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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
HOOVERT0URTO
SOUTH OFF
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stressed the Importance and neces-
sity of an extra session to enact
farm bill as soon after March 4
as possible.
The Iowans were closeted with
Mr.. Hoover for nearly half an
hour, and besides discussing faEm
relief suggested two tall corn
candidates for the Secretaryship Of
Agriculture-Dane Pierce. Iowa
farm publisher, and j. r. Howard,
long a leader in farm organizations.
1t was indicated that the Iowans
did no. talk much about the posi-.
bility of this Congress enacting any
farm relief legislation.
"Mr. Hoover considers that this
Congress is Mr.. Coolidge's affair,
not his said Haugen, when he
left. That's all there Is to that"
After the farm relief discussion,
DR.. Hubert Work, chairman Of
the Republican national committee,
and Col. U. S. Grant talked inaugu.
raj plans with Mr.. Hoover. He re,
iterated, 1t Is understood, that he
wanted no ostentatious show on
March 4, desiring rather a modest.
inaugural. There probably will be
a parade, however.
Although Hoover has remained
silent since his return to Washing
ton Sunday, his conferences with
House and Senate leaders have sub
stantiated reports that farm relief
and tariff revision will be linked m
the special session.
Should this program be approved
| by Hoover, the new administration
would be set off to the tune OF one
Of the most important sessions since
the Harding postwar congress OF
| 1921.
Here, for the first time since the.
war, the clash Of the protected
East" with it's cry for high tariff
barriers and the agricultural west
with its demand for economic,
equality would be decided or com.
promised in a legislative arena IN
encumbered by the myriad sub.
plots OF the usual regular session.
Hoover began his second day of
conferences with q firm grasp OF
political events since his departure
Immediately after election for his
historyrmaking goodwill tour Of
Latin-America.
In addition to meetings with y
dozen leaders of the House and
Senate yesterday, he filled in the
details of the political picture
through a long fireside chat last
night with Vice President-eleet
Curtis. the Republican leader Of
the Senate.
Curtis was dinner guest at
! Ho"vc~'s 6 street home and re-
! ~ .!''~' 'rr~ nfterward in confer
o.. "a Z, t.ut.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
MERCURY FALLS
To Is ABOVE
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lures will come tonight, according
to the Weather Bureau.
There is no suggestion of snow,
but If the present decline III the
mercury is maintained, ice skating
soon will draw it's votaries to the
mirror pool Of the Lincoln Me.
mortal and other points.
There Is sheet of ice on the
pool this morning, but 1t will take
some time for the three.inch thick
ness decreed by Lieut.. Col. U. S.
Grant Srd, as the safety limit. to
be developed.
No serious traffic tie.ups came
today, and the number of balky
automobiles was surprisingly small
CHICAGO, Jan. 8 O.N.s).-Relief
from Chicagos record cold wave will
come today, according to the local
forecast bureau. From an unofficial
low mark of degrees under zero,
reached at 2 o'clock this morning,
the mercury was expected to rise to
25 above by late afternoon.
The death toll in Chicago, as a d.
rect result of the present sub-zero
wave, reached four today when the
bdoy of an unidentified man was
found in a doorway. where he had
apparently sought shelter from the
cold.
Police stations were besieged all
through the night by unemployed
and homeless.
Firemen were kept going at high
speed all night as a result of over.
heated stoves and furnaces setting
fire to homes.
Conditions west of Chicago were
reported clearing today. Trains were
maintaining better schedules, al
though traffic conditions along the
highways were reported about the
same. Heavy SHOWS which preceded
the drop in temperature have lain
nnnelted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
Witches Bible Gives
Fantastic Cures

