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Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-22
OklahOman Wins
OratOry Prize
nv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, June 23.-First
place in the national Intercollegiate
oratorical championship and $500
in prize money was awarded to Carl
Albert, of Oklahoma University, in
competition with leading sectional
college debaters here last night.
Herbert Wenig, of Stanford Uni
versity, took second place. His
share Of the $1,000 purse offered by
the Better America federation was
$1,000
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-22
Ten Killed In
Swedish Wreck

STOCKHOLM. June -. Ten per
sons were killed and 40 injured in
- railway accident near Bolnas to-
day The Northern Express which
left Stockhom at midnight, collidcd
with an auxiliary engine The cN-
press was running at about - miles
IN hour.
Three coaches of the express were
wrecked.
The streams about Mt Graham in
Arizona have been enriched with
10000 Young trout.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-22
Air Mail Pilot
Killed In Crash
by United Press Lea.ed wir.

LEBO, Kansas, June %. - The
first fatal crash on the Chicago
Dallas airmail route occurred today
when Pilot Wayne Neville ran into
a severe wind and electrical storm
near here.
Neville was killed instantly. His
plane fell mass of flame.
1t was believed the plane had
been struck by lightning.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-22

J:05 a. m and was awarded $3.50.
Requa Silver Wings, Klamath
runner, was the only racer left in
the grind when Lightfoot finished
Although there was no monetary a.
ward for seventh place, the Klam
ath said he intended to go the re-
naming distance. He was expected
to finish today.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-22

Ellen George, Battle Ground,
Washington, has large hens egg
that contained three yolks of nor
mai size. A like phenomenon in, ami
NAL life results IN fraternal triplet3.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-22

A trial of wheat at an Oregon eX-
pertinent station proved conclusive
ly that plowing six inehes'deep was
of equal value with plowing ten in
cheS deep.
Evening star., 1928-11-18

At midnight member of this society
VIII call at your house in furtherance of
the desire expressed by you at the Fin
nish concert on Tuesday evening to lie
In Finnish earth. He will bring the
earth.
"A little energy and inventiveness ap-
piled in the directions indicated would
scon begin to clear out this overcrowded
continent SO that there would be room
to sit down again in Nebraska and Sas-
katchewan without overcrowding. H.
lustrated circulars might be sent out
with attractive pictures of Ballyhooly in
the ny season and the HebrideS during
mud storm in October; things calcu-
lated to bring the tears to the eyes of
the mournful emigrant and make him
wiling to start back
Oddly enough. some of the most i'm
portant peoples would be clean outside
OF the work of the society
The French. for example. never-so
far as I know--express the wish to be
carried back to dear old Paris with a
view to lying down and dying in the
rue de Rivoli
In fact. they have too much sense
ever to leave it.
And the English never sing about
wanting to get back to Bolton, Lam
cashire. They're so glad to have got
out of II that they are willing Ia let 1t
so at that.
Evening star., 1928-11-18
Our Repatriation Of Minstrels

Ministries who want to be sent back
somewhere.
Take the case of Virginia. Again
and again / have heard cabaret sing
ers plaintively begging to be. carried
back to old Virginny." Carried back,
you notice. in this case. This crowd
have got so lazy and SO enervated living
up North that they've got to be carried
They won't walk or even use the cars.
Never mind, let's carry them. With
little effort and organization we can
sort them out and get them all carried
to Virginia. And when we get them
there they can stay there.
But it seems that it's not merely
Alabama and Virginia. There are some
Of them. for nearly all points; there's
bunch for the SWanee River and
big crowd for their Old Kentucky Home
if they can get the funds to start 1t
appears that If they can once get to
their Old Kentucky Home they Will
sing one song and then 1t Will be good
night. That's fair enough.
The cases have mentioned are those
Of native Americans, But IN addition
to these there are great number OF
people all over the United states ana
Canada who have come from European
countries and who sing rnournful songs
asking to be taken back to them.
What is needed is that some sort OF
organization should be formed, with
the characteristic efficiency OF this
continent, for sending back home all
the mournful Ministries who don't like
it on this side of the Atlantic. IT
Evening star., 1928-11-18
MONEY OR HER LIFE
By Royal BrotUn
There Was Something Beyond Its Purchasing Power

