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Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
SALE OF BABE NOT
LEGAL DEAL

BYESVILLE, Ohio, July 14.-Baby
Richard Turner will not be sold
State authorities today notified Mrs
Augusta Turner, the child S mother
that the sale of the child, who is under
two years old, is against the law and
that she will not be permitted to auc-
tion off her child.
Mrs. Turner has changed her mind
three times since she first announced
her intention of selling the child. To
day said she had definitely decided that
it would be best to sell.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
DISBURSEMENT OF SOUTHERN
PACIFIC CENTRAL PACIFIC SYSr
TEN WILL MEAN TROUBLE FOR! !.
4 PASSENGERS AND DELAY AND ID
Z LOSS FOR FREIGHT. g.ass,s' 49,
t,sr fs-ss+@r
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMiS.
SION WILL HOLD HEARINGS |
HAS POWER TO AVERT M
tSss , 4 THE CALAMITY, .s'.:e.;;,s'| 'sr q 1

A. man living in Berkeley to reach
his home from San Francisco,
would have to cross on Central
Pacific owned ferry boat, thence over
the Central Pacific Oakland mole,
and if joint through line cars were
operated would then continue to his
destination on a Southern Pacific
electric train, should the threatened
dismemberment of the Southern
Pacific-Central Pacific system take
place, and passengers or freight
travelling greater distances would
suffer correspondingly greater in
conveniences, according to a graphic
chart issued today by the State
wide Committee Against Dismem-
berrnent, of which Wallace M. Alex
ander, president of the San Fran
cisco Chamber Of Commerce, Is
chairman.
Mr.. Alexander points out that
change of residence to other trans
bay districts would give no reilel
to the commuter, as in Alameda
for instance. part of the electric
lines belong to the Southern Pacin'
and mart to the Central Pacihc
while a similar situation prevails II
Oakland.
Still greater difficulties woul'
exist with respect to passengers Dc
tween San Francisco and Sacrs
mento. Unless they should desir
TO take the longer route by way Q
the iivermore Pass, a passenge
would have to travel over the Ger
trail Pacific steamers across the BAY
over the Central Pacific tracks
Oakland Pier, and if joint throug
car movements were provide
would continue on the Southern Fl
c;fc line by way of Benicia to tn
~illage Of BYoderick on the we'
sid. of the Sacramento River
Sacramento. All the main III
,silroad properties in Sacrament
IRA in the name of the Central p
iec and IL the train were run I'M
,acramento the passenger wou
gain have to PASS over the Centr
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14

passenger service for it. With a
the good will in the world, no one
could give his assurance OF TINS
service il this car is passed back
and forth from one line to another,
nor could the shipper expect much
success in putting his finger on the
difficulty.
Furthermore, the box material
he uses for his fruit or melons
largely originates on the Central
Pacific. At the present time box
shipments are timed to match fruit
shipments and move about as
rapidly to shippers as the fruit
moves the other way. IL this
system is split up, such coordina-
ton would be vastly more difficult
If not impossible and the shipper
might easily find himself waiting
for boxes with a ripe crop on MS
hands and unable to ship.
Another factor of tremendous
importance is that Of decidious
fresh fruit shipments now going
forward in the refrigerator cars
owned jointly by the Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific lines
under the operation Of the Pacific
Fruit Express. The Central Pacific
owns none of these cars and should
the unmerging take place the con-
seauent dislocation of this service
at,. nd n if- ntnlnSf
capacity, might be utterly dis
astrous to the rapidly growing de-
cidious fruit Industry of the State.
Under existing practices the short
haul lines would not be expected 20
provide adequate cars and the long
haul line could not, thus creating
a condition of infinite concern to
fresh fruit shippers. That these
!, shippers are we'll aware OF this
peril is indicated by their letters
to the Statewide Committee, pro-
= testing against dismemberment.
, "These instances might be multi
piled indefinitely. The ones cited
| are sufficient to show the critical
3 situation which now exists and
e which can only be remedied through
T. the Interstate Commerce Commits
Q sion following its approaching hear
s ing on this matter. The Statewide
Committee is interested in this
j. situation as traffic matter affect
d ing shippers and merchants ant
t it has, therefore, appealed t
" all shippers and merchants in th'
It State to go on record Immediately
e sending their expressions OF opinion
direct to the committee, at th'
e Chamber of Commerce in Sal
d Francisco, to be presented to th'
It Interstate Commerce Commission.
4 Probably the most important sin
r gle element in the prosperity OF an,
4 country, and particularly IN TN
e. West, is its railroad transportation
n system. 1t is difficult to conceiv
how seriously California's transpor
.e tation system would be dsteriorate'
" by splitting up the present South
OF ern Pacific system into the man
e. useless and disconnected parts re
is sulting from segregation there
err from OF those portions Of the system
e. standing in the name OF the Css
to tral Pacific.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14

