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The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24
ELECTRICITY TRANSFORMS RURAL LIFE

5 ELECI lhANSFORMS RURAL Lf
Many who think of Our Country great, nation in-
dustray think only of industries in the large cities But
the industrial output of country towns and small cities IS
gradually surprising in volume the output of the great
meropolises.
Just as country towns and smaller cities hold pre-
ponderance of payros and general production except in
few highly specialized industries.
This remarkable rural growth has taken place largely
within the last twenty-five years, and wond have been
impossible without the arreacing benefits derived from
electrical development.
Large power plants and intercOnneced systems which
deliver power practically any point, have enabled in
dustres from crowded centers to smaller towns
and even into the country.
Better living and labor conditions have resulted.
Electricity has given every hamlet light and modern
entertainment while the telephone and automobile have
made neighbors out of the whole nation. Radio, the
Youngest child of electricity has brought the rural dis
ricts into immediate and constant communication with
the metropolitan centers.
Is it any wonder the country towns and smaller cities
grow when they have virtually all the advantages and
venences enjoyed in the largest Cities without the disad
vantages?
Electricity is the for marvellous rural and
smaller city Transformation.
THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
No permit for the erection of dwelling house for
single family the island of Manhattan has been issued
this year. Last year there only six The original
New York rapidly becoming city of business buildings
and apartments 1t will be impossible for the man
with the megaphone tell the visitors the sightseeing
that they passing the house of copper king
or one of the magnaes of Wall Street The paatia resi-
ences of the past disappearing Gone is the castle on
city avenue built by the late Senator William Clark
who from the wild and wooly West TO dazzle New
Workers. Where Vanderbts and Astors lived in
spendor tower commercial buildings The mansions
Of the rich and the little houses Of the are alike yield
ing the march of progress, although it is yet tar cry
to the time when all will have vanished
Land values too high to permit the erection OF
dwelling houses Manhattan for occupancy by families
of moderate means
( The time has already arrived that space in many
sections of Atlantic City is valuable for simple dwell
ling just as it is in Manhattan.
But Manhattan is the United States if some
of its people may hold that idea The odtime love of
the home consisting of the house which holds single
family persists Manhattan may be devoted to cliff dwell
ler but there plenty of in the delightful subur-
ban area for those who prefer the little house by the side
of the road and the neghbory relations which said to
be of fashion among those whose houses are super
pOsed one upon the other.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24

The busiest city earth is fast asleep unless it is
doing something towards the higher education of its
people.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24

community is rich as its understanding of the
nse Of riches.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24

Three hundred delegates attend
ed the twenty-third annual conYen-
tion of the Jewish Consumptiye
Relief Society in Atlantic City. The
convention approved an appro-
priation of s1.O00,00O to improve
the sanitarium maintained for cong
sumptives at Denver. An additional
$4,000 was appropriated for re-
search work
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24
Toasted Rolled Sandwiches

Cut bread in thin slices and
;pread with pimento cheese Roll
md hold in place with toothpick
Place in oven and toast lightly
Ahen ready to serve remove tooth
lick. as the sandwiches viii remain
oiled after toasting.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24
Most men mistake being alive for living

he best of what we hear we fail to understand
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24

S.30-HoteI Chelsea Concert Orchcs-
ira.
9O0-Egyptian Serenaders Dance
Orchestra, Million Dollar Pier
9.3G-Hotel Ambassador Concert Or
ehestra, Harry Loyenthai. diree-
tor.
l00O-"The Sand Pipers,' Florence
Kyle Robinson. pianist Josh
Kitching. banjoist
l0-30-NanDoren & Mempel Dance
Hour
II. .30-Gateway Casino Dance Orches-
tra Leroy Smith, director.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24

Make your wants known
The Pleasantville press., 1927-05-24
Graham Watercress Sandwich

Butter thin slices OF graham or
whole wheat bread, first preparing
the butter by creaming it until
cry soft, then adding a half tea
poonful of lemon Juice and table
:poonful OF finely chopped water
ress to each cupful of butter. Put
he slices together in sandwich
orm, then cut with a small fancy
utter.
Savory Sandwich
Put one-half pound of boiled ham,
two peppers and three hard boiled
eggs through the food chopper,
noisten with mayonnaise until thin
enough 10 spread. This filling is
delicious on either white or graham
bread
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
COIN MATCHING
FRAUD DENIED

