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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-28

the Jaw bones shattered as II by q
blow, the son said.
WELCOMES
UP ON CASE

West Concord, Mimi, June o.
characterization into the circum-
stances surrounding the death of
Arthur H. Guptill of Dodge Center
will be welcomed by D. MCGOWAN,
Dodge county coroner, he said today.
Il will not only welcome the in
vestigation Of my findings" the cor
oner said, but ! will do all I can to
assist the state authorities in check
ing up on the case"
A thorough investigation was made
by MI. MCGOWAN, with the aid of
Guptill's attending physician, DR.. C.
2. BigelOw of Dodge Center. before
the verdict Of suicide was returned.
Coroner MCGOWAN said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-28
TWO TONS OF =

London, June 28.- Five thousand
volumes Of Chin Ting Ku Chin Tu
5hu Chi Ch'eng." . Chinese encyclo-
have been delivered to the oest
Chinese library at Mcoill university.
The volumes were compiled and print
ed between 1885 and l726, and weigh
close to two tons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-28
LEE F0HL bECQllES
MINNEAPOLIS SCO|

Des Moines, Ia, June 2e.-QR-
Fohl. manager Of the Des Nd
Baseball club Of the Western Iea
resigned tonight to kecoluf ) d
for the Minneapolis American a
citation team.
Claude Davenport. Eitcher, was
pointed his successor by +. I. Kei
club president. Fohl Joined
Demons q year ago after serviu1
years as . pilot with Cleveland.
Louis and Boston Of the Arnerl
League. He broke into baseball y
catcher here In 1903. Davenport
assume his duties tomorrow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-28

There are 1926 miles of water.
ways and canals constructed in the
British Isles at a total cost of about
$500, 000, 900.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-28

The Chinese land covers y
quarter of Asia, from the Pal
mountains to the Pacific and r.
Siberia to India.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24

FOR a new IL days OF otetlng, start
ing Friday.
Watch For Each Day
If you desire THAI slender movie
star figure, watch for the first days
diet in The Times on Friday and fol
low the diet every day in the
,paper. There is a stimulus to the
daily presentation of the diet that
is lacking in cases where individuals
with the entire +18 days Of menus
before them try 10 reduce all by
/, themselves
The pressing question whicn
seems to be agiating the hundreds
of Washingtonians who are follow
ing the diet is How much should j
lose by following the menus?"
scores of the letters which daily
arrive at the desk of the diet editor
ask this question, particularly re-
Gently. with the publication Of the
special, menus nearing close
There is no general answer to this
question Each individual will be
affected by observance Of the diet
in an individual manner
No hard and fast rule can be set
up. such as: A person weighing
I605 DOuIiaS iDSG ~ DOunQS
by following the diet In some cases
the diet may be ineffective, the per.
son not losing pound But such
eases are rare and are generally in
a. class where the person is at nor
NAL weight before starting the diet
The Last Menu
In virtually every case the diet
will be found to reduce the weight
bringing the dieter generally to q
closer approximation of what his
or her normal weight should be
The Times today prints the mex
to the last menus for the diet
Tomorrow the eighteenth or tina
days menus will be published.
This, of course, does not NEAR
that all persons who are taking
the diet will have completed It'll
observance tomorrow or the mex
day. For scores did not start thu
diet until publication Of the menus
was far advanced.
The various restaurants anC
cafes which have recently made 4
speciality of serving the dishes
called for on the menus will con
tinue the service during the re
peated 18-day diet,
Tbs Orig:Dst Diet
1t should be smphs sizeo shs IN,
diet a. printeo in IRE Times j. no
the der 9aich has ,onle nade, fItt
FROM W io,Is. sources s:Gsntig. j0i
QUE hand 3, plnspouAd J3-6ar de
va. BRAIDED as . propagsuda nov
ii citrus growers. Oh s1toLrscai
was declared to have q malign physl
clan influence.
The diet of The Times is ~
original diet of the Hollywood Stars
especially revised and corrected 10
readers of this paper by Alfred w
Mccain. noted dietary expert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
H. n. Simpson, 63, Dies;
Was Struck bY Machine