Pacific properties to such depot IN
Sacramento as might be established
under the new conditions. On the
contrary if a trackage right should
be granted to the Central Pacfnc
over the Benicia line between Oak
land Mole and Sacramento, 1t might
be reasonably expected, II the usual
trackage arrangements were pur-
sued, that the Central Pacific would
not be permitted to do any local
business between San Francisco and
Sacramento, and that such service
could not be 'availed Of by the peo-
r,e of Oakland, Richmond, Berkeley,
Benicia, Suisun, -,or elsewhere en-
route.
A passenger on a Southern Pa
cific train probably could not con-
tinue his journey in through train
beyond Sacramento to Marysville,
Chico, or any of the important
points on the east side OF the sac
ramento Valley, as it Is doubtful
whether the business at such points
would warrant joint through two
line passenger cars; but he might
continue his trip to Portland, Ore
gon, in through cars by not going
through Sacramento, MayysVille,
Chico, ETC., but by continuing on
the Southern Pacific train through
Davis, Willows and Tehama, where
he would have to be hauled by the
Central Pacific as far as the state
line and then hauled by the South
ern Pacific to Portland.
If the passenger went south IN
stead of north he might choose the
Valley Route on either the Southern
Pacific or the Central Pacific as fal
south as Fresno or Goshen juno
tion south of Fresno; from thence
he would have to transfer to
Southern Pacific train, if he did no
commence his journey on a South
ern Pacific train, over which h
could be carried to Los Angeles.
1t is fundamental In railroad
practice that many economies ar
lost and it Is always more eXpenslv
70 move either passengers o
freight between two points over tn
lines of two different carrier
; rather than one.
whatever would happen 10 pa
senger under these conditions woul
be nothing at all compared to wha
would happen to freight shipments
: said Chairman Alexander. "F'reigf
: cannot look after itself. 1t must l
9 looked after.
( With 23 junction points OF the'
r two roads, in this state there woul
i he % points of contact where freigi
+, would pass from trains operated u
t der one management to trains epe
h ated under another. This is an I
d tolerable situation as regards exp
l. ditiug shipments and keeping dow
e costs.
It For example, a shipper in q
It San Joaquin or Imperial VAN
e who has only single carload
O nerishables destined for Seatt
4. can send it out assured that it
o to be part of special train und
d one control all the way. and
II ceives what virtually amounts
3 g. : = = -As-S =
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
Anyway This Modern
international Doctor
Would Put Up At
tractive Doses.

When Dorothy Terriss, Amer
ican girl. one lucky day hshed
the words of "Three O'Clock in
the Morning" right out of the
suds as she washed the supper
dishes, she never expected it to
rank her among international Dip
lomats.
But just the same, a few weeks
latu, . statesman attending an
important international confer
ence labelled the little song, for
shssk Julian Robledo. English-
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14
WHY SHIPPERS ARE PROTESTING!

HIs map shows how the great Southern PacihcCenral
Pacific System, operated unit for fifty years on
the Pacific Coast and with Eastern gateways, "ouio
be chopped pieces by recent court decision under the
Sherman Act The Interstate Commission has
power under Railways Transportation Act Oh lszC
To this system intact for operating purposes Shipping
and commercial organizations throughout the Pacific Coast
are joining in appeals for this protection.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-14

Looks as if woman S work is hunting
a husband. She does it before and after
marriage.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
FRISCO ENTERED
IN RAIL CONTEST
Fights for transportation Control of
Southwest When Acquires |. G.
G. NJ, Subject to Com
missions Approval.

