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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07


the public utilities Wood intends to
sell include the Manila Railroad COM
pany, the Philippine National Bank,
various sugar centrals, ccal mines and
g cement factory. The stock III
these enterprises is now owned by
the Philippine government, and they
are operated by F'ilipinos and Amer
leans.
The railroad was bought from q
British firm and the bank and other
corporations were organized by special
statute.
All this cost money and the Fill
pinos point out that they deprived
themselves of roads, new schools,
BUILDINGS and ether improvements to
save themselves from foreign eco
nomic control. The bank, for in
stance, was established to rescue
Filipino farmers from foreign bank.
erS who refused loans to anyone re-
garded as in competition with thei1
nationals i'll the islands These for
Clgn banks are alleged to have held
a money monopoly and it was to
meet the same sort of intoIerable
condition that the other national
public utilities were developed.
Guevara says all these ventures are
money, but that, even ii they
were losing, the people or the islands
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA SerNice Wriker

WASHINGTON = If Governor
General Leonard Wood sells the pup
lie utilities now owned by the Fill
pinos, it will mean worse oppression
han our people endured during the
Spanish regime
This surprising assertion was made
in q recent interview by Pedro
Guevara, one OF the two Filipino
resident commissioners in Washing
ton "
--latest advices are that Wood in
tends to place upon the auction
block some $50,00O,OO0 worth OF pup
lie utilities developed or acquired by
acts Of the Filipino legislature with
the express intention OF freeing the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
THEY DON'T LIKE US
can be appreciated.
(st. Paul Pioneer Press.)

4
policy usual
the abroad.
president could just that subject
diplomacy offer
to make Europe gift O
the victorious without
a i
of violating
this would be first
legitimate
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

would still be ahead OF the game.
He admits that if Wood sells out
the Filipinos and is backed up by the
administration here. the Filipinos can
do nc more than howl in protest.
Some Americans who know this
man Guevara say that he is the
most brilliant politician in Washing
ton. That may not be TRUE, but he
is an able citizen.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

G.. B. HoSier returned to Douglas
yesterday from Cananea and will
leave today for Kansas Guy on
business.
Mrs. j. Bane, who recently pur-
chased the Porter residence on
Twelfth street, is having the old
building razed and will erect a
modern five room cottage there.
Fred Hess has returned from Ell
Paso, where he completed a deal
for a silver-lead mining property
near Wilcox.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. G. Arthur is very i'll at the fam
lily home.
D. H. Lands, L. E. Fortin and
F. A. Paxton will go to the Chiri-
cahua mountains next week on a
bear hunt, this being their annual
vacation from the Copper Queen
store.
T. F. Mahoney has returned from
his ranch in the Sulphur Springs
valley, where he made arrange
ments to put in 20 acres to beans.
Directors of the chamber of COM
merce were elected at a meeting
held last night as follows; W. P.
McNair, j. H. Baker, E. r. Pirtle,
Albert Stacy. Fred Caldwell, Frank
Doan and G. r. Scott.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
Abe Martin

If tn rich got as much out o.
life as folks who run in debt
wOuldn' business hum? Th' way
streets are bein' widened from
time t. time tn next generation o.
pedestrians III have t. walk on tn
window SillS.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
LOGIC

Trotzky appears to think that be-
cause Bolshevism won't work in Rus
sia it will probably work in England
and America.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
NO MORE POOLING

The government is going to make the
bootleggers pay their income tax, and
if they refuse they will be driven out
of business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

Teacher: Robert, here is an exam
pie in subtraction. Seven boys went
down to the creek to bathe, but two of
them had been told not to go in The
water Now, can you .41orm me how
many went IMP"
Robert: Yes m seven
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
PIucked From the Plains
Lusty Language

Grandma: Isn't it wonderful how
single policeman can dam the flow OF
traffic?"
Boy: Yes; but you should hear the
truck drivers"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
Men at Work

Faris Singer said at a dinner in
Palm Beach:
Prices are high but wages are high,
too, and the young man who works
hard stands a better chance to sue
ceed than his father before him.
"A young man was complaining the
other night about high prices. inter
rupted him.
my boy, look on the bright side,'
said
But said he, this business of $40
shoes and $50 clothes hasn't any bright
side
Then said, polish up the dark
side
What with?' said, he.
Why I said, with elbow grease,
of course. Exchange.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

