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Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10
FgrO Escapes
Death Sentence
u. p. Leased Wire

q. p. Leased Wire
RENO, Cal. Feb. 10.-Rs-
ID because hs escaped the
b penalty, Lewis Pearson,
70 bootblack, convicted muir
Of Bourbon Palmer, rail
porter, was almost jubilant
ls cell in tho county jail here
" as he awaited sentence Of
imprisonment in the state
tentiary, which is sched-
to be pronounced Monday.
arson was found guilty by q
Of 12 white mon after near
inc hours deliberation. He
d Palmer last Thanksgiving
and his defense was the ln-
ton law.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10

Senator Jim Reed has discovered
that the presidential spokesman is
Coolidge himself. Next thing you
know some of these investigating
senators are going to find out he S a
Republican, too.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES

ARTHUR-McNICHOL.- Giles A.
Arthur, 81, native of California and
resident of San Diego. Kathleen
McNichol, %, native of California
and resident of San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10
|ger Must Face
barge of Murder

UNIT VERNON, H., Feb. 10.
rley Birger, the "Machine
Charley Of southern Illinois
fame, must face n charge Of
ring Mayor Joe Adams Of
City, at Benton, it was de-
in circuit court here today.
court overruled a petition
writ Of habeas corpus and Bir-
minus his machine gun and
army trapping-was started
enton.
ger had lodged going to Ben
ince late in December when
ndictment WAS voted against
He even resisted being taken
the Saline county Jail yester-
y sitting calmly in the Jail
lingering a machine gun.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10

George Young, 17-year-old con-
querer Of the Catalina channel, now
is writing "the story of his life. "
There's tip for Baby Peggy.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10

The Melones dam was full and
overflowing on January II, prov
iding full irrigating supply for the
summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10

The Whatcom County Fruit and
Vegetable Growers is the name of q
new Washington incorporation with
$150,O00 in capital stock.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10

wers at Fallon, Nevada, ship
even cars Of Christmas turkeys
liforhia, holding more than a
ID for January trade.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-02-10
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
"Flesh and Blood Palace
theater.
1.-The Midnight Sum-, Valley
theater.
Pythian Sisters, Temple No. IT
Davis Hall.
Orphans benefit dance, Holt
vile natatorium.
Methodist pot luck supper,
social hall, $50.
Present Day club meets at
Hugh T. OSBORNE ranch.
Night classes, high school.
Dinner, GAS, followed by joint
installation, B. P. o. E. No. 1925.
r. A. M. No. 100, Masonic hall.
Know Your Onions,' Brunk 3
tent theater.
TOMORROW
Kiwanis Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
w. @. T. u. meets, Mrs. Chester
McNutt's, Q p. m.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15
KENT ASSESSMENT REDUCED
Total Assessment S29,282,54O Il S278,-
511 Less Than Last Year Assessment


The assessment for 1927 has been
completed BY the Kent County Board
of Assessment and has been present
ed to the Levy Court and after ex-
animation, has been accepted by that
body and is now in the possession Of
the Receiver of Taxes. The total as
sessment this year is S29, ,282, $40 Of
which S28,255,070 is on real estate
and S1,027,470 on personal property
The total number Of persons reported
available for capitation tax is report
Cd at 1896. The total assessment
this year is $278,511 less han the All
sessmen+ Of a year ago. o cials in
the Board of AsSe 3smenl office eX-
II led thai this 4 res" was entire
IL due to the con j ions ln the farm
and hat none of me decrease came
from town property Of K amount
shown for the decrease, $159,3O6 was
on real estate and S119,205 on per-
sonal property. There was practical
~ no decrease in the number Of cap
itations assessed. Receiver of Taxes,
James E. Sapp, put an extra force of
clerks at work last week III figuring
up the taxes from the assessment and
preparing the tax bills for diStribu-
ton
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15

mother, Mrs. Margaret Grimm, here.
J Mrs. George Carter and Mrs w. w.
Hynson, attended on Saturday a meet
ing Of the Auxiliary to the Commits
sion of Delaware Colony in Lewes.
The members were entertained at
luncheon BY Mrs. William Marshall
Messrs. Theodore Hynson, William
Danes, and Leslie Moore and Rich
mond Hobson left on Tuesday to at
tend the Reserve Officers Training
Camp at Plattsburg, n. ~, where
they will be in military training for
six weeks.
Miss Mary Conwell Of Dover was
the guest Of Miss Frances Adkins
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ Adkins enter
tained Mr. and Mrs. @. ]. Harris and
family of Chestertown, Md, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Broadway,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Slaughter and
son, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Almen Armour of Milford.
Mrs. Rebecca Broadway, Rev. L. NJ.
Broadway and family, have been
spending some time with Mr.. and Mrs
William Broadway Of Smyrna
Mr.. Cummins E. Speakman, Jr.,and
sister, Miss Marion Willoughby Speak
man, Of Belmont Hail." have return
ed from a visit to Miss Ann and Bay
ard Sharpe, in Wilmington.
Rev +. A. Lemoine attended the
meeting Of the Clerical Brotherhood,
in Wilmington, yesterday.
Miss J. Agnes Cummins is spending
several days in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elason of
Md, were guests Of
Misses Mary and Emily Spruance on
Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15
EefSOnal and Social
Fale Who Come and 60
and Their Social Doings

