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Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
RICH WOMAN IS
TAKEN As THIEF

CHICAGO, May 21.-Injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident which
it is alleged caused kleptomania IS
held responsible by relatives and ply
sicians today for the acts of Mrs. Jo-
seph S. He'll, wife of a wealthy broker
who confessed, according to the police,
that for more than year she had been
robbing the homes of wealthy families
while posing as maid servant. Her
loot is said to total more than $1,000,
great part of which was found in her
home.
Mrs. He'll is held in the woman's de-
tention home on four formal charges
of robbery. Her condition is said by at
tending physicians to be most serious,
for~in addition to the mental troubles
with which she is said to be afflicted,
she is about to become a mother.
Mrs. He'll had pocket-money allow
ance from her husband of $500 per
month. She had two automobiles with
a chauffeur and fOotman, a personal
maid and number of house servants
including butler and high priced
chef.
1t is said she would secure positions
in magnificent homes by means of
forged references and watching her op
portunity would rob them and leave
in one of her own cars. Four of her
former employers recognized her in
the down town district where she had
gone on a shopping tour and had her
orractpd
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
ASK FEDERAL LOAN
TO HANDLE RIVER
(By Associated PrcsS)

WASHINGTON, May 2l.-Ihe pos
sibilitic3 CT benefit to the country as
a while from Federal increased aid to
reclamation. projects was presented to
the senate committee today by Cover
nor Thomas f. Campbell of Arizona;
f. D. Boyle of Nevada, and Charles
p. Mabey of Utah, the committee ap-
pointed at the recent conference held
in Denver, TO draw up a compact for
the conservation of the waters Of the
Colorado river.
Governor Campbell who acted as the
spokesman for the committee asked
the enactment of a bill providing for
Federal loais to be repaid through the
sale of bonds by Farm Loan banks.
Governor Campbell said that there
were 1S,000,000 acres of land in Ari-
zona alone, which could be irrigated
by the waters of the Colorado, now
draining uselessly into the Gulf of
California.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
TAECKER TELLS
WHY He FILED
HIGHWAY SUIT
Solely Interested iR COnseyUing
Interests of Taxpayers. viii
appeal If Suits Lost.

August T. Taecker, the plaintiff IN
the injunction suit pending II the Su-
perior court, TO void the contract With
Peterson, Dillon & Patterson, to con-
struct the highway system Of the
worth Of work has been done. says
that he is interesting in hating the
highway work solely because he oe-
lleves the circumstances surroundinc
the award of the contract were 10: in
accordance with the Interests Of the
taxpayers of the county; further be-
cause if road construction is postponed
until prices Of labor and mareral be-
come normal more mileage can Je ao-
talned for the same amount of money.
He also states that he has no con-
nectlon with any compromise proceed
ings, although TO one has ever accused
him Of taking part in any compromise
efforts, if there have been SUCH So
far as taking part in any compromise
Mr.. Taecker confirms sell cv:aent
fact that his standing in court as the
plaintiff in the suit, would be preju-
diced. Neither is he interested in any
question of routing, and concludes with
the following:
IN saying we will carry the pro-
Ceedings onward | mean that if we
fail to win this suit we will appeal IT.,
not file additional suits. haye no COT
nection with the Woodward suit
against the highway commission, and
am interested in this one only as a
taxpayer who wants to see the peop,a
as well as myself. ,>t square deal
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
EMORA b. T:
HONOR IS
PAID To
WHITE
Body of Chief Justice Is Laid
to Rest While American
Cannon Boom Around the
World.
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 21.-With
hoonrs rendered doubly impressive by
the simplicity of the ceremonies ahe
body of Edward Douglass White, chief
justice of the United States, was bur-
led today in Oak Hill cemetery, in the
historic old city of Georgetown, to
sleep forever within the sounds of the
city where his greatest service to the
nation was rendered.
Mid tolling bells, intoned chants of
the Gtany and the wailing sound of
the funeral dirge, the body was borne
from st. Matthews cathedral to the
heavily draped funeral car and con-
veyed to the cemetery, where with the
brief but impressive service it was laid
lWay in the tomb.
The services in the church had been
equally simple. President and Mrs.
Harding, members of the cabinet, of
The diplomatic corps, committees of
congress, the attaches of the Supreme
court, q number of other high officials,
the family and few intimate friends
attended. The justices of the supreme
court were the pallbearers.
Simultaneously with the funeral, by
order of the president, the American
flag wherever flown, was dropped to
half mast and a salute of II guns were
fired at every American military and
naval station throughout the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
WORLD WIDE CONFERENCE.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May 21.-
Delegates who will represen. the
Methodist Episcopal church at the
Ecumenical Conference of Methodism
to be held in London September Is to
16 were announced here today by Bish-
op Frederick ID. Leete, chairman of
the committee appointed to elect the
church's representatives.
The London conference will be The
first held since 1910 when repreaenta-
tives of all branches of Methcdism
gathered in Toronto, Canada. The
London conference was POSTPONED last
vear because of difficulties in arrang
ing transportation and entertainment
facilities.
The conference next Septembc' will
be held in Wesley Memorial Hail, 1p-
posite Parliament building.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
IT COMES HIGH
TO TRANSPORT
HO0CH NOW DAY
TtU0 Local Line Runners Are
GiUen Stiff Sentences in Or
ange County Jail.