They will be supplied" she was in
formed.
They were. Mrs. Sarah Annes Thax-
ter disdained to shop, SO shops were
brought to her Telephones rang, curt
| orders were given, and messengers ap-
peared bearing boxes of all sizes. And
so, at the end of two hours, Eileen,
freshly equipped and exquisitely at
tired, was ready to start.
MY adopted grandmother may have
her faults she told herself, but stin-
giness is not among them"
Nor was it. She had six frocks, any
one of which would have cost her a
months salary, and the final contribu-
ton to Eileen's wardrobe had been a
squirrel coat that must have cost a
thousand, If 1t cost cent. Eileen was
positively enamored of herself In it.
If Jimmy could only see me now"
began her thought, but was checked
This was no time to think of Jimmy
or to wonder what he would think
when she turned up missing.
n
A CRACK train bore her Eastward
that noon. drawing room and
compartment having been secured
Eileen shared the compartment with
the elderly maid.
This was excitemcnt-the cream of
life
1T ought to be liks that millionaire
for-a-day stuff" she unused content
edly.
But it was not to turn out Just that
way. At a little after noon the next
day her new life began. Only a glimpse
of the house whose roof now sheltered
her had been vouchsafed her. She
had naturally expected magnificence.
Yet what she had glimpsed as she had
been conducted up the stairs was oddly
reminiscent of the lodging house in
which she had roomed wh3n she first
came to Chicago. high-studded. mar
row hall, steep stairway. an atmos-
phere of ancient stuffiness and gen.
eral depression of spirit
The room she occunied, obviously the
mysterious Sally's, was not so bad. 1t
was beautifully furnished But the
door was locked from the outside.
You will stay here" her psuedo-
grandmother had informed her curtly,
land neither ask questions nor answer
them"
Whereupon the strange old woman
Eileen trusted she wesnt crazy--had
dcpcrted, locking the door.
And what do YOU know about that?"
eileen had easped
Evening star., 1928-11-18

you" he retorted easily, drawing a
photograph from an inner pocket and
passing it over to her.
Eileen glanced at the picture She
had never had dress such as the
girl in the picture wore, but otherwise,
feature for feature-even eye for eye
and tooth for tooth-this picture might
have been of her.
Let's get out of here anyway" he
suggested abruptly, as her startled
eyes met his.
sive. She couldn't get out Of the
place any too quickly.
He was making a mistake, Of course,
but she decided it might be as we'll to
delay his discovery of it for the time
being.
The other man trailed him and
Joined them in the car that was watt
ing outside. Eileen suffered monlen-
tary qualn before she trusted herself
to it. but her suspicious were allayed
by the directions given the chauffeur.
She decided again. that she might as
we'll let herself be carried back into
the city before she took up the qucs-
ton of mistaken identity.
So not until the car had swung into
the Loop did she break the silence
Il may as we'll tell you" she began,
that"
Tell it to your grandmother" sug-
gested the elder man. Shes here in
Chicago and"
The car came to standstill; the
uniformed starter of one of Chicago's
great hotels sprang to open the door
But" protested Eileen desperately,
you're all wrong"
A hand was thrust under her arm.
Remember that your grandmother
could have had you arrested" she was
informed. You might as we'll come
along peaceably."
Eileen glinpsing the crowded lobby,
decided that she might as well. So
she let herself be led to an elevator.
A long, carpeted corridor, then
door that in answer to a knock was
opened by an elderly maid.
''Oh, Miss Sally!" gasped the latter
involuntarily.
Eileen did not answer She was in
the parlor of a suite. Beside drop
light sat a sardonic-faced, bitter-eyed
woman of more than seventy, whose
spare figure the years had neither
bowed nor bent. She glanced coldly
at Eileen, and. for a moment. the room
seemed shrouded IN abysmal silence.
Then she spoke inclusively to her maid
and the detective.
Leave the room!" she comrlc nded
curtly.
Evening star., 1928-11-18