Father, God the Son, God the Holy
Ghost. Amen"
How To Stop SANDER
A cure for worms: Mary, Gods
mother, traversed the land, holding
three worms close in her hand. One
was white, the other was black,
the third was red"
Advice to those who are SIAN
very flesh, to your very bones,
cast it back upon the false tongues
in this fashion,.
"Take Oft your shirt and turn 1t
wrong side out, and then run your
two thumbs along your body, close
under the ribs, starting at the pit
If the baby has collie, there is
There is one sitting in judgment,
Therefore beware, We collie fiends.
For fever: Good morning, dear
Thursday, take away from (name
the injured the 77-fold fevers, oh.
thou dear Lord Jesus Christ, take
them away from him."
Weird Document
To attach your dog to you, the
Long Lost Friend" urges you to
draw some of your own blood and
let the animal drink it with his
food. He'll be your friend.
To insure the granting of a favor
it is urged that you carry a little
Of the five-fingered grass along and
you shall certainly obtain that
which YOU desire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
THRONES PAY
TRIBUTE To
RICHARD

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sohn, who was Richards secretary,
boarded the train at Atlanta and
Driscoll was taken aboard at Phila-
delphia. Driscoll is Dempsey's per
sonal attorney and was asked 10
join the funeral party at Jacks
request.
Dempsey Grief Stricken
His face a wan mask and his
eyes puckered and blood-shot from
sleeplessness, Jack Dempsey rode
the last 80 miles into New York
with the body of his pal, ami
for two hours steadfastly evaded
a direct answer to the most insist
ent question of the day:
will you fight AGAIN."
All he would Vouchsafe. after a
battery of inquisitors had broken
down his guard temporarily, was
that he would have a definite an
nouncement concerning his inten-
tons when he returned to Miami
Beach after the funeral.
''I'll have to think things over"
he repeated over and over again,
his voice a dull monotone. He
quite obviously wasn't the old,
sparkling Jack Dempsey. He looked
like a man who had suffered the
shock of a life time. Not the bar
est suggestion of a smile crossed
his face at any time during the last
leg of the journey from Phila-
delphia.
On and on, endlessIy, he talked
OF the death Of Richard, how he
looked the last day he saw him.
what he said and how he said it.
II ever a man sincerely grieved,
that man was Dempsey.
In the cold darkness of the win.
ter morning the body of George l..
TEX Richard passed through Wash.
ington en- route to the scene of
his greatest triumphs, New York.
The body Of the man who made
champions and VINO gave New
York it's first organized pugilism
arrived here at 4:35 a. m. today
on the Havana Special of the At.
lantic Coast Line railway.
1t was transferred through the
DoSSdSS SCI VICE W luG i
vania railroads train No. 176 and
started for New York at 1850
o'clock.
Two men from the New York un.
dertakers accompanied the body in
the baggage car and supervised the
transfer.
Over the casket, which weighs
$500 pounds, were spread floral
offerings from some of the most
prominent persons in all walks Of
American life.
Because Of the .casket's great
weight. the American Railway Elk
press Company was called to trans
fer the oasket from one baggage car
to another, using machinery built
especially for that type of work,
Back in a through New York
sleeper rode the widow. Jack Demp'
sey, the man whom Richard sent
to the highest point a the boxing
world, and other friends of the
dead promoter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
Husband Held on Charge
OF Using Tray on Wife

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Vlctor Le'
skawaitch, 40, is being held in
So, 900 bail by MAGISTRATE Reynolds
when Mrs. Leskawaitch, of Brook
lyn, charged he struck her with a
silver tray.
Leskawaitch's counter charge that
his wife hit him with a flat iron
was dismissed. The warfare over
alleged nonsupport will be con-
timed in court later,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
Professor Will Deliver
Lecture on Arithmetic

DIR. Guy NJ. Wilson. professor of
education, Boston University, will
deliver an illustrated lecture, '"The
Challenge of One Hundred Per
Cent Accuracy in the Fundamentals
Of Arithmetic, at the Central High
School, Thursday at p. M, and
at the Dunbar High School, Friday
ut 3:45 o. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
Oil Magnate, Girl, and II
In PrehOneymOOn Plane