! Iohn Price Hyatt, son of Mrs.
lyatt Of South Street, this
district supervisor of group
n Wilmington for the
u Llfe Insurance Society Of
'iA' IN company with William
9TH Nlce-president of the com
.Slled on the steamer France
/ N y ! 70 attend the Eighth Inter
/ congress Of Actuaries to be
\. London, June n to 30. The
.... VIII be under the auspices Of
IN T-anal Society of Great Britain
s,s " attended BY officials Of all
|ggs.g life insurance companies
|a E ~, Ine world. The represen-
Il l,,h oh the United States will be
s. The Prince Of Wales will
h. = one Of the sessions. Mr..
as, ( o'll ! Nh. Hyatt have arranged
gbo = IdrfetsOn, of Whining
b. !, Tas Just been elected a di-
p,or5i. M Mrs. Albert Smith Of
b Of e' a Florida, after an alb
|an i WV \, Years, have been motor
al II. \ Mr. and Mrs. 7. j. Hodg-
svn ~. and Mrs. Victor Smith in
|sy Z. and vicinity. They left yes
ShriDas.A N atlantic City to attend
|aer 49,. ~ Convention and will Wis
|bure4 4'sef, Y Mrs. Earl Chandler at
l Il 4 Il. :, !, y returning home by
"a !, y o. Shenandoah Valley. Mr..
vbo Sae Sae Of the former Smyrna
n eaviaass, ~ made good in the South.
ksdbis Smyrna he got into the
f. u, ana accessory game and
= met his efforts from the
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15

aahng On the East Side Of Street
.7sen Loockerman street and the
A in Dover, will be eliminated
ae parking On the West side Of
meet will be parallel to and close
Acurb. This action was taken at
Galt meeting Of Dover Town
a Another parking change to
-ade later is on Loockerman street
H parking on both sides Of the
Will be permitted but at an
ot twenty-five degrees. This
might notp ermit as many cars
sk as at present but will provide
ad four more feet of driving
A the center Of the street. This
syle Of parking will not become
@5e until the street has been
a providing space for each car.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15
ME SMYR RNA Times
SMYRNA, DELAWARE
AND VICINITY

'Ti ". ,ur;l letter carriers of the
.,na lIs postoffice have received new
Y; i;arns IL, Of dark blue.
III, Henrietta Cole West is taking
Hi! nlace III the postoffice Of John
y .';,r who is on his vacation.
c.orce Wright, Of Dover, has been
u,,,E u.Dointed to the position as prin-
l.agf y Il the Commercial department
!! HI FL smyrna High School.
r,o heavy lain yesterday will be
ii beneficial to the late strawber-
y " III other crops which were being
!. s,.+a5 vi bv the continued dry weather.
~ annual picnic Of Laura Lee
|4-.ls Ii # Kings Daughters, will be
I'M h N thy LAWN at Mrs. i. NJ. Price
aorrow. Thursday afternoon at $50
.g,,E Members are urged to attend
N 5ring their lunch.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15

y.sough Dover is not represented
a, Eastern Shore League this year
I. \, are hot to be without base
.1ea number of young men have
a-j \ team and are representing
I'M % n the national pastime. Games
= 5sing played with dOwn-state
IN. \. N the Dover ball park.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15

III. Joseph g. Brown, cashier Of
! New Castle County National Bank
Odessa, and well known to Smyr-
Isas and a number in this vicinity.
Rs on Monday night, honored BY the
EnS officials and the staff with a din
4 at the Middletown Hotel, to com
f:norate his sixty years Of continu-
] service with the bank. w. 0. Hof-
Etiar, \ N. Price, J. p. Hoffecker,
bales J. Sudler and Edward T..
1eF mOtored up for the dinner.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15

re girls of the second year home
s1ics class entertained the mem
! nt the school board and their
ng nd the superintendent, Prof.
\ L EEEenyon and Mrs. Kenyon, at
l4on in the school last week. The
1ison was prepared entirely BY
IL cass without assistance Of their
zcier and served by them. Marie
FlTs and David Wilds were seated
IA the guests and acted as host and
EEaSS.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-15