John Fleming, who is we'll Kaowr
in CaleXico, and better known in Mex
icali, and fairly well acquainted in Fl
Centro, and is regarded as good fell
low and most kindly disposed toward
his fellow men, is going to be missed
from his usual haunts for some little
time.
Mr.. Fleming crossed the line some
days ago in his automobile He fooled
his fllvver up the highway to the de-
tour and then took the dirt road via
Dogwood. Close to town he suddenly
stopped his machine and hastily hid
a package which he took from beneath
the seat of the tonneau, in the brush
by the roadside, and when tall brown
suited man came up to him ne was
busily engaged in tinkering with some
of the dewdads beneath the hood of
his machine. The tall man spoke pleas.
antly and then showed a little oa lge
and as pleasantly searched the car
HSii ne ScdIIllcu the S..=-o uHuIIlSS ana
finally he retrieved the package. it
was only six quarts of Canada's best,
but the tall man WIS n customs in
spector, and now Fleming is sojourn-
ing $500 worth in the Orange ecaa,y
Jail.
Eusebo Ballin is not ,,,;te so well
known in Imperial county as is Fien-
ing, but he is better known in Maxi-
cali. He enjoys the reputation tnere
of being about the slickest runner Of
contraband there is. Quite few Ell
Centrans know Eusebio from stealthy
visits he has paid TO their back doors
in the late evening and left mysterious
packages there. He was vending his
way aboard a bicycle across New
River bridge when that same tall an
in the brown suit came along and
stopped MIN. The sack which the brown
suited man found in the carry-rack
of the bicycle held "a half pints of the
common variety of Mexicaii oar whis-
ky. Eusebio is now room mate of
Fleming at ihe Orange county resort.
He also has $3.50 worth to serve.
Both men were sentenced by Judge
Benjamin +. Bledsoe in tn Federal
court Of Los Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
MYSTERY SUICIDE.

CINCINNATI, May 21.-Mrs. Will
liam C. Fisher, 26, Of San Francisco,
ended her life this morning by firing
a revolver bullet into her right temple
which she was in the apartment of an
aunt. Mrs. Fisher has just expressed
her delight at the receipt of tele-
gram telling her that her husband,
who is an automobile dealer, was on
his way to join her. She ran into an
adjoining room and moment later
The sound of the shot was heard. A
great deal of mystery attaches to the
case
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
CHARGE ESCAPE
LOOT|NG MAIL

SACRAMENTO, May 21.-Circulars
descriptive of Roy Gardner, the es-
capped San Diego mail bandit, are to be
sent broadcast by the Federal and
state police officers as result of the
development following the robbery of
a Southern Pacific mail car at New
castle, 20 miles northeast of here, in
which 40 sacks of registered mail were
looted.
The bandit boarded the mail car as
the train checked at Newcastle and
held up Mail Clerk Ralph Decker, with
an automatic pistol. He robbed the
clerk of watch and chain, then tied
him up and hastily ripped open the
mail sacks with knife and took the
most valuable contents. He then un-
tied Decker and forced the clerk to
stop the train at a designated point,
where he left the train with the mail
matter he had taken and entered an
automobile which was waiting on a
road alongside the track with the en-
gine of the car running.
The description of the bandit given
by Decker tallies exactly with that of
Gardner. who eluded officers near
Napa two weeks ago.
Roy Gardner, whom it is believed.
held up the train, first escaped from of
ficers June 7, 1920, near Portland,
while he was being taken to Mcneil 5
Island federal penitentiary to serve a
term of 25 years imprisonment nE-
posed upon him at San Diego for mail
robbery. In the San Diego holdup tie
loot amounted to $S7, 600.
Gardner was in Napa recently visit
ing his wife, but made good his escap.
when officers approached the house il
which she was living.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
I WO THIRDS
co WEIR IS
GET AXE:
QUICK
Presbyterian Comm i t t e G
Draws Gloomy Picture of
General Condition of Their
Church. Day of Lament
in Assembly.
(By Associated Press

