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Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
NOrthcOtt SObs
In Jail Cell
Confined From Page y

The Northcoft murder trial ia his
own brother and NOT bis nephew, rs
tie state contends
The dcfcndort- attorney declared
9hat AIRS. Wiuifrod C#8-', of Nau-
touyer, b. G.. is the ao-h : Of san
sord ard himself and that Mrs.
Louise Northeott, under Iiie snH-
tcnec for The murder Of Walter Col
lins, is his grandmother.
Young Northcott was calm ana
unusually serious rs lac told af tha
asserted relationships and revealed
that he intended 70 demand Of tlw
court an opportunity TO lav, his
grandmother beside him WHOM
ne conducts his defense.
The former chicken ranch pro
prictor gave rs his opinion ia.t bc
could prov Sanford Clark IS his
brother i he could l9,, Mr..
Clark brought dowa fram Eaa.ouyes
80 testify.
lie displayed a long telegram
from Mrs. Clark who stated s3c pas
prohibited from crossing the hord"r
IN Canada by immigration an,}ari-
ties She offered 10 help him ~
affidavits. If Le desired tler,.
Turning to discussion Of san
ford Clark 5 testimony, Nor,hcor,
sa;d he could not realize why san
ford attempted to '2@steu 1hos-
crimes en- ham.
= always lowed lam ana love
lin now more than ! do anyone
else, - Aorthcott sid.
"My love for ri- is that of an
older brother for a younger brother.
"When | am free-which l be-
iieve I viii be- will forgive san
ford for everything he has testified
against me.
Northcott said he would call at
east 100 witnesses in his d2sens2.
I III
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22

A $31 ,ooo fruit packing house at
West Highlands, San Bcrnardino
county, was recently burned but in
- hours the manager was shipping
-OranpeS agaln.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22

Seventy five pairs Of ring.ncekcd
phcasants have recently been releas.
ed at three points in the desert see
tion of San Bcrnardino county.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
Bank Quotations

Los Angeles county and Il few
towns are seeking the return Of the
government balloon school tract at
Arcadia.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22

Two carloads of carbon bisulphidc
with which to kill ground squirrels
have been received at Santa Maria
SAnta Barbara county.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
THE WEATHER

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy cool weather to-
night and Wednesday. Moderate
westerly winds.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-Gen-
orally fair but unsettled west pOr-
t.on tonight and Wednesday; mode
rate temperature; moderate wcstcr-
ly winds on coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22

Howard Bailey. Hayden, Color
ado, has a common COW that pro
duces an average of more than 80
pounds Of milk per day.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
Lodge Directory
:! Centro Lodge No. 3S4
F. & A. M.

Meeting Every Monday Night
Luncheon Every Monday Noon
r. Barbara Worth Hotel
William J. Reid, w. NJ.
Chas. II. knights, Secretary
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05

Fears that another nation might
seize the Nicaraguan route led the
United States in 1916, through the
Bryan-Chamorro treaty and a pay
ment of $3,000,000, to acquire the
canal rights. Six years ago renew
ed interest led to a partial survey,
but the engineers estimate that the
canal would cost $1,000, 100000 dis
couraged President Harding. Little
more was done officially about the
project until near the close of the
Coolidge Administration.
But persistent advocacy of the
Nicaraguan Canal, together with
growing convictions of its necessity,
led Congress last winter to adopt
the Edge resolution authorizing the
new survey. This will revise and
bring up to date the obsolete data
obtained thirty years ago.
The engineers will begin their
work at Greytown, on the Caribbean,
proceed by boats up the San Juan
River to Lake Nicaragua and cross
this deep body of water for seventy
miles. Thence they will descend the
Cordillera Mountains, where the
chief difficulties in constructing the
canal are expected to be encounter
ed, othe Pacific coast at Brito. This
is the proposed canal route.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05

The survey may show that esti-
mated cost of $1,000,O00, ,444 is excess
sive. But whatever the cost, the
canal must eventually be built. Eco
nomic necessity and factors of ma
tional defense demand it. Nicara-
qua asks it. Indeed, our relations
with this Central American country
have for years been linked with this
project
In his conference last December
with the Presidents of Costa Rica
and Nicaragua, President Hoover ad-
vocated the construction of the can
al. In few weeks he will have the
satisfaction of directing the first pre-
liminary step toward this goal.
When the work on the canal will be
started is uncertain. But as it is an
approaching necessity and its con-
struction will take at least ten years
the obtaining of accurate data,
which the survey will accomplish, is
of timely importance.-Phi Philadelphia
Ledger.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL
A DREAM OF 400 YEARS