RENO. New, Jan. s Q.N.SA-
George r. Henshaw, oil maGnate,
and Caladovia Clay Pullism. of San
Anselmo. Tex, were married here
last night. The wedding party of ii.
including an orchestra, flew here in
an especially chartered plane from
Oakland, Calf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
Cumberland Seeks Bond
Issue Vote on $4,000
Dempsey Grief-Stricken

CUMBERLAND. Md, Jan. S.
The city council: late yesterday
passed orders asking legislative
authority to submit to the voters
this spring a bond issue aggregating
$4,000 for municipal improve
ments; $S5 200 for extension and
enlargement of storm and sanitary
sewers; $4,000 for city incinerator;
$145,O0O for public safety building
and to increase salaries OF council
men to 5000 a month and mayor
to $3.50. Mayor Thomas w. Koon
protested that the four councilmen
featuring the proposed bonds had
gotten together secretly and had
ignored him. he having had no
previous knowledge Of their plans.
G0Cf used rara for sale. an slice.
WnQtg@a ntth yaTlPea liatAa f0R sale
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
10 DROWN IN INDIA

LONDON, Jan. 3 U.N.S).-Nine-
teen laborers were drowned when
a boat capsized in the Indus River,
said an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Karachi, India, today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08
LIGHT OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Hair Hexing' Widely
Practised Rite

The particular kind of magic which the York Pa) trio
John Blymyer Wilbert Hess ony 14, and John Curry
pracced carrying through when they killed Nelson
Rehmeyer is not without its geneology
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08

plane went bad is described in the picture above. On
the map the dotted line from San Diego far over the
Pacific to the innermost of China shows the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08

THE FLIGHT of the Question Mark, tr-motored
Fokker plane, which ended yesterday after almost
week of continuous flight when the motors on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-08

G"cI used rara for ssle. an slice.
rHE"s s"d Urieea are listed for sale
in tc''ay'S Classified adj
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23

The San Antonio city commission Monday adopted
an ordinance authorizing q levy Of 5 cents per 500
assessed valuation to be used for advertising that city
The levy will produce a fund Of $4,000 for expendi-
ture during the year.
San Antonio last year levied a tax of 3 cents and
raised a fund Of $4,000 which was used in a national
advertising campaign. Experience Of the first year
proved the results obtained worth the cost and so the
sum to be spent in the next IL months was increased.
A recognized advertising agency has been employed
to map out the campaign. place the advertising and
handle details of spending the fund. This method has
proved the most satisfactory method for handling ad-
vertising Of cities. counties or states.
San Antonio rapidly IS becoming known through
out the United States as n winter health and recrea-
ton center. That reputation has been gained through
advertising. Last year was the most successful season
in the history Of the city. 1t being estimated that
tourists spent approximately SIS, 900, 900 In that city
Advertising is the answer.
There are two things in the San Antonio adver-
Using plan which should commend themselves to the
Valley. The money Is TO be raised through taxation
A reliable agency will spend the money.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23

7F71

Percy Marrnont. famous English star OF the screen
recently has been furnished With a made-to-order
plot for an old-fashioned "meller drammer" of the
movies-and 1t won't cost him a farthing for the
rights either.
A woman. Mrs. Hida Scholes, OF London, claims
that Percy is her longlost husband, missing since
1908. and she even went to the courts With a demand
for her share OF a nifty little fortune which Percy has
accumulated during several years of work in Amer
ica's screen capital. She claimed she was married to
the actor in Liverpool in 1900, 40 which time he was
using the name Of Garland Scholes. and that he left
her a few years later, failing to pay alimony as d.
rected by the court.
The claim was dismissed when Marmont's birth
certificate was presented, showing that he was but
IS years old at the time Mrs. Scholes claimed she
stood with him at the altar and promised to love,
honor and obey.
But what more delightful as a screen thriller than
this so-tale revolving around the life Of Marmont?
He would be fine in the role Of injured party of the
first ~part-and, OF course. there would be the real
wife. young and pretty, contesting Mrs. Scholes' abb
surd de~mands-using all her wiles upon the court
and jury. and about to lose her Percy-and the birth
certificate bobbing up at the exact psychological mo-
ment.
We hope that Marmont will not lose this oppor-
tunity to cash in on q real hum dinger. And yet.
we don't see why the Englishwoman. Mrs. Scholes,
could have made such a blunder. For Percy is GER
tainly no ones pretty boy, after all.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23