WINONA LAKE, md, May ct
Corrupting movies, easy divorce,
helpful prohibition, moral gains
through woman's suffrage and detri-
mental results to Christianity as an
outgrowth of the world war, are fea-
lures of the report Of the special COM
mittee on Christian Life and Work,
submitted today to the Presbyterian
General Assembly here. The report is
signed by Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley,
d. D., Of Patterson, N. J.
"If the nation should fail" says the
committee, "a faithful church would
survive, but if the church should fail
the nation would fail also
Summarizing the results of Ques-
tiomaire addressed to stated clerks
throughout the country, the commit
tee finds: "Many home ties were brok-
en- by the war. Many drifted away
from the church. New standards of pc
havior are set up. Temptations swarm
around the young. The crowds 1nrong
the corrupting movies. Foreign pro
paganda is strong, making us suspi-
cious of our allies. Divorce is easy
an Increasing. Crimes of violerce
are multiplied. The church has her
troubles. Even the Lords supper
reaches only so per cent of church
members. IN many quarters the prayer
meeting is neglected, the Sunday eve
ming service is failing, ard family
worship and even religion fading from
the home.
But on the other hand the tide
seems to be rising. Converts are be-
ing added in large numbers. Our net
decrease Of 28.7l5 in 1919 was changed
into net increase of 34,072 in 1920"
The committee urges the church to
try to save the unity of the home, and
holds that family Worship alone viii
save the homes in America. 1t pleads
for the promotion of the unity Of the
churches, and saws: "Let all the
churches of Jesus, Prince of Peace,
work and pray that Gods blessing
may be on every man, Christian, Mo-
hammedan, or Jew, who will do any
thing to heal this omen sore of the
world and >revent war"
Special emphasis is expressed on
"the movie situation" The commi--
tee finds: While recognizing the value
of many of the better films, vet these
in great degree make for evil. and
our Young people are being seriously
harmed by them. Our communities are
going amusement-ma over movie
scores that DEFY the Decalogue.
The committee lamcnts the poor
church attendance and urges special
efforts to reach the masses and bring
them into church. The committee
comments that two out of every three
members received through the front
door on confession are thrown out of
the back door bv suspension. 1t urges
better conservation of church member
ship.
Plans for pensioning of the churcn's s
veteran ministers and their widows
face critical situation, DR.. Henry E.
Master, general secretary of the
church's board Of ministerial relief
and sustentation. told the PRESBYTERIAN
General Assembly TODAY. He attriLut-
ed the boards difficulties to failure tc
consider its needs in preparation OF
the church's budget and called on Cor
eral Assembly for relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
GASOLINE PRICE ON
DOWNWARD TREND

The punch added to the state widr
celebration of Automobile Day iaat
Saturday by the Standard Oil COM
pany's cut of . cents on the pr,ye ~
gasoline and further reduction IN
the price of lubricants, has beet given
few additional twists by some u ihe
service stations in the valley.
The first cut of the price 10 ~ cents
per gallon has been followed bv in.
dependent redut tions. Some deaiers
are selling now at 81 cents. A number
Of others shade this u cen; and IN
some places it can be boug.t FOR 20
cents and the Thanksgiving m1torisg
is now expecting further reductions.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
MAY EXTRA DANCE.

Glenn r. Dolberg and Harry +. Hart
who are managers of the MAY Extra
dance to be given at the Masonic hall
next Wednesday evening, NC 9tovid-
ing many special entertain,aenl ica-
lures for the evening and tSey promise
a real, live party The latest of dance
music is to be provided with lot of
new numbers, and there will also be a
LIST of prize offerings that should add
to Che attractiveness of the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
COFFEE STILL SAFE.