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, July "a.
Harry II. simpson, So. OF this
city, died OF injuries received when
struck by the automobile of Harry
Overly, also sf this city, last week.
Death was due to q compound trac-
ture OF the skull.
Simpson and his young son were
crossing local street to visit a.
the home of his daughter and as
they started to cross the thorough
fare, Simpson became bewildered
and stepped directly in front Of the
machine. He was rushed to hos
pital where an operation was per-
formed. He suffered q relapse
from which he never recovered
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
Turtle TreIs zoo
Miles IN II
Years

ALBANY, July PA peripatetic
turtle has been discovered at
Tsatasa.wassa Lake in Rensselaer,
county. While fishing there.
Arthur G. Ferguson of West Sand
Lake discovered the itinerant
amphibian in the form Of huge
swapping turtle bearing a brass
plate riveted 10 his shell, on
which was inscribed: ED Smith.
Racquetts Lake, N. T., 1902"
Raquette Lake is in the heart OF
the Adirondacks, nearly 200 miles
from Tsatasawassa Lake.
Az the. conservation law pro-
hibits the taking, killing or expos
ing for sale Of all land turtles or
tortoises. including the box or
wood turtle, Ferguson allowed it
to crafty its wanderlust further
by liberating it at Cooper Pond,
Sycaway, Rensselaer, county, after
which he notified LleWellyn Legge,
chief of the Division OF Fish and
Game. State Conservation De-
partment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
FRAUD CHARGED
4 :,
MD. EDITOR

ANNAPOLIS. July 24.~-Charged
with obtaining $1,55O from Police
Justice Steven !. Evard, of Green
Harbor, Charles M. Christian, edi.
tor and realtor. was arrested yes
terday and arraigned before JUS
tice of the Peace John Anderson.
at Anna polls.
Christian denied the charge and
claimed to be the victim of con.
spiracy. He was freed on bond.
Justice Evard charges that Chris
tan sold him property near a water
front development to which he had
no title and did not represent the
owner.
Justice Evard claimed he had laid
the parcel out in building lots and
spent considerable money upon it..
In the magistrates, office. Chris
tan had heated verbal battle with
States Attorney A. Theodore
Brady.
Later he said there was nothing
in the charge and that he had been
guilty of no fraud. s
Christian is editor of the South
ern Maryland Times, weekly
newspaper published at Glen Burnie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
FAI HI Ill
I'LL GU
WEIGHT

The Washington Times is to
repeat its revised 18-day Hol-
lywood diet,
Because of the marked sue
eess of the diet in aiding both
men and women to REDUCE,
and in response to demand
from many 8of the paper 3
readers, The Times will start
the diet over again beginning
Friday.
II you long have been desiring to
reduce and yet have failed to follow
the famous diet that has been run.
Ming in The Times for the past II
DAYS. get ready now to start on
the first day Of the repeated Diet
FRIDAY.
If you have been following the 10
DAY diet but have not yet reduced
to the point that you regard as
ideal, start all over again on FRI
DAY.
Be Healthy First
For those repeating the diet. how
ever. word Of caution is due. II
you are not In the best of health,
or If you feel any i'll effects from
the continuation of the diet, do not
remain on it without first consult
ing a physician. Dieting is only
for persons in good. normal health.
AS the present diet enters its
next to the last day, The Times is
being deIuged with messages OF
praise from both men and women
who have been faithfully follow
ing it and who have been rewarded
with material loss of weight.
From others come confessions
that they have strayed from the
exact diet as outlined in The Times
and hence have not reduced quite
as much as they desired. Here is
the golden opportunity for these
baclsliders to make new resolu-
ton and hop on the band wagon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
Coroner and Sheriff
Probing Auto Death

HAGERSTOWN, Md, July "a
Justice Richard Duffey, acting cor =
ner. ana Deputy Sheriff Charles
CuShws are investigating he death
OF .Tohn 3. DtuIn j., -, son OF lcDn
3 DINA shne nteithsn o. 10 geys-
tow eno. Wa GtcIcL oA lie AUTO
a9hite or Os.Br,5t4 IacoiNs. or
Sn4ith sbprg,. az a. ,oso ness rhSt
place and tstallp iahJeAo.
jacques aaid he was blinded by
the lights of another car and did not
see the boy. who was walking on
the side OF the road to his summer
home. Jacques started with the boy
for the Hagerstown Hospital but he
died on the way. Jacques is a son
of Lancelot Jacques. ST., wealthy
owner of Cat, etin Manor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
new CENSUS To
PROBE WASTE