Faster DeFord, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
H 4 DeFord, III erecting a filing sta
I'm AID a light lunch restaurant on
Il east side Of the Boulevard near
u INK Creek Bridge, and the build
~ i assuming proportions. Foster
DsFOd and his wife will make their
rtjence there and conduct the place.
Radios in and about Smyrna were
tned in' and report fine reception
I the Col. G. A. Lindburgh welcome
both Washington, D. G., and New
Eak. The hook-up for this, atleast
ia7 stations from coast to coast, was
\ biggest ever attempted and it
ag millions Of listeners in fine per
Anance.
Evening star., 1927-05-08

porting the German situation from
Berlin.
The attitude of the people in these
countries and the suffering others was
one of pathetic dependence on Ameri-
can aid and confidence that it would
be forthcoming. The name of Hoover
was already known all over Europe
because of his Belgian work. and the
swiftly spread news that he was in
charge of the new relief work acted
like magic in restoring hope TO these
despairing millions.
But the transportation and frontier
difficulties in these demoralized and
still embroiled countries were enor.
nous Finally, the Supreme Economic
Council took the drastic measure of
temporarily taking over the control of
the whole transportation system of
southeastern Europe, which was put
into Hoovers hands. leaving him to
arrange by agreement, as best he
could, according to his own ideas and
opportunities. the other matters of
finance, coal, the interchange of native
commodities between adjacent coun-
tries and the distribution of imported
food.
Hoover became, in a word. general
economic and life saving manager for
the eastern European countries. 1t is
from my personal knowledge of his
achievements in this extraordinary po-
sition during the first eight months
after the armistice that | have repeat
edly declared my belief that it was
owing more to Hoover and his work
than to any other single influence that
utter anarchy and chaos and complete
bolsheviI domination in eastern Eu.
rope (west of Russia) were 'averted.
Evening star., 1927-05-08

In other words, Hoover not only saved
lives but nations and civilizations by
his superhuman efforts. This Is not
mere grandiloquence; it is an express
sion of conviction. The political re-
suits of his work were but incidental
to his life saving activities, but from
an historical and international point
of view they were even more impor-
tant.
Like the complete story of the c. r.
B., the complete story of the a. Il. A..
is too difficult TO write. Only scraps
of it have been written. 1t is story
OF carrying food relief in the face of
extraordinary difficulties to % Euro
pean countries, especially to the chill
dren in those countries. For the spe-
cial need of saving the new genera
tion was ever foremost in the mind
of the A. r. A. and it's head. In fact,
after the winding up of the activity
of the A. r. A. as an independent
agency acting for the United States
Government-durin which activity.
which lasted from armistice day to
peace signature day, it handled nearly
100000 tons of food. valued at over
$1,000, 900 ,000-Iloover and his asso-
ciates formed a private organization,
called the American Relief Administra-
tion European Children's Funds. to
carry on the charitable effort of saw
ing millions of destitute and orphaned
children of central and eastern Europe
from the scourges of undernutrition
and disease. This special activity con-
tinued until June. 1922, and during it's
period more than 100000 children
were fed. At the height of the work
1000, 900 children were receiving free
meals. In addition warm clothing
Evening star., 1927-05-08
Hoover: First Aid to the Distressed

tration and appropriating 500. .000, ,00O
to begin the work of the administra.
ton.
This work began with a swift sur.
vey of the situation made all over
Europe by Hoover missions" of
Americans, as many as possible of
them recruited from the experienced
c. r. E. men and others drafted from
the demobilizing American Army, es.
pecially from its service of supply.
Hoover had already taken the posi-
tion that the day of hate was passed.
With the end of mutual slaughter
and destruction came immediately the
time for help. 1t was like that pitiful
period after the battle when the bloody
field is taken over by the stretcher
bearers. the Red Cross nurses and the
tireless surgeons. So Hoover had al
ready in mind that the hand of charity
was going to be extended to the suf,
ferers in Hungary and Austria and
Germany as well as to the people who
were suffering because of the ravages
of the armies of these nations. DR..
AlonZo Taylor and |. whom he had
sent early in December. 1918, to Swift.
erland to get into close touch with
the situation in eastern and central
Europe, listened, for him. in Berne to
the pitiful pleas of the representatives
Of starving Vienna. BY January. 1913.
Hoover's missions were installed and
at work in Trieste. Belgrade, Vienna
Prague, Budapest and Warsaw, In
February DR.. Taylor and | were re-
Evening star., 1927-05-08