BOSTON, MAY 21.-Caffein in the
moderate Quantities consumed by the
average coffee drinker is declared to
be safe stimulant without harmful
after effects in preliminary report
Of scientific investigation conducted
at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology since June, 1870.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
WEEKLY CASUALTY LIST.

DUBLIN, May 2l.-The official re-
view of the week issued by the Dublin
Castle authorities says crime statistics
were unusually large during the week.
There were 60 attacks upon the crown
forces in which % constables were
killed and so wounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
RED CROSS SEWING.

The ladies of the Emanuel Circle
and their friends are requested in a
note sent out by the society, to meet
at the home of Mrs. E. c. Wisham,
1915 West Olive street. Tuesday next
for an all day meeting to sew for the
Red Cross. The request is Tor ali the
ladies to come early use bring their
thmbles. A pot-luck luncheon will be
served at noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
FORMER GOVERNOR ARRESTED

ALBANY, Ga, MAY 21.-Sidney j.
Cats, former governor of Florida,
was arrested here this morning on a
Federal warrant charging him with
espionage. His bond was fixed by the
United States commissioner before
whom he was presented at $2500. Up
to noon he had been unable to secure
bondsmen and remained in custody of
a deputy United States marshal.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
Weather Report

Southern California Tonght and
Sunday, probably showera; moderate
to fresh sovthwesterly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21
HEAVIEST MAY RAIN
IN BUREAU HISTORY
(By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.-Heavv
rains throughout the state, and which
registered Ala inches on TOP of Mt.
Wilson for the "a hours ending at 5
a. M, will prove of benefit to all crops
in the state except cherries and straw
berries, the weather bureau announc-
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-21

LOS ANGELES, May 21.-The total
rainfall for the storm ending this
morning was one inch, making the to-
tai for the month 2.35 inches, the heav-
lest rainfall in the month Of May ever
recorded here.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-09-22
The Tobacco
Cooperative.
Courier JournaD

Supporters Of the plan 10 market
tobacco comparatively who express
the opinion that the adoption Of the
plan will steady and advance and
values in the tobacco counties make
a reasora able argument.
A tobacco planters plant, IN the
business sense Of the term, i farm
and its equipment. His equivalent
81 factory operatives can be proeur-
ed year after year He must find
hrs proht-his reason for operating
his plant-in finding a market IN
which he can sell what he produces
for more than the cost Of production.
II he is withut fair chance IN the
market hei is IN the situation Of a
manufacturer who has a complete
equipment for producing a costly
article or commodity, but Is without
means u selling his produe, upon a
basis that warrants the operation Of
the plant.
4 good deal Of tobacco land in the
white hurley district was bought
high duving the war. SINE Of . was
bought too high, but the demoraliled
state Of the market for tobacco and
is due 20 demoralizatiin 81 tobacco
prices in a market in which the plan
ter has rot fair chance rather than
to the effect tina, land was not
Dough; conservatiyely.
Kentucky planters who bought
more land than they could pay for in
cash and who have witnessed their
equity shrink. but with land on their
hands that cannot be sold save at a
sacrifice are in a dilemma, not 80
much because they paid too much for
their land as because there Is too
little prospect, under the old mar
keting plan, 20 get regularly a fair
price for tobacco.
The adoption Of the plan Of CO.
operative marketing would steady
the value Of tobacco land and simplify
the problem Of the planters who are
in diffic ilties because their land notes
are lar.,e. their interest high and
Their hope Of profits slender.
A factory without selling organi-
cation Is, so long AS IL remains with
out a selling organization, a bad in
vestment to hold. II is a poor in
vestment TO convert into cash unless
a buyer is found who will undertake
20 organize the selling end Of the
business. No individual can organ
.ze the ceiling end Of plant consist
ing Of land and equipment which
produces tobacco. Only By organi-
cation Of growers can organization
Of the selling end be effected.
When il IS asserted that Kentucky
tobacco land during the war brough,
ridiculous prices" the assertion can
not be base upon anything but ae'
ceptation q the old plan Of selling
tobacco a. the permanent plan
Where selling is organized, as foI
example n California prune, raisir
and citrus fruits regions, the acre
age prices a productive land are
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-09-22
the national JOY smoke

such that the war prices Of Kentucky
tobacco land DO net seem "ridicu-
.ous"
II tobacco marketing were upon
basi. q assured prof; for the pro
Queer o. every crop Of good quality
tobacco land prices which seemed
unrcasonably high when they were
paid during the war would seem rea-
sonable
Reasonable buyers always viii buy
and reasonable sellers always vii
hold farm lands a; prices relative "a
the returns upon operation which
may be counted upon reasonably
For many years Kentucky tobacco
lands have sold at much less thar
they would have been worth had a
fair annual profit on good tobacco
been assured.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-09-22
GUMS CHAPEL.