For ninety years the United States
has entertained various plans for
building a canal across Nicaragua.
The first definite step toward its
construction will be taken in Sep
tember, when army and civilian en-
gineers, appointed by President Hoo
yer, start to survey the route.
This step is imperative for two
reasons. One is, that traffic through
the Panama Canal is rapidly ap-
preaching the limit of that water
ways capacity. The limit may not
be reached within twenty years, as
some experts believe, but it is not
much more remote. Besides meet
ing this economic necessity, the
Nicaraguan route, although three
times as long as the Panama Canal,
would save 800 miles for shipping in
northern latitudes.
The second reason concerns ma
tional defense. The United States
now relies solely upon the Panama
Canal for mobilizing its fleets either
in the Atlantic or the Pacific in
time of war. Destruction of this
waterway by an enemy would be dis
astrous. Another canal is a STRAIT
egic necessity.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05

The Nicaraguan route has attract
ed attention almost since the time
Christopher Columbus sailed within
sight of the eastern terminus while
seeking a passageway to the Pacific.
One of his successors, De Avila, dis
covered Lake Nicaragua, which COW
ers a large part of the isthmus.
Spain surveyed the route in 1881.
Lord Nelson saw in his day it's pos
sibilities and sought to possess it
for England.
The United States became inter-
ested in 1888, when John Bailey, an
American engineer, surveyed the
route. During the California gold
rush of 1849 Cornelius Vanderbilt
seriously considered building the
canal. In 1884 this country and Mic
aragua negotiated a treaty for its
joint construction, but the Senate
failed to ratify the pact.
Finally an official survey was au-
thorized by the Isthmian Canal Com
mission. It's work, interrupted by
the Spanish-American War, was
completed about thirty years ago. 1t
provided the only complete data
available. Meanwhile, the French
had begun the Panama Canal. Beset
by troubles, they induced the United
States to take over and complete
the task.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
GOOD ROADS MADE
LIKE OTHER FABRICS
IConfinned from Erst Paael

tions at intersections, elimination oil
''bottle necks," addition of more
exit and entrance roads to cities,
widening programs, to minimum
40 feet width in the vicinity OF large
cities, financing and development oil
the rural highways and farm to
market" roads, greater use of high
way bonds for financing State and
county road building programs.
County highway construction,
finance, and administration presents
a broad field for study and investiga-
ton" he declares. Until the prob
lens confronting many counties are
salved by application. of educatlonal
information, funds for highway i'm
provement will be lacking and the
neglected and much needed farm to
market roads will be slow in mater
ializing."
"There are 100000 miles of rural
highways in this country, 100000
miles of which are improved to some
extent. Less than half of this mile
age is paved. This, in conjunction
with 10000 miles unimproved OF the
total 100000 miles on the State sys-
tens presents huge program tor
the road builder"
Looking at the gas tax situation
from the standpoint of car upkeep
and per capita share of highway
costs, the expense even at the maxi
mum rate constitutes a very low
road toll. The car owners in the
two-cent tax States, based on tax in
come and the number of registered
cars, pay 1888 average annual tax;
the three-cent group pays $13.S5;
the four-cent group pays $21.S4; ana
the five-cent group pays $22.43. The
average for all is $15.09 per car
owner per year. Most opposition to
this form of road toll has developed
in localities where the tax has been
used for other than highway pur-
poses."
"The toll amounts, at most, to
about 1-3 of a cent per mile on the
car which gets Is miles to the gal
lon of gasoline and pays cents for
gas tax. Where the tax is lower, or
the car mileage per gallon higher,
the toll is correspondingly lower. In
any case the toll is easily absorbed
in Iessened cost of upkeep of a car
which is driven over improved
roads.
"The highway constructed today is
better and cheaper than that of few
years ago. Increased production and
research have brought good results
and this is only the beginning. That
greater activity in highway research
would react beneficially is unques-
toned"
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
THE BLUSHING BRIDE

They tell of the blushing bride
Who to the altar goes,
Down the aisles of the church
Between the friend-filled rows;
There's Billy whom she motoreu
with,
And Bob with whom she swan;
There's Jack-she used to golf with
him
And Steve who called her '1amb"
There's Ted, the football man she
owned,
And Don of tennist day;
There's Herbert, too, and blond Eu-
gene;
They took her to the plays.
And there is Harry, high schooI
beau,
With whom she used to mush,
No wonder she's blushing bride,
Ye gods, she ought to blush.
ID. M. H., Devon, Conn.
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
Greenwood