valued at over $4,000 900 was distrib-
uted to more than > 900. 900 children.
Finally few words only can be de-
voted to another huge relief opera
tion organized and directed by
Hoover, namely. the Russian famine
relief work, which began in July, 1921.
and ran to March, 1928.
The world stood aghast in the mid
die of 1921 as it heard the reports of
the results of drought and famine in
the great valley of the Volga. Ten.
perhaps twenty, million people faced
starvation. Europe stood helpless be.
fore the impending catastrophe. Its
postwar struggles for self-rehabilta- :
tion were at their keenest 1t was to
America that the starving Russians
and the helpless Europeans turned for
help. And America and it's master re-
lief organizer took up the new burden.
The Congress appropriated $50, 900 900
to be spent for grain and seed. and
Hoover modified the private charity
of the country. lie had about $10,.
100000 to start with, available from
A. r. A funds, and he was able gradu.
ally TO collect about s25 200. 900 more.
making total, with congressional.
A. Il. A. and privately donated funds.
of about $55 900. 900. To this he was
able to add S11 .430.0 wrunS from the
Soviet government.
X * X y
One who has no personal acquaint-
anceship with the primitiveness, the
iliteracy. the low economic level and
fatalistic attitude of the Russian peas.
ants can paint no real picture for him.
self of the challenging difficulties of
the undertaking assumed by Hoover
in connection with the Russian relief.
Its difficulties as regards local or
Evening star., 1927-05-08
continued from First Page.)

But if food relief was necessary in
the war period, it was no less neces-
sarv in those confused and distressing
first months after the armistice: Es-
pecially was this true for those eastern
European peoples whose misery and
helplessness were first fully revealed
to the world by the lifting of the black
war curtain. And so Hoover was to
have no rest or respite. The world
turned expectantly to the man who
had fed Belgium. A score of coun'
tries needed outside aid until they
could lift themselves on staggering
feet to some semblance of self-suffi-
cient human groups. They called
aloud to Hoover,
But for financial support to carry
the new proposed load Hoover could
not turn first to the allies as he had
been able to in the Belgian relief days
when the needs were beyond the re-
sources of individual charity. The
allies had troubles of their own. lie
could get his first help only from
America If America could support
the beginning Of the new vast under
taking, he hoped to be able to arrange
with the allies and with the hungry
east European countries themselves,
after they had received first aid, for
the needed additional financing. And
so he called on the American PreSi-
dent and Congress. who responded
promptly by naming him director gem
eral of the American Relief Admins
Evening star., 1927-05-08
TAX MEN ARE HELD
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Woman Says Deputy Collectors
Forced Door to Home and
Shook Invalid.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DARBY, Pa. May George Eel
and Harry Shein, deputy tax collec-
tors, were held in $500 bail each for
court on charges of forcible entry and
assault and battery after a magis-
trate's hearing last night. Their ar
rest grew out of Darby's tax war.
The deputies were arrested on war
rants sworn out by Howard Lane,
whose home they had visited TO col.
lect $50 personal taxes for 1925-26
from his wife. Mrs. Lane testified
last night that the men forced the
door to her home, pushed her and
shook her invalid daughter when she
attempted to demonstrate with them.
Mrs. Lanes testimony was corrob-
Grated by Mrs. Mary Brazer, a neigh
Dor.
No women have been arrested for
failure to pay the personal tax. de-
spite numerous threats by the au-
thorities that they would be sent to
Jail unless they paid the levy. A
number called at the tax office yester-
day and paid it voluntarily.
Evening star., 1927-05-08

ganiZation, effective transport and dis
tributiOn surpassed those OF either the
Belgian or general European relief.
Medical supplies were as necessary as
food. and clothing nearly as necessary
as medical supplies. Nearly million
tons of food were distributed to over
100000 furnishing people. These
included 100000 children. Medical
supplies to the value of $S.000.000 were
distributed. as was new clothing cloth
and Shoes stockings. thread. buttons,
etc. to the value of 81 500. 900. In ad-
dition, 500 900 pounds of old clothing
were derived from 5000 privately
contributed packages from America.
4 food remittance" scheme was in
augurated by which Russians in this
country could pay for small special
food packages and have them deliv-
cred directly to relatives and friends
IN Russia through the American or
ganization. Packages to the value or
S15 900 900 were thus distributed. The
actual personal deliveries in Russia OF
these packages were accomplished To
the extent of 81 per cent of the pack
ages paid for in this country. The
money for those undelivered packages
was returned to the American senders.
With this hurried sketch of Herbert
HooveF's great relief undertakings. in
every instance splendidly backed by
the American Government and the
American people as individuals.
complete my present task. 1t Is a most
a continuous close. observer. ThiS
heetlng survey of these large under
takings OF which l was privileged to he
sketch. therefore, is written from first
hand knowledge.
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Evening star., 1927-05-08
CITIZENS AND JUDGE
. AID LYNCHING PROBE
yurist Gives Special Charge to
Little Rock Grand Jury Con-
corning Officials.
BIZ the Associated Press