Evidently she was used to being
obeyed. They left promptly.
We'll, who are. you?" this old wom-
an then demanded of Eileen.
I'm beginning to wonder myself,
confessed Eileen.
There was a full minute of silence
Then, sit down." she was commanded
EILEEN sat down prepared for any
- thing save. the bewildering cross
examination to which she found herself
subjected. 1t was all very well to re-
mind herself that this old woman didn't
own her, and she needn't answer her
but she answered just the same. Sa-
| rah An1es Thaxter was used to hav-
ing her questions answered.
Him." she commented presently
YOU have no family ties, nothing to
keep you In Chicago. You look enough
like my grarddaughter-the thin lips
were briefly compressed-"to fool al
most anybody If you will return home
with me, keep your mouth shut and
ask no questions"
Homer" echoed Eileen uncertainty
! and do as I say. / will see that
| you are literally rewarded" finished
Mrs. Sarah Ames Thaxter.
Eileen neSlLaJeQ. Sne was, aILer all
but %, and the red adventurous line
of her lovely mouth indexed her truly
I'll try anything once" she replied
recklessly.
you talk" commented Mrs. Sarah
Ames Thaxter, ''in very much the same
deplorable way my granddaughter
does. Her name, by the way, is Sally
Thaxter. It will be yours. for the
present, at least You are not TO speak
to anybody, and, If anybody speaks tc
you, do not answer Simply give the
impression that you are sulking-ir
silence"
But" began Eileen, It don't quite
understand"
There is no need that you should.
she was assured curtly. you look in.
telligent-do as you're told"
She can't eat you, anyway" Eileer
assured herself privately. stick arounc
and see what happens"
Eileen'S first discovery was that a.
Sally Thaxter. she was cut of def
nitely from her own life. She was no
even permitted to return to her owr
room. A messergar was DISPATCHED tht
next morning tn nav her rent for tn
next month End order her things helt
for her
But I'll need clothes" protested
Eileen,
Evening star., 1928-11-18

Now, for a second, the vision seemed
close. Perhaps she was to be adopted
and-but there she checked herself.
She wouldn't take you" she in
formed herself firmly "Or, even If she
did, she'd probably keep you locked up
in a cabin"
She let the paper slip to the floor
and glanced at her watch. The present
from Jimmy. 1t assured her it was not
yet eight o'clock.
Yawning like bored kitten, she
rose and moved around the room. She
inspected the frocks hanging in the
closet-loads of them-and then opened
drawers to see what might be in them
Lingerie. mostly. After that she turned
Evening star., 1928-11-18

Presently a key clicked in the lock.
The elderly maid appeared, followed
by butler carrying tray with lunch
con for one.
"Oh, we'll, I'm housed. clothed and
fed, anyway" ruminated Eileen phil
osophically as she ate. Il hope, though,
I get taken out for an airing now and
then-if only on leash"
The butler, returning for the tray.
had message for her
Madam requests you to be ready at
to go calling with her" he announced.
THE plot thickens," commented
Eileen, but not aloud. ut looks as If
were going to meet the towns best
highbrows. I wonder If I'm going Ia
Evening star., 1928-11-18
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

THE other day l went to dine In a
restaurant where they had what
Is called a cabaret show during
1 the dinner In the course of this
show a black-faced comedian
leaped onto the little stage and shouted
that he had lost his honey-lost his
honey-and that he wanted to be taken
back to Alabama.
Nothing was done about it. But my
own strong feeling in regard to that
man was that II he wants to be deported
to Alabama, some one ought to send
him there.
realized that I have heard that poor
fellow not once but numberless times,
begging the public to send him back to
Alabama. The price of ticket to Ala
bama--ro question of return--is only
S3l. He doesn't need a sleeper-he
couldn't sleep, he's too restless--and he
doesn't need to eat, because I gather
from the song itself that all he wants
is to get back. He'll get fed when he
gets there.
couldn't see the man personally.
But / wrote him a note. said, MY
dear sir, gather that you want to get
back to Alabama. And l am all for 1t.
You ought to be in Alabama. Let me
know when you can start and / will
make an appeal to the public for funds.
You'll go all right"
I heard nothing from him, But my
looking into his case has brought to my
knowledge that there Is not only that
man but hundreds of singers and
Evening star., 1928-11-18

