled to Tor
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iished herein. as wen - All special dispatches.
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1o3 Years Old, Likes Jazz

WOODCLIFF, N. j.. Feb. Is
Mrs. Saramheyman, who approved
of the jazz age" and thinks radio
"the finest thing in the world, ;"
celebrated her 103rd birthday.
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in arguing about whether or not
they could fly when the wind blew.
They still do this.
The Army and Navy learned some.
thing about themselves in the Eu-
ropean war, but they learned prac.
tically nothing about airlgaft. Their
professional officers came to the
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TodaY's Scratches
At Miami

4
FIRST RACE - Young April,
Naughty Nisba, Royal AirTnaIl,
Who Knows Me.
SECOND RACE Rose III. Nerd.
ian Hill, Chef. Murie1 s, Gulf Girl.
FOURTH RACE Reign Shot.
Golden Belle, Remote.
FIFTH RACE--Mac O'Boy.
SIXTH RACE-Renbarg.
SEVENTH RACE Erica. Flying
Cloud, Shenanigan.
At New Orleans
FIRST RACE edici, Leighton.
Pamphylia.
SECOND RACE BIennerhasse
Old Tom. Servitor. Clough Jordan.
Peter Lee, Don Juan.
FOURTH RACE-Po rridge, Cay
Halle, Capt. Geo. Foster.
FIFTH RACEThunCier Shower,
SEVENTH RACE Mans Fortune.
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London Bishop Scores
d. C.. Actress Role
By Internatlonal Now servIee

LONDON Feb 15Political theatrical circles in
agated today play written by the former
attorney general Sir Patrick Hastings entitled Scotch MIST
and now being produced at London theater