Penetration OF the statistical
darkness that shrouds the causes
for nearly $4,000. 900 900 annual
waste in the distribution Of com.
nodfties between producer and con-
sumner VIII be one OF ths principal
objectfvsa or the, 1880 census.
Phases of this, gigantic burden
shouldered by the American public
IN the, form, of. higher living costs
will be discussed tomOrrbw by the
commerce. department advisory com
mittes on the census Of manufac-
turers, to meet with Secretary
Lamont.
In discussing the field of the
next census today officials declared
that the combined information COM
piled in the survey of manufac-
turers, distribution. unemployment
and population will go far toward
economic quasmfre that hampers
American business
The COMMITTEES on the manufac-
,turers census. made up OF leading
business men. viii consider ways Of
extending production statistics to
distribution. The large loss in dis
tribution was believed to be gen
orally portioned out over all the
channels through which goods
move to the consumer.
ALTHOUGH costs OF production
have been continually. lowered the
costs of distribution have been In
creasing. We hear from AL sides
serious complaints regarding the cost
OF getting commodities from pro-
6ucers to consumers" Secretary La
mont said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
Three Badly Injured
When Ditched Car Burns

v HAGERSTOwN, Md. July "a
Three persons were seriously injured
and boy was slightly hurt when
an automobile in which they were
riding ran off a road at Pondsville,
overturned in ditch. caught fire
and the gas tank exploded,
Carl AkouSExy and his wife, Mrs.
Maize s.kcuslly. Of Bridgeport and
Michael 'olony OF Secu lily, were
dragged t,ono the ~ mss by pasSin e
ysoiogiste. Al were nsai, burned.
1'hsY were nrodsht: 10 re Wa-hjag-
ion county .tEosplts. Cal Akous ~ 3,
OF washington, aepnew Of Carl
.AisouslNy, was 0ilsaLly tnjurcd. lie
leaped before the machine over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
Garrett County Fair
To Re Held in October

OAKLAND, Nd, Jly 24.-The
dates for the thirteenth annual Gar
rett County Fair, to be held at Oak
land, are Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. October /, 2.
ana 4, having just been fixed by thu
board Of directors. The matter had
been held in allegiance while the
dates OF other fairs were being
ascertained and weather conditions
Were being studied.
Henry M. Speicher, Of Accident
vice president and general manager
stated the dates were changed to
later in the season that the farm
ers might have an opportunity tt
harvest their crops and get theil
fall work in good shape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
ARMY COST CUT
PROPOSAL IS
FLOUTED
~ international News service
Launching a campaign to re-

~ international News Service
Launching 4 campaign to re-
duce the cost Of national. de-
Tense, President Hoover today
had undertaken a task that
brought only defeat 70 Calvin
Coolidge and virtually every
other occupant Of the White
House since the Civil War.
In setting out to- slash Army
and Navy expenditures, Mr.. Bcovsr
must win . hostile Congress, which
repeatedly ignored Presidential rec
concentrations. The President must
achieve his proposed economies in
Congress that now has pending
4 half dozen proposals for increasing
expenditures land in q Congress-
that but recently ordered . naval
cruiser building program over
Presidential opposition.
mOMBD As1MMCkB DWNWb1Wh
Republican leaders in the House.
In which Army and Navy apprQ-
priations originate, frankly expressed
doubt over the possibility of success
for the Presidents plan. Admins
tration spokeslnen In the Senate.
which must likewise approve al
economies, found the Presidents pro
posaI illogical In view OF the knows
attitude of Congress.
The President was criticized by
leaders of both parties and at bosh
ends OF the Capitol. I Senator wan.
lam 81. King D)i az Utah, declared
thu military expendituFes were Tar
too high. but that the President
was making q mere gesture in
turning over the question OF econo.
mics to Army officers themselves
He declared modification Of the
naval cruiser building program
would achieve greater savings to
the taxpayers, than ali, the econer
mics the President could obtain in
the Army.
Resistance was voiced by Rep.
resentative Fred Britten (R.) OF I'LL
nois. chairman Of the House Naval
Affairs Commute.
Public Support Claimed
He declared Congress had shown
the American people desired a strong
army and navy by overriding Presi-
dent Coolidge on the cruiser pro-
gram and by ordering the elevation
of guns on big battleshipB over
White House opposition.
Representative McClintock D) of
Oklahoma suggested a program for
converting battleships into aircraft
carriers. He. suggested an initial
5000, 900 fund for experiments--in
the face of Hoover economy.
Representative James R) Of
Michigan, chairman Of the House
Military Affairs committee, has pro-
posed an Increase in the fiva-year
aviation program and consequently
viewed the Hoover proposal with
Senator Reed Gs.o Of Pennsylvania.
chairman Of the Senate Military
Affairs committee, voiced the belief
there would be few economies
achieved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
RE TURN Slayer
TO n. CAROLINA
: Photo BY IntsrnatiOnsI