There was once a woman who
woldn't get married because she had a
parrot that swore all morning, dog
that groWled all afternoon, and cat
that stayed out all night. - Rutgers
Chanticleer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
Impressive

Radiator caps should be more ar
tistic. The caps prominent feature. :"
eyes, it's the first thing that strikes
ou"-American Boy Magazine.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
JUST THE PLACE

JUST THE PLACE
Climatic conditions in Nicaragua
equip it admirably for training camp
for our marines.
Copyright, 1927, Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

Senior Jacks girl has one OF those
"Roodle Doc Doc" dresses.
Junior: Whatdyamean?
Senior: There's nothing much to it.
Gettysburg Cannon Bawl.
Why Not?
do you know wnaC happened when
the ancient mariner stopped one oE
three?"
THE other two we're insultcd."
N. Y. U. Medley.
orator: "I thought your paper was
friendly to me?"
Editor: 80 it is. What's the mat
ter?'
Orator: II made speech at the din
ner last night, and you didn't print
line of it."
Editor: well what further proof do
you want?"
What's the trouble, son?p asked the
kindly stranger.
my pa and ma won't take me to the
movies sobbed the oppressed child.
do they ever take you when you
make a noise like that?" inquired the
stranger.
Sometimes they do and sometimes
they don't" sobbed the poor boy, but
it amt any trouble to YELL
Fortune Teller: I see tall, stout
woman between you and your husband
She follows him everywhere.
Client: I'm sorry for her, then-heIs
a postman!-Passing Show.
Fair Warning
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07
Fair Warming

Robert" said his teacher, sternly,
''you are incorrigible. shall have to
ask your father to, come and see me-"
Better not do that, teacher" re-
sponded the youngster, Pop charges
SO a visit. Boston Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. G. Arthur is very i'll at the fam
lily home.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-07

Senior: Jacks girl has one of those
"Roodle Doc Doc" dresses.
Junior Whatdyamean?
Senior: There's nothing much to it.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
TERRIFIC STORM HALTs
 MANY 0N WAY ID WORK

KANSAS CITY, May IT. (P)-A ter rife storm here today marooned thousands of people who were on their way to work. More than two inches of rain fell in less than two hours. Some streets were literally running rivers. It was the heaviest rain on record, according to the government Weather Bureau here.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
PROMINENT YACHTsM[N
 RESIGNS FR0M's #. CLUB

SAN FRANCISCO. May F. P- Thirty-nine of the most prominent yachtsmen of the district resigned from the San Francisco Yacht club yesterday in a row over the site of the new club house and anchorage grounds. The body will be the nucle- us of new club which will have it's club house in San Francisco.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
NEW ME THOD TR|sECT|NC
 ANY ANGLE DISCOVERED

SEATTLE. May r. (P)-Bertice c. Hastings, aged 62, mathematics in structor in the Seattle High school, said tonight that he had discovered a method of trisecting any angle or arc of circle by geometric methods one of the three problems listed by ge- ometric methods. The other two are doubling the cube and squaring the circle.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
JURY |s DISMISSED IN
 STRIKE MURDER TRIAL

SAN FRANCISCO, May r. (P- The jury hearing the carpenters strike murder trial failed to reach a verdict after 40 hours of deliberation, and were dismissed. An official poll of the jury showed standing of to 4 for conviction. The two defendants were charged with beating man to death
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
BANDIT RING BROKEN

SAN FRANCISCO, May F. P)- A bandit ring was broken up here yes terday when three youths and wo- man B years old were jailed Two of the youths have confessed and impli- cated the others.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
AL SMITH CLUB FORMED

WASHINGTON, May r. (P)-An Al Smith for President" Club for the District of Columbia opened head quarters here yesterday with the slo- gan "Only Al can defeat Cal"
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
MORE ON SURVEYOR
(Continued from Page 4.)

