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Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-14
s MA re PASSES BI
Justice From the Skies

The Superior Court of Pima county Arizona has successfully tax
holds SESSIONS
Tucson, and
days to make the trip
morning holds
dusk. Left to right members of
the Brown clerk Pat Higgins
Gerald Jones Louis R Kempf
prosecuting attorney
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-14

WASHINGTON, Dee. l4.-Anoth.
er Arizona amendment to the Swing.
johnson Boulder dam bill was reject.
ed by the senate today as debate
on the measure drew to a close.
Senator Hayden, Dem, Arizona,
Offered an amendment to guarantees
Arizona and Nevada the right tn
any private property connected with
the dam.
II was defeated - to 81.
senator Johnson, Rep. California,
who opposed the amendment, said
Arizona claimed the tax right under
existing law and contended affir-
nation in the bin of right already
Confined on Page Three)
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-14

NSUNCION, Paraguay, Dec. Ia
Paraguay continued TO view the
acknowledgement situation calm
u today.
business virtually is normal
throughout ASmrion and local trad
iug has not been impcdcd hy the
first outburst of war spirit in the
early DAYS Of the crisis.
\ brief commmiquc outlining the
cause of the situation was issued
last night II said:
" During an encounter December
;, near Fort Galpon, the BolNlans
suffered ~ killed and 81 prisoners
taken, including LieutcnantS fllu-
do2ada and Machcgo, who, at pres
emit are held at Bahia Nrgra, The
Paraguayan troops did not suffer
amy casualties.
Editors Note-Othcr official dis
patches and newspaper reports SAID
tllc skirmish occurred December Il.
WASHINGTON, Dee. li,--A pro
pnSal that the Pan American con
ference oH Cancellation and arhltra'
tion extend its good offices in the
crisis between Bolivia and Para
quay, was made to Il plrnary session
of the conference today by the spc'
cial committee charged with seek
ing settlement of difficulties be
tween the two countries.
The proposal shortly thereafter
was unanimously adopted by the
conference.
The resolution specified that the
conference in extending it's good
offices should not assume any poll
teal attitude or exceed the powers
entrusted to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-14

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Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-14

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The Washington times., 1928-08-08
Rules For Free Trips
To World Series
Ball Games

Pick two pitchers, one
catcher. a first basema1l, Sec
ond baseman, third baseman,
shortstop and a left, right and
centerfielder.
Contestants -four In ilumberl
coming nearest to the Ruth
selection and submitting the
best reasons for selections will
be declared winners. They will
see the first block of world
series games wherever played,
as guests OF The Washington
Times. All tied contestants
will be Included In the AWARDS.
Contestants must not only
try to select the same team as
Babe Ruth picks. but must at
tempt to assign players to the
same positions as those ON
Ruth's team. PRINT FULL
NAME and ADDRESS on Sc
lection.
A player may be placed in a
position other than his regular
position, provided he has oc-
cupied the alternate position in
one or more games this year.
All players on all major
league teams are eligible EN-
CEPT. Babe Ruth himself.
Ruth will NOT select himself.
Players must be selected
upon basis OF the 1928 play
ing season only. No other past
performances will be taken into
consideration.
Address all selectionsto Babe
Ruth Contest Editor. The
Washington Times. Washing
ton. ID. G.
Each selection must be ae.
companied by a letter OF $50
words or less, giving the rea-
sons for the selection.
The Babe Ruth All-Ameriea
Contest ends at midnight,
August 81. 1928.
If possible, use the coupon
printed or the Sports Pages
for submitting your team,
Babe Ruth will autograph |
ten baseball bats and ten hand |
some Babe Ruth desk blotters
for runners-up.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
BUELL. BEATEN
BY TONY ROSS

Avenging the defeat handed him
I'm a previous meeting. Tony Ross.
Baltimore 124-pounder, won de-
cision over Eddie Buell., of this
city, at the end Of their 12-round
fight that featured the card at the
MARYLAND Baseball Park last night
in Baltimore, Buell. entered the
ring q 9-to-5 fsvorite as the result
OF their first clash. which was over
q shorter distance than last nights.
Ross was the aggressor through
out the battle, which was a lively
one. and took half of the dozen
rounds. -Four went to Buell.. with
two even. Buell. had a cut opened
over his right eye in the ninth
round, but it did not seem TO bother
him much. as in the closing rounds
the Washingtonian shook up Ross
with some hard rights TO the head.
Jack Cafoni, of Washington, made
quick work of Frank kohlback in
a six-round preliminary, scoring a
knockout i'm the first round. Catoni
weighed 119 and Kohlback Iii.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
Oldsters wiz Never Get Back NOw