cooler in the corner and take tight
hold of her hand for just a second,
and tell her thet he couldn't wait
until II was half past five.
The couldn't wait for half past
five. herself, these days. Couldn't
wait for the time when the two Of
them would climb into the bottle
green roadster and drive aroN,d
town until it was dark, and then
park somewhere along a dark street
or in the s9t. Shadowy gloom Of
the country, along some side road
or other.
That was what she had been do
ing every nighs for the past week
playing with fire." as Billie called
it.
Are you going out tonight with
your friend Dunning?" Billie asked
now, as they turned into Upton
street, shabby and dusty looking
this afternoon, under the hot SUM-
light.
Chatty nodded.
Il am" she said. and defiance
HOullOCu al AACl NAA@Cs 4OA AAANNAA \
any objection. have your"
None at ALL" Billie answered.
calmly, and then she added: Agnes
is coming over TO have supper with
me and Sara"
Il suppose she's dying to hear all
the news Of our office" remarked
Chatty. III bet the first thing
she'll want to know will be all about
Mr.. Van. What a simp she was 70
let herself fall for a married man
That's what you've doing" Billie
reminded her, quietly, breaking in
upon what she was saying. You're
so wild about this Dunning and the
gang he runs with that you don't
realize what .p0u're doing, Chatty."
At six that night, while she was
dressing to go out with Bryant. Pud
came knocking at the door Of her
room.
He and his mother had been hav-
ing every night for the past week
the kitchen, and his mouth was full
Of cold corned beef and bread and
butter.
Woman here to see you." he said
In a muffled voice, chewing as he
talked. Il told her to sit down in
the front room-and she's sittin'
there"
Pulling her kimono around her
Chatty went t~ip-toeing down tbs
little hall and peeked into the room
There, on the old-fashioned sofa be-
tween the windows, sat Agnes Her.
ford!
We'll, of all thingsl" Chatty ex-
claimed, and hurried into the room
"AgneSl Billie told me you were
having supper with her. How nice
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Wealth Outclimbs Taxes

IN years past, q state tax rate that hit the ceiling
of constitutional limits was q pretty steady diet for
Texas.
Since then cost Of running the government has
climbed steadily. but the increase in wealth has been
still more rapid.
This Is shown by the fact that the maximum tax
rate Is now the exception, rather than the rule.
Governor Moodyis administration inherited a %
cent rate. Early in Moody's first term the rate was
increased slightly to meet a sagging condition Of the
treasury.
Then the rate was cut back to % cents for this
year, and 1t is to be well below the 35-cent limit next
year. with q comfortable surplus also piling up in
the treasury.
And because of the greater volume Of wealth, and
the greater number Of taxpayers, holding down the
rate spreads its beneficial effect out more broadly
than in the past. When the tax board cuts the rate
2 l-2 cents, that means leaving a million dollars in
the taxpayers pockets.
Property valuations are at the four hnlion dollar
level for the first time. They are gaining rapidly.
Development In every section. particularly in the west
where there Is a new era Of railroad building compare
BILE to pioneer days. promises unprecedented accre-
tions in property values.
All this seems to promise that the burden of taxa
ton. even while it still may be imposed upon the land
and physical property Of the state will gradually
spread out and become lighter upon each individual.
And schools and government. improved to meet
greater demands. will cost more money, but viii take
less for their upkeep from each unit of property than
formerly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
CHAPTER XIV