Frank John Barnwell and Fred
Harris, both white, charged with
conspiracy to defraud, pleaded not
guilty before Judge Macdonald in
Police Court today and asked for a
jury trial.
Anthony v. Mozier, who came to
Washington from Camden, N. j., to
transact some business with the
Navy Department, being q former
sailor, testified he met the two men
near Union Station. They proposed
matching coins and luck for & time
lost. s.
Attorney James A. o'Shea. an.
bearing for the accused, developed
the admission from Mozier that he
had agreed with Harris to trim
Barnwell and that while they were
busy. Precinct Detective IN.
powd, Of the Sixth precinct. came
along in his Ford and. took them
al to the station house. BarnweIl
and Harris were each held un5er
$4,000 bond. for the action Of the
grand Jury.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21

Niles af happiness at 4 very low eat
can be enjoyed through the purchase
0f . good used car from the Times
and Herald Classified Ads. .
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
POISON DID NOT
KILL NURSE

Following an autopsy performed
today on Mrs. Ruth Pierce. SO years
old. who was found dead in her
apartment at S15 X st. y. E.. 1t
was announced that her heart was
greatly enlarged. but that no traces
of poison were found.
A further examination will be
made of the brain.
1t was thought that she may
have taken an overdose of narcotics
which, police learned. she had pur,
chased within the past few days
Mrs. Pierce, who is a trained nurse
and had been attending Mrs. Grace
O'Brien. apartment three of the
same building. was lying on couch
when her husband, Charles Russell
Pierce Pierce, arrived home at 6
o'clock.
Thinking that she was asleep and
knowing that she needed the rest,
he did not rail- her until 10 o'clock.
When he did call her he found that
she was dead.
An investigation conducted by
Headquarters Detective Charles
Warfield revealed, it is claimed,
that Mrs. Pierce went to a drug
store. and purchased number Of
narcotic tablets and small vial
of heart. stimulant
Some of the tablets and the boz.
tie of heart stiInulant were found
in Mrs. O'Brien's apartment. Mrs.
O'Brien stated that she had taken
two doses. of the latter, 1t is said.
Mrs. Pierce was pronounced dead
by DIR. Anthony Eindoni who Wa :
summoned from Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
DOROTHY KEEP
LOVE TREST

Los ANGELES, April III.
After staunch denials and CIR
cumloeutions, Dorothy Mack
aye, the pretty music-show
star, whose husband, Ray Ray
mond, actor, is alleged to have
died from injuries received in
a fisfic row with Paul Kelly.
handsome screen player, has
admitted, under severe cross
examination, that she sat by
and heard Kelly call Raymond
by telephone from the Kelly
apartment, and arrange the
meeting, which ended in q
fight, between the two men.
Statements from Kelly's room
mate, Max Wagner, film actor,
corroborated Miss Mackaye's final
story, which states that the pretty
Coincidence was accompanied to
kelly's place by Helen Wilkinson.
about o'clock Saturday night.
Two hours later, Kelly telephoned
Miss Mackaye's husband, and inn
mediately left for the Raymond
home.
Breaks Down With Confession
Miss Mackaye was q most pitiful
figure when taken before the
county grand jury for question
ing. She tainted, was revived.
confessed being in Kelly's apart
ment while the fight was going
on at Raymond's home, tainted
a second time and was carried
from the room, unconscious.
Although she was vague as to the
time, Miss Mackaye, it was declared,
testified she was still at Kelly's
apartment when Kelly returned from
her home after beating her husband.
She remained there until approx
mately ? p M, she is said to have
testified, when she went home and
found her husband with a discolored
eye and other marks of the beating.
kelly's arrest followed. and though
he denied responsibility for Raw
mond's death, he was indicted for
'tfirst-degree murder" by the county
grand jury yesterday
Wilkinson told police, It is said,
that Kelly gave him $500 following
the encounter with Raymond with
which to fix things up" not know
ing, it is believed, that Raymond's
Continued On Paes z. coIpnA %
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
Senator Reed Taken
To Hospital After
Failing To Improve
y InteFnatiOnaI News Service