MIR. and Mrs. Willard Johnson
moved from Philadelphia in c. B..
Porter's property.
Mrs. Sallie Pedwick, Mrs. Ray
mond Woodward and daughter, Sara,
of Pitman, N. j., and Miss Helen
Cadwalater, of PedTicktown, N. j.,
have been visiting c. P. Tatman and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Hatfield.
Mrs. Herman Smith is on the sick
list.
Mrs. H. C. Smith, of Harrington,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H..
Carlisle.
Paul Layfield, of Philadelphia,
spent a couple of days last week
with his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Layfleld.
= Those of our girls and boys who
attalded the All Club Short Course
at the University of Delaware from
Tuesday until Saturday are as fol-
lows: Florence Webb, Grace Webb,
CatheI Johnson, Mildred Galloway,
Ward Meredith, Neil Edgell, Frank
Elliott, Jr., Emory Williamson,
Charles Seller, Thomas Williams,
Phillips Williams, Edgar Isaacs and
Joseph Hatfield.
Mrs. Ella Edgel and Mrs. Carrie
Cahall spent Tuesday with Mr.. ana
Mrs. j. Herbert Edgel.
MT. and Mrs. Norman Lo1and V1s-
tied in Washington, D. c., last sun
day.
Frank Todd, of Baltimore, visited
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John D.
Todd, last week.
Quite a few of our young people
attended the carnival at BridgeVllle
and Georgetown.
Louis Edgel has returned from
Washington, D. c., where he at
tended the National Club Camp.
The Wilmington Kiwanis Club
was host to the boys and girls OF
the All Club in Delaware. Louis
had completed eight years as 4-H
Club member, having as his CLUB
projects COWS, pigs and strawber-
ries.
Earl Keel has accepted a position
with the Home Life Insurance Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Torbert and
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Wiley spent
Sunday at Rehoboth.
Mrs. Homer Cohee is improving
after an operation at the Marshall
Hospital.
Mrs. Martha Todd, widow of the
late Geo. Todd, died June 2lst' IN
Cane Charles, Va. Interment was
in Bridgeville Cemetery on Monday.
She is survived by Mrs. Geo. McCon-
lev. Wilmington; Mrs. Maude Kelly
baltimore: Mrs. Matte Gaskill, Cape
Charles, Va; Albert Todd Easton'
Md, and John s., George and How
ard, Greenwood.
Miss Eleanor Wright, of Laurel, Is
the guest of Miss Katharine Mills.
MT. and Mrs. Raymond Mariner
have returned from a weeks stay at
Broadkill Beach.
Janette Wright, of Laurel, is visit
ing Esther Taylor.
Miss Bell Prettyman was nome
over the weekend with her par
ents.
William Short, Merris Stayton
and son spent Thursday in Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. John Schultz and son Teddy,
from Wilmington, are spending the
summer with Mrs. Julia Lynch.
Miss Mary Bradley spent the
weekend with Mrs. Herbert Ritter
of LeWeS.
MRS. Anna Conaway, of. Washing
ton. is the guest of Mrs. Mary Coma
way.
Wilson and Palmer Hatfield are
spending a week in Ithaca, New
York.
The Ladies Aid of st. Johnstown
will meet in the church Thursoay
evening, July IL.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
FOR REMEMBRANCE

Forget-me-nots,
Just tiny spots
OF blue.
This little spray,
1t will convey
To you
What words may fail,
Meier can avail
To tell.
These flowers blue,
Will speak to you,
And spell:
Remember me
When this you see."
They say
The rime is old,
But when it's told
Today
1t will be new.
This message true,
I send
To find a part
Within your heart,
My friend.
-Erna E. Hoefs, Portland, Ore
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
Miss Spring

Spring arrives less like an infant
than a debutante. Almost as soon as
abe truly appears, she looks like a
girl dressed up for her first COM
munion.-The American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
Let's Prohibit DoOr-Knobs

"Say, yelled the rooster on dis
covering the hen sitting on a china
egg, didn't warn you to lay of
that hard stuff"
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05

Mrs. Gadder-Well, my dear, did
you enjoy your shopping trip today!
Mrs. Shopley-No, 1 didn't. L
found exactly what wanted in the
very first store I entered.-The
Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
EVER MEET HIM?