What history but it is safe to say
the older players will back their former jobs
Miller and Al Simmons expect flank him for many days to
The nfed with the versatile Jimmy Foxx at third
and Ose Orwell first be considered permanent too
for matter what happens Connie Mack isn't going back to his
old combination
George Earnshaw whom had Clark Griffith considering
and who Indifferent start
with the Athletics after he first reported from Baltimore has
rounded credit
Phadephas squirt Right Connie Mack wouldn't trade his
pitching staff for Miller Higgins with Ruth and Gehg thrown
What with other
rghthanders Quinn ancient Ehm
the knucleba king being relied relief work there
comparison between the As twng and Huggns What
Bush would Washington should
wind this with pennantwinnng team Well that's
baseball ladies and gentlemen and if weren't faught with such
uncertainties the days revealing would be
mediocre
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
TOpN5 SPORIORIAL
BY Kirk Miller

With possible exception Cardinals winning the
League pennant nothing refreshing has
years coming life Of
Philadelphia Athletics really furnish competition for
those hardy ANNALS, New YorkY Yankees
Athletics win the beside the question
baseball world hoping they do But the fact they
the from being period
wherein would be tagnan while the American
waiting for the Yankees to
the beyond recall something for which the gentlemen
with mon invested in baseball we'll be thankful
Monopoes quite gratifying the who preside
baseball markets. but the general good OF the
particularly when those
cnched before the half They
part of the PUBLIC
the when the IN town
figuring the will be wakaways rather than evenly balanced
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
Connie Mack. Squirt Sort Of Accident

there has been greater baseball IN
the League than at time since ne
Yankees overpowengly squelched the Pirates IN st
heavyweight championship ght on
the box scores because
heated prght days that the Mackmen fst started
to possible nemesis to the Yankees .,,. ;,
Those the operations Of the Philadelphia ue
clare the combination which Mr. MacGicuddy has working SO
effectively happened by
tactcan rather accidentally Like the American League
beginning concede the rag 70 the
Yankees and planning satisfied with second place
AS of complimentary gesture to the older players @
the securely second place. he had planned 70
Of them and youngsters whom ne knew ne
would have to depend He figured experience
would just much
their capabilities 1929 In the meantime injuries overlook some
of these birds he to let take 1t easy ana Inc
rushed in little than even connie
had contemplated
The Washington times., 1928-08-08

up.
The perfect ball club, they called
it when it was 1914 games in front
early last month and seemed con-
cerned only with the hardship OF
finishing out an ordained but super
fluous schedule. Today. having won
exactly two series in the last 10 con.
tested, they are just so doggoned per-
feet that the professor means to fire
half of the infield.
He probably would Be quite
content to fire all OF his catchers,
too, but he cant do that because
the rules are most fiIiical about
having nine men on the field at
all times. The professor has
tried to ObIige In this respect,
but eight men and catcher has
been his limit In the last five
weeks.
Anyhow, he feels he has plenty of
able infield reserves and so. they
say the left side of the present quar-
tet is 10 be removed to spot where
the sun no longer will affect 1t.
Those TO he denoted are Mark koe-
dHN
and Joe Dugan. companionate third
basemen. Those to he elevated are
Leo Durocher and Mike Gazella at
shortstop and third base respectively.
Part OF the proposed alteration went
into effect Yesterday with Gazeila at
third base.
The full remodelling will be
completed as soon as Lazzeri is able
to return to second base, Durocher
being occupied at that position in
the meantime. On paper. the new
infield lacks the punch OF It's pre-
decessor--but only on paper.
Koenig isn't hitting the size OF
his wedding finger; Robertson II
doing slightly better, if at all. There
is nothing the matter with Dugan's
hitting but plenty the matter with
legs. He probably is putting
in his last season as a regular
Robert son, however. is losing a lot
of balls at third base and Hnggins
is faced with the necessity or doing
something about it. even II he has
to return the spawned Dugan TO
the position.
Az for KOenig. he has made
eleven errors on this trip, more
than the Giant team nut to-
rether on their last western In.
vaaiOn, and il any Of them
weren't costly, Higgins would
Tile 10 know whose money y
bein9 used to pay the halA
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
THREA En-
RUNNERS UP