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Nav
arand jury investigation into the
iynching Wednesday night of John
carter. negro, and subsequent disor.
gers by a mob of several hundred
n,en, was given impetus yesterday bv
special charge from Circuit Judge
Apner McGehee and two resolutions
presented from bodies of citizens.
Judge McGehee instructed the grand
sury 10 return indictments against
s1ose found responsible for the mob
sloience and to inquire into the actiyi
yes or county and city officials as to
Why the lynching and disorders were
pot prevented.
services Of the entire membership
OF the bar association were offered
the prosecuting attorney.
Gov. Martineau withdrew the Ma.
nonal Guard troopers from the streets
where they had been placed on
"wednesday night to restore order in
the city.
Evening star., 1927-05-08
Five Years for Robbery.

Five years in the penitentiary was
the sentence imposed yesterday on
BOY Richard Rutland. 35 years old. by
Justice fiitz, in Criminal Division. No.
2, for the robbery Of Tribby's Je elry
store, at 615 Fifteenth street. on the
afternoon Of February 10. Ruland en-.
saged in gun battle with the propri.
9tor of the store. after the former had
grabbed number OF diamonds. He
was pursued into the street. where
scores OF theater-goer Joined in the
chase,. which resulted in his capture
one black away.
Evening star., 1927-05-08
MEET AT LUNCHEON.
Phi Sigma Epsilon Delegates Hold
ing Annual Convention.

Delegates to the first annual con,
vention of the Phi Sigma Epsilon So
rority meeting in Washington held a
luncheon yesterday and later attended
theater party. Last night the soror-
ity was entertained at a banquet
given at Roosevelt Hotel.
Friday night the delegates conducted
a business meeting at the local chap
ter house, Eighteenth street and Con-
necticut avenue, which was followed
by social. This morning the dele
gates will attend services at the
Church of the Epiphany.
Arrangements for the convention
have been in the hands OF Miss Ger
trude Power, Miss Louise Heider, Miss
Katherine Perry, Miss Caroline Brasch
and Miss Louise Franklin. Miss Dal-
las Keith. who is president of the so.
rority, will give tea tomorrow after
noon, which will conclude the conyen.
ton
Evening star., 1927-05-08

In Nevada there are $50 men to
every 100 women.
Evening star., 1927-05-08
DELEGATES ARE NAMED.
Virginia Society Chooses Repre-
sentatives for Jamestown Fete.

Delegates to represent the Society
of Virginia at the 320th anniversary
celebration of the landing of the first
colonists at Jamestown, to be held
May 13, were named Friday night by
the executive council of the society,
which met at the Willard Hotel.
Those named were: Miss Frances
Carter Linfoot, Miss Myrtle Ketcham,
Capt William Kent, Brig Gen. H.
Oden Lake, Fred p. Myers, J. w.
Somerville, c. Dudley Shreve. c. Bas-
com Slemp, Judge John w. Price. al.
ford p. Thorn. DR.. Sam Small. Leslie
{. Garnett and Miss Belle Perkins
The Society adopted a resolution
pledging cooperation with the Mis-
sissippi State Society in giving a
dance for the benefit of the Missis.
sippi food sufferers Monday night.
China has the shortest mile in the
world-609 yards.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-10
TENNIS MATCHES
Art Benson is Only Player in Singles to Reach semi i-EinalS-JuniO Tourney Results.

Art Benson is the only entry Tn the city title tennis tournament 10 have reached the semi finals in the singles play. Other players in the tournament have allowed their matches to drag out so that 1t ls imposSible to tell when the final Is will ha staged.
 Yesterday Dr,sscl defeated Hail in easy manner by the score of G-l and 6-l. J. lienhard made Murdock travel at top speed 10 take a match between them. The scores were 1n-S and 1-A. Murdock got Inc "breaks' in this sruclling battle. 4. Benson was also pushed to the limit to win his match from $. Duncan. He cleaned up the first g., to hut he had 10 travel hot tourney before h. took the second i2 10 n. Cianci will play hr"asol and r.. Benson will play II. Bassette tomorrow morning,
 Tn th" junior play. Kenyon l.oom's dctcated Kenneth Larson 6-1 and G-1 in the first round. Second round matches are being staged this morning.