New York. Dec. 1.-THE st. Louis
and San Francisco railroad injected
itself into the contest for transpor-
tation control of the southwest to.
day with announcement that 1t had
acquired the International and Great
Northern lines.
The acquisition, subject to ap
proval of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, will give the Frisco a
direct connection from St. Louis
and Kansas City with tidewater gulf
ports and throw it into direct com
petition with the Missouri Pacific
and other trans-continental lines
serving the new south"
c. w. Michel, vice-president of the
Frisco, denied that any extensions
Of his road into Mexico or to the
Pacific coast were contemplated in
connection with the merger.
"The acquisition" he said, "is
solely to secure an outlet to gulf
ports and to permit us to go into
real competition for this business"
Although the purchase Of the l..
& G. N, $7,50O,OOO capital stock, the
entire amount, is also subject to
the approval of the Frisco stockhold.
ers. This is regarded as little more
than technicality, it was said at
Frisco offices here.
The big fight for prevention of the
merger may be made before the In
terstate Commerce Commission by
the Missouri Pacific, it was agreed.
In the so-called Interstate Com
merce Commission plans for group
ing railroads to solve the railroad
operation and financial problems of
the country; the /. & G. ~, was
grouped with the Missouri Pacific.
The "Mop" it was pointed out, may
seize upon this grouping plan to
fight the Frisco acquisition, especial
ly in the face of the fact that the
combined Frisco-I. & G. N. system
would become the Missouri Paeific's
greatest competitor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
GRADY TRIBUNAL
NEARs END TERM
Jury Dismissed by Shelton and Court
VIII Try Remainder Of Cases;
Disposition Made In Mum.
ber Actions Today. 4

End of the regular term of coun-
~ court which opened here Decem-
ber 4 drew near this morning when
Judge J. L. Shelton dismissed the
jury. All cases on tomorrows as
signment. which will complete the
term. are Juvenile cases and will be
tried by the court.
Two pleadings OF guilty to liquor
charges were received this morning.
Each was sentenced to serve 30
days In jail and pay a fine OF 5000.
Those who entered these pleadings
were J. j. O'Neill and Streeter
Chester.
The charge of unlawful possession
pending against ]. A. Carter was
dismissed. Unlawful possession charge
pending against l.. M. Sharp was
reduced to drunkenness and the de.
fendant pleaded guilty and was or
dered to pay a fine OF $500 and
costs.
Trial of the charge against Luke
Funderbunk ct al. was continued for
the term. G. w. Tucker was ex,
onerated of the charge of permitting
gambling on premises when a motion
10 dismiss the charge was filed by
The county attorney. The case
against John Doebli was dismissed
on payment of costs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
DEFENDS CUTTING
STANDARD MELON
President OF Standard Oil Tells Com
mittee investigating High Gaso-
line Prices Three Reasons
Why Justified.
by PAUL n. MALLON

Omitted Press Staff C0rrespOndent.) }
Washington, Dec. 14.-Defense OF
the report of the recent big melon
cutting by the Standard Oil COM
pany of New Jersey was made before
the senate committee investigating
gasoline prices today by s. w. T..
Teagle, president OF the company.
Teagle justified the declaration OF
huge dividends on three separate
contentious:
l. An equalization of the outstand-
ing stock with the net value of the
company was necessary because
Standard Oil always has been under
capitalized"
2. lt was practical 10 effect n
wider distribution of the common
stock while the market value Of the
shares was high.
3. An increase in the outstanding
stock was necessary to enable the
company to complete further H.
naneing.
Teagle said these were the sole
considerations" which prompted the
move.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
TULSA OFFICIAL
FIGHTS 0UST|NG
Seaver Files Motion for Writ Pro
hbition Prohibit Tulsa Court
From Passing on Case
Pending "Proper Notice."