Miss Allene Hurt has been ill
Prof and Mrs Adams are boarding
with Mr.. and Mrs J D. Bobbiti.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Noel were
guests 81 Mr.. and Mrs. j. ". Anon
sunday
Miss MARI Lee kurtz spent the
weekend with Miss Margaret Doty,
in Richmond.
Misses Bernice and Bessie Teater
spent last Monday with Miss Sadie
Chandler Of Madison.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock simpson, Of
Richmond, spent the weekend with
Mr.. adm Mrs. John Land.
Mr.. and Mrs H. NJ Kurtz and
sons were among the guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Hill Sunday.
Mr. prentus Walker and daughters
Of Lancaster were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. W h. Ray Saturday evening
for supper
The meeting which has been in
progress at the NJ T.. church with
Revs. Robinson and lnsko in charge
closed Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughey Mobcrley,
Misses Ethel Agee. Annie May. Jes-
sic .. Ray, Mae Moberley and Mr..
Clemmon May we're entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tca,er and fam
ily Sunday
Relatives IL this vicinity at
tended the funeral Of Mrs. Marion
Hurt, (nee Myrtle simpson, in Ian
caster Wednesday. Mrs. Simpson
died Tuesday after a long illness. She
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-09-22

Positively no fox hunting or hunt
Of any character or trespassing on
our farms. Any violators will be
prosecuted.
w. S. Embry, W. A. Price, 7. j..
Price, Ed and n. b. Price, Fisher
Herring. Crit Meadows, Ansel Mea-
dows, John Collier, j. S. Schooler,
Joe Criseillis, J. NJ. Criscillis. Robert
Speake, George Conn, Jim Conn,
Henry Arnold, Marion johnson, W.
+. Whitaker, Tom Conn, J. NJ.
Meadows, W. T. King, John Rich,
Sam Rich, J. c. Conn and J. +.
Adams, K. l. Arnold, Mrs Victoria
Anderson, G.. 7. Ballard. Sr.
(other names will be added upon
the payment Of 25 cents.)
(nD
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-09-22
Farmers May Get Fool.
ed BY Loafer Hens
In Flock.

Culiing is the one sure means Of
picking out the loafer hen in spite
Of the fact that the owner sometimes
thinks the wrong birds have been re-
moved. according to Miss Joyce
Syler. Home Demonstration Agent,
who is planning TO hold a number Of
demonstrations TO show farmers and
their wives Of this section how TO
tell the non-laying hen from the
heavy laying one. This fact was
demonstrated in one Of the culling
demonstrations held last year on the
flock Of Senator H. NJ. Froman, Of
Client
A specialist from the poultry de-
partment Of the College Of Agricul-
turc culled 81 hens out Of flock Of
60 Barred Plymouth Rocks owned
by Senator Froman and placed them
In a pen by themselves. When
Senator Froman returned home he
questioned the correctness Of the Sc
lection which had been made and
declarded that in his estimation the
wrong hens had been placed in the
pen for culls He sold the selected
loafcrs one week later. however. up
on discovering that during the seven
days the 20 hens had laid as many
eggs as the 90 had laid the proceed
ing seven days while the 81 hens
had lived up to their titles Of loafcrs
and not laid an egg.
These results are typical Of those
which may be found on many Gar
rard county farms. The loafer il
not only a non-producer Of eggs but
she is also able to fool the farmer in
to thinking that she is laying. 1T
will be the object Of the demonstra-
tions which will be held to show the
farmers how to pick out these loaf
ers. We intend 30 now the differ
ences and then distribute literature
which will make 1t possible for the
farmers and their wives to 90 home
and pick out the hens which have
stopped laying to loaf until spring"