NEW YORK. Aug. 4. With %
victories in their last thirty starts,
the Pittsburgh Pirates today are
within striking distance OF the
Cubs and Reds and may even nose.
out the New York Giants for second
place in the National League scram-
BILE.
The 1927 champions. always MUIR
derous hitters, are getting fairly
decent pitc hing In their belatsd
spuft and have advanced 10 within
three games Of the first division.
RurIeigh Grimes, the first
pitcher in either league to regis
win thirty games for the
Brooklyn yesterday, 4 to 5.
and the BUGS made 10 a perfect
day, when FusseI won 3 to 2
decision from tile Dodgers in
the nightcap, . thinning affair.
Deadlocked at one victory apiece
IN the present series, the league!
leading Cardinals meet the Giants
In. the rubber contest today. Nick
ing Rhem and johnson for seven
Fits and eight runs in the eighth
inning, the McGrawian mob swamped
the Cardinals in the second game.
~ to L and cut the Cards lead
TO 51s games. Larry Benton, New
Works best pitching bet, chalked up
MS eighteenth victory, and Lind.
strom batted in five runs.
But Shotton's revamped young
Fhilles stretched their sensational
winning streak to three games by
trimming the Cubs again to 2.
weeping Wflloughby tanned the
Brulns while his mates kayoed Hal
Carlson. former Phil
For the first time since they left
nome. the Yankees increased their
The Washington times., 1928-08-08

nu THEY'VE HELPED MANOR CLUB N THE SPOTLIGHT
TRIAL " RY
Fl)N|NY. He
AYERS

q NEW YORK, Aug. 81.
America s Davis Cup team,
which lost recently to the ten
mis- stars of France, returned
to New York today on the
Paris, facing a further battle
In the effort to disqualify its
captain, Big Bill" TiIden be-
cause of his tennis writings.
As for his trial August "A, Tilden
added:
..No matter what their decision
Ii will never become profes-
sional.
COLLEEN declared that he assumed
Ruli responsibility for placing Tilden
back in the game.
.The question OF his writings
Il one for the association to
work ont" he said. In Eng
land and France they are per-
n1itted to write as much as they
nleake. The French were
greatly upset when he Was or
dered out.
ssTechnicaiIy he may have been
guilty. but the thing was improved.
I didn't think it fair to take him
out and so i sent him back in.
TiIden warmly praised the show
ing Of the younger members OF the
trs,m. but declined TO discuss his
trial scheduled for August "A be.
fore the American Lawn Tennis As.
ISOLATION.
Trial, he repeated, is . very
amusing word. Z
Among the group were Junior
Coen. ir.. John Hennessey, Francis
4 Hunter. George Lott, f.. III. Col
l017. president of the American
Lawn Tennis Association; S. Pea
cock. manager of the team. j. w.
wear. chairman Of the Davis Cup
COMMITTEES. and a number of their
friends and relatives.
Young COen was the sensa-
tiOn Of Europe, Til0en declared:
'sEIe probably viii become one OF
the greatest players IN the
game. And Lott played excep-
fiOnaIIy well, too. While we
lost flie cup, the trip was q val
mabIe experience for the young
sters.
France deserves great credit for
winning such a match. Cochet was
better than ever before, and the
doubles team of Borotra and La
Coste il the best in the world, and
the hest / have ever played.
THE workmanship of the French
was keen, too. The crowds APP
pIauded the Americans as much as
they did their own team"
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
SUDDEN CHANGE

u r. d. HubelI, Maryland country
club golfer. who has handicap Of
IS. recently went around the course
in ~ strokes.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
YOUNG AND Old

There were Is competitors as
young as is and as old as 10 In
this years Ontario amateur golf
championship tournament.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
Koenig and Dugan Loom
As Victims Of Hakeup

NEW YORK Aug. Sin spite of the fact that the finale
Of the Western invasion the Athletics blow while
the Yanks winning thus widening the between this
pair four and onehaf games word East today that
Prof Miller Higgins will give his ball club violent shaking
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
IN IL Tres |
IS KEEN IN
CON TEST