Continued from Page 4.) gulation of the entire bay. A few months ago an ocean liner struck a rock in this bay.
 In addition to surveying apparatus the Surveyor carries a complete lit tie machine shop and carpenter shop each capable of turning out almost any kind of work.
 Commodious drafting rooms are pro- vided where, as rapidly as data is as sembled it is transferred to maps and charts
 The Surveyor carries a copper plate certifying: Temporarily in U. s. naval service, 1917-19, Coast and Geo. detic Survey. U. s. 5. Surveyor, squad ron patrol based on Gibraltar, convoy escort duty, Mediterranean and Allan tic, Feb to Nov, 1918"
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
NEW SPEED RECORD SET

NEW YORK, May F. (P-Tearing along at the average rate of 129.Ss miles per hour, Dave Lewis won the 2O0-mile automobile race over the At lantic track, a new record for 91 cubic inch motors.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
GRAIN MAN HAS NEW JOB

CHICAGO, May IT. (P)- John Kel- logg, the former president of the Ar mour Grain company. has joined H. M. Stratton of Milwaukee in the North west Grain firm
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
NAVIGATOR TAKES RACE

NEW YORK, May 17.(P)-The fa- nous race horse, Navigator, defeated Silver Fox and Cherry Pie in the Kings County Handicap worth s6,55o to the winner.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
ENGLAND NOT TO AID SOVIET

LONDON, May IT. (P)- English banks will take no direct part in the issuance ofthe s5,Ooo,ooO credit to so- .viet Russia, a high Russian official said
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
PARIsiANs FAVOR GRAY

Paris, May IF. Exhibitions of Parisian styled showed that gray was the coming color for the new sea. son according to first creations for the women.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
S. s. COLORADO DAMAGE

NEW YORK, May IT, (P-The
 damage to the U. s. s. coerado, in
 cluding the expense of hiring tugs to get her off the reef, amounted to $75,- 900, it was unofficially stated by local naval men.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
LEAGUE coNCLAvE STARTS

GENEVA, May IT. (P)-The League of Nations economic conference began it's real work by forming committees to consider specific problems of com merce, industry and agriculture.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
BOOZE DEATHS INCREASE

CHICAGO, May IT. (P)-Deaths in Illinois from alcoholic poisoning in creased 300 per cent since 1920, in vestigation showed.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
BOLIVIA DECLARES MARTIAL LAW

BUENos AIRES, May r.. R)-Man> tial law has been declared in Bolivia says a message to La Nacion, from La Paz. Martial law was declared in fear of a revolutional outbreak
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17

Toilet articles, perfumes, hair brushes, combs etc schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17
TELEGRAPH BREWT|ES
HiNDENBERG IS GRAND DAD

BERLIN, May IT. (P)-President von Hindenberg yesterday became a grand father.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-17

Incense and Incense Burners. Schal lerer's Alaska Shop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-15

utterly for arboretum purposes. AL
ready some damage has been done,
but fortunately the major portion of
the tract remains untouched. This,
however. cannot long continue, and
1t is essential that no more time be
lost in putting into execution a
project that means an immense gain
for botanical science and practical
agriculture in the United States.
Elimination of the park and recre-
alton provision that was by mis-
understanding Of the purposes of the
project written into the bill in the
Senate is requisite to establish the
arboretum as a strictly national work
under the sole jurisdiction of the
Department of Agriculture. The ar
boretum is not to be public park
in the sense of offering recreational
facilities for the people. 1t is to be
a field laboratory for tree and plant
study and culture. The public may,
and doubtless will, be admitted, but
under restrictions that will prevent any
interference with the work in prog
ress. With the bill amended as pro-
posed by the House committee it
will meet the needs of the Govern
ment and should become a law before
the session ends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-15