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. IA. Following
his suspension late yesterday as
county attorney, w. r. Seaver filed a
motion for a writ Of prohibition be-
fore the state supreme court today,
which asks the higher court to pro-
hibit the local court from passing on
the case until proper notices have
been served"
Counsel for Seaver said thei.' client
had not been notified with a notice
of the hearing. This was overruled
in court by Judge Hunt, who Or
dered Assistant County Attorney
Goldsberry to act as county attor-
ney, pending a final hearing.
Seaver is charged with lax liquor
law enforcement, having dismissed
twenty-six cases against moonshiners
and bootleggers and Of having said
in effect that "1iquor can run down
the streets of Tulsa as far as am
concerned"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
LAUSANNE MEET
SAVED OF BREAK
Turkish Spokesman Accepts British
Proposal for Protection OF Chris.
tlan Minorlties In Asia Minor;
Would Join League.
By HENRY WOOD.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent. }
Lausanne. Dec. 14.~-War and mas.
sacre in the Near East, feared in
evitable II tho Lausanne peace con.
ference broke up, was averted at
the eleventh hour today.
Ismet Pasha. Turkish spokesman,
accepted a British proposal for pro
lection of Christian minorities in
Constantinople and other parts of
Asia Minor dominat u by the Turks.
Moreover the Kemalist leader an.
nounced on behalf OF his govern
ment Turkeys readiness TO join the
League of Nations.
AS result the parley will not
break up.
The conference had reached n
crisis as Ismet Pasha rose to reply.
for Marquis Curzon yesterday left
him with an ultimatum to accept the
League and guarantee the safety OF
Christians, or end the parley.
The strong stand taken by the
British spokesman amazed the
Turks, but left the allies fearful of
break. 1t was believed that extrem-
lists among the Ottomans might pre-
cipitate trouble in the Near East II
the Lausanne peace conference was
ended summarily.
Great relief, therefore, was felt at
the concliatory tone of Ismet
Pasha's reply.
America had no voice in the ulti
matum delivered to Turkey yester
day but Ambassador Child, United
States observer, previously had an,
nounced for protection Of Christians
in Turkish territory.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
TEXAS DIVISION
KATY ON BLOCK
Denison to Be Scene of HUGE Sale
Today Oklahoma Division
Brings $28,000,000 at Col
bert Wednesday.

Denison, Texas, Dec. IA. - The
Texas division of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railway was to go on
the auction block here today.
The Oklahoma division was sold
yesterday at Colbert, Okla.
The Oklahoma division brought
$2S, 900, ,700-$7O0 more than the min
imum bid for which the line could
have been sold. Francis l.. Ran
dolph, New York, who made the
purchase in the name of Randolph G
Blumenthal, New York, was the only
bidder for the road yesterday.
Randolph and a corps of holders
of mortgages against the road came
here direct from Colbert last night.
The sale here today will be lacking
in thrilling details, it was predicted,
as was the case at Colbert, where
the 800 natives were noticeably un-
moved as a result Of the gigantic
transaction.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
PAPERS MISSING
TODAY At TRIAL
.DAUCHERTY CASE
Prosecution Asks for Documents
Concerning Burns; Told Defense
Unable TO Find Them: De-
mand Be Brought Court.
INJUNCTION CASE WILL
BE FOUGHT AGAIN, VIEW
Think Rail Order Secured by Attor.
ney General VIII Play impor-
tant Part In Hearing; Labor
Attorney VIII Testify.

Washington, Dec. ii.-Secret files
wanted by the prosecution In the
Daugherty impeachment proceedings
have mysteriously disappeared from
tho department Of justice. It devel'
oped today In the hearings before
the judiciary committee OF the
house.
The missing papers contained
charges made by A. p. McCauley,
of New York and Toronto. against
VIM ]. Burns. chief of the secret
service. They were sent TO Daugh-
erty in 1921 in an attempt TO keep
him from appointing Burns.
When demand for the files was
renewed today by counsel for Repre-.
sentative Keller, author of the i'm
peachment resolution. Attorney How
land, representing Daugherty, stated
the documents had disappeared. He
had previously admitted the exist.
ence OF the MaCauley papers and
had said he would produce them.
"a thorough search was made for
the papers," Howland said. "but we
were unable to find them"
well, there were such files" de-
clared Jackson Ralston, attorney for
Keller, "and we will insist that they
be brought in"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
GENTS BATTLE
DUD DUEL FOR
HONOR'S SAKE

Montevideo. uraguaySspec. IA
The great BrumHerrara duel was
only a bloodlcss memory today.
Baltazar Brum. dashing president
OF Uruguay. who resigned his office
TO fight Luis Heryara. political OPP
ponent. was invited 10 relali his
office. since the affair Of honor
passed off peacefully with two fruit
less shots by each principal. lending
Il the proper air OF mortality.
Substitution ut tho eleventh hour
OF pistols for two edged sabes
saved the duelsts from injury tor
tain 10 have bee. sustained had
they fought with The latter Weapons.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
BLISTER WHEN
YOU KISS, FOR
HEALTH'S SAKE