Who thinks it's bright to ask,
And now the pest is due
The seasons come and go,
"Is it hot enough for you"
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05

The main objection to radio on the
farm is that the daily market reports
enable the farmer to keep closer tabs
on how much he is losing.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05

And Still Have Room to Spare
All people who think they are paid
what they're worth could hold an
international convention in a tele-
phone booth.
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-05
Whv Some Girls Are Slow

"It's a funny thing" sighed the
fiapper, 1--WE never been pinched
while speeding, but I have been
s0ueezed while going SLOW"
The Pathfinder.
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fetal, thoroughly and with a wide
knowledge of people and affairs both
national and international.
The advisory council, composed Of
members from the different States of
the Union, in every one of which the
club has members or a member, will
be complete within a week. This coun-
Gil will act with the board in approx
ing new members of the club.
The election of officers and the date
for the formal opening of the clubhouse
have been delayed by the illness and
absence from the city of many MEM
berS of the board. The election will
take place next week in one of the
recently completed rooms of the quaint
little clubhouse.
Among the new members of this
month are Mrs. Otis F. Glenn, wife of
the Senator from Illinois; Mrs. Ira
Nelson Morris, wife of the former
American Minister to Sweden; Mrs.
Adolf j. Pavenstedt, who was promi-
nent in Washington as Baroness Won
Sternberg when the baron was AM
bassador from Germany; Mrs. Julius
Y. Talmadge, vice president general,
D. A. r., from Georgia; Mrs. r. M
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Prominent Members Added
To Women's Country Club

Mrs Claude A. Swanson, wife of the
Senator from Virginia, and Mrs. Henry
F. Dimock are two new members of the
board of governors of the unique new
club, the National Woman'S Country
Club, whose clubhouse ic on Bradley
boulevard, Md. There will be two other
members of national and international
distinction, to be announced in a few
days, which will make the board COM
plete.
The other members are Lady Isabella
Howard, wife of the Ambassador of
Great Britain; Mrs. Charles Francis
Adams and Mrs. Robert Patterson La
mont, cabinet hostesses; Mrs. William
E. Borah, wife Of the Senator from
Idaho. who is temporary chairman: Mrs.
Frank w. MonGell, Mrs. Marshall Field,
Mrs. Virginia White Speel. Mrs. Henry
Price Wright, Mrs. Walter r. Tucker
man. Mrs. T. A. Scott Thropp nee Will
mer; Mrs. E. NJ. Cummings and Miss
Natalie Sumner Lincoln.
Mrs. Swanson is one of the most waltz
able members of the board, knowing
Washington society, resident and Of
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Treasury Secretary
Listed as Boxholder
At Thanksgiving Ball
Many Prominent Officials
Giving Aid to Entertain
ment Scheduled by the
Navy Relief Society.

The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Andrew w. Mellon, has taken box for
the Thanksgiving ball of the District
of Columbia Auxiliary of the Navy Re-
lief Society, to be held in the Willard
Hotel Thursday evening. November %,
at o o'clock. Among other boxholders
are the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, Mr.. Ernest Lee Jahncke; the
commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen.
Wendell C. Neville; Admiral ana MRS:
Mrs. willard BrownSon, Rear AdmlraI
and Mrs. Hilary p. Jones, Rear Ad-
miral William L. Rodgers, Rear Adj
n1iral and Mrs. Joseph Strauss, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Andrew Long, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. George H. Rock.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Harry F. Hough,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richard H.
McNamee, Rear Admiral and NM.
David Sellers, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Ridley Mclean, Col Robert M. Thomp-
son, Mrs. Edward T. StoteSbury, Mrs.
Ridgeley Hunt, MIR. and Mrs. George T.
Marye, Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson,
Mrs. Frederic L. Chaplin, Mrs. jacob
Leander Loose, Col. and Mrs. Arthur
O'Brien, Capt. and Mrs. Chester Wells,
Capt. and Mrs. Hsyne Ellis, Lieut..
Condr. and Mrs. John wise Morse,
Comdr. and Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo. Mr..
and Mrs. Lee p. Warren and Comdr.
and Mrs. Theodore s. Wilkinson.
Admiral Dewey started the Navy Re-
lief Society after the War with Spain
for the help of families Of sailors and
marines who died in the service. 1t
endeavors to add to the Government
pension and enable widow to feed and
shelter herself and her children until
she can become self-supporting. 1t has
been kept up in all naval districts of
the United States, and 1t is customary
to have the wife of each navy yard
commandant act as chairman OF that
chapter. Mrs Arthur L. Willard is
chairman Of the Washington branch.
Now that the old custom OF giving
balls in the support of local charities
has been supplanted by the Community
Chest. the Navy Relief ball for the
benefit Of a national charity stands out
as a notable event and Is Of great in
terest to all visitors who are fortunate
enough to be in town that night.
The boxes are selling rapidly. SOM
generous donors who are unable to come
to the ball have helped to I'LL the de-
mand by giving their boxes back for
| resale. This ysar promises to be a
greater success than ever.
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Church Society Schedules
Benefit Entertainment