43S; geography, 43l; medicine, 1874;
philosophy. POS: business, 296; educa.
ton, POI; agriculture, 262. and fine
arts, 225. 1t is not surprising to find
fiction taking the lead, though the to-
tai of it's volume Is far outnumbered
by the records for more serious litera-
ture combined" The Herald also
points to 1.-THE hopeless feeling that be-
sets the most omnivorous novel read
ers when they contemplate their
weekly, or rather daily. menus
X X *
A new incidental development is en-
phasized by the Providence Journal as
one which began year ago, when a
group of literary co-operators estab-
liShed its system of selling to SUBJ
scribers one good book a month-the
II best books of the year as selected
by competent board Of judges" That
paper continues: Almost overnight
the plan had built itself up an enor-
nous PATRONAGE patronage that
startled and perpleXed the publishers
The new club has it in it's
power to increase the sales of any
novel by 10000 copies at one blow. -
The Journal, discussing this and other
similar schemes, concludes that ANY
system which spreads the excellent
practice of reading is of interest and
Importance"
1T is reassuring in the extreme"
declares the Roanoke Times, ito learn
that books of the right kind, holding
a serious meaning, are in considerable
demand. This is especially true in
view of the flood of trivial, even evil,
literature by which the country is in
undated. That better standards are
holding their own is a tribute to the
intelligence and judgment of the read
ing public" The Times also remarks,
1.-THE prevalent impression that the
American people are too engrossed
with trivial pursuits, too immersed in
iazZ and it's by-products to have either
the time or inclination for serious
reading, is not borne out by these
revelations
This years best seller" according
to the Admission Star, may not be
found in libraries 100 years hence, for
a best seller does not always have
literary appeal. Books, however, that
sell well steadily, that have a good
sale now and 10 years hence. are not
scarce Good books always sell we'll.
The reading public learns about them
after a time and buys and reads
them The Flint Journal adds: I'VE
are inclined to imagine that huge sales
and great royalties are twentieth cen
tury phenomena. If we do. were
wrong. Just 100 years ago Sir wal
ter Scott sold the English rights to
his eight volume life Of Napoleon for
$50 500. Within few years his royal
ties had earned him $4,000 more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-15
The National Arboretum

A bright prospect opens for the
enactment of the National Arboretur
bill at this session. Yesterday tho
House rules committee granted a
special rule for its consideration on
Friday and this doubtless insures its
passage, because there is no opnosi-
ton to it In the House. 1t having
already passed the Senate its adop-
ton by the lower branch will require
merely the acceptance by the Senate
OF certain amendments which the
committee on agriculture has pro-
posed and to which there Is no OBJ
lection. The first of these amend
ments reduces the amount to be paid
for the land from $500, 900 to $500. 900.
and the second eliminates the pro-
vision that the arboretum is to be
used for park and recreational pur-
poses.
Reasons for the establishment of
a national arboretum near Washing
ton have been stated repeatedly in
terms that admit Of no question. 1t
is essential for the proper study of
plant life in this country by the
Department of Agriculture that there
should be conveniently accessible to
that department a field laboratory
1t so happens that there Is available
near at hand tract of land remark
ably suitable for this purpose, its soil
being Of character to support prac-
tically all of the native plant growths
and bearing already an exceptionally
fine stand Of indigenous timber. So
unusual a combination is not to be
found elsewhere and upon it's dis
covery some years ago the botanical
experts of the Department of Agri-
culture proposed the esta blishment
OF an arboretum at that point.
Owing to the development Of the
District there is danger that II this
tract 10 not taken at once so-called
Improvement works will be projected
and executed that will destroy II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-15
A Bow Bandit.

New York has had all sorts of BAN
dts. including the gentleman bandit
and the bobbed-hair bandit, and now
It has the boy bandit. Last night
Michael Ponkraskow, twelve years old.
shot and killed a merchant in his
store in a hold-up for cash. The lad
had been absent from home for forty
eight hours and was afraid to return.
He had taken with him a pistol be-
longing to his father. Growing hun
CRY. he thought to get funds for his
needs by the simplest means accord.
Ing to his lights, which were inspired
by his acquaintance with motion pic.
ture adventures. He walked into the
shop. asked for an article of mer-
chandise and when the shopkeeper' s
back was turned he fired. Then, be.
coming frightened, he tried to escape
through a Mushroom. but was CAP
tured a few minutes later by the po-
lice, to whom he told his story without
reserve and evidently without any
realization OF its significance.
Recently New York has been expo.
riencing a marked decrease in crime
as a result of the Baumes laws, which
went into effect on the first of July
last. These laws, a group of amend.
ments to the existing statutes, and
some new legislation. were enacted for
the purpose of putting fear into the
hearts of the habitual and professional
criminals. That they have succeeded
Is proved by the statistics. They have
resulted in a marked diminution in
the number of major robberies. as
saults. hold+aps and homicides. 1t il
believed that a large number of the
professional crooks and gunner oil
the metropolis have fled the State
Many of them have gone "up the
river" under life sentences upon being
caught in renewed criminal activity
with a record Of three prior convic
tons. AS far as the adult crime Pc,
ulation of the State is concerned
these laws have worked out most sat
1f1ctorily cave to the criminal classel
and their coadjutors. the members o.
the bar who have specialized In get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