" MtefmAtlOnaI News Service
FEDERAL COURT. Detroit
April Ex-senator James A. Reed.
chief counsel for Henry Ford in
the million-dollar libel suit. has
been taken to the Henry Ford
Hospital for observation, it was
learned today.
Reed was ordered to the hospital
late last night. when he failed to
respond to treatment given for an
attack of acute indigestion. The
Senator was stricken on a train
last Monday morning. while en-
route here from Washington.
Senator Reed was reported to
have intestinal pains, and his ply
stefan ordered him to the hospital
for observation.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
So, IS
FINALLY
TAKEN
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
international News Service

LONG ISLAND CITY, n.
T., April 26.-The fifth Juror,
Herman Ballweg, retired, Of
Jamaica, stolid, heavy-set
man, was selected this morning
at the trial of Mrs. Ruth Snyder
and Henry Judd Gray, who
are accused Of beating the
woman s. husband Albert
Snyder, to death with an iron
bar.
Mrs. Snyder walked rapidly
into ile sigko iaed court
room, a matron ~ her side.
She was dressed once more IN
black. There was assurance in the
emphatic manner Of her tread and
the defiant tilt of her head She
took her seat without even so
much as a glance at the spec
tators.
Gray, ia the same dark business
suit he has worn since the trial
started, soon followed.
Justice Townsend Scudder then
called court to order and the
fourth days session had begun.
Fourteenth Panel Called
Ballweg is So, married. and has
daughter about the age Of Mrs.
Snyder. He said he had no men
tai prejudice against the defen-
dants: at the same time he assured
the State he felt he could render a
verdict of guilty in the event the
evidence submitted at the trial JUS
titled such a verdict.
As Ballweg was being questioned,
the court attaches brought in the
large metal drum from which names
of a fresh panel of $50 telesmen
were to be drawn and set 1t up at
the right of Justice Townsend Scud-
der's dais.
Explained Early Impression
''Have you read about the case?"
Ballweg was asked.
Yes, l was Disguised with the
case because of the way the MUIR
der happened"
This statement provoked series
of questions, but Justice Scudder
interviewed and helped Ballweg ex-
plain that his first reactions upon
reading the newspapers about the
Continued on Page 2, Column H.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
SCORES
IN TRIAL

Misconduct charges in the custer
proceedings against William G..
Cloth. commemorative attorney of
Arlington county, were completely
riddled by defense counsel yesterday.
and today they expect to completely
vindicate the defendant.
Cloth was charged in q petition
filed by Thomas D. Bailie. editor OF
the Arlington Chronicle, with having
been drunk while a memberaof the
Democratic delegation en- route to
the Norfolk convention. again on a
race track. at d gasoline station in
Rosslyn, Va, and on the streets of
Clarendon. Va
Training their batteries on the
States star witness. Mrs. Florence
f. Cannon, who testified, as q
member OF the delegation, that
Cloth smelled of liquor and indi.
Gated that he had been drinking
while on the Norfolk boat, John S.
Barbour and G.. b. Garnett, attor.
neys for the defense, wrtIng con-
fession from Mrs. Cannon that she
had taken a drink on that trip and
also had taken part in q crap"
game.
Later defense witnesses were in.
troduced who testified that they had
been with Cloth on the entire trip
and Cloth was not intoxicated at any
time
The charge that Cloth was seen
drunk at the Marlboro racetrack
was thrown out by Judge @. Yer.
non Spratley, when Joseph Bailey.
the witness, said he was not sure.
that he snelled liquor on Cloths
breath on that day. Not satisfied,
however, defense counsel showed
that there were no races taking
place on the day designated.
e. r.. Bachelor, the next prosecu-
ton witness, injected some excite
ment into the proceedings when he
told of a threat upona his life by
Cloth who, while in an alleged in
toxicated state, threatened to shoot
him for interfering in the domestic
affairs Of the Cloth family.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
WOMAN ON
JURY IS
CAUSE