Hilton Sears, alias John B, viii
burn, 1s, arrested here as a
suspected honsebreaker, win go
back to North Carolina today to
finish ont q sentence OF 20 to 80
years for the murder of a woman
who befriended him.
Sears, an escaped convict, was
caught through check-up OF
fingerprint records at Police Head
quarters.
State Prison Agent l.. X. Mat
thews, of Greensboro, win take the
youth hack today to Halifax, N. G.
Sears escaped on July II, after
serving less than two years of the
Tong rap" He murdered Mrs. ID.
E. Purcell, his foster-mother, for
the few hundred dollars she had
saved.
He was arrested here on July is
by Policemen E. 8. Groves and 7.
v. Howse, of the First precinct,
after he is said to have broken an
r Street store window.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
Peoples ARMS
MEETING SET

The first peoples conference"
on definite proposals for limitation
of naval arms will be held in
Geneva, Switzerland, on August %.
when members of the American
House of Representatives and Brit
ish House of Commons--directiy
elected by the people--sIt down to
discuss the American-British naval
controversy.
Representative Fred A. Britten
(R) Of Illinois, chairman Of the
House Naval Affairs Committee,
announced plans for The conference
today before he sailed for Europe on
the Leviathan,
viii Talk Plainly
The unofficial meeting of the
peoples representatives il the out
growth of the failure of diplomats
and military officers of the two
great English-speaking nations to
settle their differences over naval
limitation in many conferences.
The meeting is proposed in the
theory that officials directly re
SPoIlSlOAC " tuctE EOiISIlI uS1lLS VIA
!, strip their discussions of diplomatic
verbiage and military caution, and
perhaps find path to accord.
II have a communication from
Comdr. Joseph p. Kenworthy, who
holds a similar position in the Brit
ish House OF Commons to mine, in
which he states that he will meet
me in Geneva on August %, said
Britten.
= States Opposed f
The peoples conference" is the
outgrowth of a cablegran which
Britten sent to Premier Baldwin of
Great Britain last winter when Con-
gress was considering the 1914 ,O00,-
900 cruiser program. He urged a
meeting OF members Of the naval
affairs committees of the House and
Commons to be held in Canada.
The State Department immedi-
ately frowned upon the proposal as
an infringement upon the duties of
the President and Diplomatic Corps
in. handling the foreign affairs of
the nation. Premier Baldwin also
rejected the plan, replying through
! the State Department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
GIRL. FLIER HONORED

HAGERSTOWN. Nd, July 24.--
Miss Helen Cox. Hagerstown's first
aviatrix and the only woman flieE
in the State, won the hundred
dollar prize given at the Williams.
port, Pa. air meeting for being the
first aviatrix to land there at the
dedication OF the airport. Miss
Cox is a student pilot at the
HagerstoTu airpori and has osss
taxing iDsunenopr for sho'Te
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
OPENS BLUE LAW DRIVE.

Abandoning his home sector, now
threatened with a blue law Of
fensive, Edward J. Irvine, one of
the founders of the National Asso-
citation Opposed to Blue Laws. has
left Washington for Clementon,
N. J., where he will participate in
the campaign TOR the repeal Of
State blue laws,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
LEAGUE TO MEET

DARNESVILLE,. Va, July "a
The, ,Dranesville Community League
win lancet tonight at the school
house. The league has invited the
Fairfax County Chamber of Com
merce to hold it's August meeting
al. Ora nesville.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
CeNTERvILLE GIRL WEDS