claims for losses to mining companies
during the revolution of 1910 was Au.
gust Is, 1926, This may he extended
six months if satisfactory evidence or
the need of such extension is present
ed TO the committee.
Q. What is the biggest building
ever erected?--R NJ X.
A. The main building of the Buffalo
Worlds Fair of 1902. more strictly
known as the Building of ManufaC.
lures and Liberal Arts, Is the largest
building ever erected by man. II GOV
cred 81 acres and cost 81. 1850. 900. 81
Peters at Rome ranks second 10 this
structure in size.
q. Who was the first OF Abraham
LincOln's childrCn?-C : e
a. The eldest child was the late
Robert Todd Lincoln HE was born
August l. lS43, in Springfield. m Ills
death occurred July %, 1925. lust he
fore his S3rd birthday.
Q. have an old porcelain plate
bearing a coat of arms and the motto
~ Ca Ira" What does this mean -
i. j. X.
y. We have been Informed bv tho
French embassy that the meaning OF
the inscription To which YOU refer
depends largely upon the idea i'm tho
mind of the person who conceived
it, Generally speaking it means "lt
will do 1T goes well. or Every
thing is all right"
q. Who holds the title OF Caliph
at the present time. a..
A. This title is held hv no one
The caliphate has been abolished
q. How many stockholders are
there in the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company III. r. -.
~ More than 366.ooo individuals
now own American Telephone stock.
There are NOR" woman than uau
stockholders. The avcraC" numb,
Of shares held by stockholders IS -
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The Peril of Delay.

After a study of the circumstances
Of rear-end collision on the New
York Central line at Savannah, n. y,
on the 9Th of January, the Interstate
Commerce Commission Safety Bureau
has repeated recommendation for
control devices on that road. This
wreck was caused by the ignoring of
cautionary and stop signals by the
engineer Of the colliding train. which
was one Of eight sections of limit
ed express running at short distances
from each other. The seventymile
speed limit decreed by the railroad was
being considerably exceeded, train
sheets showing that at times the limit
ed trains were travelling more than
one hundred miles an hour, though
rect, and the speed, it is indicated,
was somewhat in excess of eighty
miles an hour. The commissions bu-
reau declares that the operation of
train sections under close Roadway at
such speed reduces the possibility of
effective flag protection to minimum
and places practically all of the re-
sponsibility on the engineman. Such
a situation, the report notes. clearly
warrants the installation of an auto
matte device which will compel the
engineman to begin bringing his train
under control at the distant signal
location, and it concludes that if such
a device had been used on this line
the collision would not have occurred.
This road, along with others, has
been for a considerable period under
orders of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to install automatic con-
troll devices on its lines. 1t has resist
ed, or at least has delayed, the installa-
ton. The accident at Savannah, N. Y,
Is the direct consequence of this, pro-
crastination.
Recently it was noted that the
Southern Railway had not only COM
piled fully with the orders of the In
terstate Commerce Commission in re-
spect to safety installations, but had
anticipated the requirements of the
commission by installing automatic
control on divisions not yet included in
the orders. This example of pro-
gressive forehandness and recognition
of the necessity of ultimate safety
equipment should be followed by all of
the lines. Delay means death. There
should be some means of Fastening
the complete equipment Of the trunk
lines of this country with a system of
protection, the lack of which Is being
constantly proved to be contributive
to disaster.