keep on being sulky and dumb.
guess I'd better or I'll spill the beans"
At 3 the maid appeared.
The car---the same one that had
brought her from the station-was
waiting outside Eileen and Mrs. Sarah
Ames Thaxter set forth. Presently the
car stopped.
Eileen glanced innuiringly at the pro-
| file of her companion. The latter did
not move But the chauffeur disen-
gagged himself from behind the wheel,
stiff1y mounted stone steps and rang a
bell When maid appeared he
touched his hat, handed her cards. and
returned to set the car in motion again
This performance was repeated dozen
| times
well, if this is the social whirl.''
gasped Eileen, you can give me a
merry -go-round. You can at least make
grab at the brass ring"
Long before 6 she was back again
'in solitary"
rs there anything you wish?" the
chill aloof old terror had asked her
We'll. a newspaper might help break
up the monotony Bit Eileen had re-
piled briefly
iii see that you get it," she had been
assured.
It came with dinner, and Eileen
promptly turned to column bearing
the legend Society,"" She started to
read this. seeking to discover what
this society she had called upon this
afternoon, but was yet to see, might be
like
Then swiftly her interest focused.
Mrs. Sarah Ames Thaxter has re-
turned home from Chicago. where she
went last Tuesday to bring back her
granddaughter, Sally Thaxter, who has
been visiting friends there Mrs. Thax-
ter and her granddaughter are to sail
for Europe within a few days for an
extended stay there
X x
EUROPE! Eileen caught her breath
~ Did it mean that she, Eileen, was
to travel? That was one of the things
she had always wanted most. The very
word travel suggested life to her. 1t
filled her with visions of the things she
craved nebulously yet so poignantly as
to deafen her ears to all Jimmy's
pleadings.
II don't want to stick in one place all
my life" she had told him. II want
TO see the world"
Looking for millionaire" he had
jeered.
Just give me a chance at one-or
his million, anyway" she had retorted
calmly
Evening star., 1928-11-18

would be called the Brighter America
Society. or torlething of that sort. and
1t would collect funds and send out
what is called literature. For example.
1t could print and circulate form let
.ters after the following patterns:
FORM LETTER TO A DIS
CONTENTED TURK.
Dear Sir
1t has come to the knowledge of
this society that you have repeatedly
expressed the desire in song to be car
ried back to dear old Constantinople
The society understands you to say that
your wish IS to look once more on the
Bosporus and then roll over and die.
We are glad to inform you that this
society Is prepared to cooperate with
you to any extent in the accomplish.
ment OF your very laudable purpose.
H.
FORM LETTER TO
A MOURNFUL. ESKIMO.
Dear Sir:
This is to inform you that you were
overheard last night singing about your
plan OF getting to Goopernavjik, North
Greenland, All there drowning YOUR
self in your little kayak in the Polar
Sea. Representatives of this society will
call upon you today and will see that
what you want is done.
LETTER TO A FINISHED FINN.
Dear Sir.
Evening star., 1928-11-18
Mournful Indeed.

Teacher-What did Longfellow mean
when he wrote: Tell me not In mourn
ful numbers?"
Stude--He must have been riding
in taxi.
Evening star., 1928-11-18
Giving Credit.

Doctor--Young man. you owe Your
| very remarkable recovery to your wife's
tender care
Young Man--It's kind Of you TO tell
Evening star., 1928-11-18
FORM LETTER TO
A MOURNFUL ESKIMO,

LETTER TO A FINISHED FINN.
Dear Sir.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07

team from Camp Jones, which is an
All-American aggregation OF colored
soldiers. They can be depended on
to furnish real opposition to anything
which develops this year. The White
Sox wrangled with them all last
season and neither team ever got
much leaWay.
The All Stars are a promising gang
this year and a study of the material
indicates that the army team, the SoX
and the Stars are going to line up
very evenly The demand now is
for a team of American young men,
not of Mexican descent tc uphold
the traditions Of the great American
game. 1t is pointed out that there
are plenty of good ball players rust
ing about Douglas who have shone
on high school or college teams and
who could be enlisted for q real
American team which could get out
and offer some opposition to the Sox
and the Stars and the colored boys
and make some real sporting com :
petition,
A plan is now being worked out,
headed by the leaders OF the Stars
and the SoX to organize a Douglas
league and ask some local fraternel
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07

organization or club to take over
the management OF ;-le league so
that all ball players would be relieved
OF any connection with the direction
OF the league or the handing ot
finances. This plan calls for at leasg
six teams and the demand is Tor
more American material in the addi-
tional teams.
1t has been suggested that the
high school team be organized with
the idea that it shall continue in
operation all summer and form one
of the teams OF the@ :eagne. The
high school team will undoubtedly be
made up of both Americans and
Mexicans. Another team is demanded
which shall be made up entirely OF
Americans and shall be picked from
older men than the high school nine
to represent the American element
in the battle,
The lineup would be the All Stars,
the White Sox, the First battalion
team, the best company team from
the 25th, the high school team and
an All American team yet To be
organized. With six strong teams
which the fans argue can easily be
formed out OF the material at hand
there could be double header nearly
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07