FEDERAL BUILDING, DE-
TROIT April 21.-The mil
lion-dOllar Ford lSapiro libel
trial ended abruptly today,
when Federal Judge Fred NJ.
Raymond ordered a mistrial,
discharged the jury and re-
manded lthe case for a new
trial.
Woman Juror Talked
The lnistriaI was granted on q
motion By counsel for Henry Ford
because Mrs Cora Hoffman, one
Of The woman jurors, talked ID
newspaper men about the case.
Invsstigation Continues
The court announced that the De.
partmsnt of Justice was still III.
yestigatlng the bribery plot charges
hurled BY Words attorneys At Mrs.
Hoffman and a man named ]. Kid
Miller. Thus far, he said, there
was no evidences to show Mrs. Hoff-
man had been involved in any such
plot. The court also exonerated
Aaron Sapiro, plaintiff in the mil.
lion-dollar case.
In granting the motion for a
nnistrial, Judge Raymond heatedly
condemned a Detroit newspaper for
publishing an interview with Mrs.
Hoffman relative to the charges
against her. The interview, he said,
was an invasion OF the courts func-
tions.
Qnizzed Mrs. Hoffman
After referring to the fact that
he had examined Mrs. Hoffman,
the court said:
The whole matter was turned
over to the Department Of Justice
Tor d fair and Impartial investiga.
fion. That investigation is not com.
plete ana the court does not expect
report until later in the day.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
MARINES KILL 8
IN NICARAGUA
MRS. O'BRIEN
nv TnternatlonaI News service

~ InteFnhfIOnI News Service
MANAGTA, Nicaragua. April "a.
Three rebels and two bandits have
been killed by United States Ma.
rines during attacks upon positions
held by the Marines in the past
forty-eight hours, according to in
formation received here today.
Bandits attacked the Marines at
Posoltega. The Marines returned
the fire. killing two and wounding
many others.
Later another attack, believed to
have been made by rebels, was
directed against the Marines defend
ing the Pacific Railroad In the
Posoltega district.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21

ue0d used ears at prices within
reaeh OF eveFybody's purse can ne i puF.
Columns Of the Time AVA ...ssi 80
Staaalned Ada,
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
Lake Mary Then Vas
Biggest in Arizona

(Coconino Sun of March II, 1905)
Very few people in Arizona and,
probably, even in Flagstaff are aware
Of the fact that Flagstaff is now
within a few miles of what will
doubtless be a permanent clear water
lake. The large dam that was con-
structed by the Arizona Lumber &
Timber company last fall, adjoining
the ice caves at Clark's Valley, eight
miles from Flagstaff, is filled with
water, showing that the judgment OF
the members of the above company
was good when they decided to build
a dam
The dam is located near the lower
end of Clark Valley, above Walnut
Canyon, and there is large scope
of country which drains to this valley.
The dimensions of the dam are as
follows: Total length, LOLA feet;
width, 751 feet; height, 38 feet and
the capacity 4,000,533,000 gallons,
and the reservoir is now filled to
capacity.
The lake will afford splendid duck
shooting, fishing, boating, and in the
winter fine skating, and its short
distance from Flagstaff will make
pleasant resort for our people.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
Early History OF
Flagstaff Schools
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(The following, a thesis, was writ
ten by Miss May Hicks (now Mrs.
Hill in 1905 when she was a student
at Flagstaff Normal school, and traces
the progress in education here from
the settling of Flagstaff until that
date.-Ed Note)
There is no other city in Arizona
having the same population as Flag
staff that has as many educational
advantages. Let us trace the history
of education in this small city.
In the early part of April, 1881,
some Mormon families settled on the
little hill where the Northern Arizona
Normal school is now situated. 9th
er people came and the little village
flourished. There was no school un-
til January, 1883. At this time, Mrs.
j. A. Marshall opened one in a rude
log hut situated in what is now "Old
Town." But this was not a suitable
place for a schoolhouse. There was a
great deal of promiscuous pistol
shooting, and Mrs. Marshall refused
to teach unless a more suitable place
were provided; so, after a month, the
board procured a log house about mid
way between "Old Town" and the spot
where the electric light plant now
stands. (The electric light plant
moved after this was written-Ed.)
The first term of school was finished
in this building and closed June 80,
1888. Single blocks were used for
seats and those in attendance fur
nished the wood. At one time, fuel
was lacking and school closed for two
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

ars came, although several people had
promised to send their children; but
soon several were enrolled.
After Miss Fulton closed her kim
dergarten, there was none until 1893,
when Miss Laura Hoxworth assisted
by her sister Irene opened one in a
dwelling belonging to them. Before
long they moved it into the house
where they lived, in the northern part
of town. They taught during the
summer and fall of some six years.
Since that time there has been no
kindergarten until this year, there be-
ing one now in connection with the
public school.
The normal school was opened in
1899, occupying a fine sandstone
building in the southwestern part OF
town, built for a reform school; but
was changed into a normal by the
twentieth territorial assembly.
During the six years, two teachers
have been the same, Professor A. N.
Taylor, president, and Miss Frances
Bury, assistant.
The first year, there were two
teachers; the following three years,
four teachers; and the two years just
past, six teachers.
In addition to the kindergarten,
public and normal schools already
mentioned, several private ones have
been taught at different times. The
earliest was Miss Ida Rawson's in a
building near the present Normal
school grounds.
Later came the Catholic school
opened under the supervision of Miss
Alice Metz The schoolhouse was
very small, wooden structure in the
north central part of town. In 1899,
the Sisters of Loretto took charge OF
the school. The building was enlarged
to make two rooms. But during 1904
and the beginning of 1905 new brick
schoolhouse has been built west OF the
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