Baseball followers at this
section have already plunged
heavily into the 1928 Babe
Ruth All-America contest that
The Washington Times il con-
dncting. Popularity il always
gagged by interest and en-
thusiasm and these symptoms
have developed at this early
stage.
The contest, boiled down to
simple statement, III fan vs.. Babe
ruth. The fan places his lhlnkcap
against the sultan Of Swat. The
fnnir entrants whose selections come
nearest To Ruth'a and whose ex-
DlanatOry letters are concrete and
Convincing from standpoint ck
baseball logic, will be declared the
successful contestants.
Four 81 them win merit free
trips 10 the first block ~ world
series games. which will be
played IN the American Leagues
champion city this year, prob
ably New York Or philadelphia.
The opening game Will probably
be October 3. less than two
months from now.
III wouldn't be amiss to mention
what Babe thinks OF the contest.
Before the Yankees left the East
for the disastrous Western tour
which has left the Yanks nut ! few
games ahead or the Athletics, Ruth
por14npnfed thusly:
~ always ret excited over the
contest, for know how many Hans
are interested Til the various stars
81 the diamond Many III these fans
have particular favorites. and Il
you leave them OFF the team You
can bet you'll get letters from These
fans claiming that You made : biz
mistake
This II what keeps the fan In
terested iii his baseball, and its
what makes him come out to the
ball park every day.
II ret Just as much Of kick
ont ~ the AiI-America contest
as do hitting home run over
the fence It's going to be hard
t0 select team this season. -
some 81 THE Idols III yesterday
have cracked d bit and new
stars have arisen ON the base
ball horizon.
II believe that I win pick team
thar will meet with the approval Of
the legion OF fans that follow biz
league baseball have received
valuable data about the players Il
the National League from various
sources and this viii help me IA
selecting my team. OF course m
wen acquainted with players In the
American League.
sI'm going TO select my team on
the records made Nv the players
this year. I'm going to study the
records in each league closely and
attempt to reach the value Of each
player to his club.
Three years ago nearly All Of
the fans in selecting their team
overlooked Oscar Bluege Of the
Senators. hut RIuege ranked -
the hest third baseman. I'm nay
opinion. that year. and i was
his brilliant fielding and timely
hitting that helped the Senators \
to win the American League
pennant that year.
"A lot OF folks almost overlooked
Muddy Ruel last year. Fuel was
at his best last seasons great
catcher and that Is the reason
picked him over Mickey Cochrane.
OF the Athletics, and Gabby' Hart. {
nett, Of the Chicago Cubs
Ruth taeks his All-America ;on-
test as seriously as he does HIS
baseball and, therefore. is eager to
name a team that will stand the
acid test OF the fans and the base Z
ball critics. For this reason he
receives the weekly batting and
pitching averages whether the
Yankees are playing at the stadium
or are on the road.
~nrrn nVV
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
SAINTS ANXIOUS

The st. Martins diamonders are
searching for competition from I'M
limited clubs. Phone Manager Al
Harrington, North 2622-J.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE TEAMS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Pittsburgh, 4-3: brooklyn. So.
New York, 10: st. Louis. ..
philadelphia. g.: Chicago. 3.
Observation-Disclosures trainl4
TODAY's GAMES
~ Iouis at New York.
Pittsburgh ~ BrOOkiym
ClnclnnaM ~ HOstOn 1.-TWO GaEneels
C.hscaro ~ FlsiladelphaaA
The Washington times., 1928-08-08

Pennock turned i'm his six
feenth victory for New York.
The Yanks knocked Ted Lyons
loose from his InoIars in the
first inning and scored five
runs. but they got only five
hits off young George Cox
tIlereaft@.
sam Gray registered his seven
teenth victory as the st. Louis
Browns nosed out the Red Sox,
6 to S. Lu Blues second homer OF
the day turning the trick in tue
ninth inning.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
BASEBALL
L)RlEFLY |
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE TEAMS

YESTEKDAY'S RESULTS
WASHINGTON. B; Cleveland, ..
New York. 81 Chicago. 3.
Detroit. 4: Philadelphia. 4.
: st. Louis. 81 Boat0n. s.
TODAY'S GAMES
No Eamea aehednled.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08

Four 81 them win merit free
trims Is tile first block 81 world
series games. which win be
played III the American Leagues
champion city this year, prob
ably New York Or Philadelphia.
THE opening game will probably
Be October 3, less than two
months from now.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08

II ret Just as much OF \ kick
ont ~ the AiI-America contest
as do hitting 3 home run over
the fence. It's going to be hard
Is select d team this season. ~
some III the idols ~ yesterday
have cracked q bit and new
stars have arisen ON the base
ball horizon.
The Washington times., 1928-08-08