The Rector's Aid Society Of All Souls
Memorial Episcopal Church. on Cathe-
dral avenue east of Connecticut avenue,
will have its annual bazaar and turkey
dinner Thursday. Mrs. Webster Bal
linger is the president and Mrs. Will
liam s. Quinter and her unit have
charge of the dinner, assisted by Mrs.
Frank S. Bright's unit. Mrs. John
Burke and Mrs. Louis S. Greene have
charge Of the table arrangements. Mrs.
H. r. Kerslake's unit has the fancy
work table. Miss Frances Weedon's unit
the aprc', and homemade cake table,
Mrs. Herbert Lee Smiths unit the candy
table. and Mrs. John B. Torbert's unit
the doll table. There will also be
grab bag and ice cream cones for the
young folks.
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mr.. and Mrs. Saunders
Hosts TO Week End Guests.
; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert o. Saunders
hN2e as week end guests this week their
daNrhter. Miss Elizabeth Saunders. who
is attending Sweet Briar College, and a
school friend Of hers. Miss Eleanor Will
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Cooper will arrive in Washington Thurs
day from their home in Wisconsin.

Cooper will arrive in Washington Thurs
day from their home in Wisconsin.
Representative and Mrs. E. Hart
Fem have returned to Washington
from their home at Wethersfield, Conn.,,
and are at 2540 Massachusetts avenue.
The First Assistant Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Joseph M. Dixon, who
have had with them in their apartment
at the Wardman Park Hotel their
daughter. Mrs. Ralph G.. Hills, have
been joined by their son-in-law, DR..
Hills. DR.. and Mrs. Hills will return to
their home in Baltimore after the week
end.
The Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral, Mr.. w. Irving Glover, has returned
to his apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel after attending the air meet held
in Birmingham, Ala, last week.
Mrs. Frederick Tilton, wife of the
Third Assistant Postmaster General,
who recently joined Mr.. Tilton in their
apartment in the Wardman Park Hotel,
was accompanied upon her return by
Mrs. Howard Baldwin of Detroit.
Mrs. Baldwin is now visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. James Murray, In the Valley
Vista
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Kaufman, Mrs. Hugh D. Auchinclose,
Miss Mary Lincoln Beckwith, grand
daughter Of the late Robert Todd
Lincoln: Mrs. John Crayke Simpson.
Mrs. Cameron McRae Winslow. Mrs
Edward r. Stettinius and Mrs. Edward
L. Tinker of New York; Mrs. Isaac T.
Mann, Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont of Kennett
Square, Pa: Mrs. Frances Noyes Hart,
Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Miss Kath-
arine Nettleton of Connecticut, Miss
Martha Mcclure, national committee
woman of Iowa; Mrs George r. Agassiz.
Boston; Mrs. James H. Patten, Mrs.
Hugh McKenncn Landon, Indianapolis;
Mrs. E. E. Robbins and Mrs. Karl D.
Klemm.
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Mrs. Alexander Coale Columbus left
this week for Miami, Fla. where she
will spend a month While there she
will visit Mrs. Henry F. Luther on Bay
Ghore drive and Mrs. j. T. Weathers.
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in theatrical organizations and Is q
member Of the Hiram Lodge, No. 10,
and Bethlehem Chapter, No. 7. A
large number of relatives and friends
were in the company.
Mrs. Emma A. Brewton celebrated
her eighty ninth birthday anniversary
Wednesday, in the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Brewton, at 3606 Ordway street in
Cleveland Park
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Midshipmen and Cadet
Ball Christmas Night

The second annual midshipman and
cadet ball will be held In the Mayfiower
Christmas night. The ball will make
very gay and colorful scene with the
midshipmen and cadets in their uni
forms. Many dinners will be given in
the garden Of the Mayflower before the
ball