whirlwind finish, taking the last four
rounds.
Fernandez ripped Taylor on the
ropes in the sixth and punished him
severely in the clinches. The seventh
was the best of the fight, Taylor
landing two crushing left hooks and
long right to the chin, but the
Filipino battled gamely, scoring re-
peatedly in the infighting.
Taylor had Fernandez on the verge
of a knockout in the eighth. The
Filipino took a bad beating to Gle
head in the ninth, and in the tenth
Taylor flashed at his best.
SPEEDY" Dado, a newcomer from
the Philippines, gave Louis Contreras,
local scrapper, an all-over beating in
the six round semi-final Dado, who
won the decision, had Louie on the
verge of a Knockout several times.
He waded into the fight from the
start and was still going full speed
at the final bell. k
Bobby Herman, of Los Angeles,
fought Charley Luoica Mexican, to
flashing six round draw.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07
LEVINE FLIES TO
HAVANA WITH
DIAMOND QUEEN

HAVANA, March R-The Bel
lanca plane Columbia, which once
flew from the United States to
Germany, arrived here on a nonstop
flight from New York at l:36 p. M.
today. The plane carried its owner,
Charles A. Levine, who made the
flight to Germany, and Miss Mabel
Boil, with Wilmer Stultz as pilot.
1t was a speedy flight over the
1,400 mile air trail, which was covered
in IA hours almost to the minute.
Instead OF the large crowds which
the aviators apparently looked for,
there was only a small gathering
a few friends OF Miss Boil, few
newspapermen, a few photographers
But they made a happy parry at
the landing field, Campo Columbia.
AS the plane glided to the ground,
Miss Boil, who is sometimes known
as "the queen Of diamonds" and who
spent much time last year trying
to arrange for a flight across the
Atlantic, was seen leaning out Of
the machine, fresh and smiling after
her long journey.
Levine himself appeared as though
a good rest would benefit him, and
he soon went off to the not& to
enjoy it. There will be some enter
tainments in honor OF the fliers, but
no fixed program has been arranged
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 1928

every Sunday and the games would
be played at the Tenth street park
with an admission fee OF Is cents
which would go into the league
treasury for the purchase OF equip
ment.
Some arrangement might be made
whereby the teams would get bonus
money now and then but every team
and every player would be playing
with the understanding that he was
not out for any money profit. The
fans would be given assurance that
some local organization was standing
behind the league and handling the
finances and seeing that every cent
went TO a proper place. And further
understanding that ii the public did
not support the games sufficiently to
purchase equipment then the league
would be Immediately disbanded and
no one would be left holding the
sack for a lot Of bad debts. A
committee of baseball promoters
which is working on this proposition
will submit report for publication
within a few days.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07

That the great American game oI
baseball has lost interest for Amer
leans and is becoming the great game
of all the rest OF the world is
indicated even in Douglas. where the
two leading baseball teams here the
past several years outside professional
teams and ham and eggers have
been made up OF boys of Mexican
descent.
AT the present time the two strong
teams that are working out and pre-
pairing for the season here willing
to sacrifice their spare time to the
game without any financial reward
whatsoever and willing to play a
good brand of baseball for the enter
tainment of the public are teams
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07
ALL AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAM
IS DEMAND OF LOCAL LEAGUE
PROMOTERS OF SEASONS PLANS

made up entirely of young men OF
Mexican descent.
These teams are the Douglas All
Stars, captained by John Saieln. and
the White SoX, managed by A.
Vnlegas. While the high school will
blossom out with a snappy team
presently for the conference games
and later in the summer the TWi-
light league, made up mostly OF
younger boys who play in the parks
in the late afternoon, will come to
life, it yet appears that there is not
a regular baseball team available for
scheduled games that is made up OF
American boys.
The strongest team mere in past
years has been the First battalion
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07
LOWDEN BACK HOME

CHICAGO, March lP)-Frank o.
Lowden, former governor of Illinois,
was back in his home state today
after four weeks riding and hiking"
in Arizona and with his opinion re-
garding his presidential candidacy un-
changed
nowden said he had signed state
ment for the North Dakota primary
at the behest of friends there; had
''heard" other states wanted him as
the party chief. He has not made
plans for any speeches, he said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07

Mexican olympic committee that the
Mexican government will assist as far
as its circumstances permit in financ-
ing the sending OF a Mexican team
to the 1923 Olympic at Amsterdam.
The committee announced that it
soon will start a drive for popular
subscriptions to defray the expenses
OF a Mexican Olympic team.