''Three years ago nearly All a
the fans in selecting their team
overlooked Oscar Bluege Of the
Senators. But RIuege ranked -
the hest third baseman. I'm nay
opinion. that year. and i was
his brilliant fielding and timely
hitting that helped the Senators
to win the American League
pennant that year.
Evening star., 1928-11-04

A HEAVY snowfall has turned a 25-
Z acre tract in southern California
into a dazzling fairyland that stands
rounding countryside.
The snowfall, however was synthetic,
the work of an army Of Aim technical
experts who carried out Ernst LubitSch's
wish for a change Of seasons on one
of the big sets built for king of the
Mountains" United Artists picture,
starring John Barrymore.
When Summertime scenes were COM
pleted, Lubitschs technicianS worked
for five days to transform the location
into a Snowbound community. Tons of
snow" cover the picturesque houses,
church. town hall and other buildings.
The huge set, one of the largest and
most expensive ever constructed for
motion picture, Is a bit Of Switzerland,
designed by European artists and realiS-
tically reproduced for the Barrymore
film.
The story, adapted from Jacob Chris
tcph Heer's romance, der Koenig der
Bernina," is laid in the Swiss Alps dur
ing the early nineteenth century, and
Barrymore plays daredevil mountain
eer and hunter.
In bringing the Swiss atmosphere to
Hollywood more than 1000 fir trees
have been transplanted on the hills; a
village Of 80 buildings, complete In every
detail. erected; mountain stream Gre
ated to operate water wheel at mill;
hills capped with synthetic glaciers;
herds of cattle and goats put out to
Craze, and the whole community trans
Evening star., 1928-11-04
NewSreel Zeal.

distress off Bermuda we had Beeland of
our Atlanta office on the airfield with
fast plane ready to strike for either
Charleston or Florida as disaster might
threaten. Denton of our Washington
Office was rushed on board the cruiser
Detroit, which waited with steam up at
Norfolk to go to the dirigible's assist
AIlce If necessary. 'Drelling Of Philadel-
phia was waiting at Cape Henry with
o plane sent over from Richmond to
pick up the dirigible as soon as 1t passed
over land.
LAS the dirigible progressed up the coast
we caught it at Washington, securing
air shots as it appeared and disappeared
in the clouds above the Capitol. This
f1lm was at once shipped to New York
by Wright in fast plane. CuthbertSon
OF the Lakehurst squad few as far south
aS Baltimore to accompany 1t up the
coast, while GeiSkop. once 1t was over
New Jersey, trailed 1t with the second
Lakehurst plane.
las soon as It reached New York,
FernStrom Of Greenly Island fame and
HUT made some striking air views from
their two planes, while four other cam
eraInen worked from carefully chosen
locations. Even before the dirigible
reached New York, however, our first
film from the South had arrived by
plane. At Miller Field the shipments
were transferred from the land planes
to the amphihian, which in turn dropped
down into the river by the laboratory
which permitted the quickest possible
handling.
while we came through first and in
perfect shape. 1t was only as a result
of the hardest and most nerve -wracking
work on the part Of the entire Para
mount staff"
Evening star., 1928-11-04
Film Murder Mysteries.

placing himself within the detective
In a story and working out the solution
of the crime as q person gets in work.
ing out a problem In arithmetic and
finding that the answer is the same as
that given In the back Of the book.
Our motion picture audience Is sup
posed to be interested in the crime and
Its solution only to the extent that It
affects the principal characters. So on
the screen we introduce boy and seek
to make the audience like him. Then
We introduce a girl and seek to make
the audience like her. Then we make
them like each other. Lastly, We intro
duce an obstacle to their union.
THE audience is now vitally interest,"
ed In the solution because it Is only
through this that the girl and the boy
can be assured of happiness.
There Is o second reason for in.
Producing the principal characters be-
fore presenting the murder. This is to
permit the audience to become thorough
ly acquainted with them so that when
the detective gets busy all attention can
be concentrated on solving the crime.
1T Is possible in the book to offer
first the murder and then the characters
because the reader may refer back to
earlier pages to identify various charac-
ters. on the screen there can be no
referring back to characters or to dia-
grams.
I'VE picture for the audience ell the
incidents prior 10 the murder. Then
we present the discovery of the body
and let the leading suspects tell their
stories. It Is Just like giving a glimpse
OF an assembled puzzle picture and
then scrafnbling all the pieces and Civ
ing those who desire q chance to piece
It together. To give o misleading cue
is as unfair as Offering Q puzzle with
piece that does not At"