CENTERVILLE Va. July a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert II. Eawes, Of
Centerville, have announced the
marriage OF their daughter, Per
melia, in Rockville. Md. to Ashby
ranklin Rose. NJ West Virginia
M. suo @cs. Rose will make thsw
anne 81 Centeryilis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
NovENA IN LEONARDToWN

LEONARDToWN, Nd. July "a
There is. being held all this week a
novena at ST. Aloysious Roman
Catholic Chureh Father GuinH. ;.
!. is IN charge. CroNds are AZ
lendinR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24
TO REPEAT FAMOUS l8DAY DIET BEGINNING FRIDAY
BOILERS VOTES
SPURNED BY
POLLARD

John Garland Pollard, one
Of the leading aspirants for
the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in the primary Of
August 6, has stated that he
wants the vote of none who
decline to abide by the pledge
of honor made by entering the
primary.
This comes In answer to the spate-
ment Of the Rev. David Hepburn.
superintendent Of the yireinia AMT.
saloon League, who said that no one
was bound to support the nqminee
after entering the primary il As was
not satisfied with the choice Of ths
majority.
This has caused 9 politioad stir,
and politicians from all pqrs Of the
state are mixing statements ~ to
their opinion. Practically Ill hayo
declared that Hepburn's statement
was without precedent IN Virginia,
"
ton OF honor to support fths NOMINEES
Of any primary.
Pollard declared "The purpose Of
the primary il to choose candidates
representing tina Democratic party,
and those ! no participate in It
should support the nominees, who
ever they may be-
Only Contest
Pollard said that he wanted all thu
Democratic voters in the State to 90
into the primary, whether they vote
for him, Mapp or Page, the other
two candidates for the nomination
for governor. This Is the only State
office cont 5ted, as James Price. of
Richmond, il unopposed for lieu
tenant governor, and Col. John r.
Saunders has no opponent for at.
torney general.
Hepburn stated that the partHipa.
ton in the Democratic primary does
not constitute an obligation. moral
or legal, to support the nominees
Of the primary in the general cleo
ton to be helA November 5.
Primary Law
There il primary law in Vir-
ginia that states IL q person sup
11ortsS The Ren,Ihlican norninea in
tha LEST eIection ~ cannot enter
- nnTt nano6crafic orinoary. and
nj. L. l. 'ronsistent with election
law. ~ othar Sfafeg- was the asser-
+ion Of : MISREPRESENTATION of viz
s;ni. todav Heuburn's statement
that Judge Groner had hel1 the
tionaI had nofhing to do with he
aspect of the case with which Hep
burn was dealing. the laMyer saau.
He said that Wnen Judge dIoneI
made his statement the quesI1n
had arisen that was Lor onIy
the white people OF virginia. f1ep
burn failed to put the proper con-
st-uction on judS Groners oiStun !,
This is more tnan 2 Legal Op Oh:
CATION, . leaning LyncnDurs - -
tician SAID, y 1 49,. a,s,,
uon. ana Alen ~. ;nIat;a, - His
nhIirafion it was not deemed nee
ss~arv because Virginians are hen.
oroI,Ie
sxTsano,,ea. a 4mw have not had tie
moral backbone to carry cut p
LII thA nnnnher Of voters that
nave broken tho implied promise
hats been very few. They are
i.at+sx c,1t tban In. ANYHOW. Esp
49,, ,.scEora ,withOut hiH host when
=. tries ia tear down and wraek .
,,os-honorad custom and rule :1lARt;
H.. +s1,e a. farna far 1aaaniv N.
la = I. m Ia fhe Virgins BsI1e-
a 49,. ~ renndiafA HeDburESa %
- .rS reTair the true ana hoR-
oSsb1e. Vireinians."
- 49, $500 T,s.as.ma..k
Oa'ASOA AlA'aa -. -.
Around the state Caplt0a - =.
mond. there Is mucn 1a0 49, ~,
as to Hepburna aceions' - 5
interviewed said tney cOaaslo ls, = =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-24

for new Is days of dieting, start
ing Friday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19

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The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Edison Winner Mixed
On His O.vn Name

WEST ORANGE, N. j.. Aug 2 (INS,).-A modest, 16-
yearod boy with horn trimmed glasses and distinct scientific
inclination Wilbur Huston of Seattle Wash-today
crowned the boy in America and the lifetime
patronage of Thomas a. Edison.