Chicago, Dec. ii.-If you kiss
kiss hard enough 90 blister the lips
or otherwise the oseulation Ia not
sanitary. Prof. W. Lee Lewis. OF
Northwestern University. declared
here today.
This theory that kisses generate
enough heat TO stcrilIze the lips IL
bancombe." Lewis said KISSES to
Sterilizc would have 10 generate
enough heat TO blister tho lips.
None OF the passionate lovers of
history lave accomplished this, lot
alone tho average lovers"
Lewis declared that kisses. hand.
shakes aud handkcrchiefs were the
deadliest carriers or germs.
Lewis is the inventor OF Lewislte.'
one OF the deadliest gases OF the
world war.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14

Washington, Dec 1.-THE Chica-
go rail strike injunction issue may
be fought all over again today in
the Daugherty impeachment pro
ceedings before the house Judiciary
committee.
Unless further testimony Is de-
sired on the Burns appointment
matter. the committee today will
start taking testimony on the charge
of Representative Oscar Keller that
Attorney General Daugherty violat-
ed his oath and overstepped his
authority when he went before Fed
eral Judge Wilkinson at Chicago
last summer and obtained the dras-
tic writ against railroad strikers.
If the injunction matter is taken
up Donald r. Richberg, Of Chicago,
the attorney who fought the injunc-
tion on behalf of labor, will testify.
He faces a chilly reception at the
hands of republican committeeman,
practically all of whom already have
committed themselves informally to
the opinion that Daugherty's action
in the injunction proceedings could
not possibly constitute an impeach-
able offense. They are also anxious
to push on to other of the fourteen
Keller specifications.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
WILL CALL FILM
STARS IN PROBE
Names Of Eight Worlds Foremost
Movie Folks Found In New York
Raid; to Be ReraIded Be-
fore Officials Soon.
By ROBERT A. DONALDSON

By ROBERT A. DONALDSON
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 14.--Eight
of the worlds foremost film stars,
branded as drug addicts when their
names were found in books seized
in a New York narcotic raid, will be
called by District Attorney Thomas
Lee Woolwine to disclose the source
of their supply.
With the possibility in mind that
the band believed to have freed Clara
Phillips, hammer slayer" may be
unearthed through disclosures of
prominent actors and actresses who
were dope gangs best patrons, the
district attorney promised rigid in
vestigation.
81 shall be guided by facts and rec
ords of the New York nationwide
dope ring with its supposed ramifica-
tions in Hollywood in determining
whether or not to reopen the Taylor
investigation as WE'LL" Woolwine said
today.
eve have no direct evidence that
dope ring was responsible for Tay-
lor's death. That's what we want to
find OUT he added.
William Desmond Taylor was mys-
teriously shot to death here nearly
year ago, and after prominent
actresses, whose night clothing had
been found in his home, had been
questioned, suspicion finally fastened
upon narcotic peddling gang from
the Los Angeles underworld. 1t is
hoped, the district attorneys offlce
admitted, that through severe ques-
tioning of certain film stars now
definitely declared to be addicts, that
the Vaccinations of this band can
be barred.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-14
By The United Press.)

Houston, Teaxs, Dec. 14.-Ten per-
sons were known dead and thirty
were in hospitals today as a result
of a collision of H. e. & w. I.
passenger train and switch engine
at Humble, near here, last night.
-Four of the known dead are white
and the others negroes.
The crash of the two engines
cracked the steam pipe leading to
the cylinders of the switch engine
and a stream of deadly steam was
poured through window OF the
first coach, scalding to death a num-
ber of occupants. Others were
burned painfully as the two forward
cars filled with the sitting, scalding
steam.
List Of the known dead:
Robert C. Beckmore, address un'
known.
William Campsey, conductor pas
senger train, Houston.
Nj. Clark, Van Noy company news
butcher, Houston.
One unidentified white man.
George Parker. negor. Alto.
Helen Johnson, negro, Humble
Emmet Elby, negro, Houston.
G. r. Lee. negro, Dallas.
Rosa Sanders, negro, Humble.
S. w. Osan, negro, address un
known.
The negro coach was crowded tc
capacity and it was in this car thai
the death-dealing clouds did the
greatest damage. There was no es
cane. Those who escaped outward
burns breathed the live steam. The
kissing clouds poured into this coacf
and swept backwards into the smok
ing compartment, where another tol
was taken. .---------.-----