By the end OF the first week in
June everybody in the office knew
that Chatty was stepping out" with
Bryant Dunning.
Not that she told it! -. oh, no,
indeedl
Much as she lo-rsi to tell every
thing about everybody, herself in
Guided, she had far too much sense
10 let the little world Of the Van
Mugs company offices know that she
, as running around with a married
man.
1t was Bryant who let the cat out
Of the bag.
Billie had said that he was a "he-
gossip and she had struck the nail
on the head.
In his mans way ne talked quite
as much as Chatty did in hers.
IF you MUST run around with
him and the rest Of that crew, why
don't you make him stop talking
about you in the officer" Billie
asked Chatty on the second Satur-
day afternoon in June, when they
were on their way home.
Everybody knows that he's sepa-
rated from his wife," she went on,
and you haven't any more right 70
III around with him than ! had to
20 around with George Mayhew-or
than Agnes had to 60 out to lunch
with Mr.. Van. You're playing with
fire, Chatty, when you fool around
with him"
But Chatty Just laughed at the
warning.
"Oh. I guess I won't be burned"
| she said lightly. And even If ]
wanted to stop seeing him, I could
mt do it now, Billie. I'm too crazy
about him" She sighed, and her
face sobered suddenly.
She was crazy" about him In a
way that she, herself, didn't under
stand.
There were things about him she
didn't like. The way he talked about
her in the office. The perfume he
used on his Observation-Disclosures, but
unmistakable. The polish on his
nails. The tiny comb and mirror
that he carried in his coat pocket.
He was as vain as a woman about
his good looks.
But then. a man as handsome a:
he was had a right TO be vain
| Chatty told herself sometimes, In
the depths Of her infatuation fol-
him.
For she was infatuated with him
All day long. while she worked al
her switchboard she watched TO SCI
him come into the office. Waited
for him to follow her TO the watel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23

of you to come in and say Hello
to mel
She wasn't a bit glad to see Agnes.
But she was dying TO see how Agnes
was taking her exile Oh, she
would call Mrs. Van up and tell her
all about this in the morning! She
certainly would.
How does the new job go?" she
asked, sitting down beside the pale,
quiet looking girl. New boss as
nice to work for as Mr.. Van was?"
Agnes shook her head.
mo one could ever be as nice 10
work for as Mr.. VAN" she said. I
came to talk to you about him,
Chatty-or about his wife, I should
say. You know her very well, don't
your"
Chatty nodded.
We'll, some time when you get a
| chance, I wish you'd tell her that
her husband never liked me any
better than he would have liked
some man who worked in his office"
! Agnes went on, a slow flush going
slowly across her face. He treated
me Just as he might have treated
some man secretary. And he never
would have known that / cared a lot
about him If someone hadn't taken
my diary out Of my desk and sent
it to his wife"
She drew a long breath and went
on.
Il saw Mr.. Van this afternoon and
he told me Just what happened" she
said. II had lunch with Dave Jor-
| dan this noon. and afterward ! went
back to the office with him and saw
Mr.. Van. We had a long talk"
Chat sat silent, staring into space
for a moment after she said that, as
II she were remembering everything
that he had sal dto her that day.
Then she came back to earth with
a start.
Promise me you won't tell that
to anyone, Chatty," she said. If his
wife heard about me going up %
the office she'd probably be more
angry with me than ever.
Probably" answered Chatty, dry
ly.
She got up.
She had found out everything
that she had wanted to find out
and besides. IL was getting late,
Bryant was coming for her at seven.
1T was nice Of you to drop in,
Agnes" she said, as she opened the
door for her. Goodnight"
The light In the ceiling Of the
hall cast deep shadows on Agnes
plain, pale face. She looked older
and more haggard than Chatty had
ever seen her, as she turned away,
You don't see as much Of Dave
Jordan as you did, do you?" she
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Believe Ii or Not

There comes from California, the state Of many
queer happenings and yarns, the newspaper story that
| q rattlesnake bit itself to death after a human eye
witness to the reptnian suicide found the poisonous
creature in a dried waterhole and pinned its tail
down with a stick. In swapping about with revenge
full spite, the RATHER missed the stick and sank its
fangs into its own tail. Within a few moments the
reptile was dead from its own poison. Believe it or
not. but the United Press gives TIE name OF its in
formant.