Maude Williams. The class of 1902
consisted of seven members, an in
crease of rs per cent. The increase
for the last few years has stood at
from Is to 35 per cent.
Professor A. N. Taylor, the first
president of the school, served the
institution for ten years, when he
was succeeded by DR.. Blome, who
was president from 1909 until 1913.
Under his direction the school grew
rapidly in attendance, character and
prestige. He was succeeded by
Superintendent G. E. Cornelius of
Winslow. Mr. Cornelius was sue
ceeded by President j. Q. Creager,
who served until September /, 1920,
when he became dean of the depart
ment of education of the University
of Arizona. He also was a tower of
strength to the normal school during
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

be hired to pull wagons carrying
students trunks to the dormitories.
The territory has spent over $4,000
in. Improvements and additions to the
school. The normal school is one of
the important institutions of northern
Arizona and that fact should be ap-
preciated by Flagstaff"
The institution has always been
noted for the excellence of the work
that has been done, but it is far
cry from the biennial report in 1902
made by President A. n Taylor
showing an enrolment of thirty-four
pupils, mostly in high school sub
jects, with faculty of four teachers
and a training school of twenty-five
pupils, with a single stove-heated
building occupying but small frac-
tion of the campus, to the institution
of today with its buildings and cam
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

pus invoiced at approximately million
dollars, with its faculty of 80 or more
specialists, with its student body al
most wholly of college grade, with
at times seven hundred people upon
the campus, not including the nearly
three hundred children in the training
school
But the institution has only reflec-
ted the growth of Arizona in popula-
tion and wealth 1t will be remem-
bered that Arizona was the only state
to show an increase during the last
decade of more than fifty per cent
in its citizenship.
1t is interesting to read the old
catalogues Of the institution. Ac-
cording to one of these, the first class
to graduate in 1901 consisted OF four
members Mrs, Margaret Wallace,
Clara Kendrick, Alice Campbell and
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

his short term of leadership. On
September 1, 1920, he was succeeded
by Mr.. L. B. McMullen. Four years
ago DR.. F. A. Cotton succeeded him
and was in turn succeeded, in 1925,
by Dr. Grady Gammage, the present
president, under whose direction the
change from a normal school to
four-years' teachers college has been
completed and the scope of work done
greatly broadened.
Executive, faculty and students
work together at the college IN, q
spirit of complete harmony, under the
influence of which the institution has
become known as one of the most
efficient in the southwest and which
augurs we'll for the ambition OF Or.
Gammage and his faculty to make
Flagstaff the educational capital OF
the southwest.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
TO-DAY

The Orpheum Thenter stands as a
leading business of the city JOith
payroll of $1,000 monthly. making
aaUiLabIe to the people of Flagstaff
the best that the motion picture in
dustry can offer.
As Flagstaff has ddUdnced from the
days of the early sos so has the Or
pheum endeaUOred to keep pace
with the times by installing the lat
est and most efficient equipment
Obt0indbLe. And
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

old one.
The work is practically the same as
in the public school with the exception
of music and physical culture, to
which much more attention is given.
The sisters hope to give college pre-
paratory course and course IN DO
mestic economy in the near future:
There are enrolled In the puDlc'
Catholic and normal schools collective
ly about $50 pupils.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
To Keen Him Quiet

Wife of Golfer (who is storming
about mislaid bag of clubs) For
goodness sake, Emily, have you seen
the masters playthings?
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

without faith in the growth and devel-
opnent Of Flagstaff the Orpheu1 Theatre
could not have risen to the high place it en-
joys in the industry I'm the state of Arizona
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-02

The body of Katherine Schneider, who died December 25, 1920, was ex- humed at Valdez and will be shipped to Seattle for cremation. The ashes will be sent back to Valdez to her sister, Miss Auguste Schneider.